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and edited by it, will appear. There will be found, at length, in the five languages adopted by the Institute for its publications, the titles of all educational and instructional films in the world, with information as to producer, renter, the institution with which the production may have been associated and all other useful facts. These catalogues will have a wide distribution in industrial centres, schools and universities in all countries. A commission of experts will be able to see how to complete the material existant in each section and decide what productions should be indicated to the various producers. Only films whose educational value has been vouched for by authorised institutions will figure in this catalogue. But it is to be hoped that in order to complete this effort, an international film library may be established at the I. C. E., such as was proposed by Dr. A. Witt, president of the Austrian Cinematographic Union. This would permit a more effective control of those films to be recommended, for what is true of books is also true of films, often the title and accompaning description do not tell one very much about the contents.
The following information, dealing with subjects treated by Miss Tommasi, has been furnished by the various Councils interested at the conference:
Australia. — There are very few silent films shown even in outlying districts for all the cinemas have been equiped with sound sets. All the films shown in Western Australia are sent to local agents by the distributors in the Eastern States.
British India. — The projectors are standard size; there have been trials of films above normal size but they are not yet in use in India. Substandard films are used for Kodak and Pathe projectors in private homes. Silent films have practically disappeared from the screen.
Commercially speaking, film libraries do not exist in India. There was one opened in Delhi, but it failed. The committee of municipal schools in Bombay, however, possess an extremely varied selection of educational films. These films are projected only in schools. Patel and Co. of Karachi apparently have the largest assortment of films of this kind and they are sold at 4 to 5 annas the foot (roughly one penny). It appears that Mysore possesses a few educational films which have been shown in some of the large towns. The German company « UFA » will issue shortly a new series of thirty educational films probably of standard size.
Commercial films are booked on annual contracts with large companies consequently good and bad films go together. Representatives of large distributing companies are present in the studios when the films are made and the latter are often bought before they have had a public showing. Distribution is done by the large companies.
The questions dealt with by Miss Tommasi in her report have greatly interested the members of the Cinema and Broadcasting Conference of the