fymyi ntum mi j' "yrvfr "-""fi '"' if w i '" T" w t? Evening ledgIer Philadelphia. Monday, December e, 1015. BEGINNING TODAY CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE Daily From 12 Noon to 11 P. ML Chestnut Street Below 11th Seats 25c and 50c ? ,j fjSWIBWV'' S"f ?i J . , ' . i el " i i ii. . i ,, i .a .., PART OF THE RECEIPTS FROM ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE GIVEN TO THE FRENCH RED CROSS SOCIETY - - i THE FRENCH GOVERNMENTS OFFICIAL MOTION PICTURES OF Taken by Order of the Great General Staff of the French Army TRANSLATION Ministry of Foreign Affnira, Office of the Minister, French Republic, Paris, October 30, 1915. Dear Mr. Powell: I send you the cinematograph films you have selected. As I have told you, these films have been taken by the "operateurs mobilises" at the front of the French army with the authorization of the Great General Staff. It is, as you know, superfluous to affirm their au thenticity without retouching, which is quite indisputable. Accept, dear Mr. Powell, the expression of my heartiest best wishes. FOURNOL (Bureau Chief). tiffi 97Zinifoa 'retfjs&nnae'&f TCEPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE Cdfanet att..6i'.. 30.joe,to'bri . ......' .5, Cher Monsieur PawoH, Je voua envoie lea films clnmatographlquea que voua av-QZ choloio. Comma 30 roua lai dit, ces filmo oxrt 6t6 prls par dea optfrateura tnobilloe'9 our le front do l'armde frangalo AVto S,autorlBatlon do lEtat-Uajor General II est, blen entendu, auporflu do vouo off irmsr tour authenticity sans ratouahea qui est tout & fait Jjora de doute. Veuillez agreer,-cher Monsieur -Towell, 1 expreaalon Ote me a oentlmonto lea plua daVouda, -&?"") READ WHAT WAS SAID BY THE WASHINGTON STAR About the Presentation of These Official French Motion Pictures at the French Embassy in Washington, Where They Were Shown by Special Arrangement SERIES OP WAR PICTURES AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY View WltaesseA fry Aulleaea of Promnent Residents, Inelndln Diplomat and 17. S. OHclate. Including diplomats and Government of ficials, met last night at the French Embassy by invitation to witness the first presentation In this country of the series of war motion pictures taken by the order of the French Government for preservation In the national archives of France. From 10 until 1!89 o'clock they watched scenes depleting Infantry charges, divisions on the inarch, artillery Are, exploding gas bombs and German prisoners being conveyed to the rear. In one picture alone no fewer than 120,000 men were shown more men thin are In the entire United States Army. Of- especial Interest were the views of the battle front In the Champagne district, which has been compared In ap pearance to the site of a ruined machine shop fifteen miles long by .three tn breadth. The films were explained by EL Alexander Powell, an American war correspondent, through whom the French Government loaned the series. Later they are to be exhibited throughout the United States and Canada, (he next dis play being scheduled for Philadelphia. "OR the NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND LOANED TO THE PUBLIC LEDGER FOR THROUGH E. ALEXANDER POWELL, Famous War Correspondent, PRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Presented as perfect reproductions of actual battlefield scenes, these motion photos clearly show every detail of the world's most gigantic military action. You see charges, heroic stands, "action front" movements, wavering infantry, trench fire, preparations for battle, army life in victory and de feat everything just as it happened in actual war fare. The pictures give you the whole story. They Tell The Stirring Story of the War" How the Big Guns Work Their Havoc How the Airmen Drop Bombs i How the Poisonous Gas Comes Lilce a Cloud How the Men Live in the Trenches How They Fight I How They Amuse Themselves How They Help the Wounded ' How the Prisoners of War Are Dealt With A Symphony Orchestra Will Play Appropriate Music Under the Management of MORRIS GEST The famous War Correspondent with the Allied Armies, who is the only correspondent of any nationality who witnessed the German occupation of Antwerp. He has seen more of the French armies in the field than any other cor respondent. He has marched and slept with the armies and has been almost continu ously on the battle front since the war began. He has been in every section of the Western battle front from the English Channel to the Alps. A. gathering of sixty or more promi nent residents at the National Capital, S5SSsslJL'T.J..I ? " . ... J1" iww ww ."!! 'iLli!1!!!1' ', - - - n ' m ' 'M'--"1 ni ""l " ' ! -. i ins i i ii n ! iiMiiiiiiii mi swu m mi 1 1 1 mi ii imimwmimHimmmmmmmammmmKmmmmmmmwmnuMm
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