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NEWS Oi? FIL I.I S 0 C i E
The inportarxce of maintaining Gult'j.r8i traditions i; where being stressed, and it i,^o^.ld be tragio if financial or blackout difficulties v;ere to destroy the Pilrn • Society Movement in Britain, "Ihe continued activity of the Scottish Societies shovys that tne probler.i can be dealt with, and it is ^mderstood that in London the father of ell Fiin Gocietj.es u-'^ill heep going, though poscibly -'vith a reduced programae.
Of the ten ineriiber societies of the Federation of Scottish Fili'ii Societies, five are operating this season: Edinburgh, Aoerdeen, Dundee, Ayrshire and Lochaber (Fort V.'illiam). In most cases memberships are reduced and this, combined Vvith the effects of the blach-out, the uncertainty of film transport and increased costs generally, has meant dif f ic".„lties vvhich v\*ould not have arisen in a norm.al season. The societies felt, iiovvever, that they ought not to give up v/ithout a striiggle and, vvith the Federation maintaining its service, continuance vvas rriade easier. Great courage has been shown by the Lochaber Society wnich, despite its comparatively tiny membership, is running a norm.al season and meeting its -comrfiitraents. Most ambitious is the Film Society of Ayrshire vvnich has planned a season of tv.elve performances and the opening of a oranch at Saltcoats. Edinburgh, exposed to the dangers of the front line, has cut its normal programme of sixteen perform^ances to eight. 0'..ing to the decision of the St, Andrev;s Magistrates forbidding the holding of Sunday afternoon performances, the Diundee and St. Andrei'^s Society is operating only in Dundee. It is hoped that the decision may be reversed. The Aberdeen Society reports a satisfactory miembership. The G-lasgow Society has discontinued its activities for the present b\it the Cosmo Cinema is giving filmgoers a generous season of Continental filLis.
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SEARCHLIGHT Oil DEMOCRACY by John Grierson. (An undelivered lecture to The British Institute of Adult Education).
THE STORY OF THE DOGUIvJEIJTARY Fim by John Grierson (Reprinted from the Fortnightly Re'view). (A few copies only)
THE CimEI/i AID THE lEFORIvLlTIOIl SERVICES by Thomas Baird. (An undelivered lecture to The Association of Special Libraries and
the Information Bureaux. )