Educational film magazine; (January-December 1920)

FLASHES ON THl \^ ORLDS SCREEN News Notes and Comment on Educational and Allied Films from In^lilIltioD^, Organizati.n-.I'roducersaiid Individuals . in the United State? ami ' . nada and ((verseas 'fTj^BIOL.\." founded on Cardinal X^ise- J_ man's celebrated story, was screened recently in London. Father Bernard ^aiighan and the London County Council ducation committee have given the picture heir approval. Life in ancient Rome is said_ 0 be vividlv portraved in the fi!ni. The chamber of commerce of Richmond, 'irginia, is giving a seiies of industrial Qovie shows at the Lincoln auditorium in hat city. Sugar refining, the manufacture if matches, carpets, pottery and other use- ul articles are being exhibited. The department of immigration of the itate of North Dakota is having films made ly the Publicity Film Company, of Bis- aarck. N. D., of various scenes and indus- rial activities in the state to be shown to rospective settlers throughout the middle rest. Features of the wheat and livestock ndustry and farming life will be pictured a detail. In the rifle range of the Tower of Lon- Jon. where German spies are said to have been shot during the late war. troops in jarracks during the recent strike troubles »ere amused with film comedies. The ■creen was placed upon the wall before (fhich the condemned men stood. The Club women of L)i - Moines, Iowa, are catnpaigning for better films in that city. Some of the pictures shown in small theaters, they say, are "crime breeders" and "a dis- grace to the city." One m>mber of the active committee charges "seven tenths of juvenile crime can be traced direciU- to the movies." The Lucas, Willard. and Hubbell public schools and Highland Park Christian Church are showing better film programs. The Fox News, serai-weekly, contains pic- tures of instructional value. No. 1 gives in- struction to mothers on the Qare of babies and is edited by Dr. Josephine Baker, of the Bureau of Child Hygiene, New York City. No. 2 shows how a professional clown teaches hygiene and proper living to public school children and their mothers. No. 3 portrays the use of school children in small towns near Chicago in saving the potato crop which was threatened with loss because of lack of labor. Motion pictures are being used in France to train athletes for the Ohinpic Games this year. Correct methods of putting the shot, throwing the javelin and other exercises are screened. The pictures are first projected at normal speed, then slowed down so that every movement of the body can be studied bv the combatants. -V Swedish engineer named Burglund is reported to have solved the problem of the speaking film by means of photography. The synchronization of picture and voice by his process is said to be perfect. » At a teachers' meeting held in the Midland Institute. Birmingham. England, Dr. P. C. Innes. the chief educational officer of the city, spoke of the value of the cinema as an aid in the instruction of backward children. He said that film teaching would train the reasoning power of adolescents and bring about a mental development which otherwise might remain subnormal. w "A Mouthful of X^'isdom," the one reeler treating of pyorrhea and its prevention and relief through the use of pyorricide, which was made by Baumer Films, Inc., was shown recently to the members of the Y. M. C. A. industrial committee at its meeting at Silver Bay, N. Y. The film is considered one of the best on oral and dental hygiene so far produced. "Shift the Gear. Freck," "The Demand of Dugan" and "Gum Drops and Overalls" are the titles of the latest releases of Judge Brown's juvenile reform films. It will be recalled that Judge Willis Brown presided over tlie Juvenile Court of Salt Lake Qty, and his experiences form the basis for these For a Proper i nderstanding of Lifers Responsibilities children and young people need the knowledge which is scien- tifically and inspiringly presented in the biological motion picture HOW LIFE BEGINS-4 Parts Living embryo of chick .S2 hours old. From "How Life Begins." It shows how plants and animals come into existence and gives a reverent understanding of life processes. Used by l". S. Government. Sute Boards of Health, Universities, High Schools. Velfare Organizations, and private homes For rental and purchase price address Carter Cinema Co.. 220 W. 42nd St.. N. Y. Telephone Bryant 7d94-759o JTe are in the market for negatives of Educational subjects. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE to film at normal speed actual rays of light passing through actual lenses—not in cartoons, but in straight motion picture photographs. But we did it. And those few feet of film alone cost more than the average "educational." That's why nobody has copied those wonderful scenes, any more than they can copy Professor Woll's masterly dissections of real eyes, as shown in THROUGH UFE'S WINDOWS P. D. Hugon's Masterpiece on THE HUMAN EYE Illustrated circular from WORCESTER FILM CORPORATION 145 West 45th Street, New York ■^(,