Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1929)

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86 Transactions of S.M.P.E., Vol XIII, No. 37, 1929 IV. Applications of Motion Pictures A. Education A new course in Photoplay Appreciation was inaugurated in February, 1928, at the University of Southern California as a joint project with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ^^* A sound motion picture dealing with aspects of the movies and ideals of the industry was shown before the Chicago convention of the National Association of Teachers of Speech as a forerunner to similar pictures for University circulation. ^^^ Although meeting with some opposition in a few countries, educational films are finding valuable adaptation in Japan, Hungarj% and the United States according to several reports.^^^ An important experiment in classroom films of two years' duration was culminated successfully during the summer of 1928. Over 10,000 pupils participated, half of which were taught with the aid of films specially prepared. A 33 per cent gain in geography and a 15 per cent gain in science resulted in classes using films. -^^ A general outline has been published of the details necessary for making a technical film.^^^ An informative article by Warstat^^^ has appeared giving suggestions to the amateur cine workers for making carefully planned pictures in several fields such as botany, zoology, physiology, hygiene, etc. A sound motion picture has been prepared at the U. S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga.^*^ A school of visual education has been initiated where films and an amateur standard projector are sent to the student instead of the usual textbooks and folders. ^^^ A summary of progress in the educational field has been prepared by Rowland Rogers and is published as an appendix to this report. B. Medical Films, Radiography, and Photomicrography The motion picture provides a valuable means for studying nervous disorders according to Lewis^*^ who also gives a brief review of the work of Jelliffe, a neuropsychiatric specialist. Two papers describing arrangements for making surgical motion pictures have appeared, one by Degner^*^ and another by Tuttle and Morrison. ^^^ X-ray pictures of human organs have been made using a reducing camera and motion picture film.^^^ The visible rays on