Business screen magazine (1942)

:ro.Ta,--i. t'Mff --r'-m.' ( ri:;lif ill*; .>l«'ii l>«'iirii A U\'l'] ) VISUAL AIDS SPEEDED HIS BASIC TRAINING In the Army. Navy. Coast Guard. .Mamu' ami Air t'oip.s, thuusamis ul motion pictures produced by the services and commercial companies provided basic instruction in complex skills of modern war. THEY PROVIDED INFORMATION IN THE FIELD Mobile units such as this Army Special Services truck brought news, instruction and provided vitally necessary enlerlainment to our men at the fronts. "As necessary to the men as rations," pfticers declare. to be widel) adopted for postwar market expansion where Aineruanmade foreign language versions of industrial instructional films will surely follow the flag and exports iiilii many foreign lands. \it.MED Forces Providk Fii..ms riiis patlern of film utilization In llic armed forces and war industry is a two-way street. Today, the \rniv and Navy are providing battlefront reports primarily intended to reacli the men and women on the production lines back home. In pictures like War Dvpartineiil Report, produced by the Army, and December Seventh, a Navy film, war workers are shown the weapons their hands have forged in use on the lighting fronts. To date, millions of workers have seen these graphic, hardhitting camera reports on the fire and fury of our baltli's in Kurope. .Africa and the South Pacifii . Iivo Areas ok Api'i.ication There are two vastly different areas of film application employed ln'ic Training and instructional lilnis ha\e their definite purpose and are widely employed in the armed forces and war industry. On the other hand, there are these inspiring and inforniati\'e informational reels which show both worker and fighter "Why We Fi^ht" and what we must do to win the victory. The success of motion pictures .md slidelilms in training these wnrki-rs and liiihteis li)r their spe cialized war duties has been wiiK and authoritatively attested. W U major studies in this area are eii* continuing or yet to be started, f. ficient testimony has been given ly industrial training directors ua such films as those provided byl I . .S. Office of F^ducalion andl Army and Navy training person! Tiaining in skills thiough the I plication of visual methods cani measured. Though many vain such as the pre-enlalion of sta ardized inlormation in an unvaq way, completeness, and unchang clarity of presentation are si evident, certain results such as proved output, quicker masteryl technical details, belter qiia| work and less waste of male offer tangible evidence of betr learning in less time. Generalization Is Oi t Generous percentages of incre:i il learning are frequenllv attribu 1 to visuals by these users. F.xpi enced hands have learned to aci'i such endoisemeni as indicati\c ( a new and widespreail enlhusia i for these tools. Bui new reseaii studies with control groups suppU verification. Both government a I industry can well afford lo alloc. ihe time and expense deserved I the most searching study of ii i values, prerequisites to achievi tlirm and simple formulae for c< sisteni lesulls. Motion pictures for I most wi< Iv emplo\edl informatinnal and ■ THEY WOULD RETRAIN HIM AFTER VICTORY . Kxtensive plans for trade and general education through visuals a already in the making in the armed forces. The immense task of turni: these millions into useful civilian pursuits is a great challenge to the fle of vocational training aids. * Kcliabilitatiun of men in the armed forces already faces the nation as thousands of discharged veterans return to civilian life each month. Plans announced li> Washington and li\ the .\rmv for re-educalion of these veterans through continued use of motion pictures and slidefilms place new challenges for belter and speedier training in occupations before the visual industry. (Scene from. /fiC.f. British film. PICTURE CREDITS 11..11. i.lii.w .»n.l l>rlu« 1 .Army Signal Corps photos: (right) British Information Services. (Tn|>. right — opposite page) National Film Board (Canatla); (center and bottom, right) Jam Handy Organization. .*^'\ >/ f »