The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 354 The Educational Screen SCHOOL MADE MOTION PICTURES TWELVE school-made films on safety are listed in "Visual Aids in Safety Education; Supplement I," lecently published by the National Education Associa- tion, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C, under the direction of Frank W. Hubbard, Director of the Research Division of the N.E.A. Safety films made in South Bend. Indiana, Appleton, Wisconsin, and Cleveland, Ohio, which have not al- ready been reported in this column, are noted in the visual aid booklet. Following are film summaries based on the N.E.A. data: School Safety, a four reel, 16mm silent production of the Board of Education. Cleveland, Ohio, is a color film reviewing all phases of the safety program in Cleve- land Public Schools. Included are shots of the clean- up squad, the safety patrol, safety broadcasts, the safety council, safe play activities in the gymnasium and on the playground, and proper handling and care of tools and equipment in industrial laboratories and classrooms. Also shown are experiments in science classes showing what materials are inflammable and what causes a short circuit. Other shots present inspection of fire- fighting devices and equipment and school fire drills. The N.E.A. committee recommends the film as valuable in the teaching of the correct usage of equipment. When Traffic Moves is a 16mm silent color movie, developed by the Wilson Junior High School, Appleton, Wisconsin. This four-reel film gives a review of the safety work being carried on in the Appleton schools. In the film story. Bill, a school boy, tells his father that adults violate the rules of pedestrian safety more than school children. After Mr. Smith consults the chief of police and the superintendent of schools, he becomes con- vinced that his son is right. With the superintendent of schools. Bill and his father visit several schools and ob- serve the traffic safety program in action at each grade REPORTS WANTED! This Department aims to cover, in succeeding issues, ALL school-made motion pictures. Our readers can make this possible. If you know of a film that has been, is being, or is to be made (1) In your school, or (2) In any other school kindly inform us as below: Name of School Title and Subject of Film. No. of ft. ?... .Color?... .16mm silent?... .or sound?.. Other data (If your knowledge is incomplete, please name above a person who can tell us) Mary thanks 1 Your name By HARDY R. FINCH Head of the English Department Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Conn. level. Safety rhymes are effectively used in titling the film. A film that should be very effective in emphasizing traffic safety is Safety Through Education, made in the South Bend, Indiana, Public Schools. The color film (16mm silent, 4 reels) with a narrator's script, shows "correct and incorrect behavior of South Bend school pupils, primarily in street and highway situations. Such scenes as youngsters crossing streets diagonally and from behind parked cars, playing too close to the curb, walking in the road, and jay walking, as well as the school patrol in action, are shown. Final scenes illus- trate positive safety habits." The N.E.A. booklet, which lists not only films but also many other visual aids available for safety educa- tion, is available from national headquarters at twenty- five cents per copy. Other School-Made Films California Humboldt State College of Areata keeps a file of all of its graduates filmed in action. This film serves not only as a record for the present but also may be used as a reference in future personnel work. Librarian Graves of the college is the producer of this 16mm file. George E. Murphy reported the project. Connecticut George E. Shattuck, principal of Norwich Academy, Norwich, reports that his school has made and is mak- ing 8mm and 16mm films that document current activi- ties—athletics, special events, etc. These films will be used in the development of a film history of the academy in the future. Two 16mm films completed by the photography class of East Hartford High School in June, 1942, are unusual in subject matter. One, on Geometry (300 feet) shows geometric figures and construction and gives examples of these found in various parts of the town. Photography (200 feet) depicts the process of photog- raphy, the class members taking pictures, developing, printing, and enlarging. Ohio Edgar Dale, who is now with the Bureau of Motion Pictures of the OWI, notes a new safety film produced at Ohio State University, Columbus. The film. Safety , with Small Tools, (one reel. 16mm silent) pictures the ijvarious hazards faced by young boys in the handling of small tools and indicates how they might be avoided. lA University class in Visual Instruction produced the film.