Documentary News Letter (1947-1949)

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Preamble . . . iWlpCLCt Oft FXllfYl is a name that will stick, perhaps because of its ver> awkwardness in these time> of slick and meaningless titles. Book 1 in the scries is to be published shortly. It is not proposed here to present a list of wellknown names : however, it can be pointed out that the essay by Dilys Powell, in which this critic surveys the nationality of films, and the specially contributed and illustrated article. •The Script Comes to Life", on cartoons by the Halas-Batchelor team, are vital to every aspect of film polemic. I am not of the opinion that 'IMPACT ON FILM' publications are bringing out 'the film books to end all film books', but 1 think that their merit will be obvious to the discerning, and not a little entertaining to those whose interest is of a more leisurely kind. J. Clifford King's visit to a Saturday Morning Children's Film Club, and the 'Portrait of Margaret Lockwocd' by Marguerite Bruce, deliver the sting and the honey with persuasive zest. Peter Probyn has designed our cover. John Tarr has designed our lay-out. With 32 pages, all Art. at 2 -. TMPACT ON FILM' is worth watching for. Paul Sheridan NAPIER HOUSE. 24 HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON. WC1 REALIST FILM UNIT FROM OUR INDEX OF PRODUCTIONS UNDER C: CHILDREN: — children at school (dCCA), children GROWING UP WITH OTHER PEOPLE {CO I), CH'LDREN LEARNNG RY EXPERIENCE (CO I), YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU {CO I), YOUR CHILDREN'S EARS (MO I). YOUR CH'LDREN'S EYES (MO I), YOUR CHILDREN'S MEALS (CO I), YOUR CHILDREN'S SLEEP (CO I), YOUR CHILDREN'S TEETH (VI Of). All these films are available from the Central Film Library, except Children at School (1937) which is now out of circulation. 9 GREAT CHAPEL STREET Wl GERRARD 1958 MEMBER OF THE FEDERATION OF DOCUMENTARY FILM UNITS SIGHT and SOUND A cultural Quarterly iNTIILK FILM BULLETIN appraising educational ami entertainment values Published by: The BritishFilm Institute 4 Great Knssell Street. London. W.C.I