The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 78 The Educational Screen Now !n 16 mm. Sound Filml Three Great UNIVERSAL Serials SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE Jackie Cooper pits his scouting: ability against the cunning of a savage Indian tribe and the villainy of a counterfeiting ring, to win out after a series of thrilling incidents. 12 episodes. FLAMING FRONTIERS Based on Peter B. Kyne's novel "The Tie that Binds" this action-packed serial drama reveals the dangers, courage and hardships of the early pion- eers. Features John Mack Brown. 15 episodes. FLASH GORDON A journey into the realm of fantasy—a glimpse into the future of a 1000 years from now. Based on the Flash Gordon newspaper strip. Features Buster Crabbe. 13 episodes. TWO MYSIERY THRILLERS! Finest of their kind. Produced by a major company. THE BLACK DOLL With Nan Grey, Donald W<H)ds, Edgar Kennedy and William Lundigan. 7 reels. DANGER ON THE AIR With Donald Woods, Nan Grey, Jed Prouty and Berton Churchill. 8 reels. Send for Catalog of 2200 Enterfalnmenf and Educational Subjects, ^.A^(^Ai^^. 25 W. 45th St. u~o ^ff|)^ SUNT HXBEiaBBEK Dept. E-2 New York Four New Voeafional Guidance Sound Films • The Electrician • Engineering • Drafting • Nursing These new films are definitely timely. Thousands of girls are looking to the nursing profession. Many boys want to be electricians, drafts- men or engineers. Here is your opportunity to acquaint them with the requirements of these vocations, by showing workers at their {obs. "Your Life Work" Films also include Finding Your Life Work, Radio and Television, Journalism, Automotive Service, Woodworking. UNIQUE TIME PAYMENT PLAN Mafces Ownership Easy 20 Vocational Guidance Film Strips Job Cfossiffcatfon Voeafional Sub/ects 1. Classification of occpts. 2. Professional-managerial 3. Clerical and sales 4. Service occupations 5. Agriculture, fishery 6. Skilled occupations 7. Skilled occupts. (cont.) 8. Semi-skilled occpts. 9. Semi-skilled (cont.) 10. Unskilled occpts. 11. Aircraft manufg. 12. Aircraft operation 13. Tree surgery 14. Osteopathy 15. Printing industry 16. Steel industry 17. Optometry 18. Cement manufg. 19. Hotel 20. Railroad Student guides accompany Iheie strips. Write for preview. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE FILMS. Inc. Old Colony BIdg. Det Moinei, Iowa 7514 N. Ashland Avt. Chicago, III. ^. scv± an. Government Film Coordinator Appointed Mr. Lowell Mellett. Director of the Office of Govern- ment Reports. Washington, D. C, has been appointed Coordinator of Government Films by President Roose- velt, thus bringing under one head the numerous film activities of various government agencies. Assistants to Mr. Mellett are Leo Rosten, recently liaison man Ijetween the Office of Emergency Management and Hollywood, and Arch Mercey, formerly with the U. S. Film Service. It will be Mr. Mellett's job also to co- ordinate wartime film production, both government and professional, working with the motion picture industry's War Activities Committee, headed by Francis Harmon of the Hays office, through which organization govern- ment films will be released to theatres. The educational film field has also offered to coop- erate with the government in film distribution. Rep- resentatives of the 16 mm. industry met in Washington on January 26 to discuss the roll of the non-theatrical 16 mm. film as a medium of informing, inspiring, and training our citizens to meet the demands of war. The Committee's report, which was submitted to Mr. Mel- lett, dealt with the four principal needs: a plan of organization that will mobilize the widest possible sup- ])ort for the showing of government films; adequate films; physical distribution facilities for booking, ship- ping, inspecting, repairing, and keeping reports on films shown ; and projection equipment and personnel. The following organizations sent representatives to the con- ference : Xational University Extension Association; National Association of Visual Education Dealers; Vis- ual Eciuipment Manufacturers .Association ; Films, Inc.; Allied Non-Theatrical Film Association; Erpi Class- room Films, Inc.; Walter O. Gutlohn, Inc.; Bell and Howell Company; Modern Talking Picture Service. Inc.; Castle Films; and V.M.C.A. Motion Picture Bureau. Defense Film Production The first official training film to be approved by the Office of Civilian Defense, Washington, is Fighting Ike Fire Bomb, produced by Transfilm. Incorporated, under the technical supervision of the Chemical War- fare Service of the U. S. Army and the National Fire Protection Association. The film runs fifteen minutes and gives vital information on methods and equipment to be employed in fighting fire bombs and preventing the spread of fire. A special teacher's manual has been prepared by the Safety Research Institute. 420 Lexing- ton Avenue, New York City, to accompany the film. It contains instructions for using the film in class work, lectures to be given before and after the showing, "quiz" questions, and other instructional material. Copies of the film in 16mni can be obtained from Transfilm. Inc., 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. The Research Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hollywood, is collaborating with the U. S. Army Signal Corps and the Civilian Defense Committee in the production of a series of civilian defense films. Lieut. Col. Darryl F. Zanuck, d