The audio-visual handbook (1942)

Record Details:

Title:
The audio-visual handbook
Date:
1942
Publisher:
Chicago : Society for Visual Education, Inc.
Volume:
The audio-visual handbook
Leaf #:
000127
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

Types of Visual Aids and Their Uses 109 There are many advantages of the 16 mm. motion picture for educational purposes. In the first place, it is much cheaper than the film of 35 mm. size, in purchase price and in the cost of transportation. Photo Courtesy Bell & Howell Co. 8 mm. Motion-Picture Projector The fact that it is safety film means that it can be shipped by ordinary parcel post or express in small paper cartons at one-quarter or onethird the cost of shipping a comparable reel of 35 mm. motion-picture film. Another great advantage of the 16 mm. film is the ease with which it may be handled. It is light in weight and may be easily carried from place to place. Furthermore, the projection equipment for the use of this film has been simplified to the extent that any teacher with but a few minutes of instruction will be able to operate it successfully. It is certainly much easier to operate than some of the older classroom projectors for 35 mm. films. In addition to the simplicity of operation which characterizes the 16 mm. motion-picture projector, this pro