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LMATEUR movies have not been hit harder by the war than any other hobby; it only seems so because we are so close. Yet the impact of war upon an amateur movie club can leave a mark from which it may be slow to recover. It is very easy these days to gradually drift away from club activities with a "what's-the-use" attitude, especially when lack of film promises no new pictures to be produced or shown. Members may find it easy to remain away, difficult to return to old enthusiasms.
The amateur movie club is probably the most stimulating and beneficial phase of the hobby and it is important to every club member that his club not only survive the war, but that each member contribute personally towards its survival. In short, how a movie club can best serve its members for the duration and how to build conservatively yet solidly for the future become the foremost problems of the day for movie club members and directors.
Due to shortage of film and the equally severe reduction of time available to the movie-making hobbyist, there are relatively few new pictures being produced by amateurs. At the same time, recognizing the value of the hobby in providing brief periods of recreation and refreshment from daily toil, the "spark plugs" of movie clubs are challenged with the problem of how to meet the situation in a manner that will be helpful to every club member.
Already many clubs are meeting this challenge effectively in different ways.
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o Every member should be encouraged to review his accumulation of unedited and untitled films and to assemble them in screenable condition.
bers in lieu of applying pressure on the inactive type of member.
Some of the most successful clubs have found it expedient to appoint an executive committee to handle bulk of the club's business so that business session can be divorced from regular meetings as frequently as possible. The clubs reported that general interest and attendance increased considerably once the cold, informal business sessions were dispened with.
Now is the time to encourage members, with hundreds of feet of miscellaneous good shots still unedited and with
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• If there's a "gadgeteer" in your club, persuade him to demonstrate his gadgets at a club meeting as a means of encouraging gadget building among other members.