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League of the USA in New York in charge of its film department, and just prior to coming to the WEB, she was a film specialist for the American Automobile Association. She has also worked with the Veterans Administration in compiling and editing medical film catalogs. Two people, on the staff of five in the WEB, devote part time to film work. In addition, the Director of the Bureau gives over-all supervision and he and his assistant as well as other specialists in various fields from the AFL often review films. MEETINGS: At the annual convention of the AFL one evening is devoted to screening new films produced by AFL affiliates and other new films of interest to labor. Films are also often shown at the semiannual meetings of education directors of AFL unions. FINANCING: The AFL is financed by per capita dues payments from affiliated international unions, state federations. There is no separate budg- et for the WEB or its film program. Rentals charged by the film library are nominal and simply help defray actual shipping charges, print costs, and other expenses. HISTORY: The WEB established its film library in 1949, although prior to that time reviews of films and other audio-visual materials had ap- peared in the "News Letter." In the years since then, the library has expanded to meet increasing demands from AFL unions for films. The equipment-buying service was developed after the inauguration of the film library, since projection equipment was an obvious concomitant to any film program. The first film catalog was published in 1951; a second edition in 1952; and a third in 1954. Recently increasing attention has been devoted to the prepa- ration of film guides and the stimulation of film use through the development of film "packages" and a film-a-month program. FORECAST: Because of the increasing interest in films, it is anticipated that our film library will continue to expand as it has in the past. We hope to become increasingly effective in promoting good film utilization among our members. Until such time as films are produced by the AFL we are making increasing use of kinescopes of television programs put on by the Federation. Plans are under way to set up a film cooperative among AFL unions of which the WEB would be a member. This cooperative would initially produce four filmstrips a year on subjects of inter- est to its members, but might be expanded into actual film produc- tion in time. 15