Documentary Film News (1948)

DOCUMENTARY FILM NEWS D.N.L. (1) ARTICLES AND BOOK REVIEWS Reviews of books are indicated by an asterisk. Notes of the Month are printed in italics. Acts and Action , 66 Adult Education at Stoke House, 127 ♦America at the Movies, 85 American Location (D. Segaller), 130 Anatomy of Hollywood, The, 140 Army Experiments in Film Presentation (J. D. Forman), 6 ♦Art of the Camera, The, 28 Audience Research, 7, 144 Audience Reactions in Schools, 103 Balance Sheet, 1 1 3 ♦Bernard Shaw Among the Innocents, 28 Bouquets Dept , 155 British Cinema at the Gallup, The, 99 British Film Institute , 82 ♦British Film Music, 132 British Medical Films (Brian Stanford), 70 Cambridge and Film , 98 Canadian Colour Scheme, 5 Canadian Initiative (Isobel Jordan), 86 Can we see our Feet? 33 Carl Meyer , 82 Catalogue of C.O.I. and M.O.I. Films, 121 Catalogue of M.O.I. Films made in 1945, 46 Catch 'em Young , 52 Central Council for School Broadcasting, The, 36 C. O.I. Bulletin, 106 Chain and the Links, The, 4 Charlie Chaplin v. The Rest, 106 Cineastes, The (Oswell Blakeston), 40 Comings and Goings , 2, 82 Conference in Manchester , 1 50 ♦Contemporary Cinema, 95 Correspondence, 15,43,45,92,93, 106, 111, 112, 117, 148, 160, 39 Crooks, 1 37 Czechoslovak Film Festival (E. Anstey), 102 Czechoslovak Film Industry, The (Jira Weiss), 38 Danish Films, 163 Dartington Hall Film Unit, 5^ Death of Major Documentaries, The, 161 Denmark and Film (A. Elton), 138 Documentary in Denmark, 25 ♦Documentary Film, The, 28 ♦Documentary Film, The (D. Alexander), 28 Documentary Film Reviews, 54 Documentary Goes to Town, 50 ■j Documentary News Letter, 49 D. N.L. Changes , 66 Documentary Radio (L. Gilliam), 72 Documentary Theatre (M. Slater), 73 Edinburgh in Review, 152 Edinburgh Film Guild, 162 Extract from Grierson, 151 F.A.O. and Films , 52 Feature Film Music and the Documentary (Muir Mathieson), 109 ♦Films, 95 ♦Film Director, The, 28 Film Historian (J. Benoit-Levy), 12 Films Act, The, 1 1 5 Films Act — Round Two , The , 82 Films acquired by the C.F.L. in 1945, 47 Films and Micro-Biology (J. V. Durden), 69 ♦Films as a Visual Art, The, 28 Films for Children, 3 Films for the Army, 129 Films for Tomorrow (T. Baird), 34 Films in Australia (Harry Watt), 22 Films in Malaya and Egypt, 71 Films in School, 17 Films in Schools, 35 Films of 1945, 8 Films on the Machinery of Democracy (A. Spoor), 108 Films on Local Government (J. Sutcliffe), 131 Film Societies, 14 Film Societies, 52 Film Titling (Barnett Freedman), 26 ♦Film User, 16 mm., 95 First Days of Documentary (Sir S. Tallents), 76 First International Festival of Documentary Films, 1 35 Flights of Fancy (R. Whitehall), 328 Flitting of Crown, The, 127 ♦Going to the Cinema, 108 Good Twopence Worth , 150 Government Film Making in Australia (E. Cranstone), 142 Graphics in Canada (Graham Innes), 91 ♦Grierson on Documentary, 64 Grierson Takes Stock, 56 VOL. VI. INDICES Hayes Scientific Film Society, 127 (2) FILM TITLES History on Film (P. Baylis), 103 Hollywood Jabberwocky (I. Diamond), 139 Import Tax, The, 133 Improving Britain’s Film Business (I. Montague), 116 Information Please, 81 Information Please , 98 ♦Informational Year Book, 132 Inside Information on N.T. Distribution, 90 International Prospect, The (J. Maddison), 120 International Scientific Film Association , 150 In the Minds of Men (S. Road), 19 ♦Invitation to the Film, 12 Irresponsibles, 35 Jeakins, A. E., Close up of, 158 Labour Pains, 97 Leicester (L. Helliwell), 145 Malayan Road Show, 58 Manchester (M. Reeves), 126 Millers Aim, The, 137 M.O.I. Please Note , 2 More Two-Way Traffic, 18 Municipal Cinema in Norway, 64 National Theatre Club, 98 New Board , 98 New Books on Film, 132 New Documentary Films, 74, 88, 104, 118, 143, 159 New Light on an Old Film (C. Van Emde Boas), 87 New Non-Theatrical Films, 24, 39 Northern Counties Children’s Cinema Council, 127 Not Good Enough, 94 Now is the Time, 65 Odd Man Out (B. Wright and E. Anstey), 84 On Children’s Film Appraisal (E. Jacques), 125 One up to Belgium, 114 Ooh — mind my corns, 82 Penguin Film Review, 132 Perspective, 51 Popular Science Reels in the U.S.S.R. (Vsevelod Shevtsov), 45 Production History of C.O.I. Film, 157 Questions to the K.R.S., 149 Radio and Theatre, 72 R.A.F. Film Unit, 23 Receiving End, The (L. Helliwell), 96 Relations with Czechoslovakia, 66 Role of Documentary, The, 66 Sad Loss, A, 82 Scientific Film News (M. Michaelis), 110 Screen Writing, 28 Scriptwriting Competition, C.O.I., 145 Shakespeare and the Screen (B. Wright), 100 Silent Slaves, 98 Slow But Not So Sure (G. S. Bagley), 20 Society Science and Movie, 55 ♦Sociology of the Film, 85 Sponsorship, 83 Stafford Cripps, Sir, Speech of, 156 Statistical Analysis of Films Produced by M.O.I. in 1945, 37 Supply and Distribution of Educational Films, 21 Survey of Film in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, 136 Survey of Surveys, The, 98 Technique of Anaesthesia, 31 Telepedagogics, 27 This Modern Age, 89 Twenty Years of British Film, 95 Two Feature Documentaries (B. Wright), 41 Two Films for Theatres, 30 Two-Way Traffic Wanted, 2 Tyranny of the Dollar, 66 Un-American, 150 UNESCO Reports (S. Road), 134 UNESCO’S World Plans, 67 Visual Unit (R. K. Neilson Baxter), 44 Wartime Wedding (J. Shearman), 53 Welcome To Scotland, 114 We've Had It Too, 150 ♦What Happens At The Movies, 85 What is to be Done, 1 Why No Labour Films (D. Willis), 68 ♦World is My Cinema, The, 132 ♦World of Plenty, 13 World Union of Documentary. 132 Worm’s Eye View (M. Clarke), 107 Writing and Realization (M. Levin), 146 Film titles appearing in the catalogue of M.O.I. fdms made in 1945 ,pp. 46-47, in the catalogue of M.O.I. and C.O.I. films, pp. 121-124, and under the heading ‘ Edinburgh in Review', pp. 152-154, and Film Societies, p. 14, have been omitted. Achimota, 24*, 94 Ack-Ack, 53 Action in the North Sea, 1 16 All Quiet on the Western Front, 52 Ammonia, 1 19* Animals and Brigands, 102 Anna Christie, 52 Approach to Science, 54*, 127 As You Like It, 101 Australian Diary, 142 Avalanche, 145 Ballad of the Battered Bicycle, The, 104* Bank Holiday, 128 Barber of Seville, The, 128 Battle of the Somme, The, 28 Battle for Beauty, 9* Behind the Spanish Line, 33 Bells of St Mary’s, 35 Berlin, 28, 40 Best Years of our Lives, The, 117, 128 Best Feet Forward, 129 Big Pack, The, 23 Birthday, 8* Blue Lagoon, The, 113, 128 Boomerang, 113 Born in the Sun, 142 B.O.N., 256, 4 Bridge, The, 73, 74*, 93 Brief Encounter, 10*, 43, 84, 130 Britain can make It, 24* Brighton Rock, 128 Brush Stripping of Cards, 118* Burma Victory, 9* Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The, 82, 162 Caesar and Cleopatra, 10* Captive Heart, The, 99 Captain Boycott, 109 Canterbury Tale, 53 Canadian Landscape, 86 Care and Maintenance of the Tractor, The, 7 3 Champagne Charlie, 132 Chasing the Blues, 104* Channel Islands, 24* Chemists at Work, 8* Chetnik, 1 16 Chinese in Britain, 9* Children on Trial, 33, 39* Children of the City, 127 Child of the People, 138 Children’s Charter, 130 Church of St George, 102 Circus, The, 106 Citadel, The, 128 City Bound, 4 City Speaks, A, 88*, 108, 126 Coastal Command, 53 Coalface, 73 Coal, 129 Coal Crisis (T.M.A.), 89*, 130 Colonel Blimp, 28 Compression Ignition Engines, 129 Comrade, 116 Construire un Feu, 42 Convection, Conduction and Radiation, 143* Com is in Danger, The, 139 Cotton come back, 88* Covered Wagon, The, 28, 138 Cow, The, 1 39 Crossfire, 128 Cumberland Story, 114 Cutter H.71, 139 Cyprus is an Island, 30* Day of Wrath, 1 38 Dead of Night, 10* Death and the Dictator, 38 Dead among the Living, 102 Denmark Grows Up, 163* Desert Victory, 6, 34, 50, 74, 115 Desiderio, 128 Development Areas (T.M.A.), 118* Diary for Timothy, 9*, 73 Distillation, 130 Don Winslow and the Navy, 3 Double Thread, 108 Dr Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet, 35 Drifters, 28, 53, 77, 94, 138 Drawings that Walk and Talk, 127