The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 206 The Educational Screen PROTECT FILMS SCRATCH- ES. STAINS FINGER- MARKS-THE WAY THE U. S. GOV- ERNMENT AND THE RATE I ASK YOUR DfALER OR PHOTOFINISHER VAP0RATECO..INC.' BELLA HOWELL CO.I j 130 West 46th St. 1801 Larchmont, Chicago I iNewYork. N.Y. 7I6N. Labrea. Hollywcod ' (Concluded from page 204) The Dean of Canterbury's Address to America (tentative title), the motion picture record of the recent radio ad- dress to the United States by the Very Reverend Hewlett Johnson, has been acquired for 16mm distribution in the United States and Canada by Brandon Films. The address was delivered by the Dean to the Te Deum for Russia, held in Carnegie Hall, New York City, on April 13th. The film will be fea- tured on one of the special programs in the Brandon Plan for .-Mlied Film Festivals which are being organized throughout the nation during May, June, and July, for Allied Relief. ■ InE.^L Pictures Corporation, 28 E. Eighth St., Chicago, has issued a new "Victory Catalog" of 52 pages, listing their 16mm sound and silent films, and 8mm silent pictures. The catalog has been designed to aid film users in selecting appropriate motion pictures on topics of especial current significance, such as "Home Front Subjects," ".Aviation," "Machine Shop Work," "Fighting Front Subjects," ''History in the Making," "The Culture of the United States," "Safety and Health," "Our Allies," "Other Coun- tries Before the Public Eye," etc. ■ HoFFBERG Pkoductions, 1600 Broad- way, New York City, is releasing a series of short films designed to teach American history in the 4th and Sth grade. They are 1-reel 16 mm silent subjects, the first one of which, now available, is: Columbus and the Discovery of America —produced by Malcolm Morri- son of Canada, co-author of "Films in the Classroom", and producer of sev- eral documentary films. Mr. Morrison uses children to enact his story, and photographs the action in silhouette. Thus the series is known as "Shadow- graph Teaching Films". Additional subjects planned in the series include reels dealing with Champlain, Balboa, Cortez, DeSoto, Henry Hudson, La- Salle, Sir Walter Raleigh, The Pil- grims and the American Revolution. ■ Frith Films, P. O. Box 565, Holly- wood, Calif., are selling prints of two recently completed films on horses. Each is 400 feet, 16mm. sound, color or black- and-white. Today's Horse Farm: Sun-up to Sun- down follows a beautiful, champion draft horse and her baby colt through a typical day on a horse farm. The film not only depicts the actual pro- cedure on a farm, but the charm of life in the country. Many different points in the care of horses are brought out, such as balanced feeding, care of colts, grooming, shoeing, sanitary housing. This subject was designed for children in the elementary grades. Horse Raising, planned for the sec- ondary age level, is devoted to the breeding and raising of fine horses. The importance of proper treatment and training is stressed. Horses shown in- clude Percherons, Standard Bred Trot- ters, Belgian Tennessee Walking Horses and Arabians. The points of a fine horse are noted- Proper saddling of a horse is demonstrated, as well as the preparation of an eight-horse wagon bitch for shows by expert handlers. ■ The Princeton Film Center, 410 Nassau St., Princton, New Jersey, has released this month the first of a series of films dealing with the allies and ene- mies of the United States, namely: Know Your Enemy—Japan!, a 1-reel sound film available in both 16mm and 35mm sound. Produced by the Prince- ton Film Center with the cooperation of the Institute of Pacific Relations, recog- nized authorities on Japan and other Far Eastern countries, the picture an- swers these and other vital questions: How large is the Japanese Empire? What is Japan's naval and military strength? Is Japan self-sufificient in raw materials? Can Japan win the war? National-Ideal Opens Office National-Ideal Pictures, Inc., an- nounces the opening of an office at 2024 Main Street, Dallas. This is a combin- ation of Ideal Pictures Corporation and the National 16mm. Film Libraries Com- pany of Texas. The new organization is equipped to provide ma.ximum film serv- ice to schools, clubs, churches and homes, carrying a very large library of entertainment and instructional films— 16mm. sound features and short sub- jects, as well as 16mm and Snim silent features and shorts. William E. Mick heads the new ofiice. New DeVry Sound Projectors W. C. DeVry, President of the De- Vry Corporation, Chicago, manufac- turers of 16mm and 35mm motion pic- ture equipment, announces two new sound projectors—the 16mm model "Freedom", and the 35mm (Portable) model "Liberty". Of particular inter- est is the information from DeVry that both m'odels conserve vital war ma- terials without sacrificing, and in many respects improving, the high standards of quality, durability, dependability and performance provided in pre-war DeVry projectors, and with no appre- ciable difference in weight. No delay in delivery is contemplated due to conver- sion, but proper priority rating is re- I quired to purchase either projector. Complete descriptive literature on both new models may be had by writing to the DeVry Corporation, 1111 Arm- itage Avenue, Chicago, 111. Although previously announced as the "Victory" model, DeVry has de- cided to change the name of the new 16mm projector to "Freedom" in order to avoid any confusion with the trade names of other motion picture equip- ment manufacturers serving the same market as DeVry. The new DeVry 16mm ''Freedom" Sound Projector.