Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 380-385 380 Commerce. Transportation Commerce around the coffee cup. llmin 16-sd-loan 35-sd-f-nf-loan 1935 Dept. of commerce 380 DISTRIBUTORS 16mm: A&B Ariz Brig Cal Geo lo loS Kan Minn Mo Ohio Tex Wis YMCA 35mm: YMCA Produced by Pathe News, Inc. for the National foreign trade council and also sponsored by the Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce "Presents an 'average family' around the dinner table—a father, mother and their daughter. Lowell Thomas, news narrator, has the role of guest to whom the questions are directed. As he answers the family's questions, scenes are intro- duced of manufactured products such as automobiles and tools being shipped from this country while coffee from Brazil or* textiles from England in turn course back to the United States. . . The drama of transportation, cargoes being loaded, and raw products being assembled, are picto- rially presented as Mr. Thomas describes their significance in connection with trade balances to the group around the table." Advertising age sh-c Great cargoes. (Face of Britain ser.) 22min 16-sd-apply 35-sd-f-apply 1936 Gau- mont British 380 A documentary film directed by Paul Rotha "The commercial relationship between Great Britain and the Dominions, and the interchange of goods between the two. Different parts of the Dominions are first shown, with natives at work in the plan- tations, etc. We pass to the City of Lon- don. . .and hence to the North of England, where iron and coal axe mined, cotton fabrics are made, and other staple indus- tries provide goods for export. A great new dock is shown stage by stage in pro- cess of construction, and big ships are shown in dock. . . Pictorially extremely interesting. . . The course followed by the action is confused and sketchy, and the fundamental ideas of the theme are not clarified by a commentary which for the most part only interferes with the pic- ture." British film inst. Jh-sh Oriental transportation. iSmin 35-sd-nf- apply 1931? Modern film sales; llmin 16-sd-$36; rent $1.50 Bell & Howell 380 Produced by Grace G. Huntington and narrated by Wilfred Lucas "There's your choice of wheel-barrows, camels, bullocks, sedan chairs, rickshaws and one modern note—a motor bus. This short . . . describes the methods of trans- portation in China and Japan." Distributor el-Jh 383 Post-office. Stamps Here comes the mail. SOmin 16-si-loan 1936 383 Loaned, if applied for thru local postal employee organizations. Produced by the Joint council of postal employees, St. Paul, Minnesota "This picture is the result of an idea of putting into use the portable motion picture as a means of showing our em- ployers, the public, the manner in which we handle their letters and other mails. It is an amateur production produced and fi- nanced by the Postal Employees of St. Paul, Minnesota, through the Joint council of postal employees, which is a Postal Employee Trade and Labor Assembly. In the first scene we have a picture of those delegates to the Council responsible for the making of the films. . . Scenario and pho- tography by Howard Hanson Guide Travels of a postage stamp. 15min 16-sd- loan Post office dept. 383 DISTRIBUTORS 16m,m: Tex "This film shows the adventures of a postage stamp from the time it leaves the Bureau of Engraving and Printing until, on a letter, it reaches its destination." Producer el-Jh-sh 385 Railroads Development of English railways. 8min 16-sd-apply 35-sd-f-apply 1937 Gau- mont British 385 "Opening with shots of a train leaving a modern railway terminus, the film pro- ceeds to show by means of maps and moving diagrams how and why railways originated, details of their development, the amalgamation of the railways in 1921, and comparative speeds of travelling by road, canal and rail. . . The film closes with diagrammatic representations of the com- parative times taken to travel from Lon- don to Liverpool by road and rail and of the time taken by mail coach in 1800, by the first long-distance train and by a mod- ern express. . . The film should save a considerable amount of time which must otherwise be spent in assembling the naain facts which are essential before a class or student can proceed to study any particular aspect of the subject. It presents the facts concisely and the diagrams are likely to impress the facts on the minds of the class or student. The diagram work in general is good but some of the maps— e.g. the map showing the road, coal and rail systems of England—contain so much material that they lack definition. [Recom- mended as] a classroom teaching or back- ground film for children over 14, univer- sity students and adult education organisa- tions." British film inst. Jh-sh-c Flight of the Century. 12min 16-si-sd-loan 1934 N.Y. Central system 385 This film will be withdrawn about Jan- uary 31, 1938 so if interested in it secure it before that time "This pictures a trip on the Twentieth Century Limited between Chicago and New York." Producer el-Jh-sh George Washington's railroad. 60min 16- sd-loan 35-sd-nf-loan 1936 C&O 385 DISTRIBUTORS 16mm: YMCA S5mm: YMCA Scenes of Washington's early activities and surroundings open this film of the story of the building of George Washing- ton's railroad. Many houses and buildings of historical interest appear Journey by train. 45min 16-si-$150 1935 Text film 385 "Composed of eight units: Preparation for journey; Railway station activity; En- tl • (ilent; td - sound; f ■ inflammable; nf-safety; el • elementary; Jh ■ Junior Ivigh; th ■ senior high; c - colleoa 41