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Not by Books Alone (1945)

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Not by Books Alone (1945)
Sponsor: Rochester Public Library. Production Co.: Social Documentary Films. Director: Margaret Cussler. Camera: Mary L. de Give. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 22 minutes.

Documentary sponsored by the Rochester Public Library illustrating the range of community services offered by public libraries. Not by Books Alone shows how libraries advance education, provide recrea­tional opportunities, help job seekers, and promote good citizenship.

Note: The film was translated into several languages and shown at UNESCO conferences in Paris and Mexico City. Produced in Kodachrome.

Resources
Educational Film Guide (New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1949), 318; Margaret Cussler, Not by a Long Shot: Adventures of a Documentary Film Producer (New York: Exposition Press, 1951), 107–43; Joseph W. Barnes and Robert W. Barnes, “From Books to Multimedia: A History of the Reynolds Library and the Reynolds Audio-Visual Department of the Rochester Public Library,” Rochester History 36 (Oct. 1974): 24.