Educational film catalog (1936)

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EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 917.299-917.5 917.299 Bermuda Beautiful Bermuda. 16min 16-si-$20 1934 Burton Holmes 917.299 Hamilton and ft George are located on animated maps and from the air. The Tourist Special passes through great slash- es of coral rock which is seen later being sawed into blocks. There are views of St Peter's church built in 1620 of coral rock and also modern buildings of the same material. An air Tiew over the ocean shows hundreds of coral reefs and coral in many forms is shown below the surface of None Such Island. In the water swim turtles, yellow spotted grunts, giant lobsters and a sea horse drifts slowly past 917.3 United States 917.4 North Atlantic states Middle Atlantic states. 2R 16-si-apply 35- si-nf-apply Soc. for visual educ. 917.4 "Cover the region formed by the Atlan- tic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Highlands. They picture the resources which have made this region the busiest on earth, with great lumbering, manufactur- ing, mining and farming industries and un- rivaled trade and commerce. Harbors like that of New York; natural trade routes such as Delaware Water Gap, the Mohawk Valley, the Hudson River, etc.; the moun- tains and lakes of the Adirondack and Catskill regions, are visualized in a way to bring out the close tie between geogra- phy and history." Producer Quide New England states. 2R 16-si-apply 35-si- nf-apply Soc. for visual educ. 917.4 "Illustrates the distinctive physical fea- tures of New England, and their relation to the industrial and commercial activities of the region. Maine's rockbound coast, Boston Harbor, the Berkshires, the valley of the Connecticut, Lake Champlain, etc., are shown; typical cities like Boston, Fall River, Hartford, Providence; typical in- dustries like lumbering, quarrying, pas- turing sheep and cattle, shipping apples, fishing, lobster-catching, etc.; typical his- toric spots like Lexington and Concord, Plymouth Rock and Pilgrim's Monument." Producer Guide 917.47 New York state Mohawk valley. Eastman 15min 16-si-$24 1927 917.47 From Indian explorer to canal builder and railroad engineer, the Mohawk valley has been used as a route to the land be- yond the Appalachians. The Valley in pioneer days and today. A trip showing the many evidences of industrial activity and agricultural wealth, making stops at principal cities along the route el-Jh Guide Study of Niagara. 30min 16-si-$45 35-si- nf-$100 1922 Soc. for visual educ. 917.47 "The geography and beavitiful scenery of the region and . . . some idea of the geologic history of the Falls and Gorge. . . Chalk sketches drawn by Dr. W. W. At- wood, picture the river from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, a section of the Falls, and the Whirlpool, and show how the Falls have worked back through the Gorge. Motion pictures visualize noted scenic fea- tures, and special airplane views give an . . . idea of the relative positions of the various points of interest." Producer Guide Winter witchery of Niagara. (Seeing Can- ada ser.) 5min 16-si-$6.24 35-si-nf- apply Canadian gov't. 917.47 "Niagara in winter dress is incompar- ably beautiful. This film depicts the glories of the great cataract under the Frost King's magic mantle when its picturesque environs are transformed by frozen spray into weirdly beautiful and fastastically shaped ice formations." Producer "[Useful in] geography and nature study [Classes]" Am. museum of nat. hist. Jh 917.471 New York City New York impression.s. IR 16-si-$25 35-si- nf-$75 Harvard 917.471 "Consists of an artistic rather than a geographical presentation of New York City. . . Scenes of deep streets, water- fronts, bridges, boats, smoking chimneys, skyscrapers, and other feats of modern architecture and engineering. The pat- terns of the buildings seen thus in review, display a new type of beauty peculiar to twentieth century construction and design." Producer Twenty-four dollar island. ISmin 16-si-$24 35-si-nf-$60 1927 Films of commerce 917.471 "Impressionistic views throughout the Manhattan Island, showing the industry and commerce, architecture and business life of New York City." Producer Jh-sh 917.5 Southeastern states Boone trail. ISmin 16-si-$24 1931 East- man 917.5 "Appalachian Valley, Shenandoah Valley, Natural Bridge, Southern mansion, Big Stone Gap, home cured hams, turkeys, saw mills. Cumberland Gap: coal outcrops, cement plant, lumbering, a mountain cabin—spinning—weaving—basketry — pot- tery, typical school, town of Cumberland Gap, Middlesboro. Blue-Grass Kentucky. Along the Cumberland river, harvesting to- bacco, hemp, fine horses, a blue-grass pas- ture, Man O' War, dairy cattle, Lexington, Frankfort, the Capitol." Ohio el-jh Guide New South. ISmin 16-si-$24 1932 East- man 917.5 "Traces the rapid progress of the New South: its agricultural products—cotton, tobacco, rice, early vegetables, fruits, nuts; raw materials—marble, aluminum ore (bauxite), coal, limestone, iron; and water power for the paper, cotton-goods and other industries. Birmingham, Mobile, New Orleans, and Miami are shown." Pro'ducer el-Jh Guide si • sileat; sd- sound; f - Inflammabl*; nf> safety; al • elementary; Jh - Junior hloh; th - senior high; c - college 85