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PROGRAMS ON FILM 233 If these two programs had been on film we would have known beforehand that they would be perfect when they went on the air. Broadening the Scope of Studio Programs Another thing that we must consider in tomorrow's television schedules is that we must in some way broaden the treatment of the subject matter that we include in our programs. There is a definite limit to what can be accomplished within the four walls of any television studio. Almost without exception when out door shots on film are incorporated into a live dramatic program, the interest value is raised immeasurably. Undoubtedly every director of a live talent program will strive to enlarge his point of view by using film inserts. Every shot supposedly taken on a train will need a film sequence to cut to or the effect of move ment is lost. We need to see the countryside rushing by and we can only get this by using film. But, aside from film as an ad junct to live programs, we are going to see the world before our eyes only through motion pictures. News Films In the early surveys made of television audience reactions, the travel film seemed to be a leader in popularity. To bring the far places of the world to the living room means that pictures taken at the scene of the action must be used. One of the out standing regular television programs of 1945 was a film presenta tion of the development of the war. Every motion picture news reel is made up of not more than ten minutes of important hap penings in the world. During the war this ten minutes was, for the most part, selected from the motion pictures taken by the signal corps, by other army and navy personnel, and by news reel cameramen. Thousands of feet of film were taken every week; yet five news reel companies selected ten minutes of material twice a week and that was all the public saw. Realizing that there were thousands of feet of interesting film, that the news reel com panies were not showing, the National Broadcasting Company's station WNBT presented a regular program of wartime film. It found a very appreciative audience. Only on film can we hope to cover the news of the world as it