UNCLE SAM IN THE MOVIES 



By C. J. Blanchard 



Statistician U. S. Reclamation Service 



THE value of the moving picture 

 has been recognized for several 

 years but the Government has 

 been rather slow in adopting it 

 in connection with its publicity work. 

 Last year, there was a general awakening 

 and under the impetus of a big National 

 exhibit at San Francisco, the bureaus 

 of several executive departments set 

 their operators at work with the result 

 that manv thousands of feet of film were 



exposed and a comprehensive exhibit 

 of Federal Activities in motion pictures 

 is now available. The Reclamation and 

 Forest Service Bureaus, for several 

 years, have been collecting negatives, 

 both still and moving, illustrating 

 progress and development, all of which 

 have proven of value in educational 

 work. The pictures showing the engi- 

 neering work of road building, construc- 

 tion of huge dams, excavation of tunnels 



Pe.^ches — Both. 



THIS WAS THE TITLE WHICH UNXLE SAM'S MOVIE OPERATOR THOUGHT SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THIS PICTURE; 



OF A FILM SHOWING FRUIT GROWING IN THE WEST. 



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