Educational film catalog (1936)

522-523.7 EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG Communing with the heavens— Continued clear insight into the work of the astron- omy, seismography and other scientific undertalcings carried on here." Producer "[Useful in] nature study and general science [Classes]" Am. museum of nat. hist. Jh-sh Through Galileo's telescope & Mt Wilson observatory. (Our world in review ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$50; rent $1.50 1937 Gut- lohn 522 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: Cine EK FiL IdP Minn NC VES YMCA Originally produced by Pathe and re- edited in 1936 for this series "Pictures of Galileo and the optic tube, invented by a Dutch spectacle maker. . . His trial for heresy . . . and his final defiance, 'And yet it moves.' ... In con- trast to the crude optic tube of Galileo, we see the world's largest telescope and how it is operated. . . We see sun spots and their size in relation to the earth and solar prominences 150,000 miles high." Distributor sh-c 523 Descriptive astronomy 523.2 Solar system Solar family. (Univ. of Chicago physical * science ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$50 35-sd- nf-$100 1936 Erpi 523.2 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm,: AMNH Aris Brig Cal Gen Geo III lo La Mich Minn NC Ohio Okla OreS PCW SC Stoc Syr WashCE Wis "The evolution of the solar system re- vealed according to the planetesimal hypo- thesis is followed by a portrayal of the real and apparent motion of the planets. Among the special phenomena presented are: the phases of Venus; retrograde motion of Mars, Jupiter and its satellites; the ap- parent motion of Saturn's rings; orbits of the planetoids, Eros and Anteros; orbit of Halley's comet; and the motion of the solar system in space." Producer jh-sh-c Guide The moon. (Univ. of Chicago physical sci- * ence ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$50 35-sd-nf $100 1936 Erpi 523.3 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: AMNH Ariz AudF Brig Cal Gen Geo III Kan La Mich Minn NC Ohio Okla SC WashCE Wis "The technique of animation and other cinematic devices present . . . the story of the moon. The difflcult concept of tides is . . . explained, as are the phases of the moon. Other lunar phenomena explained by special cinematography and animation are: the moon's orbit; the lunar month; sunrise and sunset on the moon; occulta- tion of stars; the moon's path in space' lunar eclipses; and solar eclipses with spe- cial reference to the eclipse of 1932." Pro- ducer "Effect on tides. Technical." Collaborator Jh-sh-c Guide Motion picture journey to the moon. 15min 16-si-$30 35-si-nf-$70 1933 Univ. of Chicago press 523.3 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: Cal Ind lo Minn VES Wis Produced by the McMath-Hulbert obser- vatory of the University of Michigan A panoramic picture of the moon at first quarter. Sunrise and sunset phenom- ena in lunar craters on an enlarged scale and an occultation of Delta Capricorni by the moon jh-sh-c 523.4 Planets Hello Mars. lOmin 16-si-$13.80; rent $1.50 35-si-f-nf-apply Bray 523.4 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: Dud Gen VES 35mm: Minn "Illustration of the theories of Perrier Pickering, Wood and Flammarion, of pos- sible ways of signalling Mars. Animated technical drawings combined with photog- raphy." Producer jh 523.7 S un 523.3 Moon 16-sd-$30; 523.3 IdP IntF Craters of the moon, llmin * rent $1.50 B&H ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16inin: A<tB Des Hai Mans Twy West "The surface of the moon as seen through giant telescopes—pitted craters apparently devoid of all life. Then, our own 'Craters of the Moon,' in Idaho, with a similar lifeless volcanic landscape of weird charm." Distribvitor "Based on supposition only." Collaborator Ih-sh-c If we lived on the moon. 14min 16-si $16.14; rent $1.25 Bray; Films, inc. 523.3 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: Dud Gen VES "Combines actual lunar photograph?- with animated technical drawings; show.<= conditions on the surface of the moon a? scientists believe them to be." Produce) Jh-sh Solar eclipse of August 31, 1932. lOmin 16- * si-$30 35-si-nf-$60 1933 Univ. of Chicago press 523.7 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: Ariz Cal Ind Minn Wis Produced by the McMath-Hulbert ob- servatory of the University of Michigan The actual progress of the moon across the sun is shown by stop-motion photog- raphy. When the eclipse is complete, the corona makes a striking and beautiful picture. A special shot of the solar promi- nences at the time of the eclipse is shown on an enlarged scale Jh-sh-c Solar prominences. IR 16-si-$30 35-si-nf- $60 1939 Univ. of Chicago press 523.7 Made in cooperation with McMath-Hul- bert observatory of the University of Mich- igan. A revision of an earlier film released under title "Solar phenomena" "This film shows a short-lived solar bomb which is a mass of incandescent hydrogen ejected from a sun-spot. Promi- nences many thousands of miles high and thousands of miles across are also shown in motion." Producer si - silent; sd • sound; f - inflammable; nf • safety; p • primary; el - elementary; Jh • junior high; sh - senior high; 0-college; trade • trade schools 100