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622-623.8 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE FACE OF TIME — Continued likewise see how a modern geological survey is undertaken and how constant new discoveries aided the national war effort GREAT CANADIAN SHIELD. CanNFB 1945 llmln sd color $75, rent $2.50 622 sh-c-ad Shows sources of mineral wealth of the area: gold, nickel, copper and other minerals mined in a rapidly developing Canadian industry NATION'S BUILDING STONE. IndLimestone Inst 1947 20min sd loan 622 Jh-sh-c-tr Produced by Burton Holmes Films Depicts the quarrying and fabricating of Indiana limestone PLACER GOLD. Barr 1941 lOmin sd (Pioneer life) $40; also color $75 622 el-jh-sh Guide Also available in a silent version for $30 During the gold rush of '49, only the simplest kinds of tools were used. Generally these were made on location. This film shows the gold pan method, the rocker or cradlo method, the long Tom method, and the sluice box method Narration brings out the importance of placer mining on California's history and the use of certain terms used by the early miners 622.33 Coal mining COAL COUNTRY. Flory 1948 18min sd (Amerl♦ ca's resources ser) $90, rent $3.50; also color $180, rent $5.50 622.33 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide This story of surface and underground coal mining shows coal coming from a rich vein in West Virginia. It is mined efficiently with the most modern mechanized equipment. The technique of blasting and mining in strip mining is contrasted with the methods used underground — the different equipment used for each type of mining and the difference in the men's jobs are depicted. Formation of veins of coal is explained, as well as the importance of coal — our most valuable mineral resource — in the nation's economy THE CUMBERLAND STORY. BIS 1948 46min sd $112.50, rent $6 622.33 sh-c-ad The true story of a Cumberland coal field. James Nimmo, a mining engineer, is appointed general manager of a group of collieries along the sea coast in Cumberland — one of the oldest and most backward mining areas in Great Britain. While inspecting his fields, he discovers an old seam deserted since the days of John Buddie and his experiments with under-sea mining. The story of Buddie is unfolded and with it the hope of rediscovering and reworking the seaward area MODERN COAL MINING. Goodyear 25min sd loan 622.33 Jh-sh-ad Also available in a silent version (30min) L<abor-saving machinery, electrically driven, has replaced the methods used for hundreds of years in coal mines POWER BEHIND THE NATION. Norfolk&W 1940 38min sd b&w or color loan 622.33 el-Jh-sh-c-tr-ad "An unusually complete picturlzation of the mmmg and transportation of bituminous coal. Beginning with a sequence emphasizing our industrial might, the film explains that the power behind America's production is coal. 'A typical mining procedure in the Appa lachian field is shown in detail, including scenes in the mine and the tipple. "The work of the great ocean coaling terminal at Norfolk and the part of the Norfolk and Western railway in servicing the Appalachian region are shown in the last part of the film." Georgia 623.4 Ordnance. Projectiles ATOMIC BOMB TEST— BIKINI ISLAND. USN * 1947 18min sd loan 623.4 Jh-sh-c-ad A documentary film on the atomic tests at Bikini compiled by editors of Paramount news, comprising the best public release motion pictures of tests ABLE and BAKER BIKINI, THE ATOM ISLAND. TFC llmln sd (MGM miniatures) apply 623.4 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer Bikini natives are shown evacuating their homes for the atom bomb experimental tests. Emphasis in the film is upon the culture of the simple, kindly folk and their spirit of service in voluntarily moving from their island home in the interests of humanity and science OPERATIONS CROSSROADS. USN 1946 27min sd color loan 623.4 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by joint U.S. Army and Navy Task Force One Documents the atomic bomb tests at Bikini V-1, THE FILM OF THE ROBOT BOMB. BIS 1945 9min sd $27.50, rent $1.25 623.4 Jh-sh-ad "A concept of the shattering devastation wrought in England by the German 'buzzbombs' and a high tribute to the people who have endured them." NY Times 623.8 Marine engineering. Shipbuilding ALIGNING AND INSTALLING AUXILIARY MACHINERY. Castle 1944 17min sd $28.58 623.8 tr-ad Guide Produced by U.S. Office of Education. Accompanying fllmstrip $1 Shows the main engine and a variety of ship's auxiliary machines; the basic lines of a ship; how to check the location of machinery foundations to blueprint specifications; how to align and level foundations; and how to surface or smooth foundations BULKHEAD: LAYING OFF AND FITTING A CENTERLINE STIFFENER. Castle 1942 16min sd $27.88 623.8 sh-c-tr-ad Guide Produced by U.S. Office of Education. Accompanying ffimstrip $1 Deals primarily with the work of the shipfltter in laying off and setting a center line T-bar stiffener to a water-tight bulkhead This subject gives considerable emphasis to the advance planning of the work in terms of the most economical cutting of the T-bar stiffener and tripping bracket from an I-beam; the laying off of stiffener and brackets from templates; and the necessity for constant checking with the blueprint on the part of the shipfltter BULKHEAD: SETTING A TRANSVERSE WATERTIGHT BULKHEAD INTO HULL. Castle 1942 17min sd $29.29 623.8 sh-c-tr-ad Guide Produced by U.S. Office of Education. Accompanying fllmstrip $1 456