Documentary News Letter (1940)

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17, SOME BEiii^n myj:Zi:^TMUJi3 in the ]!Iaki;^g Ivlost production stopped inevitnbly in tiie v^eeks following the o^Jitbreak of yiot but it we s xiot long before ivcrl-: on soi.ie suspended films vias resumed, .>.B, Instruct ional did not stop at all oq Leacock's film for the Interne tj.onal V.ool Secretpriat. Botli iVv.alist j?ilTii unit's -'Tne Tidies'' film by iiotha and the Cas Industry'; economic resources filra by j^:nstey 'v^ere restarted before October. 1,/orh has subsequently been resumed by J, J), Davidson on his technical oil filji, Vvhile Ilav/es' Liperial .'.irv^ays film hps uecn finished by Lllitt at titrand. October sn.; tn^j iir^tisn ^^i^uncil's Film Coina/iittee hand out several filns: one on ovacu*: tion to Strand, one on "laipire round the Atlantic" to G. f. Ijis'^ruetioiiril , one on Britisn life to Henlist Filir). Unit , one on ".London Hivor" to British riliiis, and one to Lea Lye. All of tiiese are e:i:pressly for foreign distributioa; jesturo to he^j^p units together and worlting. o" The eupa.;;j.^o o^ __:.:.ry w^ tt rn\d G-.l.u. ijx±j.u. unit v.hile Liahing their Air Force film hsve received wide press reports, Tr^e British Unit of Llarch of Tine have cor.ipleted scenes on tne activities of the British Red Cross to be compiled into an intcrn^ticnel story. Tnree films of life in the levy, Army and Air Force and one on the life of deep-sea fishermen are in hand et Bonnie iiaincs' British Foundation Pictures, to be called 'Mo's Somevvhcre at Sea'', ''He's Somei^hure in France'', "He's in the lir" and ''Fisliing in V/?:rtimo". Spectator Films report they hcve no^v completed loint of Viev/ Ho. 6 "Odds and Evens*', a film ouout betting. Ct.B, Instructional have ,iust finished their first series of SIX "Secrefcs of Life" in Dufevcolour. Llsry Field is now mnkini o a diagram film aoout the circulation of money for the Manchester University, as i^cll as the British GoLncil film about the "British E:.npire round the Atlantic", Donald Cnrter mmHces an Amy film. dealing v^ith Ant i -Air cm ft G-uns a.ad Sear chli, Hits. G.B.I, else have in hand a Seed Production film for the University of \7ales, Tne Ministry of Agriculture have Gomrr.issioned British Films to make "Backjrsrd Front", an experiment in htjrr.orous instruction v.ith Claude Da^iipier nnd 2..' r . Middleton, to explain hovj tlie nation's food supply can be increased by cultivating one's ovjd. backyard. The sam.e firr^, under Andrew Buciianan, is also moking "Fire", Vvhich shovvs the nation's firefighting services and the training of the Auxiliary Fire Service, as v.-ell as finishing the Port of Lonc.oa .iuthority's film "City of Ships", Msontim.e it appears that officially-sponsored documentaries Vvill come from both the reorganised Films Section of the Ivmnistry of Information and the new Film Goram.ittee at the British Council, as well as from Government Departments direct.