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...cavalcade of 50 horsemen, armed with six Bren guns, eight Thompsons and rifles, trotted down Komotine's cobbled streets, the inhabitants hung out of their windows to see what was happening. Curfew was in force because the rebels had shelled the town with 65 mm. cannon a few nights before. Out in the countryside the scent of almond blossoms filled the damp air. Overhead the sky was clear and stars shone back from puddles of water and the shallow streams we crossed. Occasionally, glowworms, kicked up by the horses' hooves, lit the path...
...negative and at least one positive print go automatically into MARCH OF TIME's huge film library. But after the necessary revision, about half the subjects are chosen by the Editors for inclusion in the rapidly growing MARCH OF TIME Forum Edition 16 mm. series. This series is designed to fill a need among study and discussion groups for films to be used as background for open forums on topics ranging from "Music in America" to "Airways of the Future," from "New England" to "India...
...belief that the speed and complexity of events were arousing in men and women everywhere a desire to know more about the world they live in and to discuss it intelligently, MARCH OF TIME started the 16 mm. series in 1944. Selected subjects, chosen for their lasting interest and informational values, were re-edited to emphasize points of special significance to discussion groups. "Discussion Outlines," containing supplementary material such as chronologies and bibliographies, were prepared for use with the films...
...perhaps one of the most rewarding features of THE MARCH OF TIME Forum Edition is its increasing contribution to a relatively new and fast growing information medium. When they were first launched, the films were directed to an audience that had access to only some 30,000 16 mm. projectors. Now, through the nation's 350 visual education dealers, the Forum films are distributed to owners and renters of over 100,000 projectors...
Observers wondered whether the Army was any better set to fight a cold war than it had been before. Movement was slow. Clothing, equipment, chutes and arms made 300-lb. sloths of average-sized men. The heaviest artillery dropped was 75-mm. cannon, and it was set up too slowly by numbed fingers. Firepower would have to be heavier, said the experts, and it would have to be parachuted down in one piece...