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383-385 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE PONY EXPRESS — Continued relays and couriers. A letter Is followed from the time It is mailed in a general store postoffice and franked with the running horse seal until it reaches California 10 days later and is delivered to a miner at Sacramento. Closeups of the steps and tools used in this service afford an understanding of the mochila, cantina, and saddle of Pony Express days POST OFFICE. EdPlm 1938 15min si (Community helpers ser) $25, rent |1 383 el The complete story of mailing a letter. Jack writes to his cousin in the city. The letter is mailed in the rural post box, is picked up by the rural carrier and brought in to the city post office. Cancellation, sorting, tying, pouching, transportation on the mail car, sorting by clerks and carrier, and the delivery of the letter are all shown THE POSTMAN. CanNT^ 1947 17min sd $50, rent $2.50 383 p-el-Jh A postman Is shown on his rounds and letters are followed from a comer mall-box down to the post office where stamps are cancelled and mail is sorted and locked into canvas bags to be transported by train, boat or plane 385 Railroads BIG TRAINS ROLLING. Castle 1947 25min sd color loan 385 p-el-Jh Produced by Dudley Pictures Corp. for the Association of American Railroads A "behind-the-scenes" story of the railroads. Two small characters, a boy and a girl, make a trip by themselves and an offscreen narrator instructs them what to do as they travel tilong CLEAR TRACK -AHEAD. Modern 1946 25min sd loan 385 Jh-sh-ad Guide Produced for Pennsylvania Railroad Showing how commerce, agriculture, Industry, and people followed the course of the railroad as it stretched its iron arteries to serve every major portion of our country, this film portrays the progress of the railroads which set the pattern for the progress of America. Giant industries which sprang up along the railroads were connected with mines and oil fields, thus tying together the entire economy of the nation Areas of use: Assembly, club, P.T.A., social studies, economics, general science FREIGHT TRAIN. Barr 1942 llmin sd (Man's work) $40; also color $75 385 el-Jh Trucks begin the carrying of freight and deliver their cargo to the freight house. The shipment is then followed through the terminal into a car which is sealed and delivered to the freight yard. The car is switched and made up into a train. After the train has the final inspection the freight train begins Its journey THE FREIGHT YARD. Rev. ed. NYCen 1947 20min sd (Running the railroad) loan 385 el-Jh-sh-tr-ad First released in 1942 Tells the story of operations in a great classification yard. It follows a fast freight train into a yard and through the many operations. Such things as inspection, office procedure, rolling over the hump, car repairing, servicing locomotives and many other interesting phases of railroading are shown In detail. The departure of a train is shown and the story concludes with the fast freight back on the main line again. Except for credit and end titles the name of the sponsor appears only on locomotives and cars in the course of the picture "Excellent non-commercial, educational presentation of what goes on in making up freight trains." Collaborator MAINLINE, U.S.A. Castle, AssnFlm or PFC 1946 20min sd color loan 385 el-Jh-sh-ad Produced by Dudley Pictures Corp. for the Association of American Railroads Starts with history of rail development from its earliest days in this country. Importance of rail development to our country's growth is pictured. Railroads are shown as the "common denominator" of all American industry. A part of the film is devoted to illustrating passenger travel PASSENGER TRAIN. EBF 1940 llmin sd (Elementary social studies ser) $45, rent $2.50 385 p-el-jh-sh Guide Collaborators: Arthur I. Gates, Teachers College, Columbia University and Celeste C. Peardon A journey on a modern, streamlined, Diesel-electric-powered passenger train from a large city through a picturesque countryside. Shows clearly the duties of the ticket seller, gateman, baggageman, conductor, engineer, motor attendant, mail clerk, dining car cook, waiter, and pullman porter. Right-of-way problems including tunnels and bridges are considered. Attention also is given to factors of comfort, safety, and efficiency in the train's operation "An excellent film for giving primary and elementary grade pupils an experience equivalent to a trip by train. It includes some of the technical phases of railroading, and It emphasizes the responsibility of the train crew for the safety of the passengers. Best suited for use in social studies classes in primary and elementary grades, but it may also be found valuable in higher grades. Photography and sound and good." Ed. screen RUSSIAN CHILDREN'S RAILWAY. IntFlmFd 1946 7min sd $30 385 p-el-jh-sh-c Over on the other side of the world in the U.S.S.R. is a land called Georgia, the capital of which is Tbilisi. Here the Julien Bryan cameras have recorded for American children the story of one of the fifteen Children's Railways built by the Soviet Government, not as a pure entertainment device, but as a motive for furthering interest of youngsters in railroads, thus helping solve one of Russia's major problems — transportation TRAIL OF THE OLYMPIAN. MilwaukeeRd 23min sd color loan 385 el-jh-sh-c-ad A color film portraying activity in the Chicago Union Station; travelers boarding the famous Olympian; interior views of the train; the Mississippi River and Short-Line Bridge near St Paul -Minneapolis; Sioux Indian ceremonial dances at Mobridge, SD; change from steam to electric power at Harlowton, Mont; Montana Canyon from open observation car; Jefferson River Canyon Crossing the Continental Divide; views from the Divide of the surrounding Tobacco Root, Madison and Bridger mountain ranges; Butte, Mont; switch-backs high up in the Bitter Root Mountains, St Joe River and Lalto Chatcolet; Spokane, Wash, and its parks. Cascade Mountains; Seattle and Tacoma, Wash; water front activities; vegetable and fish markets; parks and residential districts 364