Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 1943 EDITION 914.94-915 a Swiss wood because he LITTLE SWISS WOOD CARVER. (Children of all lands ser.) IR 16-si- $24 35-si-nf-$60 1931 Films of com- merce 914.94 Produced by Pathe Story of Seppi, son of carver. Forbidden to carve young and should tend his goats while in the mountain pastures Seppi carves anyway. When his father sends him to the city to de- liver a carved figure it is stolen as he prays at a wayside cross. Seppi proceeds to the meeting with the American lady who shows him other articles she has secured in Swit- zerland and tells him of her travels. When she asks for the carving he produces his own as the work of his father. It is enthusiastically received "Because this follows the book by the same name which is used extensively in 2 and 3 grades, teachers and pupils like it very much." Collaborator "Very interesting. Does not however show enough technique of woodcarving for art—section on bobbin lace excellent." Col- laborator 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 Films of commerce for nearest source VILLAGE LIFE IN SWITZERLAND. IR 16-si-rent $1 EPS 914.94 Scenes of hidden mountain towns and of some bordering the Swiss lakes A&B Kan Col Mo 75c Dud NJ ICS VES $1 IdP 914.95 Greece AROUND THE ACROPOLIS. (Magic carpet ser.) IR 16-sd-apply TFC 914.95 Jh-sh A 20th Century-Fox production available only to schools "A picture of modern, busy Athens with the Acropolis as a background. . . Orchestral accompaniment. Should be fairly useful in groups studying modern Greece. Suggested for social geography, grades 7 through 12." Advisory committee FH $2 Tenn $2 Ohio Wis $1.25 GLIMPSES OF GREECE. (Magic car- pet ser.) IR 16-sd-rent $5 TFC 914.95 Jh A 20th Century-Fox production available only to schools "Three sequences showing the nomads of Macedonia, a Greek Catholic monastery in Thessaly, and of the Royal Guards drilling at the Acropolis are shown here. . . There is a musical background. Recommended for social geography, grades 7 through 9. Sug- gested that use for geography classes is limited because the sequences are unrelated." Ad- visory committee BosU $1.50 FH $2 Cal $1 Ohio 914.97 Bulgaria. Yugoslavia glorifying the soldier is shown. Street scenes. Public buildings present contrasting styles of architecture. The public market. Farm life is primitive. The loom is a household fixture. A plow drawn by oxen. A woman with a distaff guides the oxen The entire family shares in the work of harvesting the crops. Fruit picking follows. Sheep's milk is used for making cheese. State sponsored a,gricultural schools train the young- er generation Ohio VES $1 JUGOSLAVIA. Eastman ISmin 16-si-$24 1940 914.97 "Simple peasant life on a small farm; the growing of vegetables and flowers for com- mercial seed and threshing of seed; hog rais- ing; rug weaving; use of modern machinery on larger farm; an elementary school. "Belgrade, the capital, showing waterfront scenes, the old fort, the modern city—market place, street scenes, railway depot, and mod- ern public buildings." Ohio "Photographic material excellent but edit- ing not up to modern standards." Collaborator Ohio Wis 75c 915 Asia ALONG THE GREAT SILK ROUTE. * 30min 16-sd-loan 35-sd-nf-loan GM 915 el-Jh-sh A travel film in color which accompanies the Lawrence Copley Thaw Trans-Asia Ex- pedition on the overland route through EYance, Germany, the Balkans. Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran and mysterious Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass to the border of India. Pho- tographed just at the outbreak of the present war BURMA ROAD. 45min 16-si-sale apply; rent $10 1941 Harmon 915 Jh-sh-adult This color film was edited under the auspices of the China institute of America and Harmon foundation. The route of the Burma road, which runs from Kunming to Lashio, is traced. Each city along the way is visited, and in between views of the road and the countryside around it are seen. Some coolie laborers are glimpsed at work repairing the damages caused by a land slide There are also some views of the Shan people, an aboriginal tribe, who mostly prac- tice the Buddhist religion. At one town the Rockefeller foundation has established an insti- tute for the care of malaria and some of their work is indicated. The road divides at Lashio, one section leading to Bhamo and an- other to Rangoon. Products are shipped from Bhamo along the Irawaddy River to Rangoon. Views of the city of Rangoon and of the load- ing and unloading of freight "New material, well organized and edited. Highly recommended for groups studying cur- rent history, geography, economics, or so- ciology." Louise Condit Ohio BULGARIA. iSmin 16-si-$24 1940 East- CHILDREN OF ASIA. ISmin 16-si-rent man 914.97 el-jh-sh Guide An air view of Sofia opens this film. Views at an airport follow. Then a train is seen and the railway station. A statue 50c 1938 AMNH 915 Shows how children in some of the coun- tries of the Orient live. We see little Mon- golian, Chinese, Indian and Burmese boys and girls at work and at play 8l-silent: 8d. sound; f ■ Inflammable; nf-safety; p-primary; el ■ elementary; jh - Junior high; sh • senior high- c - college; trade - trade schools 321