Documentary News Letter (1942-1943)

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DOCUMENTARY NEWS LETTER FEBRUARY 1942 SCIENTIFIC FILM SOCIETIES {Con ml from p. 22) be included without upsetting the scientific nature of the programme as a whole. Under present conditions, this policy will help to conserve the number of purely scientific films available and the Society can look forward to future seasons more hopefully. In this connection, a series of films on Industrial Scotland will be included in future programmes. The sixth meeting will be held on March 18th, in the Royal Technical College at 7.30 p.m.: the meeting in March being the last ordinary meeting of the Society for the present season. "Our activities will not cease then, as we have not yet held any of our extra meetings, of which we intend holding three. The first of these will be held at an early date, depending on the completion of the Society's film Life Saving Bank. This film, dealing with the blood transfusion service, was scheduled for completion last November, but due to pressure of other film work, our producer, Mr. Frank Marshall, has been unable to devote the time necessary to complete the film. The film work on which he was engaged and which naturally took precedence over our own film, was a film on Women in Industry, which he has now com Presrwick Scientific Film Society has now reached the second half of its first season. Certain war-time difficulties have still to be overcome but it is hoped to commence the second season in the autumn. With most of the local halls being used for military purposes the Society are indebted to the Bowling Club for the use of their Clubhouse which, if the heating arrangements are not always ideal, is at least central, acoustically satisfactory and well adapted for projection purposes. A more suitable hall may be obtained on the cessation of hostilities. The membership, at present 50, is increasing at each meeting. The Society has affiliated to the Federation of Ayrshire Scientific Film Societies. From the subsequent discussions and the appraisal forms the most popular films have been found to be the Great Green Turtle, Cathode Ray Oscillograph, Development of the Trout, Manufacture of Gas, Hydraulics, Fasciola, Einstein's Theory and Air Screw. The last film is being shown for a second time at the Second Extra Meeting arranged in conjunction with the Ayr Society and the Services. The "feature'* of this show is Skyways over Africa, a 7-reeler in colour presented by Commander Pigg, one of our members. The wild life scenes are particularly good. It is perhaps fortunate that three of the members have their own sound projectors and that use of these can be made at the meetings. The national instinct of independence is, howbver, strong and the Secretary has been instructed to obtain a machine as the property of the Society before the commencement of the second season. SIGHT and SOUND Spring Number Just Out CONTRIBUTORS : JYMPSON HARMAN HERMAN WEINBERG G. H. ELVIN Published by: The British Film Institute, 4 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.I. 5 -MINUTE FILMS FOR DEC. '41, JAN. & FEB. '42. Production Unit THREE IN A SHELL HOLE SAM PEPYS JOINS THE N \\ Y ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS NAVAL OPER VI IONS WAR IN THE EAST SEAMAN LA TO SEA RUSH HOI R NEWSPAPER TRAIN THE \k\l\ LAYS THE RAILS KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN VRMS FROM SCRAP THE HAI I 01 \ NATION LAND GIRL finance and the Navy Watching the skies Naval strategy The Eastern war zone The Merchant Navy : F. Searle (i. Cuinn G. Tharpe D. dc Ma my Newspaper distribution in the blitz L. Lye The work of the R.E.S The St. John Ambulance Brigade Ja> lewis I he story of scrap metal Women in Russia The Women's Land Aim> .1. Pag Soviet War News Film Agency G.B. S. S. Spectator Shell Film Unit Shell Film Unit Concanen 20th Centurj Fox Realist Army Film Unit Strand Movietonews Sen id War News I ilm Agency Paul Rotha Productions .. 15 „ :: .. 29 Jan. 5 .. 12 Notes: * Reeul and dubbed imo Fnglish. f Produced by the National Savings Committee. J Newsreel and library compilation.