Home Movies (1954)

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Qtol/dt @itteU SEenM* 837 SMITH ST., ROCHESTER 11, N. Y. ARABIAN BAZAAR Previewed by FILM WORLD, January 1954. EDUCATIONAL. Sound, 1 reel, color. Rental, ity of Wisconsin. Produced by E. S. and F. W. sale. Collaborator: Richard Hartshone, University of Wisconsin. Produced by E. S. and F. W. Keller. Users: Upper elementary through college studies of Arabia; travel clubs. Content: Depicts the activities of an Arabian bazaar. A foreword explains that the desert life of the Arabian is very lonely and the occasions to go to the bazaar are high points, because the bazaar is friendly. The skyline of a city is shown, and narration explains that morning prayers are over. The nomads bring their goats and sheep to the bazaar to trade. Several sequences depict the wares and produce displayed in the bazaar. Other sequences show magicians, leother work, women gypsies danccopper smiths, weavers, silk workers, idlers, and ing, men doing a sword dance, coffee places, ing close-up views of Bedouin's, explains that fortune tellers. The concluding sequences, showthe yare illiterate but religious and superstitions. Narrated throughout. Coment: The sequences move rather quickly, giving a colorful overall picture of the teeming activity of the bazaar. Very little explanation is made by narration which mostly identifies the people's work or product. Distributor: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 1150 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette, III. THE ATOM AND THE DOCTOR (Magic of the Atom series) Previewed by FILM WORLD, January 1954. EDUCATIONAL. Sound, 12'/2 min., b&w. Sale. Available for TV. Produced by Handel Film Corporation. Technical assistance: Atomic Energy Commission and U.C.L.A. Atomic Energy Project. Users: Highschool science and current events clubs; adult audiences generally. Content: Presents various ways in which radioactive isotopes are being used in medical research and suggests future development. At U.C.L A. a young man is shown drinking a cup of radioactive iodine solution in a thyroid treatment. After time has passed, a gamma scintillation counter is placed over the man's throat, and recording equipment draws a chart of the radiation. The thyroid is shown to be darkest and clearly defined in the drawing. At the University of California at Berkeley, a man with leukemia is studied in research of blood diseases. He is given an injection of radioactive iron and a recording counter is placed at his spine to determine the path of radiation. Tracers in the blood are shown to be used in cancer research. At Oak Ridge a Negro with a chest wall malignancy is given a blood transfusion with a saline solution of gallium. The details of handling the radioactive bottle is shown stepby-step. The patient is then given a local anesthetic, and a minor operation is partially shown as the doctor removes a bit of cancerour bone from his chest. Teh bone is taken to a lab where it is dissolved in nitric acid, then dried to an ash. The ash is tested by a recording counter for the amount of radiation it contains. Comment: Graphic illustrations of medical uses of radioactive materials, are shown ','2 ar|d narration indicates the medical possibilities to be revealed in future research. General audiences will find atomic information interesting, but its medical application is even more vital to each individual. Distributor: Handel Film Corporation, 6926 Melrose Ave., Hollywood 38. THE BIG GAMBLE GOVERNMENT SPONSORED. Sound, 15 min., b&w. Sale. Available for TV. Produced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Content: Shows the farmer's struggle against the forces of nature in the production of crops and how the Federal All-Risk Crop Insurance program eases the financial burden when crop failure strikes. The film also points out the farmer's contributions to the national economy and the serious effects of impaired farm buying power when crop damage and crop failure hit agricultural communities. Distributor: United World Films, 1445 Park Ave., New York 29. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK EMBRYO Previewed by FILM WORLD, January 1954. EDU ACTIONAL. Sound, 1/2 reel, c°lor or b&w Rental, sale. Collaborator: K. T. Rogers, Ph.D., Zoology, Oberlin College. Users' Junior high, highschool, and college biology and zoology. Content: Observes the development of an embyro within a chicken egg, from the first day of incubation through the 21st day when the chick hatches. Inside the shell of the day-old egg, the yolk and albumen are identified. A pointer shows the head of the embryo surrounded by a network of forming blood vessels. After three days, the beating heart pumps blood not only through the embryo body but through the vessels outside the body. The fourth day, the thin membrane called the amnion, the eey, and the brain are identiifed. A wing-bud and ollantois (sac-like outgrowth of the gut) combined with a respiratory organ are discernible. At seven days the embryo is highly active. At 10 days, the embryo is still active, eyelids are closing over the eyes, and an egg tooth is showing. On the 1 3th day feathers become apparent and movements are reduced. At 21 days, the chick cuts a small hole in the shell with the egg tooth and begins cheeping. It begins breathing and the respiratory membrances are drying up. The chick rotates inside the shell, cutting off the end of the shell and pushing itself out of the shell. In a half-hour he is dry, and in a few hours he is running about. ...Comment: An excellent supplement for textbook and slide illustrations. Distributor: Coronet Films, 65 E. South Water St., Chicago 1. DOGS AT WORK (Canadian Cameo Series) ENTERTAINMENT. Sound, 10 min., color. Apply. Produced by Associated Screen News Litd. Content: Features three different types of dogs doing their distinct types of work. A collie is shonw acting in the part of assistant shepherd to his master in handling a flock of sheep. Pointers and setters are shown being trained for hunting and their actual work is demonstrated. As special members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, police dogs are among the most highly skilled service dogs in the world, used both in criminal cases and locating missing persons. Distributor: Associated Screen News Ltd., Western Ave. at Dacarie Blvd., Montreal 28. THE BIG VACATION SPONSORED. Sound, 25 min., color. Loan. Available for TV. Produced for the American Airlines, Inc. Content: A pictorial tour of California, following the travels of a young vacationing couple along the Camino Real. The film points out the variety of interests for tourists, such as surf-bathing on the beaches, fishing at Arrowhead and Big Bear lakes, golf at Pebble Beach, sailing on the Balboa channel, tennis at La Jolla, and sightseeing at Santa Monica, Yosemite, Hollywood, Carmel, Monterey, and San Francisco. Highlighted are the waterfalls of the Sierra Nevadas, and the Wawona tunnel tree. Distributor: Association Films, 347 Madison Ave., New York 17. Readers are invited to send amateur films for review to Home Movies, where a panel of judges will screen, rate, and criticize all films submitted. A film leader, with the rating awarded will be sent to each amateur whose film has been published and reviewed by Home Movies. Others will receive a personal criticism by mail. The one star rating indicates an "average" award — two stars, "good" — three stars, "very good" — and four stars, "excellent." 52