Business screen magazine (1967)

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Hollywood 90038 audio-visual programs of the U.S. government: CAPTIONED FILMS FOR THE DEAF; P. L. 8.5-905, as amendecl b> P. L. 87-715 and P. L. 89-258. The.se laws pi()\ide for promoting tlie general welfare and the educational advancement of deaf per.son.s. Captioned Filni.s for the Deaf fmiiishes a free loan .service of films for the deaf; conducts research in the use of films and other educational media for the deaf; produces and distributes films, filmstrips ;ind related meat for the deaf ;ind for persons who work closely w.th the deaf (parents, employers, etc.). The branch a!so provides for the training of persons in the utilization of these materials. • United States Public Health Service Public Health Service Audiovisual Facility -Atlanta. Georgia 30333 All Phones: (404) 633-3311 Dr. James Lieberman, Director Edward F. McClellan, Deputy Director Jerome K. Barnett, Asst. Director for Operations Joseph A. Staton, Special Projects Officer Dr. Richard Fuisz, Associate in Biomedical Communication Dondell C. Cotter, Program Management Officer Katherine C. Skogsfad, Information and Puhl cations Officer Jack C. Kirkland, Chief, Motion Picture & Television Section Robert S. Craig, Chief, Graphic & Photographic Arts Section Dr. Norman L. Cole, Chief, Educational Studies & Development Section Charles N. Farmer, Jr., Chief Audio-Visual Stjsictns Planning Section O. T. Chambers, Chief, Cataloging & Special Reference Section Robert Sumpter, Chief, Acciuisition, Retention & Distribution Section Activities: The Public Health Service Audiovisual FacilitN' plans, directs, conducts and coordinates a national program in biomedical communication. It operates the central installation in the Public Health Senice for development, production, distribution, evaluation and utilization of motion pictures, videotapes, and other audiovisual forms. In addition to its production program, the Facility, through a newK established educational program, provides consultation and assistance to schools of the health professions, and is responsible for the development of specialized conferences, seminars and workshops. A recently established audiovisual svstems planning activity concerns itself with the development of communications svstems in a wide variety of health and health-related institutions. In 1966, under the leadership of the School of Medicine at Tulane University, the Facility planned for the establishment of a new graduate program in biomedical communication. The curriculum was developed through a consortium of institutions of higher learning which, in cooperation with the Facilitv, will sponsor the first program scheduled for Fall, 1967. The Communitv' Medical Television System, the nation's first medical network on the 2500 -Mega-Hertzian instructional bandwidth, will begin operation in Spring of 1967, under the Facilitv's leadership and coordination. It will link, with line-of-sight transmitters, Emery University Medical School and Hospital; Grady Memorial Hospital. Emerv's teaching hospital; the Cleorgia Department of Public Health and its Mental Health Institute; the Wterans .Administration Hospital and the .\udio-\'isual Facility. Initially, programs will be transmitted from PUBLIC HEALTH AUDIOVISUAL FACILITY: (;r:id\ and the Facility and will be received by others liookcd into the network. The System, if successliil, will serve as :i prototype for others of its kind throughout the nation. Facilities: The Facility has complete in-plant motion picture, filmstrip and television, production :ind laboratory e<iuipment located in ;i fourstorv building designed especiiilly for audio-visual activities. In addition, the Facility acquires, prjits and distributes medical and health-related films, makes multiple prints and distributes them throughout the world, operates the .National Archives of Medical Motion Pictures and maintains an intemational central reference file of medical audio-visuals. DisTPiBUTicN; Public Health Service films are available from the U.S. Public Health Service .Audiovisual F;icility. Atlanta, Georgia 30333. on loan to schools of the health professions, other educational institutions and medical-health organizations throughout the U. S. and abroad. Films are listed in a Pubhc Health Service Film Catalog published by the Facility. Information on teaching films is also available from a central reference file. Reference Sources: Three other fim catalogs are published by the Facilitv: Film Reference Guide for Medicine and Allied Sciences; Cancer Film Guide: and Weurological and Sensory Disease Film Guide. A special catalog of films in areas of heart disease, cancer, and stroke was released in Februarv, 1967. Other specialized reference works are in production. A master international index is maintained to support special reciuests for film information not otherwise available. Productions: Among recent 16mm motion pictures produced are: Spot Prevention, an animated film designed to promote measles vaccination; and R.V: Innovation, a film discussing the broad aspects of biomedical communication, its problems and resources. A series of 8mm singleconcept teaching films dealing with various phases of rehabilitation for victims of stroke also has been released. In addition, videotapes and tape-to-filni transfers have been released on heart disease including: The Totally Implantable Mechanical Heart; Operable Heart Disease in Infancy: and Reconditioning of Coronary Proi^c and Coronary Stricken Subjects. As in 1966. more than 100 films are scheduled for production in 1967-68, many of which will have Spanish and French sound tracks as well as the original EnglisK » Social Security Administration Baltimore, Maryland 21235 Rov L. Swift, Information Officer Phone: 944-5000 ext. 2187 Robert T. Fenvvick, Chief, Audio-Visual Branch. Office of Information Phone: 944-5000, e.\t. .5587 Activities: The Social Security Administration produces and distributes films on Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, and on Health Insurance (Medicare). These are public information films designed to explain to the viewer what he needs to know about the social securitv' law and what benefits he might be entitled to. Most films and spots are intended for both television and theatrical use. Facilities: The Administiation has a small studio and limited facilities located in the Baltimore Headquarters Building. Much film work is contracted to commercial producers. Distribution: Through 710 District and Branch offices throughout the country, prints may be obtixined on a free loan basis. Prints may also be bought. • Additional text on other Federal audiovisu;il programs, not received at presstime, will appear in an early Production Review supplement. 74 BUSINESS SCREEN 1967