Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 607-610.7 1943 EDITION PRECISELY SO— Continued of a lead pencil on a piece of paper—split a hair-breadth measurement into hundreds of parts are here. Precision instruments do precision jobs Geo $1 607 Technical education YOUNG AMERICA LEARNS A TRADE. 33min 16-sd-loan 1942 Chicago 607 jh-sh-c-trade-adult Presents the story of Washburne trade school. Young men and women receive train- ing in seventeen useful trades and skills YOUTH, JOBS AND DEFENSE. 12min 16-sd-loan 1941 NYA 607 sh-c-adult "Depicts briefly how the NYA is pro- viding young people with practical experience and training for jobs in war industries—some of the 400,000 NYA youth who have gone into private employment in the last 12 months are shown at work in a large aircraft plant. Melvyn Douglas provides the commentary." OWI 608 Inventions CARAVAN. 30min 16-sd-loan 1942 GM 608 Jh-sh-adult "A color screening of General Motors Parade of Progress, a caravan of trucks which toured North America, demonstrating the latest technical developments which have resulted from General Motors research. Outstanding are aviation demonstrations, architectural exhibits, a developmental history of power and various mysterious operations which can be performed with modern kitchen apparatus." Movie makers LAND OF INVENTION. (Films from Britain ser.) 12min 16-sd-$8.50; rent 50c 3S-sd-f-apply 1941 BritLib 608 Jh-sh-c-trade-adult This film with a Scottish commentator takes its audience around modern Scotland to see the birthplaces of some of its great inventors and present day examples of their inventions At Glasgow university we see the notebook of James Watt with its drawings of his steam engine. Murdoch's discovery of coal gas as a method of lighting is seen in reconstruction. Macadam, of road building fame; Nasmyth and his steam hammer; Neilson and the blast furnace; Tilford the famous bridge and canal builder; Henry Bell and the steamship; Lord Kelvin, inventor of the magnetic compass: Stevenson and his light house; Alexander Beli, inventor of the telephone; and Simpson whose work with chloroform was precursor to mod- ern use of anaesthetics, all these were Scots- men The film also notes the contributions of American inventors, such as Fulton's help in the development of Bell's paddle wheelers, Edi- son's refinement of Alexander Bell's telephone, and Gu^^hrie's additions to Simpson's discovery with anaesthetics CFC 16-sale apply; rent $1.25 TexVE 16 NEW ROADWAYS. (Passing parade ser.) IR 16-sd-apply TFC 608 jh-sh-c A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production avail- able only to schools "Makes reference to types of news dis- asters, which occupy the first pages of news- papers, and constructive discoveries which are mainly relegated to the back pages. The latter type of news is pictured. . . The com- mentator closes with the statement that it is this group of discoveries and workers which builds for the future. "Recommended for high school classes in general science. . This is a well-presented subject, both pictorially and in the commen- tary, and effectively highlights some of the achievements of the modern scientific worker." Advisory committee BosU Cal $1 Geo $2 111 $1.50 Ken $1.50 Ohio Okla $1.50 PCW $1.50 610.7 Nursing BACK REST. 1934 Minn 8min 16-si-$20; rent $1 610.7 sh-c-adult Shows a nurse in the entire process of preparing a back rest for a patient. The film starts with the preparation of the knee roll. The nurse gets the patient ready and the back rest is placed in the bed. The proper grip for lifting the patient is shown in slow motion. The nurse demonstrates grip used in lifting knees, knee roll is placed, and the covers are folded in place Should be useful in secondary home hy- giene classes, mother's groups, and nursing schools BED BATH. 18min 16-si-$36; rent $1.25 1934 Minn 610.7 sh-c-adult Nurse demonstrates the procedure of bath- ing a patient. She arranges the towels, tub and other equipment, strips the bed and puts bath blanket around patient. She starts by brushing the patient's teeth and washing his eyes. Then she washes ears, neck, arms, chest and abdomen, legs and feet and cleans his fingernails. She gets fresh water and wash- es the patient's back. She puts the patient's gown on again, cleanses the tub, remakes the bed "This film useful in secondary home hy- giene classes, mother's groups, and nursing schools. Acceptable technique covering use of tub, towels, clothing, and bed clothing. . . The film is without descriptive titling, should prob- ably follow study of the area, and contains some imperfect camera handling." J. Fred- eric Andrews ETHER BED. ISmin 16-si-$36; rent $1.25 1934 Minn 610.7 sh-c-adult The nurse is first shown in the correct procedure of stripping the bed of its blankets, sheets, pillows, etc., and folding them. The mattress is turned and the bed remade—mat- tress pad placed, bottom sheet spread, then the rubber and cotton draw sheets. The rubber protector is placed at the head, the blankets are put on and the corners folded in Paper bag and mouth wipes are pinned to the bed. and towel and other articles are placed on chair beside bed. The bed is warmed with earthen 'pigs.' Patient is wheeled in, lift- ed from the cart and placed in bed. The blanket is tucked around him and his pulse is taken. The patient's moutli is wiped, wipe placed in big. The nurse is shown taking notes on his condition Should be useful in secondary home hy- giene classes, mother's groups, and nursing schools EVENING CARE. 24min 16-si-$48; rent $1.75 1934 Minn 610.7 sh-c-adult The nurse arranges her equipment and the patient's bed, fanfolding the bath blanket. She washes the patient's teeth and eyes, then face, neck, arms and hands, washes his back and rubs it with alcohol and powders it. Then she brushes crumbs out of the bed and re- makes it ti-tilent; sd ■ sound; f ■ inflammable; nf - safety; p . primary: el • elementary; Jh - junior higii; sh - senior high: c • college; trade - trade schools 165