Educational film magazine; (19-)

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AGRICULTURAL MEDICAL FILMING NEBRASKA FROM AN AIRPLANE ^'aluabIe Motion and Still Photographs to Be Preserved in State Archives for the Use of Various State Departments PROF. George E. Condra, in charge of the geological survey work of the state, is making an airplane trip over the state and has completed motion pictures and still photographs of the Elkhorn valley and the country from which is taken the world's largest hay crop. The pictures will be available to the Nebraska public as soon as they are completed. Professor Condra is piloted on his trips by Lieutenant Gardner, former service man. To Cover Entire State When he completes the trip Professor Condra will have in motion pictures and photographs the most important parts of Nebraska. The valuable records will be preserved by the state and used for future work of the various de- partments. He completed photographing the immense hay flats in the northeastern part of the state and left immediately for Valentine, where he will take pictures of the Pine Ridge district and the buttes and canyons along the Niobrara. He later will go to the Scottsbluff district, where the sugar beet districts will be taken for the screen. \ Norfolk was the first stop on the professor's air itin- erary and he made the trip from Lincoln in two hours' flying time. Motion pictures and still photographs were taken to show how the towns and cities are laid out and a glimpse of the country between the two cities. Will Aid Farmers While at Norfolk the professor told the Rotary club that the state engineers are now working on a topographical map of Madison county, which will be available soon. This map will show every creek, railroad and highway in the county, along with a record of the condition of the soil and sub-soil in the community. As soon as the map is issued each farmer will know what kind of soil he has on his place and he can change his crop rotation to fit this particular soil type. Dr. Condra has now completed photographing all over northeastern Nebraska, the Chadron territory. Pine Ridge county. Box Butte table potash district, sand hills and ranch country southeast the North Platte valley from Osh- kosh west to the state line; Scottsbluff mountain, Harris- burg table, Cheyenne county table and the territory east along the line of the Union Pacific. Taking photographs from the air for educational pur- poses is novel to say the least, but the geological boar" feels that this is one way of acquainting Nebraska people with the immensity of their own agricultural districts and bringing the importance of Nebraska as a great agricultural area before the people of the country. Three films coverinfr the wool industry—"From Wool to Cloth," "A Year with the Flock," and "Wool and Lamb Marketing" —produced by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United -States Department of Agriculture are to be screened in January in Salt Lake City, at the National A\'oolgrowers' and Utah State Woolgrowers' joint conventions. CANCER OPERATION FILMED IN DETAIL TVTHAT is heralded by medical authorities as one of the most valuable film records in educational photography thus far made is a motion picture of an operation for can- cer of the stomach, recently performed at Bellevue Hospi- tal Medical College. The operation consumed an hour and forty minutes and an unbroken film record of the event is said to have been obtained by the technical staff of the Legend Film Productions, 220 West 42nd Street, New York City. After seeing this operation projected on the screen an eminent surgeon declared, according to a state- ment from the producers: "This marks a new era in motion-picture-pliotography. I will be perfectly frank to say I have never witnessed anything like it in my life. I did not think it could be done, as a matter of fact. "It is a perfect reproduction of the operation and the photog- raphy is perfect. Your company is to be congratulated upon this achievement. A picture such as this has more actual educational value than any number of textbooks. In fact, I do not hesitate to predict that the time is not far distant when other subjects par- ticularly close to the medical profession will be screened and become an integral part of the curriculum in various medical colleges. The educational value of such photography cannot be overestimated. This picture brings to all who see it an intimate, accurate and perfectly plain exposition of the operation from start to finish. It is more than a merely medical instruction picture, because it furnishes food for thought and a conception of the pos- sibilities of the motion picture camera hitherto undreamed of even in scientific circles. DR. GRENFELL'S WORK VIVIDLY SCREENED DR. WUfred T. Grenfell completed his visit to Fall River, Mass., on a recent Saturday evening, lecturing to an audience which filled Music Hall to its entire capacity. Motion pictures and stereopticon views were used to illustrate the great work which Dr. Grenfell is doing in Labrador. The lecturer narrated the history of his enterprise from its inception in the year 1892, when tlie Labrador Medical Mission was established, through the progress which has been made each year up to its extensive operations today, when six hospitals, three nursing stations, one hospital ship, four hospital launches, four clothing distribution centers, one children's home and one seaman's institute are in use. The physician explained that expansion of the work has been hindered in the collection of funds, but that this year, the Grenfell Association is attempting to raise $1,500,000 endowment fund, the interest of which will supply a large part of the annual budget. The stereopticon views, in colors, furnished a treat. They showed the life of the Arctic country in all its beauty. Icebergs, salmon, seals, whales, codfish and fishing schooners of the cold lands up north were interestingly portrayed. A marked feature was the open rivers and green trees of the region, in contrast to the frozen fields. The dogs and sports of which the Eskimos are so fond were also interesting. Perhaps the most picturesque views were those of the icebergs, massive and beautiful, which appeared to have been designed by great architects. Some resembled European cathedrals; others immense glaciers. The motion pictures mostly vivified and elaborated upon the stereopticon views. They were of a more practical nature, and showed very clearly the splendid work of the hospitals of the Arctic. ANATOMICAL CHART IN MOTION piCTOGRAPH 7068 contains "The Action of the Human ■'■ Heart," an anatomical chart in motion, showing the valvular action of the heart and the complete circulatory system in a human body. This one, designed and executed by F. Lyle Gold- man of the Bray staff, teaches so that a twelve-year-old child can easily understand it, exactly how the blood is purified by arteries, veins, lungs and heart. This picture points the way toward a more lucid and perfect course of instruction in elemen- tary physiology by means of "motion" instead of "still" diagrams. 13