Business screen magazine (1940)

f w '^^B^^^BB!^^u ^-. r 1 iLX^^^^^^^^^^^A^L ^SKKi*^^ TRAINEES CHECKING FOR WEAR, a Pratt and Whitney T»vin-Rcnv Wasp, practically identical to the motor being built in the new Buick plant in Chicago. space, even in a .'^5 minute motion picture, was left for narrative devices or other artistic or interestgetting effects. A simple direct technique is used throughout beginning with sequences to introduce leaders of the nation-wide program of which Chicago's effort is a part, presenting briefly each of Chicago's training centers, then presenting the work itself as it is done in these several schools. Sequences showing the advantages of skilled trade training to the individual and comparing the contribution of the factory worker with that of the Army draftee humanize and personalize the appeal to the prospective enroUee. Shows Results of Work A final sequence pictures the various products of the skills in which enrollees are trained, as displayed during the past summer in a special exhibition at Soldiers' Field. This, in Mr. Robins' opinion. is of "inestimable value" in setting up high standards of workmanship; it stimulates men to do good work by showing them its outcomes. The frequently-used close-ups of "'men at work," he believes, are more useful than any other teaching device for showing proper methods of intricate work and fol■u^illlr student Position Wanted Yoiiiig man wishes po!<ition uilli opportunity for atlvanrenienl. Have ten years' expericncf with Inthistrial anil Medical Films. Have done (Camera Work, Rditin^, (aitlin^. Projrelion. Narrating and on Loralion in Charge of Oew. Have considerable equipment. Address Box llC, Business Screen, 20 IS. Wacker Drive, Chicago. attention on details of technique. Schools taking part in the work include: Lane. Crane, Harrison. Lindbloom. Phillips, Schurz, Tilden, Englewood, Austin and the new Chicago Vocational Training School. Navy Film Released Released in late October by the Film Council is a new film called 0 pportunity in the Navy. Prepared in active cooperation with the Navy Department, this film is to be used primarily to encourage enrollments in Chicago's rapidlyexpanding naval training program. Such expansion includes plans for the opening of Navy Pier as a training center for 10.000 enlisted naval trainees as aviation repair and maintenance men. machinists, metalsmifhs, and for other specialized machine tasks. More than 1,000 enlisted men are now engaged in such training at the new Chicago Vocational Training School. Electricity Slidefilms ♦ .\ new educational slidefilm Kitset on electricity has just been released for use in academic high schools, technical and vocational schools. CCC Camps and apprentice training classes, or wherever else basic instruction in electricity is desirable. Its most intensive use is expected to be in high school physics and general science courses. This visual instruction tool greatly aids the average man's understanding. The set is made up of 12 slidefilms dealing with magnetism, static electricity, current electricity, the electric cell, the storage battery, electro-magnetism, the generator, alternating current, electric motors and electric meters. Various applications of eb-ctricity in the automobile, in the radio, etc., are demonstrated in the last two films. MACHINE SHOP WORK MOTION PICTURES produced for UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION 1 16mm sound-on-films) 7 subjects on Engine Lathe 5 subjects on Precision Measurement 5 subjects on Vertical Boring 5 subjects on Milling .Machine 1 subject on Sensitive Drill 2 subjects on Radial Drill 2 subjects on Vertical Drill ■i subjects on Shaper 1 subject on Centering & Layout 7 subjects on Bench Work 10 subjects on Shipbuilding 2 subjects on Action of Sin gle Point Cutting Tools AVAILABLE NOW 5 Sub/ecfs on Engine Lathe 1. Rough Turning Between Centers 2. Turning \^ ork of Two Di ameters .:>. Cutting a Taper Vi ith the Compound Rest and \^ ith the Taper .Attachment 4. Drilling. Boring and Reaming V^ ork Held in Chuck .5. Cutting an External National Fine Thread 5 Sub/ecfs on Mif/ing Machine 3 Subjects on Vertical Baring Mill 1. Rough Facing. Turning and Drilling on a V'ertical Turret Lathe 2. Rough Facing and Boring Turning a Shoulder on a \ertical Turret Lathe 3. Facing. Turning. Boring Grooving. Chamfering on a Vertical Turret Lathe Using Two Heads 5 Subjects on Precision Measurement 1. Steel Scale 3. Fixed Gages 2. Micrometer 4. Vernier Scale 5. Height Gages and Standard Indicators A. The Milling Machine 1. Cutting Key ways 2. Straddle and Surface Mill ing to Close Tolerances 3. Straddle Milling 4. Plain Indexing and Cutting a Spur Gear (Release dates to be announced as additional reels are completed.) For full particulars write or wire Castle Films. Inc. ( /V. 1'., Chicago & San Francisco I or your sound projector representative or dealer W'SLIDEFTLTV^ PROJECTORS 0 TRAIN jM In schuuls, industrial plants, tivilinn-dcfenBe orsanizations and in tht armed forccH of the United States. S.V.E. Siidetiltn Projertors play an important part in America's drfcnxe program. The superior efficiency of S.V.K. Projector* ha« made S.V.E. equipment itlandard in all Icadine makri of noundslidetilm units. Of all the filmstrip projeetora servins busineiis and schooU today, more than three fourthi are "S.V.K." Literature sent on request. Write Drpl. 111). m»^;^ soci€Ty fOR VISUAL €DucflTion. inc. too CAST OHIO ST«€€T CHICAGO ' ILLinOIS Kmmher Eight 1941 :n