§ 5. Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will give particulars of the two sound films that were produced by the Empire Marketing Board at a cost of £16,000; and has he any particulars of the number of times these films have been exhibited and where such exhibitions have taken place?
Mr. M. MacDONALDThe films in question were entitled "One Family" and "A Southern April" The film interests of the Empire Marketing Board passed to the Postmaster-General on 1st October, 1933, on the dissolution of the board, but I understand that the total number of bookings of these films to date are approximately 200 and 225 respectively. I am not in a position to give a list of the places at which the films have been shown.
Mr. MacDONALDI understand that one of them and perhaps both contain pictures of various parts of the Empire and, therefore, presumably were taken outside this country.