Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS 221 theater screen, the reflection is inevitable that this new and powerful method of impressing the mind should be available to the schoolroom as well. And they have made various attempts to get the movie into the schoolroom. The National Academy of Visual Instruction is a noteworthy effort to get together like-minded educators to study the educational aspects of the moving picture. The Visual Instruction Association of America is another illustration, and the newly organized visual education section of the National Educational Association is the most recent phase of this widespread educational interest. Various universities and city school systems have organized centers for distributing films to schools on both a free and rental basis. Several departments of the United States Government have produced educational films which are available to educational institutions. Five educational film magazines have been started; these have successively been merged, until now only one, the Educational Screen, Chicago, represents the interests of the Educational film field. We are told that statistics of portable motion picture projector manufacturers reveal that approximately 30,000 motion picture projectors have been sold to schools, churches and business firms. The DeVry Corporation for whom I have edited educational films has sold over 12,000 portable motion picture projectors. Every investigation made of these users, however, indicates the school showings started with entertainment films in the assembly room, and most of them remain at that stage today. The reason is the obvious one of the availability of the film supply. These entertainment showings