Documentary News Letter (1941)

I I i I Ik M.l'I l.MUl K 1441 FILM LIBUAKIES BorruwiTs urtilms arc aski-d to apply as much in ad«ance as possilili. lo y^hc alliTnatiu bookinu dulos, anil to riiurn (he tihns inimitliali-l> after use. II. \ hire charge is made I . I nc distrihulion. Sd. Sound. Si. Silcnl. As-socialiun of Scientific Workers, Mi Ik-dlbrd Row. W.C.I. Scicntilic lilm C'onimiltce. Graded Liu of films. A list orscicntitic liims Ironi many sources, classified and graded lor various types of audience. CJn request. Committee will give advice on programme make-up and choice of films. Austin Film Library. 24 films of motoring incrcNi, industrial, technical and travel. Available only from the Educational Films Bureau, Tring, Hens. .VS mm. & 16 mm. Sd. & St. F. Australian Trade Publicity Film Library. I.S tilms of Australian life and scenery. Available from the Inipire Film Lihrury. .^5 mm. & 16 mm. Sd. cS: St. I . y, sound films on 9..'; mm. available from Pa I he scope. Hritish Commercial Gas .Association, Gas Industry House, 1 Cirosvenor Place, S.W.I. Films on social subjects, domestic science, manufacture of gas. .^5 mm. & 16 mm. Sd. & a few St. F. British Council Film Department, 25 Savillc Row, W.I. Films of Britain. 1940. Catalogue for overseas use only but provides useful synopses of UK) sound and silent documentary films. British Film Institute, 4 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.I. Ui) .\ational Film Library Loan Sciiuin lo stimulate film appreciation by making available copies of film classics. 33 mm., 16mm. Sd. & St. H. (A) Collection of Educational Films. The Institute has a small collection of educational films not available from other sources, l^ mm., 16 mm. Sd. & St. H. British Instructional Films, 1 1 1 Wardour Street, W.I. Feature films; Pathe Gazettes and Pathetones ; a good collection of nature films. A new catalogue is in preparation. 16 mm. Sd. & St. H. Canadian Pacific Film Library. 15 films of Canadian life and scenery. Available from the Empire Film Library. 16 mm. Sd. & St. F. Canadian Government Exhibitions and Publicity. A wide variety of films. Available from the Empire Film Library. C entral ( ouncil for Health F.ducation. C alalogue ol some :'il) films, mostly of a specialist health n.ilure, dealing with Diphtheria. Housing. M.itcniis. Child Welfare. Personal Hygiene. Prevention of Dinciscs. Phvsical Fitness, etc. Most lilms produced by siKieties atliliated to ilie C ouncil. or on loan from other 16 mm. distributors (eg. B.t .Ci A.). Si\ lilms produced direct for the Council also .ivailable. including Fear and Peier Brown, (arry on ( hildren. and nmilh «l l)ani:er. \^ mm .md \h mm. Sd. and St. H and I . CcnInil Film Library, Imperial Institute. S.W.7. Has .ihsorlKd the Empire Film Library and the a P.O. Film Ubrarv. Also contains all new M t ) I non-thc.iincal lilms No gcnct.il catalogue yet issued A hand list o\ M C) I films is .uailabic .1^ mm & 16 mm .Sd. <S: Si I . Coal Llilisation Joint (ouncil, ."^4 \ KtntM Street, London. S W I films on production of British coal and niincis' vveiiare. 35 mm. & 16 mm. Sd. V. Crookes' Laboratories Gorst Road, Park Royal. N.W.IO. Colloids in Medicine. 35 mm. & 16 mm. Sd. F. Darlington Hall Film Unit, Totncs. South Devon. Classroom lilms on regional and economic geography. 16 mm. St. H. Dominion of New Zealand F'ilm Library. 415 Strand. W.C.2. 22 films of industry, scenery and sport. Includes several films about the Maoris. 16 mm. St. F. Educational Films Bureau, Tring. Herts. .A selection of all ivpes o\ film. 35 mm. & 16 mm. Sd. & St. F. Educational General Services, 37 Golden Square. W.I. .\ wide selection of films, particularly of overseas interest. Some prints for s;ile. 16 mm. & St. H. Electrical Development .Association, 2 Savoy Hill, Strand, W.C.2. Four films of electrical interest. Further films of dirc^;t advertising appeal are available to members of the Association only. 16 mm. Sd. & St. F. Empire Film Library. Films primarily of Empire interest, with a useful subject index. Now merged with the Central Film Library. 16 mm. and a few 35 mm. Sd. & St. F. Film Centre, 34 Soho Square, W.I. Mouvemcnts yibratoires. A lilm on simple harmonic motion. French captions. 35 mm. & 16 mm. St. H. Ford Film Library, Dagenham, E-ssex. Some 50 lilms of travel, engineering, .scientific and comedy interest. 35 mm. & 16 mm. Sd. & St. F. Gaumont-British FUjuipments, Film House, Wardour Street, W.I. Many films on scientific subjects, geography, hygiene, history, language, natural history, sport. .Also feature films. 35 mm. &I6mm. Sd. &St. H. G.P.O. Film Library. Over 100 films, mostly centred round communications. Now merged with the Central Film Lihrary. 35 mm., I6nim. Sd. &. St. F. Kodak, Ltd., Kingsway, W.C.2. (a) KcHia.^cope Library. Instructional, documentary, feature, western, comedy. Strong on early American comedies. 16 mm. & 8 mm. St. H. (A separate List of FJucational Film.'!, extracted from the above, is also publishevl. A number of films have tciiching notes.) (/>) Medical Film Library. Circulation restricted to members of medical profession. Some colour films. Stimc prints for outright sale. 16 mm. St. H. .March of Time, Dean House, 4 Dean Street, W.I. Selected .March of Time items, including Inude S'azi (Jermany, Battle Fleets of Britain. Canada at Uar. 16 mm. Sd. H Matbrmatical Films. Available from B. G. D. Salt, 5 Carlingford Road, Hampstead. N.W.3 Five mathematical films suiublc for senior classes. 16 mm. & 9.5 mm. St. H. .Metropolitao-Viekers EIrctricaJ Co., Lid., Trafford Park, .Manchester 17. Planned Electrification, a tilm on the electrification of the winding and surface gear in a coal mine. Available for showing to technical and educational groups. 16 mm. Sd. F. .Ministry of Food Film Library'. Neville House. Page Street. S.W.I, or from District Oflkcrs. 23 films mostly on cooking, nutrition and kindred subjects. 35 mm. &. 16 mm. Sd. &. St. F. Palhescope, North Circular Road, Cricklcwood, N.W.2. Wide selection of silent films, including cartoons, comedies, drama, documentary, travel, sport. Also good selection of early American and German films. 9.5 mm. Sd. & St. H. Petroleum Films Bureau, 15 Hay Hill. Berkeley Square. W. I . Some 25 technical and documentary' films. 35 mm. & 16 mm. Sd. & St. P. Religious Film Library, Church Walk. Dunstable, Beds. Films of religious and temperance appeal. Also list of supporting films from other sources. 35 mm. & 16 mm. Sd. & St. H. Scottish Central Film Library, 2 Newion Place, Charing Cross, Glasgow. C.3. A wide selection of teaching films from many sources. Contains some silent Scots films not listed elsewhere. Library available to groups in Scotland only. 16 mm. Sd. & St. H. Sound-Film Scr>ices, 27 Charles Street. Cardiff. Library of selected films including Massingham's .■\nd So to \iork. Rome and Sahara have French commentaries. 16 mm. Sd. H. South .African Railway-s Publicity and Travel Bureau. South .Africa House, Trafalgar Square. W.C.2. 10 films of travel and general interest. y^ mm. & 16 mm. Sd. & 4 St. versions. F. Southern Railway, General Manager's Office. Waterloo Station, S.E.I. Seven films (one in colour) including Building an Electric Coach, South African Fruit (Southampton Docks to Covent Garden), and filnu on seaside towTis. 16 mm. St. F. Wallace Hcalon, Ltd., 127 New Bond Street, W.I. Tlircc catalogues. Sound 16 mm., silent 16 mm., silent 9.5 mm. Sound catalogue contain? number of American feature films, including Thunder 0\xr Me.xico, and some shorts. Silent 16 mm. catalogue contains first-class list of early American, German and Russian features and shorts. 9.5 catalogue has number of early German filnvs and wide selection of early American and English slapstick conKdics. 16 mm. &. 9.5 mm. Sd. & St. H. Workers* Film Associatioa. 145 Wardour Street, WI. Films of democratic and co-operative i tcrest. Notes and suggestions for complete programmes. Some prints for sale. 35 mm. & 16 n Svl & St. H.