Educational film catalog (1936)
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665.5-669.1 EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG Through oil lands of Europe and Africa— Poland, Greece, and Egypt. 45min 16- si-loan 35-si-nf-loan prior 1927 Bur. of mines 665.5 Made in cooperation with the American oil company St Jacob's well, one of the oldest in the world and over 1,000 feet deep, is shown. Scenes of the Acropolis, Athens; views of Egypt showing the gates of Cairo; camel trains starting across the desert; pyramids. Sphinx, and Egyptian wedding procession; the entrance to the tomb of King Tut- ankh-amen. Tankers laden with oil pro- duced near the Red Sea and refined at Suez "[Useful in] history, geography, physiog- raphy, and commercial geography [classes]" Am. museum of nat. hist. el-jh-sh Through the oil fields of Mexico. 45min 16-si-loan 35-si-nf-loan prior 1927 Bur. of mines 665.5 Made in cooperation with the American oil company "General views around the oil fields of Mexico, 'spouters,' gas-absorption plants, pump stations, oil shipment, scenic sur- roundings, including some of the famous mountains of Mexico, street scenes and na- tive life. Excellent photography." Colorado "[Useful inj geography, physiography, and commercial geography (classesj" Am. museum of nat. hist. jh-sh 666 Ceramics 666.1 Class From desert sands to sparkling glass cre- ations. 2Smin 16-si-loan 1932 Kerr 666.1 Produced by Charles High "Interesting processes in the manufac- ture of glass jars from the raw sand of the desert to the finished product. The film shows the mixing, heating, and 'blowing' of the raw material into glass jars and subsequent capping, sealing, packing and transportation of the jars to warehouses." Indiana jh-sh-c Glass blowing technique. 1929 Eastman ISmin 16-si-$24 666.1 "This is available in 2 parts of i/^R ea (16-si-$12 ea) or as the complete unit given above "Part I gives correct procedure and manipulations for elementary glass blowing with Pyrex glass. Part II shows the technique employed in jOitimg tubes of un- equal diameters, and the method of form- ing bulbs." Producer Jh-sh Guide Glass blowing, with specimens of ancient and mediaeval blown glass. 30min 16- si-$60 35-si-nf-$120 1932 Metropolitan museum 666.1 "The various operations in the blowing, cutting, polishing, and etching of modern objects of art in glass and selected speci- mens of ancient and mediaeval glass from the Museum's collection." Producer el-jh-sh-c Glass magic. 45min 16-si-loan 35-si-nf-loan 1930 Bausch & Lomb 666.1 Produced by Loucks and Norling studios "Step-by-step explanation of the process of manufacturing optical glass and lenses in the factories of one of America's fore- most distributors of photographic and projection equipment, beginning with the making of the glass." Colorado Guide Romance of glass. 18min 16-si-ioan 35-si- nf-loan YMCA 666.1 Taken in the Ball brothers plants at Muncie, Indiana "The picture begins with a short sketch of the first production of glass by the Phoenicians. Views in a modern glass fac- tory follow, showing the manufacture of fruit jars." Kansas 666.4 Cla^ Fire-clay refractories. 45min 16-si-loan 35- si-nf-loan prior 1927 Bur. of mines 666.4 Made in cooperation with the Laclede- Christy clay products company "Shows mines where fire-clay is ob- tained, sorting of clay, testing in furnace, forming of bricks and molding of fire-clay into various forms by hand; the use of fire-clay in the glass industry, driving kilns in the lumbering industry, enameling in- dustry, heat treating and iforge furnaces." Texas sh-c 668.1 Soap Soap. ISmin 16-si-$24 1929 Eastman 668.1 "Prepared for use in general science, household chemistry classes, this film is designed to acquaint the child with the underlying principle of soap manufacture, the main differences between 'hard' and 'soft' waters, and the cleansing action of soap in each. Home-made soap. Factory- made soap. How soap works." Indiana el-jh-sh-c Guide 669 Metallurgy 669./ Iron and steel Heat treatment of steel. 30min 16-si-loan 35-si-nf-loan prior 1927 Bur. of mines 669.1 Made in cooperation with the Hupp mo- tor car corporation "Shows blacksmith at work in old-time shop and present method of heat treat- ment in furnaces where temperature is regulated automatically and checked by pyrometers and signal lights. Depicts forging of front axles; analyzing of steel to determine carbon content; bending test of untreated and treated axles; forging of steering knuckles with method of harden- ing and tempering; case-hardening, cya- niding, and testing various parts." Weaver jh-sh-c Iron ore to pig iron. ISmin 16-si-$24 1927 Eastman 669.1 "Outlines the mining of ore in the Me- sabi range—its transportation to Duluth and through the 'Soo' canal to Gary, In- diana, where it is smelted and cast into pigs." Producer "In conjunction with the film, 'Pig Iron to Steel' [listed belowj this reel gives a clear picture of the steel industry, the processes involved, and the importance of iron and steel in our everyday life." Wis- consin el-jh-sh-c Guide si - silent; sd - sound; f - Inflamfflable: nf - safety; el - elementary; Jh - junior high; sh - senior high; c - college 62