Educational film magazine; (19-)

I 'I" ■ < 1111 ri mum I urn II nil I titih t) INDUSTRIAL I m imnmiiiiiHitiimttii iiiiriimiiiinitiittiitiiHi IIMIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIII Covering Industrial Motion Pictures of Educational Value Edited by LEON A BLOCK INDUSTRIAL MOVIES AT "AMERICA'S MAKING" EXPOSITION Activities of Hungarians, Poles, Greeks, Norwegians, and Negroes in America Instructively Visualized MOTION pictures visualized the industrial activities of some of the important racial groups taking part in the exposition "America's Making," October 29 to Novem- ber 12, in New York City, under the auspices of the State and City Departments of Education. The program on Hungarian night included a short reel of motion pictures illustrating the development of the motion picture industry. It was the genius of Adolph Zukor, an American of Hungarian lineage, which recognized years ago the artistic and recreational value of the screen and was influential in developing the industry so that it now ranks fifth in importance in the United States. The film exhibited illustrated the development of the photoplay and showed in contrast scenes from one of the first productions made by Famous Players and scenes from one of their recent features distributed by the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, in which all modem methods of production are employed to make the screen drama perfect in detail. Achievements of Polish-Americans Americans of Polish lineage told their story of the achieve- ments of the Poles in the United States in motion pictures. Polish miners are recognized as efficient workmen throughout the United States and coal mining has attracted thousands of them. In Penn- sylvania 95,000 Poles are mining coal, and scenes depicting the hardships of coal mining were screened. Forty-five per cent of the Poles in America till the soil. Their industry and efficiency reclaim the waste places. Pictures of Polish agricultural activities showed the untiring energy of the Poles in contributing their share of labor to the production of bumper crops. The backbone of a nation is iu homes and the Poles are proud of their American dwellings. In the film are visited many vine- covered Polish-American homes, many of them with gardens and all with an atmosphere of neatness and prosperity. When the United States entered the World War, the Poles were among the first to enlist. There were 200,000 Poles in the American army and the picture includes scenes of Paderewski, the famous Polish pianist, at Camp Grant, addressing the Polish- American boys who were being trained at the camp for overseas duty. The picture was edited and titled by the Community Mo- tion Picture Bureau. The program of the Americans of Greek lineage included a motion picture of the sponge industry, as there are over 4,000 Greeks employed in sponge fishing in the United Slates. This film was furnished by the Kineto Company of America. Negro Occupational Pictures Films were used in the negro program to visualize the im- portance of negro labor in many big industries. The film showed the negro man and woman employed in cotton cultivation, pick- in, \ ing and packing for shipment, and scenes in the cotton mills, skilled negro industrial workers using modern machines. Farm- ing scenes depicted the negro's familiarity with modern agricul- tural implements. There were pictures of skilled workmen in various capacities as cabinet makers, carpenters, wheelwrights, builders, painters, masons, bricklayers, horse-shoers, and many other occupations in which the negro has played an importa part in the industrial development of America. The picture w edited and titled by the Community Bureau. Important Norwegian Industrials The Americans of Norwegian lineage used the motion picture in their program to emphasize the industrial contribution made by Norwegians in America's making. In Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Pacific slope Norwegians are the pionee in the lumber industry, and scenes of their efficiency as lumb^ jacks were shown in the film followed by views of lumber mil in which Norwegian workmen are in the majority. There are more people of Norwegian blood in the United States than in Nor- way, and four-fifths of them are farmers or connected with agri- cultural pursuits. Scenes of their agricultural activities in various localities in the United States were shown in pictures. Americ fisheries on the sea coasts and Great Lakes owe much of thei success to the skill and indomitable courage of Norwegian fish© men, portrayed in scenes of the fishing industry and their skill canning fish. Skiing, king of all outdoor sports, was introduced in Ameri^ by the Norwegians and this exhilarating and health-producini sport has been encouraged by Norwegians in all parts of the country where snow conditions make it possible. The pictu was edited and titled by the Community Bureau. • A NEW DU PONT PICTURE A TWO reel picture showing the stability, size, and impor- tance of the Du Pont de Nemours dye stuff industry is being exhibited throughout the world to large industrial interests who are interested in the dye industry and to large consumers of American dyes. A panoramic view of the manufacturing plant of Du Pont de Nemours at Wilmington, Delaware, estab- lished in ]802 and now covering two square miles, gives th? spectator an idea of the magnitude of the organization. The research laboratory and instrument standardization dj partments are shown. The indigo plant is one of the large in the world and the production of this important commodilj is graphically portrayed. The film also covers the manufactulj of intermediates and the laboratory where the dyes are teste on textiles, leather, and paper. The plant has excellent shippir facilities and ocean-going steamers can dock at the Du Pont wharf to unload or take on cargo for export. The picture was produced by the Eastern Film Corporation. 18