Educational film magazine; (19-)

SOCIAL WELFARE i'T "NEW JERSEY HEALTH CRUSADERS" UNDER the title New Jersey Health Crusaders, the Tuber- culosis League of New Jersey presents a film visualizing their health work among children, thus furnishing definite and constructive information to states, communities, and individu- ; als interested in the promulgation of a similar work. ! Scenes include the toothbrush drill in the schools; the bath, I that much-needed adjunct to well-regulated school-life in certain neighborhoods; and the nap, taken with open windows—a needed lesson for immigrants from southern Europe. These are followed by a classroom scene wherein Humpty Dumpty, the famous Health Clown, pays a visit and enacts the pantomime of "The Vt icked Germ and The Open Winndow," to the children's delight. The health pageant given in Burlington County, N. J., by chil- dren, follows. Allegorical in character, it symbolizes the over- throw of Dragon Disease by the Health Knights, and the estab- lishment of King Good Health. This is a spirited episode, full of I action and bearing to the children who take part, as well as to ' those who are on-lookers, the message of what to avoid and what to accept if good health is to be maintained. Concluding scenes show in detedl the methods used in the Newark, N. J., open air classes for underweight children and at the preventoriums where strong children are developed from weak ones who have been exposed to tuberculosis. Xew Jersey Health Crusaders. Distributed by Carlyle Ellis. 1 reel. I» In. 7K W PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCLATION DISCUSSES FILMS 'T'HE motion picture session of the American Public Health Association at the Hotel Astor, New York City, on November 14 brought forth some interesting and informative talks and dis- cussions, with demonstrations of selected films. The program: "Should there be any difference in the type of picture produced for classroom use and that for popular education?"—Prof. C. E. Turner, De- partment of Biology and I^iblic Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. "What standards should be set for the pictures used by health agencies?"—Dr. Stanley Osborne, Department of Health, Hartford, Conn.; Edward Stuart, American Red Cross, Wash- ington, D. C.; Floyd A. Ramsdell, Worcester Film Corporation, Worces- ter, Mass. "What are the needs in health motion pictures that are not met at present? More short films? Dramatic or straight education? More truth or more human interest? More films on general health topics or on specific topics?"—Ernst D. Meyer, International Health Board, New York City; Eugene Roder, Roder-Cowen Service Corporation, New York City. "What is the situation as to the practicability of securing existing pictures for use in all parts of the country?"—E. G. Routzahn, Russell Sage Foundation, New York City. "How can health depart- ments and health organizations work together to have suitable pictures produced?"—Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, Conference of State and Provincial Health Authorities, Springfield, III.; P. P. Jacobs, National Tuberculosis Association, New York City. BThe following films were exhibited during the conference: The Gift of Life, American Social Hygiene Association; Jinks, Na- mal Tuberculosis Association; Mothercraft, May Bliss Dickinson; The Priceless Gift of Health, Massachusetts Department of Health; The Reward of Courage, American Society for the Control of Cancer; Safe- guarding the Nation (effects of alcohol) Carter Cinema Producing Cor- poration; Saving the Eyes of Youth, National Committee on Blindness; ike No Chances, New Jersey Tuberculosis League; Tournament of luth. National Tuberculosis Association; Unhooking the Hookworm, International Health Board of tlie Rockefeller Foundation. The films shown at the Health Exposition, Grand Central Palace, N'ew York, were: Saving the Eyes of Youth, National Committee on Blindness; Taking No Chances, National Committee on Blindness; Deep Sea Fishing, Bray Studios; Why We Breathe and Hoiv, Bray Studios; An Equal Chance, Puljlic Health Nursing; Mouth Hygiene, BoUman Film Library Service; The High Road, Y. W. C. A.; F'iot Folly, Y. W. C. A.; Athletic Move- menas Analyzed, Board of Education, U. S. Navy Athletic Leagues; How Radium it Produced, Radium Chemical Co. "THE REWARD OF COURAGE" THE REWARD OF COURAGE is a two reel drama, with a definite message to avoid quack cures and consult a reliable surgeon or doctor if you have any suspicious symptoms which might develop into cancer. Eugene Barnes, the eflScient manager of the Pleasantville Accessories Company, persuades Marshall Flint, the president to install a clinic for first aid and periodic examinations of the employees of the company. After several months' experiment Barnes makes a satisfactory report to Flint about the work of the clinic in overcoming the problem of time lost by sickness of their employees. The president inspects the new depart- ment and congratulates Dr. Dale and Barnes upon its success. Dr. Dale explains that regular physical examination and hygenic instruction are the secrets. "We discover ailments before they become serious." He tells of the recent examination of an employee named Simpkins who has a cancer of the lip and insists upon continuing his home treatments of Radiumized Paste, a cancer cure which he orders by mail. Dr. Dale has an empty paste can as evidence but hopes to persuade Simpkins to submit to an operation. The doctor's explanation of the development and growth of cancer is visualized in animated drawings and emphasizes the necessity of an operation as soon as the disease is discovered. The new clinic is of great interest to Dorothy Flint, the president's daughter, and as she is a friend of Barnes she helps him develop the new department. Her mother discourages this friendship as she has more ambitious plans for her daughter than marriage with the manager of the plant. In fact Mrs. Flint looks with favor upon the attentions of a young man of leisure, Morris Maxwell, who has been a resident of Pleas- antville for the past year. Maxwell tells Mrs. Flint that he has heard that Dr. Dale has discovered about twenty cases of cancer among the employees of the plant and he suggests that Mrs. Flint permit him to solicit the aid of a group of philanthropic scientists with whom he is associated, many of them cancer specialists. If she would give him the names of those suffering, he would offer them relief. Mrs. Flint se- cures this list of names from. Miss Keene, the trained nurse of the clinic, who delivers it in person. During the interview Mrs. Flint tells Miss Keene about a small lump that she has on her breast and the nurse examines it and suggests that they ask Dr. Dale to recommend a reliable surgeon. Acting upon the nurse's advice, Mrs. Flint consults a specialist -and the physician confirms her fears and advises an immediate operation. Mrs. Flint telephones to her husband the result of the surgeon's examination and her conversation is overheard by Morris Maxwell who is waiting in an adjoining room for Dorothy. Maxwell again calls her attention to the Institute for Cancer and assures her that it has thousands of cures to its credit without the use of a knife and he could also arrange to have the twenty employees of the plant, who are cancer victims, treated for $200 each and adds "Perhaps you and Dorothy might interest Mr. Flint in the project to that extent." A few days later there was a conference at the clinic and-Dr. Dale told the executives of the company the result of his investigation of the Radiumized Paste and the institute that was selling it. He also informed them that one of the directors of the institute was Maxwell. Upon hearing this Flint tells them that Maxwell is expected at his house that morning and they hasten to the Flint home and arrive in time to witness Mrs. Flint making out a check for $200 for the cancer cure which Maxwell offers to obtain for her personal use. They confront Maxwell with the evidence of the chemical examination that proves Radiumized Paste to be absolutely worthless. At tliis point a detective, who is in the group, steps forward and states that the postoffice de- partment has been looking for him. The final scene is six years later. Dorothy has married Barnes and Mrs. Flint has regained her health, rejoicing at the success of the opera- tion performed six years ago, and remarks "How easy it was after all." , The film was produced by the Eastern Film Corporation for the American Society for the Control of Cancer, 25 West 45th street, New York, who will distribute it nationally. ESI* ffl^ HEALTH FILMS WITH CHINESE TITLES 'T'HE Council of Health Education, * Q^insan Gardens, Shanghai, ■*■ China, has favored Educational Fn.M Magazink with a list of its film subjects and it is interesting to note that nine of these have been titled throughout in Chinese. They are: Better Babies, Our Children, The House Fly, House Fly As Seen Through the Microscope, Keeping a Big City Clean, Every Day Life Saver, Through Life's Windows, A Mouthful of Wisdom, Oood Teeth Mean Oood Health. The following have the original English titles: How Life Begins, Res- cue, Care and Education of the Blind, Mosquito Control, Modern Health Crusade, National Tube Company Welfare Work, Jinks, Rumanian Re- lief, Helping Our Boys at Home, Oood-Bye Brest. u