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ALPHABETICAL TITLE LIST WEATHER: WHY IT CHANGES. Coronet 1962 llmin sd b&w $60. color $120 el-Jh Guide Gives a simple and clear explanation of how and why changes in weather occur. Locates the air masses which govern major weather changes in North America, and shows what happens when these masses interact, forming cold fronts, warm fronts and occluded fronts IX:: card Fi A 62-425 THE WEEVIL TAKES A BRIDE. RepubSteel 1956 46min sd color freeloan c-ad Produced by Wilding, Inc. Tells about a young oil-field engineer who attempts to overcome prejudice in the use of certain types of tubular steel products. Compares pipes made by the electric weld and seamless methods LC card Fi A 62-108 WEIGHING TECHNIQUES. Thorne 1961 8min sd color (Biological techniques ser) $80, rent $5 sh-c Correlated with the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study textbook "High school biology" Demonstrates techniques and discusses principles of handling basic laboratory equipment used in weighing, starting with the hand scale as the simplest type of balance, and progressing through the double pan single beam (Har^^ard trip) balance and triple beam balance, to the analytical balance LC card Fi A 61-1005 WELDED RAIL. SantaFeRwy 1956 20min sd color freeloan sh-c-ad Story of fabricating (welding) and installing new rail in 1400 feet lengths. Shows welding rails by electric flashbutt process and the oxyacetylene method WENDY'S CHRISTMAS CARD. IntFlmBur 1960 llmin sd color $120. rent $5 p-el Produced by Ted Peshak Intended to help children relate their own experience to the world of art and industry, and tells the story of a little girl's delight on receiving a Christmas card — then shows how the card was designed, printed and made ready for marketing. Presents steps in design and color selection by the artist, the making of color separations and engravings; the press run; cutting, folding and boxing the printed cards; and shipment of cards to a shop THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT— II, SETTLEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. EBF 1962 16min sd b&w $90, rent $4.50; color $180, rent $6.50 el-Jh. sh Guide Traces the settlement of the Mississippi Valley during the early 1800's, illustrating the rapid development of the area from a vast wilderness to a land of productive farms and thriving communities. Includes the everyday life of the farming community; the rowdy adventurous life of the flatboatmen, and close-up studies of tradesmen and craftsmen at work LC card Fi A 62-845 WHAT ARE STARS MADE OF? IntFlmBur 1961 16min sd color $165. rent $7.50 Jh-sh Produced by Visual Education Films Story of an astronomer at Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, investigating a question about the chemistry of the stars, conveys an idea of the work and meaning of astronomy WHAT DIRECTION? Broadman 1961 12min sd b&w (Stewardship ser) $100. rent $5 sh-ad Shows a salesman in a music shop who believes that he has been called into the music ministry, and learns the importance of Bible study in making a vocational choice LC card Fi A 61-596 WHAT FIRST? Broadman 1961 12min sd b&w (Stewardship ser) $100. rent $5 sh-ad Tells that a man who wants to buy a new car, realizing that he cannot get the car and tithe, learns from the car salesman that tithing IS a minimum responsibility that he has to God LC card Fi A 61-597 WHAT IS A BIRD? EBF 1962 16min sd (Biology ser) b&w $90. rent $4.50; color $180; rent $6.50 sh-c Guide Develops the relationship of the bird to reptiles* leading to the gradual evolution of the bird as we know it today. Illustrates the principal characteristics of birds with material from many parts of the world, dramatizing such aspects of bird behavior as nesting, care of the young, migration, etc. Shows experiments in connection with bird migration. Stresses special adaptations of bills and feet WHAT IS A CHEMIST? Sutherland 1962 13%min sd color $130 Jh-sh Guide Sponsored by American Chemical Society , Designed to motivate student's interest in the study of chemistry by dramatizing a recent discovery — diamond synthesis. Documents the work of Dr H. Tracy Hall, showing how he was able to use his understanding of the atomic structure of carbon, graphite and diamond to achieve a goal which had eluded chemists for centuries. Dramatizes man's search for knowledge throughout the ages, points out the chemists' creative thinking and experimental method, and explains modern chemistry, its place in the work of science and how it contributes to the welfare of man WHAT IS A NATION? In NATIONALISM AND COLONIALISM (16 films) WHAT IS A REPTILE? EBF 1961 18min sd (Biology ser) b&w $120. rent $5.50; color $240. rent $8 sh-c Guide Explains that many different forms of reptiles exist today as living evidence of the ability of this class to survive and to develop widely varying forms in many parts of the world. Examines reasons for the reptile's survival, including the evolution of the land egg. the waterproof skin, and the improved limbs. Shows representative species of the four orders of reptiles — their physical characteristics, reproductive processes, and feeding habits LC card Fi A 61-900 WHAT IS AN AMPHIBIAN? EBF 1962 llmin sd (Biology ser) b&w $60. rent $3.50; color $120. rent $5 sh-c Guide Shows that amphibians are of interest to scientists not only because they are an important group of animals, but because they furnish biological material which has increased our knowledge of embryology and development WHAT IS ECOLOGY? EBF 1962 llmin sd (Biology ser) b&w $60. rent $3.50; color $120, rent $5 sh-c Guide Interprets the meaning of the science that deals with interrelationships between living plants and animals and their environment. Describes aspects of the physical and living environments that exist in a community and both explains and exemplifies the term biome WHAT IS ELECTRIC CURRENT? EBF 1961 13i/4min sd (Science for the space age ser) b&w $75. color $150 el-Jh Guide Defines electric current and shows its uses and dangers. Explains the flow of current and proves that electric charges are in all materials. Explains how batteries and generators act rather like pumps making electric charges flow 67