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THE CINE-TECHNICIAN September— October, VM1
■-.>. £100,000 is ,i iiicr sum in spend on films, tint unless something is done along the lines of \ ( T..'s recommendations for documentary and educational film production, Alderman Reeves may find that there are no progressive producers left to make his films. Again, we are in entire agreement on the need for the existence of a free film library. But instead of talking about a " National Film Library," as though ii were something entirely new that had to be created, would it not be better to press for the continuation after the war of the free library we have now, the Central Film Library? Again, at Bangor. Dr. Winifred Cullis, the Chairman of the Education Panel of the B.F.I. , speaks of the need for co-ordinating education film production and in doing so outlines plans very similar to those of A.C.T.
So here we have two conferences of people anxious for knowledge that will point to constructive action, and each conference receives guidance and advice that is only of partial value because it is given in the narrowest terms, as being the object of the particular body concerned. Where is the sense in all this individualism? Why do we talk of the Central Film Library, and Alderman Beeves
of a National Film Librarj when we mean same thing? Why does Dr. Cullis say that " idea is" when she could use the support of hundreds of technicians to strengthen her argume By all means let us have conferences as a mi of exchanging and spreading ideas, but first li I have unity in our ideas and then we shall be able to gain the widest and strongest support for 1 : ideas. It doesn't matter who thought of sthing first; all that matters at this moment is decide on the measures that are necessary to the film needs of the community. If we can ag on this — and it seems that, in our isolated org isations, we do agree in principle — then our . ments will reinforce each other. Our audi. • will cease to be puzzled by speakers who imply that they stand alone, although they seem ; saying precisely what someone else said last week. In fact, we may start to make sense to a public which is getting increasingly bewildered by what seem to it apologies for the lack of the films wants — whether for schools, for the Labour m ment or for the cinemas.
Perhaps we ought to have another confer
•'D-DAY TAKE I" OR SHALL I MARK IT NOW Jonah Jones (Crown Film Unit) expresses his impressions ol D-Day