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DOCUMENTARY— THE CREATIVE INTERPRETATION OF REALITY
VOL 1 No 12 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY FILM CENTRE 34 SOHO SQUARE LONDON W1 FOURPENCE
1 NOTES OF THE MONTH
3 YOU can't be smart about newts By Vox Populi
4 PEOPLE in glass HOUSES
The Film Institute Drops a Brick
5 BRITISH NEWS
The old, old story
7 NEW DOCUMENTARY FILMS
10 THE SHAPE OF ADS. TO COME
By W. Buchanan-Taylor
13 FILM SOCIETY NEWS
13 CENTRAL FILM LIBRARY
14 FILM OF THE MONTH
Edison, the Man
14 THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH
15 THE CITY
Two reviews
17 THE CARE OF FILMS
By Rupert Lee
19 CORRESPONDENCE
20 DOCUMENTARY BOOKINGS FOR DECEMBER
21 ORGANISING A SCIENTIFIC FILM CLUB
By Nan L. Clow
21 DR. EHRLICH'S MAGIC BULLET
A scientific review
22 INDICES
D.N.L. No. 12
DOCUMENTARY NEWS LETTER — launched three months after the outbreak of war — has reached the end of its first volume, and we should like to thank our subscribers for their steady and generous support. No matter what may come, we shall attempt to publish D.N.L. in 1941, and to preserve our independent and critical standards. Our circulation has risen steadily through the blitz, and to-day we have subscribers in almost every English-speaking country in the world. Government departments at home and overseas read D.N.L. Pubhc Libraries in Britain, the U.S.A. and Canada file D.N.L. on their reference shelves. But more important than these, our readers are drawn from among those who are keeping alive a detached focus on propaganda and education at a time when such things are only too easy to lose.
Training the Army
OF ALL ORGANISATIONS making instructional films in peacetime, the army had the poorest reputation: its films were thoroughly bad in every way. Though the war has brought about sweeping changes in army organisation, the section dealing with the production of technical and instructional films seems to have have been overlooked. Responsible for the ordering of production is a Colonel, recently promoted from Major, who, as far as we know, has no experience of film production, though he has decorated his office with the more lurid posters of American feature films. Working to the Colonel is a Major, recently promoted from Captain, who was associated with British comedy feature productions. Working to the Major, is a Captain, recently promoted from Lieutenant, an actor and commentator listed in The Spotlight as a