International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jul-Dec 1929)

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and propaganda films, and exercises its activities also in the agricultural domain. This firm has actually produced films dealing directly with some of the most important agricultural problems, namely: — drainage, hay harvesting, nurseries for forest essences, scientific pasture cultivation, methods of transport in barns and hay fields, fertilizers, modern crop harvesting. The Tullbergs Co. produces several hundreds of films representing the different branches of national industry. It has moreover carried out film orders on behalf of various public bodies, the Ministry of Agriculture among others. The themes of all agricultural films are elaborated with great care and the Company produces them under the guidance of experts of the Royal Agricultural Administration. The Tullbergs Film Co. also hires out films, but only to institutions of an official character, such as schools, associations, etc. Hiring fees amount to 5 ore per metre for the first occasion and to 2 and a half ore per metre for subsequent occasions. The Svensk Filmindustri of Stockholm, is the most important firm producing films in Sweden. It manages some of the biggest cinemas in the country. This Company has set up a special section for the production and hiring out of educational, training, and propagandist films, dealing with the most varied subject matter. The work it has accomplish in these domains is truly remarkable. The Svensk Filmindustri has produced up to the present some 90 agricultural films, totalling 6000 metres. It possesses moreover a good number of films of the kind produced by other firms. The films in question illustrate: a) the most diverse branches of agriculture, floriculture, etc.; b) Fertilizing and harvesting; c) Cattle and swine breeding; d) Insects: Bee keeping; e) Mechanical means of cultivation, irrigation, harvesting, etc. Renting fees are generally calculated for each exhibition. For the rent of complete programs of educational films representing a total meterage of from 1500 to 1750 metres, the tariffs vary from 2 % to 3 ore per metre. The cost of carriage is always to the charge of the users. 709