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1949 EDITION
154-172.4
154 Memory
MEMORY TRICKS. TFC 1941 9min sd (Pete Smith specialties) apply 154
Jh-sh-ad
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Thie audience is griven a memory test and
various ways of remembering faces, names and
numbers by mental association are suggested
170 Ethics
AS WE FORGIVE. RFA 1937 16min si rent $1.50 170
Jh-sh Produced by Harmon Foundation "A junior boy learns to show his love for God through forgiveness to others when he, himself, experiences a need for forgiveness," Int. journal of religious ed.
FUN ON THE PLAYGROUND. EBF 1947
♦ lOmin sd (Elementary social studies ser)
$45, rent $2.50 170
el-Jh Guide Teaches the real benefits of fairness, consideration and cooperation thru activities children understand and enjoy
GREENER HILLS. TFC llmin sd (MGM miniatures) apply 170
jh-sh-ad-forum Guide Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Short drama of the incurable optimist who succeeds at nothing because he must try his hand at everything. His family suffers. He goes from salesmanship to raising peanuts to cultivating bees. In the meantime his family succeeds with the peanut farm In which the collective wealth was Invested. Theme exceedingly well dramatized and wellportrayed. Suggested as of use in economics and biology classes, but principally of value for its vocational connotation." Advisory committee
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. RFA 1940 lOmin si rent $1.50 170
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Produced by Harmon Foundation Presents a life situation in which thru a coincidence the integrity of an individual becomes a matter of question. It is a dramatic story of a young man without work or funds who finds a bulging wallet
SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS. Forum ed MOT 1948 17min sd $55 170
sh-c-ad Guide Traffic jams, radios blaring, gadgets — all the machines that were supposed to make life easier seem to be making It more frustrating and complicated instead. This film examines modern living and Its effect upon mankind. It airs some of the problems of man and how he attempts to solve or escape them. Shows man turning for advice and counselling wherever it is profferred and, with unflagging optimism, buying potions and pills, following the advice of astrologists and numerologists, adhering faithfully to such mail order courses as muscle building — always certain that a miraculous solution of all his problems Is Just around the corner
172 Stafe efhics
FURY; excerpt (trial sequence). TFC 14mln sd (Human relations ser) apply 172
jh-sh-ad-forum Guide Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Edited by the Commission on Human Relations
Deals with wholesale perjury by members of a community In an attempt to protect twenty-two of its members indicted for murder and lynching
RESPECT THE LAW. TFC 20min sd (Crime does not pay) apply 172
Jh-sh-c-ad
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"A case is dramatized in which failure to respect the law places the burden of one man's selfishness on the shoulders of an entire community.
"The respected owner of waterfront properties is told that adequate rat-prooflng of his properties will cost $26,000. The owner bribes the city inspector to avoid this cost.
"Later, rats from incoming ships spread bubonic plague and many die. Both the culprits are apprehended and serve long prison terms.
"Recommended for classes in social studies and citizenship." Advisory committee
WHISPERS. TFC 1941 lOmin sd (Passing parade) apply 172 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "This film concerns organized whispering campaigns and the spreading of rumors for commercial purposes.
"A case is cited wherein an honest, public-spirited citizen attempts to rebuild the slum section of a large city. Forces in the city to whom civic improvements mean financial loss, start a vicious whispering campaign which not only defeats the project but ruins the honest citizen's reputation." Georgia
172.4 Peace and war
CHURCH IN THE ATOMIC AGE. FlmForum
* Fd 1948 lai/pmin sd (In the eyes of the
church) $87.50, rent $5.25 172.4
Jh-sh-c-ad-forum Guide
Produced by RKO Pathe with the cooperation of the Motion Picture Association U.S. Army and Atomic energy Commission. Narrated by Andre Baruch
Shows the development and use of the atomic bomb during World war II and raises questions regarding the moral justification of atomic warfare
"Many church people object to this fllm, others like it." Collaborator
"No solution given as to whether church should preach aggressive or defensive war. Not well balanced; too much emphasis on results of bomb, too little on role of church. Nothing creedal. Good fllm for Interfalth work." Collaborator
NUREMBERG TRIALS, THE CHURCHES AND INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE. Flm ForumFd 1948 29i^min sd (In the eyes of the church) $87.50, rent $5.25 172.4
sh-c-ad-forum Guide
Produced by RKO Pathe with the cooperation of the Motion Picture Association
Shows pictures of the atrocities presented as evidence at the trials and raises questions regarding the moral foundations of international justice
PEACE ON EARTH. TFC lOmin sd color apply
172.4 el-Jh-sh-ad
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Unique satire of war seen thru the eyes of grandpa squirrel and his squirrel grandchildren
"Strange composite for its age group; peace on earth as aftermath of war, which is presented in terrifying sequences." Collaborator
"Recommended for church use when used as part of program 'Educating for Peace,' " Collaborator
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