Educational film guide ()

627.5-628 1951 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE IRRIGATION. EBF 1927 15min si b&w $24 627.5 el-jh-sh-c Guide Produced by Eastman Classroom Films, Inc. How once-barren deserts are transformed into productive land that adds to our national wealth. Includes the Roosevelt project, near Phoenix, Arizona: the Imperial Valley project; and irrigation in the region of San Diego, California LORAINS FOR IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE. ThewShovelCo 1949 17min sd b&w freeloan 627.5 c-ad Produced by the Industrial Motion Picture Co. Available from local Lorain dealers to universities and industrial groups Shows the use of Lorain draglines on drainage ditch, levee and dam construction MEASUREMENT OF WATER. USBurReclamation 1940 30min sd color free-loan 627.5 sh-c-ad Why and how water should be measured for irrigation project. Defines the terms and shows how to figure flows in cubic feet per second and acre feet. Also illustrates methods of measuring water and installing measuring devices WATER ON THE LAND. InstlnterAmAffairs 1947 9min sd color $40 627.5 jh-sh-c-ad Intended to create an Interest in irrigation by showing its value and demonstrating some simple irrigation methods dous force and vitality that make the Columbia not only the largest river flowing into the Pacific from the West coast of North America, but also one of the world's greatest sources of hydro-electric power. Navigable for ninety miles upstream by ocean-going vessels, the Columbia has carved, at its mouth, the only deep water harbour between San Francisco and Cape Flattery. It is also one of the world's important sources of fish MIRACLE OF HYDRO. TFC lOmin sd b&w (Magic carpet ser) lease apply 627.8 jh-sh Produced by 20th Century-Fox Describes the significance of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams. In Addition to views of the dams there are scenes of the salmon run along the Columbia River and logging activities. Closes wwith shows of the effects of artificial irrigation in other sections of the country where similar dams have been constructed NORRIS DAM CONSTRUCTION. TVA 1941 20min si b&w free-loan 627.8 jh-sh-c A semi-technical subject showing how the Clinch River Dam was built RECLAMATION IN THE ARID WEST. US BurReclamation 1940 lOmin sd b&w freeloan 627.8 sh-c-ad Reclamation of the western deserts by the construction of dams for irrigation such as Boulder and Grand Coulee 627.8 Dam engineering BIRTH OF A GIANT. USEngrs-NoPac 1950 28min sd color $240, free-loan 627.8 c-ad Produced by the motion unit of the Corp of Engineers, North Pacific Division The construction of McNary Dam, near Umatilla, Oregon. Describes the past history of the project and certain initial phases of its construction, including historical incidents which led to authorization for civic groups FONTANA DAM. TVA 1947 21min sd color free-loan 627.8 sh-c-ad A semi-technical film showing how Fon tana Dam, the highest dam of the Tennessee River system, was constructed across the Little Tennessee River in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina HOOVER DAM. USBurReclamation 35min sd b&w free-loan (si IhrlSmin free-loan) 627.8 sh-c-ad Shows the construction of the world's highest dam from start to finish anad indicates the significance of the project KENTUCKY DAM. TVA 1948 21min sd color free-loan 627.8 sh-c-ad A semi-technical subject showing how TVA's longest dam was constructed across the main Tennessee River at a strategic location 22 miles from where the Tennessee joins the Ohio River. This dam, started in July 1938 and completed in 1945 is a major flood-control project of the TVA system MIGHTY COLUMBIA RIVER. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd b&w $50; color $100 627.8 * e!-jh-sh Guide Educational consultant: Clifford M. Zierer, University of California Scenes of the work on the Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams, show the tremen T.V.A. McGraw-Hill 1948 18min sd b&w (This is America ser) 10-yr lease $80 627.8 sh-c-ad Produced by R.K.O. Pathe Shows the Tennessee Valley Authority, not only in terms of electric power but in prosperity and a fuller and richer life for the people of the valley Thru the electricity manufactured fertilizers were developed to renew the earth reclaimed from erosion by new methods of planting. From the earth reclamation new farm industries were developed such as dairy farming, cattle raising and meat-packing, thereby freeing the valley from its one crop system — cotton raising. From the lakes created by the dams a waterway was formed leading to the sea supplying not only the basis for new businesses but giving the people an opportunity for recreation and relaxation on beaches and with water sports T.V.A. TVA 1941 20min sd b&w free-loan 627.8 jh-sh-c Presents the work and accomplishments of the TVA after more than seven years' progress towards the unified development of the Tennessee Valley. It shows the multi-purpose dams operating to help control fioods, to aid navigation, and to produce power Also shows other activities of the Authority including agricultural work, rural electrification, research and reforestation. How the program fits into national defense is described Evaluation in Ed. Screen, Feb. 1942, p76 628 Sanitary engineering OUT BEYOND TOWN. CanNFB 1948 llmin sd b&w $30, rent $1.50 628 sh-c-ad Points out that proper sanitation is as vital 'out beyond town,' as in town, both on the farm and in the rural school 466