Educational film catalog (1936)

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921 EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 1943 EDITION MCDOWELL, EPHRAIM One against the world. Umin 16-sd- apply TFC 921 jh-sh-c A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production avail- able only to schools "The story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, of Danville, Kentucky. On Christmas day, 1809, ridiculed by his profession, threatened by the superstition and opposition of his neighbors, (but protected by the husband of his patient, Mrs. Jane Crawford), Dr. McDowell defied the bigoted crowd which prepared to hang him on his own lawn, and performed the first major operation on any human being in the world, thus paving the way for the advances of modern medical science. "Recommended for general science classes in junior and senior high school and for col- lege classes in public health and health edu- cation." Advisory committee "An excellent film to teach tolerance and to show resistance to progress. Should be valuable in guidance and history courses, as well as in public health and medical history. From artistic and technical standpoints the film is uniformly excellent." Don White in Educational screen Cal $1 Minn $1 Geo $2 Ohio 111 $1.50 Okla $1.50 Ind $1.25 Syr $1.50 lo $1.50 Tenn $2 Ken $1.50 Wis $1.25 MAURY, MATTHEW FONTAINE Prophet vi^ithout honor. (MGM minia- ture ser.) lOmin 16-sd-apply TFC 921 A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production avail- able only to schools "Opens with a view of the Hall of Fame . . . The scene shifts to 1825 with young Maury as a midshipman, at sea. . . Crippled for life ... he is transferred to a bureau. In an old record room ... he comes across an entry of certain wind and weather conditions and re- members that his own observations made by chance at the same point recorded similar con- ditions. He makes an intensive study of the old records and eventually maps out a chart of the ocean's behavior regarding currents and wind directions. "News comes to a shipowner that one of his vessels is reported rudderless and all aboard are feared lost. Maury charts its probable position and sets forth to seek it. It is found, and recognition of his work comes to him. The father of the U. S. Weather Bureau, the whole world honored Maury. . . Then came the Civil War and Maury resigned his commis- sion. Eventually he returns to finish his life as an obscure professor at Virginia Military Institute. "The picture closes with views of diverse modern activities, all aided by his studies of wind and weather. Recomemnded for classes in physiography." Advisory committee BosU Ohio Ba $1 Okla $1.50 Gut PCW $1.50 Ind $1.25 Tenn $2 NEEFA Wis $1.25 NFS $15; rent $1 MITCHELL, WILLIAM Prophet without honor—General Mitchell. 5min 16-sd-$15; rent $1 1942 Gut 921 The story of General Billy Mitchell. His struggle for recognition of the importance of air power. A belated vindication of all he stood for Cal $1 Minn $1 111 $1.50 Ohio Id $1.50 Syr $1.50 NANSEN, FRIDTJOF Giant of Norway. (Passing parade ser,) llmin 16-sd-apply TFC 921 Jh-sh-adult A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production avail- able only to schools "A biography of Fridtjof Nansen, Nor- wegian scientist, explorer and statesman, with particular emphasis on his relief work for famine stricken Russia in 1921. Nansen failing to induce the League of Nations to assist the starving millions in Russia, visited the relief capitols of Europe and as a result the Euro- pean Red Cross organizations fed and clothed over a million and a half inhabitants of the Volga and South Ukraine regions. "The film emphasises the sacrifice which Nansen the explorer made in order to become Nansen the humanitarian. Recommended for junior and senior high school classes in social studies and especially for discussion groups on social service." Advisory committee Geo $2 Ohio Ind $1.25 Wis $1.25 ND $1 NAPOLEON I, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH Man on the rock. (Historical mystery ser.) llmin 16-sd-apply TFC 921 Jh-sh-c-adult A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production avail- able only to schools "The question is 'Was it Napoleon or his double who died at St. Helena?' Here we have a dramatization of a theory that it might have been his double. "Recommended for students of French history, and especially for those interested in historic research." Advisory committee BosU $1.50 Ohio Geo $2 Tenn $2 NEEFA $1.50 Wis $1.25 NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD * Story of Alfred Nobel. (Passing parade ser.) llmin 16-sd-apply TFC 921 Jh-sh-c-adult Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released on 16mm in 1940. Available only to schools "Shows a Nobel Prize notification, then shifts to a close-up of Nobel. In his laboratory, he is searching for a way to harness nitro- glycerine. He notices the fluid soaking into white clay, and thus accidently discovers dyna- mite. A montage follows of the commercial uses of dynamite, all of which have aided in mankind's progress. The commentator in this film is outstanding. This subject is very en- tertaining as well as educational." California "This is a most outstanding presenta- tion. . . Photographically and technically the problem is unusually well handled." Wilber Emmert "Recommended for junior and senior high school classes in general science and in social studies. The film will undoubtedly stimulate the students' search for the names of Nobel winners. It is suggested that the film be used in classes on speech, in view of the excellent diction of the commentator." Advisory com- mittee Ala $1.50 NC BosU NEEFA Cal $1 Ohio Geo $2 Okla $1.50 111 $1.50 Tenn $2 Ind $1.25 Wis $1.25 Minn $1 YMCA $1.50 si-silent; «(!■ sound; f ■ Inflammable; nf • safety; p - primary; el - elementary; Jli - Junior liigh: sh - senior high; 0 - college; trade - trade schools 372