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FILM Li IN THE ?I£LD
abnormal oonclitions arc proof oi' tne .indirjpensabie part ohat the film plays in the nation's ed"'j.cational life. In evacuated schools, teachers lack n-aoh of their normal eoiiipment and are in charge of c las sec not onl^' for the nornol six ho^jrs a day Lut often for nearly twenty-four and are forced to use every expedient to Iceep interest and variety. The nev/ locale can help. The countryside is in r,ieny cases a nev/ and exciting discovery, iiut as daylight has shortened more of the school \-vork has had to be dene indoors.
The film is helpin^c the teacher through the lojiger and more exacting day. Tne figij.res of the JTi&tionol film libraries, the iimpire Library, the C-.P.J., G-.B.I., the Gas Industry, and tne Oil Industry all report an increase in their normal traffic. There is nevv's of novel uses for the fiimiS. The London School, for example, nov/ evacuated to tne Lortii V/est of England, borro^'vs complete prograriimes fx-cm. each of the libraries giving three shovvings of eacn programjr.G. In the jr.orning, to pupils of the London School; in the afternoon to children of the local school; and in the evening to an adult audience drev;n from villagers and evacuees. The samie hind of intensive u.'io is developing all over the country.
For this there has oeen no official support. Organisation has been spontaneous. Instigation has been miainly oy the school teachers. Organisers of community centres, field v^orkers of the Social Service Groups, the V/.L.ii. lecturers, the Film Societies, the V/om.e'n's Institutes and the Tovmswomen's Guilds, have played their part. VHierever a pro^'ector, it has been pressed inco service. Y/hatevor film.s available, they have been booked to the 1 imi t .
In Scotland., xhe S.E.F.A., with provisional backing from tne Scottish Ministry of Inf orm.ation, have carried out a highly organized experimeni: providing films for evacuees, \'vhich has had the high claim of thousands of children, hundreds of teachers, the Scottish Press, and the Scottisn Local ^'authorities.
The Secretory?' reports:
"Volunteers v-iere readily forthcomiing to take charge of the travelling Film. Units. Teacher operators v/ere chosen for their experience of handling cinema apporetus, and had to provide their