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i and the other was for a new resi- j--#coI thrLegion T o Show99SI . War Film Here n»a\*sofBrth■s “The History of the World War,” | re: d will be shown here at the Rialto | fo theatre Wednesday, and Thursday, d July 11 and 12, for the benefit and i.1 under the auspices of the local post ,y of the American Legion. according j-1 to announcement of local officials a yesterday.»-; Many lives were lost, the archives e of many nations searched and eight e. vears consumed in making of theofofIhn film. Icacois~ George F. Zimmer, connected with the lT. S. Naval Intelligence Depart -—! ment during the war, and who was commissioned by th« United States Government to make the film, went personally into all fields of action with his staff of camera men to obtain the “shots” seen in thi6 pic-' ture.Mr. Zimmer was with the Grand S Fleet in the North Sea; with submarines in their under-sea work off - the coast of Ireland; he crossed the p. 1 ocean to France and England cuunt--i-1 less times, on destroyers, battleships and transports, always in theill zone of action. He wae with then aviators, not on the ground but with •t, them in the air where the action |o, [was taking place; he used to land ta planes, sea planes and dirigibles.He went aboard surrendered lily boats. destroyers and obtained j w of never-to-be-forgotten close-ups of fith‘submarine warfare. His cameras -iwere trained on the greatest concentration of artillery fire in history; his men recorded the bombardment of sea-coast tewns from vessels 30 miles out at sea and his cameras were covering President (continued on page 5)wmmft04inM
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Harlingen Star Semi Weekly
Harlingen, Texas, US
Tue, Jul 03, 1928
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