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THE TASK BEFORE THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
Produced by Basic Films for the C.O.I. 22 minutes.
Oue of a series of three films primarily designed for operatives working in the building industry, this film surveys all aspects of building from the familiar bricklayer with a trowel to his equally skilled counterpart handling the latest mechanised equipment. New methods of spraying cement, trenching, and clearing sites with bulldozers are shown, along with glimpses into the modern system of training the builders of the future.
Unlike so many films designed for a specialist audience, this film is of interest to the layman, and the wide range of activities covered by the building industry should be of value to students at senior and technical schools.
On the whole well designed, some of the camera shots leave a certain amount to be desired, particularly the shots taken from a moving train ; it is preferable to be able to see quite clearly what is happening. And what did
happen when a certain train pulled up at a station ? Did the cameraman get thrown out on his head on the platform ?
J. A.
ERRATA
Faulty proof-reading gave a “C” to the recent Bing Crosby film Riding High. It should have been a “B" classification.
It has been pointed out that our reviewer may have overlooked the fact that Bing Crosby played a character waiting to marry a woman who tvas waiting for her divorce decree to come through. We are assured that he included it in his reference to “doubtful ethics”, though he is of the opinion that in England, the question of the immorality of divorce is more obvious than the other financial immoralities accepted in this film. He therefore considered the cautionary note with reference to the confidence trick the more necessary and sufficient.
Categories were omitted in the case of four other recent films. State Secret , B (177); East Side, H'csf Side, A (182); On the Town, B (175); South of St. Louis, B (175).
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PENNY A DAY FOR 240 DAYS
FUND
IF one fourth of the Catholic population in England and Scotland contributed a penny a day for 240 days The Catholic Film Institute in England would be able to set up a production unit.
It was the pennies of the Catholic population in France which made possible the making of the film Monsieur Vincent.
Kindly send donation to:
Rev. J. Burke. 357 Beulah Hill. London, S.E.19.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
£ s. d.
• Previously acknowledged 235 19 6 Mrs. M. Semple ...
Major R. C. F. Gerard,
M.B.E. 10 0
£ s. d. 1 0 0
£237 9 6