Educational film guide ()

1949 EDITION 629.2-629.213 PERIODIC CHECKUP — Continued Shows the necessary steps In the periodic check-up of a car, Including tuning up the engine, servicing the braise system, inspecting the steering system, and Inspecting chassis and body PRICELESS CARGO. JamHandy 1946 22mln sd loan 629.2 tr-ad Sponsored by Superior Coach Corp. Details the safe operation of a school bus. Named the "best non-theatrical picture on traffic safety produced in 1946" by the Natlonad committee on films for safety STEERING, WHEELS, FRONT AND REAR AXLES. Castle 19min sd $31.44 629.2 sh-c-tr Guide Produced by the U.S. Office of Education. Accompanying fllmstrip $1 Shows how to check for play in the steering wheel of an auto; to check the front end assembly for excessive play; to make a rough test for wheel balance; to correct wheel runout; to make a toe-in test; and how to test springs, axles and overall backlash STORY OF A SPARK PLUG. USBur Mines 1942 34min sd loan 629.2 Jh-sh Made in cooperation with the Champion Spark Plug Company Revision of the silent film "Along the Firing Line" "Story of the spark plug: use in gasoline engines, fire trucks, airplanes, etc., with animated drawing to show action of spark plug; making insulators, brass caps and electrodes with assembling, point setting, and packing." Colorado "[Useful In] general science, physics, commercial geography and shop work [classes]" Am. museum of nat. hist. TRANSMISSION, DRIVE SHAFT AND DIFFERENTIAL. Castle 14min sd $25.71 629.2 sh-c-tr Guide Produced by the U.S. Office of Education. Accompanying filmstrip $1 Shows how to check the transmission gear shift mechanism of an auto; how to inspect the drive shaft and the differential; how to check differential backlash; and how to test the running condition of the transmission, drive shaft and differential TROUBLE SHOOTING YOUR CAR. Castle 1945 12min sd $22.15 629.2 sh-c-tr-ad Guide Produced by the U.S. Office of Education. Accompanying flimstrip $1 What a driver should do to locate and correct minor car troubles; how to follow an orderly and step-by-step procedure In checking why a car won't start; and how to recognize symptoms of Impending trouble TRUCKING. Barr 1945 lOmin sd (Man's work) $40; also color $75 629.2 p-el-Jh Guide Also available in a silent version for $30 Logging trucks, oil tankers, produce trucks, and livestock trucks are all shown In action in this well done film The routine of livestock hauling is followed from the beginning to end Also shows the necessary care of trucks, ■afety features and the driver's time clock 629.213 Automobile driving BEHIND THE WHEEL. GM 1946 30mln sd loan 629.213 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced for General Motors by Sound Masters Inc. Explains the many rules and regulations which must be observed and understood before expert driving ability can be achieved BUS DRIVER. EBP 1946 llmin sd (Elementary social studies ser) $45, rent $2.50 629.213 p-el-Jh Guide Collaborator; Paul R. Hanna, Stanford University "The work of long distance bus drivers is dramatized in the story of an eventful crosscountry bus trip made by a small boy. The duties of a bus driver are depicted in scenes showing how he meets driving hazards, serves his passengers, and Iteeps his bus in operating condition. "Attention is given to the principles of safe driving and the aids to safety and effl . ciency provided by modern highway construction. The activities of a bus terminal and service garage are pictured, along with typical experiences of a four-hundred-mile bus journey." Ed. screen CHAMPIONS AT THE WHEEL. Aetna 17min sd color loan 629.213 sh-c-ad A truck fleet safety film, designed to correct the faulty driving habits of the professional drivers who daily wheel huge, freightcarrying trucks over countless miles of highways and city streets. The most frequent causes of accidents — improper passing, turning and parking — are clearly brought out, and the need of alertness, care and timing on the part of the drivers is graphically portrayed through a comparison of driving situations with similar occurrences in the sport world DRUNK DRIVING. TFC 21min sd (Crime does * not pay) apply 629.213 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "An impressive lesson stressing 'not to drink if you drive, and if you drive, not to drink." It recounts the circumstances which lead to a tragic accident involving the death of several persons and the ruining of a young man's career. "The characters in the drama are a young business man, his wife and motlier-in-law and an old couple, innocent victims of the husband's drunken driving. A helpful study of police and courts In relation to community welfare. "Emotional pitch precludes showing below Junior high school level. Composition of short subject good and photography excellent." Advisory committee GUILTY. Calvin 1941 30mln sd $95 629.213 el-ih-sh-c-ad When a flippant traffic violator Is brought before him a judge outlines for the spectators in the court what such driving and such an attitude might very well bring to pass. History shows that this careless young man might easily find himself badly maimed and responsible for the death of a loved one. It is a strong plea for careful courteous driving "The seriousness of careless driving is forcefully illustrated. A most convincing dramatization on safety. Highly dramatized, but very effective. Technically excellent. Beautiful musical accompaniment." California HIGHWAY MANIA. RKORadio 1948 17min sd (This is America) apply 629.213 el-Jh-shad-forum In the United States more than thirty million motor vehicles are in operation with three million miles of highways to carry them. But more people have been killed in traffic accidents than in all of our wars. Almost a million killed and twenty-flve million injured. What is the cause? This film points out many of the problems of traffic control, the lack of uniform laws In the various states, the qualification for driving of incompetent people, the licensing of teen-agers who have not achieved the sense of responsibility or the maturity 471