Show 0 Buffalo Used in Western With the first filming of a huge hugeY buffalo Y f T Thomas stampede H. H Ince already has completed completed com com- cOa announced an an- flounced immediate plans to proceed proceed proceed pro pro- with production of The Last Frontier a W Western stern of the American pioneer period Thousands of ot feet of action shot In Wainwright National park In Inthe inthe i the he province of Alberta Canada I where to buffalo were rounded up and stampeded for th- th I Ince company have passed the closest scrutiny In the studio projecting projecting projecting pro pro- rooms The producers producer's decision to turn turnagain turnagain turnagain again again- to the field of ot Westerns In which h 11 he first gained recognition many years ago at hinged on his acquisition of the screen rights to Courtney Riley Coopers Cooper's latest book The Last Frontier which deals with the early days of ot American history wh when n hardy men and valiant women had to o drive the Indians and buffalo before them in the fight for tor civilization For the buffalo action in the picture pic plc- ture arrangements were made with Canadian government nt officials to conduct the stampede in the WA ht park the last natural stamping ground of the buffalo Many fany weeks were spent in working out details to assure compliance with the rigid terms of ot the he h government government government gov gov- permit A large technical staff including nine first first camera men three still camera men camouflage artists actor riders and two directors was dispatched to western Canada for forthe forthe forthe the big roundup Hundreds of Cree Indians and their squaws were se secured secured secured se- se cured from the reservation reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion through the courtesy of government government government gov gov- Indian agents ag Expert Exper cow punchers and riflemen were summoned from Alberta ranges and carefully rehearsed before a single scone sane ic was shot O Then after days ays of hard riding I thousands of buffalo were rounded up from the square miles of I grazing grazin land in the park The huge I herd driven onward by Indian braves in full war regalia charged over the rolling prairie with terrifying terrifying terrifying ter ter- speed while the camera camera cameramen cameramen men In some Rome cases working in concealed concealed concealed con con- pits directly in the he path of the milling beasts recorded the tho spectacle Another scene shows the destruction destruction destruction tion of a village by the stampeding buffalo while the powerless fo to to resist the advance of the enraged animals flee IEe in terror Realizing that there might never nver be another opportunity to screen such a realistic revival of the days when buffalo roamed unrestricted ed over the American plains the company company company com com- pany continued shooting until 50 feet of film were In the can In the picture will ill appear such figures as Buffalo Bill Bm making aking kills of ot buffalo to provide meat forthe for forthe forthe the railroad builders and construe construe- ion lon camps Wild Bill Hickock Custer the Indian Chief Roman noman Nose and others of historic Interest interest Inter Inter- est At woven woven into the story by the au- au au au- thor |