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The Washington Film Society showed the following films : 



"The Story of Gosta Berling" (1923) April 6 and 7. Attendance, 254. 



Sweden. 



"Los Olivadados" (1951) Mexico. April 1.3 and 14. Attendance, 



168. 



"Munna" (1957) India, and "Song of April 20 and 21. Attendance, 



Ceylon" Great Britain ( 1934 ) . 313. 



"Where Chimneys are Seen" (1953) Japan, April 27 and 28. Attendance, 



and "Fable for Friendship." 211. 



"Farrebizue" (1947) France, and "Trut" May 4 and 5. Attendance, 194. 



(1944) Sweden. 



Three short films from the British Free May 11 and 12. Attendance, 



Cinema. 209. 



"The White Reindeer" (1956) Finland, May 25 and 26. Attendance, 



and "Glimmering" (1948) France. 168. 



"Goja" (1951) Tunisia, and "Time Out June 1 and 2. Attendance, 154. 



of War" (1955) France. 



"Bab El-hadid" (1959) Egypt, and "N.Y., June 8 and 9. Attendance, 275. 

 N.Y." (1950) United States. 



Alfred Friendly, of the Washington Post, lee- May 10. Attendance, 170. 



tured on "Bushmen (African) Paintings." 



Washington Society of the Archaeological May IS. Attendance, 229. 

 Institute of America showed three films : 

 "Roman Mosaics," "Colors in the Dark," and 

 "Book Festivities." 



On May 2, seven members of the Washington Society of the Archae- 

 ological Institute of America held a Board Meeting in the Staff 

 Room, Dr. Ettinghausen, president, presiding. 



STAFF ACTIVITIES 



The work of the staff members has been devoted to the study of new 

 accessions, objects contemplated for purchase, and objects submitted 

 for examination, as well as to individual research projects in the fields 

 represented by the collections of Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, 

 and Indian materials. Reports, oral and written, and exclusive of 

 those made by the teclmical laboratory (listed below), were made on 

 7,221 objects as follows: For private individuals, 5,438; for dealers, 

 874; for other museums, 909. In all 1,373 photographs were examined, 

 and 780 Oriental language inscriptions were translated for outside 

 individuals and institutions. By request, 23 groups totaling 550 

 persons met in the exhibition galleries for docent service by the staff 

 members. Two groups totaling 24 persons were given docent service 

 by staff members in the storage rooms. 



Among the visitors were 64 distinguished foreign scholars or per- 

 sons holding official positions in their own countries who came here 

 under the auspices of the Department of State to study museum ad- 

 ministration and practices in this country. 



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