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The only complaint made by all the organizations concerned with the improvement of public health is that the number of films placed at their disposal is too small, that there are too few copies in circulation, and that the subject matter is too restricted. The very active General Propaganda Secretary, M. Lucien Viborel, considers that complementary subsidies should be obtained to bring the total figure up to 800,000 francs per annum, of which 300,000 francs would be devoted to the purchase of supplementary copies, and 500,000 to the production of new films.
The fact is that educational bodies in general are making an ever increasing demand for films on social hygiene, more particularly those dealing with infant welfare, tuberculosis, personal hygiene and venereal diseases. The ribbons wear out so rapidly!
The Ministry of War's Film Instruction Section, better known as the Army Geographical Service, owns 124 films aggregating some 98,910 metres of ribbon, distributed as follows:
For the Infantry 22 Films
For the Artillery 25 »
For the Engineers Corps ... 20 »
For the Air Service 12 »
Physical Education lessons . . 9 »
Physical Exercises 7 »
Athletics 13 »
Swimming 4 »
Games and sundry subjects. .12 »
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The greater number of these films, which average about 300 metres in length, form part of an instruction program drawn up by the late General Buat, Chief of the General Staff of the Army; they are regarded as a modern supplementary means of training for officers and men both in the infantry and in the cavalry, in the artillery, armoured car corps, air service, etc. In this manner the Training Section has lent over a million metres to the army corps equipped for the purpose.
Let me add that over 200 apparatus are in service, and that
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