Educational film guide (1945)

677-677.3 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE 1945 EDITION SPINNING WHEEL. (Pioneer life ser.) lOmin 16-si-sd-$30-$40. Also color-$55-?65 1940 Barr 677 el-jh Guide Progressive study prints of processes are available with stories to supplement the film. Offered with film as a teaching kit at a special price There are detailed close-ups of carding, rolling curls, and spinning combined with study of the various parts of the "wheel" and the method of doubling the yarn for knitting as Grandmother teaches Elaine to spin Amb sd-$1.50 AudP sd-sale apply; 111 sd $1.50 rent $2 Ohio sd B&H sd-$40: rent OreS sd-$1.50 $1.50 WashS sd-$1.50 Cal sd-$1.50 677.1 Linen CLOTH OF KINGS. (Going places ser.) lOmin 16-sd-sale apply; rent $1.50 B&H 677.1 el-jh-sh-c-adult Irish peasants raise and prepare flax for linen just as they have done for thousands of years. Harvested from the fields, the plants are placed in water warmed by the sun and kept immersed by weights tied to the end of each stalk. For a week, the stalks are soaked, then taken from the water and spread over the fields to dry in the sun just as they have been since antiquity Most of the mill-workers we see are girls. They draw the warp and create the designs to decorate the finished material. The finished linen is taken from the factory into the sunshine again. The warm rays bleach the cloth to the exact white or cream shade required In the factory, ancient ways give place to new. Modern machines and modern processes are shown Ironing is almost the last process. It may be done on a giant pressing stone. One is shown which was installed a hundred years ago and is still in service. Tracework embroidery finishes the job. Tested in the laboratory with modern chemicals, the cloth is finally declared fit to find its way into the markets of the world. Back to their cottages troop the workers Set to the music "The wee blue blossom" "Excellent because of scenic shots, agricultural and industrial elements, commercial and cultural factors. Wide grade-placement and subject matter fields." Collaborator FROM FLAX TO LINEN. 15min. 16-si-$24 1930 EBP 677.1 el-jh-sh-c Guide "History of linen is traced from the planting of flaxseed to the finished product. This film is especially fitted for use in geography, social science, and home economics. Flaxseed to line flax. Spinning line flax. Weaving linen cloth. Finishing linen." Indiana ft boll fully opened. Cotton gin in action, cotton press. An expert grading cotton. Loading steamer with bales of cotton." Ohio "Shows various steps in preparing the ground — stages in growth of cotton plants — methods of fighting the boll weevil — harvesting, ginning, bagging, and transporting cotton. Film is too old." California St KING COTTON. 19min 16-sd-loan 1940 GM 677.2 el-jh-sh-c-adult "The film opens with scenes of cotton fields and cotton picking as a choir sings Negro spirituals. The development of the cotton gin is traced by comparing Eli Whitney's first crude model to the gigantic modern cotton gin of today. Next the story of cotton unfolds in a panorama of modern farming, science and Industry. The use of cotton fibers for fabrics, linters for lacquers and plastics, and cotton fabrics for tires is shown. "The part played by cotton in the manufacture of the modern automobile, and even in building highways, is pointed out, and the film ends with an emphasis upon the part cotton plays in making our modern life safe and comfortable. Produced ... by Jam Handy Picture Service; sponsored by Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation." Georgia "Film opens with excellent material on Whitney and the growing processes." J. Frederic Andrews A&B lo $3 Cal $3 TexVE $66 Geo $1 VES $3 Idaho SAM FARMER'S COTTON. 31min 16-sd-$27 1938 Castle 677.2 el-jh-sh-c A USDA film "Very complete history of growth of cotton and best practices in production. Human interest approach used in presenting subject. Wife's efforts to counteract family discouragement over failure in marketing a poor yield. "Advice of county agent sought and followed. Better results after following advice with seed selection and its treatment as well as proper procedures of cultivation and harvesting. Winning prize and ability to invest in home conveniences. Rather long for elementary school use." J. Elizabeth Dyer g THREADS OF A NATION, llmin 16-sd-apply TFC 677.2 el -jh-sh -trade adult A Columbia pictures production in color available only to schools "A very complete film on cotton from the fields to the finished fabric. An excellent subject on cotton. Good subject matter and well photographed. Very interesting sequence dealing with old Peruvian methods of weaving cotton cloth. ' California Cal $1 Okla $1.50 ND $1 Tenn Ohio WashS $1.50 677.2 Cotton COTTON GOODS. 15min 16-si-$24 1930 EBF 677.2 el-jh-sh-c Guide "Covers carding, twisting, and drawing of yarn — production of thread — the weaving and testing of cotton fabrics — and some of the multiple uses of cotton in everyday life. Subject matter interesting, but film is too old." California "Good if brought up to date." Newark ft COTTON GROWING. 15min 16-si-$24 1928 EBF 677.2 el-jh-sh-c-adult Guide "Picking cotton 'bedding up.' Boll weevil. The cotton blossom, young boll, mature boll. 677.3 Wool WOOLEN GOODS. 15min 16-si-$24 1929 EBF 677.3 el-jh-sh-c Guide "Sources of wool, llama wool, goats, sheep. Homespun woolens, sheep shearing, carding, spinning, knitting, old style weaving. Woolen factory, shearing shed, large flock of sheep, dyeing wool, mixing wool, carding machine, making clothes, testing fabric, shrinking cloth, cutting, basting linings and stiffening, finishing garment, pressing." Ohio "Geography teachers will find good use for this film in studying wool. History and social science classes will discover illuminating contrasts between domestic and fac 330