Popular science monthly . nationally famous places were flashedagainst the towering shaft. A cold, wetnight kept a great many away, so thatcomparatively few saw the monumentsdebut as a motion-picture screen. On account of the monuments roughsurface it was found necessary to projectthe pictures on a special silken screen,which a local florist pro\ided, togetherwith a gigantic wreath having a diameterof thirty-six feet. The projecting apparatus was con-tained in a specialh-designcd motor-truck fitted with remo\-ai)lc sides. Anelectric generatmg cqui[iment for theprojection arc lamp is also carri
Popular science monthly . nationally famous places were flashedagainst the towering shaft. A cold, wetnight kept a great many away, so thatcomparatively few saw the monumentsdebut as a motion-picture screen. On account of the monuments roughsurface it was found necessary to projectthe pictures on a special silken screen,which a local florist pro\ided, togetherwith a gigantic wreath having a diameterof thirty-six feet. The projecting apparatus was con-tained in a specialh-designcd motor-truck fitted with remo\-ai)lc sides. Anelectric generatmg cqui[iment for theprojection arc lamp is also carried. Themotor-truck was built to nui h-oni city tocity throughout the cast antl give treedemonstrations wherever possible. The United States government loanedthe films, which were made in \ariousdepartments. They include, aside fromscenic pictures, films showing the \ari()usactivities of the government, the growthof plants from seed to blossom and seedagain, the work of the forest service, andpictures of military The Washington Monument as a Motion Picture Screen. The Projecting Apparatus IsContained in a Specially-Designed Motor-Truck Which Is to Run from City to City Popular Science Monthly 355 Economizing Gasolinefor Automobiles com-plug
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