Educational film catalog (1936)

916.7 EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 1943 EDITION FOREST PEOPLE OF CENTRAL AF- RICA. (Harvard Pathe ser.) ISmin 16- si-$24 35-si-nf-$60 1929? Films of com- merce 916.7 el-Jh-sh-c Guide Produced by Pathe Intimate study of the African pygmies, their crude brush villages, and their skill at bringing down game with poisoned arrows. Negro women demonstrate their routine of daily domestic ilfe, including the making of pottery. The men manufacture objects of iron by means of the crudest of processes. The typical negro dance at the end shows a strik- ing parallelism to modern American steps "Some schools might object to naked people." Collaborator A&B 16 FC 16 Ariz 16-$1 ICS 16 Col 16-60C 111 16-$1 Dud 16 Kan 16 EK 16-$24; rent $1 Reg 16 EPS 16 A GIANT PEOPLE. (Human geography ser.) llmin 16-sd-$50 35-sd-nf-$100 1939 Erpi 916.7 el-Jh-sh-c-adult Guide Formerly listed under title "Watussi of Africa" "An excellent film showing the daily life of the Watussi tribe of East-Central Africa." California 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 HELL BELOW ZERO. 30min 16-sd-$150 BraF 916.7 A Talking picture epic film produced by Carveth Wells and based on his "In coldest A.f ric£L*' Exploration in equatorial Africa. Climb- ing tlie little known "Mountains of the Moon." First film record of this area. A snowstorm on the equator . "This is not a stunt picture. Mr. W^ell s comments entertainingly: shows Africa as it is and not as film fans are presumed to wish it transmogrified; and wins approval by his modesty." East Africa mag. IdP PEOPLE OF THE CONGO. (Human * geography ser.) llmin 16-sd-$50 35- sd-nf-$100 1939 Erpi 916.7 el-jli-sh-c Guide 15c "A study of the Mangbetu peoples living in tropical forest region of Africa. Emphasis on cleanliness in well-built, immaculate homes. Careful preparation of cooked meal, using fish, bananas, manioc root, sugar cane; clay cooking utensils made by hand. Chicken coops con- structed on tall stilt foundations. Head bind- ing: Creative coiffures in local beauty parlor; facial tattooing. "Native arts and crafts: Skilled carving of elephant tusks. Carver trades ivory figurine to artist for painting on wall of his home. Sketching design; preparation of paints; pains- taking application of colors; finished decora- tion. "Wood carving—construction of native musical instrument; decoration of head; joining to sound box; stretching antelope skin covering over sound box; sewing with vegetable fiber; holes burned in neck of instrument for in- sertion of tuning pegs; attaching vegetable fiber strings; trial performance of new instru- ment." California This film is in so many of the state col- lege and university film libraries that we sug- gest contacting your local state service. If they do not have it write to Erpi for nearest source THE PROWLERS. (Howe hodge podge ser.) llmin 16-sd-apply TFC 916.7 el-jh-sh An Educational films corporation of Amer- ica production available only to schools "This is life in a thatched-hut village in the heart of Africa. . . A fine and sympathetic study of the life of jungle people. Recom- inended for geography in junior and senior high school. Should be useful for sociology." Ad- visory committee Portrayal of the daily life of the Central- African Negro. Thatched huts enclosed in a thorn bush 'boma'. Gourd butter churns and beehive granaries. The village toy-maker and his grotesque dolls. The armor maker and the village medicine man. The hunter departs. A pair of vicious cheetahs drive him up a tree. A flock of guinea hens distract the cheetah's attention and the hunter escapes. He finds a baby lion but the parents appear unexpectedly and the hunter has another narrow escape. He returns empty-handed to the village as evening falls. The 'boma' gate is closed for the night and fires are lit B&H $30; rent $1.50 Mod Cos West EK Wilo IdP PYGMIES OF AFRICA. (Human geog- raphy ser.) 22min 16-sd-$85 35-sd-nf- $190 1938 Erpi 916.7 el-Jh-sh-c-adult Guide 15c "A detailed study of the lives and activ- ities of a tribe of African pygmies. Accom- panying Handbook suggests study projects and gives bibliographical references at several grade levels." Scholastic "The film depicts subsistance of Pygmy tribes living in the Congo River Region of Central Africa. Mode of living, gathering of food, hunting methods, animals native to the region, a community game hunt, and bartering processes are among the many phases of native life presented in this film. Witch doctor mysticism is very interesting as are the native superstitions." California This film is in so many of the state col- lege and university film libraries that we sug- gest contacting your local state service. If they do not have it write to Erpi for nearest source SIMBA. 9R 16-sd-rent $10 1927 AMNH * 916.7 el-jh-sh-c Martin Johnson's dramatic record of Africa's animal life in the unspoiled freedom of their native plains and jungles. Herds of ele- phants pass at close range. Zebras, gazelles, oryxes, elands, impalas and giraffes cross the sunlit plains in search of food and water. Wildebeests by the thousands surge through the yellow grass where Simba, the African lion, lies in wait. After cattle are killed, the natives gather to hunt Simba, armed only with their spears and shields of hide Lew 16-si STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE. 90min * 16-sd-rent $20 Fi 916.7 Jh-sh-c-adult Guide A 20th Century-Fox production available to steamships and shut in institutions such as hospitals, homes for the aged, prisons, con- vents, monastaries and private schools Spencer Tracy plays the reporter who suc- ceeds in the seemingly hopeless assignment to locate liivingstone •i-tilent: sd - sound: f - Inflammable; nf - safety; p - primary: el - elementary; Jh • Junior hiflh; «h • senior high; c - college; trade • trade schools 334