Documentary News Letter (1947-1949)

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DOCUMENTARY III M NEWS 121 DFN VOL. VII. INDICES (1) ARTICLES AND BOOK REVIEWS Reviews of books are indicatd by an asterisk. Notes of the Month are printed in ilalii s Academy Honour. 26 American Film Magazines, 62 Animated Films (N. Maclaren), 52 Arnot Robertson Fund. The, 86 Art and the People (S. Road), 39 Barking I'p the Wrong Tree I \ 1 Iton), 1 1 1 Basil Wright (lose I p. M Book Review, 9* British Documentarj . 4 British Documentary, 14 British Film Institute. The, 50, 120 British Film Academy, 21 Canada Goes to China. 64 Cats out ol haus. I Censored. 6 ; Children's Cinema (George Bennell), 22 COl Report. 55 Congratulate >ti\ , 1 4 Congress ol World I nionol Documentary <D Alexander and Basil Wright). S8 Correspondence. II. 12, 23, 24, 35, 36. 47. 48, 58, 60, 84, 96 Cultural Needs of our People, 26 Czet. hosktvakla, 62 DFN Competition. 4. .2. 58 D for Denmark. 104* Do, uincnhirv in Parliament. 50 Drawing the Line. 16 Edinburgh. 1948 (John Grierson), 87 Kdinburgh Illustrated, 90 Edinburgh in Retrospect (B Wright), 102 Education Foundation for ' isual I/./s, 50 English Diary (A. Von Rautenfeld), 17 Exhibition about documentary films. An, 99 February Filldyke, 1 3 Film Toda I . Film Classification (J Harris). 59 Film Society Movement in South Africa. The ( L. Rabkin), 95 Films in the Colonies. 1 Films in Germany (Arthur Elton). 3 Films and the Colonics, 14 Films BUI, I he. 14 Films of the Mouth. 30 Films and the Nal al ( oal Heard ill k I ewenhak), 44 Films produced in September. October anil November. 1948, 120 Films show at Edinburgh, 105 Final Straw. The. :: Fricse-Green, 1 17* German Feature Films (B. Wright). 5 Germain Near Nought. 53 Graduation from Newsreel (James Harris), 16 Grege Inland |1 ester Koenig), 69, 80 Hamburg I Urn Sot let) . 18 Hamlet, 67 Happ) v. m Year, 2 India ( inema (K. Ahmad Abbas), 56 International Scientific Film Congress, London, 1948 (J. Maddison), 98 John Grierson, 26 John Taylor. Close Up, 82 Labour-Part) I Urn, The, 74 1 1st of film strip manufacturers, 72 Man Hunt. 101 March Merr> Weather, 15 Musician's Approach to the Documentary Film, A (W. Alwyn), 44 Nationalism and Internationalism (R. F Whitehall) 32 iVch Bill. The, 2 New Books on film. 20*. 7* New Canadian Films, I 10 New Flaherty Film for Edinburgh, 74 N,w Docunicntan Films. I,, is. 42, s-J. i.i,. IIS New Films from Canada, 7 New Films, 31 News from I nited Nations, 33 New Films Agreement, The, 38 .V m / tints Act, 62 New Medical Film. 79 Normandv Diary, 57, 71 Notes on the IDHEC (R. Partington), 83 Notes of the Month, 2. 14, 26, 38. 50, 62. 74 What we don't do . . . Every now and then our Secretary pleads that our advertisement should bleakly state: Realist Film Unit does not sell or loan films. That and nothing else — to save the time and postage of enquirers and ourselves. This is usually sidetracked into reflections about the garbled versions ol our name on some pf the envelopessuch as 'Realism Ltd', 'Real Films', 'the Reality Film Unit' . . . However, as it's the New Year, we give in and publish the plea: wondering, nevertheless, what an enquirer can do to disc over the \\ hereabouts of films we've made, except to write to Realistic-I-think-it-was, and ask. REALIST FILM UNIT LIMITED 9 GREAT CHAPE1 strut, W.i ■ Carari IOCS O Canada' We stand on guard lor til,. dii »nli their Heads i j Beddington), 77 Olivet Iwist. 74 One Doc-Two li.is. 112,113 Open I eiter irnni a Schoolteacher, It) Overseas News. 16 Pas de Deux i P B lylis, J. How, Peat I lul ^ ears. I lie, I 15 Pioneer Document, \ (John Maddison), lift* Progress in Brazil iHnan Stransi Quotes about tin Quota, 75 Quota, 97 Recording Angel (Alex Shawl. 9 Red Shoes, I he, 14 Religion and Films. 26 Report from Edinburgh (S ^ckroyd), 85 Research ami Films. 120 ROSS Md ean (< lose I p), 45 Kossellim and I s (Peter Brinson), 1 1 1 Roberto Rosscllini. 49 S. until it I Urn AsSOl iation, 2 Sequent Shorts. 14. 26 Sixpence on Rates, 40 Sociological implications ol the Film in Colonial Arias. I hi 110 Stuart Legg (D. Alexander), 68 Stuff of Documentary (1 Shephard), 100 Summer in Peine (Ci. Wallace), 27 Survej of Films, 8 Technician at a Conference, A.. 33 I en Minnies that shook me Rigid (John Truniper). I 14 This Modern Age. 41 Tour in Belgium (J Maddison), 76 Turning it Over, 73 / went) -nine > eai s, 38 University Film Centre (S. Oreanu), 78 Venezuela to \ crdoux (E. Anste] ). 4 What shall it prolit a man (K. Cameron), 15 Which Hunt. 37 Who Says Fxperimental Film? (J. Roos). 112 Why Scientific Film Societies? (J. Oswald), 46 Why should truth go dowdy? 93 World is Rich. 5 Wot I No Money, 50 Young People's Film Club. 38 (2) FILM TITLES Reviews of films arc indicated by an asterisk. Film titles appearing in the COl Report, piejc 55, Films Shown at Edinburgh page 105. Films Produced in September, October and November page 120. have been omitted. \ccidents Don't Happen. 60 Vdmiral Nakhimou, 32 Ml I \es on Britain. 21 * Artificial Insemination, ! ! Atomic Physics. I8\ 46, 98, 99 Baron Munchausen, 5 1 Ball of Fire. 69 Batttle for Stalingrad. The. 32 Battleship Potemkin, 78 Battle ol Heayj Water, 87, 90 BBt V oiccs of Britain Beginnings of the Cinema. The. -2 Beloved I mini . 69 Best liars ol .uir I ins. The. 69, SI Bill Blewett, 9 Uiitish Ire the] artistic? The, 43* Bronco Boaters, 7*, 18, : ( aliiiut ol l>r ( aligari, 95 ( .nlri Rouselle, 21* ' < an. nil. in 1 anils, ape. 22 Cargo from Jamaii ■ < , niniiis Between, I he, 6* ( elllre. I he. 19* ClM I \in,,n. 21, <2 ( li ins. in ilr ( In-/ nous. 21 f hams Populairas, 1 1 3 t hildren .it the Ruins. Is ( hildren learning in experienci -•. 76 ( hildren al St hool 1 1 ( hildren on I rial. 14, 96, 102 i hildren ol the • ity, 102 ( hiiiisr Shadow Plaj 96 ( n idel, I he. 12 ( i|\ Speaks V I it] 1 1.. ( iti/in Kane, 69. B i Claire Fontaine, I a. 35 ( oaslal ( oininaiid. s)