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from a blind that are photographically as good as 
are ever likely to be taken. 
Then came the first of the moving-picture hunters. 
The first success was the film called “The Water 
Hole” taken by Mr. Lydford, who was tempora- 
rily the photographer of Paul Rainey’s expedition. 
Although it is not photographically as good as some 
of the later ones, it was a remarkable achievement, 
as all who saw it will testify, especially when they 
realize that this was Mr. Lydford’s first experience in 
making motion pictures and that his equipment was 
not as good as equipment is now. The film had a 
deservedly popular run. Like all such films it was 
arranged for public exhibition by piecing together 
parts taken on different occasions, so that the au- 
dience gets in one crowded hour the fruits of weeks 
and months of painstaking effort. 
The next successful moving picture that I know 
of was taken on the expedition of Lady Grace Mc- 
Kenzie. It has in it the very remarkable piece of 
film showing a charging lion. The lion almost got 
the operator and ended the picture but fortunately 
both escaped. This reel has never been extensively 
shown. 
After this came a film made by James Barnes and 
Cherry Kerton which was shown with a lecture and 
not, as was Rainey’s, by itself. That was nearly the 
whole roll call until 1922 when two men came back 
with films. The first to reach New York was a film 
made by H. A. Snow. It was shown at the Lyric 
Theatre and had a great success for which I am person- 
