Educational film catalog (1936)
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EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 915.95-917 Changing times in Afghanistan— Continued "In the summer of 1928 a special ex- pedition studied the land and its ways. The film presents the customs and modes of the past; the innovations of the machine age; the human processes unfolding amid the mountains and the valleys; the monuments and ruins of ancient Afghanistan; the heterogeneous population; king, dervish, fakir, long-haired mountaineer, Mongol, Hindu." Wisconsin "Primitive methods of agriculture are shown, likewise the towns; camel, buffalo, and elephant transport; ruins of ancient temples; and the surprisingly forced draft of modernity introduced by King Amanul- lah." Kansas 915.95 Malay Peninsula Souvenirs of Singapore. Burton Holmes YzR 16-si-$12.50 915.95 "Harbor. Chinese stores. Hindu temple. Bazaars. Street scenes. Junks and light- ers. Tapioca industry. Types of natives." California 916 Africa Cairo to Capetown. IR 16-si-sd-loan 35-si- f-loan Navy recruiting serv. 916 "A visit to ports on the coast of Africa— with a running talk by the 'Globe Trot- ter.' " Producer el-Jh-sh-c 916.2 Egypt Bazaars of Cairo. Holmes %R 16-si-$5 Burton 916.2 A day in the fascinating streets of Cairo. We see donkey carts, veiled women, bird cages carried on the head, bargain-hunting women, hard-fisted merchants and water venders Calling on the sphinx, ton Holmes %R 16-si-$5 Bur- 916.2 The Sphinx is shown from several dif- ferent points of view, along with excavated ruins near there Egypt; land of the pyramids. (Travel- talks) lOmin 16-si-sd-$30 35-si-sd-f- rent $3.50 1931 Fitzpatrick 916.2 A sight-seeing trip through Gibraltar, Alexandria and Cairo. Among the sights are the date palms, mosques. University of Cairo, the opera house, market place, cam- els, pyramids and the Sphinx el-jh-sh Guide 916.4 Morocco Found in Morocco. ISmin 16-sd-$30 Gut- lohn 916.4 Shows Morocco, its market place and the handicrafts of the people, also Fez el-Jh-sh-c 916.6 North Central Africa Life in the Sahara Eastman ISmin 16-si-$24 1932 916.6 In this picture of Nomadic desert camp life and a journey by caravan to the oasis market place with its busy bazaars we see views of the milking of goats and sheep, grinding of grain, bread making, crushing of rock salt and weaving of camels' hair. We see a donkey train, baby camel, date palms, typical natives and street scenes and a Mohammedan mosque el-Jh Guide 916.7 South Central Africa East Africa. 5min 16-si-$25 Deimer 916.7 "We see the beautiful harbor and primi- tive native life of Dar-es-salaam. Then to Zanzibar with its narrow streets and pecu- liar native dwellings and out to the clove and cocoanut plantations. Mombasa is pic- tured with its unusual occupations and Swahili life." Indiana Forest people of Central Africa. (Harvard Pathe ser.) ISmin 16-si-$24 35-si-nf- $60 1929? Films of commerce 916.7 Produced by Pathe "Intimate study of the African pygmies, who have so seldom been photographed; their crude brush villages, and their skill at bringing down game with poisoned arrows. Negro women demonstrate their routine of daily domestic life, including the making of pottery. The men manufacture objects of iron by means of the crudest of process- ses. The typical negro dance at the end shows a striking parallelism to modern American steps." Distributor el-Jh-sh-c Guide Masai. (Harvard Pathe ser.) ISmin 16-si- $24 35-si-nf-$60 1929 Films of com- merce 916.7 The Masai are a warlike tribe of Bast Africa who go in for cattle-herding. They build houses from cow-dung, drink blood and milk from living cows and indulge in extraordinary military calisthenics Jh-sh-c Guide 916.3 Ethiopia Ethiopia. llmin 16-si-sd-$24, $30 Burton Holmes 1936 916.3 Narrated by Harlow Wilcox. An out- standing film showing the nature of the country and its people, dealing with the history, various races, theory of govern- ment, economic peculiarities, living condi- tions, trades and religions. The present sit- uation is considered and some of the Italo- Ethiopian M-ar angle 917 North America Electric ship. 2R 16-si-loan 35-si-f-nf-loan General electric 917 Also obtainable in a 35mm one reel sound version "A trip from New York to San Francisco aboard a new all-electric liner [S.S. Vir- ginia]. Shows many enjoyable and interest- ing features of the trip and also many in- teresting features of the electric ship equipment." Illinois el-jh-sh-c si - silent; sd ■ sound; f - innatnmatile; nf - safety; el - elementary; jh - junior high; sh - senior high; c - college 81