Business screen magazine (1946)

government continued motion pictures, a filmstrip, a student manual, and a teacher's guide. Among motion pictures in the package are: Edward Bailey — Cardiac; John Hazcn — Cardiac; and David Carney — Cardiac. More than 100 films were produced b\' the Center in 1968, many of them with Spanish and French sound tracks as well as English. Social Security Administration Baltimore, Maryland 21235 Russell R. Jalbert, Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs Phone; 944-5000 ext. 2187 Robert T. Fenwick, Chief, Audio-Visual Branch, Office of Information Phone: 944-5000, ext. 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 security law and what benefits he might be entitled to. Most films and spots are intended for both television and theatrical use. F.A,ciLiTiEs; The Administration has a small studio and limited facilities located in the Baltimore Headquarters Building. Some film work is contracted to commercial producers. Distribution: Through 800 District and Branch offices throughout the country, prints may be obtained on a free loan basis. Prints may also be bought. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR Washington, D.C. 20240 • The Depaitment of Interior produces lilms which are concerned with the management, conservation and development of natural resources in every section of the Nation. Films are available from the bureau in which they have been produced. Office of the Secretary Harmon Kallman, Office of Information Phone: (202) 343-3171 Inquiries concerning the use of Department of Interior films for television should be addressed to this office. A Departmental film catalog is available on request. Tlie Bureau of Land Management John A. Mattoon. Chief, Office of Information Phone: (202) 343-3609 • Five films are axailable from the Bureau's office including the award-winning new film The Last Frontier, a 29-minute film about Amer'ca's last public domain lands, their history and futuie. Others available for loan and for TV showings are: Alaska, Land to Grow On, 28-niinute color film on public lands and resources in Alaska; 'Watershed Conservation, demonstiatiug water conservation on the public lands; Rogue River Country, 28-minute color film about the recreational opportunities and wealth of natural resources found in the Rogue Ri\er Valley of southwestern Oregon, and This Waitinfi Land, a 27-ininute color film, which contrasts pioneering a centiu)' ago with present da>^ multiple use resomces management. State BLM offices having libraries are: Portland, Sacramento, Phoenix, Reno, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, Denver, Cheyenne, Boise, Billings, and Anchorage. The U. S. Bureau of Mines Di. A. Nicholas Vardac, Officer-in-Charge, Audio-Visual Programs. Motion Picture Development and Production Bureau of Mines, Washington, D.C. 20240 Phone: REpublic 7-1820, Ext. 3359 Activities: Tlie Bureau of Mines has a broad film program dating from about 1920. Motion picture subjects deal with natural resources of states and areas and with mineral commodities including metals, non-metals and petroleum. Recenth released films include; Helium, Aluminum — Metal of Many Faces, Nevada and Its Natural Resources, Stcelmaking Today, The Extraordinary World of Zinc, The Lead Matrix, Silver, \Vcalth of the Wasteland. More Fire Control, First Aid Now and Tennessee and Its Natural Resources. Facilities: All films are made in cooperation with private industrial fimis which pay production costs and select commercial film producers. The Bureau maintains no production facilities. Distribution: About 8,500 prints of films are distributed to the public on a free loan basis from the film d'stribution center of the Bureau of Mines, 4800 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213, and from depositories in 40 states. Annual number of showings is 240.00. Most films are cleared for free TV use. Single or block bookings arranged. Catalogs available. Productions: Currently in production are films on Molybdenum, the State of Oregon, the Modern Refractoru, the State of Pennsylvania and Down to Earth; States of the Union and Out of the Earth. The Bureau of Reclamation Ottis Peterson, Assistant to the Commissioner, Information Phone; (202) 343-4662 Continued on page 42 li with moderate i>udgets First Prize, San Francisco International Film Festival, '68. The "Chris" Statuette, Columbus Film Festival, '68. George Washington Honor Medal, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. "Creative Excellence" Award, U S Industrial Film Festival, '68. The "Golden Eagle" Avi'ard, Eighth Annual CINE Film Competition. Two "Golden Eagle" Awards, Ninth Annual CINE Film Competition. Second Prize, Film Festival of the Photographic Society of America, '68. Bronze Plaque, Atlanta International Film Festival, '68. Silver Medal, International Film & TV Festival of New York, '65. Silver Medal, International Film & TV Festival of New York, '66. Bronze Medal, International Film & TV Festival of New York, '67. Award Certificate, Seventh American Film Festival. Award Certificate, Tenth American Film Festival. "Chris" Award Certificate, Fifteenth Annual Columbus Film Festival. "Chris" Award Certificate, Sixteenth Annual Columbus Film Festival. Selected to represent the United States in four foreign film festivals. John Savage Writer-Producer Crest Productions, 372 Michigan Road, New Canaan, Conn. 06840 40 BUSINESS SCREEN