Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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12 MOTION PICTURES FOR INSTRUCTION A committee on visual instruction, one member for each main subject of study, should be appointed to fit the film course to the local textbooks and outlines, and to help teachers plan their work. The superintendent should recommend a budget for the rental and purchase of materials, and for the proper compensation of the director. Older students, as well as teachers, can be trained to rewind and inspect the film after each showing, and to operate the portable motion picture projectors. Film Correlations Only Partial The correlation suggested for each reel has been made on the basis of its principal content. Not every scene in each is equally well adapted to the related topic. A more perfect correlation could be secured if the teacher or school committee should select just the illustrations desired, in short lengths, from classified catalogues of film negatives, and have prints made to order in any length. It is the only way to avoid waste of time and footage and build up a permanent library of motion picture illustrations, every foot of which is germane to the topic for which illustration is desired. There are few such catalogues in existence, however, and their contents are chiefly of interest to theatrical producers. Bray Productions Inc., New York City, and the DeVry Corporation, Chicago, will make short prints to order from their extensive collections of educational film negatives. Simple motion picture hand cameras, requiring no tripod nor cranking, are now on the market and can b*>