Business screen magazine (1957)

Visual SGries on Hockey Skills Hockey Coaches' Association Offers 8-Film Training Program M Proud as they are of their national sports prowess. U. S. sport fans know that when it comes to hockey, the Canadians know their way to the goal. In 1947, the American Hockey Coaches Association was formed to promote ice hockey in the United States. During its first decade, the Association was on the lookout for promotional tools but had not attempted direct sponsorship of an instructional film on hockey which, the Association notes, was needed. In 1956, the AHC.\ learned that Crawley Films Limited of Ottawa, Canada was preparing a film on hockey. In January of this year, AHC.\ was selected to act as U. S. distributor of the film for Crawley Fibns. In this capaciti,. the Association is promoting the sport of ice hockey by selling the instructional film to organizations sponsoring hockey locally. Eight Films in Series The visual promotional tool being used by AHCA is How to Play Hockey — actually eight short instructional film segments forming a basic course in the game of hockey in a total running time of 65 minutes. The set of eight component films is sold for .8300.00. As part of the film's send-off, it will be shown on Saturday afternoon, March 23, at the annual Coaches Convention, at the Hotel Kenmore, I?oston, Massachusetts. Produced under the technical direction of Willard J. L'Heureux, director of Physical Education, University of Western Ontario, the Hoiv to Play Hockey film lessons are primarily intended for use with boys in their early teens, or younger, w ith the exception of two "'teamplay" films which are more advanced. Because the segment films employ adult demonstrators and do not talk downi to the audience, they are considered as useful for hockey beginners of any age and valuable refreshers for experienced players. Emphasis on Basic Skills Emphasis is on the acquisition of basic skills and how to use these skills as a team. Information which can be absorbed from the written word is not covered in the series. The films do not describe playing surfaces, markings, rules or equipment. The instructional meat of the films is conveyed by the skilled adult demonstrators, though each film begins with action shots of teenage scrimmage and ends with scenes of a fast adult game. Occasional use also is made of teenagers performing drills designed to improve basic skills. These drills are of particular interest to the coach faced with the problem of limited ice surface and too many players. Experts though they are, the Canadians aren't resting on their hockey sticks. In the first two months after release, over 100 sets of How to Play Hockey were purchased in Canada by the Canadian Amateur Hockey League, by the National Hockey League, by schools, colleges, recreation groups, P.T. groups, service clubs, hockey teams, industries. Here Are Segment Titles The eight film segments of How to Play Hockey are: Skating, 9 minutes: showing the fundamentals of '"balance," '"stopping," "starting," "turning," and ■"speed skating." Stickhandling, 6 minutes: illustrating the correct method of holding and manipulating the stick in order to control the puck, how to stickhandle around an opponent. Passing, 6 minutes: demonstrating techniques involved in passing the puck between players both stationary and on the move. Checking, 6 minutes: portraying how to use a "poke," "hook," "hip," and how to "cover" a man. Shooting, 8 minutes: depicting the techniques involved in executing various types of shots such as the "forehand," "backhand" and "slap." Attention is paid to the major target areas around a goaltender. Goaliending, 8 minutes: exemplifj'ing ways in which the goaltender can defend his life and his honor. Offensive Teamplay, 11 minutes: demonstrating methods by which an attacking team can clear the puck out of their oivn end, by-pass defensemen, get into scoring position and eventually, perhaps, beat the goaltender. Defensive Teamplay. 11 minutes : demonstrating the principles of defensive action — when the team is "backchecking." '"forechecking," or breaking up an attacking "'power play." How to Obtain the Films Information on obtaining the Hotv to Play Hockey film lessons may be obtained from Edward Jeremiah, Sec-Treasurer, the American Hockey Coaches Association, Hanover, New Hampshire. R' ry Firsr loOkS ir.to the TuT„re rtJveA ,ne :ast . . . Prnqress Heporl on Auto Safety Automobile Manufacturers Document Advances in Design Safety Sponsor: Automobile Manufacturers Association. Title: Your Safety First, 13'min.. color, produced by John Sutherland Productions. "K As the proponents of safety on the highways point with shame and horror at the annual death toll from automobile accidents, the car makers strive to make it clear that the accusing finger should not be pointed at them. As evidence, this film documents the real advances that have been made in the past 50 years to make the machines, at least, safer than some of the fools who drive tliem. The story is laid in the futureland of the year 2000. where the cars of a half centurii' hence are depicted as something like automatically controlled rockets with wheels. And to show how tliey got that way the fihn turns back a century to the days of the horseless carriage. It shows that while we may have some way to go before the automated locomotion of 2000, we have indeed come a great way in 56 years. We have stronger wheels, bodies, tops, doors, and hundreds of other safety features, hke wipers, self-starters, etc. which are today take-it-forgranted, but were not always so. Your Safety First is a slick animated cartoon with clever narration. It features several amusing Goldbergian contraptions of the year 2000 that just might turn out to be true. Distribution methods for the film are still under consideration. S' There's a long way to go before man achieves automated travel. Brussels Festival Honors Three U.S. Films ■k Three informational motion pictures produced in the United States were included in 32 films selected for final screening at the second International Industrial Film Festival held in December at Brussels, Belgium. The final screening was the Festival's method of honoring the international selections. United States entries honored were Good Business, sponsored by the Champion Paper & Fibre Company, The Gamblers, sponsored by Caterpillar Tractor Company in cooperation with the National Safety Council, and Mirror in the Mountain, produced by George Blake Enterprises in cooperation with Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne advertising agency. Films from seven countries were (CONCLUDED ON NEXT PAGE) 7TH ANNUAL PRODUCTION REVIEW 183