Shanghai ds shortly to have the opof seeing what is really one the most remarkable war films ever yet shown. Under the title "The First World War" the producers have been able to present a. photographic history compiled from the records of all the nations on both sides. This {fs not a propaganda film but a def nite attempt to give an historical ae count of the great conflagration. Tt not, also, a film which merely portrays the horrors of war. Tt gives, an historical record should give, personal. presentation of the leading Agures in the Courts of the different nations, "showing them at various [stages of their careers. Thus there jis one episode showing the Prince of Wales a8 a small boy in the nursery. The film has been received in London and New York with warm approval jand this journal has been shown some fof the stills of the film itself. As Shanghai flm-goers so often like to uenow in advance when a specially remarkable lin is about to come their way, this mention of it is made, with out prejudice of course to the review which will in due course appear.
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