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1,964 VISUAL AIDS TO HELP YOU TEACH AND YOUR 5WDEHTS LEARN . Agriculture Aviation Biology Conservation Electricity Engineering First aid Forestry Foundry Gardening Health Radio Home economics Refrigeration Latin America Retail selling Medicine Nature Study Navigation Nursing Nutrition Optics Plastics Safety Science Supervision Surgery Welding Woodworking World War II GET THESE OFFICIAL U. S. GOVERNMENT FILMS Note: These U. S. Government films are for educational, non-theatrical use. All exhibition, including television, is subject to published restrictions. CASTle FILMS I I I I I I I I DIVISION OF f^ilfED V<0«^° '''^'^S INC. 1445 PARK AVE. NEW YORK, 29 542 S. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO, 5 ROSS BLDG. SAN FRANCISCO, 4 ■" ~~— ■— — 1 Castle Films, Division of United World Films, Inc. ^^ 1445 Park Avenue, New York 29, N. Y. Please send me FREE COPY of the LATEST CATALOG describing 1,964 visual aids. Name Street City & State. 154 school in which the Film Council will cooperate with the public school-operated Audio-\'isual Exchange in establishing a collection of informational and educational films owned and operated by the Exchange which will be available for school and community use. The New York City Film Council put on a very successful Film W^orkshop last December, designed to assist representatives of national organizations in the city, and local organizations as well, in selecting and utilizing films for their programs. The Gary, Indiana Film Council has been holding a series of very successful meetings around films relating to special community problems. At each meeting the merits of the films shown are critically discussed and demonstrations given of possible group use to which films can be put. The Gary Council is also planning to put on a film festival in April or May. One of the outstanding accomplishments of the year for local film councils was achieved in Atlanta, Georgia, last fall when the Atlanta Film Council put on an Audio-Visual Exposition. Xationallyknown speakers addressed meetings during the week, and the proceedings of several of the meetings were beamed out to all parts of the state via radio. The recently-formed Kalamazoo, Michigan Film Council, which has headquarters in the public library of that city, is at present conducting a survey among members prior to building a program designed to fit the needs of the community. The Casper, Wyoming Film Council, officially organized last February, is preparing to set up a centralized film library to serve members of that community and is conducting a drive to enlist affiliation in the Council among the more than 125 organizations in the city. A film council has been set up in Janesville, Wisconsin which operates on a $20 grant from the Janesville Educational Association and a $50 grant from the janesville F"oundation. The Rochester, New York Film Council is sponsoring a series of demonstrations in efifective film forum techniciues for the benefit of a variety of affiliated clubs and organizations, including the local Junior League, the Federation of Churches. Council of Social Agencie*, and others. New councils continue to be organized in ail parts of the country. The Film Council of Portland, Oregon, came into existence early this year. Boston organized a council in November of last year. Organizing committees are at work in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Summitt, N.J., Harrisburg, Pa., and in Bakersfield and Sacramento, California, and in many other places. A second film council was established early this year in Hawaii — in Hilo. And so the story goes throughout the U.S.A. Local film councils everywhere are helping community groups get and use 16m:n films and other audio-visual materials. During Film Council Month, during every month — the FCA and all of the local film councils around the nation are pushing forward toward greater and better community use of informational films. Educational Screen I