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Remember — one foot of film
properly used, is as deadly
as a bullet fired against 1 the enemy . . .
LEGEND ON WALL OF CHINA I IL.M STUDIO, CHUNGKING. CHINA
HEROIC "Victory
CHINESE Symphony"
SCHOOL BOYS resist 3 Japa nese attempt to force obersance to a traitor: from story of the second Chinese victory at Changsha.
Shih Ke-ja. I the story of a leanieil minister who would rather die than surrender to a foreign invader) : Emperor Yu, (the story of an emperor who made great personal sacrifices in order to carry out his task of diverting a disastrous flood from his country) ; The Life of Dr. Sun Yal-sen. (about the father of the Chinese Republic) ; Good Husband, (encouraging people to join the military service) ; Defend Our Land, (a film about the present war).
2. To imparl general knouiedge.
♦ The following films can be included in this eategorx : liar Orphanages: Re/ugees Work on Undeveloped Land: The Legal Tender: Wartime Chungking: FirstAid: The Prevention oj Malaria: and Eyes and Their Protection.
3. To impart scientific knowledge.
♦ The following films come under this category: Vehicles Driven byVegetable Oil; Gasoline Substitutes: Charcoal-Engine I chicles: and Solar Eclipse.
I. To teach the technique oj production. ♦ I nder this category are films like: Hog Bristles; Tea; Tung Oil: Cotton; Salt from .irtesian Wells. Szechuen; and Wool.
purchased from other countries and translated and distributed to schools which need them.
After the outbreak of war in July. 1937, up to the end of 1940. altogether 135 subjects had been treated in films
down by the Ministry as mentioned above. The films are distributed under the abovi-menlioned cate
ories thus:
Category
Number of Subjects
No. 1
32
No. 2
16
No. 3
11
No. 4
34
No. 5
42
5. To supplement school education. ♦ Under this category are some geographic films: The Province oj Sikang: The Omei Mountains. There are also films which serve as illustrations for text-books. These include educational films
made by the Ministry of Education itself, or by the Ministry in cooperation with other government film production units or by these units in behalf of the Ministry. .All these films were made in accordance with the principles set
Lo in his Chungking studio office.
Script conference m the China Film Studio
Film Imports Difficult As to importation of foreign educational films, there have been threat tlifficullit's ever since the war began. First, it was the difficulty of iibtaining foreign exchange for the purpose. I During the early part of the war. the greater part of the foreign currency which China could command was expended on the purchase of arms and ammunition.) Then, after Pearl Harbor, when China was enabled to make purchases abroad through lend-lease provisions, there arose the insoluble problem of transportation. Hence, there has practically been no import of foreign educational films since
rtoon production at the Chungking Studio.
Visual Eduvation tor Vivtory
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