Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1920 - Feb 1921)

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Few persons know of the advantages of recreation in the national forests — how the government, under certain conditions, will furnish the ground at a nominal rental and the iumber at cost to any one who wishes to build a summer home. Yet this is being explained through motion pictures, as are all phases of the work of the forest service, including lumbering. One agricultural film that resulted splendidly for the government was entitled "To Feed a Hungry World." This, shown in the cities, particularly in the Middle West, resulted in the organization of what came to be known as "shock troops," composed of business men and others who went into the harvest fields at noon each day and worked until dark to decrease the shortage of harvesters caused by the war. The department of agriculture is arranging with a large motion-picture corporation to show the government films generally. The law forbids the charging of an admission fee to see the pictures, and the department's resources will not permit of distribution outside the area where the greatest good will be accomplished ; that is, in the country districts. When the arrangement is complete it will be possible for theater owners, at a nominal charge, to show the pictures to the general public as an added attraction to the regular program. In the treasury department the chief use of motion pictures is in the coast-guard service, charged with the protection of shipping and life at sea. Numerous films have been prepared to show coast-guard cutters aiding navigation, as a model for self-help when vessels are battered by storms or against the rocks. All the great American reclamation projects — the building of dams, the irrigation of deserts, and the transformation of useless swamps into fertile fields — are shown in the remarkable series of motion pictures of the reclamation service of the department of the interior. This branch has one hundred thousand feet of film for distribution to schools, colleges, and business organizations, to demonstrate what has and what can be done with waste areas. "Making the Desert Blossom" is the chief production of this group, and it is a picture of the sandy West transformed into a wonderful garden The most complete and spectacular of motion-picture libraries in the department of the interior is that of the bureau of mines, which is charged with the development of mining in all its branches and the protection of the miners. Productions ranging from one to nine reels have been prepared to show miners the part they play in the gigantic industry in which they are engaged and the best methods evolved for their welfare during everyday conditions and in time of disaster. "The Story of Coal" is a film production showing coal from the time of its recovery in the mine, through the various stages of mining to its delivery in the market. "The Story of Oil" is its companion production, and in its way it is just as spectacular. The two are being made into one evening's entertainment and soon will be sent through the country for educational purposes. As in most instances, because only slight government funds are available for the purpose, these pictures were produced chiefly with money supplied by the coal and oil industries. "Iron Mining Operations," showing this work in all its phases, is a four-reel production. "Mine Explosions and the Rescue" is a single-reel film, demonstrating improved methods of first-aid treatment for miners in time of need. There are other films to show what to do in special instances of injury to the eye, the throat, the heads, the arms, and legs. "Social Welfare and the Human Side of Mining," in two reels, is a film that undertakes to improve conditions in the mining communities. And then there are some that deal with dynamite and teach its application to the mining industry, in order to minimize the number of injuries in explosions. Even the spirit of romance penetrates the supposedly staid mining films, as is evident from the happy ending of a one-reel film entitled "An America In the Making." This picture shows the career of a European peasant from his 'arrival in America, when he is placed under the proper guidance by the Y. M. C. A., to his employment in up-todate mills and mines that use model safety devices. In this atmosphere of well-being he falls in love with and marries a teacher in the night school. And then — in this the government film takes a step further than the customary commercial picture drama — the pair finally becomes the proud parents of six happy children.