Educational film guide ()

918.3-918.6 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE 918.3 Chile ANDES — CHILE'S BARRIER. HollywoodFlm * 1947 12mln sd $45; also color $90 918.3 el-Jh-sh Guide Tells how a mountain range Is responsible for the climate, resources and boundaries of a country ATACAMA DESERT. Castle 1944 18min sd $23.54 918.3 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Julien Bryan for the Office of Inter-American Affairs Life and industry in the hot dry Atacama desert of northern Chile, in which are found the rich nitrate deposits for which Chile Is famous. Interesting study of the life of the people of this region CHILE, EBP 1940 llmin sd (World's people) $45, rent $2.50 918.3 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Produced In collaboration with Earle K. James, lecturer on South America and former editor of the Latin American News Calls attention to varied aspects of the Chilean scene — mountains, deserts, glaciers, mines, ports, and pastoral areas — before proceeding to an estate In the agricultural Central Valley. Here the role of the estate is seen in relation to the visiting owner and his family, the farming population, and Chilean agriculture generally On the family's return to Santiago, varied aspects of Chile's capital city are featured — especially its role as an educational center. Spanish dialog is extensively employed throughout 918.4 Bolivia HIGH PLAIN. Castle 1944 20mln sd $26.41 918,4 Jh'Sh-c-ad Produced by Julien Bryan for the Office of Inter-American Affairs Portrays life on a large agricultural estate on the high plains of Bolivia, and shows how the landlord, whose family has owned the land for 300 years controls the labor and lives of his 5,000 worlcers LA PAZ. Castle 1944 18min sd $23.54 918.4 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Julien Bryan for the Office of Inter -American Affairs A film Journey through La Paz, Bolivia's capital and the "highest big city in the world" Contrasts the old and the new in Latin America LAND OF THE INCAS. Slmmel 1946 12min sd $49; also color $85 918.5 el-Jh-sh-ad Deals with recent and also with ancient history of the Incas LIIVIA. Castle 1945 17min sd $22.83 918.5 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Julien Bryan for the Office of Inter-American Affairs Shows the beauties of the City of Kings, the historical background and buildings, and the modern life of the city PEOPLE OF PERU. HollywoodFlm 1947 llmin sd $45; also color $90 918.5 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Covers the varied peoples of Peru from the old established aristocracy in Lima to the half civilized Indians of the Andes. Gives a comprehensive idea of how advanced, and yet how primitive, the people of a single country can be, and how much their manner of living depends upon the geography of their country PERU. Castle 1945 21min sd $27.12 918.5 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Julien Bryan for the Office of Inter-American Affairs A study of the modern social and economic life of Peru and of the problems of the country PERU. EBF 1941 llmin sd (World's people) $45, rent $2.50 918. el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Produced in collaboration with Earle K. James, lecturer on South America and former editor of the Latin American News Magazine Animated maps help to provide a historical and geographic perspective of Peru. Ruins of pre-Inca and Inca civilizations are shown. Contemporary family life In an Indian Communal village makes up the major sequence. Modern Peruvian industries — copper mining, oil refining, cotton and sugar cane production — are briefly treated, along with urban life In the city of Lima. The seasonal return of the Indians to their native villages concludes the presentation "An excellent film for showing the Inca influence in Peru. Many interesting shots of the crude implements and methods used in agriculture. Art classes should find this film valuable as a reference to Indian art. iRecommended forj Travel— Geography — ^Art — Sociology." California 918.5 Peru HIGHLANDS OF THE ANDES (PERU). UWF 1949 20min sd (Earth and Its people) $100, rent $6 918.5 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Louis de Rochemont Associates This picture shows the difference In the kind of life led by the ordinary Peruvian Indian doing his best to eke out a bare subslstance from meager crops and few domestic animals, and the Indians who work In the commercial operations of the mines This film takes us right Into the copper mines at Cerro de Pa^co, virtually at the top of the world THE INCAS. HollywoodFlm 1947 llmin sd $45: also color $90 918.5 el-Jh-sh-ad Guide Treats of the civilization of the Incas before the arrival of the Spanish and shows the results of the Spanish conyuest and occupation, apparent even today in Peru 918.6 Colombia. Panama BOGOTA— CAPITAL OF COLOMBIA. PanAm Union 1947 llmin sd color $56.75 918.6 el-Jh-sh-ad Presents both descriptive and historical material including scenes which show the clothing of the citizens in a city where there is little contrast of seasons, wide boulevards and many styles of home architecture, outdoor public markets with a great variety of fruits, vegetables and cut flowers and the extensive park system of the mountain metropolis BUILDING THE PANAIVIA CANAL. KnowledgeBldrs 1944 llmin sd (Story of civilization) $40, rent $2 918.6 el-jh Guide Begins with historic scenes of the actual building of the canal. Shows the uniting of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. How the locks operate. Concludes with a trip through the canal 620