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CATALOGUE OF FILMS Project on Problems in Infancy" films produced by Dr. Rene A. Spitz. Growing out of what was originally a producing unit engaged in the production of documentary films, the Film Library has been sympathetic traditionally to the documentary movement and to the documentary idea as expressed by Flaherty and Grierson, and, on the other hand, perhaps traditionally also, somewhat indifferent to the training film, so-called. There was always an emphasis upon quality rather than quantity, upon the film medium which, as it approaches the clarity of art, tends not to be less significant educationally but more so. In 1946 the traditional attitude of the library was re-examined in the light of postwar film activity in relation to postwar problems and these within the complex of the needs of education. It was felt that a major problem for education lay in what, for want of a better term, may be called the human-relations field. This, in a large sense, may be interpreted as the relation of man to himself, to others, and to his world. An important function of the film, in terms of the problem cited above, lies in its capacity to focus on the nature of the process of conflict in human terms. The library, therefore, has continued its traditional role of encouraging the production and use of films of high technical quality aimed at exploring the processes by which we live. It has remained, as it began, a special library, with special interests, issuing current lists in child study and development, psychology, education, economics, international relations, intercultural relations, etc., and limiting them to such films as are, in the opinion of the library staff, the best available. The Film Library has expanded steadily with a gathering momentum in the years following the war and at the present moment has a national circulation of approximately 11,000 bookings yearly in addition to the bookings at New York Uni- versity. It has experienced the pleasure of observing an increasing interest in the films of its own specialization and a definite im- provement in the quality of educational films generally. CHARLES A. SIEPMANN Director