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1949 EDITION 385-387 TRANSPORTATION IN THE U.S. Forum ed MOT 1948 ISmin sd ?55 385 sh-c-ad Guide Every year a ton of freight must be transported more than 4000 miles to Iteep the average U.S. citizen supplied with the basic necessities. It takes the concerted efforts of all forms of transportation to meet these requirements. However, the railroads are still the backbone of the nation's transportation system, and the film points up both the shortcomings and the progress made in rail transportation and how the need for progressive action is being met not only as it applies to freight but also to passenger requirements theme links together short sequences on steel production, pulp manufacture, shipbuilding, grain storage, and the workings of the great locks and canal systems GREAT LAKES. USCoastGd 16min sd (This is America) loan 386 el-Jh-sh-ad Produced by RKO Radio, from whom it may be purchased. Apply for rates Shows shipping and other scenes of interest of America's Great Lakes ports. Ice breaking by Coast Guard cutter is featured in one part of the picture 386 Inland navigation BOATS. EBP 1938 llmin sd (Elementary social studies ser) ?45, rent $2.50 386 p-el-Jh Guide Collaborators: Ernest Horn, State University of Iowa; Arthur L.. Gates, Teachers College, Columbia University and Celeste C. Peardon On taking a boat trip from Albany, down the Hudson Kiver to New York, Nancy and Roger iiave many exciting adventures. Thej see the siglits along the shore, inspect the different parts of the boat, and observe the different types of boats which ply the river. They also see a great ocean liner assisted from its dock by tug-boats BOATS OF THE GREAT LAKES. EdFIm 1938 15min si $25, rent $1.25 386 el-Jh-sh Guide Ore boats, coal boats, scrap iron freighters, auto ferries, railway ferries, passenger steamers CANALS OF ENGLAND. EBF 1938 22min sd (World's people) $85, rent $5 386 Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: J. A. Lauwerys, University of London Institute of Education Views of the locks, countryside and towns through which the Canal passes, together with different types of cargo carried. Studies of the families living on the boats. A conversation between the captains of two boats exemplifies the type of thinking done by these people. The picture concludes with questions as to the place of this mode of transportation In the machine age "Excellent film showing the origin, development, and present status of the canal boat trafflc in England." Collaborator "Film is too long." Collaborator FLATBOATMEN OF THE FRONTIER. EBF * 1942 10mm sd (American history ser) $45, rent $2.50 386 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: F. D. Clark, University of Kentucky "Reveals how the early settlers of the Ohio Valley were required to be 'Farmer Boatmen through their dependence on the soil for livelihood and on the rivers for transportation. Good frontier personalities, speech, and music are interwoven throughout. Excellent sound effects. Interesting and unusual shots." California GREAT LAKES. IntFlmBur 1941 20min sd $50, rent $2.50; also color $150, rent $5 386 jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the National Film Board of Canada The main stream of shipping down the Lakes, and an outline of the great industries along the shore, provide the theme for this color subject. Diversified cargoes flow along the shlppmg routes between two countries. The shipping GREAT LAKES— HIGHWAY OF COMMERCE. * Grubbs 1948 22min sd color $165 386 el-Jh-sh-c Describes the resources found in the Great Lakes area and shows how these are transported on the Lakes. Includes grain, timber, beef and ore GREAT LAKES— THEIR LINK WITH OCEAN SHIPPING. Grubbs 1948 llmin sd color $90 386 el-Jh-sh-c Shows the construction and operation of the Welland and St Lawrence canals, and the unloading and reloading of cargo at Montreal 387 Shipping. Ocean transportation AMERICA SAILS THE SEAS, NatFedAm Shipping 1946 32min sd color $150, loan 387 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Palmer Pictures. Filmed before and during World war II What the merchant marine does; how It operates; where it goes; what it carries; why we need It FREIGHTER AT SEA. Academy 1948 17min sd * $67.50, rent $4; also color $135, rent $8 387 el-Jh-sh Guide Keyed to develop a consciousness of world trade importance, this sequel to "Freighter in Port" (listed below) shows life aboard ship, starting with the fully loaded freighter putting out to sea. In addition to an animated map of principal ocean trade routes, the film depicts the duties and work of officers and crew in the operation and upkeep of the ship. Navigation instruments and safety devices, including radar and radio direction finder, are shown and explained FREIGHTER IN PORT. Academy 1948 14min sd * $56.25, rent $3; also color $112.50, rent $6 387 el-Jh-sh Guide Here is ocean freighter activity in port. The film begins by showing and explaining the various parts of the ship and the duties of the ship's crew, including longshoremen who load the freighter. Animated diagrams show how the cargo booms and winches work and how the cargo is handled on the dock and in the transit sheds LAKE CARRIER. Castle 1942 9min sd $12.28 387 el-Jh-sh-tr-ad Produced for the U.S. Office of War Information. Released thru the U.S. Office of Education Documentary story of the transportation of iron ore from the Mesabi ranges of Minnesota across the Great Lakes to the steel mills of Gary, Pittsburgh and Youngstown. Narrated by Fredric March 365