Moving Picture Machine

According to the Riverside Daily Press in February 1924 the West Riverside school purchased a moving picture machine. They must have been given some sort of payment plan because the school was able to take possession of the machine before it was paid off. In order to finish paying for the device moving picture shows were given at the school. The plan was to have shows for the public every two weeks. On Fed 22^nd the show began at 7 pm. A two reel film showing the undersea gardens at Catalina was shown followed by a four reel picture called “Slumberland." A standard reel at that time had about eleven minutes of film on it so the first film would have been about 22 minutes long and the second about 44 minutes long. The school planned on using the motion picture machine in school work and it was expected to be a splendid addition to the school equipment.