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ALPHABETICAL TITLE LIST LAND OF THE CHEROKEE. Sportlite 1958 12l^min sd (The travelbug ser) h&w $65, rent $5; color $140, rent $10 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by American Film Reviews Explains that the Cherokee Indians once roamed the Great Smoky Mountains area. A tour of the area starts at Gatlinburg, Tenn. with a visit to the Cherokee Indians of the Qualla Reservation, Shows many of their ancient methods and customs LANDMARK OF OLD RUSSIA. Brandon 1959 lOmin sd b«&w purchase apply, rent $5 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Central Documentary Film Studios Shows the work begun in 1955 to restore St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow to its original state LANDSCAPE In JAPANESE films) BRUSH PAINTING (13 LANDSCAPE (5 films). MichStU 1960 ea 15min sd h&w ea $30. rent ea $1 sh-c-ad Kinescopes Titles are: CONSTRUCTING LANDSCAPE FEATURES. Explanation of design details for walls, steps, walks and fences with emphasis on practicality, proportion and appearance DEVELOPING THE SPACE NEAR BUILDINGS. Usual methods of space development near building foundations. Suggestions for different type buildings LANDSCAPE DESIGNS FOR THE HOME PROPERTY. Methods for designing home property; purposes of plot; development, grading-drainage, planting plan and construction details LANDSCAPE MATERIALS. Useful components of landscapes; relationship of shrubs, trees, evergreens, stone and fences WHAT IS LANDSCAPE DESIGN? Resum4 of landscape architecture history. How logic is applied in designing outdoor space for human use LANDSCAPE DESIGNS FOR THE HOME PROPERTY In LANDSCAPE (5 films) LANDSCAPE MATERIALS In LANDSCAPE (5 films) LANDSCAPING FOR THE FUTURE. CornellU rev 1958 13i^min sd color $105 sh-c-ad Revision of 1945 film "Transplanting shrubs, evergreens, and trees" Shows techniques in transplanting shrubs and trees for successful growth and lasting beauty around the home LC card Fi A 59-391 LANGUAGE IN ACTION (13 films). NET 1956 ea 30min sd b&w ea $125. rent ea $5.25 c-ad Produced by KQED Titles are: 1. TALEZING OURSELVES INTO TROUBLE. Discusses the area of general semantics. Develops the idea that one's language determines the limits of one's world. Illustrates the way in which undifferentiated reactions to words lead to a communications deadlock EFLA evaluation card No. 4151 2. MAPS AND TERRITORIES. Discusses the power and limitations of symbols, especially words. Describes the significance of the communications network in which humans live. Defines words as "maps" giving directions to "territories" of human experiences 3. WHAT IS LANGUAGE? Defines language as a series of self-contained systems. Shows how words have different meanings within linguistic systems. Provides illustrations of linguistic sub-systems. Points out the hazard of "premature presumption of understanding" 4. HIDING BEHIND THE DICTIONARY. Show» how dictionaries are prepared. Explains how the meanings of words are learned without using the dictionary. Provides examples of how words are inferred from both physical and verbal contexts 5. WHERE IS THE MEANING? Explains where the true meaning of words is found. Points out that meaning is in the nervous system of the speaker and listener, not in the words themselves. Discusses four basic conditions of meaningfulness: (1) those which are physical and verifiable by observation; (2) rules of the language: (3) valuative; (4) society and its institutions 6. EXPERIENCE AS GIVE AND TAKE. Dis cusses the nature of perception and knowing. Illustrates how experience involves a transaction between perceiver and the thing or event perceived. Demonstrates the trapezoid window illusion. Relates perception and knowing to communication 7. TASK OF THE LISTENER. Discusses the relationship between personality and communication. Explains human behavior in terms of the self-concept Defines self and shows how it differs from the selfconcept. Illustrates the way in which the selfconcept controls acceptance or rejection of a message 8. HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW. Describes the way in which abstractions are formed from sensory data. Traces the successful levels of abstraction from the object or event to high level verbal abstractions. Shows how communication is affected when verbal abstractions cannot be traced back to lower levels 9. LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING. Discusses advertising and the way in which it often commits a multitude of semantic crimes. Points out techniques used to bring about automatic reactions to advertisements. Points out that the danger in some advertising lies in "the promotion of pathological reactions to words and other symbols" 10. SEMANTICS OF THE POPULAR SONG. Contrasts the attitudes toward love developed by the lyrics of popular songs and the blues. Uses the concept of the idealization-frustration-despair disease to illustrate the orientation of the lyrics of most popular songs 11. WORDS THAT DON'T INFORM. Discusses the use of pre -symbolic language in furthering communication. Defines the function of social language. Shows how social conversation enlarges the possibility of friendship and communication 12. WHAT HOLDS PEOPLE TOGETHER, Dis cusses communication as man's primary means of survival. Explains the stages of organization through which human society has evolved. Stresses the organization of society around a physical meeting place, verbal symbols, shared perceptions, and intercultural communication 13. HOW TO SAY WHAT YOU MEAN. Defines communication as a speakerlistener relationship. Explains the difference between a sign and a symbol. Discusses the importance in communication of proper translation which involves finding experiences to match other experiences LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING In LANGUAGE IN ACTION (13 films) LANGUAGE OF MODERN DANCE. lowaU 1958 26min sd b«&w $75. rent $2.50 Introduction to some of the ideas fundamental to an understanding of modern dance LC card Fi A 60-323 LANGUAGE TEACHING IN CONTEXT. Wayne StU 1959 25min sd color $200. rent $7 A beginning French student is shown in class and in the language laboratory. Demonstrates effective audio-visual methods in teaching a foreign language. Shows how many of the materials (e.g. films, slides, filmstrips. and tapes) are used in teaching beginning French in the class and in the laboratory at Wayne State University LC card Fi A 60-533 ; 63