The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page scan 0001207 from The Educational screen

Record Details:

Title:
The Educational screen
Date:
c1922-c1956]
Publisher:
[Chicago, Ill. : Educational Screen
Volume:
The Educational screen
Leaf #:
0001207
Language:
English
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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THE NATIONAL COMJVUTTEE ON FILMS FOR SAfW Selected a SID DAVIS PRODUCED FILM as "The Best Instructional Safety Film"! TITLE: "THE SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE" Shows how the students operate o school safety committee, ond how members ossist in preventing accidents in and PRINTS AVAILABLE Running Time: 13V2 Minutes B & W, with Sound $60.00 ,1 K\ V SID DAVIS PRODUCTIONS producers of ENDORSED YOUTH GUIDANCE 16mm FILMS... Joe Havennor of the Automobile Club of So. Calif, and Sid Davis, holding 1953 award for best Instructional Safety Film. Film was mode for the Auto Club by Sid Davis Productions. (NEW RELEASE) MIRACLE OF REPRODUCTION A clear natural approach and explanation to the grammar school child's question of "How ore babies born?" 15 min. B fir W, with sound, $75.00 RECENT RELEASES VANDALISM — Evils of vandalism — for teenagers. 10 min. $50.00 GOSSIP — Evils of gossip — for teenagers. 10 min. $50.00 ALCOHOL IS DYNAMITE — Antialcohol Film for teenagers. 10 min. $50.00 WHY TAKE CHANCES?— Safety Film — how to prevent neighborhood accidents. 10 min. $50.00 NO SMOKING — Film to discourage smoking among teenagers. 10 min. $50.00 THE TERRIBLE TRUTH — Drug addiction prevention ■ — for teenagers. 10 min. $50.00 NAME UNKNOWN — Sex Criminal prevention— for juveniles. 10 min. $50.00 THE DANGEROUS STRANGER — Child molestation prevention — for juveniles. 10 min. $50.00 ^ID Every one of these films should be included in the Grammar or High School curriculum! WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE BROCHURE DAVIS PRODUCTIONS \"o's^*iSe'i7''-^^ MINews Notes • Coronet Films, Coronet Building, Chicago 1, Illinois, has announced the release of their 500th sound motion picture: a milestone in almost 15 years of educational film production. Ellsworth C. Dent, Coronet Director of Distribution, has reported that the 500th production is the new Christmas film, Silent Night: Story of the Christmas Carol, most of which was filmed in the small Austrian village where the carol was written in 1818. "With the release of Silent Night," said Dr. Dent, "we at Coronet rededicate ourselves to the original purpose of our organization— to produce the finest in educational films and develop the still more effective use of 16mm sound motion pictures in education." Coronet Films was organized in 1939 by the late David A. Smart. Its vigorous production program since World War II has been under the direction of Jack Abraham. • Clevisland Film Council has received the Film Council of America's fifth annual C. R. Reagan Award as the local film council that has made the greatest contribution to the advancement of effective use of films in Its community. The award is presented each year in honor of the founder of the Film Council of America. • Film Council of America, 600 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois, selected 24 IBmm titles representing 14 producers, companies, or organizations for entry in both the Fifth International Festival of Films for Children and the Fourteenth International Documentary and Short Film Festival held in Venice during August and September, Once again the FCA served the needs of the United States 16mm film industry in acting as the central clearing house for submission of all non-government, non-theatrical film entries for these festivals. It also selected films for the Edinburgh Film Festival, held from August 23 to September 12. • The Lutheran Church -Mi.ssouiti Synod's "This Is the Life" series of dramatic TV programs, which has earned for itself the term "teleniission." marked its first anniversary September 15. Beginning last year on stations in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware, the program is now seen on 125 stations by an estimated weekly audience of over 8,000,000. • American Film Forum. 516 5th Ave., New York, N. Y., released as the September issue in its series of monthly discussion films on public affairs a debate by Senators Allen J. EUender of Louisiana and Paul H. Douglas of Illinois on "Should Senate Debate (the Filibuster) Be Limited?" American Film Forum is releasing the series of monthly forum films on a subscription basis. 330 Educational Screen