Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

tOf industry news (Continued from page 407) Scratch Recorder Among the really new exhibits at DAVI was the demonstration of a graphic record of the degree to which there are scratches in a film under inspection. Harwald's "Inspecto-Film Mark IV Autoload" measures a diffusion image caused by scratches and records them automatically in graph paper, which is filed with the print. The new design lias been "unitized" so that a buyer need take only the functions that serve his needs. A-V Research Expands Audio-Visual Research, Inc., headed by a Chicago college instructor, is expanding its reading accelerator line to include distribution of a novel Dutchmade microfilm projector-reader. Texan on Swiss Program Mort Zimmerman, president of Electron Corp., subsidiary of LingTemco, delivered a paper on "Television in Education" at the world's first International Festival of Television Arts and Sciences in Montreux, Switzerland. He demonstrated the relatively low-cost type of open circuit educational broadcasting used by KRET-TV in Richardson, Texas. OutstandinZ'^^o Budvet Price caiifone JET 3J classroom phonograph offers excelli ' tone quality; and performance 4-speed 8" turntable with built-in 45 RPM adapter. 4 watts peak output. Plays 7" to 12" records with lid closed. Floating motor and deck prevents acoustical feedback and groove jumping. Locking arm rest with safety needle guard. Separate volume and tone controls. 6" built-in speaker with reinforced textured grill. Dual needle high fidelity cartridge. Output jack to accommodate headphones, accessory headphone jackbox, or external speaker. SOUND LEARNING THROUGH LIVING SOUND Foremost Manufacturer of Selective Audio-Visual Products For Education. ". . . in War and in Peace". Viewlex, developing a combination photo-transfer and diazo printer for the Signal Corps, expects to develop a similar unit for the commercial market. Many of today's electronic teaching tools got their start in Armed Forces research and educational contracts. Slides from Holland Approximately 100 sets of 2x2 color slides, ranging from 15 to 43 per set, produced by the Netherlands' firm "Polygoon," are being offered American schools and churches by Amco Inc., a new firm headquartered in Florida. Fine arts, geography, horticulture and religious instruction are included. Journal Films in Rome Deal Journal Films, Chicago, announces an arrangement with the University of Rome's Film Institute for interchange of educational motion picture production and distribution resources. In production are films on the history of science and of sport, respectively. PEOPLE Robert E. Brockway has been appointed manager of Sylvania ElectroSpecialities, in charge of marketing Sylvania's direct-wire TV systems and related equipment. Ray Korggel has been named director of EBF's programmed learning materials project; Ralph Wagner takes over direction of sales efforts for films and filmstrips; Mike Nuzola directs handling of entertainment films. Syd Cassyd, for many years active in audiovisual publicity and advertising on the West Coast, has joined StancilHoffman, electronics manufacturers, in a administrative capacity. The Rev. John W. Gable has joined the staff of John Colburn Associates as special representatives on religioas and educational matters. H. T. Hartvood, ad manager at' Share, Inc., has been upped to director of jDublic relations. ]. McWilliams Stone, Jr., son of DuKane Corporation's founder, has been named executive vice president. He continues also as manager of DuKane's commercial sound and contract divisions. Jerome W. Kintner, executive vice president of Photo and Sound, San Francisco, has been named NAV.\ treasurer to fill the post left vacant by the death of Earl F. Harpster. Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide— August, 1961