Educational film guide (1948)

1948 EDITION 261-267 261 Christian sociology FOR ALL PEOPLE. Cathedral 1946 30mln sd rent $8 261 Jh-sh-c-adult Guide A story of all races that dramatizes a real social problem. The church saves a crucial situation that reveals the importance of racial tolerance POWER OF GOD. MoSynod 1941 56mln sd apply, rent $20 261 sh-ad Deals with the problems of modern life and shows how these problems can be solved by the Word of God spoken at the right time in tlie right way by plain Christians — personal evangelism THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE. Methodist Bd 1945 20min sd $80. rent $3 261 Jh-sh-c-ad A true story of an American boy of Italian ancestry — and the influence of a city mission church upon his life. The film shows that Tony wants to give others those Christian ideals which have changed his life and whiqla have been so important in the development of freedom and democracy in America. He knows that from these slum areas young men and women can rise to become loyal citizens and useful members of society 264 Public worship. Prayers MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY. Post 1945 6min sd color $40 264 p-el-Jh-sh-ctrade-adult President Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer 265 Sacramenfs SACRIFICE OF THE MASS. EBF 1931 30min si $48 265 el-Jh-sh Guide Made at the suggestion, and with the approval, of His Excellency Most Reverend John Francis G'Hern. late Bishop of Rochester Introductory scenes depict the Old and New Law Sacrifices, and the vesting of the celebrant. In showing the ceremony itself, much of the filming was done from positions close to the altar. Interpretive "visions" are inserted at various points to emphasize the significance of the Mass 266 Missions BEYOND OUR OWN. RFA 1947 40min sd * $250, rent $10 266 Jh-sh-c-ad Guide Produced by the Protestant Film Commission Shows the world wide nature of the evangelical message of Christianity thru the story of a lawyer who visits his brother, a medical missionary in China "The first theatrical quality film to be produced through cooperative efforts of the Protestant churches. It is designed to show the world-wide evangelical message of Christianity. Technically, it is top-quality production. Dramatically, it is moving in its sincerity and impact of message." Church films GO FORTH. Cathedral 1946 20min sd rent $6 * 266 el-Jh-c-adult Guide Graphic presentation of catastrophe tollowing in the wake of war. Rehabilitation programs of church. Returning veteran decides to go to Philippines as missionary doctor GO YE. MethodistBd 1947 20min sd color $127.50, rent $5 266 Jh-sh-ad Pictures the people of Asia at work in the cities, bargaining in the market places, growing rice on terraced farms. Against the background of their funeral and religious customs is shown their need of Christ and the healing influences of medical, educational and evangelistic missionaries MR CHANG TAKES A CHANCE. ChinaFlm 1932 15min si (China, our neighbor ser) $2o, rent $1.50 268 el-jh-sh-ad Produced by Harmon Foundation Story about a missionary hospital in China MY NAME IS HAN. RFA 1948 25min sd $175. rent $8 266 Jh-sh-ad A production of the Protestant Film Commission. Photographed in China by the International Film Foundation Han and his little family take the long trek home after the war in China to till again the ancestral soil. Han's wife is a Christian, but he is "practical." They arrive to find their home a shambles, their land devastated. He cannot understand the "foolishness" that prompts his Christian friends to leave their own fields to toil in his. As understanding came to Han, so has it come to many "Schools should preview before considering." Collaborator STORY OF BAMBA. RFA 1939 40min si rent $3.75 266 Jh-sh-c-adult Photographed in Belgian Congo for the 1938 Africa motion picture project by Ray and Virginia Garner. Shows how Bamba becomes a Christian medical worker through mission influences and how he is able to serve his people WE TOO RECEIVE. Cathedral 1945 15min sd apply, rent $4 266 sh-adult Guide "Christian natives in S.W. Pacific save lives of American airmen shot down in jungle. Unexcelled for teaching one practical result of mission schools." Collaborator WHAT A MISSIONARY DOES IN AFRICA. RFA 1939 35min si rent $3.75 266 Jh-sh-c-adult Sponsored by Harmon Foundation and Africa committee Foreign missions conference of North America. Filmed by the African motion picture project Describes the life of a missionary in the Belgian Congo from his first arrival and training period through to his acceptance of full responsibility for a particular job, and the many activities, hazards, and contacts with Africans which are involved in his work 267 Religious associations INVISIBLE BRIDGE. AssnFlm 1948 22min sd $15, rent $2 267 Jh-sh-ad Produced by International Film Foundation for the YMCA World youth fund Shows the reconstruction activities of the YMCA among the young people in war devastated countries MEN OF TOMORROW. AssnFlm 1944 18min sd rent $3 267 Jh-sh-c-adult "Y.M.C.A. centennial motion picture. Depicts the founding of the 'Y' in London In 1844 and its spread through sixty-eight countries. 261