Educational film catalog (1936)

791.4-791.8 EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG How motion pictures move and talk, llmin * 16-si-sd-$20-$32; rent $1.50 1939 B&H 791.4 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: Cos West May be borrowed by schools free except ' for transportation charges, from Castle "This film makes plain to all who see it the mechanical, electrical and visual principles through which modern talking movie films are made possible. The pic- tured story traces the production of a Hollywood feature release from the unper- forated raw film to the eventual shipment of 16mm reduction sound prints in labeled metal containers." School management "This film offers a clear, vivid, extreme- ly compact presentation of the mechanical, electrical and visual principles behind mod- ern talking movie films. It illustrates 'per- sistence of vision,' the momentary retention of images within the eye which alone makes possible the illusion of motion on the screen. The part played by each suc- cessive machine—perforator, camera, devel- oping machine, splicer, printer, projector— is then made clear. The recording of sound on the film and its reproduction are portrayed by animated drawings . . . and by showing an actual image of the sound track of the voice explaining how sound reproduction takes place. A par- ticularly full teachers' pamphlet accom- panies the film. Features are an histori- cal outline of the moving picture idea from 1600 B.C. to the present time—a list of needed technical terms—a vocabulary aid on words new to pupils—and especially a series of selected stills from the film with elaborate explanatory captions giving the contents in continuity form." Educational screen "This film is particularly beneficial for club use, physics classes, visual education courses, and for teachers who use movies. In fact anyone who is interested in going to the movies would be benefited by learn- ing how films are made." James S. Kinder "A bit technical for regular students. Difficult to grasp so quickly." Newark Jh-sh-c-trade-adult Guide How to use your camera. ISmin 16-si-$30; t rent $2 Harmon found. 791.4 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: NO "Teachers of photography-struck young- sters will welcome this excellent produc- tion. . . No less valuable will this film be for amateur cinematographers in general, for the production has a general interest and appeal. . . A carefully edited script has been skillfully transferred to the silent screen to make clear as only the close-up of a camera can do, the reasons for doing and for avoiding doing certain things in cinematography. The absence of a sound track is, in this instance, a treat for there is no distraction from observing carefully the action which occurs on the screen." E.S. Jh-sh Guide Museum of modern art film series. 16-si- * sd-rent $15 35-si-sd-f-nf-rent $30 Mu- seum of modern art film library 791.4 The museum has collected some of the outstanding films from 1895 to date. They have made a series of programs running for one-two hours. In the 35mm width most of the films are on safety stock but a few are available on flammable stock only; also some are available in silent ver- sion-s only and some in sound only. Users should therefore make very careful in- quiries. The various units In Series no. 1 cover the following points: Development of the narrative; Rise of the American film; D. W. Griffith; German influence; The talkies (or for those not equipped with sound apparatus. End of the silent era). In Series 2 the following are offered: West- ern film; Comedies; Film and contemporary life; Mystery and violence; and Screen personalities In 1937 the Museum offered five new pro- grams—three on the German and two on the Frencli film. The German programs are: Legend and fantasy. Moving camera, Pabst and realism. Supplementary programs available with the German are "Metropolis," "Siegfried," and "The Golem." The French programs are: From LumiSre to Ren6 Clair and Advance Guard "The Swedish Film and Post-War American Films" program includes: Swedish films—Seastrom and Stiller; Swedish-American film; Garbo talks; War in retrospect; Von Stroheim and realism; Comedy and Buster Keaton; Musical talkie; Gangster film Series V on "The Work of D. W. Grlfl^th, 1907-1924" consists of 5 programs. For a complete list of the films used to illustrate each of the above mentioned units write to the Museum sh-c-adult Old time movies. 16-si-sd-$8.75-$17.50 1937 Castle 791.4 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm si: A&B Ariz BdH Chu Den EK MP IJ 16mm sd: A&B B&H Den IdP La Mans Each issue also available in a Headline edition (100ft 16-si-$3.50). Not all of the titles given below are available from the distributors given above. Inquire about those in which you are interested Record of the beginning of the motion picture—films produced and re-edited from original negatives photographed more than 30 years ago—history, comedy, pathos—old time movie stars. Each subject (6 issues announced) a separate and distinct produc- tion. Three issues available, October 1939 are: "Yesterday lives again"; "Cow- boys and Indians"; "Cast adrift—and how." The first shows such once well-known people as Lillian Russell, Andrew Carnegie, William Jennings Bryan, the Kaiser, etc. The second consists of selections from early westerns; and the third of the old comedies of Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand 79 L 5 Marionettes Enchanted strings. 9min 16-si-sd-$16-$24; * rent $1 1939 Smith 791.5 "Features the Colonial Marionettes of Hollywood. Shows briefly how to make: Heads, by modeling in clay, casting in plaster and painting; Forming the body and dressing it; The strings and sticks for their operation. This is followed by setting the stage and a short play which is both interesting and well done. The photog- raphy is excellent and the sound good. Recommended especially for elementary and junior high school, or any adult group interested in marionettes." Collaborator el-jh-adult 791.8 Bullfights Simao da Veiga. 2R 16-sd-rent $1.50 1939 Baptista 791.8 "This film on Simao da Veiga, the famous Portuguese bull fighter, was made in Mexico during the visit of this popular hero to that country in 1936. Veiga and his father are the only bull fighters to kill the bull from the back of a horse, at least in modern times. This film is of the younger man. His father is no longer living, or if he is still alive, no longer appears in the bull ring. Usually the horses used in a bull fight are old and si - silent; sd - sound; f • inflammable; nf-safety; p - primary; el • elementary; Jh - Junior high; sh - senior high; c - college; trade - trade schools 226