Educational film magazine; (19-)

JiTirce scientific films on the sub- its, 'Beyond tlie Microscope," "Evo- llon of Light," and "Static Eleetrici- j" were shown in the Teachers Col- je auditorium, Springfield, Mo., re- (itly. There was also an industrial ii on the program. ! * • 1'rof. Frank Schoell gave a recent le lecture on "Le Pays de Loire," in llertun Hall, Qiicago, 111. * * Society for Visual Education, . has placed at the disposal of M York Board of Education a ;; "11 the American flag entitled, il~ Off." This picture has been wu in twelve schools of Manhattan. it the irrigation convention recently i in Vernon, British Columbia, Can- t, fruit-Krowers of the famous Oka- ran \'alley saw themselves at work I play, when "Paradise Re-Discov- d," a film dealing with the apple ustry of the valley produced by the tadian Department of Trade and imerce was shown under the au- «s of the Vernon Board of Trade. 1 picture created a most favorable ire.'Jsion and was shown again dur- the irrigation conventioiT" in Cal- y, Altwrta. film urging the public to do its Iday shopping early was furnished to motion picture theaters in lunond. Va., by merchants and ie bodies. The Copperhead," a patriotic film, shown recently at the Roosevelt 1 Lincoln Junior High Schools, Be- Wis. The party of school teachers from Great Britain attendinp the Imperial Teachers' Conference, Toronto, werti given a practical demonstration of the use of motion pictures for educational purposes when films produced by the Department of Trade and Commerce were screened for their benefit. These films, which are part of the "Seeing Canada" series of one reel productions made by the government, embraced a wide range of subjects dealing with Canada, her industries and resources. At the convention of the National Shorthand Reporters' A.ssociation held at Niagara Falls, Can., films produced by the Department of Trade and Com- merce, were shown to delegates. The first motion pictures of the Mac- kenzie River District, Canada's sul>- arctic territory, which has come into the public eye through the recent dis- covery of oil near Fort Norman, have been released as a two reel production. The pictures are being distributed in the United States by Goldwyn and in Canada by Universal and Regal Films. * * "Numljer Please!" a one reeler deal- ing with Canada's telephone system, was the first release in the "Seeing Canada" series, produced by the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce. The picture was made in co-operation with the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. * * A stereopticon lecture entitled' "The Red Cross of Today and Tomorrow," was given in the assembly room of the public library, Mattoon, 111. A numtier of interesting slides .were shown and explained. During the recent tour of the King and Queen of Denmark to the Feroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, a .series of films was made in Greenland —the very first, it is said, to come from tlint far northern frozen land. These pictures were recently shown in Paris and proved a revelation to the public to whom Eskimo life and the natural wonders of Greenland are a closed book. * * In connection with the school health .■ihow at the Lyric Theater, Traverse, Mich., "The Modern Health Crusade" was exhibited. "Tlie End of tlie Road" the venereal disease photoplay produced by the United States War Department for the in.struction of girls and women, is still being shown in some theaters of Iowa and other middle west states, in con- nection with lectures by women physi- cians representing the federal and state health services. * * Community movie shows are being given at the Evans school, Marysvilie, Mo. Recently a picture made by the local chamber of commerce was screened there. * * In connection with the corn and po- tato show at Cando, North Dakota, the film showing the construction of a silo on a farm and other U. S. De- partment of Agriculture subjects were used. Educational films, "The Truth about the Lit)erty Motor," "South American Travel—From Lima to the Top of the Anes," "Revelation—the X-ray," were shown at Wartburg Auditorium, Waverly, Va. The St. .Mnthlas Parochial School of Mu-scatine, Iowa, and the local high school are showing instructional reel* regularly to their students. At the former school films are shown at three o'clock Tuesday or Wednesday after- noon, at the close of classroom periods, for half an hour. The Visual Instruc- tion Department of Iowa State College at Ames, supplies the subjects. * * As a result of showing "Black Beauty" on a recent Friday and Sat- urday at the south side branch of the Milwaukee Public Library, a crowd of 1,000 persons was attracted each after- noon and evening. S. A. McKillip, director of the library extension di- vision, said 250 applications for li- brary cards were received on Friday, and as many as 1,500 new borrowers are expected from the persons who came to see the picture. * * Movies portraying overcrowded con- ditions in Louisville, Ky., schools were shown fur three days at local theaters as an argument for passage of the school lioi)d issue. Hundreds of chil- dren witli their parents and friends crowded the theaters in an effort to discover themselves on the screen. * * Recent films screened at the First Baptist tliurch, Jamestown, N. Y., Rev. Dr. G. L. Brown, pastor, were "The Prince of Peace," "Satan's Scheme" and "From Darkness to Dawn." * * Eight hundred educators from east- ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, were present at a recent showing of edu«itioniil motion pictures in the Central V. M. C. A.. Philadelphia, which was arranged jointly by the Y. and Path6 Exchange, Inc. Some of these films were those described in re- cent issues of this magazine. M©VIE TRIP THROUGH FILMLAND (Continued from page 16) uloid three and a half feet wide and 5-1000 an inch thick, on a roll, and the scene re- iblcs nothing so much as a small printing BS running from a roll of paper. One of most interesting "shots" in the picture is furious, boiling action of nitric acid on s of pure silver bullion. The sQver quickly ippears in solution and, with the evapora- I of the liquid, brilliant crystals of silver ate result. These are stored in huge trays later use in making the silver emulsion ch is applied on the side of the film stock which the image of the picture is recorded, glimpse of the making of this emulsion is in. - , 'he operation of the perforating machine, jching both negative and positive stock, is wn in some detail, as is the wrapping of the I after being roUed and packing into round es. There are views of some of the building ; grounds at Kodak Park and groups of tly clad, happy-faced men and women work- pouring out of the factory at the noon hour, 'he finale of the picture is ingeniously de-. led to drive home the fact that 140,000 miles notion picture film (739,200,000 feet) were lufactured by the Eastman Kodak Company year, and that this quantity of film would ch around the earth six times. The earth is wn Spinning arovmd on its axis, with minia- ture groups of buildings typifying the different countries and wide expanses the oceans and in- land seas. On tall telegraph poles six lines of film stretch from land to land and across the wide waters. The spectator is taken on a rapid trip around the world and enters the gates of a movie studio in California where the mischievous cartoonist again gets in his ne- farious work and humorously shows how the moving earth was filmed. High up on taU scaf- folding, a tiny camera man is grinding away for dear life while the "earth" revolves on a huge spindle some forty or fifty feet in height. It is a clever conclusion to one of the most entertain- ing and instructive industrials ever made. The picture was shown as a special attraction at the Rialto Theater, New York City, during the week of December 18 and wUl probably be exhibited in many other theaters throughout the country. It will soon be available to all non- theatrical exhibitors. VICTOR ,Po>-t<ib;c STEREOPTICON > '^PERFBCT PRCWBCICB far every iW SHIPPED ON TRIAL SPECIAL EASY TERMS ?fctyrts fw rftjt. VICTOR AMIMXTOaiUni CO UK AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION "The Making of Soap," an educational film famished in standard or narrow gauge In Mass., R. I., Conn., N. J., N. Y., DeL, Md., Washington, D. C, and Eastern Pa. We I'can furnish complete entertainment FBEE ; including machine and operator. 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The Y. helps him to learn English, to understand American business methods, gives him an opportunity of learning a trade, teaches the laws and history of the United States, helps him to obtain his first papers and, eventually, his citizenship papers. The picture was produced by Baumer Films, Inc., from a scenario written by George Jay Zehrung, who supervised the direction. Mr. Zelirung is the efficient chief of the motion picture division of the Y. M. C. A. industrial <tepartment. Peter Points the Way. Distributed by Motion Picture Bureau, Y. M. C. A., Room 705. 347 Madison .\venue, New York City. MOTION PICTURE U5ER.S Schools, Churcbes. Instita- tions, Manufactnren and other non-theatrical users, contem- plating the purchase of motiOD picture machine! and filmi, should obtain a booklet of valuable information which ii supplied without cost by The Associated Manufacturers uf satrt.v standard Films and Projectors. 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