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- From the shores of Lake Huron to the prairie capital of Manitoba is an interesting trip. Scenes shown are motorboating amid the Thirty Thousand Islands that dot Georgian Bay; fishing in the long reaches of the celebrated French River; the lovely scenery on the north shore of Lake Superior, which you touch as you travel toward Winnipeg; the biggest grain elevators in the world situated at Fort William in Ontario. Judging from the size and number of these granaries which dot the landscape, one would think that the entire wheat crop of the world could easily be stored away in this one particular spot. One sees at Port Arthur, Ontario, a genuine bowling green, an outdoor bowling alley, the like of which have passed away many years ago. The gate of old Fort Garry, which was all there was of Winnipeg in 1821, is still to be seen, as well as the first locomotive in western Canada, which arrived by river steamer in 1877 and which is now enshrined in the middle of a grassy lawn like any other monument erected to commemorate triumphant deeds. A number of amusing incidents enliven this little tour.
- For his third picture in his series, Mr. Holmes takes his audience on a visit to our National Military Academy at West Point, there to study the daily life of Uncle Sam's Cadets, the future generals who in after years will lead the armies of the United States. Mr. Holmes' series of West Point pictures show all the phases of our Cadets' lives of study, drill and play. They also give a knowledge of the beautifully situated military academy itself, its fine buildings for study. Its drill halls, its mess hall, the parade grounds. Flirtation Walk, the old historic reminiscences of Revolutionary days, and even glimpses of the serving room, during the Sunday dinner hour, when hundreds of roast chickens and gallons upon gallons of ice cream are served to the young soldiers. Building of pontoon bridges, daring artillery and cavalry drilling, target practice, mounted and dismounted, infantry drill, dress parade, guard mount, all these features of life at West Point are interestingly depicted.
- In this Paramount-Burton Holmes Travelogue are seen the beautiful and the unusual things that are to be found in the Bahama Islands. The points of interest in this release include the old sugar mill, the police force of the island, and open-air church services, where blacks and whites worship together. Another interesting section of the travelogue shows a fashionable garden party of the socially elect at the Colonial Hotel. The opening of a Royal Palm bud, one of the beautiful specimens of the flora with which the islands abound; natives shaking down cocoanuts from the trees, "Bath House Mary," a local celebrity, and native dances, to which Mr. Holmes applies the line, "On with the dance; let joy be unrefined," are other features in this issue.
- John Luther Long, Pierre Loti, Lafcadio Hearn, and other writers of Oriental countries have told the world much of the charm, beauty, and mystery of Nippon, but it remains for Burton Holmes, in the ninety-first release of the Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel Pictures, to introduce his followers to the pictorial beauties of that modern fairyland, "The Land of Madame Butterfly." Iris season is the loveliest time to visit this land of flowers, and amidst these natural blossoms the dainty Geisha girl is the human flower of which the Japanese are proud, for the word Geisha means "an accomplished one." In a lovely garden, with other travelers, the spectator sees the dances of these butterfly-like little entertainers. Child life in Japan is particularly amusing and picturesque. Japan is crowded with little folk, and they are shown from the time they can scarcely toddle in the charge of other toddlers scarcely older up to the capable young Japanese, who is imbued with the spirit of the Samurai, and wants to be a soldier.
- The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El Tovar Hotel, disgorging its human freight. Before the descent of the Canyon trails is made the audiences are taken to various celebrated Lookout points, from which the more notable views of this gigantic marvel of Nature may be viewed to the best advantage. The Grand Canyon is over a mile deep, twelve miles wide and two hundred and seventeen miles long. Through its lowest depths, the Colorado river still cuts its twisting path, carrying with it thousands of tons of silt and other matter, thus continuing its work of making the Canyon deeper and deeper as the centuries roll on. The travelers then begin the perilous descent of the Canyon, which is more than 6,000 feet deep. Down to the very rapids of the muddy Colorado, Mr. Holmes takes his party, there to stand on the shore and watch the frightful power of the river as it alternately dashes itself into mountains of foam on the huge boulders in its bed or flows again with flat, sullen surface. Mr. Holmes takes his audiences down the Bright Angel Trail and down the newer Hermit Trail, and also by stage and by motor along the new Rim Road. He shows them everything to be seen, including Capt. John Hance, who built the Hance Trail and other trails, and used to be, as he still is, one of the notable features of the trip to the Grand Canyon.
- Scenes: Royal Northwest Mounted Police in action; the commissioner; the prairies of Saskatchewan; glimpses of the Blackfoot Indian tribes; visiting the Bassano Dam Canadian irrigation; Calgary, the metropolis of Alberta; westward toward the Rockies in ideal observation cars; Mr. Holmes introduces you to the Duchess of Connaught at Banff Hotel, a famous Canadian resort, the Switzerland of America.
- Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.
- It is not often that your patrons will get a chance to take a trip through a veritable Garden of Eden. On his trip Burton Holmes will show them many strange and unusual sights of the Far East that they never before have witnessed, such as a Buddhist funeral procession of a much beloved saint. Don't run away with the idea that this is going to be sad, far from it. It will appeal to them the more like a joyous Carnival when they see it, the beautiful water falls of St. Clair, the tea fields and hosts of other sights equally interesting, finally the journey ends up with a water scene, showing the Cingalese people taking on the best sport in the land, bathing.
- This program gives a basic introduction to the colossal achievement of Solomon's Temple and details its design, construction, meaning for Israel, and what went on there and why.