ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 23 September 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE WORLD'S PICTURES.

"IN THE KING'S SERVICE."

Commencing at the Opera House tonight, the management will present a special attraction, that possesses unusual interest the present juncture The picture is entitled "Life in theKmgs Service"; it is in five parts; and. was produced by command of His Majesty the King. . It contains-splen-did views illustrative of training im every branch ,of the service, and themanoeuvres on land and sea, which accustom each army to the eonditions-.-lt may expect to meet in actual warrare, ihe section dealing with the • army gives interesting views of cav-~ airy manoeuvres and infantry on the march and at attack practice, ending: with review movements. Perhaps the i most striking portion of the picture isthat devoted to the Navy depicting theJacJJra^ s hfe ashore and anoKt, and' graphically portraying the stupendoustransformation of the fleet from its inception to the present day. The lordsot the sea are seen at battle practice and it gives one an insight into what modern naval warfare means when theS^btS fwH br°adside is witnessed r H.M.S. Neptune fires £10,000 in one' m^ lmt e~T, a full roadside weighing90001b. JEvery unit of the mighty fleet is seen at work—submarines, * navaF hydroplanes, torpedo boats, destroyers cruisers, and Dreadnoughts. Amost L meresting scene is that showing His--Majesty the King inspecting the Navy... This account,, however, gives only anY outline of the multiplicity of detail embodied m the film, to see which must inevitably assist towards a better understanding of the part we are nor playing m the great conflict in EuropeThe prices will be as usual.