Catalogue of the National Film Library of Sixteen Millimeter Motion Pictures (1931)

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L 38 CLASS A — Popular Science and Natural History COURTESY TITLE REEL NO. are also shown. Bears of various kinds, playing together, wading through streams and climbing trees, are depicted. Not only an instructive nature picture but a pleasing entertainment as well. 1 Reel Courtesy of CRAIG MOVIE SUPPLY COMPANY 2011 GLACIERS How glaciers are formed, how they move and how they alter the conformation of the land is clearly demonstrated in this beautifully interesting film. In the great basins, high above the timber line snow and ice accumulates and is packed into glacial ice. After a while it pulls away from the walls and a long crack called "bergschrund" develops. Slowly and relentlessly the ice moves down toward the valleys. A diagram illustrated how the flow of the Rhone Glacier was measured between 1872 and 1882 by means of stakes driven in a line across the glacier. Explanations of the formation of various kinds of moraines, crevasses and seracs are given and are admirably well illustrated by the views. The film closes with some remarkable shots taken from a cave inside a huge glacier. Like many subjects produced primarily for educative purposes, this film is extremely interesting and entertaining. 1 Reel Courtesy of CRAIG MOVIE SUPPLY COMPANY 2012 THE SCULPTURE OF THE LAND BY RIVERS Contributions from all parts of the world have been brought together to form this unusual story about the work which water does in altering the conformation of the land. All sorts of streams from tiny brooklets to wide, majestic rivers and imposing waterfalls are pictured. In New Jersey a river has carved a deep canyon through solid rock. A somewhat similar scene is viewed along the Wisconsin River. One of Nature's greatest w^onders is the Canyon of the Colorado which, according to the estimates of scientists, was about a million years in the making. How rivers erode is shown by an experiment conducted in a laboratory of the University of Iowa. The great Zambesi Gorge in Africa is viewed from an airplane. There are also several scenes showing what floods do to the landscape. In adition to being educational and interesting, this film contains some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable. The photography is unusually excellent. 1 Reel Courtesy of RICHTER'S PHOTO SERVICE 2013 BABY SONGBIRDS AT MEALTIME This film is a pleasing introduction to some of the songsters belonging to the sparrow and finch tribes. Among the birds are the "Mule," a cross between a canary and a linnet; a Bullfinch, a Mother Chaffinch with her Babies, and several varieties of sparrows. A brown linnet conveys food from her crop back into her mouth and thence into the mouths of her hungry babies, thus feeding them all at one trip. A Chickadee eats luxuriously from a cut glass dish which a little girl has placed outside for it. Business Men! Use Your Projector at Sales Meetings