Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 553.6-573.4 553.6 Earthy economic minerals. Asbestos Asbestos. iSmin 16-si-loan 35-si-nf-loan prior 1927 Bur. of mines 553.6 Made In cooperation with the Johns- Manville corporation "Shows the blasting of asbestos-bearing rock, cobbing for the best fibers, crushing the fibers, shipment to factory and the making of many useful articles from asbestos. [Useful inj general science and commercial geography [classes]" Am. museum of nat. hist. 560 Paleontology Digging up the past. (Seeing Canada ser.) 12min 16-si-$ll-S8 35-si-nf-apply Cana- dian gov't. 560 "Showing the Badlands of the Red Deer Valley, Alberta, the most prolific field in the world for Palaeontological research, and how dinosaurs are located and secured. The film also depicts the work of assembling the fossilized bones of pre- historic monsters at the Royal Victoria Museum, Ottawa." Producer "[Useful in] biology, nature study and physiography [Classes]" Am. museum of nat. hist. jh-sh 570 Biology Four seasons. 4R 16-si-apply 35-si-nf- apply Inst, cinema serv. 570 A series of four one-real subjects on spring, summer, autumn and wrinter "The first breath of animal and plant life in the Spring shows in the budding trees, the awakening woodchuck, the buck's shedding of his antlers, the birth of fawns. Summer brings trees in full bloom. Autumn sends birds on their flight to warmer climes. Winter ushers in a snow-covered world,—thus the cycle of the seasons is completed." Producer Jh-sh 571 Archeology. Prehistoric and primitive man Human adventure. 75min 16-sd-appIy 35- sd-nf-apply 1934 Shields 571 Produced by the Oriental institute of the University of Chicago with the tech- nical assistance of Erpi picture consult- ants, inc. Scientific supervision by Dr James Henry Breasted, Director of the Oriental institute of the University of Chicago. Story written and told by Charles Breasted "A partial film record of the institute's fourteen archaeological expeditions in Per- sia, Palestine, Syria, Anatolia, Egypt and Iraq ... It would be a person with little imagination who could sit unmoved as loose-robed workmen's picks force back the earthy leaves of history and turn up the precious relics of long-dead civiliza- tions—weapons made by men of the Stone Age, grains of Egyptian wheat that were sold in Joseph's time, the stables of King Solomon, the harem of Darius, the great obelisk of Persepolis, its lofty towers, the tablet of King Sargon on which was im- firlnted the impertinent footprints of a owly mongrel." N.T. Times Jh-sh-c Guide Looking back through the ages. IJ^R 16- si-$8.65 35-si-nf-$29.37 1935 National park serv. 571 This film is a continuation of the film "A visit to Mesa Verde national park" listed below Shows the cliff dwellings and the scien- tific excavations in more detail. Speci- mens of actual articles such as sandals and pottery are shown and explained and the restoration process is demonstrated Guide Visit to Mesa Verde national park. 1J4R 16-si-$7.98 35-si-nf-$27.07 1935 Na- tional park serv. 571 Made by the Visual Instruction section of the National park service in collabora- tion with the Office of education "This beautiful film presents the scenic wonders in 'Mesa Verde.' Many scenes show remains of Cliff Dwellings which are some of the best preserved and most ex- tensive in America." Iowa univ. Guide 573.4 Anthropogeography People who live at the equator. (World geography ser.) 12min 16-si-$24 35-si- nf-$80 prior 1927 DeVry 573.4 By De Forest StuU, Teachers' college, Columbia university "Sets forth the conditions of life in the rain-forest and tropical jungle regions of the earth, and shows how man, both na- tive and white, has adapted himself to his environment." Colorado el-Jh Guide People who live by the sea. (World geog- raphy ser.) 12min 16-si-$24 35-si-nf-$80 prior 1927 DeVry 573.4 By De Forest Stull, Teachers' college, Columbia university "Depicts condition of life in the coun- tries bordering the Mediterranean, shows the influence of the sea upon man; indi- cates man's use of the great ocean high- ways; outlines the great epochs in the development of the commerce of the world.'' Colorado el-Jh Guide People who live in a crowded valley. (World geography ser.) 12min 16-st- $24 35-si-nf-$80 prior 1927 DeVry 573.4 By De Forest Stull, Teachers' college, Columbia university Portrays crowded conditions of life on the delta and plain of a great river and points out the influence of isolation on the development of a people el-Jh Guide People who live in the Arctic. (World geography ser.) 12min 16-si-$24 35-si- nf-$80 prior 1927 DeVry 573.4 By De Forest Stull, Teachers' college, Columbia university "Icebergs. Eskimos pulling a whale ashore for food and utensils. Tundra. Eskimo children at play. Summer house. Building frame of boat from bone. Skin- ning seal. Preserving meat. Caribou. Family life. Approach of winter. Gather- ing fuel. Dog teams. Seals on ice floes. Grinding ice packs. Seal hunt. Walrus. Rounding up caribou herds. Building ice fence and igloos. Meal time. An Arctic storm." California el-Jh Guide •l-illant; sd> sound; f . inflammable; nf ■ safety; el ■ elementary; Jh • Junior high; sh . senior high; c ■ college 17