The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 78 The Educational Screen Board and War Finance Committee of the Dominion Government. The opening of a series of Noonday Movies this month at the International Relations Center, is also announced. Pro- ductions of the National Film Board of Canada will be screened at these pre- views. During the first weeks these pro- grams will be introduced by the well- known Canadian novelist and lecturer, Mrs. Irene Baird. ■ W.VLTEK O. GUTLOHN, INC. 25 W. 45th St., New York City, announce the release in 16mm. sound film of the well- known Dr. Christian series of feature motion pictures, available on long term lease and rental. These pictures, featuring Jean Hers- holt, have been given the highest rating by the National League of Decency. The titles are: Meet Dr. Christian; Coura- geous Dr. Christian: Dr. Christian Meets the Women; Melody For Three; Remedy For Riches: They Meet Again. Ideal Pictures Corporation, 28 E. Eighth St., Chicago, is also distributing the Dr. Christian .series. ■ The Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, has re- leased a new series of instruction films on the fabrication of aluminum in 16mm sound, produced in cooperation with a large industrial concern. The three films describe and depict by action shots and animation the funda- mental techniques of the various opera- tions of Machining .Aluminum, Riveting Aluminum, and Welding .Aluminum. First Steps in First Aid— 16nini sound, ,31 niin.—is the latest release from the Bureau of Mines. It em- phasizes the fact that every person should have some knowledge of the emergency care to be given an injured person until medical aid can be ob- tained. The film shows some typical acci- dents and teaches what should not be done and then the correct manner of handling the victim, controlling onlookers, directing assistants, and providing comfort to the injured. In- structions include the method of lo- cating the injury, transportation of the injured, the recognition of symptoms and treatment for shock. The circulatory system of the human body is demonstrated. Arterial and venous bleeding, the location of pres- sure points, and the effect on the nerv- ous system of physical injury are de- scribed; application of tourniquets and compresses and treatment of burns are demonstrated. The dangers of wound infection, the use of antiseptics and improvised splints, treatment for elec- tric shock, and the demonstration of artificial respiration are included in the closing scenes. Copies arc available, free except for transportation charges, for exhibition by industrial defense training classes, training courses conducted by the Army, Navy and Maritime Service, schools, churches, civic and business organizations, and other similar groups. Application for the films should be ad- dressed to tlic Bureau of Mines, Divi- sion of Information, Central Experi- ment Station, 4800 Forbes Street, Pitts- burgh, Pa., and should state specifically that the borrower is equipped to show sound films. ■ Better Homes and Gardens Maga- zine, Des Moines, Iowa, have donated their new film on Victory Gardens to the Office of Civilian Defense. Gardens of Victory, the first offi- cially approved OCD film on Victory gardens, docs an excellent job of tell- ing the story of the real and vital need for vegetable gardens in every com- munity in .Xmerica this spring. More and more of our food nmst be sent abroad this year to our allies and fight- ing men. The very least we at home can do is to plant and grow much of the food for our own tables. The film will help in getting Victory Garden Campaigns organized and under way, 16mm sound prints are available for $15 each. Narration is by Basil Ruysdael of the Lucky Strike program. In donating the picture and making prints available at cost. Better Homes and Gardens hopes that mil- lions of Americans will see the film and profit from the stirring and real- istic message it conveys. ■ National Association of Manufac- turers, 14 W. 49th St., New York City, is distributing without charge a new dramatic film to implement work cov- ered by economic and social-science study groups. American Anniversary —1 reel, 16mm sound—is the story of a young immi- grant who, in appreciating the many freedoms existent in America, rises to a position of leadership in his factory and in his community by applying the principles and responsibilities of the American system to himself. "R. N.—Serving All Mankind" This timely film, a pleasing documen- tation in two reels, is sponsored by the .'\merican College of Surgeons and dedi- cated to that invaluable co-worker of surgeons and physicians, the "Registered Nurse, who lives in the hearts and minds of the nation as a .symbol of inspired womanhood." It is designed expressly to stimulate enrollment in nursing schools to meet the urgent need for nurses not only in the present emergency but in the years following the war as well. The Shots from new nursing film. film presents in intensely human story form, the earnest decision of two sisters to follow in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale, Flora Barton, and the rest. In fullest detail we see their varied ex- l)eriences, techniral, emotional, psycho- logical, professional, from admission to graduation, to the rich satisfaction and rewards of devotion to the high calling of the R. N. The production was made possible by a grant from the Becton Dickinson Foun- dation for the Extension of Scientific Knowledge. The film was produced by Burton Holmes F'ilms, Inc., directed by Tom Gordon, under general sui)ervision of Dr. Malcolm T. McEachern, assisted by Eleanor K. Grimm and Mervine W. LaRue. Vocal narrative is by the charm- ing actress Ray Campbell (as the gradu- ate nurse) and by the well-known radio announcer. Jack Brickhouse (as the graduation speaker). Leading roles are by experienced actors but a host of extras arc furnished by the personnel and offi- cials of the various cooperating institu- tions. .Advisers and consultants on the production include such prominent officials as Director Edna S. Newman of the Cook County School of Nursing, Sup't. Edgar Blake of the new Wesley Memorial Hos- pital, and Sister M. Therese of St. Fran- cis Xavier College, some of whom appear personally in the picture. .All nursing school scenes were taken in the class- rooms, laboratories, library, lounge, din- ing-room, etc., of the Cook County School of Nursing in Chicago: hospital scenes, including operating room, nursery, ortho- pedic ward, and other services were made in the new Wesley Memorial Hospital; campus scenes are at St. Francis Xavier College; and the remaining scenes were set up and photographed in the Burton Holmes Studios. Complete authenticity of the picture was assured by the whole- hearted collaboration of experts in the many professional institutions cooperat- ing. Technical equipment, uniforms, and numerous other properties were sup- plied by the above mentioned institutions and many others such as .American Red Cross, U.S. Army Headquarters, U.S, Naval Hospital, Visiting Nurse Asso- ciation, Mercy School of Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, and some twenty other prominent organizations and business firms in the Chicago area. (Distribution by Burton Holmes Pictures, Chicago)