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FILM AND RADIO GUIDE
Volume Xll, No. 6
NEW 16mm SOUND
BRITAIN
UNITED STATES
5 reels— 45 mins.
The chronicle of the USA, showing the growth of the nation from its humble origin at Plymouth Rock to the present day world power.
THE STORY OF DDT 3 r..ls-2S mins.
The development of the famous insecticide from its discovery in 1870 to large scale production in World War II, culminating in its spectacular success during a typhus epidemic.
Christian Andersen’s fantasy, The Emperor and the Nightingale.
New Address of Brii-ish Information Services in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles office of the British Information Services has been moved to a new address. The Film Officer of the organization may now be addressed as follows: Miss Jane Mead, British Consulate-General, Pershing Square Bldg., 448 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, 13, California.
A DIARY FOR TIMOTHY 5 reels— 40 mins.
The story of a baby born during the last winter of the war, telling what happens in the bitter world around him and giving a glimpse of better things to come.
JULIUS CAESAR 2 reels — 19 mins.
Act III, Scene II — the forum scene which follows the assassination of
MACBETH 2 reels — 16 mins.
Act II, Scene II — the murder of Duncan.
Act V, Scene I — the sleepwalking scene.
These films are on loan from the following offices of
British Information Services
An Agency of the British Government
30 Rockefeller PUi*. New York 20, N. Y. 360 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago I. III.
391 Sutter St.. San Francisco 8. Calif. 1005 Taft Bldg.. 1680 North Vino St., Hollywood 28, Calif.
907 15th Street. N.W. Washington 5, D. C. ■
AND FROM BRITISH CONSULATES AT Boston • Detroit * Houston • Seattle
Forthcoming Disney Subjects
Walt Disney appears to have lined up a literary “Who’s Who’’ to work on the scripts for his proposed combination cartoon and live-talent subjects. He has Carl Carmer working on a pic
ture to be based on American folklore ; Aldous Huxley is developing a scenario for Alice in Wonderland; Edwin Justus Mayer is writing a screenplay of Sterling North’s Midnight and .Jeremiah; and Marc Connelly is doing a treatment of Hans
“Now — The Peace" in 16MM
Noiv — The Peace, screen story of global plans for peace, is offered through a network o f film distribution service points by Brandon Films, Inc. The tworeel film was written and directed by Stuart Legg, world-famous film-maker, for The National Film Board of Canada, and was originally distributed to theatres by United Artists, Inc.
Prints of the two reels can be rented ($2.50 per day) or purchased ($50.00) from Brandon Films, Inc., 1600 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y.
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Films on Social Customs
Dorothy Hamlen, chairman of the audio-visual committee of the University of Akron, has prepared an interesting list of ten films on “social customs,’’ including etiquette in general, travel and hotel etiquette, posture, good grooming, and club procedures. The reels are used in a course for freshmen. Film sources include the Ohio State Department of Education, Bell & Howell Co., Film Associates Co., General Motors, the University of Iowa, the University of Illinois, and Indiana University.