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The reels show birds and animals in their native haunts and the 

 pictures are outstanding even though as yet they are not produced 

 with sound. Some of the reels have been so favorably received at the 

 American Game Conference, in New York City, that other reels have 

 been requested each year. 



Early in 1930, a complete list of films was prepared, indicating that 

 there are now more than forty reels ready for loan. An attempt was 

 then made to have them widely used in the schools. A little advertising 

 brought splendid results and there were times when practiealy every 

 usable reel was being utilized in some part of the state. In several 

 instances, county agents have borrowed reels and have used them for a 

 period of several weeks at various farm bureau meetings. A growing 

 call comes from bureaus of visual instruction in city school depart- 

 ments. Here again, request is made for the use of a film for several 

 weeks at a time in order that it may be shoAvn in many different schools. 



Storage of the films has been improved through the purchase of a 

 power rewind and a new portable screen has improved projection. 



The end of this fiscal year finds all negatives properly stored in 

 sealed cans and practically all of the positive film utilized in reels 

 suitable for loan. 



Through the courtesy of the Dupont de Nemours Compan}', it was 

 possible to secure a 16mm copy of the three-reel feature, "From Hatch- 



FiG. 25. Little brown cranes wintering in the San Joaquin Valley. 

 Photograph by El. S. Cheney, May 24, 1929. 



ery to Creel." A second set of this narrow film, owned by the Dupont 

 Company, was also deposited in the office for use. There has been 

 much call for these 16mm reels, the first the bureau has acquired. The 

 Bureau of Visual Instruction, of San Francisco city schools, borrowed 

 them in the spring of 1930 and showed them in most of the schools in 



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