International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1932)

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813 1) The cinema in teaching and education ; 2) The role of the cinema in the country's economic life ; 3) The Cinema and Urbanism ; 4) The cinema and religious teaching. (ClNEOPSE, Paris, No. 156 of August 1932). The conferences which will take place in future in the new central library of Sheffield will be illustrated by moving pictures. (The Daily Film Renter, London, 3IX1 932). The Scientific Film. Audio-Cinema Inc. will shortly produce for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. a film illustrating the discovery by means of the microscope of a number of microbes and the best methods of fighting them. (The Film Daily, New York, 1 1 -VIII1932). The University of Chicago has undertaken the production of numerous films divided into sections ; the first section dealing with physical science contains 20 films. (ClNEOPSE, Paris, No. 156 of August 1932). Captain Robert A. Smith filmed the solar eclipse of August 31 last from an airplane at a height of 20,000 feet. (The New York Times, New York, l-IX-1932). Hygiene and Prevention of Disease. The Watch Committee of Leeds agreed to the exhibition of special projections of hygiene films for children in various quarters of the city during " Health Week " which took place from the 2nd to the 8th of October. (Today's Cinema, London, 22-VIII-1932). Six hundred and sixty children were present at Birkenhead at the projection of some hygiene films. Among the subjects dealt with in the films were cleanliness, the structure of the eye, and the measures to be taken to avoid diphtheria. (The Cinema, London, 9-IX-1932). A news message from Los Angeles states that only through the use of the film was it possible to ascertain the winner in an obstacle race. (The Daily Telegraph, London, 5-VIII-1932). Jurisprudence, Taxation, Legislation for the Cinema. The " Spitzenorganization " of the German Cinema Industry has presented to the Prussian minister of Finances a protest against the increase in the tax on films in which the principal parts are interpreted by children. Up to now, the tax consisted in a fixed fee of 3 marks per projection, but from now on it will be necessary to pay 3 marks for each child appearing in the film. (KlNEMATOGRAPH, Berlin, 2-VIII1932). The Latvian government has abolished the quota system for films. All foreign films are now admitted in Latvia, but the taxes payable for their import have been increased 50 per cent. (La CinematograPHIE FRANgAISE, Paris, 13-VIII-1932). LlCHT-BlLD-BuHNE of Berlin (23-VIII1932) publishes the text of the new regulations governing the quota in Austria which becomes operative September 1, 1932. It is published by the Cinematograph Office of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. Three children of Littlehampton (Sussex), found guilty of theft were condemned, to stay away from the cinema for two years. (The Daily Film Renter, London, 31VIII-1932). The Council for the Austrian Cinema assembled in general meeting approved the new regulations regarding the quota fixed for foreign films. (Kinematograph, Berlin, 3-IX-1932). 5 — lee ingl.