ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1917, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"BATTLE OF THE ANCRE."

AT EVERYBODY'S TO-DAY.

The plan adopted by the British Government of securing first-class official picture records of characteristic aspects ,and incidents of the great war and distributing them to the Governments of the overseas dominions is obviously a wise and far-seeing policy. The object is to make- people—especially those in lands far removed from the scenes of actual fighting—realise vividly and accurately what present-day warfare means and what it is that our soldiers are doing and enduring in their strong determination that liberty and justice shall not perish from the earth. Tho first of these pictures to reach New Zealand is to be shown here for two nighta and •two matinees in Everybody's Theatre, commencing this afternoon at thro*? o'clock, with further exhibitions to-night and to-morrow night. It illustrates lh& Battle of the Ancre, which was fought exactly a year ago. One of tbp most dramatic incidents is the advance n ( . the tanks, that new and mysteiioas terror which contributed so greatly to the vic» tory, but the whole series of Alms is packed with interest and information which it would be impossible to describe or convey to anyone who had not seen them With commendable enterprise the Y.M.C.A. his entfli'ad into ah arrangement with the Government to undertake the display of the picture, and to see that all the profits resulting are expended; under the'direction of the Minister of Internal Affairs, for the benefit of our soldiers either at home ot abroad. The box plan is open at Colliers.