The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

"PICTURE OF THE MONTHHONORED by the Protestant Motion Picture Council's designation as "Picture of the Month" in the December issue of THE CHRISTIAN HERALD BEYOND OUR OWN is the fihn many churchmen are calling Picture of the Year — or of many years, BEYOND OUR OWN. 40 min., 16mm., sound. 3-year lease. $250.00 Order your prtnft ferfayi THE RELIGIOUS FILM ASSOCIATION Departmtnt E. 45 Astor Place. New York 3. N. Y. The ^i^lmd&y in RECORD PLAYERS • DUAL SPEED with 14" capacity • HIGH FIDELITY (GE) PICK-UP with natural sapphire stylus • 10" PMALNICOV SPEAKER (GE) • FOUR STAGE, SIX TUBE AMPLIFIER with 14 watts output ATTRACTIVE, STURDY CUSTOMLUGGAGE CARRYING CASE OPTIONAL FM INPUT for pickup and reamplification of educational broadcasts from FM Stations Write for Sonomaster literofure today. Designed and manufactured by Sandwick-Bowen, exclusively, for A Division of Curfi'ss-Wr/'ghf Corporation Dept. GS-6, Home OfRce and Focfory: Oavenporf, Iowa New York • Cfi/cogo • Disfribufors Tfirougfiouf the Worfd Here is a story every department of the church should hear. Here is a story which public schools should tell, alert as many of them are to give their children and youth information about the best things happening in our democracy. Those who plan to direct summer camps and conferences should latch onto a set of these slides. Little children will respond to the story. (I know. I used it with Primary and Junior boys and girls.) It will quicken the spiritual pulse of those grown a little skeptical about the power of love and knowledge in building a better world. The photography is good. The ratio of words to pictures is excellent — 28.6 to one. About 19 minutes is required when the recorded script is used, which gives a velocity of a little over 100 words per minute, a pace making comprehension and reflection possible. — WSH. Another Good Missionary Film Produced for the United Christian Missionary Society (Disciples of Christ) by World Brotherhood Films, Constrained by Love, a 40-minute color film on missionary work in rural India, will prove of great value to every church seeking to show and interpret missionary work to its people. The organization of the film is good. It shows only rural missions : evangelism, the rural church, schools for boys and girls, hospital and medical service, the training of native leaders, the home for lepers, teaching and worship, the construction of buildings and the keeping of accounts. The photography was done by Ferger and the Rev. Dr. Donald McGavran, who get excellent results under the handicaps imposed by rural conditions. The commentary is by Dr. McGavran, who, with his wife, plays the principal role in the pictorial sequences. This firsthand narration has the ring of sincerity and authenticity and is replete with instrftctive details. Dr. and Mrs. (Mary) McGavran are the "living links" of two Disciples churches with India: Fullerton, California, and Muncie, Indiana. They serve in Takhatpur. Central Provinces. The film is non-sectarian and therefore useful to all in showing in considerable detail the manifold activities of missionaries in rural India. This film is available from Kenneth Warren, 72i7 W. Wilshire, Fullerton, California, and the UCMS, 222 Downey Ave., Indianapolis 7, Indiana, at an eightdollar per day rental. — WSH. Don't Overlook • One of the best little books coming off the press last year in the visual education field ! "Films For International Understanding" is a 134-page book which was published by the Educational Film Library Association (EFLA), and can be secured from them at Suite 1000, 1600 Broadway, N.Y. 19, for one dollar. Some 16 chapters have been contributed by those competent to discuss various aspects of the subject. (Mr. Hockman contributed the chapter on "The Utilization of Films by the Church. — Ed.) An excellent list of 250 films, useful to all kinds of organizations in promoting international understanding, helps to make the 84 Educational Screem