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to examine films covering every field of instruction, including vocational training and guidance, agriculture, public health, etc. ; the function of these commissions is to open competitions among specialised publishers on certain subjects the need for which has been recognized, or to view films presented by publishers and authors, to accept them with or without modifications, or to reject them. It sometimes happens that these Commissions themselves propose film subjects and even scenarios, leaving to the technicians the task of adapting them.
There are not a few publishers at the present time who have made a specialty of the production of educational films ; some of these publishers have acquired a certain authority, restricting their activities to definite branches, such as scientific and technical films, films for vocational guidance, social and hygienic, agricultural and industrial films, etc.
Generally speaking, it may be said that our big firms dispose of a special service, to deal exclusively with instructional films classified in authoritative catalogues. The day of improvisations has passed ; everywhere it is realized that films for the school cannot be treated as a commercial matter and there is no longer any hesitation about having recourse to the advice of experienced teachers, clever technicians, and when, necessary, specialized students.
According to many writers, we still lack educational films. It all depends what is meant by this word, and the importance given to the teacher. Being fairly well acquainted with the catalogues at the disposal of the public, and having, so to speak, dissected them, we can claim that there is a long series of good films mainly devoted to subjects of instruction ; natural science, geography, history, etc., and a remarkable series on physical education, sport, arts and crafts, metallurgy, and mechanics, aeronautics and aviation, agriculture, the rural industries, vocational guidance, and training schools, public welfare, hygiene, medicine, surgery, etc.
Mention must still be made of the documentary films consisting of those built up from a scenario or picture, and those composed of elements taken from the news reels ; these include
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