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West Ga. Purchasing
Films For Film Library
A number of films are being
purchased for the colleg; to be used
In connection with its program of
teacher and community education.
A committee of faculty members
ha3 been formed to advise in se
lection and to care for the distri
bution and upkeep of the films.
It is the wish of this committee
that you Join with them in this
project, participating in the fol
lowing ways:
1. By using the films whenever
the need arises.
2. By advising the committee on
possible additions.
3. By sending the committee in
formation you think might be help
ful to others using the films. Such
information might be, for example,
names of books and pamphlets
dealing with the subject of the
film, audience reaction, nature of
discussion following showing.
Films Now Available
Films now available have been
chosen to cover a variety of audi
ences, school and college groups,
parent teacher meetings, county
wide teacher assemblies, etc. The
committee, in making the selec
tions, does not wish to include the
many excellent films now avail
able for classroom teaching at
nominal rental costs through such
organizations as Erpi. Rather, the
object is to gather the best docu
mentaries that can be found in
such social and economic fields as
land use, natural resources, health,
housing, regional planning, educa
tion, music.
To this end the following films
have been purchased and are now
available. They represent the be
ginning of what we believe will
be a steadily growing selected list
of documentary films.
1. The Plow that Broke the
Plains. The first film made by
Pare Lorentz for the Farm Secur
ity Administration. Deals drama
tically with the problem of the
clust bowl and migrant families.
Steinbeck’s inspiration for Grapes
of Wrath.
2. The River. Second Pare Lo
rentz film. Made for Farm Secur
ity in 1939. Dramatizes the prob
lems of water, land and people
when out of joint. These two films
win firsts in international awards.
3. Behind the Shadows.. Nation
al Tuberculosis Association film.
Dramatic but restrained picture of
the cause and cure of tuberculosis.
4. Let My People Live. National
Tuberculosis Association film. Tus
kegee students and professional
actors present the problem of tub
erculosis in one Negro family.
Tuskegee choir background. In our
opinion these are the two best
films available on the subject.
5. TVA. New documentary of
the work of the TVA. Striking
photography—good script. Prob
lem somewhat diffused rather than
dramatically pointed but eminently
superior to other films on this sub
ject.
6. One Tenth of Our Nation. Pro
duced by American Film Center
during summer of 1940 for the
American Negro Exposition. Not
up to the top standards set by
Lorentz in The River, but the best
documentary yet produced on the
problem of America’s largest min
ority group.
7. The City. (Ordered; available
for distribution November 15). The
problems of urban living presented
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in the list of American documen
taries.
A number of additional films are
now under review and when select
ed will be available for immediate
distribution. You will bo notified
as new films are purchased.
Terms Under Which Films
Are Available To Vou
The committee handling these
films considers service to you its
first and chief interest. It be
lieves this project will be success
ful if you are able to use these
films to the greatest advantage in
your educational programs through
out the year. An attempt has
been made to reduce the cost and
red tape to a minimum. These
films and all additions are avail
able to you, therefore, under the
following terms:
7. You will agree to show these
films only on 16mm sound-equip
ped projectors run by a capable
operator. All documentary films
are expensive to purchase. The
City, for example, cost SIOO. Only
a trained operator should be al
lowed to show the film, both for
the sake of your projector and the
film.
2. You will use the film for edu
cational showings. That is to say,
you will not charge an admission
to see the film or take up a col
lection.
3. You will pay the cost of trans
portation from and to West Geor
gia College. You will request de
livery of the film from Miss Ann
Weaver, Librarian, West Georgia
College, Carrollton, Ga. The film
will be shipped to you by Railway
Express and you will return it
the same way to Miss Weaver.
Railway Express is cheaper than
postal rate and carries insurance
of SSO at no extra cost. For ex
ample, The River, 1600 feet, weighs
10 pounds. To ship this film from
Carrollton to Montgomery would
cost 30 cents there and 25 cents
return. It is insured for SSO with
out extra cost. To insure up to
SIOO .would cost an additional 10
cents. (Films shipped round trip
cost only half as much on the re
turn journey, but 25 cents is a
minimum charge. For example, if
the cost is $1 to express a film
to you, you should be alert to see
that you pay only 50 cents to re
turn it.)
Films will reach you in tin cans
placed within fiber shipping cases,
convenient to pack and address.
Be sure they are returned in the
same manner.
4. You will pay 50 cents rental
charge for each showing. This
minimum cost has been determin
ed as the lowest charge possible
to insure replacement of the film.
You will be billed periodically for
the outgoing Railway Express
charge and for the rental. When
you write in for a film, please state
if you plan to show it more than
once.
5. You will return films promptly
after they have been shown. There
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THE WEST GEORGIAN
is a growing membership of users.
The more prompt you are in send
ing films back, the better service
to all.
Optional Contribution
The committee stands ready to
mail you any material available
concerning an individual film. This
would be sent to you before deliv
ery of the film in order that you
might have the opportunity to
look it over in preparation for the
showing. This material will be
gathered from various sources, one
of which is yourself. Write Miss
Weaver your criticisms of the
film, your suggestions for. addi
tional films to purchase, your ex
periences in using the film. The
more you contribute to this the
more ideas all members will re
ceive.
The Dean’s List will increase be
cause we have noticed students
burning midnight oil (motor oil).
This is probably due to the fact
that they have the usual Genola
Bankroll, which is a dollar bill
wrapped around their thumb.
They don’t worry. If they crash
and cut off their left arm their
right one will still be left so they
will just keep trucking.
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