Show S scHOOL Honl MOVIE 81 ARn Text Books May Go If Educational Films Prove Success in T Teaching g RO ROCHESTER R X N. Y NON XO 13 AP AP Motion Motion pictures to supplement supplement supplement supple supple- ment text books bo ks in the class rooms of the schools of the country is the idea behind the experiment to tobe tobe tobe be conducted by the Eastman astman Kodak Kodak Ko No- dak company which toda today is en engaged engaged en- en In developing fifty films to ascertain the possibilities s o the plan Schools of twelve cities have been selected for the year two-year experiment experiment experiment ment with motion pictures in definite definite definite nite work ork in connection with the daily lesson Plans contemplate the completion during the current school year of of ten film in geography geography geography geog geog- raphy five in health and five in general science The remaining thirty films will be completed for tor use in the experiment at the opening open open- ing jug of ot school in September 1927 The films are not bein being made for entertainment purposes nor norare are they intended for use in general as assemblies assemblies as- as in the schools They ar are designed design d to meet the requirements of intellectual development of or the school pupils in class room instruction instruction instruction tion from the fourth grade up In films of or geography pupils will wm obtain visually not only an idea of ot the development of transportation routes but how these routes have affected the development of the life tiCe of the nation Under this topic the Appalachian barrier will be treated with The Mohawk valley selected as illustrative of the type of film to be used in this field Projectors will be so constructed OP ts to make mak it possible to reverse the process of the picture and to halt the film for br the purpose o of closer stud study The cities whose scho schools ls have been selected for the experiment are Rochester Springfield and Newton Mass New lew York Atlanta Winston Salem Kansas City Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- De- De troit Chicago Denver Los LOB Angeles and San Diego I |