Educational film catalog (1936)

629.2-630.942 EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG Making of an all-steel automobile body — Continued A drafting room shows men shaping wood- en patterns for metal dies. Reel two pro- ceeds with the stajnping of the largest pieces of pressed steel ever made—the en- tire side panel—down to welding of parts and assembling of the entire automobile body. [Useful inj chemistry, shop work and general science [classesj" Am. mu- seum of nat. hist. sh Metals of a motor car. 30min 16-si-loan 35-si-nf-loan 1933 Bur. of mines 629.2 "A technical film which shows how a metallurgist determines the precise metal for each particular part of a motor car. The film tells the story of steel, molyb- denum, nickel, chromium, aluminum, lead, copper, tin, antimony, and zinc and how metals and alloys have been developed after years of research to make for safety and comfort in our modern cars. [Useful in] chemistry, general science and shop work [Classes]" Am. museum of nat. hist. sh Rhapsody in steel. 2R 35-sd-nf-loan 1934 Ford 629.2 "Fantastic and highly modernistic por- trayal of the manufacture at the Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company, with special musical score." Producer Jh-sh-c-trade 629.213 Safe driving Everybody's business, llmin 16-si-sd-loan 35-sd-nf-loan 1935 Chrysler 629.213 Narration of sound version is by Alois Havrilla A plea for more careful driving. Shows how some accidents happen and gives an interesting test of two cars driven across a city, one obeying trafflc laws and one ignoring everything but speed. Interest- ing and Illuminating Once upon a time. iSmin 16-si-sd-loan 35- si-sd-nf-loan 1934 Metropolitan life 629.213 Also obtainable In technicolor (35-sd-f- loan) "This picture is an animated cartoon with musical symphonies (on the sound film) and shows a fairy-land setting used to emphasize the need of safety on the streets." Nat. safety council "Well-known fairy tale and Mother Goose characters become involved in the present-day types of street and highway accidents through the machinations of two bad goblins—'Carelessness' and 'Discour- tesy.' The film ends with emphasis upon safe driving methods, following the ban- ishment of these goblins by the good fairies 'Carefulness' and 'Courtesy.' " Pro- ducer el-Jh-sh Saving seconds, llmin 16-si-sd-loan 3S-si- sd-nf-loan Aetna 629.213 Produced by Castle and is also available in 2 reels (16-si-loan 35-si-nf-loan Aetna) "The purpose of this picture is to prove the folly of attempting to save seconds at the possible sacrifice of human lives "The photography is of the best, showing excellent 'shots' of collisions, skids and other all too common highway accidents." Nat. safety council "Good for general audiences as well as for classroom use." Illinois "(Useful in] civics [Classes]" Am. museum of nat. hist. el-Jh-sh-c Guide Why be careless? ISmin 16-si-loan 35-si- nf-loan 1928? John Hancock 629.213 "A series of 'right' and 'wrong' driving practices designed for the purpose of pre- venting highway accidents. The respon- sibility of both the pedestrian and the automobile driver is emphasized." Nat. safety council 630 AGRICULTURE Farm. 15min 16-si-$24 1931 Eastman 630 "A group of school children visit a farm, where they see the farmer's home, his barns, cows, ducks, chickens, pigs, sheep, and horses. The children romp in the orchard, feed the horses, play with the lambs, and revel in the strawberry patch. The farmer is shown as he har- vests green corn. Apples are gathered in the orchard, and many other farm products are shown in the process of har- vesting. In final scenes the cows are milked, and the milk is poured into cans for shipment." Producer el Guide Farmer. (Vocational guidance ser.) 12min 16-si-$24 35-si-nf-$80 1927? DeVry 630 A vocational film by Fred C. Smith, formerly editor. Magazine of vocational guidance. Harvard university Visualizes life on a farm, showing mod- ern scientific methods and modern me- chanical equipment. Shows social, health and family advantages as well as prob- lems of isolation, individualism and mar- keting disorganization Jh-sh Guide Master farmer. 2R 16-si-loan 3S-si-nf-loan 1929 U.S. agric. 630 A Bureau of agricultural economics film "The master-farmer movement as exem- plified by results in Oklahoma; scenes illustrating the farm and home life of farmers who have made a success of farm- ing in the fullest sense of the word." California Yoke of the past. 3R 16-si-loan 35-si-f-nf- loan General electric 630 "Records a century of progress in agri- culture. It presents a sympathetic picture of the farmer's problems and is also in- tended to inform the farmer, himself, of modern methods by which these problems are being solved." Colorado sh 630.942 Agriculture in England This was England. (Face of Britain ser.) 21min 16-sd-apply 35-sd-f-apply Gau- mont British 630,942 "An attempt to show the existence of a continuous tradition in Suffolk, from the Stone Age to the present day. The film is divided into a number of sections linked by subtitles, each section dealing with a separate custom, and the title assigning its historical place. The sections cover Prehistoric times. Ancient Britain, Roman Britain, the Angles and Saxons, the Middle Ages, the 19th century, and the present; and include flint-knapping field drainage as practised in very early times, hand- sowing of seed, thatching, and modern agricultural methods. All these practices are shown as living side by side to-day. The sea rounds off the film at both ends, to give the effect of permanence and also to symbolise the ebb-tide of prosperity! si - silent; sd - sound; f • Inflammable; nf - safety; el • elementary; ]h - Junior high; sh • senior high; e - college 48