Educational film guide ()

1949 EDITION 970.1-973 SACRED ARROW CEREMONY OF THE CHEYENNE INDIANS. Okla.UPress 1934 22min si rent $2.25 970.1 8h>C Produced by Forrest B. Clements of the University of Oltlalioma The first motion picture recording of what has for generations been a Jealously guarded ritual. The Southern Cheyenne tribe has long had in Its possession four medicine arrows whose magic power is believed to shield the tribe from misfortune and evil. The arrows are sacred talismans and constitute the very "holy of holies" of the Cheyenne Periodically the arrows are magically renewed, and it is this ceremony which has been recorded permanently through the medium of the motion picture film SILENT ENEMY. Non-Theatrical 70min sd apply 970.1 el-Jh-sh-ad An authentic picture about the American Indian in which the epic story of his life and struggles in the Canadian wilds during the thousands of years that preceded the coming of Columbus is graphically told. Shows the Indian as a human being without his war paint, just as he lived, worshipped his gods and struggled against the tremendous odds of primitive nature. This is the first time that a race, realizing it is about to die, has itself acted out its own story SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN DANCES. Dudley 1948 lOmin sd $28.50; also color $85 970.1 el-Jh-sh-c-ad The typical dances of many tribes at the Gallup, New Mexico Annual Inter-Tribal ceremonials, including the Eagle Dance and the Hoop Dance SUPAI INDIAN. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 970.1 Jh-sh-c-ad Guide Collaborator: Alfred F. Whiting, Museum of Northern Arizona At the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado live the last remnants of a great Indian tribe, the Supai, who now number only 175. Study of their customs, industries & habits; varied glimpses of their everyday lives, as the group of children singing, the toasting of corn by an ancient method, young maidens adorning themselves according to the Supai standards of beauty, and the whole tribe gathered for a rodeo ZAPOTECAN POTTERS— MEXICO. Library Flm 1941 lOmin sd (Way of life ser) $27 970.1 eUJh-sh Produced by Franchon Royer Food is secured chiefly from irrigated gardens. The women of the tribe are skilful potters. Although many of the elders speak only Indian dialects the children are taught Spanish in their schools 971 Canada HUDSON'S BAY. Films 1940 94min sd apply 971 Jh-sh-c-tr-ad Guide Produced by 20th Century-Fox Paul Muni in the story of Pierre Radlsson, the renegade Frenchman who persuaded King Charles II of England to found the Hudson's bay company and open the vast Canadian Northwest to colonization PORTAGE. IntFlmBur 1945 20min sd $75, rent * $4; also color $165, rent $7.50 971 el-Jh-sh-c Produced by Crawley Films for the Canadian Geographical Society "Gives an idea of the fur trade in Canadian history and shows in detail the building of a birch bark canoe by Indian craftsmen." School executive 972 Mexico TOMORROW'S MEXICO. Forum ed MOT 1946 17min sd $55 972 Jh-sh-c-ad-forum Guide Beginning in Mexico's unenlightened past and looking to its future, this covers Mexico's 36-year social upheaval. From the revolution of 1910 to today's industrial expansion it shows the growing determination of the Mexicans to throw off the bonds of ignorance and raise their standard of living 972.97 Virgin Islands 50 YEAR BARTER. Post 1947 9min sd (Strange as it seems) $25 972.97 Jh-sh Produced by John Hix Presents the history of the negotiations with Denmark for the purchase of the Virgin Islands, begun by Lincoln and Seward but not completed until 1917 TOTEMS. Official 1944 llmin sd color $75 970.1 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the National Film Board of Canada Shows the enormous cedar totems with their ritual and religious carvings, made by the west coast Indians of British Columbia 973 United States WORK FOR YOUR OWN. 20min si color $130 LibraryFlm 1941 970.1 p-el-Jh Shows in detail the hard yet simple life of the Navajo Indians, who in the present day feed, clothe, and shelter themselves through their own industry without outside help. Produced in color by Alexander and Dorothea Leighton "Fine teaching film. Scenes are held sufficiently long to be meaningful. Delightful color." Collaborator "Very good for teaching, especially at the elementary level. Titles simple. Good processes shown." Collaborator GROWTH OF AMERICA. 1946 lOmin sd $40, rent $ AmFlmRegis try 973 el-Jh Produced by the Historical Museum, Chicago Film emphasizes the importance of studying American history in order to better understand and evaluate the present. The customs of each era in American history are portrayed in such a manner as to show relationship between the past and the present LAND OF LIBERTY. TFC 1939 SOmin sd ap * ply 973 el-Jh-c-ad Sponsored by Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America Epitomizes more than a century and a half of American history. Composed of sequences from 112 different feature pictures and shorts, plus newsreels. The story of men and women who struggled to attain and defend American liberties 641