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THE INDUSTRIAL PROPAGANDA FILM IN THE SCHOOLS
A plan proposed by the Bureau of Visual Instruction, University Extension Division, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, to provide adequate and especially prepared visual instruction material covering Kansas industries for use in the public and private schools of the state.
The problem.
School-children of Northwestern Kansas may know little of the mineral, agricultural and manufacturing developments in the Eastern end of the state. Pupils in Eastern Kansas might well imagine that wheat-raising is almost the only activity west of Topeka. It is quite probable that they know little or nothing of the important salt industry of central Kansas or of other important industrial activities. Those who travel considerably are apt to be concerned largely with getting to some resort in Colorado, the Ozarks, or in Minnesota, rather than with learning more of their home state.
Visual aids to instruction, including motion pictures, glass slides, film slides, stillfilms and exhibits, have proved their value in the schools of all parts of the world. The teachers of Kansas are anxious to use such valuable teaching tools and are especially anxious for suitable materials covering the industries of the state. At present, there are very few such materials available.
The appropriation of funds for the use of the Bureau of Visual Instruction is not sufficient to permit the production of the needed materials and their organization for school use. Although the schools are anxious to use such materials and would be willing to pay nominal service fees and transportation charges, they are not able, financially, to pay fees which would cover production costs eventually.
The great value of such activity to the industries themselves is evidenced to a major extent by the fact that the Bureau of Visual Instruction has in its loan library of motion pictures and slides more than a hundred subjects which have been furnished by various industries without charge. The list of motion pictures contains such subjects as
Cane Sugar, Civilization's Fabric (Cotton), The Conquest of the Forest (Lumbering), Enamelware (Bath Fixtures), The Magic Jar (Glassware), Pillars of Salt (Salt Mining), Our Daily Bread (Wheat), The Romance of the Lemon), The Romance of Rayon (Artificial Silk), The Romance of Rubber, The Story of the Airship, The Sugar Trail (Beet Sugar), A Wollen Yarn (Wool Industry The World of Paper.
In addition, there are glass slide sets covering :
Australian Industries, Banana Land, Building Batteries from Niagara, The Development of the Modern Watch, From Ore Mine to Sheet Metal, The History of the Incandescent Lamp, The History of Photography, Home Canning by the Cold Pack Method, The Manufacture of Cotton Cloth, The Manufacture of Paper, The Story of Cotton, Tea Growing in Japan, The Woollen Industry.
It is interesting to note that the above motion picture reels and sets of glass slides have been kept in use almost constantly, indicating, again, the great interest among