The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

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MO The Educational Screen of this extraordinary film, written by the man who did it and profusely illustrated by photographs. The author served his apprenticeship as a camera man in the Arctic during 1913-14 in Baffin Land, when he shot 30,000 feet of amateurish negative on Esquimaux lifeā€”all quite incidentally to the main purpose of the expedition. Unfortunately, and for- tunately, this mass of negative was burned by accident during the process of edition. It was probably a worthwhile fire, for it saved the public a poor film and yet left Flaherty and Revillon Freres so far con- vinced of the value of such a picture that they were willing to swallow their loss and make still more elaborate preparations for a retake. In 1920 an elaborately equipped expedition started for Cape Dufferin on the northeastern shores of Hudson's Bay, with the sole purpose of doing for the Esqui- maux something like what Martin Johnson had done for the South Sea Islander. They wanted to picture "the dramatically barren North," and millions now know, or soon will know, how well they succeeded. Two pages of the article explain why "bear-hunting" is the only phase of Nanook's activity not shown in the film. It is a gripping story of 600 miles and 55 days of struggle and suffering, which ended, in spite of sound plan and grim purpose, only in heartbreaking.disappointment Those who felt the lack of the bear in the film will easily forgive the omission if they read Flaherty's story. TRAVEL MAGAZINE for August reproduces an elaborate series of pictures from the great film, "Nanook of the North," which is enjoy- ing phenomenal success from one end of the country to the other. (Pathe is to be congratulated.) Detailed captions un- der each picture make the series most in- teresting as a resume of the contents of this excellent production. SCHOOL AND HOME (Atlanta Ga.) for July-August gives the fol- lowing interesting account of activities in a small Minnesota village that an eminently worth while: McGregor is one of the smallest o small villages indicated on the map ol Minnesota. The community is not a wealthy one. The village has a popula- tion of about 250 inhabitants, most oi whom are hard-working people of slendei resources and limited capital. In the heart of the village a mag- nificent new school building has beer erected at a cost of $65,000. Last fall when the building was completed the new principal, Mr. V. P. Mock, decided that it must serve the community to its fullest capacity. Moving pictures, he realized, were a never-failing drawing card, and as there was nothing of the kind in the village he at once inaugurated plans for securing a movie outfit. The district could not afford to install one. He hit upon the idea of interesting the business men. This plan seemed feasible for several reasons. In the first place, it was one way of drawing people's attention to the school. In the second place, residents of the community who have money involved in such an under- taking have a common interest in its success. A public enterprise of this sort is much more likely to succeed when il represents the efforts of the entire com- munity than when undertaken by in- dividuals. Twenty-three of the leading citizens were called together by Mr. Mock for the purpose of organizing a moving picture association. Officers were elected, and an executive committee, consisting of two business men -and the principal of the school, was appointed. Each of the twenty-three members of the association contributed seven dollars towards th< purchase price of the machine. An outfit was purchased for the fot lowing amount: Machine $265.00 Rewind 7.50 2 100-volt lamps 16.00 1 screen 18.00 2 reels 4.50 Total $311.00 x