Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

October, 1 945 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE 57 The Challenge and Way of Life, two 15-minute programs on opposite sides of the same disc, presenting the issue of democracy versus totalitarianism. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s War Messages to Congi'ess, the President’s messages of December 8 and 11, 1941, exactly as they were delivered ; combined on the one side of one disc. The Black Market and The Nazi Occupation of Norway, two 15-minute programs on opposite sides of the same disc. Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s Address Before Congress, a recording of the 22-minute address of February 18, 1943, exactly as it was delivered. Wendell Willkie’s Report on His United Nations Tour. Mr. Willkie’s broadcast of October 26, 1942. We Hold These Truths. A stirring one-hour program^ which was originally broadcast over the major networks on December 15, 1941, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights of the Federal Constitution. The script, written by Norman Corwin, features Lt. James Stewart, Leopold Stokowski, and other top-ranking artists and musicians. The program closes with a message by President Roosevelt. Complete on two 16-inch transcriptions, each recorded on both sides. ($2.50 per program copy.) Teachers who have access to 33^ r.p.m. playback equipment will probably want to borrow one or more of the programs here listed. If so, send your requests to The Educational Radio Script and Transcription Ex tion, Washington 25, D. C. Each program may be borrowed for two weeks at a time, and not more than four programs may be borrowed by one teacher at any one time. There is no charge, but the borrower is obligated to pay for any damage that may occur to a recording while it is in his care and he must also pay return shipping costs. If you are a prospective user of 33^ r.p.m. recordings, write to the Transcription Exchange (address above) and ask for a free copy of their complete catalog. N.Y.U. FILM LIBRARY By a wide margin, the largest two distributors of educational recordings are the U. S. Office of Education and the Recordings Division of the New York University Film Library. The latter agency has more than one thousand recordings available for sale (and it also has a few for rent) . Most of them are playable on an ordinary phonograph (78 r.p.m.), but a very large number are of the 33>^r.p.m. variety. Here are some samples, with sale price given for each: As a Man Thinketh, an episode in the history of civil liberties involving a challenge to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. 25 minutes playing time. In two sizes and speeds : three 12-inch records at 78 r.pm., $4.50, or one 16-inch record at SSys r.p.m., $3.50. Drafting the Constitution, historical dramatization. 18 minutes playing time. Two 12-inch records at 78 r.p.m., $4.00. Abraham Lincoln, dramatization of his presidential years, recorded by Raymond Massey and others. 25 minutes. In two sizes and speeds : three 12-inch records at 78 r.p.m., $4.50, or one 16-inch record at 331/3 r.p.m., $3.50. For Us the Living — The Gettysburg Address, recorded by Alexander Woollcott. 8 minutes. Two 10-inch records at 78 r.p.m., $4.50. America Moves West, historical dramatization, featuring the gold rush, the pony express, the telegraph, and railroadbuilding. 15 minutes. One 16inch record at 33l^ r.p.m., $5.15. The Sound of History — Then Came War, the story of the “long armistice,” from November 11, 1918, to September 1, 1939, narrated by Elmer Davis. 25 minutes. Three 12-inch records at 78 r.p.m., $6.50. Growth of Democracy, a series of twenty episodes from Magna Carta to the U. S. Constitution. One hour and forty minutes playing time. Ten 12inch records at 78 r.p.m., $25.00 per set, $2.75 per record. America Was Promises, written and narrated by Archibald MaeLeish. 18 minutes. Two 12-inch records at 78 r.p.m., $4.71. Cooperatives, presenting arguments for and against consumer cooperatives. 15 minutes. In two sizes and speeds : two 12-inch records at 78 r.p.m., $4.50, or one 16-inch record at 33l^ r.p.m., $3.50. New Jobs for a New Era, postwar employment opportunities projected. 15 minutes. One 16-inch record at SSyi, r.p.m., $3.75. The Challenge of the Four Freedoms, a broadcast of the University of Chicago Round Table. 30 minutes. In two sizes and speeds : three 12-inch rec