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1949 EDITION 917.95-917.98 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Continued ural wonder. Scenes of grandeur, during summer and winter, give a comprehensive picture of tiiis unique seven mile long gorge and adjacent country Scenes Include: Giant sequoias; Half Dome; Glacier point; Giant's Stairway; Nevada Falls; Vernal Falls; Merced river; Inspiration Point; Bridalveil Falls; El Capitan; California mule deer; Yosemite Falls, and then the Yosemite wonderland after a snowfall "Beautiful. Good variety to show scenery of a national park of the West." Collaborator 917.95 Oregon OREGON. Dudley 1949 lOmin sd (This land of ours) $28.50; also color $85 917.95 el-Jh-sh-ad Historical, industrial, geographical and scenic highlights of the state OREGON COUNTRY. EBF 1930 15min si $24 917.95 el-Jh Guide "Scenes of the covered wagon days are contrasted with those of the country as It is today. The Lewis and Clark route and the Oregon Trail are traced to Fort Hall and Fort Missoula respectively. The route to Oregon continues through the Hood River country. "Scenes along the way Include the Columbia highway, salmon fishing, Mt. Hood, Portland, and the salmon industry at Astoria. The film is divided into the following units: Trails to Oregon, Columbia Plateau, the lower Columbia River, the Puget Sound area." Iowa THIS IS OREGON. StdOilCalif 1947 32min sd color apply 917.95 el-Jh-sh-ad Shown on request in seven western states (Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington) Produced by Photo Art Commercial Studies Illustrates the word descriptions of an Oregonian who sets out to explore the state 917.97 Washington EVERGREEN EMPIRE. TFC llmin sd (Magic carpet ser) apply 917.97 el-Jh-sh Produced by 20th Century-Fox "This travelog of the state of Washington gives a panoramic view of the capitol at Olympia, intimate glimpses of Seattle with its wide and picturesque streets and inspiring scenes taken in the timber country. Interesting shots of the lumber industry show the felling of giant timber trees and their course through the mill. "Carefully explained views of the salmon Industry show the naodern devices which are used to adjust the habits of the salmon to the mammoth dams in the hydro-electric development. These shots show the operation of the salmon elevator. "Photography is excellent. Highly recommended for geography in elementary grades and for economic geography in Junior and senior high schools. Might have some value In science and industrial arts at senior high school level." Advisory committee "^^^^if^ff^GTON STATE. Dudley 1949 lOmin sd (This land of ours) $28.50; also color $85 917.97 Jh-sh-ad The historical, industrial, geographical and scenic highlights of the state 917.98 Alaska ALASKA. EBF 1942 llmin sd (The Americas) $45, rent $2.50 917.98 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Collaborator: Vilhjalmur Stefansson "Developed to show the relationship of people living in Alaska to their environment and the tremendous reservoir of resources which Alaska comprises. The following representative aspects of Alaska's resources are portrayed in this picture: fishing, lumbering, mining, fur trapping, and agrriculture. Emphasis is also placed on Alaska's special transportation problems." Wisconsin "Interesting material. Good commentator Well organized and presented." California ALASKA. Nu-Art 12min sd $17.50, rent $1.50 917.98 el-Jh-sh Also available in a silent version ($8.75, rent $1) Alaska Is portrayed as a land of scenic beauty, a land of strategic importance, and a land rich in natural resources. Gives some of the historic background ALASKA— A MODERN FRONTIER. Coronet 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 917.98 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Collaborator: Thomas Frank Barton, associate professor of geography, Indiana University Gives students an opportunity to travel thru the wilderness for a first-hand view of Alaska. They'll see the thriving, modern community of Fairbanks. They'll take a trip with "the flyingest people in the world" to visit gold miners, salmon fishermen, pioneer farmers of the Matanuska valley, Eskimos on the coast of the Bering sea — to see for themselves why Alaska is really a modern frontier "Omits many salient factors of climate and location." Collaborator ALASKA AND ESKIMOS. Filmsets 8mln si $12.50 917.98 el-Jh Guide Shows the typical features of the Arctic regions and how man adapts his manners of living to an arctic environment ALASKA, GLOBAL CROSSROADS. Flory 1948 * llmin sd (America's resources ser) $50, rent $2 also color $90 rent $3.50 917.98 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide The new geographical importance of Alaska in the air age is surveyed, along with its industries, peoples and problems. Fishing, canning, lumbering, mining, fur farming are highlighted, as well as the racial, governmental and health problems of the territory. Included are scenes of Eskimo life ALASKA: THE STORY OF A FRONTIER. * Films 1947 22min sd (Our land and people) $75 917.98 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Produced by 20th Century-Fox Because Alaska is a new country this film on its history and development can give the student the opportunity to see a vast country grow before his eyes, to see a frontier open up, to see great natural resources being developed and most of all to see what a twentieth century frontier people can do to develop industries and homes, transportation and schools, trade and citizenship ALASKA TOUR. TFC lOmin sd (De la Varre travelogues) apply 917.98 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Columbia Pictures Corp. "Typical travelogue of Alaska. "Steamer leaves Seattle and takes Inside passage route to Ketchikan, and then on to 617