Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

News about people, organizations, events Have you heard ? Disneyland Boasts Many Kodak 16mm Projectors There are 18 Model 25 Projectors in operation at Disneyland: five in the TWA "Rocket Trip to the Moon" exhibit; two at the Richfield Oil exhibit which shows how oil is created in the ground and eventually extracted by drilling; 11 electrically synchronized projectors in American Motors "Circarama" exhibit. In addition, there are eight Kodascope Pageant Projectors in Disneyland's "Main Street Nickelodian," a model old-time movie theatre which features re-screening of early "flickers." Major Expansion Slated for DuKane President George R. Haase has announced a major expansion of DuKane's manufacturing facilities of Plant # 1, with a greater part of the increased capacity being devoted to the production of precision electronic equipment for the Department of Defense. .Al Hunecke, Manager of the AudioVisual Division, has announced the appointment of Stewart de Lacey to the A-V Sales Staff. Stewart's background includes Army electronics training, several years of sales experience and more recently, handling DuKaiie's customer orders. Because of increasing demand for its products abroad, DuKane is expanding its international operations by joining forces with Foreign Research and Management, Inc. Distributors Appointed by Portafilms Beginning October first, Portafilms, educational film producers who have heretofore been distributing their films by direct mail, will be exclusively represented throughout the country by the member organizations of The Independent Film Distributors Of .America. Regional representatives for Portafilms will be: Western States — Paul Cox, Coast Visual Education Co., 5620 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28. Midwestern States — Larry Hall, MidAmerica Films, Lyons, Wisconsin, Eastern States — T. C. Morehouse, 516 Fifth Ave., New York City. Southeastern States — Taylor Hoynes, Colonial Films & Equipment Co., 71 Walton St., N. W., Atlanta 3, Georgia. Texas. Oklahoma, and .Arkansas — Charles Pacey, 3601 London Lane, Fort Worth, Texas. Each regional representative will maintain a complete preview library of Portafilms subjects, including the six films in their Elementary Safety Series, their Citizenship .Series, and their ."Vrt Films. Texas A-V Education Association Plans 5th Annual Meeting "Making Teaching More Effective riirough Wider Use of AudioVisual Materials" was the theme for the Fifth .Annual Texas .Association of .AudioVisual Directors Conference November 3-5 at the Driskill Hotel. COMPLETE SERVICES TO PRODUCERS OF 16mm MOTION PICTURES, 35mm SLIDE FILMS AND SLIDES Research and Script Photography, Studio and Location Processing Edge-numbered Work Prints Sound Recording and Rerecording Editing and Matching Titling and Animation Release Printing Magna-Striping Slide Film Animation Slide Duplicating Vacuu mating Film Library GEO. W. COLBURN LABORATORY INC. 164 NORTH WACKER DRIVE • CHICAGO 6 TELEPHONE DEARBORN 2-6286 Two hundred educators from Texas public .schools and educational institutions attended the conference. Featured was a panel discussion of the topic, "The .Administrator Looks at the Problem of Effective Use of Audio-Visual Materials." Lawrence D. Haskew. Dean of the College of Education and Vice-President of the Uni\ersity of Texas, acted as chairman of the panel. Dr. Harry Moore, Professor of Sociology, the University of Texas, and Dr. Bernice Moore. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, the University of Texas, discussed the topic, ".AudioVisual Materials; Their Role in the Teaching-Learning Process." Participants in the conference outlined action projects for the four major divisions of the Association. These four divisions include: Teacher Education — Directed by Quincy Atha of East Texas State Teachers College; .System-Wide Education — Directed by Alvin Cogdill of Harlingen Public .Schools; County and Cooperative Supervisors — Directed by William Harville of the Dallas County Schools; Building Coordinators. Principals, Teachers. Librarians. Dr. Ernest Ticmann, Director of the Visual Instruction Bureau, the University of Texas, was chairman of the Conference Program Planning Committee. DAVI-NEA, Minneapolis, April 20-25 The 1958 meeting of the Department of .Audio-Visual Instruction, N.E. A., will take place April 20-25th, at the Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. According to the Program Committee Sunday, the 20th, will be given over to a meeting of the D.AVI Board of Directors and to final local arrangements committee affairs, with an informal social hour in the evening, and a chance for "early bird" registration. Monday is set aside for meetings of 16 national project committees. Adidt Education, .Archives and History, City Programs, County and Co-operative Programs. Instructional Materials, Professional Education, Radio and Recording, and Teacher Education committees are scheduled to meet Monday morning from 9 to 12. The Armed Forces, Building and Equipment, College and University, Evaluation of Secondary Schools, Legislation, School .Service Corporation, Research and Television Committees will meet Mon 524 EdScreen & AV Guide — November, 1957