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

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EFLA Award To Dale At 1961 Film Festival Dr. Edgar Dale of Ohio State University was announced as first winner year for the first time at the 1961 I l:u EFLA Award, presented this American Film Festival. A total of 57 Blue Ribbon Awards were voted to 16mm films and 35mm filmstrips named best among the 300 screened during the festival April 1922 in New York City. Film Associates of California was honored with three awards, presented for Discovering Color, Los Tres Osos, and What's Under The Ocean. The National Film Board of Canada again scored strongly with two Blue Ribbons for films— The Back-Breaking Leaf and Universe —and three for filmstrips— OtuZs, The Seaway, and Uranium. Other awards: The Blue Ribbon for the best film m the "Education and Child Development" cx)mi')etition category went to And No Bells Ring, produced by the National Association of High School Principals and Baboon Behavior, produced by the University of California, shared first place with the Columbia Broadcasting System's The Population Explosion in the "Sociology and Anthropology "8 competition. Among other recipients of Blue Ribbons were the United Nations for The International Atom; the U. S. Department of Agriculture for Agricultural Enginering; W^-'tI Wide Pictures, for Africa On The Bridge produced for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; and Churchill-VVe.xler, with its third consecutive Festival win in the "Health for Non-Medical Audiences" category for Conge.stive Heart Failure. produced for the American Medical Association. The Blue Ribbon Awards were announced at a banquet April 21. EFLA President Frederic A. Krahn, assistant director of the East Meadow Public Library, presided over the ceremonies. Awards were presented by Elliott H. Kone, director of the AV Center of Yale University and former president of EFLA; Robert Konikow, editor of Advertising arid Sales Promotion; Rohama Lee, editor of Film Neivs; Dr. Leo Leveridge, Coordinator of the Medical Television Unit of New York University; EFLA vice president Galon Miller, director of AV Education of the School City of South Bend; and Howard Thompson, 16mm film critic of the New York Times. Galon Miller read the special citation honoring Dr. Dale winner of the EFLA Award, for "distinguished service in the audiovisual field" and "his outstanding contribution over many years to the cause of education from the local level to the international scene through his teaching, writing. George ('.. Stoiiey leads a panel discuesion on "Film-making in .4frioa." Taking pari in the panel debate were, from left, Juliem Bryan, producer of the soon-to-be-released Tropical Africa;" Theodore Holcomb, producer of "African Village;" the Reverend Alexander Feguson, producer of "New Faces Of Africa;" Hannalora Ilahn, representing J. Michael Hagopian, producer of African Girl: Malobi;" and Al Mosell, cameraman for the forthcoming Richard Leacock film reporting on G. Mennen Williams' recent official visit to Africa. Galon Miller, director of .V\ Eiliiralion of the School (Mty of South Bend and vice president of EFLA, announces the first annual EFLA Award, to Dr. Edgar Dale of Ohio State University, who was unable to be present. research and active participation in many organizations." Although Dr. Dale was unable to be present, he greeted the members of EFLA and banquet guests by means of a tape recording in which he accepted the award. A scene from the Blue Ribbon Awardwinning filnistrip series "Instruments Of The Symphony Orchestra," one of two for which the Jam Handy Organization was honored. A migrant worker shares in the harvesting of "The Backbreaking Leaf." This film on the story of tobacco in southwestern Ontario won a Blue Ribbon Award for the National Film Board of (!ana<la. Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — June, 1961 269