Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1945)

MOVIE MAKERS 147 FREE FILM REVIEWS Magic Versus Science, 1 reel, 16mm. and 35mm. sound on film, black and white. Offered to: groups. Available from: General Electric Motion Pictures, 920 Southwest 6th Avenue, Portland, Ore.; 235 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Calif.; 212 North Vignes Street, Los Angeles, Calif.; 200 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah; 650— 17th Street, Denver, Colo.; 1801 North Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas; 840 South Canal Street, Chicago, 111.; 187 Spring Street, Atlanta, Ga.; 140 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.; 570 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Magic Versus Science reveals the main differences between science and magic, explaining how science attempts to make baffling things simple, while magic attempts to make simple things baffling. In the picture, a scientist, who is also an amateur magician, performs several tricks in magic, following each with a scientific demonstration more baffling than the magic trick and yet made simpler by understandable scientific explanations. Through the Center, 3 reels, 16mm. sound on film, black and white, running 33 minutes. Offered to: groups. Available from: Australian News and Information Bureau, 610 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. Through the Center takes the viewer through the principal and capital cities of central, northern and northwestern Australia. The pearling industry of Brooms is interestingly depicted, bringing the wealth of pearls to the world. The thrills of crocodile hunting in the wilder regions furnish breathtaking sequences. In a still wilder region, the hardships of gold mining in the Tennant's Creek area are shown, and excellent scenes of the desert are offered. In definite contrast is the aborigine mission, operated in the wildest imaginable country; the closing sequence is given to the famous Coober Pedy opal fields in operation. The Farm Garden, 16mm.. 2 reels, Kodachrome, sound on film, running 18 minutes. Offered to: groups. Available from: The United States Department of Agriculture. Washington 25, D. C. The Farm Garden presents the fundamentals of garden husbandry with special reference to planning the garden. The New DeVRY Projector is a TRIPLE-PURPOSE unit (1) Safely projects BOTH Sound and Silent Films. (2) Shows BOTH black and white and color Films without extra equipment. (3) 25 watt separate Amplifier on 12 inch electro dynamic speaker afford portable PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — indoors or out. It's Easy to Shoot Your Own Movies With a 16mm. DeVRY — proud brother of the 35mm. unit that filmed AcademyAward-winning "DESERT VICTORY" and other war epics. DeVRYS are preferred by many professional cameramen for their personal shooting. EASY ON THE EYES Brilliant, rock-steady, sharply defined pictures— that is what you get with DeVRY 16mm. sound-on-film equipment. Photography that gives you the best in black and white or natural color. Projection that catches the infinite detail of the most difficult scene . . . and sound that's always "Nature Real." SIMPLE IN DESIGN Your DeVRY projector is simple in design . . . yet rugged and durable for sustained performance over years and years of constant use. You just can't buy a better projector than a DeVRY. DeVRY Corporation, 1111 Armitage, Chicago 14, Illinois. Only 4-tlmc winner of Army-Navy ■•E" award for motion picture sound equipment. DeVry ORIGINATORS & IMPROVERS OF PORTABLE MOTION PICTURE EQUIPMENT. ..SINCE 1913 A DeJUR "Cine-Critic" Exposure Meter . . . rugged, weatherproof . . . sees "eye to eye" with your movie camera. Its baffled photo-electric cell restricts angle of light acceptance to angle of average lens. Result: more accurate exposures — more lifelike pictures. Scale-Locking Device Speeds Readings The best shots are often quick shots. "Cine-Critic" helps you get them right. Shutter speed and film speed can be preset and locked. Pointing with either hand gives quick reading, accurate exposure. Clear, evenly divided scale registers wide sensitivity; 0.1 to 4,000 foot candles. Available today only on AA5-MRO priority. Dejur-Amsco Corporation, L. I. City 1, N. Y.