Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

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FILM EVALUATIONS by L.C. Larson and Carolyn Guss Paris: The City And The People (Coronet Films, Coronet Building, Chicago 1, Illinois) 11 minutes, 16mm, sd, color and black and white, 1960. $110 and $60. Description A visiting American is shown the famous and beautiful city of Paris by a native Parisian. Their interchange of conversation provides the visual framework for the tour and gives the viewer pertinent historical facts concerning the city and its people. The tour begins at the Notre Dame Cathedral, built on an island in the middle of the famous Seine River, when Paris began as a Roman town more than 2000 years ago. Since that time, the city has spread far beyond the river on either side. We are shown all around this vast expanse from the top of the Cathedral. The Arc de Triomphe with its Eternal Flame that honors the unknown soldier of France, Napoleon's Tomb, and the National Assembly Buildings are next on the tour. France is a republic and the Senate meets in the Luxemburg Palace which was the former home of the kings of France. Paris is a city of conMnerce and men come from all over the world to trade. The Eiffel Tower which was built in 1889 for an exposition of Trade and Commerce symbolizes this fact. Centered in Paris are the women's clothing industry with many famous houses of clothing as well as industries to design and make hats, fur pieces, jewelry, cosmetics and perfumes to accentuate the clothing. Paris is also a center of culture. The Louvre or Palace of Fine Arts brings students from all over the world to study its collection of art. There are many theatres in Paris and the Paris Opera is the home of music and ballet. The tour then visits the book stalls along the Seine where students from the nearby University of Paris sometimes go to purchase books. The University is one of the oldest in Europe and specializes in courses in the arts and sciences and engineering. The narration conjectures that perhaps someday one of the engineering students 28 will design a piece of ctiuipment for use in one of the heavy industries which iu-e known for the manufacture of machinery, railway equipment and chemicals. Paris is also a transportation center, particularly for railroads. The boulevards, bridges, as well as the Seine itself, all are a part of the national highway system of France. Some people live on barges on the Seine. These barges bring products to market. The Parisian then takes the vi.siting American to a produce market and a flower market. Since beauty is as important to the French as food, Madelaine and her friend purchase flowers. Most Parisians go home from work on buses or on the metro (the French subway). Madelaine goes to her apartment by subway and the tourist is shown how Parisians live. The Parisian guide assures the American that they have not seen all there is to see in Paris but maybe next time he can show the tourist more of the beautiful city of Paris. Appraisal This film has been used with a fifth grade social studies class as well as a high school French class and rated as excellent by both instructors. The material is modern and is presented in such a manner that it is beneficial for Prom Coronet's new release on romantic Paris. students from the fourth grade through the adult level. A wide variety of activity was covered and the exterior of many famous buildings in Paris was shown. The film gives an excellent overview of the development of the city from an island fortress to the modern city it is today. The amiable voice of the French narrator adds pleasure and atmosphere to this delightful film. —Helen Dzur Black Widow Spider (Ken Middleham Productions, P. 0. Box 1065, River.side, California) 22 minutes, 16mm, sound, color, 1960. $120. Teacher's guide available. Description Using highly selective close-up p)mtography and attention to minute details. Black Widow Spider explores the seldom seen world of this deadly arachnoid and its tiny but most efficient natural enemy the Pseudogaurax ■signata fly. The life cycles of these animals are studied in detail as is the spider's body structme, reproductive habits, habitats and its beneficial and i harmful relationship to man. The female black widow spider has a venom ten times more powerful titi'" the rattlesnake, but its c«al black bi > highlighted by the telltale red hoin glass marking on the lower side of its abdomen is easily spotted since il usuallv hangs upside down on its web Tlie spider is found on five continent; and it:; ijotential home e-xists wherevei there is a dark corner or an untidy accumulation of trash. Clean-up timi therefore calls for alertness to avoic its dangerous bite. The danger in creases during warm weather whei the .spider's rate of reproduction in treases. The spider's irregular web is oh served as it is used to catch a cock roach which is killed by the spider': hollow fangs and then bound into tin v\eb. An extreme close-up pictures t]i< fangs which are one-fifth of an in( ' long and connected to extremely laru poison sacs. The .spider's silk compared by ciu< photomicrography to a human hair i Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — January. I'")