Educational film guide (1945)

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697-709.73 EDUCATIONAL FILM 1945 EDITION GUIDE HEAT AND ITS CONTROL— Continued "Emphasizes value of heat in accomplishing most of the world's work, and its control by insulation. . . Pictures religious veneration of sun and flame centuries ago, and re-enacts the research work of James Watt. . . Shows fabrication of rock wool insulation; uses of this material in homes and industry. . . Closing scenes show some of the uses of insulation in covering huge boilers, in lining rotary kilns, in the petroleum and iron industries. "[Useful] to observe the effects of heat, uncontrolled; to learn how heat is transferred by conduction, convection, and radiation; to observe the manufacture and use of some insulators." Washington state Chicago loan Ken 55c Geo $1 NJM 111 75c Tex Ind 50c WashS 60c HOT AIR HEATING. 15min 16-si-$24 1927 EBP 697 el-Jh-sh-c Guide "A hunting lodge, the fireplace, hunters warmed by open fire, radiation, conduction, convection currents all shown by action of hunters at fireplace. The stove, school children warming at stove, their actions demonstrate radiation, etc., use of stove jacket. The furnace, animations explain action of furnace, the thermostat, moisture control." Ohio A&B Ken $1.25 BosU MassEd $1 Buck Minn 75c EK $24; rent $1 Ohio ICS Syr 111 $1 Wis 75c Ind 75c STORY OF ROCK WOOL INSULATION. 25min 16-sd-loan 1942 USBM 697 th -tradeadult Sponsored by Johns-Manville "Film opens with scenes in the West's living room, where the daughter, Alice, engaged to be married, is awaiting a call from her fiance, who later arrives with his friend George. Alice's uncle presents her with a deed to a home as a wedding gift, but she Is disappointed with the offer since the house is a drafty, uncomfortable one. . . George suggests that they accept the uncle's offer. He explains the causes of drafts and loss of heat. . . George states that the first step to overcome these conditions is to insulate the rock wool. Here is shown the manufacture of this product." Washington state HI 75c Tenn $1 Ind 50c WashS 60c NJM 698 Painting REPAINTING A FRAME BUILDING. (Farm work ser.) ISmin 16-sd-$25.22 1944 Castle 698 el-jh-sh-c-trade adult Guide Produced by the US Office of education How to determine repairs needed on building before painting; how to estimate amount of paint to be used; how to prepare building for paint job; how to set up staging; how to prepare factory or home-prepared paint; how to brime-coat the building; how to store paint and equipment; and how to care for brushes B&H $.2 SC $1 Dav SuF Fi TexVE Nay VAF $25.22 Ohio VES Rice WEA 700 FINE ARTS 709 Art history DAWN OF ART. 15min 16-si-$75; rent $3 1943 Stites & Jones 709 jh-sh-c-adult "Indicates at the start that art Is complex, arising from many cultural needs. Cro Magnon men and women are seen working In a rock shelter near Font-de-Gaume, France. They sew or scrape skins, make hunting tools, decorate a lamp, gather nuts for the winter. Food is scarce, so the men who have returned from the hunt empty handed consult a medicine man who tells them he will make powerful hunting magic. "By tallow lamplight they go to a chamber deep in the cave. After a ceremonial dance they prepare their colors and paint the famous deer of Font-de-Gaume. . . The men appear by the stream where one spears a fish. Then they see the deer and stalk it. They throw their javelins and the deer is brought down. "The hunters return with their game and have a feast, after which one of the men takes up a bone and engraves his story. "A commentary to be given while the film is being shown has been written by Mr. Stites." Educational screen Ohio 709.51 Chinese art FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON. 20min 16-sd-colorrent $3 1944 Pictorial 709.51 jh-sh-c-adult A pictorial review in color of Chinese art from which China draws inspiration for her critical struggles today EC NFS SaskEd 709.7 1 Canadian art CANADIAN LANDSCAPE. ISmin 16-sd-$90 * 1941 Canada 709.71 jh-sh-c-adult "First of a series planned by the National gallery to tell the story of Canadian art." Producer Canada's painter. A. Y. Jackson, Interprets the Canadian scene in this color film. In the brilliant autumn hills of northern Ontario he chooses a theme and builds a sketch. In spring he catches April sun on the snow in old Quebec. Jackson's studio technique is shown and some of his canvasses reproduced B&H $90; rent $4 Mich Cal Nay CFG NYU $6 IdP $90; rent $4 Pictorial $5 111 Shad $4 Ind $5 VES $4 Io $3 HANDS ARE SURE. 30min 16-sd-color-loan Quebec TB 709.71 Jh-sh-c-adult This color film is also available in French under title VOCATION DES MAINS The charm of French Canada is presented through examples of its handicrafts. Examples of weaving, braided rugs, embroideries, wood carving, pottery and glass blowing BC NSEd MonSCp QueSCp 709.73 Art in the United States AMERICAN HANDICRAFTS. lOmin 16-sd * $36; rent $1.50. Also color-?72; rent $3 B&H 709.73 el-fh-sh-c-adult "Teacher-made highly instructive record of textile, pottery, wood-carving and glass blowing cottage industries in North Carolina mountains. Industries include: Jugtown pottery at Steeds, Campbell Folk School at Brass town, and the Penland Weavers at Potters." Collaborator Calhoun PH Eng TexVE Nay 336