Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 916-916. 1943 EDITION SPOTLIGHT ON INDO-CHINA— Com/. senior high school discussing the current inter- national situation. The close-ups of Angkor-Vat might be of interest to classes in art and archi- tecture." Advisory committee AMNH Minn $1 Cal Ohio PH SC $1.50 loS $1.50 916 Africa AFRICA JOINS THE WORLD. 45min 16-si-rent $3.75 1937 Harmon 916 el-Jh-sh Guide 25c Show primitive Africa, present day Afri- ca and the challenge Africa offers to the work of world missions . , „ tt a* Reel 1, What Africa is; reel 2, How Af- rica lives; reel 3, From fetishes to faith Any reel may be rented separately at $1.25 per R, or the series may be had on a lifetime lease basis at $25 per R IdP NC AFRICA—LAND OF CONTRAST. (Fitz- Patrick traveltalk ser.) IR 16-si-sd-$24- $31.50 Gerden 916 el-Jh-sh Information given has not been recently verified by producer A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production "Varying scenery in Africa, from Algeria in the North to Cape Town in the South. . . Recomemnded for geography at all grade levels. Should be useful to classes in art and social studies." Advisory committee A&B si-sd IdP si-sd AMNH sd-$1.50 Okla sd-$1.50 B&H sd-$31.50; rent Wis sd-$1.25 $1.25 CHILDREN OF AFRICA. 30mln 16-si- sale apply; rent $3 1939 Harmon 916 p-el-Jh "Titles are prepared especially for chil- dren from six to twelve years of age, but the authentic material on African child life that it includes is also suitable for older groups. "Chapter One. African children help their parents. A little girl helps her mother pre- pare dinner while other girls learn to make clay pots. Boys help their fathers. Then they go swimming and hunting. "Chapter Two. Boys and girls play games. They also go to school. Their teacher is a village boy who studies at a mission school and has come back to teach them. They learn how to prevent disease and land erosion. After school they go canoeing and swimming. "Rating: Content, excellent; technical quality, excellent." Int. Jour, of religious educ. B&H DG IdP CITIES OF NORTH AFRICA—TUNIS- ALGIERS—RABAT. (Screen travelers ser.) llmin 16-si-sd-$18-$25; rent $1.50 1938 Nu-Art 916 In Tunis we see the contrast between native and French towns; also an open air bakery, a roofed shopping bazaar and crafts- men at work. In Algiers we see a mosque, an outdoor barber-dentist and stairway streets. In Old Rabat we see small boys learning craftsmen's skill, a street doctor-druggist and the Sultan's palace "La Varre's excellent photography. . . It blends the peoples etc. of the past with the present. Camels to taxis. Donkeys—music— song. Excellent for geography classes study- ing this section of Africa." Committee on classroom films B&H sd-$31.50; rent Ohio sd $1.50 Twy si-$l FC sd VES si-sd-$l-$1.50 IdP sd VFC sd NFS sd DAY IN AN AFRICAN VILLAGE. 30min 16-si-sale apply; rent $3 1939 Harmon 916 el-ih-sh-adult Reel 1—The morning: The village rises with the sun and goes about its work; burn- ing off jungle growth for a new garden, cul- tivating the community garden, the complicat- ed process followed by the women in prepar- ing and cooking manioc, the staple food, the weaving of mats and fish traps, and the spearing of fish by the men Reel 2—The afternoon: The process of gathering the fruit of the oil palm tree and extracting the oil from the fruit, is shown in detail. The serving of the African's one meal of the day, contacts with the outside world and their effects, together with scenes of a primitive dance B&H IdP DG Ohio SAFARI ON WHEELS. 48min 16-sd- loan YMCA 916 Jh-sh-trade-adult Distribution is limited A pictorial record of a thrilling motor journey undertaken by Mr and Mrs Lawrence Thaw, accompanied by a white hunter, a cam- eraman and eleven natives. These explorers take you on a journey across hot, shifting desert sands, over high mountains, and through deep jungles. Traveling six months, they covered over eleven thousand miles, and visited native sultans never before pho- tographed by a motion picture camera "Sensational emphasized nudes objec- tionable but parts fine—advertising." Collabor- ator NJM Tay VaEd 916.1 North Africa BACKWARD CIVILIZATION. (Human geography ser.) 22min 16-sd-$85 35-sd- nf-$190 1937 Erpi 916.1 Jh-sh-c Guide 15c A survey of the life among the Berbers of North Africa. Every significant aspect of the daily life of these people is shown. Their crude handicrafts, their primitive agricultural methods, their customs and superstitions, form a background for contrast with contemporary life in a machine age 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 Erpi for nearest source DESERT TRIPOLI. (Magic carpet ser.) IR 16-sd-apply TFC 916.1 el-Jh-sh A 20th Century-Fox production available only to schools "A series of pictures taken in Northern Africa showing the Roman ruins of Leptis Magna and life in Tripoli. There are close- ups of the ruins showing the details of arches, columns. . . The commentary includes some historical data. There are native voices and native music in the recorded sound. The rela- tionships among the various elements are rather vague. si • silent; sd - sound; f • inflammable; nf - safety; p • primary; el - elementary; Jh - Junior high; sh - senior high; 0 • college; trade - trade schools 331