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b) Thorough familiarity with the make and functioning of the best known kinds of projectors for fixed and moving pictures.
c) Knowledge of the peculiar qualities of the film and slides, and their technical handling.
d) Complete knowledge of the fire regulations and the duties of the operator in cases of conflagration in a school cinema.
e) Further, the most important paragraphs concerning moving pictures, and the laws and regulations.
If the examination has been passed, and the operator is thoroughly sure of himself and convinced that only unusual occurrences could deprive him of his executive capacity, it is reasonable to expect that the technical part of the performance will go so smoothly as to ensure a success of the afternoon or evening.
Two things, however, cannot be tested by exams : one is the scrupulous conscientiousness that takes every possible precaution to avoid unforeseen accidents, the other the calm inspired by the inner certainty of himself that the operator should posses. When these two qualities are united, there can hardly be any question of danger. And the object of every operator in the country should be on no account to forfeit his good conscience.
Over and above this it should be expected of the operator in the country, just because he must be more than an operator, that is to say a producer or assistant producer, that he should keep in close touch with all development and innovations of the film. An opportunity for this is offered by the annual central « picture weeks », held in different towns. Smaller « picture weeks » are sometimes held in less important centres. Further there are teaching courses of various duration, which are conducted from the centres of Gleiwitz, Breslau, Gorlitz, Liegnitz, Konigsberg, Stettin, Berlin, Elveshorn, Gottingen, Hannover, Frankfurt a/ Main, Diisseldorf, Koln, Saarbriicken, Oberwihl (Schwarzwald), Darmstadt, Dresden and Leipzig.
The efforts of the Prussian Landwirtschafts Ministerium are also directed towards obtaining further opportunities of training from the agricultural colleges. Their success is much to be desired. For the last two years a decree of the Ministry of Education has been in force, encouraging repetition and complementary courses, which have been successfully held in several places.
Generally speaking, it is certainly desirable that all those concerned with rural education should not miss the opportunity of including the film in their curriculum, in the interest of as fruitful an activity is possible. The fact that the film is still seeking its path should make it particularly interesting to our country friends to take their place in the movement in good time, in order to be able to make their wishes heard. For this reason collaboration of the many is not only desirable, but urgent and promising.