Educational film guide (1945)

1947 EDITION 591.92 BORN TO ore. (Battle for life ser.) 8min 16sd-apply TFC 591.92 el-Jh-sh-c-adult Produced by Skibo and is available only to schools "This film introduces the dwellers on the sea bottom. An octopus enters an empty shell. A plumed worm expands its tentacles until it looks like a dahlia. Another strange worm, which appears to be half bat and half mouse, undulates across the screen. Beautiful hydroids, like creatures of spun glass, sway and bow in the ocean currents. "A sea urchin, looking like an animated pin cushion, crawls into view. We see its eggs, enormously magnified, go through cleavage up to 16 and 32 cell stages. Then there are snails and their eggs which hatch Into ciliated, free-swimming lorms. "A mother octopus guards her masses of grape-like eggs, stirring them frequently with her tentacles. Her relative, the common squid, lays its eggs in long rows of Jelly. The eggs and embryo squids are shown in microphotography. A large magnification shows the heart beating. "A starfish swims by. A shot of the hydroids introduces the story of the formation of medusa by alternation of generations. A rabbit-like fish, looking out from its home in an empty mollusk shell; its young reveal the beating heart and capillary circulation. Another fish is brought in as an example of 'live-bearing' fish. "Excellent photography; no better picture of cell division could be attained. Highly recommended for nature study, grades 4 through 6; biology, grades 7 through college; and zoology, 10 through college." Advisory committee Available from 10 or more film, libraries or distributors CORAL AND ITS CREATURES. lOmln 16sd-$30 1945 Post 591.92 Jh-sh-c-adu!t Undersea life on a coral reef. Tropical fish and microscopic studies of coral polyps DeVry $1.50 Tenn $1.50 Eastin $1 UWF $30; rent $1.50 Ideal $1.65 Wis $1.25 Ohio YMCA $30; rent Shad $1.50 $1.50 ECHINODERMATA, REEL I. IR 16-sl-color$60; rent $3 1939 Rutgers 591.92 sh-c Illustrates in color the representatives of this group commonly used in zoology laboratories Asterias, the common starfish of the Maine coast is shown in all its locomotor and feeding activities. The tube feet and pedicellariae are shown in detail, and the everted stomach is clearly seen An attempt is made to open the valves of a living mussel, illustrating the typical method of feedihg on bivalve mollusks The sea cucumber, Cucumaria, is shown in close view with details of the tentacles, their eversion and method of feeding. A high magnification view of the posterior end illustrates the cloacal breathing movements and action of the cloacal valve Strongylocentrotus, the sea urchin ol northern shores is shown. There are close views of the mouth and surrounding pedicellariae Neb Ohio Okla $1.50 GULF OF MEXICO INVERTEBRATES, REEL I. 15min 16-si-color-$60; rent $2 1942 Rutgers 591.92 c In order to illustrate some of the southranging species of marine invertebrates, this color film was made on the northern Gulf Coast of norida. A few collecting scenes and a map locate the environment, and magnified pictures of the animals show normal movements, form, and color. Sponges, coelenterates, mollusks, echinoderms, and arthropods are shown Tex $2 GULF OF MEXICO INVERTEBRATES, REEL II. 15min 16-si-color-$60; rent $3 1942 Rutgers 591.92 c An otter trawl is cast and a haul from the sandy shores of Northern Florida is brought to the laboratory for close examination. Stone, Ghost, Calico, Spider, Hermit, Swimming, and Fiddler Crabs are abundant. Colorful squids are active in the aquarium. Survey of invertebrate life in the Gulf of Mexico is contained in this and in reel I, listed above INVERTEBRATES FROM THE GULF OF MAINE, REEL l-ll. 30min 16-si-$50; rent $4 1934 Rutgers 591.92 c Photography is by Norman McClintock at Mt Desert Island biological laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine. Reels are available separately for $25; rent $2 Reel I shows a number of typical seashore animals such as sponges, anemones, worms, and sea stars. Includes scenic shots of surf and rocky shores, tide pools, beaches and of tidal areas Reel n continues the parade of marine forms, including barnacles, etc. Ohio Okla $1 LIFE UNDER THE SOUTH SEAS, llmin 16si-sd-$30-$35; rent $1.50 1936 UWF 591.92 Jh-sh Science subject by Arthur C. Pillsbury, devoted to underwater studies of the anemone, sea urchin, starfish. Jelly fish, and other creatures of the southern sea The time-lapse camera compresses hours of imperceptibly slow motion Into a few seconds so that the sluggish activities of the lower forms of life may be seen. Mr. Pillsbury's method of recording colors and forms while making submarine movies is also shown and explained Available from, 10 or m,ore film libraries or distributors LIVING JEWELS. (Struggle to live ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$30; rent $1.50 1936 ITTCO 591.92 Jh-sh-c Produced by R.K.O. "Van Beuren corporation Shows the innumerable creatures that live in the ever rolling surf Cos Minn $1 DG NatFS $36; rent $1.50 Ideal $1.65 Shad $1.50 IntF VES $1.50 Mich MARINE CIRCUS. (Pete Smith specialties ser.) IR 16-sd-color-apply TFC 591.92 el-Jh-adult A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer technicolor production available only to schools " 'Marine Circus' is a photographic study of various species of fish which are on display in a marine studio in Florida. . . Recommended for classes in nature studies, in grades 4 to 8. "The film presents a true cross-section of marine life, inasmuch as the fish are not separated by species but mingle as they would in their natural habitat. "The Technicolor photography is a distinct aid to aji appreciation of the colorings." Advisory committee AMNH $2.50 247