Reel Life (1916-1917)

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ZEPPELINS ATTACK NEW YORK Spectacular picturization of what might happen any night in biggest U. S. City A FICTION fancy of what might happen if the Kaiser’s Zeppelin fleet should make such an at¬ tack on New York as they have so often on London is depicted in “Zepplin Attack on New York,” a war special reel made for Mutual re¬ lease May 14. This picture is the product of the Rothacker studios in Chicago, where Watterson R. Rothacker, the presi¬ dent of the concern, devotes a vast deal of time* and attention to the de¬ velopment of motion picture novel¬ ties and specialties. • The big Zeppelins are shown on their majestic course across the sky as they come over the sea laden with bombs for Nev^ York, today the world’s richest city. The big city is shown darkened and the harbor lights extinguished, as all Manhattan island holds tight and waits. A bombing aeroplane is shown, scout aboard, as it soars off into the upper air. There is a battle in the night blackened sky. The Zeppelins are seen dropping their bombs of fire and explosive on the great sky scrapers of lower Broadway. The defending aeroplanes rush about. Then comes a hit. A Zeppelin is blasted to bits, burns in air and crashes to earth a cindered mass. Victory for the de¬ fenders. MANNING THE NAVY A snappy new reel made at nation’s greatest training station for the “ Jackies ” HOW a raw recruit is made into a real U. S. Navy “jackie” is depicted in this • new and remarkable reel just completed by the camera men of the Rothacker studios in Chicago. This reel will be available at all Mutual exchanges on and after May 14. The picture was made at the U. S. Naval Training Station at Lake Bluff in Illinois. This station, on the west shore of Lake Michigan, is the greatest of its kind in the United States, and it is there that the youths destined for service on our fighting ships are taken to learn their trade of war. MAIL THIS COUPON NOW MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION Sales Department 220 South State Street CHICAGO, ILL. Gentlemen: Send me at once special press matter and full information about the two new war special reels, “Zeppelin Attack on New York” and “Manning the Navy.” Name . . Theater . Street address . City . REEL LIFE— Page Eight