The Washington herald., 1922-08-03

| Commissioner james F. Oyster de-
clared yesterday that he was will
direction OF the taking of the film
is under his supervision, with the
advice and assistance of such off,
cials as may be designated by the
cooperating company.
After the film has been COM
pleted to the best ability and sat
isfaction of the engineer in charge.
and the representative of the CO.
operating company. 1t is forwarded
to Washington where it is shown
before a board of review. consist
ing of a representative of the Bu-
| reau of Mines. one from the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
and well-known man selected
from the motion picture industry,
! who is expert in judging the pho
tographic quality as well as the
presentation of the subject, but
who is not interested in the pic
ture.
Company Notified.
After the film has passed the
! board of review, or suggested
changes have been made. the COM
pany is notified of the acceptance
of the film. and the cooperating
company then decides how many
prints they desire to furnish for
distribution In each case the main
title of the film will read as fol-
lows:
This picture is produced under
the direction of United States Bu-
reau Foreign and Domestic Com
merce-in cooperation with (name
l of cooperating company.
where the subject shown deals
with the mineral industries the
words 'Buresa@of Miles aare ~useA
in place of Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce.
The circulation of the film is
provided for entirely by the bu-
reaus. both in the United States and
foreign countries. Every endeavor
will be made to provide for a
film the widest possible circula-
tion, and If the company desires to
educate the public of certain coun-
tries in the merits of American
J made goods. as exemplified In It's
! own products, every effort will be
made to place these films where
they will be most effective to this
q. a
ton of motion picture films for
amusement purposes. and with
well-directed efforts it should be
possible to maintain this lead in
pictures of utilitarian value to its
industries.
Best Recommendation.
"The best recommendation Amer
lean industries can have through
out the world is by showing the
authentic facts, and surely no bet
ter way can be adopted by Amer
ican industries than by resenting
ican industries than by presenting
and methods through the reaiistlc
medium of the motion pictures. IN
this way our foreign neighbors Will
soon learn the true facts regarding
our industries and products, ana
will come to know when they see
before them the motion picture OF
an American industry. that mas
been produced under the direction
~ a government bureau, they can
he assured that every scene and
title has been carefully edited ana
reviewed by competent government
renresentatives, and therefore are
| true to facts to the smallest DE-
tail.
"The engineer in charge OF this
work has recently returned from. a
visit to several of the larger man
ufacturine centers of the country
and has interviewed many officials
who have expressed a desire to CO.
operate with the government in this
work. All are of the same opinion
that the government is offering the
industries of the United states
splendid opportunity to promote
foreign trade abroad and to ac-
quaint the people of our own coun-
try with the essential facts regard
ing its Industries in way that has
never before been attempted. Ex-
pressions have been received from
sctions of the country as to the
great value of this work TO the
American industries. both from an
educational and financial point OF
view.
Means Undertaken.
Numerous means have been un-
dertaken by the government in the
past to promote foreign trade
abroad, but probably none have ap-
pealed to the industries themselves
more than this broadminded policy
of promoting trade through the me-
dium of the motion picture film. 1t
is not only the intention of the
government to utilize these indus
trial films for foreign circulation
but to use them for broad circula-
J ton throughout the United States.
TT is hoped that with the coop
Grafton of American manufactur-
ers in financing these films of their
plants and products. it will only be
short time before educational in
stitutions, chambers of commerce,
boards of trade and all civic organ
lzations will come to know that.
should they desire the use of a mo-
tion picture films for entertainment
or educational purposes, they may
apply to the Department of Com
merce or Department of the Inte-
rior for the lean of a flm without
cost to them. and they may be as
sured that when the picture Is pro-
jected on the screen 1t will be a
true portrayal of the subject shown
and that its authenticity is backed