Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 5 | Last of 4 Men Who Took First Movies Succumbs

Last of 4 Men Mn M n Took First First- Movies ovies s Succumbs S r SAN SANc FRANCISCO April 27 UnI United d Pr Press John ss-John John Dove Isaac Dove Isaac las to to survive of th the f fo i m men n wl took the first motion pictures tures Is s dead b dath t c cane came e suddenlY suddenly almost on on Hie the eve of e the tho Jubilee Jubilee- e. e program planned Ma May 8 a at Stanford university university university sity in Ill memory of the birth of the notion Palo Alto in S Governor eland I land Ed Edward Edvard ward vard San San San- Francisco Francisca photographer J.D.- J.D. p. p Isaacs then thel conceived the Id Idea of twenty four rapid i i utter cam la pl a placed ced-a ced toot loot q apart part Taut corst Cords connecting the cameras vere strung roadS road 7 V t 1 I Under r th their r direction a a gr m started a horse running the dow the road and as as It dashed along It it broke broke tl cords and nd took I ftC fi s' s ff l t res This was the first movie La Later tel Isaacs utilized the electric m magnet away with th the the cord c cord rd arrangement for snapping the shutters shutters shut shut- j- j Internationally 1 I s a she h e d Is Isaacs acs had been living in seclusion since retiring In jn 1923 1523 as chief consultant consultant consultant con con- engineer r of the Southern Pacific He was born at l Richmond d Va in In 1848 and was graduated from the University University- of f Virginia Three sons sons sons' and a daughter surVive survive sur sur- vive Frank B B. Isaacs San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco Henr Henri l Ir r M Isaacs Portland Ore attorney ey J mes W. W Isaacs New York and Mrs V. V C. C Morris Morris' San Francisco