Educational film catalog (1936)

// EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 1943 EDITION 917.471-917.5 NEW YORK. 22min 16-si-$125; rent $5 1940 Gut 917.471 el-jh-sh-adult This color film first gives an impression of the hustle and bustle of the crowds of this metropolis. We see the Holland Tunnel and some of the bridges which bring more crowds to the city daily. People arrive by train, by plane and by ship. There are views of the Statue of Liberty and of New York's famous skyline. We see New York's busy harbor. Overlooking the harbor is Wall Street with Trinity Church at the Broadway end. Across the street from the United States Sub-Treas- ury building is the New York Stock exchange New York's first skyscraper was the Flatiron building. We see the Woolworth, the Chrysler and the Empire State buildings. The Municipal building overshadows the New York City Hall. We see Essex Street—city retail market, a wholesale vegetable market and the Fulton fish market on Old South Street. The lower east side of New York is crowded— especially where the Bowery and Chinatown are located. Housing projects like the Queens- bridge housing group have helped this situa- tion some. 'There are medical centers such as Welfare Island in the East river, Columbia Medical Center on the Hudson, New York Hos- pital and Cornell University's Center. We see the east and west side express highways Greenwich Village artists exhibit their work at Washington Square. Moving up Fifth Avenue we come to the New York Public Li- brary, then to St Patrick's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center. Gardens and skating at Radio City are seen. Views of Park Avenug follow. Views in and around Central Park, including the Zoo and the Metropolitan Mu- seum of art Up Riverside Drive we see the Soldiers and Sailors monument. Grant's Tomb, and the Riverside Memorial Church. There are views of Columbia University. Up to Harlem with its colored population There are shots of children at play- grounds, and of the beach at Coney Island. The film closes v/ith day and night views of the busy Times Square section NFS $125; rent $5 VES si-sd-$l-$1.25 NEW YORK CALLING. 20min 16-sd- * loan 1942 NY Central 917.471 el-Jh-sh-c-adult In fast-moving color sequences, this film brings the visitor down the scenic Hudson River valley via New York Central into Gotham. The film then takes its audience on a boat trip round Manhattan, which is followed by a bus ride up Fifth Avenue and visits to museums, parks. Coney Island, the Bronx Zoo, Rockefeller Center, the tops of skyscrapers and many other points of interest. It ends with the traveller en route back home "Beautiful color. Well organized and pre- sented. Excellent sound effects. Fast moving. Interesting shots." California Cal $1.50 Mich Col 50c Minn 50c 111 75c Syr Ind WashS loS 50c NEW YORK PARADE. lOmin 16-sd- apply TFC 917.471 el-Jh-sh-c-adult A Columbia production. Available only to schools "A panorama of New York's bridges, churches, skyscrapers, streets, transportation and homes. "Depicts particularly well, relationships of individuals through casual acquaintances in a great metropolis. The mannerisms and con- ventions of New York people are well shown. Excellent composition, editing and photography. "Recommended for elementary geography, and social studies in senior high school." Ad- visory committee AMNH $1.50 Geo $2 Ohio NEW YORK—THE WONDER CITY. (World parade ser.) 16-si-sd 1939 Castle 917.471 el-Jh-sh-c-trade-adult Available in the following lengths and prices from the producer and all authorized sales distributors: 100ft-si-$2.75; 360ft-si-$8.75; 350ft-sd-$17.50 Shows New York's famed harbor. Miss Lib- erty, lower Broadway, the historic Sub-Treasury where George Washington took his oath of office as first President, Wall Street, inside and out- side the Stock Exchange, the Bowery, the push cart markets of the lower East Side, exotic China Town, Old Trinity, the Tombs, Fifth Avenue and St Patrick's Cathedral on Easter morning. Central Park In summer, spring and winter, air panoramas of the 102 story high Empire State Building and the towering Chry- sler Building, Radio City, Harlem, the new Riverside Drive and George Washington Bridge This film is in so many rental libraries thruout the country that we suggest contact- ing your local distributors first. If unable to locate write Castle for nearest source 917.5 Southeastern states BOONE TRAIL. 15min 16-si-$24 1931 Eastman 917.5 el-Jh-Guide "Appalachian Valley, Shenandoah Valley, Natura.l Bridge, Southern mansion. Big Stone Gap, home cured haras, turkeys, saw mills, Cumberland Gap: coal outcrops, cement plant, lumbering, a mountain cabin—spinning—^weav- ing—basketry—pottery, typical school, town of Cumberland Gap, Middlesboro. Blue-Grass Kentucky. Along the Cumberland river, har- vesting tobacco, hemp, fine horses, a blue- grass pasture, Man O' War, dairy cattle, Lex- ington, Frankfort, the Capitol." Ohio 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 Eastman for near- est source NEW SOUTH. ISmin 16-si-$24 1932 Eastman 917.5 el-Jh-sh Guide Traces the rapid progress of the New South: its agricultural products—cotton, to- bacco, rice, early vegetables, fruits, nuts; raw materials—marble, aluminum ore (bauxite), coal, limestone, iron; and water power for the paper, cotton-goods and other Industries. Birmingham, Mobile, New Orleans, and Miami are shown 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 Eastman for near- est source OLD SOUTH. iSmin 16-si-$24 1932 Eastman 917.5 el-Jh-sh Guide "The land, people, products, communica- tions, plantation life. Animated maps, Virginia coastal landscape, flood plain of Mississippi, mountains of North Carolina. Scene in small town, Negroes cultivating peanuts, tobacco fields, sugar culture, rice culture, cotton cul- ture. The ox cart. Dismal Swamp, canal boat, river steamer. Plantation home, negro pas- times, fox-hunting, southern hospitality." Ohio This film is in .so many of the state col- lege and university film libraries that we sug- rest contacting your local state service. If they do not have it write to Eastman for near- est source •I-tilent; sd-sound; f - inflammable; nf - safety: p - primary; el ■ elementary; Jh - Junior high; sh • senior high; c • college; trade - trade schools 347