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1674 CLAUDE FRANCOIS MILLIET DE CHALES (1621-1678) Dechales, also known as De Chales or Deschales, was a French Jesuit priest, mathematician, and scholar born in Chambéry, Savoy (then part of France). The son of Hector Milliet de Challes, a prominent figure in the Sovereign Senate of Savoy, he entered the Jesuit order at age 15 in 1636. His career was marked by significant contributions to mathematics and education, as well as missionary work and teaching across various disciplines. Dechales played a significant role in documenting and promoting the Magic Lantern. He supported the idea of successive glass slides on a horizontal plain, in 1674, as Kircher did in 1646. The motion of the Magic Lantern comes to life in these eight slides telling the story of ‘Our Life Boat Men,’ a series by Butcher and Sons produced around the late 19th century, because no series slides from the time of De Chales exist to my knowledge. They portray the heroic efforts of lifeboat crews. These slides were part of a narrative sequence, accompanied by a script to guide the presenter in telling a dramatic story of maritime rescue in cinematic form. Each slide captures a moment in the lifeboat men's journey, from preparation to rescue.