The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

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November, 1943 Page 343 The Visual Idea at Work in War (Below) During the filming of "First Motion Picture Unit", the story of how training films are made at the Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit, a camera catches a photographic crew making a scene for the film "Bombardier-Navigator." Official Photograph First Motion Picture Unit (Above) Interior of new mobile sound record- ing studio developed by engineers of Radio Corporation of America. All facilities are compactly and conveniently installed. They include a recorder, motor generator, B-voltage dyna motor, cable reels, amplifier, mixing panel, monitor speakers, storage batteries. The cabinet at right contains a dark chamber for loading film. Units of this type have been supplied to the U. S. Navy, and one is now under construction for the Army Air Force. (Right) One of the activities shown in the film on "ABCA", released by the British Information Services, describing the educa- tional plan developed by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs in England. The purpose of this organization is to keep soldiers in- formed on vital issues of the day by pro- viding weekly instruction and discussion periods. Officers give a brief outline of the subject and lead the following group discussion. "Current Affairs Rooms" have been established in some camps, equipped with maps, charts, newspapers, and refer- ence books. National Film Board Photo (Left) A scene from "Road to Tokyo," one of the Canadian documentary films selected for television by radio networks in the United States. The photo shows a truck on the Alcan Highway at the Duke River—one of the greatest problems on the wholn stretch of the highway. The water shown here is from glacier streams. It is actually running over a solid bed of ice and under a top surface of ice which breaks through when the trucks pass over it.