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1949 EDITION 919.22-919.4 919.22 Java GLIMPSES OF PICTURESQUE JAVA. Nu Art 1941 lOmin sd $17.50, rent ?1.50 919.22 el-jh-sh-ad Also available in a silent version ($8.75, rent $1) "Among the sights pictured in Batavia, tlie capital of Java, are the residences and business houses, tlie famous hotels, the terminus of a very ellicient railway system, wash day in the canals, the palace of the Sultan, and people at work making a batik. We see near Djockja one of the world's greatest spectacles — the Boroboedoer, built in the eighth century and perhaps the most beautiful Buddhist monument in existence." Wisconsin TROPICAL MOUNTAIN LAND (JAVA). UWP 1948 20min sd (Earth and its peoples) $100, rent $6 919.22 Jh-sh-ad Guide Technical advisor: Dr Clyde Kohn, Northwestern University Geographic concept: A tropical land, its fertility constantly replenished by volcanic ash, provides abundantly for a large population To know the people of Java is to know the land and all that it has given them. Here is great wealth in oil, rubber, teak, quinine and the soil itself because it is constantly enriched and renewed by volcanic ash. The story is focused upon four men of a train crew. Their route is from coastal plain to mountain slope — from urban to rural scenes — from people employed in industrial activities to simple farmers dependent upon the soiL At the end. you know Java 919.3 Solomon Islands SOLOMON ISLANDS WITH MR AND MRS MARTIN JOHNSON. FlmClassic 60min sd rent $15 919.3 Jh-sh-ad Peace time travel film taken by the Johnsons in the now famous Solomon Islands. Scenes of the New Hebrides and of Africa are included 919.31 New Zealand LAND OF CONTENTMENT. TFC 9min sd (Magic carpet ser) apply 919.31 el-Jh-sh Produced by 20th Century-Fox "Opens with aerial views of the mountainous terrain of a part of New Zealand, where glacial ice meets sub-tropicaJ foliage. . . The city of Christchurch is seen from above. . . In the city of New Plymouth, the swans and trout are fed by the Inhabitants, viewed in close-up. . .The natives of the island, the Maoris, and several Maori girls . . . are seen. "The husbandry of New Zealand, with its seasons reversed from ours, is an Important feature of Imperial economics. "Recommended for social geography, at the lower grade levels and for social studies at the upper levels. Exceptional photography, particularly of the scenic views during the husbandry sequence, afford striking pictorial subjects for art students." Advisory committee NEW ZEALAND— THE WHITE MAN'S PARADISE. FitzT lOmin sd (FitzPa trick traveltalks) $25 919.31 sh-c-ad Also available in a silent version for $25 Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "A pictorial study of New Zealand contrasting the modern cities and the extensive agricultural development with the life and crafts of the Maori's, New Zealand's original settlers. A map of the islands gives full information of the topography and locations of principal cities. "Of unusual interest are the woodcarving of the Maoris, their village life, and such natural phenomena as geysers and glacier formations on the little known lofty mountain peaks." Advisory committee 919.4 Australia AUSTRALIA. EBP 1949 llmin sd $45. rent $2.50 919.4 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Guide Collaborator: Edmund deS. Brunner, Teachers College, Columbia University Surveys the geographic factors characterizing the great continent, shows the interrelations of topography, climate, people. Industry and agriculture, and describes the country's principal exports. Imports and society AUSTRALIA. Filmsets 8mln si $12.50 919.4 el-Jh Guide Shows the Important natural features of the continent — seacoast, prairies, bush, etc. Also the chief products — wheat, sheep, livestock, fruit, coal AUSTRALIA TODAY. AustrlNews&Inf 1946 * 35min sd color $225, rent $7.50 919.4 Jh-sh-c-tr-ad Guide Produced by Dept. of Information, Canberra, Australia Shows cities, coastal scenes, beaches, mountains, mines, farms, sheep and cattle ranches, trees, flowers, animals, birds and other interesting features of the island continent BUSH LAND FANTASY. IntFlmBur 1947 lOmin sd color $75, rent $2.50 919.4 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the Australian National Film Board The Australian "bush," its lovely trees and flowersr strange animals and birds, including the mimicry, singing and dancing of the lyre bird "Here is a vastly different land: the bush. It is a friendly world, full of beauty. The naturalist finds interest here in unusual wild flowers, bird life, and animals singled out in closeup." Film world LAND OF FAIR DINKUM. Hawley-Lord 1948 lOmin sd (Our changing world) $22.50; also color $85 919.4 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Paul White Productions "Dinkum" in Australian slang means "OK." This Is the story of a modern pioneer people building the world's newest big league nation, Australia TJURUNGA. AustrlNews&Inf 1946 18%mln sd $150, rent $5 919.4 c-ad Guide Produced by the Australian National Film Board Illustrates In intimate detail the lives, habits and tradition of the Australian aborigines. Suitable for lectures to mature groups and students of anthropology WALKABOUT. AustrlNews&Inf 1946 17min sd color $150, rent $5 919.4 c-ad Guide Produced by the Australian National Film Board Pictures the lives, habits and traditions of the Australian aborigines 623