The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

September, 1940 Page 295 MARSEILLAISE 16 mm. SOUND FILM 8 Reels Rental $20.00 (Also available on long lease.) A stirring film by Jean Renoir (creator of GRAND ILLUSION). This French dialogue film with Englisli subtitles is an epic of the French Revolution portraying the fight of the people of France against the forces of tyranny and oppression in ITSft. It is a fine film as background for a better understanding of France's present plight. Should lie seen by students as an aid in history, current events, a!id Fi'ench language classes. Send for Catalog of Entertainment and Educational Films AUDIO-FILM LIBRARIES 661 Bloomfield Avenue Bloomfield, N. J, patrol protection i.s being completed by the Fourth I Street School, Columbus. According to Charles A. fc^ance, principal, the film shows organization of the School {latrol and encourages the pupils to plav safe. leporls on School-Made Films I Production of the rural safety film, Lije's Too Short, 1 reel, 16mni Kodachrome), by the Senior Class of akvale High School. Oakvale, West Virginia, under the direction of Godfrey Elliott, is the result of an invitation to participate in the film production project on traffic safety conducted by the Bureau of Educational Research of Ohio State University and the Highway Education Board. (See Educational Screen, June '40 258.) A 19-page mimeographed report on this student- lade production, entitled "We Make a Movie," has been prepared to provide a means of answering some of the anticipated questions about local activities in connection with the project. Steps in the film's produc- tion are presented, including an informative section on the planning of the film's contents. Equipment and materials, outcomes of the project, and use of the film, are discussed. A brief synopsis of the story and re- production of the scenario (50 scenes) complete the report. The film shows the hazards to rural students transported in school buses and the manner in which Oakvale students went about solving tlieir safety prob- lems. A limited number of copies of the booklet are avail- able for 50c each, from Godfrey Elliott, Principal, Oak- \ale Schools. Oakvale, W. Va. A thirty-eight page booklet describing the making of a school film, The Lady of the Lake, has been received by your editor. Its title is "Living Literature, a Pro- ject in Motivated Education." Costs, procedures, stu- dent and adult reactions to the film—all are included in its pages. The J. C. Murphy Junior High School, .Atlanta, Georgia, is responsible for this informative report, which unfortunately is no longer available for distribution by the school. However, copies of the re- port, may be obtained by the first jjersons who send requests to me with return postage. ' These 7 vital features are the keys to 1 'zTr^'^^ H H^ THE UTMOST IN A SOUND MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR ^ ASSURED FILM PROTECTION — Pafenfed Safefy-Trip immediafely stops machine. To be found only on fhis equipnnen+. Wifh Offset Film Loop that eliminates damaging film pressure and side sway. i^ STATIONARY SOUND DRUM— Unequalled sound quality—no moving parts—No adjust- ment necessary for color or black and white. •^ "Spira-Draft" FORCED COOLING — in- sures greatest lamp economy and safety. ^ FLICKERLESS SHUTTER — unsurpassed clarity of pictures. Safety shutter for stills. •^ FILM REVERSE —Pressing one lever reverses film for reviewing. No rethreading necessary. i^ EASY ACCESSIBILITY — to spotlessly clean all working parts. No special tools required. il^ MULTIPLE USE — For classroom, auditor- ium, dances, outdoor events — with inter- changeable units that mean Greater Economy and Widest Utility. In no other equipment regardless of price can all of these advance features be found. Write today for complete description of these and other features. AN! Dept. VICTOR MATOGRAPH CORPORATION D-1, Davenport, Iowa