The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

February, 1945 Page 87 I New SUdefilms on Air Transportation "Air Transportation . . . Jobs and You," second in a series of slidefilms presented bj United Air Lines, explains the various jobs in the field of air transportation, and is designed primarily for use in junior and senior high schools and junior colleges. It will answer any of the questions asked today concerning the employment possibilities in the new and rapidly developing field of air transportation. The slidefilm and its new type of fully illustrated teacher's manual present an accurate picture of the wide diversification of jobs in commercial aviation, and indicate clearly the requirements for employment and the numerous advantages to those who have qualified as employes. The film and manual provide excellent assistance to those who are confronted with the problem of presenting the complete story of aviation as an industry. The manual which accompanies the slidefilm is unique in presenting frame by frame exactly the illustrations used in the slidefilm. This enables the instructor to prepare for presentation without actually projecting the various pictures in the slidefilm. A third slidefilm in the United Air Lines series, called "Seeing the Airport," has been developed to supplement its predecessors, "Behind the Scenes of a Coast to Coast Flight" and "Air Transportation — Jobs and You." In this strip a personalized tour of the Chicago Municipal Airport is conducted and pupils are given the "feel" of a flight from Chicago to Cleveland. The slidefilm is accompanied by a fully illustrated manual and is designed for use in grades two to five. It may be used to develop interest for classroom study or for review purposes. These slidefilms have been produced by the Department of School and College Service of United Air Lines and are distributed by the Society for Visual Education. All arc available without charge to any school or training organization which has appropriate projection equipment, or to any others who can make good use of this material. New S.V.E. Picturol Catalog A new Picturol Catalog, which lists niany new slidefilms, has been announced by the Society for Visual Education. The catalog includes among other slidefilms, an entirely new scries of Picturols on the National Parks of the Lhiited States. .Another new slidefilm of timely interest is "Romance of the Alaskan Highway," a picture story of the building of the Alcan Highway to supply the troops in .Maska and the Aleutians. In contrast are two new slidefilms on the life and scenic attractions in the Virgin Islands. Other educational slidefilm additions include "Elementary Meteorology" (three slidefilms) ; "Origin and Basic Definitions of .Mgebra" (two slide films); "Mathematical Instruments" (4 slidefilms presenting different types of instruments and their use) ; "Theory of Flight" (4 slidefilms). Copies of the S.V.E. Picturol Catalog arc furnished free upon request to the Society for Visual Education, Inc.. 100 East Ohio Street, Chicago II. Bell & Howell Announces 25-Cycle 1 6nnm Sound Projector Designed especially for 2S-cycle operation, the Filmosound Model I56-VB is identical in other respects with the Model 156-V, and is listed at $453.67, according to word from the Bell & Howell Co., 7100 McCormick Rd., Chicago. Filmosound 156-VB While as yet the entire output of this model is allocated to military and highpriority civilian use, the 25-cycle feature is expected to fill a real demand in rural localities after the war. RCA Manual on School Sound Systems The important place which school sound systems hold in the field of audio-visual education is comprehensively described in a 28-page manual just published by the Educational Department of the RC.-K Victor Division, Radio Corporation of .America. The new publication, titled "School Sound Systems" reveals how sound systems are being utilized in elementary, junior, and senior high schools, as presented in articles by experienced educators in these fields. The use of sound systems in elementary school units in Chicago suburban areas is cogently presented by Emmet Morris, Principal of the Irving School ,of May wood, Illinois, in a paper which stresses the saving of administrative and student time through the use of two-way communication facilities provided by the sound system. Other points covered include the educational value of effective radio listening in classrooms, and the entertainment appeal of school broadcastmg. Twenty-four practical ways in which the sound system has been used in the Haldane Central High School, Cold Spring, N. Y., during the past five years are described by William J. Hageny. Supervising Principal. A list of .Audio-Visual Aids which RCA Victor will make available to the educational field in the postwar period is included in the new booklet. These cover sound products, broadcast equipment including FM, AM, and television transmitters, FM and AM radio receivers, phonograph.s. television receivers, laboratory e(iuipnient such as the RCA Electron Microscope, and electron tubes. .Also included are Victor records, which are now available, for use in music, speech and drama, social studies, and foreign languages. I'pon resumption of civilian production, RCA, pioneer in the development of sound systems for schools, will again make these .systems available for schools ranging in size from 10 to ISO rooms, the booklet points out. Research conducted during the war, it is stated, will result in newadvances in sound systems to produce even greater faithfulness of tone in the auditorium and classroom. The new booklet can be .secured by writing to the Educational Department, RCA Victor Division, Radio Corporation of America, Camden, N. J. Max N. Heidenreich Max X. Heidenreich has been appointed Sales Manager for RCA 16mm equipment in fifteen Southern States and will make his head(|uarters at RCA Victor's .Atlanta office. New Ampro Booklet Republication in booklet form of Stanley Young's noteworthy article "What will happen in the movies the day War is over . . ." is announced by the Ampro Corporation of Chicago. This survey of the postwar possibilities of 16mm sound motion pictures first appeared in a recent issue of Cosmopolitan Macjazinc. It revealed many new facts about the increasingly important role of 16nim films in a wartime .America and aroused widespread interest. Free copies of this booklet are available on request from the Ampro Corporation, 2851 North Western Avenue, Chicago 18.