Full Color Tercentenary Films Shown at Recent Alumni Meetings About Boston

Movies in full color of the Tercentenary Celebration in the Yard have been shown recently at various Alumni meetings around Boston by Samuel Horovitz '20, a Boston lawyer, who is official photographer for the Class of '20 Association.

Mr. Horovitz was able to take shots from within four feet of the academic procession as it came down the steps of Widener, and got within 20 feet of the main platform, so his pictures are much superior to the black and white ones taken by the official University cameraman, who was stationed in a window in Thayer Hall, over 90 feet from the speakers.

Can't Be Reproduced

At present no process has been invented for making duplicate copies of colored movies, so only one set of these Tercentenary films is available. Mr. Horovitz expects to give them to the University in the near future.

His films reproduce the colors of the decorations and academic gowns so brightly that the scene appears to be bathed in brilliant sunlight. There is no impression of rain, except for the numerous umbrellas and raincoats, which look strangely out of place.

Colorful Shots

The sequence opens with the procession of the Alumni into the amphitheater, followed by some shots of the band, boys handling out programs, and various shivering spectators.

The most brilliant shots of all follow: those of the academic procession coming out of Widener and passing down the center aisle within a few feet of the camera. Just as the French delegation comes within view the procession has to stop, so there are some excellent close-ups of their colored robes.

Curley in Color

The next views are taken up near the platform. There are shots of President Conant delivering citations, Governor Curley putting on his glasses before delivering a speech, and President Roosevelt nodding and applauding. The series concludes with pictures of some well soaked delegates having coffee and sandwiches in the refreshment tent.