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BEGINNING TODAY
CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE
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Chestnut Street Below 11th
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PART OF THE RECEIPTS FROM ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE GIVEN TO THE FRENCH RED CROSS SOCIETY
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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).
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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,
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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,
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