ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 280, 31 August 1915, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"WITH THE FIGHTING FORCES OF EUROPE." TOWN HALL. At th e Town Hall.. Taihape, on Monday night next, ths famous KinamacolcV war pictures, "With the Fighting Forces of Europe," will be shown. Black and white and the half-tones in between migiht give a likeness, but they do not present a faithful picture. In the kinemacolor picture, "With the Fighting Forces of Europe," the audience realises at once that the absence !

of colour —Nature's glorious gift to humanity—the ordinrj y "movie" leaves a good! deal to be desired. In this fine picture one gets the precise shade of a horse's skin, brown of the roads. th e dull grey of the mud siloughs, the green of the fields, and th e gcM ; of the sunshine simmering through the trees, and when a phalanx of troops march by, there is the silver flash of sunlight on their bayonets, the flush on their faces, and every detail in their uniform and equipment stands put in its true colour relation. Manv

scenes of military and naval importance are shown, every branch of the setrvice being- seen at work or on parade, and every nation in Europe now at war Is represented. One of the striking features of the picture is"the visit of the Kaiser to Kiel, where th e which was afraid to face the naval might of England lies hidden month after month, ever ready to dash out and bombard a defenceless seaport when they think the coast is clear of our ships. The strength of Kiel as a naval base Is admirably conveyed In the picture

Th e Kinemacolor pictures with the Fighting Force s of Europe will be shown only on Monday night at the Town Hall

The operating is In the hands of one of the Urbin operators, who came oit» specia-ly from London, and a firstclass lecturer explains the various scene-s. These pictures are absolutely exclusive, and cannot be seen here again. Furthr partlculrjrs will be announced.