. Moving pictures : how they are made and worked. ome kind of reality, the fly found that the suckers on its feet, bymeans of which it secures a grip upon a surface whenwalking upside down, were somewhat dusty. Theapparent preparation for a herculean attempt was nothingmore than the fly cleaning its organs to achieve itspurpose. This film occupied several weeks in preparation. Ex-treme patience had to be exercised, and when a desiredphase of movement had been secured, often it was founddefective from the technical point of view, so that thewearying round had to be repeated. Recently
. Moving pictures : how they are made and worked. ome kind of reality, the fly found that the suckers on its feet, bymeans of which it secures a grip upon a surface whenwalking upside down, were somewhat dusty. Theapparent preparation for a herculean attempt was nothingmore than the fly cleaning its organs to achieve itspurpose. This film occupied several weeks in preparation. Ex-treme patience had to be exercised, and when a desiredphase of movement had been secured, often it was founddefective from the technical point of view, so that thewearying round had to be repeated. Recently Mr. Smithhas continued his investigations, and has produced anotherfascinating film, demonstrating still more clearly thetremendous physical energy possessed by the bluebottle,and the wonderful powers of its proboscis, the movementsof which, to assist the legs, are shown very distinctly. Another of Mr. Smiths achievements is the film show-ing the hatching of a chickens egg. The period ofincubation is extended over 21 days—about 500 hours—and. MATURE AND Till: I INEMATOGRAPHER—MR. PERCY SMITH AT WORK. (iieat Britain lias taken the lead in bringing ilie wonders of science popularly beforethe public—See page 190.
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