Revised list of high-class original motion picture films (1908)

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MILITARY SCENES AND PARADES. lowing one another in rapid succession are open cages of lions, tigers, hyenas, bears, etc., so plainly that you can see them walking to and fro in their cages (something that is very hard to obtain in a moving picture). This is followed by the grand tableau wagons representing the different nations of the world; then come the riders on their prancing steeds which in turn are followed by the ever funny clowns without which no circus is complete. Even the children are not forgotten when the ponies come into view dragging their little tableaux wagons representing Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, etc. The pageant of riders representing the different nations of the world, the mounted band and last but not least, the camels and the great herd of performing elephants, making in all the greatest and grandest circus parade ever seen on a motion picture film. No motion picture exhibition should be without this film to complete the evening's entertainment. . FIRE SCENES. S. I\ 361. ALARM AND DEPARTURE FOR THE Price, $15.00. PIRE. Approximate Length, 125 feet. This is a short film of a most inspiring subject; shows the sensation caused in the bunk-room where the men are asleep when the alarm first comes in. The speedy action and quick method of reaching the lower floors by sliding down the poles provided for that purpose, the hitching of the horses, and the start of the ponderous piece of machinery from the engine house, the men taking their places and putting on their helmets and outer coats all impatient to be off at a full gallop. An intensely realistic picture. S. P. 362. GOING TO THE PIRE. Price, $6.00 Approximate Length, 50 feet. After the fire apparatus has left the engine-house the first requisite is to get to the fire with as little delay as possible. Every thing gives way to the fire engines and with the horses at full gallop record time is made. Nothing is more exciting in real life than the passing of the fire engines; nothing draws the attention of the usually jaded city crowd to the scene as this, and it will be shown that the interest in real life is fully reproduced in our picture and is just as interesting and exciting as similar occurrences on the street of any great city prove themselves to be. S. P. 363. THE PIRE, THE LEAP POR LIPE Price, $30.00. AND THE RESCUE AND RETURN. Approximate Length, 250 feet. This picture is another part and continues the story of the firemen's arrival after leaving the house, and shows a scene grand beyond description. The actual arrival at the fire which is in full progress, the blinding smoke and devouring flames, the unfortunate people plainly discernible through the windows, praying to be rescued from the great four-story building, and all the surroundings of a raging fire make up an intensely exciting scene. In this picture is seen the awful leap for life, showing a woman jumping from the third-story window into the life net held by the firemen, the engines puffing and steaming, the playing of the hose, the great volumes of smoke and sheets of flame which envelop the building. Space will not permit us to describe this greatest of all real pictures. The fire subdued, the engines are seen on their way back to the 242