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EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE, 1,959 COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS— Continued 3. FOUR CENTURIES OF GROWING PAINS. Reviews how countries like Canada, Australia, India and others wei^e added to the Commonwealth, and how each of these countries developed economically and politically to the point of self-g-overnment. Discusses some of the internal stresses and strains that were a natural part of the evolution of the Commonwealth into a free association of nations LC card Fi A 58-401 EFLiA evaluaUon card No, 3705 4. CRISIS IN ASIA, Traces events leading up to the independence of India, Pakistan, and Ceylon, Presents Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Muhammed Ali Jinnah — ^and shows the results of their efforts. Discusses the invisible bonds of unity which hold these three nations wiithin the Commonwealth even after their colonial ties with Britain have been cut DC card Fi A 58-402 EFLA evaluation card No. 3702 5. CAN IT HOLD TOGETHER? Shows the Commonwealth members frequently taking diverging views on international issues, but able, through their very differences, to serve as a channel of communication between countries outside the Commonwealth, Analyzes differing views and opposing loyalties inside the Commonwealth which have helpel to offset an East-West split in the "cold war" LC card Fi A 58-403 EFLA evaluation card No, 3701 6. INVISIBLE KEYSTONE. Visits various Commonwealth countries to observe how the democratic formula of government is exercised and held flexible according to the changing ideas of the time, even though the Crown continues to symbolize a continuity and permanence free of politics. Explains how institutions inherited from Britain were preserved in India's rise to nationhood LC card Fi A 58-404 EFLA evaluation card No. 3710 7. POVERTY AND PLENTY. Shows how helping the Asiatic countries of the Commonwealth attain higher living standards has become a challenge not only to the more privileged countries within the Commonwealth, but also to nations outside. Studies the Colombo Plan and shows some of the many practical forms it takes LC card Fi A 58-405 EFLA evaluation card No. 3714 8. COLONIALISM: OGRE OR ANGEL? Shows how the British colonies grew. Visits a representative number of colonies, from tropical islands in the Atlantic to primitive territories of Africa, showing the impact of industrialization on non -white populaces and their awakening desire for self-determination. Discusses British and Commonwealth views regarding colonialism and the eventual winning of selfgovernment LC card Fi A 58-406 EFLA evaluation card No. 3698 9. THEY CALLED IT WHITE MAN'S BUR DEN. Surveys subject territories including North Borneo. Fiji, East Africa, West Africa, the Seychelles, and the Solomon Islands. Explains that the colonial administrator brought with him a deep sense of responsibility for the welfare of geople under his jurisdiction, and that e endeavored to improve agriculture, alleviate suffering, raise living standards, and promote literacy LC card Fi A 58-407 EFLA. evaluation card No. 3723 10. STORM CLOUDS OVER THE COLONIES. Traces the history of the economic development of colonial territories, pointing out the shift in emphasis from primarv motives of discovery and transfer of luxury goods to the establishment of permanent industries with all the attendant complications. Discusses the material benefits of modern developments to colonial peoples as weighed against charges of exploitation for profit, from which colonialism is never free LC card Fi A 58-408 EFLA evaluation card No. 3718 11. BLACK AND WHITE IN SOUTH AFRICA. Explams that South Africa has an acute race problem that causes dissension not only within its own borders but throughout, the Commonwealth and beyond. Appraises the motivations behind the policy of apartheid, and describes how segregation is working out in practice LC card Fi A 58-409 EFLA evaluation card No. 3696 12. COLONIES LOOK AHEAD. Assesses prog ress in representative colonies on the basis of their ability to manage their own aitairs and to achieve self-government. Discusses British policy in regard to granting self-government to colonies and comments on constructive approaches bein^ taken in some colonies in the handling of racial problems LC card Fi A 58-410 EFLA evaluation card No. 3699 13. ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE. Cites recent developments in Ghana, Nigeria, Nyasaland, and other colonial territories, where political evolution has been rapid. Explains why a ruling power should arrange for its own departure from its colonies and why the former subjects should continue to associate with their former master LC card Fi A 58-411 EFLA evaluation card No. 3717 COMMUNICATION IN THE MODERN WORLD. Coronet 1959 llmin sd b&w $60, color $110 el-Jh Guide *'^ Portrays the importance of communication in the local, national and international community today. Examines the various means of communication such as books, newspapers, radio, telephone, recordings, television, motion pictures, etc., and shows their significant role in our society and recent technological improvements COMMUNITY BAKERY. EducHor 1958 llmin sd b&w $55. color $110 p Guide ^^v, v,P-^lSr^^S^ the making of bread in a mod^J^^,„i?®\^^^??'^°°^ bakery, from processing the eu"^ 12. slicing and selling the finished loaf. Shows the preparation for baking of a variety of bakery goods COIV^MUNITY KEEPS HOUSE. PilmAssoc 1959 llmin sd b&w $60. color $110 P-el Guide Produced by Argus Films T.oouv.^^^10 ^^•^^^i.^v-<^<^"^??"'^i<^y is a clean and healthy place in which to live because evervone nti'^ =r^2.?^i^^P It that way. Trained workers I^f ^1 c^P^^^i' machines to help keep streets, parks, schools, and other public buildings ?i^t?,.^"^^ attractive. Rubbish is buried, trash IS burned, and dirty water is carried away by LC card Fi A 59-408 CONCERN LITERATURE In PROSPECT OF LITERATURE (8 films) CONDITION OF FREEDOM In ESSENTIALS OF FREEDOM (6 films) CONDITIONS IN THE SOVIET SATELLITES. World 1957^ 29min sd b&w (Your world iA crisis ser) $80. rent $8 Televil^o^n^^ils^n. ^^ Metropolitan Educational fl„^„«?^^?"^!l°^ ^°^.P^o^a,nd anti-Soviet influences in the Central European satellite nations, ^Participants: Mrs Vera M. Dean, Harrison Salisbury, and Pavel Tigrid COIVJGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT In FROM CAPITOL HILL: PARTY GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS (8 films) CONGRESS AS A MEANS OF DEMOCRATIC ^ GOVERNMENT— A SUMMARY In FROM CAPITOL HILL: PARTY GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS (8 films) CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS In FROM CAPITOL HILL: PARTY GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS (8 films) 14