Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS 243 The service operates under eight plans known respectively as : Plan I. Complete Service — (film lessons, projector and operator but no films left). Plan II. Film Library Service — (film lessons only). Plan HI. Film Library and Projector Service — (film and projectors delivered — no operator). Plan IV. Film Library, Projector and Limited Operator Service — (a combination of plans one and three). Plan V. Same as Plan I, with extra projector left for continuous use. Plan VI. Same as Plan I, with use of any of the thirtysix reels of nature study and citizenship at any of the bi-weekly lessons. Plan VII. Same as Plan II, except films remain one week instead of two, thus permitting more schools to be served at a lower cost per school. Plan VIII. Exchange Service — any film in the whole series may be rented at any time as from any regular exchange. Real Educational Films Using his own films as the standard and nucleus, Mr. Wythe has assembled the finest classroom (text) films to be found in the country. Not every subject of study in the modern curriculum is illustrated by these films, but three important ones are quite fully treated. These are nature study, Americanization and current events, for the first year. The second year would add eighteen films in history, and the third year eighteen in