Personal Movies (1933)

246 PERSONAL MOVIES EG ^3 zLJ™^^ T^P_5 ■^'^■H . W News of the Visual Instruction Field by H. L. Kooser (In charge of Visual Instruction Iowa State College) Inquiries concerning Visual Education will be gladly answered by Mr. Kooser. Send stamped, self -addressed envelope with your questions to Mr. H. L. Kooser, Personal Movies, Sippo La\e, Canton, Ohio. NEW UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FILM SLIDES The United States Department of Agriculture announces the production of a new film strip entitled "The Farmer and Our Foreign Market." This series of twenty frames shows the expansion of our foreign trade from 1909 to 1920 and the tremendous contraction of trade since then without parallel reduction of production, thus piling up a surplus that has resulted in ruinous prices for farm products. U. S. D. A. film slides are available to teachers and agricultural workers at a very low price. For details write to the Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. The International Review of Educational Cinematography The July issue of this splendid magazine, published in Rome, Italy, by the League of Nations, contains many interesting articles. The following subjects appear in this latest issue: "The Future of the Sound Film in Teaching" by Walter Gunther. — (Translated from the German). This is a discussion of music in the teaching film, the reproduction of natural sounds, the talking film's function, sound-on-film or synchronized discs, and suitable subjects for sound films. "The Films We Want" by Dixon Scott. Mr. Scott is a prominent motion picture exhibitor in the northern part of England. The article contains a great deal of very interesting material on the aspects of motion picture production, demands by exhibitors, demands of the public and the education of people in the motion picture. "The Educational Cinema and the Spanish Pedagogic Missions" by Car men Conde. This is an interesting discussion on the use of motion pictures in the traveling schools of Spain. "Economics and Philosophy of the Cinema" by Vinicio Marinucci. Included are paragraphs on the motion picture as an industry, the motion picture and political propaganda, the motion picture and social questions, and films with a philosophical character. There are also a number of news items and reveiws of publications and books in this issue. New and Improved Mazda Lamps Recommended for Projection and Stereopticon Use The Summer, 1933, issue of the "Magazine of Light" contains a splendid discussion on the subject of projection lamps. Many new developments have taken place, giving for several classes of projectors screen illuminations averaging nearly twice as high as those available two years ago. "The improved line meets the expanding requirements of picture projection by providing lamps adapted, both in characteristics and cost, to the needs of diversified services and types of projectors. This has been accomplished with a relatively small number of lamps. "All of the lamps for motion picture projection show improvement in voltage per unit of source area, that is, in concentration of source. Means have been introduced for the better control of bulb blackening. A marked advance has been made in the voltage of a given size of bulb. "All lamps are of the 100 volt class, obviating the expense and weight of auxiliary transformers or large resistances used in the past with low voltage lamps. This is regarded as one of the most important practical results of the successful efforts toward greater source concentration. It is anticipated that, except on the lower priced projectors, the practice will become general of using 100 volt lamps in series with a small resistance and in combination with a voltmeter which will permit the adjustment of the resistance so that the lamp will receive 100 volts on all circuits. Thus the full advantage of the high light output of a lamp of 25 hour life will be com bined with satisfactory lamp performance." The article continues with details of construction, sizes, etc. The Educational Talking Picture In the July issue mention was made of the book bearing the title "The Educational Talking Picture." This publication has been released and it is a splendid discussion of the sound motion picture in teaching. The book was written by Frederick L. Devereux i n collaboration with Nickolaus L. Englehardt, Professor of Education, Teachers' College, Columbia University; Paul R. Mort, Professor of Education, Teachers' College, Columbia University; Alexander J. Stoddard, Superintendent of Schools, Providence, Rhode Island; and V. C. Arnspiger, Director of Research; Howard G. Stokes, Director of Production; M. R. Brunstetter, Research Associate; and Laura Kroeger Eads, Research Associate of Erpi Picture Consultants, Inc. Completely illustrated, the publication covers very thoroughly and completely the subject as indicated in the title of the book. The following are the titles of the various chapters: I. A New Force in Education. II. Organizing Talking Picture Materials. III. Translating Instructional Materials Into Talking Films. IV. Standards of Excellence. V. Appraisal of the Educational Talking Picture. VI. Suggested Fields for Future Research in Educational Talking Pictures VII. Utilizing the Educational Talking Picture on the Elementary and the Secondary School Levels. VIII. Administering a Local Program of Audio-visual Instruction. IX. Use of the Educational Talking Picture on the Adult Level. X. Utilization of the Educational Talking Picture on the Adult Level. XI. School Building Requirements for Audio-visual Instruction. XII. Types of Equipment and Standards for Their Selection. The details of production and selection of materials are very complete