The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

/ww^nJWWSWAnlVwvv^vyvAri^ Peopli • British Information Services has announced the resignation of John L. Hamilton from the position of Fihns and Publications Officer in their Chicago office. Mr. Hamilton has been with BIS since 1944. He is resigning to take a position with the U.S. Department of State. After a period of consultation and orientation in Washington, D.C., he will leave to take up the post of film officer at Tehran, Iran, where he will be attached to the U.S. Embassy. • Harold Baumstone has resigned his position as advertising and sales promotion manager of Post Pictures Corporation to become general sales manager of Family Films Inc.. of Hollywood. Milt Salsburg, whose resignation from Post Pictures was announced last summer, will remain with Post. • Bell & Howell Company has announced the appointment of Carl Stauff as coordinator of government sales. • Th'e appointment of H. R. Lamberton as educational director for General Films Limited, major Canadian distributor of educational films and photographic equipment, is announced by the head office of the company at Regina, Saskatchewan. Fractions are Fun NOW pc^m ^s^/ with the ^ , PARTS-IMPARTER ^^^ ^ e>^ FRACTIONS ■ DECIMALS PERCENTAGE ■ ANGLES ■ SECTORS The New Visual Educational Tool with an Aid for Every Pupil DOUBLE DISC shows instantly any partof-the-whole from isro to unity. Set includes teacher DOUBLE DISC, 24 student DOUBLE DISCS, two wall charts and instructions. Allows full pupil participation wholly controllable by teacher. New audio-visual answer to a major teaching problem. Price $2.00. , I Exton Aids, Box ES Millbrook, N.Y. I I Please send set(s) of Parts-lm j j parter at $2.00 each. Enclosed please I j find $ j ' K. 1 1 Name j I Address i City .State.. • Charles W. Dobbertin has been appointed manager of Ideal Pictures Corpor.\tion's office at 7338 Woodward Ave.. Detroit, according to A. L. Blinder, president. For the past two years religious editor for the "AudioVisual Guide," Mr. Dobbertin has been active in the film field for many years. • John G. Bradley, who served for more than 10 years as chief of the motion picture division of the Library of Congress, has retired. He has been on furlough for the past year. • At the 1949 National Audio-Visual Convention, William K. Hedwig, founder of Nu-Art Films and the Allied Non-Theatrical Film Association (now merged with NAVED), was presented with a bronze plaque in commemoration of his work in behalf of the 16mm film industry. Current Materials Recent I6mnn Releases 1 6mm films announced on this page and following pages are sound and black and white, unless otherwise indicated. ■ Capital Film Service, 224 Abbott Road, East Lansing, Michigan. Band Techniques Series ( 1 reel each, color) — seven films covering fundamentals of marching, baton directing, drum majoring, formations; produced with 6S-picce band. ■ D. D. Livingston, 220 Clinton St., N.Y.C. 2. The Highland Fling (1 reel, silent) — James Jamieson, prize-winning dancer, demonstrates the Scottish folk dance section by section. Ballet Technique, Lesson 1 (1^^ reels, silent) — .\lbia Kavan, young American ballerina, demonstrates the Cecchetti technique of ballet. Spanish Technique, Lesson 1 (114 reels, silent) — La Meri, noted ethnic dance authority, and her partner, Peter di Falco, demonstrate basic positions of Spanish dance and illustrate three coplas of the Sevillanas, which are combined to form a complete dance. ■ Cooperative League, 343 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 4. Beyond the Land (3 reels, color)— with the 1948 Iowa State Fair as its background, the film describes the services of local and regional cooperatives to farmers. ■ Arthur T. Brice, P. O. Box 423, Ross, Marin County, Cahfornia. Cell Division — The Basis of Growth in All Living Things (1 reel) — the living cell, suspended in liquid medium, is shown in its development through a 21-hour division cycle by means of phase-contrast cinemicrography; de 2 ^ /55 PAGE CATALOG ' ^^h/fA! OF OUTSTANDING j^SS^ FILMS BRAY LIBRARY ■-* of Motion Pictures 16 mm Silent and Sound Hundreds of valuable films . . . some available tree! 8 new ttealth and Hygiene Filmsjust released. 12 outstanding Air Age Education Films. Also films on Civics and Government, Geography, Industry, Biological Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Transportation. Write today for 1948-1949 Cotales. BRAY STUDIOS, inc. 729 Seventh Ave,, New York 19, N Y, ititixii-k-h-ii-trif-iiitiiir-ii-tr-diiirii-if Pea/i Qt5 Bray Library Films are now available for dealer and film library purchase i!i!i!-tr-i!i!^-trir-ls-l!i!i!-lr-&i!-l!-tr*i! 378 Educational Screen