1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1926)
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F ourth Edition
GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES
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GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES
GROUP 58 Government Activities
Checking the Imports (1) Activities of U. S. Collector of Customs. (151) Exploring the Upper Air (1) Flights by Weather Bureau meteorologists to study upper air conditions for weather forecasting. (144) Helping Negroes to Become Better Farmers and Homemakers (2) Agricultural extension system among negro farmers of the South; benefits it gives. (144) The Coast Guard (1) Its work in life-saving. (XXX) Guardians of the Deep (V4) How Government lightships, buoys and lighthouses are maintained. (22) Making a Mint of Money (%) U. S. Mint in operation. (22) Money, Old and New (^4) Work inside the N. Y. Sub-Treasury. (22) Pan and Ceres in the Movies (1) Scope and diversity of the motion picture work of the Department of Agriculture. , (144)
Production's Pulse (2) How government crop reports are made by 215,000 reporters. (144) ** Romance of a Republic (Series of subjects as follows) (XI, 49, 112)
Department of State (1) Department of the Navy (1)
Department of the Treasury (1) Department of the Interior (2) War Department (2) Department of Agriculture (1)
Department of Justice (1) Department of Commerce (1)
Post Office Department (1) Department of Labor (1)
Some of Uncle Sam's Workshops (1) A detailed story of the workings of the U. S. Postal Service. For sale only. (58) Speeding Up the Mail 04) Scenes in N. Y. Post office. (22) Uncle Sam's Stamp Factory (x/4) Section of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, showing how stamps are made. (22) Watching1 the Weather Above (2) Aerial activity, including the Army, the Navy, and Air Mail Service; forest fire airplane patrols and airplanes in insect control; importance of weather forecasting to successful aviation. (144)
(See also Groups 50, 57, 132, 134)
HISTORY
GROUP 59 History
The Birth of Czecho-Slovakia (x/4) Map showing location. Pictures of events
connected with establishment of separate nationality. (22)
* Across the Rockies to the Pacific (1) Final step in the coast-to-coast progress of the United States' sovereignty. (134)
Battle of the Marshes (1) Actual battle scenes, culminating in the capitulation of the Austrians during the World WTar. (Ill A, 151)
* Breaking Through the Appalachians (1) Settlers from the old colonies started the "westward movement." (134)
The Chronicles of America (Series of 33 pictures, 3 and 4 reels each) Authoritative, scholarly series, made by Yale University Press, to depict the important episodes and outstanding personalities of American history from Columbus to Appomattox.
***Columbus (4) Story of the great discoverer's struggles and discouragements, and his ultimate success which resulted in the discoverv of a New World. (159) ***Jamestown (4) Life in Jamestown, the first permanent settlement of English people in America. Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe and its effect upon the colony. • (159) ***Vincennes (S) Thrilling story of George Rogers Clark's expedition into the Northwest during the Revolutionary War, and its far-reaching results.
(159)
*** Daniel Boone (3) Story of the early days in Kentucky and the bravery, intrepidity and leadership of the great frontiersman. (159) ***The Frontier Woman (3) Revolutionary times in Tennessee, showing the fortitude, courage and vision of the frontier women. (159) ***Peter Stuyvesant (3) Old New York and the transfer of Manhattan from the Dutch to the English. (159) ***Wolfe and Montcalm (3) The great battle on the heights of Quebec. (159) ***Gateway to the West (3) Washington at the head of a valient little band attempting to dislodge the French from Fort Duquesne. (159) ***The Pilgrims (3) Their hardships during the first winter on New England shores. (159)