Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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EDUCATIONAL FILMS— TYPES AND USES 9 Moreover, because city courses of study are not uniform as to the year in which particular subjects and topics are taken, each teacher or supervisor will have to switch the films somewhat to suit the degree of divergence from the typical course followed in the outline. Many of the films can be used in grades not specified, where the teacher is careful to select the appropriate scenes, and to fit her recitation plan to the grade in question. Film Libraries for Varying Pocketbooks A real effort has been made to suit the pocketbooks of small systems that have but little money to invest in films, but would still like to get a start at visual instruction. Both free and rental reels are suggested as substitutes for purchase reels, and where rental reels are written into the course, free reels are frequently offered as substitutes. These substitutes, however, are suggested as only a temporary expedient. If the means are available for getting the purchase and rental films of the libraries, school systems should take them as they are, without substitutes, as most of the library films are supplied by the producers with synopses and teachers' notes, and the films written into the outline usually represent a better correlation with the school course of study than do the substitutes. Most small systems starting the work will find that the Eighty Reel Unit, or two films per week, will answer their needs for the first year. The Forty Reel