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premiere of their own color film, Miss Northside. It is the story of sloppy Joan and over-glamorized Doris who learn that "to be treated like a lady you must look and act like one." Background for the film are scenes of the various departments in the school. The 30-minute film uses a cast of 38 students. Recordings were used to provide sound for the behavior-attitude film, designed to present a code of behavior without "preaching." Many problems were encountered during the filming and processing. Reels were "lost" in the mail, milk turned sour under the hot lights, and flowers wilted before scenes could be shot. The Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn, N. Y.) high school, presented its second newsreel to the student body, according to Edward Shapiro, faculty adviser to the Lincoln Movie Makers. For twelve cents, students saw such scenes as Varsity Show excerpts, shots from the Lincoln Twentieth Anniversary Dance, and activities from the rifle, swimming, fencing, track and the football teams. In the past year, the Movie Makers have been one of the most active clubs in the school. Last term they won first prize in the New York University Annual Movie Contest, and they have hopes of winning this year's contest over television. This term the Movie Makers produced a 30-minute picture called Lincoln in Action. This film was presented at all assemblies and it was also shown at a P. T. A. meeting. The Movie Makers have submitted three entries in the Museum of Natural History Contest for High School Movie Makers. The titles of these three movies are Lincoln Boat Ride, Leaders' Club and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. The actions of the movie makers are somewhat hindered by lack of suitable equipment. This often lowers the quality of such movies as slow motion films of football scenes. Despite this handicap, the movie makers have been unusually successful in contest competition. A 16mm film showing practices in a special school for the training of hard of hearing and sight-saving classes, was produced and shown to the teaching staff of the Philadelphia schools, according to John T. Garman, A-V director. "Film was shot at sound speed so that it might be used in the future on television programs," Garman said. A few months ago the Philadelphia schools completed another film, 30 minutes in length, showing the offerings of their three vocational schools. The senior high school motion picture committee of Sacramento (Calif.) high school has produced a new film to be used in the sophomore orientation classes. Purpose of the film is to help the sophomores plan their future school program by showing actual classroom scenes of the various classes offered at Sacramento high. As many students do not realize the wide variety of classes offered and do not know what is done in the classes, it is hoped that the film will give them a broader picture of the curriculum. In the past Sacramento High has taken movies of all its "at home" football games. The coaches report that these have been very useful. The pictures are shown to the team and each player has a chance to see himself in action. "We will definitely continue the sports pictures in the future," said William Swezy, chairman of the Motion Picture Committee. "We also have tentative plans for making a movie showing the vocational opportunities in the community of Sacramento and we plan to take more pictures of the extra-curricular activities, including entertainment films that may be used during lunch hours on rainy days. "The committee feels we have riad a great deal of success in the past with these movies and we are certainly going to continue with our present program and hope to expand even more in the future," according to Swezey. Equipment owned by the Sacramento schools includes one Bell and Howell 1 6mm magazine type camera, one Fl.6-2 inch telephoto lens, one F2.7-4 inch telephoto lens, one Fl.J-1 inch lens, one F2.7-15mm lens, one Weston Master No. 2 Exposure Meter, one Albert Tripod, one Craig Projecto Editor, one set titling letters. School film production is scheduled to begin this fall in the Montpelier (Ohio) public schools, according to Richard W. Hollstein, director of A-V Service. "At first we are intending to produce only 16mm black and white movies of football and other outdoor athletic activities," Hollstein said. "We now have two good cameras and are in the process of accumulating the remainder of the necessary equipment. First work will be used for experiment and for acquiring experience. Later we hope to move into more diversified areas." A coordinated program of audiovisual aids is now under way, according to Amos L. Claybaugh, coordinator of AudioVisual Instruction for Davenport, Iowa, schools. "Local production of audio-visual materials is in its infancy here," Claybaugh said. "About all that has been done in the line of school made films so far is an attempt to film baseball and track activities for the purpose of instruction and the filming of some student council activity in one of our junior high schools. 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