Business screen magazine (1942)

li'U THIS IS THK SKASON of mwl ings. lonfcmiirs. forums ami the 19 W crop in the field ol visuals has a stroiif; under-curreiil of a deep and *;rou*ing interest in the national pro{;ress of the medium during wartime. The consensus is that few new 16mm sound projectors will he a\ailable to any but essential wartime agencies, war industries and related outlets for another five or si\ months. With one exception, tin nations primary suppliers of such equipment are committed to the armed forces. Here their great responsibilities toward direct war production lie and no patriotic .American will do other than echo the setitiment. / ictoiy First! Or^dnized Planning Mates 0\ •^f Full realization of the responsibilities of those who provide most of the nations training films and the bulk of its visual equipment is gradually resulting in organized action on behalf of the medium. Such planning necessarilv mo\es slowly in order to move surely. Competitive rivalries, decades old. are passing in light of the greater opportunities of the inunediate future. \S ith their passing is coming cooperative effort to insure this future era — to provide to the potential user of visuals as comprehensive a picture as is possible of the great work now going on in the armed forces and our war industries — not to mention the internaticmal use of the visual medium in China. Russia, and South America. Such cooperative piaiming takes a lot of hard work and |jersonal sacrifice. More than that, it takes a certain stubborn persistence in the face of the usual wartime problems of supply and shortages . . . and other things. Retraining War I'eterans if One of the most promising areas for vocational use of the film medium is that of rehabilitation of the thousands of veterans alreadv returning from the fighting fronts and the millions who must be returned to civilian life when the victory is won. Here is a suggestion: CAMERA EYE A PAGE OF EDITORIAL COMMENT AND REVIEW A SI(.MHC.\.\T EVEM of importance to all interested in \ isual Education is the early j)uhlicatinn. through the cooperation of the Visual Industrv of the auth(>ritati\e I . S. .\a\\ Training .\ids Manual: More Learning m Less Time. Now on the press. If rite for your jree copy! Swift ri'lr.iirimjz into useful pursuits is the ihallenge we face from these fighting Americans. OrtainK the established pattern of the visual war program of the I . S. Office of Education will offer immediate possibilities in this important new vocational training area. Important Visual (Gatherings ir On Mare h 24-th. the Los Angeles Schools will present the First .\nnual invitational .Audio-Visual Education Conference of that progressive system under the sponsorship of Mrs. (lertrude Rounsavelle. President of the Los .Angeles Board of Educ ation and Dr. X'ierling Kerse\. .^uperinterident of Schools. The exchange of ideas and facts concerning Audio-\ isual F'ducation. its present place in the curriculum, and the effect of the war on its future de\elopment are the announced objectives of the Los Angeles conference. ■A" -And on April 3rd and 4th. the First Northern Ohio Visual .Aids Conference will he held in the ballroom of the Hotel llollcndcn at Cleveland. Ohio. .VI. R. Klein, director of the Educational Museum of the Cleveland Public .Schools, is program chairman of this important gathering. The Conference will present a series of practical demonstrations and illustrations for teaching with modern visual aids and an exhibit of ecpiipment and supplies. .At both of these promising sessions, the wartime development of ihc \ isual medium will be a recurrent theme. To sponsors and guests: ei;erv good iiisli jor success! The Story of Radio if Members of the Radio Executives Club of New York recentiv saw the first public showing of a motion piclure that tells the story of radio broadcasting from its beginning atop an East Pittsburgh. Pa., building to the present day of 6(1.000.000 receiving sets. This premiere showing of the motion picture On the Air — The Story of Radio Broadcasting, with a cast of more than 100 persons, re-enacted many familiar scenes in the swift rise of the radio industrv from the days of wireless telephony to a billion dollar enterprise reaching into virtually everv home in the nation. Produced by Westinghouse Radio Stations. Inc., the film traces the 23-year history of broadcasting beginning with KDK.A and leading up to the present. It will be distributed free to churches, schools, clubs and associations in all parts of the countrv. Exploring the future possibilities of radio, the film depicts an era of startling new developments, some of which are already in the making. It predicts a rapid growth in the process of radio-photo transmission by which pictures, drawings and documents can be sent halfway around the globe on radio waves. The film also envisions a rapid expansion in the use of television and shortwave broadcasting. 1\ antes Make Film Mens if Sixteen of the nation s prominent educators, editors and business leaders were elected members of the Board of Directors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc. at a meeting >esterday. The educational filmed, pany was formerly known as E Classroom Films which recently > purchased by Encvclopaedia Bril nica. Eight of the directors alrej , -serve in a similar capacity » Encyclopaedia Hritannica. The ii chairman of the board of EncM paedia Britanniia Films Inc. Vt'illiam B. Benton, vice-presid I of (,.. who also occu|)ies tit pii^l on the Britaimica board. .\lso elected to the board is Ch ter Bowles. OP.A Administrat \lai-hall Field, publisher. Walk K. H.ii lison. an hitecl. Paul G. Hi man, pres. of Studebaker Cor Ernest Hopkins, pres. of Dartnioi|i (College. Robert .VI. Hutchins. pr. University of Chicago. Henrv Luce. Editor of Time and Life, ;. H. Powell, pres. of Encyclopacij Britannica. Beardslev Runil. IreJurer of R. H. .Macy Co.. E. E. Slmaker, pres. of Encyclopaedia Wtannica Films Inc., M. Lincti Schuster, Simon & Schuster, HaiT Scherman, pres. of Book o f tt Month Club. John Stuart. Chairnii of Quaker Oats Co. and \\ ayne L Taylor. I nder-Secretary of Co merce. John Crierson. head Canada's National Film Board, the latest director to be named. The I Diversity of Chicago \i} long been interested in the develol ment of cla.«sroom films, derlara President Robert M. liutehins, K^ says the new board plans to exleij the scope and value of Encycl paedia Britannica Films Inc. in ti development of visual education. | Developments like these serve | cniilirm visuals great postwar f| lure. f [I li-i WRITER WANTED — E\ perieiiei-(l — for war training niotlcin pictures anil sound si idef i 1 nis. I eclini<':il, electrical, or _ seienlifii baekgrounil 1 helpful. I BURTON HOLMES FILMS, I Inc. 7510 N. Ashland Ave. '|[|| Chicago 26, Illinois Tel, ROGers Park 5056 12 ttusiin'Hs Sfreen JIagazini ,j| i.r f i