The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-21
AMONG THEIR OTHER EDUCATIONAL USES, MOTION
PICTURES K HELPING TO MAKE REAL AMERICANS

THE MOVIES have been called in TO aid the
REORGANIZATION campaign now being cncrgct-
ically pushed among America 5 alien popula-
tion by the Bureau of Naturalization of the United
states Department Of Labor.
Thousands Of feet of celluloid are now awaiting
the zero hour 10 go over the top in q drive that will
carry the gospel of 100 per cent. Americanism to
every corner of the land. The pictures will VISA.
alize for the foreigners in our midst the message
that Is being sent out 10 them through the Bureau
OF Naturalization. They will show them precisely
what the Government Of the United States stands
for and what II aims 10 do for its citizens.
The films will be exhibited to the members Of
night school classes composed Of aliens who are
taking advantage of the opportunity offered them
OF receiving free instruction in English aud in the
duties and privileges of American citizens. and will
act as a stimulus and an inspiration to those thous-
ands OF foreigners who have come TO the Melting
Pot TO join their fortunes with those of the liberty
loving people of America.
One series of pictures will project before the
eyes OF the newcomers the history of the United
States from the landing of Columbus 10 the present
day, showing the struggles of the early colonists.
so similar to, and yet SO different from, the upward
fight of the immigrant himself; the battles of the
Revolution for independence the growth from a
child-fation occupying but a strip of land along
the Atlantic 10 a country of millions ON millions of
free people spreading over a continent the conflict
of 1861 90 To preserve the united nation so hardly
won the agony of reconstruction. the development
10 a world power and the final participation cf
America in the world war against autocraey.
There will he travclogul pictures displaying
the s~nfcndors of America ; scenery and government
tal. industrial. commercial, agricultural and educa.
tionai activity. There will he films showing the
service rendered The citizens by each Of the great
Federal departments. Reproduction will he thrown
on the screen of, for example. the latest scientific
methods of farming the highest development Of
industrial machinery; pcnmanship; writing:
marketing by mail. through the parcel post house
hold on0my-in brief, the aliens seeking a home
in America and a part in its national and community
life will be afforded visual representation of the
benefits and responsibilities of AN American. and Of
the social and business customs that make up the
daily living. 70 a considerable extent the series will
he a reproduction upon the film of the printed pages
of the textbook of Americanism written bv Raw
mond +. Crist. Deputy Commissioner of Naturaliza.
ton, for the use in the schools of the very audiences
who will watch the unrolling before their eyes of
the drama Of u nation.
Nineteen hundred schools throughout the coun.
try have expressed already their willingness 10 co.
operate with the Department of Labor i'm the cam-
paign, and am elaborate plan has been woracd out
for carrying OH the work by David X Niles, movie