Business screen magazine (1967)

Citizenship Citation to Hughes Aircraft The year's honors lor corporate citizenship go to the Hughes Aircraft Company for its public affairs" campaign aimed at getting out the vote among all employees and documented in its picture H-'/io Cares? 97% of all eligible workers were registered to vote last year. ACHIEVEMENT IN 1966 (continued from the preceding page 115) pational safety education. The Chokerman, produced by Rarig's, Inc. for the Northwest Forest Industry Film Committee was another bronze plaque winner in the National Safety Film Contest. Other plaque winners in the occupational safety category for 1966 were Everything to Lose, produced by Calvin Productions for the Caterpillar Tractor Company and The Return of Milton Whitty. sponsored by the Ontario Construction Safety Association and produced by Westminster Films Limited, of Canada. Other safety plaque winners have been mentioned. Outstanding Films for Health Education Turning to the equally important field of health education, a new version of one of the most widely-heralded educational films of the past decade. Human Reproduction, won a Chris statuette award at the Columbus Film Festival and followed with a Blue Ribbon first prize at the American Film Festival. The film was made by Audio Productions for the TextFilm Division of McGraw-Hill, Inc. Point of View, produced by Vision Associates for the National Tuberculosis Association, was an Academy Award nominee at last year's Hollywood "Oscar" ceremonies and won a top award ( best rendition of concept ) at the International Film & TV Festival of New York. The American Heart Association's film Better Odds for a Longer Life won one of last year's Chris statuettes at Columbus and another Heart Association film. Candidate for Stroke, won a Scene from "Point of View" — 1966 Academy nnmincc icas cited for best rendition of concept. Chris certificate and a CINE "Golden Eagle." Similar honors went to a third Heart Association film. Cardiac Faihire in Infancy, produced by Sturgis-Grant Productions. The American Cancer Association's latest film. Time for Decision, was a 1967 Academy Award nominee. This color cartoon subject was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Other Health and Medical Films Are Cited The Wilson Research Foundation contributed a useful film on The Changing View of the Change of Life, produced by Dynamic Films, Inc. This film was another first award winner at the NVPA's "Day of Visuals" last year. Other health and medical education films of the year included Examination of Reflexes. produced for Parke Davis & Company by The Jam Handy Organization ( a CINE "Golden Eagle" selection ) ; Fertility Control, the Role of the Oral Contraceptive, produced for the Eli Lilly Company by Aegis Productions, Inc. ( "Golden Eagle" selection ) ; and Handle With Cure, produced by John Sutherland Produc "A Different Drum" tells of the significance of the AMA's nctc Itulitute for Biomedical Research. The award-winner is a Henry Strauss production. tions. This film won a Chris statuette at the Columbus Film Festival. The area of medical research was explored by A Different Drum, sponsored by the American Medical Association and produced by Henry Strauss & Co. It was a first award winner at NVPA's "Day of Visuals" and a "Golden Eagle" selection. Scientific research was well served by the General Motors Research Labs' picture. Search, which won a gold medal at the International Film and TV Festival of N. Y. and was also a CINE "Golden Eagle" selection. Seneca Productions produced this fine picture. Public Awareness of the Law and Justice The public service sector brought out some of the year's outstanding pictures. Two of the best were The Odds Against, produced by Vision Associates for the American Foundation, Institute of Corrections and The True and the Just, sponsored by the State of New York Departmental Committee for Court Administration and produced by Audio Productions, Inc. The Odds Against is a 1967 Academy Award nominee and has already been honored with a Chris statuette and a silver medal from the International Film & TV Festival of New York. Tlie True ami the Just earned Audio a gold medal at the same event last year. Stuart Finley's production. Hater Resourcefulness, sponsored by the New York State Conservation Department, was another gold medal winner at the International Film & TV Festival. Some Honored Educational Films of 1966 Public education and films which made contributions to both information and classroom learning had more notable honors candidates in '66. Columbus awarded its highest honor, the Chris statuette, to the Centron Corporation The American Iron & Steel Institute film "Steel and America " won lienors at the 7th International Industrial Film Festival held in Venice in '66. 116