Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 918.1-919.2 918.1 Brazil Amazon. (Filmsets in geography 33) 4^min 16-si-$6 1940 Filmsets 918.1 One of a series of 48 units on geography. Each unit is composed of 30 or more scenes pertinent to a particular subject. A book of instruction on the use of these specially prepared short films giving the objectives, approach, film outline, lesson story and suggesting supporting units for each film as well as actual pictures from the film is available for $1.75 Contents: Amazon River—trees, llanos, river transportation, rapids, portages. Ani- mal life—tapirs, monkeys, parrots, cougars, flamingos. Products—rubber trees, rubber tapping, pecans, Brazil nuts, cacao. Na- tive life—huts built on stilts, primitive grinding of grain, weaving, hunting with blowguns, bow and arrow snooting, netting fish, Indian, negro and white inhabitants, cities of Mantos and Para "Our audio-visual committee feels that although these pictures may be helpful to schools unable to afford four hundred foot films, they can in no way compare with longer pictures. The films jump from one aspect of the subject to another with no transitions and they omit important phases. Eesides, the editing and photography are amateurish." Collaborator "One of the most progressive practical steps in the film work tool field." Collab- orator Guide $1.75 918.6 Panama San Bias islands. (Rudolph Brent travels ser.) lOmin 16-si-$24; rent $1.50 35- si-f-apply 1939 Sazin 918.6 "Indian inhabitants and their huts. Trading boat comes to load cocoanuts— meeting the boat a ceremony. Camera-shy children. Purest strain of Indian blood in world today. Women and girls wear rings in their noses. Primitive method of squeez- ing the juice from sugar cane. Women carry cocoanuts to boat. Chief cooperates with Government of Panama in opening schools for children. Boys play games to- gether." California el-jh-sh-c-adult Guide 918.8 Guiana British Guiana. (FitzPatrick traveltalk ser.) 1R 16-si-sd-$24-$31.50 Gerden 918.8 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm sd: BosU IdP TFC Information given has not been recently verified by the producer "This is British Guiana, the largest of the three Guianas on the northern coast of South America. . . Recommended for ge- ography at all grade levels. Should be use- ful in connection with art and social studies. The commentator includes interest- ing historical material." Advisory commit- tee el-jh-sh 919 Oceania. Polar regions Cruising the South seas. (FitzPatrick traveltalk ser.) 1R 16-si-sd-$24-$31.50 Gerden 919 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm sd: AdB TFC Information given has not been recently verified by the producer Views in Honolulu, the Hawaiian Islands, and Australia "Recommended for geography and so- cial studies at any grade level." Advisory committee el-jh-sh-c South Pacific islands. (Filmsets in geogra- phy 47) 4^min 16-si-$6 1940 Film- sets 919 One of a series of 48 units on geography. Each unit is composed of 30 or more scenes pertinent to a particular subject. A book of instruction on the use of these specially prepared short films giving the objectives, approach, film outline, lesson story and suggesting supporting units for each film as well as actual pictures from the film is available for $1.75 Contents: This film covers three locali- ties, three races and three stages of civili- zation in progressive order—New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Dutch East Indies. Houses —primitive straw hut in New Guinea, building a house in Fiji—fiber thongs, reed walls laced into uprights, palm leaves stripped and sewn to rods for thatch, bind- ing thatch to roof, completed house, more elaborate house on stilts (Java), over- hanging roof, porches. Food—coconut palms, drinking coconut milk, making dug- out canoe, sail boat, fishing, chickens, growing rice, winnowing rice. Typical native possessions—stone axe, musical jars, woven cloth, primitive oxcart "Our audio-visual committee feels that, although these pictures may be helpful to schools unable to afford four hundred foot films, they can in no way compare with longer pictures. The films jump from one aspect of a subject to another with no transitions and they omit important phases. Besides, the editing and photography are amateurish." Collaborator "One of the most progressive practical steps in the film work tool field." Collab- orator Guide $1.75 919.2 Dutch East Indies Bali. (World parade ser.) 16-si-sd 1939 Castle; B&H; Bass; Cen; EK; MetM; Wilo 919.2 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm si: Den HoM 16mm sd: Den Available in the following lengths and prices from the producer and all authorized sales distributors: 100ft-si-$2.75; 360ft-si- $8.75; 350ft-sd-$17.50 "First the film tells of the location and topography of Bali; then come scenes of elaborately carved temples. Rice, the staple food, is shown being cultivated and threshed by semi-nude native women. The following sequence, in the village market square, shows the customs of trade among the natives. A short sequence deals with pottery making. The next sequence, some- what more lengthy than those preceding, deals with the Balinese religious cere- monies which seem so strange to the West- ern eye: the semi-nude girls bring offerings, a street procession carries weird-looking figures, and a witch-dance, accompanied by a native gong orchestra, concludes the ceremonies. The film ends with emphasis upon the tranquility of life on the island of Bali. A typical travelogue, unusual only because many scenes of partially nude na- tive girls and women are included. Lack of depth limits educational value. Film probably would be o.k. for adults but semi- nudity of native women makes school value questionable." Georgia sh-c-adult East Indian island. llmin 16-sd-$31.50; rent $1.50 Nu-Art 919.2 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: Geo IdP VFO Produced in 1938 by the Screen traveler "A study of life on the island of Bali, In the Dutch East Indies. Scenes of rice cul- tl - silent; td • sound; f • inflammable; nf • safety; p • primary; el - elementary; jh - Junior high; sh - senior high; c - college; trade - trade schools 97