The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 256 The Educational Screen SCHOOL MADE MOTION PICTURES By HARDY R. FINCH Head of the English Department Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Conn. A Documentary Film in 8mm ALTHOUGH the sixteen millimeter film is used b}' most school film producers today, practical films may be made on 8mm stock for showing before small audiences. A practical 8mm film is Looking Fonvard, a 1200-foot documentary showing the present program of the Department of Hygiene (Women), of Brooklyn Col- lege. Elizabeth M. Pierce and Marian M. Manico were co-producers. Titles for the film were made by Arturo Sofo. The aim of the picture was "to record, through tlie medium of the motion picture, a program, built on principles of healthful living, which is now open to the entire student body of Brooklyn College (one of the four City Colleges of the City of New York.)" Miss Pierce's outline of the film is given below: Reel 1. Part I. Introduction. General Views, Campus, Academic Buildings, Library, Gym- nasium, Students entering Gymnasium, Hygiene Office, close-up of Head of the Department, Department of Secretary, Students making appointments. Part II. Medical Examination (Required of all entering freshmen) Identification photograph, hair and skin, weight and height, posture and feet, Snellen Chart vision test, Audio- meter hearing test, blood pressure, examination by M.D., final check on findings by M.D., lung X-ray (not shown in this film) Part III. Required Courses A. General Hygiene. "A course in personal hygiene includ- ing a study of the care of the systems of the body; the prevention of infectious diseases; the elements of diet and nutrition."* Class and instructor demonstrating mannikin and skeleton. B. Physical Education (Freshman) "Self testing activities; team games; rhythms; folk dancing; social dancing; etc."* Laboratory phase of hygiene, showing general view of the class, taking attendance, introductory gymnastics, games. Reel II. Part III. B. (continued) Folk Dancing, First Aid Demonstration. C. Physical Education (Sophomores) "Students are required to select one of the following:" Fencing, Archery, Hockey, Softball, Tennis, Badminton, Basketball, Modern Dancing and use of Percussion Instruments, Swimming (See Reel III.) Reel III. C. (continued) Swimming Test, steps in learning the crawl stroke, diving, sterilizer and towel service. D. Modified Courses. "Required of those students whose physical condition disqualifies them for any of the above." Exercises, Deck Tennis, Shuffleboard, Ping-pong, Resting. With a question box on the making of school film productions, conducted by DONALD A. ELDRIDGE, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. •indicates quotations from the Brooklyn College Bulletin for 1942-43. Part IV. Posture and Remedial Gymnastics. Relationship of body mechanics to posture. Class and individual demonstration of corrective exercises. Part V. Medical Services Medical Office, Infirmary, Doctor, Nurse, Patients, Basal Metabolism. (Benedict-Roth Spirometer.) Reel IV. Part VI. Elective Courses of Study A. Physiology. Supply Room, Elementary Laboratory, Urine Analysis, Dissection of gastrocnemius muscle of frog. Measuring muscle load of frog muscle. Measuring hunger contraction with stomach tube. Eye dissection. Cleaning and storing equipment. Nutrition study showing rats raised with diet deficiencies. B. Home Economics. Three recitations a week and three hours of field or laboratory work. 1. The Home and its Furnishings, (not shown in this film.) 2. Fabrics and Clothing. "Textile fibres, their production and preparation for weaving; dyes and dying; history and hygiene of cloth- ing ; materials and color in costume." (not shown in this film.) * 3. Food Products. "Sources, preparation and manufacture of food materials; food laws and food inspection." * Reel V. Part VII. Extra-Curricular and Allied Activities "The Department of Hygiene fosters various intra-mural and intercollegiate sports including baseball, basketball, handball, field hockey, swimming, tennis, archery, fencing." A. Athletic .Association Board Meeting. B. Hockey Game. C. Basketball Game. D. Fencing Intercollegiates. E. Water Ballet. Reel VI. F. Modern Dance Recital. G. Defense Day Demonstration. 1. Wall Climbing, (men) 2. Net Jumping, (men) 3. Mass Exercises, (men and women) Illinois University Filmed Visual Aids Service, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. has a new 16mm. color sound film entitled March- ing mini —which tells a story of the University of Illi- nois, a vast laboratory of science and citizenship, serving in war as well as in peace. It emphasizes that the univer- sity at war is essentially the same as the university at peace—-preparing men and women to do the work of the world, and if the work is war, then they are pre- pared to carry on war. A great university is marching forward in its learning and in developing its students. The film has a running time of 32 minutes. It is avail- able without charge. {Concluded on page 258)