The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

26 The Educational Screen Bpread picturesquely along the water front and back on the terraced hillsides. Its French Uuarttr stands in marked contrast with its A i ah lection, where the descendants of the Corsairs live just as their forefathers did cen- turies ago. Japan (Carter Cinema Producing Corporation)— A Prizma presentation of the land of sunshine and cherry blossoms, showing the life and customs of the Japanese, views of pagodas, and —to make it truly Japanese—natural color scenes of Fujiyama, the sacred mountain. Liberated Jerusalem Burton Holmes (F P L)— Liberated by Allenby and his modern Cru- saders—the last chapter in the varied history of the Holy City. We travel along the new military railway from Egypt, laid down by the British army, and in the city itself we see evidences of the former German Emperor's confident expectations of dominion. Nearby is the site (now a military cemetery) where the legions of the Emperor Titus were encamped in 70 A. D. INDUSTRIAL A Day in the Coal Fields 2 reels (U S Mines)— The story of a miner's daily experiences, views of typical mining towns, the coal tipple, the weighing of coal and the loading of cars. White Pine—A Paying Crop for Idle Lands (U S Agric)—Shows the reforestation of cut-over lands with white pine, field planting and nursery practice, and the raising of seedling trees. Oahu (Carter Cinema Producing Corporation)— This island of the Hawaiian group furnishes the title for a film showing the pineapple in- dustry of these tropical regions, from the time the seed is planted until the fruit is canned for market. In Prizma natural colors. The Oyster Industry (Carter Cinema Producing Corporation)—No longer any reason for doubt in the child's mind as to where oysters come from. This reel shows them being raked up from their beds on the shallow bottom of Chesapeake Bay, and being prepared for mar- ket. Their shells are shown to be useful for many things. Finally a picnic of pickanninies, and more oysters going straight to the con- sumer. The Triplex Process of Making Steel at the South Works of the Illinois Steel Company 4 reels (U S Mines)—The process is carried through the stage of the blast furnace, the Bessemer converter and the open hearth, the pouring of the ingots and the shaping of steel rails and plate in the rolling mills. How Brooklyn Bridge Is Made (International Church Film Company)—By animated drawings the construction of Brooklyn Bridge is shown— the building of the stone piers and the placfl of the suspension cables. The Sandstone Industry 2 reels (U S Mines! Filmed at the deepest sandstone quarries in th world, to show the cutting of the stone, ■ hoisting and transportation to the finish* plant, and the shaping of a sandstone colurai Scenes of laying stone sidewalks and cuttj curbing are shown. To demonstrate the wel ing qualities of sandstone, an old stone hoj built in 1849 is seen to be still in the best! condition. The How and Why of Spuds (U S Agric)—"H raising of the potato as done with modJ farming machinery in Aroostock County, Man LITERARY AND HISTORICAL The Son of Democracy (F P L)—A compl film-biography of the life of Lincoln, in I episodes, done with commendable accuracy at sympathetic feeling. "My Mother," "M Father," "The Call to Arms," "My First JurJ "Tender Memories," "A President's Answet "My Native State," "Down the River," "111 Slave Auction" and "Under the Stars"—ea episode two reels in length. The Apache Trail (Carter Cinema Producl Corporation)—We follow the old trail of early Spanish explorers and are shown seen til in natural color of the Roosevelt Dam. ruins of the ancient cliff dwellings, and 1 present-day Apache Indians in their nati haunts. NATURAL SCIENCE The Four Seasons 4 reels (Kineto Film C01 pany of America)—Pictured in their effect ua animal life. Such well-known groups of aniraj as deer, bears, beavers and rabbits are shot in seasonal garb against the background 1 their changing environment through the enl year. Produced under the direction of Ra mond Ditmar, curator of the New York Zc logical Park. Birds of the Farallones (Carter Cinema Pro<H ing Corporation)—An unusual type of fil: showing the wild birds of the Pacific. Tj|| are organized in well-regulated communi#j living among the wind-swept rocks of our wi ern coast. Birds of Prey (P)—The flesh-eating birds 2 classified as "rowers" and "sailers." The p ture shows the claws of these birds as tH most formidable weapons, and portrays th methods of dealing with their victims. Sol of these pirates are shown to be beneficial farmers in ridding the fields of mice, bugs a insects. The largest of the species are a' filmed—the vulture, the Andean Condor 8 the American Eagle. Abbreviations used: E F C, Educational Filtaa Corporation; FPL, Famous Players-Las* P, Pathe; U S Agric, U S Department of Agriculture; U S Mines, U S Bureau of Mines.) (For addresses of above firms readers are referred to preceding numbers of Educational S