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NOTES TAKEN FROM REVIEWS AND PAPERS
CULTURAL FILMS
The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture is setting up cinemas in the oases for the presentation of educational films, especially those dealing with agriculture. (Frankfurter Zeitttng, Frankfort) .
The possibilities of the practical application of the cinema to agriculture are dealt with in the light of the views of several prominent persons. (Cineopse, Paris) .
Referring to an article which appeared in the Figaro, a contributor stresses the necessity of checking the steady exodus from the land of peasants attracted by the lure of the towns. Attention is called to the efficacy of the cinema as a factor in rural and agricultural Dropaganda. (Comoedia, Paris) .
In 1930, the Soviet Cinematographic Societies will produce at least 50 films of an agricultural character. 7000 travelling cinemas will be equipped for touring the provinces. (Deutsche Film Zeitung, Munich).
The Wirteschafts-Verband Bayer Filmfabrikanten, of Munich, makes an exhaustive study of the actual production of educational films in Baveria. (Der Film, Berlin) .
According to recent statistics, it would appear that there has been a marked diminution in the production of educational films in Germany (Film Kurier, Berlin).
Dr. H. D. Kitson, Professor at the University of Columbia, has produced, on account of the educational section
of the Western Electric Corporation, the first talking film of an educational character. (Film Kurier, Berlin) .
The V. O. K. S. has examined the various proposals submitted to it by Austrian, Swiss, and German organizations for an exchange of cultural films. Recognizing the urgent necessity for a wider diffusion abroad of Russian cultural production, it has asked each of the cinema organizations of the Soviet Republic to forward 5 films. (Bulletin d' Information, Moscow) .
A list is published of the films which the German Ministry of Culture describes as « cultural films ». (Neuer Berliner, Berlin) .
The Engineer, Johann Weil, dealing with the film as a means of propaganda, draws attention to the great assistance it can render in the sale of manufactured goods. (Kinematograph , Berlin).
The State Museums in Germany make use ot films for the purposes of propaganda. (Dresdener Nachrichten, Dresden).
The Universal Film Co. of Berlin has produced a film on carburettors for the purposes of mechanical locomotion. (Bildwart, Berlin).
The « Pathescope » Co. of New York has produced a film dealing with the more interesting aspects of American industry. (Bildwart, Berlin).
In North Canada, films have been taken from aeroplanes in flight. These films reveal the existence of numerous
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