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was fixed by the Ministry at 191 films, to remain in force until July 1, 1939, or an earlier revision if necessary. It is estimated that approximately one third, or perhaps slightly more, of the whole will be American productions.
The granting of film import quotas to local licensed film exchanges is not regulated by special qucta or contingent laws but is understood to be a part of the general foreign-trade policy of the Estonian Government. The quota allotments for the importation of motion-picture films during the fiscal year ending July 1, 1939, have been distributed as follows:
Licensed Film Exchanges and Film Import Quotas Estonia
[Number of films
per
Film import
pitted to be
imported
quotas pre
[during period August
viously in
Name of film exchanee
11938 to July
1,
1939
effect
Esto-Film
1 55
70
1 35
41
U.K.S.-Film
1 35
31
Para-Film
1 30
16
An American comoany
I 20
18
Ed. Thomson ,
I 16_
16
Total
1 191
192
No legislation which might reduce or prevent distribution of American films, except as indicated previously, exists in Estonia, There is none specifically directed against American films. There are regulations in force since March 1, 1937, stipulating that of all screen plays permitted to be imported which measure more than 1,500 meters in length, only one picture can be included in a night's program of local motion-picture theaters.
As regards a card-index system which was proposed for the purpose of a stricter control of film censorship some time during 1937, no steps in this direction have as yet been taken. In the opinion of both the local film-censoring authorities and film exchanges, the control has not become any stricter than it was before and is understood to be applied with perhaps a greater lenience than in certain other Baltic States.
The only kinds of domestic films produced in Estonia are the news reel, or local film "chronicle," and the cultural films. The inclusion of a local film chronicle in theater programs is compulsory. Provisions to this effect are contained in the Estonian Cinema Law of April 11, 1938, which went into effect on April 20, 1938. Paragraph 34 of this law stipulates that motionpicture theaters shall be under obligation, following the procedure as fixed by the Minister of the Interior, to include in their program a local film chronicle picturing outstanding daily events or occurrences of general interest in Estonian political or economic activities, or portraying the life and living of the Estonian people and their occupations, as well as the Estonian fauna and flora.