1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1927)

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Fifth Edition INDUSTRY AND ENGINEERING 61 NATURAL PRODUCTS A\D PROCESSES GROUP 72 (Continued) Mining — Coal Oil and Gas ***Through Oil Lands of Europe and Africa (Series of 2, 3 & 4 reels) Beautiful and picturesque views of the countries are shown; study in oil and delightful travelogue. (142) Group 1 shows the oil supply of Italy, Hungary, the Danube and Roumania; Group 2, Poland, Greece and Egypt; Group 3, Germany, France, Spain, Morocco and Algeria; Oil supply of these countries and (as in the case of Morocco) how oil is imported from America. * The Story of Petroleum (4) Full account of the oil industries. (14 2) Mexico and Its Oil (4) Complete survey. (142) ***Liquid Gold of Texas (1) Story of oil production, transportation and refining. Film deals excellently with drilling process, pumping oil to surface and dehydrating. Good classroom material. (151) The Story of Oil (1) Oil drilling and transportation methods explained. (42) The Age of Oil (1) Oil wells and oil production. (IX) Story of a Rotary Drilled Oil Well (2) Building of a derrick and details of drilling a well and "bringing in" the oil. (142) Modern Oil Refining (1) Petroleum story from drilling the well to the finished product. For sale only. (58) ***The Story of Natural Gas (4) From preliminary hauling of drilling equipment to derrick construction, drilling, and laying pipe lines, compressing stations and trunk lines carrying gas to consumer cities. (14 2) (See also Groups 70, 106) GROUP 73 Mining — Miscellaneous The Story of Rock Drilling (2) Use of drills in mining, in gTanite quarries, at work op the 10-mile power canal of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. (14 2) Go id Mining in Alaska 0/4) How ground is thawed by steam and how mine is operated in Juneau. (22) Diamond Mines in South Africa (1) Self-explanatory. (22, 112) "Magic Gems" (1) A study of minerals and precious stones. Prizma color. (56) Quicksilver and Its Properties (1) From mine to its many uses. (151) Mining with the Llamas in Peru (1) Vanadium and copper mining. Sure-footed -llamas carry the ore from the mines. (XXI) The Story of Sulphur (1) From its source to its ultimate uses. (151) The Story of Sulphur (2) How it is melted 1,000 feet below the earth's surface by superheated water and forced by compressed air to surface and stored in huge vats; huge pipe lines to sulphur fields. Building of vats, blasting of hardened sulphur, and loading into box cars and ships. (142) ***Salt of the Earth (1) Salt mining in New York state; preparation for shipment. Excellent for school use. (IX) Salt Mining (1) How salt is secured for the market.* (112) ** Pillars of Salt (1) How salt is mined and refined. Many scenes filmed far underground. (X) ** Taken with a Grain of Salt (1) Drilling and dynamiting in solid walls of tunnel. Filling sacks and boxes. (58) The Story of Asbestos (3) Self-explanatory. (14 2) Copper Mining and Smelting (1) Self-explanatory. (XXX) A Visit to the Nitrate Fields of Chile (1) Shows nitrate fields in South America and how nitrate is prepared for shipment. (46) (See also Groups 20, 30, 32, 36, 49, 78, 80, 106, 132) The Educational Screen is published for the visual field — to promote the greater use of visual aids in education (charts9 maps, models, drawings, pictures, stereographs, slides, films, etc.) It can help YOU in your problems. Write to our advertisers. Every one of them can be of service to you. They helped to make this volume possible. Please mention 1000 and One.