Educational film guide (1948)

1948 EDITION 296-301.15 THE DAY'S WORK — Continued and fires the pot. Men build a native house and people proceed home for their evening meal. Afterwards the father reads to the family from the sacred rolls of the Torah HISTADRUT— BUILDERS OF A NATION. NatCommLaborPalestine 25mln sd loan 296 sh-ad PictureiS the work of Jewish laborers in Palestine, building the new Israel THE HOME. UWF 1946 19min sd (Two thou * sand years ago) $100. rent $6 296 Jh-sh-adult The family awakens. They breakfast, untether the animals and set out for work. Household tasks are carried out — the mother sits sewing and talking with neighbours until it is time to prepare the evening meal HOME ARE THE HUNTED. UFA 1946 23min sd color loan 296 sh-c-ad-forum Pictures the rebirth, in Palestine, of the displaced persons of World war II First-hand pictures of Palestine's stalwart youth carving out their new homes; of the Jordan river and its industrial developments; of all the sweeping new vistas of Palestinian life HOUSE IN THE DESERT. UFA 1947 30min * sd color loan 296 sh-ad Produced by Palestine Films "For 40 centuries there has been no life on the 100,000 acres of the Dead sea desert. Its soil is 17 percent impregnated with salt (one-quarter percent makes soil infertile) and hardly 4 inches of rain fall there, even in a good year. . . Beth H'aarava (The House in the Desert), a self-supporting agricultural community of 150 families on more than 200 acres of fruitful land, is witness today to the triumph of dream over logic." Film news NEW AMERICANS. UnitedServNewAm 1944 17%min sd (This is America) loan 296 sh-c-ad-forum Produced by RKORadio, from whom it may be purchased. Apply for rates Depicts the adjustment of a typical refugee -with the aid of the National refugee service and shows how Professor Albert Einstein, author Thomas Mann, scientists Victor Hess and James Franck, and many other refugees are making important contributions to America THE SCHOOL. UWF 1946 16min sd (Two * thousand years ago) $100, rent $6 296 el-Jh-sh-c-adult Boys arrive at the Synagogue. The Shema Is recited, verses learned from the Torah, and reading taught from cards. At home, the mother teachers the daughter, and In the evening the father reads to the family once more THE SYNAGOGUE. UWF 1946 22min sd * (Two thousand years ago) $100, rent $6 296 sh-c-adult On the Sabbath morning men carrying prayer shawls go with the women to the Synagogue, where they sit separately. Prayers open the service, which Is closed by the singing of psalms. The Passover meal is served and the threefold ceremony of partaking of the cup is observed, with singing of the prescribed psalms THE TRAVELLERS. UWF 1946 22min sd * (Two thousand years ago) $100, rent $6 296 el-Jh-sh-c-adult Travellers arrive at an inn; a merchant bargains for silk. Leaving, the travellers pass a beggar by the roadside, and children playing. The Sabbath lamp Is lit 297 Mohammedanism ISLAM IN EGYPT. RFA 1930 15min si (Comparative religions ser) rent $1.25 297 sh-c-adult Guide Produced by Harmon Foundation The learning and mysticism of Mohammedanism in Egypt, the intense loyalty of its followers, its strong customs and laws of life are here portrayed, and against this are revealed some of its faults MOSLEM WORLD. RFA 1936 45min si rent $3.75 297 sh-c-adult Guide Produced by Harmon Foundation This film was made at the request of and in cooperation with the Visualization committee oi the Missionary education movement. R 1: Lands of the camel; R2; Out of the desert; R3 Christianity faces Islam Reels may be rented separately at $1.25 each 300 SOCIOLOGY 301.15 Public opinion DOES IT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK? BIS 1947 15min sd $47.50, rent $2 301.15 sh-c-adult-forum Also available "from FlmProgram ($47.50, rent $3) Are your conclusions the result of your own thinking or do you think what you are told to think? Is public opinion a power which forces legislation or is it a pliable weapon which is wielded by the press and the politicians? Do you read a newspaper because it expresses your ideas or because you accept its editor's ideas? Do you approve or disapprove of the movies you see and the radio programs you hear? If you form an opinion, what use do you make of it? Does it matter what you think? "While the points in this British film are not as forceful as one might wish for, the final challenge is vivid that organized opinion can accomplish wonders when rightly used and that each member is vital in a pressure block, his responsibilities great no matter how offhandedly he form or put forth his opinion. Press, radio and films are cited as possible opinion-shapers. So general a film will spark any discussion group." Nat bd of rev "Clever in its treatment and handling, the film should appeal to all adult audiences. Its British origin will in no way detract from acceptance with U.S. audiences, for the topic dovetails with companion democratic concepts and problems." Film world "If narration could be slowed down film would be outstanding in its contribution in United States." Collaborator DON'T BE A SUCKER. NCCJ 20min sd loan * 301.15 sh-c-ad-forum Produced by U S Army signal corps Shows the techniques used by Hitler to divide peoples and makes a plea for Americans to be on guard against the same techniques in this country "An outstanding film showing the consequences of racial discrimination. A good message for all democratic people." Collaborator GALLUP POLL. TFC lOmin sd apply 301.15 Jh-sh-c-adult Produced by Columbia Pictures Corp Opens with discussion of Gallup Poll. Dr Gallup is presented and briefly states the objects and benefits of taking various polls. "There are views of Gallup office in operation with girl clerks sorting, filing and counting returns 263