Film Panels

NEARLY 150 NEW ENGLAND school and college teachers with experience in audio-visual education gathered at the College on May 17 to organize previewing panels which will pass on the educational value of commercially produced advertising films now widely shown in classrooms. The meetings, also devoted to the definition of previewing standards, were held under the sponsorship of the New England Educational Film Association, headed by R Haven Falconer '39, director of Dartmouth College Films.

In addition to their previewing function the panels will make suggestions to producers on proposed films, in an effort to promote a more intelligent use of motion pictures as teaching aids. The organization of the panels is being welcomed by a number of industries which have been consulted about the move. Approved films will carry the stamp of approval of the New England Educational Film Association and a small fee will be charged for the previewing service.

The New England Educational Film Association was organized last year to promote the use of motion pictures in school and college education. It represents an unusual pooling of the film resources of Boston University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Maine, the University of New Hampshire, the CCC of the First Corps Area, and the Massachusetts Department of Education.