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333-334 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES — Continued The effects of wind and water erosion and unwise farming are shown. A sequence on conservation and development of esthetic resources is also included CONSERVATION ROAD: THE STORY OF ♦ OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. Films 1947 22min sd (Our land and people) $75 333 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Produced by 20th Century-Fox Conservation road has finally become a broad highway. Once it was a narrow path only followed by a few. But thru the years it has been beaten out by the feet of farmers, prospectors, oilmen, miners, lumbermen, fishermen, and men of industry and government who, concerned with our rapidly diminishing natural resources, had to learn that the way to continuous productivity was directly down conservation road HERITAGE WE GUARD. Castle 1940 30min sd $36.57 333 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, from whose regional oftices it may be obtained The film concerns the damage to soil and wild life that accompanied the winning of the continent by westward migration; the value of sucii life and current activities in restoration "A concise, enlightening survey of the wild life of this country and its value to our wellbeing. Good continuity." Collaborator NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 333 Jh-sh Guide The Pacific coast overflows with a richness of naturfU resources seldom found in other areas of the world. The giant magnitude of its lumbering, fishing, farming and mineral industries can be seen in all its true-to-life vividness as the creation and servant of man. The necessity for conserving our natural resources is presented SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION. EBF 1948 lOmin * sd color (The living earth) $90, rent $4 333 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Guide Visualizes what happens when any one of the links in the "chain of life" Is broken. Unscientific lumbering processes, devastating forest fires, uncontrolled wind or water erosion, overworked land and roaring floods are shown as the Implements which can destroy our world unless man acts in time For evaluative comment see series entry In Part 1 334 Cooperation. Cooperative societies CHINA'S PATTERN FOR PEACE. Sun-Dial 1945 9min sd $18, rent $1.50 334 el-Jh-sh-c-ad "Dealing with the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives which have emerged from the years of war, and bring nearer to fulfillment Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's principle of economic security for the people. Examples of various cooperatives are shown." Ed. screen CONSUMERS SERVE THEMSELVES. Co-op 1940 llmin sd color $75, rent $3 334 sh-c-ad-forum Produced for Eastern Cooperative League Council for Cooperative Development and Consumer Distribution Corp. by Tomlin Film Productions Describes how co-op members control quality of the goods they buy. Scenes of co op testing kitchens and kitchen-clean stores; democratic operation of retail and wholesale business in which consumers serve themselves CO-OPS ARE COMIN'. Co-op 1941 35min si $65, rent $2; also color $125, rent $3 334 sh-c-ad Produced by the Harmon Foundation "Depicts a group on a tour of inspection to various consumer cooperatives in the Middle West and South. It indicates the extensive and varied development that has taken place in American consumer Cooperatives but gives little insight into the way in which cooperatives function. It is suitable for use with young people and adults who desire additional information about the spread of cooperatives." Int. journal of religious ed. CREDIT UNIONS— JOHN DOE'S BANK. Coop 1939 25mln sd $156, rent $4.50 334 sh-c-ad Produced by the Harmon Foundation The story of the credit union movement In America, showing the history and development of credit cooperatives and how they have saved their members from loan sharks and have built a three hundred million dollar network of people's banks THE GOOLIBAH TREE. Co-op 1948 20mln sd color $150, rent $4 334 p-el-Jh-sh-ad Produced by Dan Miller Productions A puppet film based on the co-op book by the same title telling the allegorical story of Mr Wrinkle, Mr Krinkle, and Mr Spinglespangle, Esq. and how they learned that thru cooperation they could all share the fruits of the Goolibah tree HERE IS TOMORROW. Co-op 1942 30min sd * $160, rent $4.50 334 sh-c-ad Produced by Documentary Film Productions Tells the story of the development of American cooperatives — how two and a half million farm and city families have built a giant "people's business" "An inspiring, effective, and most encourIng piece of work. I only wi.sh everyone in America r-ould see it. for it would give them renewed and substantial hope for the future." Collaborator LEARNING THROUGH COOPERATIVE PLANNING. TC 1948 20min sd $75 334 el -Jhsh-c-ad-forum Produced by Horace Mann-Lincoln Institute of School Experimentation Shows how elementary school children can acquire one of the most important skills of our modern times — effective participation as a member of a group MEN OF ROCHDALE. Co-op 50mln sd $75, rent $4.50 334 sh-ad Produced by the Cooperative Wholesale Society Britain's stirring centennial tribute to the Rochdale pioneers who opened their Toad Lane store in 1844. The story of their struggles and final success is dramatically portrayed MY NEIGHBORS AND I. GaAgExt 1947 SOmln sd color apply 334 Jhsh-c-ad-forum Produced with the cooperation of the TVA, from whom it may be borrowed Shows why a farmer's cooperative was organized, how It operates, the duties and responsibilities of the members 344