THE SHACKLETON PICTURES.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 63, 16 March 1910, Page 5

THE SHACKLETON PICTURES.

One of the largest audiences -which has patronised an exhibition of, animated pictures in Dannevirke for some time assembled at the Drill. Hall - last night, when the company which possesses the pictures descriptive of JLieut. Shackleton's dasli for- the South Pole as a star feature, presented their programme of living subjects. The selection of films was on the whole both varied and beautiful, and for the most part performed the. legitimate missio nof the kinematograph in demonstrating its educational value. For the rest there was a judicious mixture of the humorous and the dramatic, the former eliciting' roars of laughter, while the latter were stirring in their realistic effect. Of the subjects submitted, however, the most entertaining and instructive were the snow scenes on Mt. Kosciusko, and the incidents in the Antarctic' experiences of Lieut. Shackleton.' In" the ' former the exhilarating sport of "ski-ing" Avas depicted in all its excitement, its humorous side being .prominent enough to create many a hearty, laugh. The views of the beautiful waterfalls were exceedingly pretty, and the magnificent mountain scenery was shown in its most inspiring aspect. Of the Shackleton pictures, all that can be said is that nothing could be more realistic than the Antarctic itself, as it only required a perceptable drop'in the temperature to convince us that we were there. The pictures conveyed the most vivid idea of the vastness— the awful'loneliness of the place, while the life/jjbf the explorers, both on sea and land,' 1 was given with a remarkable wealth of detail. But perhaps the most interesting feature of this line film was its revelation of the penguin" life in the Southern regions. Few of those who attended last night had any conception of the size' of some of these peculiar birds, who in their wise old ways and dignified demeanor were strangely human. It is not likely that many, if any, residents of Dannevrike will ever visit the Antarctic regions, and failing this the next best thing is to see the Shackleton pictures this, the last night of the present season, and possibly the last occasion on which they will be seen in Dannevirke. To-night, with the exception of the Shackleton film, an entire change of programme is promised by the management.