Educational film guide ()

CLASSIFIED SUBJECT LIST 916.5-916.67 KABYLIA — Continued tradition. Beside the old Kabylia, we see the new city influenced by progressive civilization. Here the younger generation with knowledge recently gained begin to apply modern ideas which will form new bonds between man and nature LC card FiA 52-695 LIFE OF NOMAD PEOPLE (Desert dwellers) Coronet 1949 lOmin sd b&w $50, color $100 916.5 el-jh-sh-ad Guide Educational consultant: Wallace R. McConnell Miami (Ohio) University Shows the line of desert wanderers in Algeria on the edge of the Sahara Desert who move in search of pasture and water for their herds and flocks. Points out that many of our traditions and cultural roots can be traced directly to these people LC card Fi A 52-2112 UNVEILING ALGERIA. TFC 1940 lOmin sd Inc. b&w (Columbia tours ser) lease apply 916.5 jh.sh Produced by Columbia Pictures Corp. An Andr6 De la Varre film Native nomad life, Roman ruins, the mountainous country, with caravans; veiled women in the narrow streets of Algiers, shops and 'step' streets of the old Turkish part of the city. The new modern section is also shown; the French quarter. Waterfront scenes end the film LC card Fi A 52-4663 VILLES MORTES ALGERIENNES. FrancoAmerican 15min sd b&w rent (by subscription only) 916.5 sh-c-ad No. 323. French narration, no English titles "Vestiges of Roman cities in Algeria." Distributor 916.6 North Central Africa ACHIMOTA. BIS 1946 19min sd b&w $55, rent $2.50 916.6 * sh-c-ad Produced for the British Ministry of Education by the British Ministry of Information. Narration by Julian Huxley The program and student at a teachertraining school established in the Gold Coast by the British government. In addition to the academic studies, the practical arts of cooking, handicrafts, and scientific farming are taught LC card Fi A 52-865 EFLA evaluation card No. 411 GOLD COAST PEOPLE. BIS 1949 llmin sd color rent $2.50 916.6 jh-sh-c-ad Produced for the British Colonial Office A study of Gold Coast people— their life and ways. Scenes show Accra, the Gold Coast capital, with its shops, theatres, newspapers, and hospitals. Also shown is Kumasi the chief city of the Ashantis, who are bringing new prosperity to the Gold Coast by modern farming and mining methods. Life in the great cities is compared to that of village communities LC card Fi A 52-835 TOUAREG. AFFlms 1949 15min sd b&w $50, rent $4.50 916.6 sh-c-ad Produced by Les Actualit^s Fran^aises A nomadic people untouched by modern civilization who inhabit the Sahara Desert, a subcontinent of sand and rock in the midst of the Hoggar Mountains unknown and feared. The film depicts their life through the birth and training of a Toureg child. Includes the customs, marriage ceremonies, caste system and matriarchial rule LC card Fi A 52-702 916.61 French West Africa LA CHASSE EN AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE. Franco -American 35min sd b&w rent (by subscription only) 916.61 sh-c-ad No, 308. French narration, no English titles "Hunting and fishing in Afrique Occidentale Francaise." Distributor LIFE IN THE SAHARA. EBF 1932 15min si b&w $24 916.61 el-Jh-sh Guide Produced by Eastman Teaching Films, Nomadic desert camp life and a journey by caravan to the oasis market place with its busy bazaars. Includes views of the milking, of goats and sheep, grinding of grain, bread making, crushing of rock salt and weaving of camels hair. Also donkey train, baby camel, date palms, typical natives, street scenes and a Mohammedan mosque 916.66 Liberia LIBERIA— AFRICA'S ONLY REPUBLIC. Assn Flms 1948? 29min sd color free-loan 916.66 Jh-sh-c-ad A six reel version is also available Starting with a brief description of the geography, history and topography of the country, the film surveys the flora, fauna, manners and customs of the people. The film includes an exposition of rubber planting and harvesting on the Firestone plantations 916.67 Gold Coast DRUMS FOR A HOLIDAY. BIS 1952 33min sd color $175, rent $7.50 916.67 jh-sh-c-ad Produced by AngloScottish Pictures. Narrated by Leo Genn Describes, in its climax, the procession to the Durbar or conclave of chieftains on the Gold Coast of West Africa. The chieftains are carried by their peoples and all eventually gather with their governor of the British colony. Also shown are the making of special jungle grains and the "assemblyline" system of gathering and transporting it LC card FiA 52-832 FIGHT FOR LIFE. BIS 1946 17min sd b&w $55, rent $2.50 916.67 jh-sh-c-ad In the Gold Coast, a British Colony, the southern part is a country of tropical luxuriance, but its northern territories are arid and exhausted. Until the twentieth century the native farmers were ignorant of the plow and the wheel. Now under a government scheme they are being taught the rudiments of modern farming MAMPRUSI VILLAGE. BIS 1945 21min sd b&w $55, rent $2.50 916.67 sh-c-ad Produced for the British Ministry of Information by Exploitation Films The life of the simple, friendly natives in this district of the African Gold Coast. Mainly concerned with farming, the Mamprusi have achieved a measure of self-government along tribal lines LC card Fi A 53-50 909