Documentary News Letter (1940)

22 DOCUMENTARY NEWS LETTER DECEMBER 1940 D.N.L. VOL. I. INDICES Roman numerals refer to the issue, arable numerals to the page number, throughout (1) ARTICLES AND REVIEWS Reviews of books and catalogues are indicated by an asteriskNotes of the Month are in italics. Accuracy IX, 2 •America at the Movies (Margaret Thorp) IV, 17 America Sponsors British Documentary I, 3 Anti-Gossip Films Reviewed V, 17 Anthropology 111, 2 •Assessment of Educational Films, The X, 12 Association of Scientific Workers VIII, 17 B.B.C., The I, 21 "Be Careful, Girls!" VII, 2 Belated Showmanship V, 2 Biter Bit, The IX, 2 Books about Films, Some V, 18 Brassieres XII, 2 Break for the Newsreels VI, 2 Brtiisli Council, The I, 4 British Film Institute in Wartime, The IV, 4 British News XII, 5 Broadcast (Sir Kenneth Clark) XI, 4 Broadcast to Canada (John Grierson) IV, 3 Broadcasting II, 2 Cameraman's Angle, A (Bernard Knowles) VIII, 10 Canadian Front, The III. 4 Canadian Government Films in Production, January, 1940 IV, 16 Care of Films. The (Rupert Lee) XII, 17 Central Film Library XII, 2; XII, 13 Children as Film Critics VII, 9; VIII, 9 Children's Film of the Month I, 1 5 ; II, 4 ; III, 9 ; IV, 9 •Choosing School Projectors X, 12 •Cinema and Information Services, The (Thomas Baird) I, 20 •Cinema and Television (Stuart Legg & Robert Fairthorne) I, 14 •Cinema Todav. The (D. A. Spencer & H. D. Waley) IV, 17 City, The XII. 15 Cobwebs and Bluster VII, 1 Comings and Goings III, 2; VII, 2 Confusion of Vision V, 2 Corrections XII, 2 Correspondence 111, 8; IV, 14; V, 18 ; VI, 17; X, 5, XII, 19 Damage to Film VIII, 17 Divided IV, 1 D.N.L. No. 12 XII. I Documentaries in the Making, Some British I, 17 Documentary Activities, British III, 13 Documentary Activity, British II, 7; VI, 17 Documentary Biography VI, 2 Documentary Bookings. Some V, 17; VI, 1$; VII, 17; IX, 16:X, 6;XI, 7;XII, 20 Documentary in the United States (Mary Losey) V, 9 Documentary in the United States II, 7; 111, 13; VII, 13 Documentary Newsletter II, 2 Documentary Redefined IX. 7 Documentary Bou<'s X, 2 Dr. Krhlich's Magic Bullet XII, 21 Dutch Documentary II, 13 •Early Films (Catalogue) I, 18 Economics on the Screen VI, 5 Economics on the .Screen (Professor M. Polanyi) VIII, 5 •Empire Film Library, The (Catalogue) II, II Empire Film Week VI, 2 •Ensign Film Library (Catalogue) VIII, 18 European Struggles I, 21 Evacuation? VII, 2 Exercise in Formal Logic IV, 2 Experiment in Leicester, An W, 1 3 Fact and Opinion III, 18 Facts of the Case, The VI, 13 Few Questions, A V, 1 •Film Answers Back, The (E. W. & M. M. Robson) III, 16 Film Associates, Inc. VII, 14 Film Council for Wales V, 2 ♦Film Forum IV, 13 Film Makers and War Services VI, 1 Film Music (Muir Mathieson) IX, 7 Film of the Month (Feature) I, 12; II, 4; III, 7; IV, 9; V. 12; VI. 9; VII. 9; VIII. 9 ; IX, 9 ; XI 9 ; XII, 14 Film .Societies, News of I, 20 Film Societies Carry On X, 16 Film Society Movement, The III, 1 Film Society News II, 14; III. 15; IV, 15; VI, 14; VII, 16; XI, 9; XII. 13 Film Strip in Education, The (W. E. Tate) XI. 16 •Filming for Amateurs (Paul Burnford) IV, 7 Filming in Scotland IX, 9 Films About Oil (Catalogue) V, 16 Films Across Canada, I 9 Films and a People's War XI, 3 Films at the New York World's Fair (Richard Griffith) II, 3 Films Commissioned by the M.O.I. (List of) X, 15 Films for Primitive People III, 10 Films in the Field I, 13 •Films of Britain, 1940 (Catalogue) III, 17 Five-Minute Films (List of) X, 15; XI, 5 Five Minutes VIII, 4 Five Minutes IX, 2 49//1 Parallel XII, 2 Franco-British Alliance IV, 13 •G-B.I. Films (Catalogue) IV, 18 German Cultural and Propaganda Films 1923-40, The IV, 10 Gift Horse Technique XI, 2 Go To It! VII, 3 Government Cinematograph Adviser X, 1 Grapes Again VII, 2 Grierson, Ruby X, 2 Handing ft to Hollywood VIII, 2 ♦Hollywood is the Place (Charles Landery) IV, 17 Home of Travel Films (Arthur Leslie) VII, 10 Honours for Newsreel Coverage I, 4 Horwv Keep Your Tail Up VIII, 2 •How Motor Cars Run (Arthur Elton) I, 14 •How War Came (Raymond Gram Swing) III, 16 Imperial Institute, The III, 2 Imperial Theme, The III, 1 ; XII, 2 Importance of Road Shows, The VII, 2 In Australia (John Grierson) VIII, 3 India in the War VI. 10 •Indian Film. The (Y. A. Fazalbhoy) I, 21 International Convention, An III, 2 International Documentary Distribution I, 1 1 Kine Weekly IX, 2 Late .Again VI, 1 Less Propaganda. More Pep ("Sevorg") IX, 14 Lines Behind the Lines X, 1 London Can Take It (Commentary) XI, 6 Looking Ahead IX, 1 March of Time II, 2 Man on the Screen, The V, 3 Mass Observation XI, 1 Maurice Jaubert XI, 2 Military Service XII. 2 Minister of Broadcasting? A X, 10 Ministry of Information II, 1 ; 'V, 1 Ministry of Information under Fire X, 3 Museum of Modern Art I, 5 •National Film Library (Catalogue) IX, 18 National Publicity III. 3 Need for Action, The VII. 1 New Documentary Films I, 6; H. 12; III. 6; IV, 6; V. 6; VI, 7; VII, 6; VIII, 12; IX, 12; X, 8; XI, 14; XII, 7 New Plan for Distribution VI, 2 News from Canada III, 2; VII, 14; X, 7 News from Staffordshire IV, 16 News from U.S.A. X, 7 News Letter IV, 2 News Theatres and Specialised Cinemas, The (Miss D. M. Vaughan) V. 10 News Theatres in Wartime (Corry W. Fennell) VI, 16 ♦Nobody Ordered Wolves (Jeffrey Dell) II, 14 Non-Theatrical X, 5 Non-Theatrical Distribution in Great Britain II, 9 Non-Theatrical Production by the Ministry of Information X. 8 Notes and News IX. 15 Notes from Overseas VIII. 16; XI, 13 One Step Back VII, 2 Organising a Scientific Film Club XII, 21 Other Cinema, The (R. S, Miles) X, 13 Other Side of the Atlantic. The IX. 3 •Pathcscope Film Library (Catalogue) VII. 18 People and Plans IV. 17 People in Glass Houses XII. 4 P.F.B. (Petroleum Films Bureau). Launching of I. 16 Pin-Table Politics (A Damon Runyon Ian) IX, 15 Pioneering with a Projector V, 4 Progress Marches On 11, 2 Public Reaction II, 5 Ramparts We Watch, The XII. 19 Rear-Guard Filming (Douglas Sloconibc) VII, 15 Reciprocity Achieved VI. 2 Reciprocity Wanted IV, 2 Reels Without .Wcws II. 1 •Religious Film Library (Catalogue) X. 18 Repertory Cinema Today. The (E. C. Atkinson) VII. 17 •Report by the Advisory Committee ol the Scottish Film Council X, 17 Replying to Haw-Haw V, 2 Return of Zorro. The VII, 14 •Roads to Citizenship VI, 17 Roster of Short Propaganda Films X, 14 Russian Celebration IV, 2 Scientific Films V, 4 Scoop VIII, 2 •Searchlight on Democracy (John Grierson) I, 20 Sell British IV, 2 Shape of Ads. to Come. The (W. Buchanan-Taylor) XII, 10 Short Films in Production VIII, 15 ♦Shooting Without Stars (Clifford Hornby) VI, 17 Should Documentaries go Theatrical V, 13 Sir Kenneth Clark's .Appointment 1, 4 Social Research and the Film (Tom Harrisson) XI, 10 Sour Grapes? Ill, 5 Speed XI, 1 Stick in the Mud XI, 2 Stop Press VII, 2 Story Films for Children I, 15 •Story of the Documentary Film, The (John Grierson) I, 20 Stuart Legg in Canada I, 5 Subterranean Movements in Hollywood I, 5 12 Months — A Survey of the Ministry of Information IX, 5 Three Steps Forward VIII, 1 Time X, 1 Today and Tomorrow VII, 2 To Hell with Culture! V, 2 Training Army Film Officers XII, 2 Training the Army XII, 1 Twenty Years of Soviet Film (Ivor Montagu) IX, 10 Two Important Jobs XI, 2 Union Now VIII. 2 Unusual Film Movement. The VI, 13 •Using School Projectors X, 17 U.S. Film Service V. 1 1 Verbatim VIII, 17 Versatility XI, 2 Visual Notation VII. 17 ♦Wallace Heaton (Catalogue) VI, 18 War Aims for Documentary I, 1 •War Begins at Home (Tom Harrisson and Charles Madge) III, 16 War by News Reel VIII. 7 Work Well Begun IX, 2 World Film Centre I, 3 "World Window" Expeditionary Films (Hans Nieter) VIII, 15 You Can't be Smart about Newts ("Vox Populi") XII, 3 (2) FILM TITLES Filtn titles under entries in the lists of catalogues, in the lists of 'documentary booking' or in the rosters of films printed in X, A: and XJ, 5; are not included below. Titles in italics indicate a film of a length greater than four reels. M.O.T.: March of Time. P.O. V.; Point of View. An asterisk indi* cates a review. A.A.A. and Wheat XI, 1 3 A.B.C. of Oil III. 16 Accord Final XII. 13 Advance Democracy XI, 9 Adventures of Peter, The V, 4 Aero Engine, IX, 12 African Skyway II, 12^ Africa Speaks VII. 10 Air Communique XII, T Airscrew IX, 12* Agricultural Wisconsin XI, 13 Alexander Nevski, V, 14 All Hands V, 17^ All Quiet on the Western Front, XI. 1 1 America's Youth (M.O.T.) VIII, I2^ Amphitryon II, 14 Amok X. 16« And So Thev Live V, 9; VII, 13 Ann Bolcyn VI, 13 •Aria Mo, Hitler VL 8; IX, 6 Argentina V, 4 A.R.P. VI. 14 Around the Village Green 111, 17 Around the World in Eighty Days VII, 14 Arsenal II, 7 Arsenal Stadium Mystery, The XI, 9 Atalante VI, 14 Ashley Green Goes to School (see also Village School) XI, 1 ; XI. 7