The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 236 The Educational Screen NEW FILMS OF THE MONTH As They Look to A Teacher Committee Conducted by L. C. LARSON Instructor in School of Education Consultant in Audio-Visual Aids Indiana University, Bloomington Hidden Hunger (American Film Center, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York City) 21 minutes, 16 mm. sound. Apply to distributor for list of depositories. Mr. Squire, a farmer, is shown looking over his crops at the close of day. A Little Man materializes out of a hay field. He tells Mr. Squire that he represents growing things which are being treated "unfairly." If food products are not used to build good bodies, he threatens to stop all things from growing at the end of one month. Mr. Squire, with a crusader's zeal, starts out on a one- man, one-month campaign to reform the eating habits of the nation. He urges a truck driver to eat raw vegetables, tries to persuade women customers in a super food market to purchase different types of food, tells a housewife that she kills all vitamins by putting soda in peas to keep them green, and tries to persuade her to cook foods properly. Mr. Squire ends up in court charged with being a public nui- sance and disturbing the peace. The court is not impressed with his story until Dr. Downey overhears the proceedings and comes to Squire's aid with scientific data on nutrition and a description of the work of nutrition councils over the country. The butcher, Little Man, tries to persuade Mr. Squire that his idea was a dream, but the farmer in- sists that the threat of hidden hunger is real, and is always around us. But we want to cooperate with our many good customers and dealers by keeping existing Holmes equipment in good running condition. Requests for repair parts, if ever necessary, will receive our earliest possible attention. New machines, unfortunately, are not avail- able for delivery at the present time. HOLMES PROJECTOR COMPANY Manufacturers of 16mm & 35mm Sound-on-Film Projectors 1813 Orchard Street CHICAGO Assisted by LLOYD F. EVANS Assistant in Audio-Visual Aids Extension Division Indiana University, Bloomington Committee Appr.msal : Both public school teachers and adult leaders will find this film useful for motivating discussion of the effects of dietary deficiencies and the selection, prep- aration, and serving of foods. The information is authentic. It is unfortunate that even though "hidden hunger" is a very realistic problem confronting a startling proportion of cur population, the script writer resorted to a preposterous story as a vehicle for the presentation of the excellent ideas submitted by the nutrition consultant. Before the Doctor Comes (American Red Cross, 19 East 47th Street, New York City) 41 minutes, 16 mm. sound. Sale price $74.20. While a montage of accident scenes and first aiders at v^ork documents the 100,000 deaths and more than ten mil- lion injuries that occur annually through accidents at work, at home, and on the highways in the United States, the important role of the trained first-aider, who knows what to do "before the doctor comes" is explained. The film then shows Dr. Thompson of the American Red Cross presenting lectures and demonstrations to teach correct procedures in the first aid treatment of accident victims. Included in the first reel are techniques for digital, tourni- quet, and direct compress control of bleeding, and the proper care of the patient to minimize the effects of shock. The second reel illustrates the physiology of breath- ing and applies the principles so evolved in a demonstra- tion of the correct method in giving artificial respiration to accident victims. Following this, the treatment of minor and severe burns is explained and demonstrated. Reels three and four are concerned with first aid for fractures, the application of splints, and methods of transporting an in- jured person under emergency conditions. A short summary of the content of the Red Cross first aid course completes the film. Committee Appraisal: "Before the Doctor Comes" illus- trates the type of instruction given in the Red Cross first aid course in a manner designed to encourage enrollment in the courses. This film should be valuable to instructors in first aid courses using the Red Cross textbook for illus- trating and demonstrating the specific lessons covered by its content. The film would have been more effective if the demonstrations had been presented under conditions ap- proximating those existing at scenes of actual accidents. A Child Went Forth (New York University Film Li- brary, Washington Square, New York City) 20 minutes, 16 mm. sound. Produced by the National Association of Nursery Educators. Sale price $60.00. An exposition of some of the principles of progressive education is integrated by the commentator with the sound and picture story of childrens' experiences at a summer camp set up on an ordinary farm. Trained educators provide unobtrusive guidance while the children explore their new environment. Children from two to seven years old walk in daisy fields—become ac- quainted with a dog and a goat—with rabbits, kittens, mice, ducks, frogs—help build a wading pool—play in a tree house that is now a ship, now a castle—saw boards, paint boxes, and pound nails—in "a world where there is time to find out what it's all about, and where nobody tells you what to do—a world where there are nice grown-ups around, but they don't 'butt in.' "