International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1930)

N N D According to information kindly comirjunicated by Madame Tilma Hainari, President of the National Council of the Women of Finland and. Substitute Delegate for Finland at the League of Nations Assemblies of 1927, 1928 and 1929, there are two Finnish associations engaged in educational film work: The Kurki Joint Stock Company for Cultural Films, founded in 1926 and the Educational Film Union, founded in 1929. The aim of the Kurki Company is to procure, especially for the needs of educational institutions, cinema machines and films as well as other suitable material for bbiect lessons; and to organise instructive picture shows. Kurki recommends an American machine " Filmo " for special use in schools as it is light, weighing only about 4 kilos, and can easily be moved from one place to another, and especially because it uses 16 mm films which are not inflammable but are socalled safety films. This machine has also the advantage — an important feature in instruction — that the film can at will be turned backwards and the projection interrupted to give necessary explanations. The Kurki Company has an archive of films containing about 150 educational films, mainly foreign. But there are already a number of good native educational films and new ones are constantly produced. The latter include: Finnish' Forests, Finnish Agriculture, Finnish homeindustries, the Care of the Labourers, etc., and many specially interesting films on natural science. The schools of the capital, Helsingfors, hire the film required for a particular class and engage an operator to come and project it. Mostly the 16 mm machine is used and as the classrooms for natural science and physics can readily be darkened, the,, projection is a simple matter. The films ordered for the country districts are sent en fixed days to schools and cultural organisations. The purpose of the Educational Film Union is to secure films as aids in teaching in educational organizations and institutions, from elementary schools to the Universities. It has branches throughout Finland. Educational work by means of films is carried on not only by schools and educational organizations, but also by the largest Co-operative organizations. The government has aided the activities of film education only nominally The whole enterprise has depended 'up till now upon the initiative and self-sacrifice of private individuals. The Educational Film Catalogue has however appeared for the last few years at the expense of the government and been distributed free to all educational institutions and cultural organizations. On the Expert Committee of the Kurki Company are represented: the Department of Education, the Universities, Elementary and Secondary schools, the Technical High School, the Ministry of Defence, film renting bodies, film producers and women's organizations. The Board of the Educational Film Union includes three women members. X & ttttttttttttttttttttttttttt tti ^9« /"■• %*.• I* Sfampi Artistica Cinematografica Italiana LAMBERTO CUFFARO Italian Artistic Cinematograph c Printers ROME 48, 54, 54-a Via Veio Teleph. 70-724 ,The only Works completely equipped with the most up-to-date automatic Debrie Machinery for developing negatives and printing " Movietone „ Sound Films •+♦♦♦♦+++♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t » ♦ ♦ ♦♦+♦+ ♦ M ♦ M ♦♦♦+♦♦ t M M ♦ ♦ f-f+»+++++»+-f+++»+"f-H