HAYWARD'S PICTURES AND KING EDWARD THEATRE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17093, 27 August 1917, Page 2

HAYWARD'S PICTURES AND KING EDWARD THEATRE.

Tho official photographer to the- French Captain Donald C. Thompson, has l^, 83 it Really Is," provided noncombatants with a series of motion pictures Uat are intensely interesting-. The right a exhibit them' has apparently been acquired by certain picture theatre proprietors and they, were screened'here for.the first time on Saturday afternoon and evening at the o ct a S on Hal and at the King Edward ltieatre, and attracted very large attend ances, particularly in the evening The pictures bear the imprint of being undeniably genuine and not only attract, but completely absorb, the attention. The almost }iniform silence with which their screening is i remarkable, and is a sure sip of fixed attention and deep interest The p,ctures are all of incidents (somo of quite a startling character), places, ma noeuS £ war > methods of ottenoe and defence, the transportation and provisioning of troops, and' a hundred and one other things to be seen on the French front Aeroplane work, and particularly aerial combats, form a feature in a wry long list, but there are a great many other depictions of a most stirring kind; opposing entrenched forces being seen only 40ft apart "peppering" away at each other as hard as rifle ,iud machine gun will permit borne of the defensive works shown are of a stupendous order, tho ramparts looking as if' they would withstand any tiling [n the nature of heavy artillery., yet it.is -well known that many such have been battered to Pieces French infantry, : extending pretty woll as far as the -eye can reach are to be seen on tho move, and make an imposing spectacle. There is also a good picture shown of "N o Man's Land " An excellent idea* is gained of the "curtain of lire, and its effectiveness is very fairly demonstrated. In one picforo a somewhat wholesale surrender of the enemy is screened, and when that is seen the prevailing silence is completely broken. Enormously heavy guns, armoured cars and armoured canal boats are also features of this picture. There is one particularly thrilling picture represp.titing. a one-thousand-feet descent of a French aviator from his balloon by means of a parachute. The main picture is very well supported by others of quite a. different type.