1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1927)
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28 ASTRONOMY "1000 and One"
GROUP 18 (Continued) ASTRONOMY Astronomy
Hello Mars (1) Illustration by animated technical drawings of the theories of Perrider, Peckering, Wood and Flammarion, of possible ways of signalling to Mars. (66 A)
if We Lived on the Moon (y2) Technical drawings and actual lunar photography show conditions as scientists believe them to be on surface of the moon. ( 2 2 N
Milky Way (1) Showing universe and millions of stars beyond. (66 A) Romance of the Planets (1) Animated drawings and models demonstrate the nebular hypothesis. Ideas of astronomers for interplanetary communication. Planetary motion is explained. (22) Romance of the Skies (1) A study of the course of comets, eclipses and other phenomena of the heavens. (22) The Solar System (1) The comparative sizes of the planets in the solar system and their distances from the sun. Relation of the moon to the earth.
(XXI, 71)
Tides and the Moon (1) Moon's effect on the sea, the influence on tides, etc. Technical drawings and actual photography. (2,2, 6 6 A)
Zones (1) Reasons for establishment of the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and boundary lines of various zones indicated. (71)
(See also Group 57)
BIOGRAPHY
GROUP 19 Biography
American Statesman Series (1 reel each) Produced bv Urban.
(37, S7A, 49, 56, 112, 113, 151)
Biographical studies of: ***Benjamin Franklin (1) Following his story from boyhood to his life in the city of Philadelphia whose institutions he helped to establish. Well worth showing.
***A|exander Hamilton (1) Well-known incidents in the life of Hamilton, with particular attention to some of its most dramatic moments. ***Thomas Jefferson (1) Life of Thomas Jefferson, the leader of Democracy.
** Abraham Lincoln (1) Summarizing life and career of Lincoln.
** George Washington (1) Life of George Washington who sacrificed
wealth, social position and home to become the leader of a great ideal.
** Daniel Webster (1) Life of America's greatest orator. ** Luther Burbank (1) A biographical sketch of this famous naturalist surrounded by his garden, and an experiment in crossing of plants.
(37A, 49, 58)
A Day with John Burroughs (1) The great naturalist shows two children the wonders of nature about his home in Ulster County, New York. Natural Color. (33)
In a Naturalist's Garden (1) John Burroughs in his garden at Riverby.
(56, 113)
Over the Hills to Plymouth (1) President Coolidge. (XXX)
The Benefactor (3) Life of Edison, told in interesting episodes from age of five to present. (X)
Thomas A. Edison (1) His visit to General Electric Laboratory. Methods of making the incandescent lamp. (X)
Heart of a Hero (6) An impressive visualization of the life of Nathan Hale. (49)
Deliverance (7) Biographic study of Helen Keller. (77) ***Abraham Lincoln (12) Finest delineation of the real Lincoln that stage or screen has produced. Utterly sincere in representing the private and public life of our great statesman. Realistic scenes of Civil War action. George Billings in part of Lincoln. (IH)
Abraham Lincoln (2) Frank McGlynn in episodes from Lincoln's life.
(18, 56)
Life of Lincoln (2) His boyhood struggles, taking up the profession of
law, his political career, in the White House, and his death. (69, 156)
The Son of Democracy (10 chapters, 2 reels each) Written, directed
and produced by Benjamin Chapin, who enacts the Lincoln role:
My Mother (2) The gentle influence, the loving companionship of Nancy
Hanks Lincoln. (23, 37A, 56, 66A, 69, 113)
My Father (2) Shows the vital importance of an education.
(23, 37A, 56, 66A, 69, 113)