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Jan., 1943] U. S. ARMY MOTION PICTURES 61 patron picked up the burning reel and tossed it through an exit door into the street. What Is the Experience of the Service with Respect to Film Damage? —Before the present emergency, damage to film was so negligible that often an entire year passed without a single claim of damage to film being presented by a film exchange. The operation of the Service at that time was stabilized from the standpoint of having experienced projectionists available. While some green film was used, the majority of the film had prior use and was therefore less easily damaged. However, with the tremendous expansion of this Service, it became necessary to train more projectionists quickly and schedule servicing visits with greater frequency. The change in film availability presented a steady diet of green film with its at- tendant problems. Then, too, the turnover in our volunteer force of projectionists was tremendous. Nevertheless, the amazing fact is that out of 1,695,620,000 feet of film projected in War Department theaters during the past twelve months, only 82,967 feet, or 0.0051 per cent was damaged. This is a tribute not only to the equipment policies and the servicing personnel of the Service, but is also to the unusual interest in and aptitude for the exacting duty of projecting film displayed by our enlisted projectionists, the majority of whom never saw a projector before they entered the Armed Forces. What Is the Scope of Operation of the Service? —The Army Motion Picture Service operates all War Department theaters in the forty- eight States, District of Columbia, Alaska, Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the Trinidad Sector of the Carribbean Defense Command. (Service for posts in the Hawaiian Department and the Puerto Rico and Panama Sectors is provided by similar organizations under the direction and control of the commanders thereof.) Are Motion Pictures Provided for Soldiers in Combat Areas? —Sol- diers in theaters of operations throughout the world are supplied, without charge, with current releases in 16-mm form. The work is carried on by an agency of the Special Service Division known as the Overseas Motion Picture Service, U. S. Army, in the organization of which the U. S. Army Motion Picture Service assisted and to which it bears the relation of adviser. All expenses except film cost are paid from appropriated funds. The film, sufficient in quan- tity to insure at least three programs a week for all overseas forces, is donated to the armed forces by the American film industry, a mag- nificent gift of several million dollars. The film is made available