The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 404 czrfYnona tns. iJ^xoducE%± New Kodachromes of Flags and Emblems of American Republics A new set of twenty-one 2" x 2" Kodachrome slides of the flags and emblems of the American Republics has been announced by the Society for Visual Education, Chicago 11, Illinois. The flag and emblem of one Republic appear on the same slide, both in true natural color. In addition, there are Kodachromes of the American and British flags silhouetted against the sky; a close-up of the American flag; and one of it billowing in the wind from an eagle-tipped flagpole. These natural color slides are especial- ly interesting in the study of all the American Republics and are available at the nominal price of SO cents each. A complete list will be furnished free on request. 2x2 Radio Mat Slides Radio Mat slides for typewritten messages, long available in the stand- ard size, are now made also for the 2x2 slide projectors. Manufactured by the Radio Mat Slide Company. Daytona Beach, Florida, the new Du- plex 2x2 slides in boxes of SO (mak- ing 100 slides), come in colors white, amber or green ,and can be purchased direct from that company, or from photographic dealers throughout the country. These handy Radio Mat slides have long been universally known and used to project typewritten messages and announcements of all kinds. Victor Moves New York Office The new office quarters, projection salon, and service department of Vic- tor Animatograph Corporation's New York City Branch is now located right in the "heart of Manhattan"—330 West 42nd Street. Increased business has so taxed former facilities that these new and finer quarters on the twenty-seventh floor of the McGraw-Hill building were deemed necessary to meet the many requests for advice and guidance coming from hundreds of new users of Victor equipment. Anyone in need of projection facilities while in New York City is cordially invited to make use of the new projection salon. Mr. Horace O. Jones, the Eastern Man- ager for Victor, is completely equip- ped to give all types of asisstance in connection with 16mm motion picture equipment. • DeVry Observes Anniversary In celebration of the 30th anniver- sary of its founding, and the 67th birthday anniversary of the late Dr. Herman A. DeVry, its founder, DeVry Corporation, Chicago, announces the conclusion of arrangements whereby several of its patented projector mech- anisms are released for manufacture for the Armed Forces. DeVry's president, W. C. DeVry, explains the corporation action in the fact that the U. S. Army, Navy and the British Admiralty need patented DeVry equipment in larger quantities and at a rate of production in excess of one company's capacity to produce. Rather than expend its own facilities at the expense of time, critical machin- ery and government funds, DeVry re- leased its patents to subcontractors royalty-free for the duration. DeVry Corporation was founded 30 years ago—in 1913—by Mr. DeVry's father as an outgrowth of his develop- ment and manufacture of the world's first portable motion picture equip- ment — a 35mm "suitcase projector," which Dr. DeVry designed and built to take the entertainment and teach- ing benefits of motion pictures out of the theatre to the crossroads and class- rooms of the world. Dr. DeVry was born on November 27, 1867. He died in 1941 — the fifth American and the first Chicagoan to be awarded a place, with Thomas A. Edison and George Eastman, on the international honor roll of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Presidents Edward B. DeVry of De- Forest's Training, Inc. (left) and Wm. C. DeVry of DeVry Corporation, Chi- cago, explain to Wacs and soldiers, part of a contingent of specialist troops enrolled at DeFor- est's Training for special work on elec- troni; equipment built by DeVry Cor- poration the mechan- ism of their father's "suitcase projector" of 1913. The Educational Screen Jam Handy Visual Aids Catalog The Jam Handy Organization. 2900 East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, have prepared a catalog of eighty pages, titled "Slidefilms and Motion Pictures to Help Instructors," listing teaching slidefilm units and motion pictures which are available from that organ- ization. By a system of classifying, indexing and cross-indexing, the user can locate quickly and easily, the vis- ual aids which are pertinent to the subject under consideration. Each slidefilm is described as to con- tents, the number of pictures in the set indicated, and the purpose of each series outlined. Similar descriptive material is provided for all sound mo- tion pictures listed. Enlarged visual strips, sequence and scenes, repro- duced from the material itself, add to the informative value and attractive- ness of the publication. Data on the principal types of projectiors, and the specific uses of each, are also given. A copy of this catalog will be furn- ished free to any college, school, in- structor, or educational group, upon request. Current Film News (Concluded from page 316) and how the war-workers in each tackled and conquered wartime living problems. When Work Is Done —Showing how the people of Sylacauga (Ala.) pro- vided recreation for war workers who had come to work and live there. Films Incorporated Announces Film Damage Insurance Films Incorporated, 330 West 42nd Street, New York, is the first com- mercial film library to come out with a Film Damage Insurance plan, which is announced in its current film cata- logue. For a charge of only 10c per daily rental they assume all costs re- sulting from damage to film while in the user's possession. Even a techni- color feature (costing over $300 per print) is covered by insurance against injury to film whether it be due to (a) faulty projection equipment (b) im- proper threading (c) insufficient super- vision while operating (d) careless handling of film or (e) any other causes resulting in damage to film. "For a maximum charge of 10c per daily rental and 2Sc for weekly or longer rentals to be added to each billing during 1943-44 School Year, Films Incorporated guarantees all of its school customers against any charges for replacement of footage of its films necessitated by damage oc- curring for any of the above reasons while in the possession of said school. "Due to the low rates established for this new service Films Incorporated reserves the right to discontinue film service or to refuse to extend this insurance to any customer habitually damaging film."