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The second film is entitled "Seeing is Believing," and is
concerned with the structure of the eye—its use and how to take
care of it.
Opportunity has been taken of "shooting" new and up-todate
sections of existing films. This applies particularly to the
film entitled "Activities of the Bermondsey Borough Council,"
which as will be seen from the table previously mentioned, was
shown twenty-three times during the year. We are now so
arranging the film that each department concerned will have a
section dealing with its own work which can be shown separately
when required, while at the same time all the sections can be
shewn together so as to make a complete film of the work of a
Borough Council.
Owing to the large number of applications which we have
received for two separate lectures to be given at the same hour
it became necessary to purchase a second projector. As there are
now some good 16 mm. sound projectors on the market it was
decided to purchase one of these, especially as there are a number
of sound films on hygiene also available for hiring. Both silent
and sound films can be shewn, and the apparatus itself is a distinct
advance on the one purchased several years ago. We are still
looking forward to the time when an equipment at a reasonable
cost can be purchased for producing our own "Sound on Film"
pictures.
For some considerable time difficulties have arisen by reason
of the number of applications received for borrowing our films.
During the past year such requests have been more numerous
than ever. This is probably due to the amount of advertisement
which they have had, and whilst we endeavour to accommodate
other authorities as far as possible, the films are so frequently
in use in fulfilling our own engagements that we are constantly
under the necessity of refusing to loan them. I make the suggestion
that this difficulty might be overcome by some central
authority, either voluntary, municipal or commercial, providing a
library of all Public Health and Hygiene films as are of sufficient
merit to warrant inclusion. It would not be reasonable for a