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

filmstrip on this subject? Certainly the N'CC production committee not only would get advice from many sources, but find these sources pretty hazy about the implications of their educational philosophy for building for Christian experience. Having led two churches through Christian education programs, and having acted as a consultant to others, 1 was amazed at how little this production committee appreciated tlic kind of help a church really needs. Today the norms and ba.ses for orienting a (Christian education building program are to be found— if hands can be laid on them at all— at the denominational level. The implications of curriculum, and teaching philosophy, have a profound effect on buildings and facilities and there is no general interdenominational curriculum to which the above production could be geared. Thus its weakness; and strength, perhaps. wanted the world to salute them as exceptional. Perhaps you will have the grace and the sagacity to make something of it. It got my fur up too much. The Square is pretty good, and shows a youth desiring security while wanting self-expression and creativity —with his fiance looking over his shoulder, both helping and hindering his decision making. No Man Is An Island, based as it is on a film which went through the filmic process, is the best of the sextet. If you can use only one, get this one. It plows a pretty deep furrow. In it two yoimg men have their friendship tested by circumstances not of their doing but certainly authentic enough. Here is a masterpiece when it comes to searching social analysis in the race prejudice sector. It sure clobbers those pious people who think God's favorite color is white! Old Theme, New Versions In 34 frames of good filmstrip art and a little over 7 minutes of superb LP recording, The Night Before Christmas tells once again this delightful and classic story. The poem is expertly narrated, embellishetl by delightful musical effects. Fine job! All ages will enjoy it— in school, and church— when the objective is entertainment and diversion. SVE pro(Continiied on next page) Forum Films Carousel Films Inc., 1501 Broadway, Suite 150.3, New York 36, is now releasing the T\ "Look-Up and Live" series which CBS aired. This series won considerable praise for its ethical and religious viewpoints. With careful planning these films can evoke discussion by young people and adults. Preview and planning will make them much more effective. All are suitable for panel presentation; A pre-selected panel, which has seen the film at least once before, discusses the subject of the film (not the film as a film) and then accepts questions (and opinions later on) from the group. Now for notes on each: The Sandpile-Death is like some constructionist sculpture— the pieces lean drunkenly against each other, and the whole means whatever it means to you. And that might be quite a bit with a good leader. The Protest discusses the social significance of protest, but it is too clerical and not enough sociological for me. Protesting ought to be about specifics; it makes a poor career! The Four of Us Are Strangers— und how! Wife vs. husband; brother vs. sister; sister vs. mother; son vs. father; siblings vs. parents. Slice it any way, and this family came out on the bias. Enough Freud here to bring it to the edge of the fraudulent. Don't let that stop you. This non-family puts on a perfect performance! The Delinquent, Hipster, Square got under my hide becau.se somehow I sensed that I was supposed to like these brats who got stuck in their development, knew it and liked it and FALLOUT A science supplement fronn Cenco Educational Films Fallout — the sometimes feared and often misinterpreted phenomena of nuclear radiation — is discussed simply and completely in this topical 16 mm sound, color film. Produced especially for high school and junior college classes, this dramatic 15 minute film pinpoints often misunderstood topics such as fallout radiation patterns; Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiation; Carbon-14 and Strontium-90; and radiation's genetic effects on man's future development and environment. Produced in collaboration with Dr. S. Allison of The Enrico Fermi Institute of Nuclear Studies, FALLOUT is a timely film that treats all fallout radiation and its effect in a simple, step-by-step manner. Color price for each film is $150, black and white, $75. For further details contact your nearest Cenco branch office or write direct for Booklet 504. CENCO EDUCATIONAL FILMS A divhion of Cenco Imtrumcnls Corporotion 1/00 Irving Pork Road • Chieogo t3, Hllnolt MoontaimidB, N. J. Wonfreo/ Sanla CJo'o Somerville, Man. Toronto loj Anfle/ej B'tmingham, Ala. Ottawa Vancouver Homton Cenco S.A., Breda, Th* Ne(her/ondi Tuf*o tHOPOSPHERC ii^^H En HTMOSFHtRE ^1 F Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide— December, 1961 663