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PREFACE
This 1951 edition of the Educational Fihn Guide is a classified subject Hst of 8,251 16mm motion pictures, supplemented by an alphabetic title and subject index. This edition replaces all volumes and supplements which have preceded it. As in previous editions of the Guide, the films included are not confined to classroom films, but include those which are available for all non-theatrical uses, making this Guide valuable not only to schools and universities, but also to clubs and associations, social agencies, libraries, churches, business and industrial firms, television stations, and other groups which use 16mm films.
Revision. All information from the 1949 edition, 1950 supplement, and issue of December 1950 has been verified with the main sources in the spring of 1951. Prices and other data have been brought up-to-date. Credits and other production data have been obtained whenever possible, where this information was lacking. Most of the descriptive annotations have been completely revised or re-written. The quarterly issues of March 1951 and June 1951 have been automatically included in this volume, with only minor changes.
Types of Films Included. Due to the increasing size and cost of producing the Guide, a careful re-examination of the types of films to be included has been necessary. All educational, religious, travel, sports, documentary and sponsored films for which reliable information can be obtained will continue to be listed. For feature films now on 16mm films and "home movies" a selective policy will be followed. They will be included only if they are of direct educational significance. Films intended solely for the medical profession are adequately covered by existing facilities, and will be omitted entirely. As in previous years, films which are no longer available from the main source are dropped from this edition. In all cases, the needs of the majority of the users of the Guide will be the basic consideration in determining its form and scope.
History. The first edition of this Guide was published in 1936 with the title : Educational Film Catalog. For years before that The H. W. Wilson Company had been making surveys and inquiries to learn v/hether or not such a catalog was really needed. When the decision to publish the Guide was made a questionnaire regarding the form and general policies was submitted to educators and librarians and in 1935 editorial work for the first Educational Film Catalog was begun. In 1945 the name was changed to Educational Film Guide.
Form of Guide. An explanation of the purpose of the two parts of the Guide and the information which can be found in each is contained in the "Directions for Use" printed inside the front cover and repeated at the beginning of Part 2.
Evaluation System. At regular intervals, a list of the new films which have appeared in the Guide is sent to members of the Advisory Panel (names on Page vii). Each person is asked to rate the films he has seen on a numerical basis ranging from poor to excellent. If the average