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VARIETY 21 A IMKNA/ DEPARTURE THE AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT FILM CO., Inc. OF 220 WEST 42nd STREET, NEW YORK CITY HAS A SPLENDID OFFERING FOR EXHIBITORS. REAL LIFE MOTION PICTURE FEA- TURES BY EDWARD LYELL FOX, AUTHOR OF "BEHIND THE SCENES IN WARRING GER- MANY," AND A. K. DAWSON, BOTH SPECIAL ENVOYS OF THE A C F AT THE FRONT. NOW READY TO BE SHOWN The Battle and Fall of Przemysl!!! or Smashing the Armies of the Czar !!! A Moving Picture which The swift progress, of the enemies of the Czar, as reported in the newspapers, is the astonishment of all mankind. "Oceans" of men under the German Gen- eral von Mackensen and Arch- duke Frederick of Austria- Hungary, with the assistance of gigantic Howitzers, swept away all harriers — ruined towns and left the dead strewn upon the fields, "like trees against a hill/' then crowded upon Przemysl, where the Rus- sians fought desperately to hold hack the tide of disaster— but only long enough to enact a frightful conflict did the oncoming legions hesi- tate. Grimly, yet with a system unparalleled, s for the First Time an Immense Military Movement. the advancing forces came—long traction convey- ances, armored trains, transport coaches, automo- biles, cavalry, artillery and infantry—a mobilization the like of which had not been seen before — and then the bursting of the storm!—The clatter of machine guns and rifles, the boom of field artillery and the crash of thundering howitzers, the shouting and groans of the fighting and the dying filled the air with an un- earthly din. Bursting shells and burning building, made red the night and the "blood thirst" Edward Lyell Fox, Albert K. Dawson and two associates. Special movie war correspondents of the American Correspondent Film Co. of 229 West 42nd Street, New York. of the strife left behind a ghastly scene of desolation! What a tragedy! What a picture! Splendid Work of Our War Correspondents As splendid as the battle was terrible, were the achievements of the special representatives of the American Correspodent Film Co., Inc., in and about the doomed city. With tireless activity and almost reckless daring they caught the pictures of the awful eddies of battle and garnished the scenes with a recital that is at once dramatic and appealing. Imagine the interest these motion pictures inspire—realize how great is the news story of THE BATTLE AND FALL OF PRZE- MYSL. It is the best of the many wonderful stories from the gifted brain of Edward Lyell Fox— the best because it depicts a most wonderful sight to behold! 1 BE WISE IN YOUR OWN GENERATION! G " b 'Z.%'our A nf„ F hb" ,ur ' FOR DISTRIBUTION PARTICULARS WRITE AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT FILM CO., Inc., 220 w. wTstr^tVNew York city