Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933), undated picture

Gerald Ames, undated picture.

Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cimema, appearing in more than sixty films between his debut in 1914 and his retirement from the screen in 1928 in a career entirely encompassing the silent era. He was also a regular stage actor who took on many leading roles in the theatre. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ames

Making Farm Movies print article, 1922

This is an original 1922 one-page black and white print article “Making Farm Movies” about the motion picture program of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This Department has produced more than one million feet of educational farming films covering 150 different agricultural subjects. Two of the films mentioned in the article are “Out of the Shadows” about bovine tuberculosis and “Exit Ascaris” about roundworms in pigs.

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