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092428 1 (1972-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FED) i DEFENSE DIVISION IIIIIJ1 11111 11111 11111 1111111111 Dear Mr. Moot: LM092428 We have recently completed a study to determine if the Depart- ment of Defense is making progress toward the joint production and use of training films by the military services. The Army, Navy, and Air Force spent an estimated $10.7 million in fiscal year 1971, to produce training films. The cost of a training film in recent years has averaged about $30,000. The Office of Audio-Visual Activities, which was recently trans- ferred to your organization, was established in 1967, to coordinate training film requirements of the military services, eliminate dupli- cation, and increase film utilization. Also in 1967, a Joint Interest Working Group consisting of representatives from each of the military services was established to coordinate film requirements, and to improve the use of existing training films. We believe that these organizations have made progress in encour- aging each of the military services to consider the existing training films of the other services before initiating the production of a new film and, to some extent, existing films produced by one military service have been adopted by the other military services. Because there is a reluctance to use a film which depicts military personnel wearing the uniform of a different service or a film setting which io single-service oriented, the practice of using existing films is lim- ited. We feel that this problem could be overcome, and that the mili- tary services could realize substantial savings in production costs if they would coordinate their requirements for training films of similar subject matters early in production planning. This would enable them to produce films suitable for use by all three military services. We identified only one film which had been produced jointly. This film, titled Parachute--Success or Failure, was funded equally by the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Officials of the three services considered this production a success and are utilizing the film. For the most part, films of interest to all services have been produced independently by each service. For example, the three services have four films on the proper way to brush teeth, six films on saluting, seven on artificial respiration, 16 on physical fitness, 12 on venereal disease, 28 on drug abuse, and 28 on chaplains. Approximately half of these films were produced after coordinating responsibility was assigned to the Office of Audio-Visual Activities in 1967.

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