Educational film guide ()

914.95-915 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE 914.95 Greece. Cyprus AROUND THE ACROPOLIS. TFC 9min sd (Magic carpet ser) apply 914.95 Jh-sh Produced by 20th Century-Fox "A picture of modern, busy Athens with the Acropolis as a background. . . Orchestral accompaniment. Should be fairly useful in groups studying modern Greece. Suggested for social geography, grades 7 through 12." Advisory committee YUGOSLAVIA. EBF 1940 15min si $24 914.97 el-Jh Guide "Simple peasant life on a small farm; tlie growing of vegetables and flowers for commercial seed and threshing of seed; hog raising; rug weaving; use of modern machinery on larger farm; an elementary school. "Belgrade, the capital, showing waterfront ''cenes, the old fort, the modern city — market place, street scenes, railway depot, and modern public buildings." Ohio "Photographic material excellent but editing not up to modern standards." Collaborator CYPRUS IS AN ISLAND. BIS 1946 34min sd $73.50, rent $5 914.95 Jh-sh-ad Opens with a brief history of Cyprus from the days of the ancient Greeks to the present time. The cities are cosmopolitan places whose Inhabitants speak many different languages; the real Cyprus is to be found in the villages and farms, where the people till the soil In the traditional manner and only very gradually accept modern methods of agriculture GLIMPSES OF GREECE. TFC 9min sd (Magic carpet ser) apply 914.95 Jh Produced by 20th Century-Fox "Three sequences showing the nomads of Macedonia, a Greek Catholic monastery in Thessaly, and of the Royal Guards drilling at the Acropolis are shown here. . . There is a musical background. Recommended for social geography, grades 7 through 9. Suggested that use for geography classes is limited because the sequences are unrelated." Advisory committee GREECE. Forum ed MOT 1946 16min sd $55 914.95 Jh-sh-c-ad-forum Guide The film shows the heroic struggles of the people of Greece, as well as the efforts being made for the reestablishment of economic and political order — how millions of tons of food, clothing and medicine have been brought into Greece by UNRRA; how agricultural implements are being provided to restore farm production 915 Asia BURMA ROAD. ChinaFlm 1941 45mln si color $225, rent $9 915 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Universal Trading Corp. Edited by China Institute in America and Harmon Foundation Built by sheer manpower of the patient and smiling Chinese laborers, the Burma road leads from Kunming to Rangoon, the seaport in Burma. This film shows clearly the terrain and points along the road. Glimpses of aboriginal tribes and the ancient temples reveal the previously little known area of southwestern China FROM SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG. TFC lOmin sd (De la Varre travelogues) apply 915 el-jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Columbia Pictures Corp. "An interesting travelogue of two of Great Britain's most important Far Eastern possessions. Scenes in Singapore include the European business district, varied architecture of the temples and Moslem mosques, and the numerous public buildings and residences of influential citizens. A few shots of the fortifications of this military base are given. The scene then shifts to Hong Kong . . . and here we see a great contrast in the modern buildings and native sampans in the harbor." Collaborator "Highly recommended for geography classes In elementary and junior high school, and for social studies at all grade levels." Advisory committee ON MEDITERRANEAN SHORES (GREECE). UWF 1949 20min sd (Earth and its peoples) $100. rent $6 914.95 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Louis de Rochemont Associates The relatively barren soils of Greece are shown in this film producing a great part of the food which is needed by the people of the land. By virtue of their 3 level system of farming the people of Greece obtain a large part of their food supply 914.97 Bulgaria. Yugoslavia BULGARIA. EBF 1940 15min si $24 914.97 el-Jh-sh Guide An air view of Sofia opens this film. Views at an airport follow. Then a train is seen and the railway station. A statue glorifying the soldier is shown. Street scenes. Public buildings present contrasting styles of architecture. The public market. Farm life is primitive. The loom is a household fixture. A plow drawn by oxen. A woman with a distaff guides the oxen The entire family shares in the work of harvesting the crops. Fruit picking follows. Sheep's milk is used for making cheese State sponsored agricultural schools train the younger generation GLIMPSES OF THE NEAR EAST. EBF 1940 15min si $24 915 el-Jh-sh Guide Scenes photographed in modern Syria, Iraq and Iran along the course of the ancient trade or silk route which was between Europe and Asia. Damascus. A shot of the wall. A native on a camel goes through a gateway. The bazaar, or oriental market place. Handicrafts flourish in the bazaars Labor saving machinery Is In the earliest phases of its evolution. A sheep is clipped. The wool is carded and spun into thread. Rug designs follow time honored patterns. Patterns on less expensive fabrics are hand blocked. We see children at their desks. Modern air and rail transportation brings new ideas and additional trade Improved bridges are required for automobile transport. Street scenes in larger cities along the route. We visit a modern department store. Native men enjoy ice cream as they listen to the radio. The money changer is seen at work. Claissroom scenes conclude the film GREAT SILK ROUTE. Esso 30min sd color loan 915 el-Jh-sh-ad Pictures a motor trip over the historic silk route of the East, from Syria to India thru the Khyber pass. Part of the Thaw Asiatic expedition 586