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ALPHABETICAL TITLE LIST A. silent city without life. Illustrates the contrast between a cycle of orderly growth and nature unruly and without order. Portrays the seven danger signals of cancer LX: card Fi A 57-249 OTTAWA, CANADA'S CAPITAL. CanTrav 1958 14min sd color free -loan Jh-sh-c-ad Depicts Ottawa in tulip time. Explores the many beauty spots in and around the city and shows how Ottawa has made use of ats many natural endowments to develop a unique capital city. Includes views of the grounds and interiors of the Parliament Buildings and of embassies and legations; provides descriptions of the House of Commons, the Senate Chamber, and the Peace Tower LC card Fi A 58-3357 OUR FAMILY WORKS TOGETHER. Churchill 1958 llmin sd (Family relations ser) h&w $50, rent $2.50: color $100. rent $4 p-c-ad Guide Produced by Argus Films Because the children fail to do their share in the rush of getting ready, the family weekend trip has to be called off. The following week the preparations are a success as the family plans ahead, works together and each one does his .iob OUR FAMILY WORKS TOGETHER. Coronet 1958 llmin sd b&w $60. color $110 p Guide Shows a young brother and sister as they help around the house and prepare for a surprise for their father. Stresses the importance of the family's playing together and working together to make the home a pleasant place in which to live LC card Fi A 58-3360 OUR NATION'S ROOTS (26 films). NET 1957 ea 29min sd b&w rent ea $4.75 sh-c-ad Produced by New York University Titles are: 1. CASTLE GARDEN. Presents the historical background of immigration in the United States prior to 1850. Discusses Castle Garden, New York landmark, from its beginnings as a fort to its final use as an immigration depot 2. REASONS WHY. Explains why immigrants came to the United States. Discusses religious, political, and economic factors as they affected immigration. Shows how American promotional schemes and immigrants in this country influenced others to come to the United States 3. THE CROSSING. Pictures the scene at the port of embarkation for immigrants coming to colonial America. Attempts to convey the thoughts and feelings of immigrants as they awaited the sailing, after they were on board, and just before landing on strange shores 4. TO LINK A NATION. Shows the develop ment of canals in America and describes the role of the immigrant in building them. Tells of the hardships, low wages, accidents, and deaths of the immigrants. Discusses the westward expansion due to the new canals 5. HELL ON WHEELS. Explains the reasons for the coming of the railroads, how they were financed, the type of men who built them, and the troubles with the Indians 6. BY THE GRACE OF GOD. Discusses the importance of America as a religious haven for those who suffered persecution in Europe. Describes the growth of religious groups, their significance, and the church as a service and welfare organization 7. MAN OF THE SOIL. Describes the fron tier progression of the United States economic and agricultural progress, and immigrant contributions to these developments. Dramatizes the change on the frontier in the 1840's from a wild, unsettled land into farmland and cities 8. BUILDING AN AGRICULTURAL EMPIRE. Discusses the role of the immigrant farmer in the agricultural expansion of America beyond the Mississippi. Explains how the farmers solved such problems as housing, and water, prairie fires, cyclones. Indians, and grasshoppers 9. BLOOD. SWEAT. AND COAL MINES. Points out the role of the immigrant in the development of the mining industry. Discusses the conditions under which the miners worked and the effects of mining as an economic power in the 19th century 10. IMMIGRANT CRAFTSMEN. Tells how im migrant craftsmen contributed to the economic growth of America. Explains the need for skilled artisans. Demonstrates the spice grinder and a yarn winder, products of the 19th century 11. TRIUMPH OF MASS PRODUCTION. Ex plains the importance of the immigrant in American industry and mass production. Discusses the conditions under which the immigrant laborers worked. Gives a brief history of Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish hnmigrant 12. IMMIGRANT AND AMERICAN SCIENCE. Considers the contributions made by immigrants to science and invention. Presents biographical sketches of Dr Samuel Waxman, John H. Audubon. Louis Agassiz. Donald McKay and other noted immigrant scientists and inventors 13. GREAT OUTDOORS. Presents the story of the immigrant contributions to the logging industry in the great Northwest. Explains why the Scandinavians came to this country. Describes general life in a lumber camp 14. IMMIGRANT SERVES HIS COUNTRY: THE CIVIL WAR. Points out the immigrant s role in the War of 1812. the Mexican War. and the Civil War. Dramatizes the reasons for immigrant enlistments. Concludes by taking the immigrant soldier through Indian warfare, the Spanish-American War. and both World Wars 15. GROWTH OF THE CITY. Discusses the relationship between the immigrant and P.^ ®.y,?lV^*°"^ ^f urban America in the late 1880 s. Describes the expansion of such cities as New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Chicago. Points out the forces that drew the immigrant to the cities 16. LIFE IN THE CITY. Discusses the prob lems confronting immigrants in ad.iusting to life in the city. Compares the bright side of city life, which the wealthy enjoyed, with the life led by the immigrants, Describes how immigrants gathered in particular nationality areas resulting in cities within cities" ^^ ^^MJgS^NTS AND POLITICAL MACHINES. Tells how local politics and politicians helped improve the immigrants' way of life. Discusses the role of the immigrant in "Jacksonian democracy," machine politics during Grant's term of office, and the election of McKinley 18. IMMIGRANT AS A POLITICAL LEAD ER Tells of the political significance of such immigrants as Bourke Cockran, Charles A. Lindbergh, John P. Altgeld, ^?^*i, C^^^l®? Schurz. Relates the story of the election of 1884 and the issues involved. Describes instances in which the immigrant vote measured in the results of many elections 19. SEEDS OF NATIVISM. Presents the chapter in American history dealing with the friction between the native born and the immigrants. Portrays a typical nativist of the day. Closes with a discussion of the final decline of nativism 20. LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE OF OUR IMMIGRANT KINFOLK. Explains how many cultures became one because ?-i ^"^ immigrant impact on American life. Tells how the social novel became a feature of American literature. Discusses the^ influence of the immigrant upon the American language 21. LABOR MOVEMENT. Tells how unions developed as a result of the growth of industry Describes labor agitation, the Haymarket Affair, and their effects upon immigrants. Presents biographical sketches of important men who ■ played a part in the rise of labor unions 22. NEW IMMIGRANT. Discusses the "new immigration" of people from southern and eastern Europe in the early part of the 20th century. Describes America in 1907 and tells how the events of this year affected the immigrants. Explains how conditions in Europe accounted for much of tlie immigrant migration 57