Educational film guide (1945)

591.5-591.92 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE zoo BABIES — Continued "Film ends with scenes of human babies feeding from bottle, then school actlvitlea These scenes seem inappropriate In a zoo film. Best part of film — close-ups of lion cubs." PCW film service staff. "A number of young animals are photographed In the London Zoo. Among those seen are fat-tailed Egyptian mice, gerbiUes, Jerboas, kangaroos, alligators, hippopotamus, puma, snakes. Indian and African elephants, terrapin, sea lions, walrus, llama and lions. "Although Its photography is not up to modem standards, this Is a pleasing film and shows well the attractiveness of a considerable number of young animals of various kinds. "The captions are sufl^iciently informative, but are disproportionately long compared with the length of the sequences. A background film for Junior children, and as a preliminary to a visit to the Zoo." British film Inst. DG NatFS $54; rent $3 Geo $3.50 NYU $3 Ideal $3.30 SC $3 Minn $2 Shad $3 ZOO'S WHO. 9min 16-sd-$8.75-$17.50 1941 Official 591.5 p-el-jh-sh A complete tour of a modem zoo — where large enclosures surrounded by moats are used Instead of cages. Training lions, tigers, elephants, penguins, seals and monkeys Available from 10 or more film, libraries or distributors 591.57 Means of profectlon CAMOUFLAGE IN NATURE THROUGH FORM AND COLOR MATCHING. 16-sd-color-$75 1946 Coronet 591.57 el-jh-sh-c-adult This film, available In color, includes many striking examples of nature photography Available from 10 or m.ore film, libraries or distributors CAMOUFLAGE IN NATURE THROUGH PATTERN MATCHING, yi^min 16-sd-color-$60 1946 Coronet 591.57 Jh-sh-c-adult This film includes numerous examples of birds, animals, insects, fish, reptiles and amphibians which depend upon the camouflage of pattern to protect them from their enemies Available from, 10 or more film libraries or distributors COLOR CHANGES IN FISH AND SQUIDS. IR 16-sl-color-$60; rent $3 1939 Rutgers 591.57 c "Highly technical film restricted almost entirely to use In advanced courses In college. Color— fair. Treatment of subject — accurate and complete, however, the theme seems to move too slowly. Portions of the film dealing with actual changes in color of fish are excellent." PCW film service staff Ohio COLOR CHANGES IN FROQS AND CRUSTACEANS. 15mln 16-sI-$25; rent $2 1936 Rutgers 59-,. 57 sh-c Photography by Norman McClintock and Barle B. Perkins, at the Blophotography Laboratory, Rutgers University. Shows how amphibians and crustaceans change color Following views of the entire animal to show various color phases, there are closeup shots of Individual color cells in microscopic detail, and time-lapse pictures of moving pigment Ohio HOW NATURE PROTECTS ANIMALS. (Animal life ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$50 1931 EBF 591.57 el-Jh-sh-c Guide 15c Various ways by which animals are provided with devices to conceal themselves, either for the purpose of protection, or as a means of securing food are shown Examples are given of natural protection through fleetness of foot, mimicry, protective coloration, armor and secluded homes Included In the picture are the rabbit, raccoon, giraffe, tiger, lion, zebra, goat, pheasant, looper caterpillar and the beehawk moth "One of the best films of Its kind." Newark Available from 10 or m,ore film libraries or distributors 591.92 Marine and fresh wafer fauna ALIVE IN THE DEEP. 22mln 16-sd-$84; rent $5 1942 Pictorial 591.92 el-Jh-sh-adult Produced by Woodard productions in cooperation with the American film center. Music by Edward Craig The eternal fight for existence that goes on among the monsters of the deep sea, with intimate close-ups of their llfe-and-death struggle for existence. Shows fishes, corals, eels, starfishes, sea cucumbers, sea anemones. Jellyfish, crabs, barnacles, octopus, turtles, sharks, dolphins, whales, sea lions, murres, and pufiins Den $3.75 Minn $2.50 ICS $7.50 Ores loan Ideal $5.50 Van loan ANIMALS OF THE SEASHORE. 15min 16-sl$25; rent $1 Harvard 591.92 el-Jh Produced at Mt Desert Island Biological Laboratory Shows barnacles, starfish and other small creatures of the seashore ARTHROPODA, REEL II. 15mln 16-sI-$60; rent $3 1942 Rutgers 591.92 sh-c-adult This reel shows cru.stacea from the gulf coast of Florida Ohio BEACH AND SEA ANIMALS. (Animal life ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$50 1931 EBP 591.92 el-Jh-sh-c Guide 15c By Dr G. Clyde Fisher, of the American museum of natural history Among the animals shown are: the starfish, sea-urchin, crab, cuttle-fish, octopus, crayfish, lobster, shrimp, snail, scallop, and the sea-cucumber The physical structure and activities of these animals are presented. The balance in nature or interrelations of various animals is illustrated, special emphasis being placed on their methods of protection Available from 10 or more film, libraries or distributors BLOOD CIRCULATION IN MARINE .ANIMALS. 15min 16-si-color-$60; rent $3 1942 Rutgers 591.92 c This color film demonstrates the variety of circulating fluids and mechanisms. The animals chosen are Thalassema, Nereis, CIstenides, CaUinectes, Palaemonetes, Ostrea, a fish and a terrapin. Colorless and pigmented fluids and corpuscles are shown in pulsating vessels and hearts. Microscopic views of capillaries and the circulating media give demonstrations concerning the transportation of food, oxygen, and wastes 246