1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1927)

Record Details:

Title:
1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films
Date:
1927
Publisher:
Chicago, Educational Screen
Volume:
1000 and One: The Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1927)
Leaf #:
00056
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Catalogs","Motion pictures in education
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
April 11, 2024
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GEOGRAPHY "1000 and One" GROUP 56 (Continued) ISLANDS'—PACIFIC Islands— Pacific Honolulu and Oahu (1) Life in Honolulu; work on pineapple plantations and in rice fields. (28) ***High Spots of Hawaii (1) Beauties of waterfalls and lava forests; glimpses of coffee and sugar. (69) Hawaiian Glimpses (1) Native grass huts, net mending, hat weaving, etc. (28) A Day in Honolulu (^) Harbor and street scenes; studies of manners and customs. (22) Back Country of the Philippines (1) Descendants of the head hunters — how and where they live; floating rafts of cocoanuts covered with lotus blossoms. (XXI) The Philippines (4) Scenes, industries and customs. • (112) Venice of the Orient (1) Manila — native and foreign life. (22) From the Floating Cities of China to Samoa (1) Native life and industries on rivers and seas. (151) ***Moana (6) Robert Flaherty's companion picture to his "Nanook of the North," recording the customs of the Samoans. A screen classic on panchchromatic film. (VII) ***Bali the Unknown (5) Natural color photography of this island near Java — an isolated race with peculiar customs and industries. Exceptionally beautiful. (IV, XX, 112) A Borneo Venice (1) Town of Bandjermasin where streets are water lanes and traffic is in gondolas. (IV) In Batik Land (1) Intimate glimpses of life, customs and industries of the people of Java where the art of waxing and dveing Batiks originated. (69) Fiji Islands (1) Glimpses of life and customs. (112) Fiji Does Its Bit (1) Rubber and banana industry. (69) House of the Sun — Sandwich Islands (1) Work on a sugar plantation; oattle range; trip to peak known as the "House of the Sun." (28) In Gulfs Enchanted (1) Cruise through romantic south seas with stops at historic ports and towns. (XVII) (See also Groups 24, 57, 76, 122, 133) GEOLOGY, PHYSIOGRAPHY AND METEOROLOGY GROUP 57 Geology, Physiography and Meteorology ***The Cosmic Drama (3) Reading the earth's story by means of erosion and fossils — origin of the solar system, appearance of life, effects of glacial action, adaptation as a function of life, types of mankind. An instructive picture. (113, 151) Time (1) Sun time and how reckoned; lunar time; long and short days and nights. (49) The Eclipse of 1925 (1) Made under the supervision of the Scientific American, showing every phase of the phenomenon. (XVI) Science at Home — Story of the Atmosphere (1) Self-explanatory. (151) The Science of Weather Prediction (1) How observer makfes his prediction sheet; measures amount of rainfall and completes records for his entire district. (22, 49) Mysteries of Snow (1) Different kinds of snow crystals and what causes them. (49) Our Climate (2) Shows how earth is unevenly heated; different zones and causes of different climates. . (IX) Clouds (1) Important types of clouds and significance of some of them. (144) Marvels of the Universe — Dewfall (^4) Experiments to show causes of dewfall, specimens of dew condensations and frost formations under microscope. (22) The Birth of a Tornado (1/4) Causes and effects of tornadoes; animated drawings and photography. ^22-! When Hurricanes Strike America (2) Florida hurricane as background for lesson on hurricanes. Their cause and hurricane zones shown in animation. m . L CEO The Power of the Clouds (1) Clouds gathering sufficient moisture return it in form of rain which feeds the torrents and streams. (37, 37 A, 49) ***The Work of Rivers (1) "Chalk Talk" illustrating the evolution of river valleys through youth, maturity and old age. (4 2, 134)