Educational film guide ()

PREFACE This 1949 edition of the Educational Film Guide contains a selected classified list of 4190 16mm motion pictures and a comprehensive alphabetic list which includes 2840 additional films. This edition replaces all volumes and supplements which have preceded it. As in previous editions of the Guide, the selection of films included is not confined to classroom films, but also includes those which are available for all non-theatrical uses, making this Guide valuable not only to educational institutions, but to churches, business and industrial firms, libraries, clubs and community groups. Revision. This edition is a cumulation of the 1948 edition, the supplements published October 1948 thru June 1949, and about 200 additional films. Films which are no longer available from the main source (or producer) have been dropped. It is possible that prints of these discontinued pictures may be available elsewhere for purchase or rental. History. The first edition of this Guide was published in 1936 with the title: Educational Film Catalog. For years before that the H. W. Wilson Company had been making surveys and inquiries to learn whether or not such a catalog was really needed. One of the first outsiders to approach the Company on the subject was Mr. Abraham Krasker of Boston University in 1930. For the next five years others made similar suggestions. Finally a questionnaire regarding the form and general policies was submitted to educators and librarians and in 1935 editorial work for the first Educational Film Catalog was begun. In 1945 the name was changed to Educational Film Guide. Form of Guide. This Guide is divided into two parts — a comprehensive, alphabetic title and subject list ; and a selected, classified list. Part 1. Alphabetic list. This part is an alphabetical listing by title, subject, and series of over 7,000 films. Since many of these pictures are also included in Part 2, Part 1 serves as an index to Part 2 by giving the classification number under which full information about the film may be found. For full information about films without classification number (i.e. those Hsted in Part 1 only) see the title entry in Part 1. New films are listed in Part 1 as soon as possible, and later in Part 2 if recommended by our collaborators. Subjects have been assigned freely for all films because subscribers have expressed their belief that even a few feet of film on a specific subject is valuable. The subjects given are those with which the film deals — not the particular courses in school in which it may be used. These often overlap. Part 2. Classified list. The films listed in Part 2 are those selected by our collaborators and are classified according to the Dewey Decimal classification. The following information is given when available for each film: title, main source, release date, length, whether sound or silent, if colored, series, price, classification number, grading, teacher's guide if any, descriptive annotation and excerpts from critical reviews. Indication of the source is given at the end of each quoted note. iii