Show motion pictures and the schools it to ia well known that thebert way I 1 to learn about abou tany any thing is to see it in real life and action the next thing to seeing the real thing is to seea moving picture of it the place of the motion picture in our lives is both harmful it is up to td the people to say whether our school children thal shall be or norrby these questions should be answered in regard topic tople turea tures placed before the public are they uplifting in i air story or cothey appe appeal alto to the e baser passions gAre are they ka keeping P LF he be child out at night to the dim ea bot t of thir r abal health th and eyesight t ith ou out value received in an educational 1 wy way the following cornea comes to us ua thru the deportment of the interiors Interi orl A series of educational motion pictures films which depict in a most striking king manner the t her processes employed iq in the mining preparation gr 1 ko I 1 of ther I 1 t available for diata nit visual th the aUy of utan a mit take lttie city th these eke ellms ware produced by the 1 mO it of h intermor Int eror through the durw vilies mines in coope with the larger industrial concerns tell of the workings of the nations fre tremendous cremendo mendo 06 mineral industries in a much more inore vivid and colorful manner than is possible thit the medium of any printed page another At iother cerles of aimes teaches the doctrine of lafety safety first by show ng stife safe and unsafe methods in mining and metallurgical pr practice utice nearly a hundred educational films have been prepared in the past few years by the bureau of mines in cooperation with industrial concerns the demand for these films for showing by educational institutions churches civil bodies and other organizations has become so great that the plan of centralized dist tribu trib Uon ution from exp eap ermint station ot or th the bureal of mines has become inadequate quate A selected list of the wit best 0 of these films is now made avoidable avoil able at distributing centers located in the different stat ea the fiems relate to coal petroleum petr olem sulpher euld suld her iron marble copper natural gas ant other minerals aserlee A series of flims films depicts roost most interestingly such industrial processes process P as the theroan jsn of oxygen the making of fire clay cay refract ories orits ure of arm ane method of compressing air th ehfe quarrying carrying of limestone lime slone act Other Wims illustrate dangerous and safe practices in mining efficiency in the combustion of coal the utilization of water bower and the operation of asoline gasoline motor the an university ivers of through throng h its bureau of visual instruction is circulating more than three thre e million feet of motion picture films among schools churches and all other oiher bioni within the mountain I 1 section action the are used ud primarily for instruction PUT pur pose although a number of institutions tut receive pictures of a recreational charac character tim it im ift the purpose of the bureau breau to provide visual aids to au P klemt courses of instruction in all phases of education and make the best beat means of presenting visual asual material to pro vide wholesome holesome recreation and to create an ap predation I 1 for artistic and classical pictures the following headings will indicate to some extent the nature of the films available drama classic features comedy juvenile boy scouts fairy stories comedy bible pictures agriculture irrigation gardening botany raising chemistry che mestry physic engineer ing electrical and auto engineering home economic domestic art and science fire prevention safety first geography geology geo ligy history biography bivien americanization and commerce machinery mining factory welfare medical h aglen prevention of disease child welfare athletic activities fiirst ald aid Sf biology surgery pa rationS and octives actives c covering over ing almost a complete review of the world war A gret many pew new subjects are being added to the present libary which will he be available during the school year 1624 25 durw dura W the past school year the if visual instruction sup plia 1900 programs of motion picture films A condei v alivo estimate esterm te that the average atten dance is 90 for each program the number yf people reached through the swee therefore totals thipa if A an increase e of more than ta per cent over the previous year during which period people attended exhibitions full as to the procedure necessary to obtain educational motion pictures comprising a of material materi alfrom from other sources flour cea besides the bureau of mines may be obtained by addressing the bureau of visual instruction university of utah SaIt Lake tike city utah dehope wo hope some day to see a picture machine macene in aae 1 school for the par pose of aboa ng the above mentioned films th need aeed not in any way interfere with the commercial picture houses remember the manager of a picture show house must furnish the kand of pictures the public demands |