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DOCUMENTARY NEWS LETTER FEBRUARY 1942
SCIENTIFIC
FILM
SOCIETIES
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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.
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ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS
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NEWSPAPER TRAIN
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KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN VRMS FROM SCRAP THE HAI I 01 \ NATION
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