Educational film guide ()

591.5 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE LITTLE FRIEND OF THE WILD — Continued wild friends of the woods from finding enough food to keep alive, puts on his snow shoes and brings food to the woodpecker, the squirrel, the raccoon, the owl, the deer, the bear, the rabbit and to the skunk "The story is well done and the animal scenes are excellent. [Good for) science and reading." Collaborator LIVE TEDDY BEARS. EBP 1947 llmin sd (Primary science ser) $45, rent $2.50 591.5 p-el-jh Guide Produced in collaboration with the staff of the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia, and photographed in an Australian park and in the remote bush country of Australia, sole place in the world where koalas live out of captivity Opening with a scene in the Australian park where a young boy and girl come to see the koalas, the film shows how much they resemble teddy bears in looks and size and how they live entirely on eucalyptus leaves which contain so mucli moisture that koalas need not drink water. The next scene is in the wild bush country of Australia where the koalas are found in their native habitat MAMMALS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 591.5 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Robert Snedigar, Chicago Zoological Park Treats the common animals of the countryside as friends or enemies of the farmer. Includes the skunk, red fox, woodchuck, etc. MAMMALS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 591.5 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Colin C. Sanborn, Chicago Natural History Museum Illustrates how seasonal adaptations of mountain animals are correlated with their changing food situation MAMMALS OF THE WESTERN PLAINS. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 591.5 el-Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Colin C. Sanborn, Chicago Natural History Museum Establishes the concept of all class differentiation among mammals thru differences In teeth, as determined by diet MY FRIEND, THE HARTI. LIbraryFlm lOmln sd (Magic vault ser) $27 591.5 el-Jh "Elephants of India, showing their economic Importance as well as their use in ceremonials." Wisconsin NATURE'S NURSERIES. Bray ]6min si $20, rent $1.50 591.5 el-Jh Studies from zoological gardens and from wild life "Fish eggs. Alligator eggs. Spider eggs and babies. Hummingbird nest. Feeding young. Deer and young. Sheep and young. Bear and young." California NEW HOMES FOR BEAVERS. CanNFB 1946 lOmln sd $25, rent $1.50 591.5 Jh-sh-ad The story of the restocking of the James Bay area with beavers from Algonquin Park. Explains the Government's conservation programme. The Indian chief of the reserve has decreed that each year new beavers will be brought to the streams, and that there will be no trapping for seven years. By allowing the beaver population of the area to increase, man will benefit: beaver dams help control floods and irrigate the land, which in turn encourages plant and animal life OUR ANIMAL NEIGHBORS. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 591.5 p-el-jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Robert Snedigar, Chicago Zoological Park In this film we see ten common small mammals: cottontail rabbit, gray squirrel, fox squirrel, chipmunk, gopher, deer and meadow mice, shrew, mole and bat. Designed to use with groups of younger children PIGS AND ELEPHANTS. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 591.5 p.ei-jh-sh Guide Collaborators: Donald M. Hatfield and Eliot C. Williams, Chicago Academy of Sciences Introduces such foreign animals as the babirusa, the wart hog of Africa and the pigmy hippopotamus, and shows the relationship of these strange animals to the familiar domesticated pig. Unusual pictures of the hippopotamus with its young and action shots of the Indian and African elephant are featured REACTIONS IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS. EBF llmin sd (Biology — Animal life ser) $50, rent $2.50 591.5 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Harvard Film Service After characterizing the concepts of 'stimulus' and 'reaction,' the film presents a study of different types of reactions in plants and animals. Directed reactions in a field of force (tropisms) are studied first; then higher reactions including reflexes lead up to a review of nervous system activity. Such reactions as geotropism, phototropism, sterotroplsm, galvanotropism, and rheotropism are studied RETURN OF THE VANISHING HERD. Hardcastle 1947 lOmin sd color $85 591.5 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide A more detailed study of the Alaska fur seal than "Passage to the Pribilofs" (class 917.98) Every winter the animals depart for a six months' period at sea and every spring they find their way back, thiu thousands of miles of water, to their only home on land, the Pribilof islands SAN DIEGO ZOO. SantaFe 12min sd color loan 591.5 p-el-Jh Guide One of the world's greatest collections of wild animals, birds of amazing types and colors, and strange reptiles; comments by Belle Benchley SANCTUARY OF THE SEALS. TFC 9min sd (Adventures of a news cameraman) apply 591.5 p-el-Jh Produced by 20th CenturyFox "This film shows the habits and actions of the Pacific Coast seals. A very entertaining and educational subject. Excellent for the grammar school grades." California SHOOTING MOOSE WITH THE CAMERA. QueTour&PubBur 1942 28min si color loan 591.5 jh-sh-ad Shows the scenic beauty of the Laurentides park in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Moose hunting with only a camera thru the wilderness of this famous park SNOOKIE, THE ADVENTURES OF A BLACK BEAR CUB. AssocFlmArtists 1948 20min sd color $85 591.5 p-el-Jh Produced by Murl Deusing, curator of education, Milwaukee Public Museum Available with two sound tracks — primary version or regular version for upper levels "A wholesome picture story of a lovable, slightly naughty black bear cub." See & hear 394