The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

■ TEACHING FILM CUSTODIANS, 25 VV. 4.3rci St., N.Y. 18. has available for distribution a technicolor tilm produced ])y Warner Bros, for use ill the Treasury Department's Savings Monds drive last year: America the Beautiful (2 reels) — portraying the power of America as well as its beauty. ■ TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Bureau of !'ul)lications. New York 27, N. Y., announces the release of a new teacher. (lucation 16nini sound film: Learning Through Cooperative Planning (2 reels) — produced by the Horace Mann-Lincoln Institute of .'School Experimentation in cooperation with the Kansas City, Missouri, Public Schools. The film shows an entire elementary school at work in a community cleanup campaign. The skills involved in planning and working together cooperatively are demonstrated l)y the boys and girls as they undertake the projects which they select as important. A 20-page guide, prepared by Alice Miel, accompanies the film. ■ INFORMATION FILMS, Inc., 145 \V. 21st St.. N. Y. 11. has released the first two of a series of motion pictures on the subject of outdoor hazards: Leaflets Three — Let It Be (5 min.) — telling how to identify the innocentlooking poison ivy leaves, how to avoid them, how to treat suspected cases, how to relieve real cases. The Sun — Friend or Enemy (5 min.) — showing how sun-worshipping can lead to dangerous over-exposure, how bad burns are caused, how to treat sunburn, how to acquire a healthy tan. ■ JOHNSON HUNT PRODUCTIONS, 1133 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, Cal., announces the completion of the eightli and last in a series of sound motion pictures on fractions. The series, available in either color or black and white, includes these titles: Introduction To Frac inns, Hoiv To Add Fractions, Hoiv To Subtract Fractions, How To Change Fractions, How To Multiply Fractions, Hoiv To Divide Fractions, Decimal Fractions, and Perccntacie. Scheduled for release this fall is a series of filnistrips on the same subjects which can be used with or without the motion pictures. ■ CHURCHILL-WEXLER PRODUCTIONS, 5714 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif., have announced their entry into the field of educational film production. Currently released is a primary science film entitled: Wonders in Your Own Back Yard — new techniques, involving extreme close-ups, bring new meanings to everyday things. F# PREJUDICE »I INTOLERANCE with THE HOUSE I LIVE IN America's most popular educational film A one-reel 1 6mm sound film starring Frank Sinatra in a powerful argument for tolerance and the brotherhood of man. Use this appealing film to stimulate and orient discussion of one of the most vital problems facing your school and your community. Ideal for schools, churches, film forums, youth groups, and homes. Endorsed by school, church, and community leaders everywhere. PRICE $27.50 You'll also want to use these YOUNG AMERICA films. Thty. too, will-help build better citizens. MEET YOUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (15 min.)— $48.00 OUR SHRINKING WORLD (11 min.)— $36.00 WE. THE PEOPLES (8 min.)— $36.00 Order from your nearest YOUNG AMERICA FILMS dealer For further information, write to es.» YOUNG AMERICA FILMS, INC, 18 EAST 41st ST. NEW YORK CITY 17 FRITH FILMS Presents THREE FILMS CHILDREN WILL REMEMBER (n exquisite color at a reasonable price Bob GaflFner, the leading character in the thres films is a typical boy with a strong appeal to other children. With Bob it's fun to learn about cargo shipping, fishing and the harbor construction work. Besides giving factual information, the films encourage in children an interest in the work of grown-ups and a desire to help. Safe in Port too ft., color, sound, price $95.00 Bob GafFner learns how engineers plan and build their harbors to withstand the power of the mighty ocean waves. The film was made to appeal to children, to make them understand the magnitude of man's work in building the breakwaters and piers, in digging the harbor channels and in filling in the harbor bays. Bob Gaffner, Fishermen's Helper 400 ft., color, sound, price $65.00 Bob's Uncle John is a fisherman. He teaches Bob about the fishermen's life and work. Bob helps dry and mend the nets, lace the cork floats and leads to the ropes and thread the large needles. Bob helps unload the fish and learns many other things about the fish industry. Bob Learns About Ocean Trade 400 ft., color, sound, price $65.00 Bob learns how each country exports the products it can raise best and cheapest, about the flow of commodities in and out of a great harbor. This film is especially interesting to children as one cargo includes wild animals from Siam. TEACHING LEVEL: Suggested for lower, middle and upper elementary grades. The films will be useful in the following studies : geography, history, civics and social study groups studying such units as harbors and harbor activities, transportation, safety, marketing, community, foreign trade, ships, industries and harbor building. WE DO NOT RENT FRITH FILMS Box 565, Hollywood, California September, 1948 363