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VII. —PROPAGANDA.
REOIRT BY MR. H. W. BUSH, M.I.H., PROPAGANDA AND
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
During the year 1934 the following lectures and demonstrations
each illustrated by lantern slides and cinema films were
given.
Lectures. Audiences.
Schools 59 13,550
Clubs and other Institutions 50 3,375
Open-air with cinema van 66 26,350
175 43,275
This is the largest number of lectures and demonstrations
given in one year, and it is doubtful whether it will be possible to
exceed this number.
During the same period, the following certificates were gained
by children attending Schools in the Borough.
Hygiene Elementary 70
Intermediate 29
Final 13
Proficiency medals 11
Home Nursing Elementary 4
Intermediate 19
Final 9
Proficiency medals 8
The most important event of the year to us was the discovery
of a satisfactory method of changing our out-of-date silent films
into "talkies." As mentioned in previous reports, the cost of an
apparatus to make sound films is beyond the reach of any but the
largest County Councils, and the cost of having sound films made is
even more prohibitive. For instance, we were recently given a
quotation of £2,000 for producing a sound film, 1,000 feet in