FILMS SUPPLIED

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 87, 6 January 1940, Page 10

FILMS SUPPLIED

Entertainment Of Men Going Overseas PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD In addition to the games', f ruit, and various other comforts, the National Patriotic Fund Board has provided lor the First Echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, the men will also be able to have their picture entertainments on the troopships. When the Minister of Defence, Mr. IJone«, found that there were motion picture projectors available on the shins he took steps to see whether films’could be provided'. The matter was taken up at once by the Patriotic Fund Board, and as the result of its efforts and the co-operation it received in its-inquiries, a fine selection of films was supplied. In response to the board e representations, Mr. R. L-. Grant, manager of British Empire Films (N.Z.), Ltd., at once arranged to supply 20 pro"■ramnies, comprising feature films, subject to their return afterward, and on the condition also that they were insured. The films are valued at £3OOO, and the cost of the insurance of them is being borne by the Army Department.. The board was also able to arrange with the Film Exchanges Association of New Zealand to provide some additional films for the troops.