Educational film guide ()

1949 EDITION 551.58-570 THE DESERT — Continued ventlonal map. The characteristics of desert plants are pointed out as the common plants of the Mojave and Colorado deserts are shown. Animals found in rocky outcrops and on the sandy desert floor are identified and their adaptations to desert regions emphasized. The film closes with a review of the plants and animals shown and an invitation to explore further the friendly solitude of the desert THE DESERT. Filmsets 1947 8min si $12.50 551.58 el-Jh Guide Describes life in the Sahara, Arabian and Gobi deserts. Oases and Bedouin camps are included 551.96 Coral reefs Post 1945 551.96 CORAL AND ITS CREATURES lOmin sd $25 Jh-sh-c-ad Undersea life on a coral reef. Tropical fish and microscopic studies of coral polyps 553.2 Coal. Petroleum. PEAT AND COAL. Filmsets 8min si $12.50 553.2 el-Jh Guide Shows the geologic processes by which peat and coal are produced and the methods by which they are mined and marketed PETROLEUM. Filmsets 8min si $12.50 553.2 el-Jh Guide Shows the geologic processes that create petroleum reservoirs and shows how the oil is secured, distilled and marketed STORY OF COAL. KnowledgeBldrs 1938 llmin sd $40, rent $2 553.2 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide It is snowing — but inside a house a coal fire keeps things cozy. A boy opens a book titled "Story of coal" and then the film proceeds to tell the story In an impressionistic way it shows how the earth was in a molten state millions and millions of years ago and how it then began to solidify causing buckling or the forming of mountains and valleys. The way in which thick layers of matter were fonned is clearly shown, and under magnification a lump of coal shows the same layer construction. The pages of the book are turned and we read "Coal — Where it is found." On another page we see a map which indicates where coal Is found in the United States The pages turn to consider "Coal minmg." The story carries us down a shaft and operations within the mine are shown. After being carefully gone over and washed the coal is loaded on to freight cars 553.5 Building stones MOUNTAINS OF MARBLE. VtMarble 18min sd loan 553.5 ad "Visualization of the Immense plants, quarries of the Vermont Marble Company and applications of its . . . products in building, etc. A . . . film of a two weeks' visit to the plants." Business screen 553.6 Earthy economic minerals ^'''°n'^'*'« °^ ASBESTOS. USBurMlnes 1938 SOmin si loan 553.6 Jh-sh-c .„ Made in cooperation with the Johns Manville Corp. Shows the blasting of asbestos-bearing rock, cobbing for the best fibers, crushing the fibers, shipment to factory and the making of many useful articles from asbestos STORY OF SULPHUR. EPS 1936 9min sd $30, rent $1.50 553.6 sh Also available in a silent version (12min $22.50, rent $1) A general view of sulphur wells followed by shots of sulphur flowing from them, vats and the large wooden tanks. We see an elevated walk provided to permit workmen to cross. Mountain of solidified sulphur. Workmen drilling and tamping in dynamite and then blasting it down. A crane loads the sulphur on to cars As we watch this loading the commentator mentions many of the uses of sulphur. The rest of the film is given over to a series of experiments performed using sulphur In combination with other materials SULPHUR. New ed. USBurMlnes 1947 20mln sd color loan 553.6 Jh-sh-c-tr-ad Sponsored by the Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. First color movie produced entirely under the supervision of the Bureau of mines. Replaces the earlier black and white film of the same title Relates that of the 3,500,000 tons of sulphur produced annually In the United States, 20 percent or 750,000 tons are exported to foreign countries and the remaining 2,750,000 tons are used in domestic Industries. Altho the greater part of the yearly production goes Into making sulphuric acid, sulphur also is used in manufacturing wood pulp, paper, chemicals, plastics, sulfa drugs, dyes, rubber products, sprays. Insecticides, gun powder, fertilizer, photographic film, soap, lubricating oils, storage batteries, woolen clothing and rayon. The film ends with a fine shot of a huge sulphur vat following blasting operations SULPHUR AND ITS COMPOUNDS. Coronet * 1945 lOmin $45; also color $90 553.6 sh Guide Collaborator: E. C. Waggoner, Illinois State Audio-Visual Dept. Sketches the highlights of the history of sulfur. Presents the mining of sulfur by the Fresch method Most of the film offers a study of the physical and chemical properties of sulfur and Its compounds, particularly sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid 553.8 Precious stones THE ETERNAL GEM. AssnFIm 1947 lOmin sd * loan 553.8 Jh-sh-ad Sponsored by De Beers The geological origin of the diamond, its legend, nature and symbolic meaning are graphically portrayed. The film surveys the history of the diamond from the moment the glittering gem emerges from the deep bowels of the earth until Its ultimate recognition as a precious ornament 570 Biology THIS VITAL EARTH. EBF 1948 lOmln sd * color (The living earth) $90, rent $4 570 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Guide The relation of life to Its environment Is shown thru the balance of plants and animals. Explains that plant and animal interrelationships are essential to survival For evaluative comment see series entry In Part 1 387