Educational film catalog (1936)

598.2-600 EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 1943 EDITION SONG BIRDS AS NEIGHBORS. 12min 16-si-$19.50; rent $1.25 Bray 598.2 el-Jh-sh A Finley picture "This is a good film showing a group of boys building homes for song birds, several of which birds are seen in their native habitat. The economic importance of some of the birds is mentioned." W.G.S. B&H $19.50; rent $1.50 SONG BIRDS OF THE NORTH * WOODS. (Treasure chest ser.) 9j^min 16-sd-$30 1940 Skibo 598.2 p-el-Jh-sh-c-adult Produced by Educational pictures "An authentic record of the songs and cries of American birds, made at Elk L.ake in the Adirondack Mountains under the aus- pices of Cornell University. "We hear the cry of the loon. . . The calls of the white-throated sparrow and the hermit thrush. . . A magnolia warbler and a scarlet tanager feed their young. . . A goshawk nesting, its young crying for food. Young northern woodpeckers nest in a hole in a tree. . . A pair of tame chickadees. "An excellent picture with informative commentary. Highly recommended for nature study in elementary grades and for biology classes in junior and senior high school. Sug- gested also for classes in natural science and ornithology. Should be of interest to art students studying birds." Advisory committee This film is in so many of the state college and university film libraries that we suggest contacting your local state service. If they do not have it write to Skibo for nearest source THRUSHES & RELATIVES. (Biolog- ical sicence ser.) llmin 16-sd-$50 35- sd-nf-$100 1939 Erpi 598.2 el-Jh-sh-c-adult Guide 15c The habitats, feeding habits, brooding, development and activities of the bush-tit, chickadee, hermit thrush, russet-backed thrush, robin, bluebird and water ouzel Natural sounds of the different bird calls and songs add to the film's attractiveness This film is in so many of the state college and university film libraries that we suggest contacting your local state service. Tf they do not have it write to Erpi for nearest source WADING BIRDS. 12min 16-si-$18 1931 Eastman 598.2 Jh-sh-c Guide Study of beach and marsh birds. In- cluded are views of the adults, nests, eggs and young. The film units are: sandpipers, snipes, plovers, stilts and avocets, phalaropes, herons BosU La Cal $1 NJM 111 75c Ohio WESTERN BIRDS AT HOME. 12min 16-si-$20; rent $1 1937 Cal 598.2 el-Jh-sh-c-adult Birds found in the fields and forests of the West: western crow, yellow-billed mag- pie, Brewer blackbird, red-winged blackbird, meadow lark, California jay. Stellar jay, hairy woodpecker, hummingbird, western kingbird, white-throated swift, house wren, shrike, white-headed woodpecker, wren-tit, chickadee, bush tit, cliff swallows A&B Kan Ariz $1 Mo 50c Cal $1 WESTERN WATERFOWL. 12min 16- si-$20; rent $1 1936 Cal 598.2 el-Jh-sh-c Habits and nests of birds found near streams and marshlands WHITE PELICAN. (Our colorful world ser.) 14min 16-si-$60; rent $3 B&H 598.2 jh-sh-c-adult A color film showing over 2,000 birds in great colony. Eggs and young cover the beach. There are interesting shots of the feeding of the young WILD WINGS. 30min 16-si-loan 1929 MichC 598.2 el-jh-sh-c Shows nests and habits of the follow- ing Michigan birds: eagle, humming bird, blue jay, red-winged black-bird, Baltimore oriole, Canada geese, winter ducks or old squaw ducks, mallard, pelican, sora rail, least bittern, black tern, Caspian tern, herrinfj gull and loon Wis $1.25 WILD WINGS. (Pepper pot novelties ser.) IR 16-sd-apply TFC 598.2 Jh-sh-c A Warner bros. production available only to schools "A study of some of the thousands of birds that have found a retreat on the L,ay.son Islands near the Hawaiian group in the Pacific Ocean. . . This film is characterized by un- usual and artistic photography. "Higlily recommended for zoology, grades 10 througli college, and art classes above grade 7. Should be of some use in nature study classes, grades 1 through 6. Recommended also for art classes at all levels." Advisory committee 12min 16-si-$20; 598.2 jh-sh-c Shows the following waterfowl: pelican, sandhill crane, Canada geese, snow goose, Hutchins's goose, white-fronted goose, grey geese, black brant, canvasbacks, whistling swan, brown pelican WINTER VISITORS. rent $1 1936 Cal PALS. (Naturgraphs) ■0; rent $2 35-sd-f-apply 598.2 WOODLAND 15min 16-sd- 1933 Bray Close-up pictures of a humming-bird which was found starving at the approach of cold weather and was brought into a home and became a household pet. Also studies of the warbling vireo and of cedar waxwings B&H 16-$40; rent Fi 16 $1.50 VES 16-$1.50 WOODPECKER, THE FARMER'S FRIEND. 5min 16-si-$9.50; rent $1 Bray 598.2 el A Finley subject, edited and titled for the elementary grades by Rita Hochlieimer "Complete story of the woodpecker; how he finds his food, where he lives, his mark- ings, claws, and tail feathers. Interesting shots of young woodpeckers. Film brings out how these birds aid farmer in saving his crops from insects." School management Col 30c Kan Fi LaEd loan 600 USEFUL ARTS PRECISELY SO. 20min 16-sd-loan 1940 GM 600 sh-c-trade The development of modern standards of accuracy from ancient times. Scientific instruments which measure time to the thousandth part of a second—weigh a dot ti-silent; sd-sound; f - inflammable; nf - safety; p • primary; el - elementary; Jh • Junior high; sh - senior high; c - college; trade - trade schools 164