Excerpt from Educational Film Guide, 1953: 11, 000 16mm Motion Pictures Indexed and Described

Types of Films Included. An attempt has been made to include all 16mm motion pictures intended for educational use, all sponsored or free films, religious films, films on travel, music, and sports, docu mentary and experimental films, etc. A selective policy is followed for home movies and features released on 16mm film. Films intended solely for the medical, dental, and psychiatric professions are omitted entirely.

History. The first edition of this Guide was published in 1936 with the title: Educational Film Catalog. For years before that The H. W. Wilson Company had been making surveys and inquiries to learn whether or not such a catalog was really needed. When the decision to publish the Guide was made, a questionnaire regarding the form and general policies was submitted to educators and librarians. In 1945 the name was changed to Educational Film Guide.

Form of Guide. An explanation of the purpose of the two parts of the Guide and the information which can be found in each is contained 111 the Directions for Use printed inside the front cover.

Evaluation System. At regular intervals, a list of the new films which have appeared in the Guide is sent to members of the Advisory Panel (names on Page vii). Each person is asked to rate the films he has seen by using a numerical scale which indicates the range from poor to excellent. If the average of three more of these numerical evaluations IS sufficiently high, the film receives a star with its listing in Part 2. This system has been devised to obtain the composite Opinions of per sons thruout the United States and Canada who hold responsible positions' in the audio-visual field, and who see a great many films in the course of their regular duties.

Reference is also made to evaluations or reviews of films appearing in magazines which are likely to be generally available in public and school libraries or audio-visual departments.

Grading. The grading symbols used in Part 2 represent, as nearly as can be determined, the audience level for which the producer intended his film to have optimum use. This does not rule out the fact that the film may be useful at other levels. It is also noted that many films are made with no specific audience in mind, and may be useful, to some ex tent, at all age levels.

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