The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

School Department 25 Mot once in any full rehearsal or per- hfcance (we gave six) did we have to jmpt the stage action by so much as e word. The children put their hearts d souls into their puppets. Here was thing they understood—a thing which d a definite relation to child life, and ,s not a mere grind of text book les- :is. But we found to our astonishment it they were learning more in this way m our formal lessons could have ight them in twice the time—and they re learning these things in a way that pealed to them. The project occupied month's time, in manual training, art sons and reading classes, and never was a month so well or so joyously spent. Teachers will readily see how this project may offer a means of correlating history, geography, literature and even music and physical training. A song or dance introduced makes interesting variation, and marionettes can do both, in their own odd way. We undertook our play as an inter- esting side line, an unusual mode of en- tertainment. We completed it with the firm conviction that it served as a much needed project. As a result of our first experience, we have planned a more elab- orate presentation of an historical story in the near future. Film Catalogue THE Educational Screen is interested in the entire field of visual instruction, and believes heartily in the use of all sorts of visual aids. It is the purpose of the school department to print every month a list of current releases in non-theatrical films. It does this for the benefit of the teacher who has not the time, nor perhaps the accessibility to exchanges, to gather this information for himself. In regard to the sources from which other visual materials may be secured, the teaching profession needs little assistance. TRAVEL AND SCENIC London (Carter Cinema Producing Cor- oration)—Views of the "city proper," includ- g the Mansion House, Guildhall, the Bank of )ngland, Ludgate Circus, St. Paul's Cathedral, id characteristic street scenes of the world's reatest metropolis. Shanghai and Macao Burton Holmes (F P L) A. strong contrast here between. Shanghai, aid to be of all the Chinese cities the most arly like an American metropolis, and Macao, funded by the Portuguese, and the oldest liropean settlement in China. Glimpses are veh of Chinese family life and customs. Man Who Always Sat Down Bruce Scenic 12 F C)—In spite of its title and the effort ) weave a story into it, this film is a truly ?markable series of views taken on an air- lane trip over the Matterhorn and Mont lane, giving us intimate "close-ups" of these itherto inscrutable giants. ^seilles Burton Holmes (F P L)—Interest- g panoramas of the largest port of southern ranee, and views of its picturesque streets, e Cathedral on the water front and the cele- brated Church of Notre Dame high above the town. Kilauea (Carter Cinema Producing Corpora- tion)—A Prizma natural color film, showing the famous volcano of Hawaii with its bubbling mass of red-hot lava. Country Life in Bohemia Burton Holmes (F P L)—This noted region, now a part of the new Czechoslovakia, seen in its various aspects. The sugar-beet fields, the quaint Bohemian towns, and the smiling, hospitable peasants in their native costumes. The Crater of Mount Katmai (E F C)—Photo- graphed by the National Geographic Society's Katmai Expedition, said to be the only group of white men to penetrate this Alaskan "valley of smokes" since the remarkable eruptions of 1912. Besides actual views of the Katmai crater, greatest in all the world, are included novel illustrations of the process of volcanic eruption. An authoritative presentation of a most absorbing subject. The City of Algiers Burton Holmes (F P L)— Calculated to correct any hazy ideas we may have as to this bustling French-African city,