Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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52 MOTION PICTURES FOR INSTRUCTION suggestion of the department of classical art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 127. The Ancient Duchy of Brittany (France) — $5.00 — Pathe Exchange, Inc., 35 W. 35th St., New York City. Beautiful color views of the most picturesque province of France., linked with French history and literature. 128. Three Ancient Cities of France — $5.00 — Pathe Exchange, Inc., 35 W. 35th St., Neiv York City. In color; Arnes, Avignon, and Carcassone, all famous in French history; includes villages and castles in the Pyrenees. 129. East Is East (Northern Africa)— $5.00— Pathe Exchange, Inc., 35 W. 35th St., New York City. Tunis; views of the street and home life — desert scenes and oases in the vicinity. In Pathe color. 130. Dixie— 5 reels, $5.00 per reel— Yale— Pathe Exchange, Inc., 35 W. 35th St., New York City. Scenes of sacrifice in the south during the Civil War, with a realistic presentation of the meeting of Grant and Lee at Appomattox. Chronicles of America Photoplays, produced by the Yale University Press Film Service, are designed to form companion series of illustrations to the well known Chronicles of America issued by the Yale University Press. It was a great day for American history classes and for the introduction of scholarship into the movies, when this great series was decided upon. The auspices under which these pictures were made justifies our departure from our rule of one and two reel productions. As these photoplays rent for $5.00 per reel, it would be well to arrange a special schedule for their showing, so that more than the usual time may be given to their presentation and to the follow-up work which should accompany the exhibit. While only one of these subjects is in our Eighty Reel Library and