The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

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October, 1931 Page 233 Anderson explaining, and the two teams running through the most spectacular plays of last year staged by various teams. Backficld Play is a highly illuminating display of the backfield men in action ; with plunges through the line mixed up with lateral and forward passes. Carry On, fifth of the series, opens with brief introduction of Jess Harper and Notre Dame stars of the past 20 years. Then reel goes into general exposition of offensive and defensive plays as executed by the Note Dame squads in regulation games. Bell and Howell Add 100 Films to Library An even hundred highly endorsed 16 mm educational films have just been added to the Bell & Howell film library, marking a notable advance in the number of worthwhile motion pictures available for school use. Forty-two of the subjects relate to science and nature, and six are listed under what is called the American Statesmen Series, each film of this series being devoted to an outstanding national character such as Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, and Lincoln. Thirteen subjects have to do with as many literary notables or their works, and in this group are films on Poe, Holmes, Irving, and other famous writers. Nine films are given over to geographical subjects and seven to industry and agriculture. Among the other films are eight on outdoor life and a five-reel picture on the Life of Christ. All of the hundred subjects are now available in 16 mm. silent versions in film lengths of approximately 400 feet per reel. Synchronized sound discs are being prepared on a. majority of the subjects to permit of sound presentation, and some of these discs are already completed. Fil m on Iron The Reading Iron Company have a motion picture for distribution to schools describing the manufacture of wrought iron pipe through the various stages, beginning with the melting of iron ore in the blast furnace. Short Subjects Shown Under Auspices of League of Nations Spring Training, the first in Tiffany's new Football For the Fan Series, and Vagabond Melodies, a new Lyman H. Howe's Hodge-Podge, were selected as representative American Short Subjects productions. Prints of both these films from the Educational Film Exchanges were sent to Rome, Italy, where they were screened before the International Council of Women, sub-section of motion pictures, meeting under the auspices of the League of Nations at the International Educational Cinematographic Institute. Fox Visual Education Activities Movietone School Series is being prepared by the Educational Department of Fox Film Corporation, under the direction of prominent educators, each the best known in his respective field. These sound on film educational pictures are on 35 mm. non-inflammable stock for standard equipment. Dr. Ellis U. Graff, representing a group of school superintendents throughout the country who are interested in visual education, is in charge of selecting subjects. Among the educators on the production staff are : Dr. Wallace W. Atwood, President of Clark University, Geography films ; Dr. Clyde Fisher of the American Museum of Natural History, Science films ; Dr. F. R. Moulton, formerly of the University of Chicago, Astronomy films; and Dr. Henry Johnson of Columbia University, History subjects. Mrs. Grace Allen Bangs has been appointed director of the recently created Women's Bureau of the Educational Department of Fox Film Corporation, thereby being one of the few women to direct an important division of a film corporation. Mrs. Bangs also is a vice-chairman of the Exposition of Women's Arts and Industries and is a member of the Board of the Child Welfare Association. It is not her first affiliation with the industry, however, as back in 1924 Mrs. Bangs, in co-operation with others, sought to encourage better films. Her early activities in this new work will be the organization of a national committee of representatives of the national women's club groups which are taking an interest in visual education. The Educational Department of Fox Film Corporation participated this year in the Exposition of Women's Arts and Industries, held at the Hotel Astor, New York City, from September 30 through October 6. At that time the advantages of the use of sound motion pictures in education were set forth under the sponsorship of a committee of women prominent in social and civic affairs. In discussing her new work, Mrs. Bangs said : "Everyone admits the educational value of sound motion pictures, and the problem has been how to get the greatest values from them and the best methods for securing these benefits. I feel that, through the' co-operation of prominent educators and a major producing company, with the best technical information in its possession an ideal combination has been effected."