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During the past 4 or 5 years a course of instruction has been offered for teachers who wish to better understand the utilization of 16-mm. films as an educational medium and to become proficient in the operation of projection machines.
As mentioned in preceding paragraphs of this report, a Government distributing agency called Statens Filmcentral (Government Film Central) was created by the new film law for the purpose of obtaining and distributing fullsized pictures for schools and for other educational purposes. This body will continue to work along the lines already established by Dansk Kulturfilm.
Tha Danish State Railways have made over two old passenger cars into motion picture theater cars showing 16-mm. films. These cars will be used by special excursion trains.
IMPORTS FROM UNITED STATES
Feet Value
1938 Positive Sound 3,919,631 $ 84,633
Negative Sound 16,859 $ 312
1937 Positive Sound 3,835,450 $ 77,631
Negative Sound 5,494 f 273
* * * ESTONIA
LEGISLATION
On the basis of a law of 1931, transactions in foreign exchange in Estonia are controlled. This system has been amended recently by the organization of a Government foreign-trade committee, (established under a special law issued on September 16, 1938, and promulgated on September 20, 1938), which has the control both of foreign-exchange transactions and issuance of import licenses, Under the new procedure, the Bank of Estonia will make grants of foreign exchange only in conformity with the decisions reached by the above-mentioned trade committee.
American films continue to enjoy equal rights with other foreign film productions in Estonia. No preferential laws exist.
As in previous years, motion-picture films can be imported into Estonia only on the basis of quotas fixed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. On June 15, 1937, the quota was fixed at 180 feature films, to expire on July 1, 1938. In the early part of March 1938, this quota was changed to 192 films, to remain in force until July 1 of the same year. However, imports under this quota allotment were carried on until as late as August 1938, when a new quota
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