Documentary News Letter (1940)

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16. alive 8.nd of his valuable j^eo.^rephioal surveys. Bv.t the Ro^'-al Geographical Society refutes the first end invalide.tcs the second, T/hereupon Tracy raolces a iioving Uuni-li/.e spt^ech. Tue bach{^T-Dund to the "rsafari'^ is beautifully and e::citingl3r photo£:rf3piiod with a quality v/hich s'oiell noys, whose literary taste nas not yet declined, i/vill reG0i;j;nise as fij der 'n^Ct^f^^'^pl-'juuss of the iv!' sai are good enouj^h for anybody's EchooldG\s. The tossing V/nite mj'j^riS OF T.al SEA A P^ r an oun t P i c t a r e , by Poraiucunt, Certificate directed by Fr&nk Lloyd -p" ' ^r>to u, THIS IS A STOiiY 0-F TjiL ZULY STliAi^a EI^^IID^S AND 0.? THL i'lHST Atlantic crossings of steari ooats. It is not quite the true story but, as is often the Cf3 '^e ■; t enougn. l/ill Fyffe is the origin; .s very good being true Scots engineer and his passion lor, and faitn m, his engines nas a genuine ring, Pirectcr FranK Lloyd alv"/ays raakes the sea real enough, and the G-reenocic of the film is one of the fev; plav^sible Scots villeges of tne screen. If history on the screen v^ere never less accurate than this teachers Yvould hevs less to worry aboat. JIJAi;{SZ TxIE HEVTLV/ OF TiilS Flili 01^ ANOOhlER PAGS bTLL BE sufficient to reeorjiend it to consideration of all teachers. It mahes one cose for der.iocracy, and tnat is recorrj;iendaticn enougn in these tii.ieso THE L^UNC;;rIIIIG OF THE P.F.b. FIL:I LIBEAhY IN Mt-H TIME IS bravely significant It shc^'vs the genuine desire of documentary groups oo put their resources at the best disposal of those in the country vvho are striviiig for continuity jr. public education and trying to articulate the problerus of the vvcrtime situation. It indicates their univillingness to i/'/ait on. the nard-to-come-by official decision to support tne idta of public education in wartime. The iifimedi^te and continuing demand for the nei^'v films indicates the soundness of the sponsor's ^,udgment to operate this vvell planned project. All the films acnieve. a high standard of tecnnical shill, ronging from the hijaTianly-ob served treatment of Miss x-^uby Grierson' s^ GAi^GO FOR ARDE0SSA5[ to the beautiful simplicity of explanation in Ej.ton and Bell's TRANSFER OF PO\";LR.