The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

September, 194} Page 269 new year. These would have been carefully selected, based upon known war informational needs and the needs of non-theatrical film audiences. More featurette length pictures running forty to fifty minutes were to be released. Several previously released subjects would have been withdrawn from circulation. The distributional system would have been refined. Special assistance was to be given to those distributors obtaining less than average circulation per print. Further experimentation would have been carried on in placing a limited number of prints for a limited period with new distributors in areas least well served. In developing wider and better use of war informa- tion films further emphasis was to be placed on help- ing states organize their plans for distributing and using war films. First attention was to be given to those states with fewest showings per hundred thou- sand population. Further special study and attention was to be devoted to the use of films in industrial plants for incentive purposes and with civilian defense groups. Preparation of study materials to guide the use of films had been planned. Major objective for the year was to be to obtain maximum informational value from every film showing. The 16mm motion picture program of the Office of War Information as carried on in 1942-43 demon- strated the value of the 16mm motion picture as an informational medium in a way never before realized. It proved the valuable function that could be performed by a coordinating centralized Government agency in channelizing 16mm motion pictures for a single pur- pose. It showed what could be done when a total film program was planned and new subjects released on a regular monthly schedule. It reinforced the faith and confidence of those who believed in the potentiality of the existing but unorganized film distributing agen- cies. The use made of the 16mm war information mo- tion pictures proved to all who participated in the program, or who were acquainted with it. that this was a program that should be continued and expanded. Pacific Northwest Audio-Visual Conference (Concluded jroin paj/e 259) Subject matter for animated discussion was pro- vided in the demonstrations by Miss Dora Scheffskey of how to use a sound motion picture in teaching a day's lesson in history, and how to use a radio program to help the students organize their class for self-govern- ment. Miss Scheffskey taught a fifth grade class from one of the Portland schools. In the round table discussion that' followed, Mr. Jennings and Mr. Miller criticized the film used for containing too much detail of material, for lacking a dramatic approach. Others pointed out that Miss Scheflfsky chose in advance what she wished the students to learn from the film, and so prepared them ahead of time. 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