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ALPHABETICAL TITLE LIST SURVIVAL IN THE SEA (12 films). NET 1958 ea 29min sd Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by WTHS-TV Uses underwater photography to visit the floor of the ocean and show how various forms of life fit into the area in which they live Titles are: 1. ADAPTATION, b&w rent $4.75. Shows how armor, camouflage, speed and agility are used as devices for escaping physical damage by enemies or the power of waves. Sequences of crabs, sponges, .iellyflsh, plankton, worms and mollusks 2. WHERE LAND AND WATER MEET, b&w $125, rent $5.25; color $250. rent $8.50. Points out the many places along the seashore where sea animals make their homes. Sequences of the sand flea, clam, sea hare, snail, many kinds of crabs and other seashore creatures 3. ON THE ROCKS, b&w $125, rent $5.25: color $250, rent $8.50. Features underwater scenes of coral, clams, sea urchins, varieties of fish, sea worms, the octopus, and many kinds of vegetation. Explains their means of protection and methods of obtaining food. 4. AT THE BOTTOM, b&w rent $4.75. Shows underwater scenes of tube worms, starfish, crabs, clams, choral, the sting ray, turtle, sea hare, pigmy octopus, and others. DLscusses briefly the part these creatures play in the "chain of life" in the sea 5. LIFE ON THE CORAL REEF, b&w $125, rent $5.25; color $250, rent $8.50, Points out the factors which affect the structure, growth, and survival of coral. Shows types of coral including the rose, fan, chenile, star, lettuce, brain, hat and others. Sequences of the many kinds of fish which inhabit the coral reef 6. THE SWIMMERS, b&w rent $4.75, Illus trates how body shapes and fin types vary. Includes scenes of the giant tuna, hound fish, nurse shark, porpoise, sea turtle. Portuguese man-o'war, angel fish and others 7. SELF-DEFENSE, b&w rent $4.75. Shows how armor, speed and agility, hiding, Soison, escape by autotomy and camouage, are used for survival. Includes close-ups of lobsters, crabs, starfish, sting rays, the conch, chiton, sea worms, and the squirrel fish 8. THE LIFE CYCLE, b&w $125, rent $5.25; color $250, rent $8.50. Illustrates the importance of microscopic plankton in providing the basic sustenance for many species of marine life. Shows how various marine organisms capture their food and the part they play in the food chain. Includes sequences of the sponge, clam, parrot fish, sting ray, octopus, manta ray, needle fish, barracuda and others 9. HELLO DOWN THERE! b&w rent $4.75. Discusses non-animal sounds and those Eroduced by marine animals. Illustrates ow fish and other marine organisms make sounds through air sacs, teeth, external body parts, and air flaps. Explains how underwater sounds serve as attraction devices, reaction devices to environmental conditions, as signals, and as incidental noise which serves no purpose 10. MAN, THE PREDATOR, b&w rent $4.75. Discusses traditional and primitive methods of catching marine creatures used by native fishermen of the Bahama Islands. Shows how the fishermen's skills are based on a knowledge of the relationship between living creatures and their environment 11. THE OCEAN RIVERS, b&w rent $4.75. Shows the use of scientific instruments in obtaining basic oceanographic facts. Demonstrates how data gathered at sea is interpreted in the laboratory and transferred into useful charts, maps, and tables 12. THE UNFINISHED SEARCH, b&w rent $4.75. Explains the research efforts of marine scientists in conserving the natural resources of the sea, increasing the productivity of the sea and discovering new fact about the sea and the life within it. Visits Miami's Biscayne Bay, Boca Grande Pass and Everglades National Park SURVIVAL IS NOT ENOUGH. NatFd 1957 15mm sd b&w free-loan Jh-sh-c-ad Stories of polio patients who have made successful comebacks. Remarkable advances in rehabilitative treatment made possible through programs supported by the March of Dimes LC card Fi A 59-893 SWAMP. MinnU 1956 9min sd color $95 p-el-Jh-sh-c-ad Deals with the problem of wildlife conservation. Shows some 18 varieties of birds and animals, typical wildlife of the marsh lands of Minnesota SWAN LAKE In GREAT MOMENTS OF THE DANCE (41 films) SWEDISH WAY TO SUNSHINE SPLENDOR. SwedishAm 1957 40min sd color freeloan ad Swedish American Line's luxury liners cruise tropic waters, and their itineraries in the West Indies include all the exotic ports of the Spanish Main THE SWIMMERS In SURVIVAL IN THE SEA (12 films) SWISS ON WHITE. ModernTP 1957 25min sd color freeloan ad Sponsored by Swissair An informal ski tour with ski headquarters at Klosters, Switzerland. Shows spring skiing and Swiss hospitality, including Swiss food THE SWITCH POINT. Methodist 1958 13min sd b&w (Talk back ser) $80, rent $5 sh-c-ad A dramatization about a retired man who is asked to run for the school board, and who questions where and when a man's responsibility begins and ends LC card Fi A 59-998 SWITZERLAND IS FOR SKIING. Miller 1959 15min sd b&w $65, rent $10; color $140 p-el-Jh-sh-c-ad A visit to Davos, Wengen, the Eiger Glacier, the Jungfrajoch and the Meyerhof THE SWORD AND THE FLUTE. Filmlm 1959 24min sd color $240, rent $20 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by James Ivory Uses Indian music and Moghul and Rajput miniature paintings in presenting four facets in the thinking of India: the courtly life during the reign of the Turkoman Muslim conqueror Emperor Akbar; the saintly life of the yogin and the respect shown the true ascetic; the spiritual meaning of romantic love between man and woman; and the adored divine bridegroom, which is one of the symbols as represented by the Lord Krishna LC card Fi A 59-522 LES SYLPHIDES In GREAT MOMENTS OF THE DANCB (41 films) SYLVAN SKETCHES. Paillard 1960 12min sd color $120, freeloan p-el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Ernst Wildi Poetic story showing the colors and patterns in the woodlands during the four seasons. No narration, background music only LC card Fi A 60-598 SYMPHONY IN NO B FLAT. Cinemal6 1959 lOmin sd b&w rent apply ad Produced by Rodolfo Kuhn A satire from the Argentine, set in the future, facetiously explores some of the rather 'unexpected' effects of radio-active fall-out SYNTHESIS OF A COMPOUND In CHEMISTRY LABORATORY SERIES (27 films) 107