The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

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IITERATUREI^ 'HIP fA.W. ISVAL INSTRUCTION BOOKS AND BROCHURES • Press, Radio, Film — Report of the Commission on Technical Needs, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Paris, 1947. 189 pp. This is a summary of 48 reports on news agencies, press, radio and films in 12 European countries. (Reports for all countries are given in the Appendix.) Of great importance in the evaluation of this report, equal to the value of the contents, is the description of the methods of the Commission, for in this survey we find an example of internationl cooperation that transcends commercial, political or selfish ends. Field workers from the Secretariat of UNESCO were sent out to the 12 countries designated, with an elaborate questionnaire. In each country they worked through the Ministry of Education and the experts within the country. The reports and recommendations were then prepared with the advice and criticism of other specialists and members of other agencies in the United Nations. The present report is therefore certain to represent the most considered judgment of world-wide specialists on the press, the radio and the motion picture. The Last Word in Projection and Sound Reproduction^ The HOLMES For the last year "Rex" production has been inadequate to supply the demand. INCREASED OUTPUT IS FAST CATCHING UP. P.S. — The now REXARC wifh high intensity arc lamp. 40 watt output amplitler, and newest coaxial high and low frequency speaker available. BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE write for the new catalog detailing the advanced features found only in a REX 16mm Sound-on-Film Projector. HOLMES PROJECTOR COMPANY Manufacturers of 16mm ami 35mm Sound-onfilm Projecfors for over 25 yeors to Dealers and Users 1813 ORCHARD STRCET • CHICAGO 14, ILL. ETTA SCHNEIDER RESS, Editor The Film Sub-Commission found that black and white film stock throughout Europe and China was adequate, but that the greatest need was for currency. (It points out that 16mm films for public showings as welt as for education will result in economies.) As for equipment, there, too, it is the foreign exchange and the lack of priority on production tools that stand in the way. The use of 16mm sound projectors is recommended for educational and public showings instead of the 16mm silent projectors now common. A system of exchange for the training of personnel is urged. Other recommendations include: a Clearing House of Information on films available from all countries; a system to facilitate the exchange of educational films in spite of exchange problems; and the exemption from import taxes of film equipment, film materials, and films for educational, scientific and cultural purposes. For other details in the recommendations of this SubCommission and the one on Radio, the reader should consult the full report. • Projected Visual Aids in the Church — William S. Hockman. Pilgrim Press, Boston. 1947. 214 pp. $3.75. A basic reference book, giving general principles and techniques for using the various types of visual aids in the church program, with special emphasis on the general church program. There are many suggestions based on actual practice and experience, and church leaders will find many ideas to stimulate them into greater use of existing materials, and beyond that to strive for the production and distribution of better materials, especially films. Mr. Hockman has great faith in the demonstration technique for promotion and for teacher-training. He believes that the best method is "seeing how" things are done, and how specific materials are used. The last chapter lists unsolved problems: what is the best type of visual aid, how verbal should a visual aid be? what criteria should be used for evaluation? how improve distribution? what part of the curriculum should be visualized? how present the scriptures on the screen? • Films in Public Libraries — Hoyt R. Galvin, Charlotte, N. C. Library Journal, vol. 72, no. 18. Oct. IS, 1947. Part II. 88 pp. Free to libraries; $1.00 to others. A practical guide, with all details for establishing a film-lending service in public libraries. There are suggestions for budgeting, administering and programming a film service; one section describes the standard projection equipment for films, slides, filmstrips and opaque materials; and valuable listings include a basic list of films for first purchase, a directory of producers (which is more accurately a list of producers and distributors), and a bibliography. This book demonstrates further the active part now being played by the American Library Association in extending the distribution of educational films through local libraries. • The Virginia Plan for Audio-Visual Education — James \V. Brown. Center for the Study of Audio-Visual Instructional Materials, Dept. of Education, University of Chicago. 1947. 31 pp. $1.00. Description of the unique administrative organization in Virginia which has developed since 1940, when the first 88 Educafional Screen