Cinema Progress (Jul 1936 - Jul 1939)

held in mind. Being plain, practical, and helpful, the book is worthy of careful study on the part of every forward looking educator. It represents an excellent guide to the meaning and purposes of visual education and contains valuable sections on: 1. Administration within a school building. 2. Systems for filing and cataloguing. 3. Administration for a city. 4. Administration for a state. 5. National Plans. The form of this report deserves comment. The authors concluded that mere bibliographical information, even with short annotations, would not serve the purposes of visual educators adequately since there is usually no access to the articles themselves. They decided, therefore, to digest the articles briefly and report on their salient points. Digests in the numerous other areas of visual instruction are planned. Local Educational Films By FRED Efforts of educators to have commercial motion picture producers adequately supply our schools and colleges with films for use in conjunction with our ever changing curriculum have been futile for many reasons. Our school film libraries are now being supplemented with original educational films for specific purposes, produced by teachers, supervisors, administrators, professors, and visual education departments. Many of the locally produced motion pictures are of a technical nature, designed to interpret the newer educational procedures to students and teachers; others to interpret modern education to the public, while perhaps a minority are made for motion picture appreciation. A few are produced for the purpose of bringing to the students various activities concerning which the pupils could gather little or no information save for the magic of the motion picture. When a serious need for a film is felt, it is produced if it is within the power of the educator or department to produce it. For reasons which will not be enumerated because of lack of space, the locally produced picture is better for educational purposes than the subject could be produced commercially. Our educational organizations and individual educators have produced numerous pre-primary and primary films such as the following titles indicate: 1. A Visit to a Modern School Nursery, Dr. Elzabeth Woods. *Fred W. Orth, Faculty, University of Southerre California, Department of Cinematography, University of California, Los Angeles, Summer Session. W. ORTH* 2. Dramatic Play in the Kindergarten, Marie H. Thornquist. 3. A Study of the Engine, Fred W. Orth. 4. Activity, Guidance, and Growth, Los Angeles City Teachers' Club. 5. A Study of Japan, Fred W. Orth. For the upper grades, the films such as the following have heen produced: 1. Cross Section of Progressive School Activities, Corinne Seeds. 2. A Study of the Desert, Louise Corcoran. 3. Creative Rhythms. Corinne Seeds. 4. A Study of Egypt, Los Angeles Visual Education Department. Several films producsd for Junior and Senior High Schools are: 1. A Little Lesson in Courtesy, Ivalou Samis. 2. We Discover China, Dr. Helen -M. Bailey. 3. A Student Film of David Copperfield, Louise K. Whitehead. 4. The Magic Carpet, Florence Sprenger. 5. Christmas in Many Lands, Florence Sprenger. 6. Chronicle, University College, Frances Christiansen. 7. On Your Mark, Bernard J. Lonsdale. Mischief, (animals and pets) Mr. Van de Sickler. Spunky, (animals and birds) Mr. Van de Sickler. Numerous films of a general nature have been produced for a variety of purposes. Some of these are: 1. Queer Farms (In fourteen reels), Fred W. Orth. 2. Indian Rhythms (Full color) Fred W. Orth. 3. Profitable Use of Leisure Time, Fred W. Orth. —27—