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915.4-915.5 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE I N D I A— P U N J A B— Continued water. Both water and fuel must be carefully conserved and are used sparingly A native woman makes unleavened bread. Rice is roasted in hot sand. Dinner is served wherever they happen to be sitting and Is eaten with the fingers. A community pipe is enjoyed after dinner Churning, laundrywork, mending and spinning are household activities. We follow a man and his wife on a trip to the nearest market town. The woman adorns herself with Jewelry. A panorama of the goods found In the market place. Files crawl over the bowls of grain which are for sale School Is conducted In the open air. Buildings in Delhi are pictured, and native bazaars provide sharp contrasts. Native entertaining. Natives board a bus. Cows amble down the street Mohammedans are seen at worship INDIAN DURBAR. TFC lOmin sd color (Fascinating Journeys) apply 915.4 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Paramount Pictures Corp. "Photographs in color of the Indian Durbar, the state reception held three times a year in the Rajahputana region of India. This territory consists of many independent states, each of which is under its own ruling dynasty, but maintains friendly relations with the British Empire. "Scenes of the pomp and lavish splendor of these festivities as the Indian princes pay homage to the British throne are shown in detail. "The occasion is opened with a religious ceremony over which Hindu priests preside. Symbolic gifts are presented, the armed forces are reviewed, and the traditional songs and dances occur at intervals. The concluding sequences show the luxurious Eastern palace of the maharajah. "Recommended for courses in history." Advisory committee LAND OF THE BENGAL. TFC 9mln sd (Fox movietone ser) apply 915.4 Jh-8h-c Produced by 20th Century-Fox "A series of scenes in Calcutta, . . Commentary and a background of orchestral music. A sympathetic travelogue of life In Calcutta. Highly recommended for geography classes, grades 7 through 9. Recommended also for classes in sociology and comparative cultures, grades ten through college." Advisory committee LIFE IN A PUNJAB VILLAGE. FON 1946 lOmin sd $26, rent $1.50 915.4 Jh-sh-ad Glimpses of the work, habits and mode of life, recreations and pastimes, in a typical village In Northern Punjab. The Punjab villager Is a hardy outdoor man and scenes of horseback-riding, falconry and cock-flghtlng provide Interesting material for the screen ROAD IN INDIA. TFC lOmin sd color (Fascinating Journeys) apply 915.4 el-Jh-sh Produced by Paramount Pictures Corp. "A typical Indian road running through India's strange and colorful past for centuries and bringing that past into the present. "Beside the road may be seen a Moslem hermitage; on it move old-time bullock carts still traveling in convoy for fear of tigers; elephants are seen doing heavy transport work: the bleak and bitter landscape; the splendor of the local Rajah traveling with his wife as has been done for 2,000 years; Hindu women carrying water with averted faces; overall the gossip of the travelers; a winding ribbon of the present threading the fantastic centuries of ancient India." Advisory committee SACRED GANGES. TFC lOmin sd color (Fascinating Journeys) apply 915.4 Jh-sh Produced by Paramount Pictures Corp. Benares "is visited every year by thousands of pilgrims who come to bathe in the holy river. "Picturesque sequences show the temples along the shores of the river, the terraces of the dead — the burning ghats where the dead are cremated and their ashes scattered on the river, fulfilling the deepest desire of every worshipper. "Views of Brahman priests reading Hindu scripture . . . various religious fanatics (the Salus and Yogis) . . . supplicants asking the river for blessings and healing." Advisory committee SONG OF CEYLON. MMA 1934 39min sd rent $8 915.4 sh-c-ad Produced by John Grierson for the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board Shows the impact of western civilization on the Singhalese culture SOUTH OF THE HIIVIALAYAS. Filmsets 8mln si $12.50 915.4 el-Jh Guide Shows the caste system in India and the products of that country — rice, elephants and ivory, teak, cacao, sugar cane, etc. VILLAGE IN INDIA. TFC lOmIn sd color (Fascinating Journeys) apply 915.4 el-Jh-sh Produced by Paramount Pictures Corp. "Scenes In the Hindu village community of Rajputana In India, showing the villagers before the temple offering prayers and asking blessings on their crops as they go Into the fields to work; the weaving and spinning which has given the villagers occupation in the four months of every year during which there is no work in the fields; the superstitions and religious restrictions which control every action of the Hindu. "There are Interesting views of the Induction of a newly wedded girl Into the community of married women of the Brahman Caste; the Initiation of boys into the fraternity of the Brahmans when the caste thread is placed on their shoulders; celebration of a Hindu wedding. Finally, a fire in the village which lays waste the mud houses with their thatched roofs baked dry by the burning Indian sun." A-dvlsory committee YESUDAS, THE OUTCASTE. MethodistBd 1946 20min sd $70. rent $4 915.4 sh-c-ad A documentary picture of the Outcastes of India, showing one of them breaking the bonds of caste to become a Christian preacher. Typical scenes of Indla^ — the Ganges River, rural life, Himalayan mountains, city streets and people, including the Untouchables 915.42 Himalaya mountains TRAGEDY OF MT EVEREST. Brandon 30mln sd $90, rent $6 915.42 Jh-sh-c "An unusual picture — beautiful photography. A photographic record of the expedition which almost succeeded in climbing to the very summit of Mt. Everest." Young men's Christian assn. 9 1 5.5 Persia GRASS. MMA 1925 70min si rent $14 915.5 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack for Paramount Pictures 590