Business screen magazine (1946)

When you want your film to scintillate, call for a Poster Script. It's ttie last word in good writing. Realistic rates . . . punctual delivery. HENRY R. POSTER Complete creative writing services and storyboards South Farm Road Port Washington. N. Y. 11050 (516) PC 7-1310 663 Fifth Avenue New York, N. Y. 10022 (212) PL 2-7510 the mark of distinction in business ^ television films We exist to serve you through the medium of film in a manner unexcelled . . . and in a scope unlimited. No matter what or where your setting needs to be, we can reach out and provide the best talent and the best facilities for the job of producing creative and outstanding motion pictures or slide films. Over the years we have served an imposing list of clients, most on a repeat basis. We would welcome the opportunity of discussing your film needs. HENRY USHIJIMA FILMS, inc. 1101 Harrison Avenue • Park Ridge, Illinois Area Code 312 698-3331 picture parade . . . confinoed sion"s San Francisco Operations Office and the EI Paso Natural Gas Company. Art and animation used in about one-third of the film illustrate the test objectives, what takes place underground when a nuclear exposive is fired, and the expected effects of the explosion on the gas reservoir. For further information, write the Chief. Audio-Visual Branch, Division of Public Information, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Washington, D.C.^ 20545. Bureau of Mines Shows Tennessee Resources Tennessee and Its Natural Resources shows modern conservation practices that have spurred the economic advancement of the Volunteer State, to confirm that the growth and health of a region are advanced through the wise development and use of its natural resources. Included in the State's history are scenes of mining and many of the State's tourist attractions made easily accessible with the building of a State-wide network of highways and secondary roads. Prints of the film can be obtained on free, short-term loan from Motion Piceures, Bureau of Mines, 4800 Forbes Ave., Pittsburch. Pa. 15213, Excitement Keynotes New California Documentary "The challenge was born when the earth could no longer hold its boiling and churning masses. So fierce were the explosions they created the largest mountains in the land. A billion years later this topography would be called California." So begins a new documentary film currently being shown throughout California and the United States. Presented as a public service by Bank of America and entitled "California", the half hour documentary was filmed by Wolper Productions of Hollywood. "We originated the project with an eye toward making a definitive, high quality film about California," according to Rudolph A. Peterson. The president of Bank of America, the world's largest bank, added: "Our object was to be informative as well as entertaining; consequently, the film examines the state's problems as well as portraying its virtues. People who have seen the film say it captures the essence of the state j by focusing on elements that ! have made it the leading edge of American society." Neil Morgan, noted writer and | expert on matters Californiana, j served as special consultant on ' the color documentary which was written and produced by Jerome Jacbos and directed by | Donald Wrye. The recurring theme of the documentary is excitement, of people who like to be where the action is, who still move west "seeking the special excitement of California." Individuals singled out range from Theodore B. Shank, an Imperial Valley farmer, to Joyce Hoffman, a surfer, to Dick Steverson, a civil rights worker. In underscoring the importance of agriculture to California, the film observes, "Diversity of weather and variety of terrain were here. Californians added scientific innovation." the result: 85 per cent of all wine consumed in the United States is produced from California grapes; and the state produces more than half of the nation's canned tomatoes and almost all of the canned cling peaches, olives, apricots, and figs. Steverson, who heads a youth training and employment project in Watts, is shown telling a group of Negroes: "We get in trouble with the law and when we get out we want somebody to give us somethin'. I ain't givin' up nothin' here, as they say. As the saying goes, nothin' being given up here. You have got to want before you can get and you got to want bad. You got to want inside, here in your heart, you know, you got to have it." "A unique and continuous rapport between the industries and universities" is cited as a key factor in California's stature as undisputed leader in aerospace. The documentary also claims that California is the leader in rock music and that its artists are setting trends in pop art. Such problems as smog and ghettoes are not overlooked in this offbeat look at the state. So far the film has been shown 175 BUSINESS SCREEN