Moving Picture News (1911) . n their own cars and ina sense this was an amateur venture, accomplishing what theGlidden tour of last year proclaimed as impossible. Theroute led through the central part of the United States, overall kinds of roads and trails, without a real disaster. An important member of the party was the Jenkins mov-ing picture camera, which brought back to the East 8,000 feetof film. This has been reduced to a 1,000-foot reel, which theImp Company is printing for circulation. The fact that thistrip was the first of its kind gives special value to the film,educationally and e
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Moving Picture News (1911) . n their own cars and ina sense this was an amateur venture, accomplishing what theGlidden tour of last year proclaimed as impossible. Theroute led through the central part of the United States, overall kinds of roads and trails, without a real disaster. An important member of the party was the Jenkins mov-ing picture camera, which brought back to the East 8, 000 feetof film. This has been reduced to a 1, 000-foot reel, which theImp Company is printing for circulation. The fact that thistrip was the first of its kind gives special value to the film, educationally and entertainingly. It may he of interest to note, remarked Mr. Jenkins, that of all the films taken (none of which were developeduntil our return) only one set of exposures was out of focusor blurred in any way, and we had all sorts of conditions tocontend with. This marring I lay to some accidental movingof the shutter. In coming through Echo Canon, approaching Salt LakeCity, I strapped the camera on the front of the auto and in. this way secured a beautiful set of films of this winding, en-chanting landscape. I might add that the uncomfortable andhumorous position of sitting on the camera to keep it quietfell to my lot. Really, the scheme worked wonderfully, asyou will see when the films are exhibited. It might be well to state that the Jenkins motion picturecamera used is a much condensed apparatus, containing allthings necessary for the taking of animated pictures. Whenboxed for carrying, it is scarcely heavier than the portabletypewriters so many business men use to-day. One of our remarkable pieces of photography, continuedMr. Jenkins, is that of the fish swimming in Lake Tah-Hoe, on the Nevada-California line. This body of water itself is noteworthy, as it lies in an extinct crater high up the moun-tains. The clearness is so great that one can see the fishmany feet below the surface. Of this we secured an excel-lent piece of film, which will be a novelty to most people. When i