PATHE PICTURES.

Press, Volume V, Issue 13598, 6 December 1909, Page 8

PATHE PICTURES.

It would be difficult to conceive of anything better in the way of moving pictures than that ehown in His Alajesty's Theatre on Saturday depicting motor boat racing. It is, without doubt, a triumph of moving (photography, and it was pronounced easily the best of its class ever seen here. The meteoric craft are seen flying along at full speed,' their sharp prows shearing their way through the sea, and throwing up miniature waves on either side. A splendid assortment of views of the races is shown, and for a really live J?*?. 1 c £_* dy the film *in the first night. The programme, as a whole, was very strong in the scerio and educational class of picture. "A Ramble Through London Zoo" is a valuable biological lesson: "A Trim Through the vp A £* charming French scenery; "New York to Genoa gwes a fine idea of the great American port, and also some informing impressions of the life of the __£. a. a t>tanio.steamer. The dramatic films 'For the Flag" and "The Wl?W Pn T a + ? War '" had a healthy patriotic moral to convey The comic films were entertaining, and broke __ th _ r ***** "The C?Ie! r_iTi-• lpe,A _" m IL >" was *">ry mirth- ____ mg m h "*_ nt «* «nd humorous imitativeness. The same programme wiU be repeated this evening