Business screen magazine (1946)

First "Emily" presented Two New Awards Highlight 1969 American Film Festival "Ski the Outer Limits" wins first "Emily" — named in honor of Emily Jones, who is retiring from active festival participation. TWO SPECIAL awards were created and presented this year during the American Film Festival of the Educational Film Library Association. The first, the EFLA award was presented to J. Raymond Bingham, retired president of Association Films. The citation read in part ". . . he set high standards of taste and of ethics in the competitive field of distribution, and has always worked vigorously for the causes of films." In a special ceremony, EFLA Board President James Limbacher, presented retiring Executive Director Emily Jones with a testimonial scroll. Miss Jones then presented the first of a new annual award — the "Emily" — awarded to the film with the highest numerical rating of any film shown at the festival. The 1969 winner was Ski the Outer Limits, produced by Summit Films and distributed by Modern Talking Picture Service and Association Films. It was co-sponsored by Trans World Airlines and Hart Ski Co. This year more than 1 300 persons participated in the festival held in mid-May at the New York Hilton Hotel. The following are the 1969 Blue Ribbon Award winners in each category: Agriculture, Forestry, Mining Food For A Modern World, produced by Wexler Film.s and distributed by Dairy Council of California. Citizenship, City Planning, Government Little Man, Big City, produced by World Health Organization and distributed by Center for Mass Communication. Classroom Films for Lower Grades The Coiv, produced by Dimension Films and distributed by Churchill Films. Conservation The Redivood.s, produced by King Broadcasting and distributed by Sterling Educational Films. Current Events, International Relations Not Enough, produced by Bert Haanstra Filmproductie and distributed by Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development. Economics, Business, Labor Labor Relations: Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate, produced by National Film Board of Canada and distributed by McGraw-Hill TextFilm Division. Education & Teacher Training The Invention of the Adolescent, produced by National Film Board of Canada and distributed by Henk Newenhouse, Inc. Anthropology & Archaeology Desert People, produced by Australian News & Information Bureau and distributed by Comptenip. Films/McGraw-Hill. Geography Niko: Boy of Greece, produced and distributed by ACI films. Inc. Guidance Good Hand, Good Eye, produced by Gordon/ glyn Productions, Inc. History & Biography Robert Kennedy Remeynbered, produced and distributed by Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Home Economics Vitamins From Food, produced by We.\ler Film Productions and distributed by Dairy Council of Cahfomia. Language Training, Communication Oral Language A Breakthrough to Reading, produced and distributed by Ohio State University, Dept. of Photography & Cinema. Nature & Wildlife It's A Strange World, produced and distiibuted by Reela Films. Recreation, Hobbies, Crafts Shades of Puffing Billy, produced and distributed b\ Australian News & Information Bureau. Science — Elementary How Life Begins, produced b> Jules Powef Int'l. Productions and distributed by McGrawHill. Science — Secondary Beginning of Life, produced by Lennart Nilsson and distributed by Benchmark Films, Inc. Science — Adult Birth of the Red Kangaroo, produced by Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization and distributed by Int'l. Film Bureau, Inc. Social Documentary — General Floicers On A One-Way Street, produced by National Film Board of Canada and distributed by Films Incorporated. Social Documentary — Intergroup Relations Still A Brother: Inside The Negro Middle Class, distributed bv Conitemp. FilmsMcGrawHill. Sports & Physical Education Ski The Outer Limits, produced by Summit Films, Inc. and distributed by Modern Talking Pictures. Film as Art Permutations/Experiments In Motion Graphics, produced by John Whitney and distributed by Nbiseum of Modem Art. Graphic Arts — Artist at Work Kaleidoscope Orissa, produced by Pilgrim Films, Inc. and distributed by International Fihn Bureau, Inc. Graphic Arts Rhythm And Movement In Art, produced by Paul Burnford Productions and distributed by Film Associates. Music and Dance Paul Taylor & Company: An Artist And 1 Work, produced by Steeg Producdons and d tribnted by Harris Communications, Inc. Drama, Literature, Motion Picture History The World of Carl Sandburg, produced Nathan Kroll and distributed by Comteir FilmsMcGraw-Hill. Stories for Children The Thinking Book, produced by Bank Strt College of Education and distributed by W Graw-Hill Text Films. The Church at Work These Four Cozy Walk, produced and d tributed by Trafco, the United Method Church. , Doctrinal & Denominational Topics | Watts Made Out Of Thread, produced ai" distributed by Paulist Productions. Ethical Problems The Greater Community Animal, produa by Derek Phillips and distributed by ACI Filir Inc. Fund Raising Kevin, produced by Motion Picture Dept. Syracuse University and distributed by Fill Rental Library. I Industrial & Technical Processes Incredible Machine, produced by Owi Murphy Productions and distributed by Ame ican Telephone & Telegraph. Personnel & Sales Training There Musi Be A Catch, produced by Cent for Mass Communication and distributed V Bureau of Employment Security, U. S. Dep| of Labor. Public Relations — Commercial Why Man Creates, produced by Saul Ba & Associates and distributed by Modem Tall ing Pictures. Public Relations — Non-Profit The Conwig Way To Go, produced I Lawrence Ravitz Associates and distributed I Citizens for Better Regional Transportation, In Sales & Promotion A Neto Innovation In Moviemaking, produce by Paillard, Inc. and distributed by Tribur' Films, Inc. i Travel A Celebration of Winter, produced by Sun mit Films, Inc. and distributed by State of Ne' Hampshire, Division of Economic Developmen Health for General Audiences Have A Healthy Baby, produced and di; bibuted by Churchill Films. Medical Sciences for Professional Audiences The Dynamic Electrocardiogram of the Mia die-Aged Man, produced by Sturgis-Grant arn distributed by Geigy Pharmaceuticals. Mental Health A Way Out Of The Wilderness, produced b Jolm Sutherland Productions and distributed b Division of Mental Retardation, Department c HEW. Safety & First Aid Be Safe . . . Be Seen, produced by Country man-Klang, Inc. and distributed by 3M Cora pany. 8mm — General Science Recognition of Narcotic Withdrawal Symj. toms in. Newborn Infants, produced and di: tributed by Smith, Kline & French Laboratorie; 8mm — Other Subjects Paper Aii, produced by Ikon Films and di: tributed by Bailey Fibns. In addition, 12 filmstrips in eight cats gories were awarded blue ribbons for the excellence. 26 BUSINESS SCREEI