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CATALOGUE OF FILMS 69 FIGHT FOR BETTER SCHOOLS 2 reels, sound. $4.00 a day (Guide) (MOT) This film describes a fight for better schools that took place in Ar- lington, Virginia, in 1946. P.T.A. members, investigating the situation, found overcrowded and badly lighted schools very much understaffed. After exploring conditions in other schools, a Citizens Committee for School Improvement was organized and a fight begun to elect candi- dates to the school board who would carry forward a progressive pro- gram. When this objective was accomplished a survey was made, fifty new teachers were added to the staff, a building program was started, and attention was given to health, visual aids, etc. The film mentions briefly similar progressive trends in Arkansas, Kentucky, Connecticut, and Long Island. FILM TACTICS 2 reels, sound. $5.00 a day This United States Navy Training Film was prepared for training personnel to show the proper use of films in the training program. A number of instructors use the film The Counter March without proper preparation and the results are clearly and humorously demonstrated in the failure of the maneuver at the end of the training period. FINGER PAINTING (see page 136) FINGERS AND THUMBS 2 reels, sound. $5.00 a day This film traces the development of man's hands. Thousands of years ago all living things lived in the water and gradually fins were devel- oped. The evolution from this form of life to the ape is clearly depicted as well as the actual development of the hand in the ape family. The final sequence shows the perfection that is reached in the human being. The film was made under the supervision of Julian S. Huxley. FIRST AID—INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS 2 reels, sound. $3.00 a day Correct methods of applying first aid for the following: foreign bodies in the eyes and throat, fainting, drowning, electric shock, burns and scalds, sunstroke, heat exhaustion, and blisters.