Blue book of audio-visual materials (1920)

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54 1001 FILMS scorpion is very fearless, as is shown by its successful attack on its adversary, a mouse. The Pathescope Co. of America, The Gold-Beetle. This tiny insect derives its name from its metallic-looking wing cases. Defends itself by a fluid ejection. Great destroyer of worms, caterpillars, etc., of which it is very fond. The Pathescope Co. of America, Inc. The House-Fly. An excellent educational reel demonstrating the great menace of this insect to public health. A detailed description of the fly itself; the hatching of the larva; its food and means of transmitting germs. The Pathescope Co. of America, Inc. References: The Life of the Fly. — Fabre. The HouseFly, Disease Carrier. — O. Howard. The Mantis. About 445 feet. The saintly looking mantis. The prey-seeking mantis. The male wooing its mate. Woe to the small lizard or frog which comes within striking distance. Enormous strength of the mantis. The instant death of a victim under the clutches of the mantis. Wolf spider can overcome a mantis. A chameleon overcomes both. Kineto Company of America. The Stag Beetle. The beautiful stag beetle, an insect with a quadrangular head and cone-like antennae; its remarkable strength and manner in which it holds its body when flying. The Pathescope Co. of America, Inc. Reference: Text-book of Entomology. — A. S. Packard. The Ant-Lion. A small insect half an inch long living in dry, sandy places. The manner of building traps to capture its prey. The Pathescope Co. of America, Inc. Reference: Ants and Their Ways.-— White. The World to an Ant. (600.) A picture story-photographed almost entirely through a powerful microscopic lens, and showing the experience of an ant at the breakfast table. Studies of the ant itself, and contrasting scenes through an ordinary lens, emphasize the novelty of the subject. Educational Films Corporation. Ten Million Honey Makers (200 feet); Mosquito (600 feet). Nature and science study. University of Wisconsin. FORESTRY ♦Film titles marked with an asterisk (*) have been reviewed and approved by the National Motion Picture League of New York. Grazing Industry on the National Forests. Reel, 1. Lumbering and Grazing. Cattle and sheep grazing of the West. U. S. Agricultural Department. Lumbering. Reel, 1. Ford Educational Librarv. ^ Forest areas, lumbering camp, felling trees, log driving, milling and cutting logs into lumber. Fitzpatrick & McElroy. Logging in the South — Ancient and Modern. Reel, 1. Showing how the modern tractor saves the logger money and increases production and makes labor play. Harcol Film Company. How Lumber Is Manufactured. Reel, y2. Showing modern methods in this important industry. Harcol Film Company. Lumbering Western Yellow Pine on the Coconino National Forest, Arizona. Reel, 1. Lumbering and Grazing-. Cutting the trees, hauling logs and shipping to mills. U. S. Agricultural Department. Lumbering Pine on the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado. Reel, 1. Lumbering and Grazing. How government timber is cut under regulation. U. S. Agricultural Department.