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rator is uninspired, the film can be used with profit by the churches to help young people and adults understand Palestinian geography a little better. • With role playing receiving more attention in teaching and guidance, the 14-minute black and white motion picture Role Playing in Guidance will be welcomed as a resource by leaders in both church and school. The film sticks to its purpose of showing how a teen-ager was assisted in finding a satisfactory solution to his problem. It was produced by the University of California (Los Angeles 24). • Sixth in a series of overseas documentary films paralleling the annual foreign mission study theme of the churches, A People Without Fear is now available from local rental libraries. It was produced by Julien Bryan's International Film Foundation, with Alexander B. Ferguson as technical consultant and S. Franklin Mack representing the Broadcasting and Film Ck>mmission of the National Council. (To be reviewed.) FILMSTRIPS & OTHER AIDS • Using Filmstrips in the Church School, produced by Leonard A. Crain in cooperation with the A-V Bureau of Wayne University (Detroit, Michigan), accents the placement of filmstrip materials in the educational experience of the children's division of the church school, with a secondary and very helpful emphasis on utilization techniques. He photographed actual church school situations in black and white to illustrate what he talks about in a very good commentary which will be printed in connection with a leader's guide. • Supplementing the above filmstrip, and going into greater detail concerning actual use, is Margaret Divizia's Teaching with a Filmstrip. It gets down to specifics. It covers the subject. The artwork is good, and the total content is on the filmstrip itself, making it easy to use. The sructure of this filmstrip implies a discussion procedure for its most effective use. It is distributed by SVE. • The Church Is Born is a 3 2 -frame color filmstrip by SVE, the first in a series of eight on the history of the Christian Church. It begins with the experience of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus and ends with the burning of Rome under Nero. Naturally, only the high points of this great period are touched. The artwork is acceptable and the script informative. Death for Faith is the second of this series and covers the period of persecution. • The Shepherd's Gift (sub-title: "A Story for Christmas") is a color filmstrip based on an old Christmas legend. The artwork is good all the way but the script (to be recorded, it is understood) needs considerable revision to increase its integration with the pictures and its general effectiveness. It was produced and released by Alexark and Norsim, Inc. (156 N. Arden Blvd., Hollywood 28, SEND FOR YOUR COPY NOW Price 50c The Religious Screen William S. Hockman, Editor Order from Educational Screen, Inc., 64 E. Lake St., Chicago I, III. 354 California), which has also released seven Old Testament filmstrips with nine others in preparation. • Next spring Cathedral Films, Inc. (140 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, California) will release 12 color filmstrips on the Life of St. Paul. The pictures for these filmstrips were shot in color when their St. Paul motion pictures were being made several years ago. Guides for the leader will be provided, and the commentary for each may be secured on 33 1/3 LP records as well as in printed form. Churches looking for material for their libraries should carefully consider the purchase of material as basic to Christian education as this series. • Frank A. Lindhorst (242 E. Churchill St., Stockton 4, California) announces the release of six new and revised color filmstrips, each printed directly from original slides and available from your publishing house or A-V dealer. They are: Beyond the Textboo\, Chidren Grow Toward God, Learning from Jesus, How to Ma\e Relief Maps, Teaching about God in the Home, and The Use of the Bible with Children and Intermediates. • "Visualettes" are a newcomer to the A-V scene and utilize the turn-over chart idea. The story is visualized in black-and-white drawings on stiff cards. Printed on the back of the cards is the story to be told. Versions for the various age groups are given. The teacher may read as she goes or memorize the text suitable for her age group. Many of the Bible stories have already been worked out in thiform, with others to follow. Those interested in further information should write to the Auviac Division, Associated Metal Crafts Co. (127 W. Master St., Philadelphia 22). • Educators Progress Service (Randolph, Wisconsin) has issued its thirteenth annual "Educators Guide to Free Films" and its fifth "Educators Guide to free Slidefilms." Both are useful volumes, being well-organized and attractively printed. • There is now a filmstrip for the motion picture They, Too, ?Njeed Christ. It has the title J^o Longer a Stranger and was made from special stills shot at the time the picture was made. There are two printed scripts, one for adults and one for children. This filmstrip should be a great aid to those who plan follow-up sessions for this fine motion picture. After Seeing the Film • If learning begins with the film, as it most assuredly does, it continues after the film is seen. This second learning comes through recall and reflection but is always stepped-up through a well-planned follow-up procedure. Here is what we did in one situation. Here is the way the session came off. Tlie general subject was "Children's Emotions." Since we were all church school leaders, we kept the subject narrowed to children's emotions as they are in Sunday school. It was the third session in a series of leadership training sessions based on the McGraw-Hill "Child Development Series." When the film was finished, we pushed ourselves back into a big circle. There were about forty of us. Each one was given a mimeographed sheet, carefully worked out before hand, to guide us. We kept to the plan and utilized an hour in the follow-up session. (Let it be interjected I Educational Screen