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This study of previewing practices and preferences gives some answers to a problem that has long faced AV directors and educational film producers. Raymond Jack Blake is assistant supervisor, Audio-Visual, Services, San Diego City Schools, California.

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Blake, R.J. Previewers and previewing: A study of methods and preferences. ETR&D 3, 13–28 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02713345

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