# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S520
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

520 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

J. Film Rental Libraries

A. St. Louis

The film library in St. Louis continues to be the ma.
source at the disposal of our churches and schools. All ni
ductions are carefully screened and evaluated before be
sidered for addition to the film rental library. At preséni
are approximately 2,000 prints in our library, and it has he
privilege of the library to serve many congregations, sch
organizations in all parts of the country. The St. Louis lib
successfully distributed the motion pictures in conjuncti
Synod-wide activities such as the “Conquest for Christ,” th
ing of the pilot prints for television, and the Bible Study;
campaign. The steadily increasing volume in the film lib
necessitated moving this particular operation to larger q
Concordia Publishing House.

B. Twin Cities

Resolution 10 of the 1950 synodical convention placed:
hands of the Board for Audio-Visual Education for study Memig
1002 and 1003, which requested the establishing of an audi
branch office by Concordia Publishing House in the Twin-Cit
are happy to report that such a branch office has been set up
N. Syndicate (Concordia College), St. Paul, Minn. This
office has a full-time worker, Mr. Albert B. Koch, who is
our churches and schools of the Minnesota District. A.
inventory of audio-visual materials and equipment is ma
in St. Paul as well as a film library. :

C. Buffalo, New York

In response to numerous requests a partial library
been established in Buffalo, N. Y., in conjunction with th
the L. L. L. Rev. E. E. Heuer has been handling this ope:

_ present only productions of The Lutheran Church
Synod are stocked in Buffalo for ready availability to our’
and schools.

D. Canada

Customs requirements have often led to difficulties
Canadian pastors in readily securing motion pictures for ren
order to alleviate this situation, prints of Lutheran Church
souri. Synod productions have been deposited in Edmonton;
Kitchener, Ont., and Frobisher, Sask. This has been a gr.

venience to our Canadian brethren.