IN 1914, a Hollywood movie company paid Mexican guerilla Pancho Villa $25,000 for permission to film his revolutionary battles against government forces.
The film's director told Villa where and how to fight his battles. The cameraman decided he could shoot only in daylight and made Pancho Villa start his fighting every day at 9am and stop at 4pm.
Sometimes Villa was forced to cease his battles until the cameras could be moved to a new angle.
When the completed film was brought back to Hollywood, it was found too unbelievable to be released - and most of it had to be re-shot on a studio lot.


