Educational film guide (1945)

EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE 1945 EDITION 739-740 DECORATIVE METAL WORK — Continued This film shows how to make an etched bracelet. It is filmed simply and clearly. The Instructor is John C. Drinjak First various articles made of different metals are shown and then the particular project to be undertaken here is outlined. A rough free-hand sketch of the design is made and then it is accurately drawn. The metal is flattened, cleaned and a thin coat of wax is applied. The pencil lines are transferred to the waxed metal. Steel wool is used to rub off the wax. The edges are filed and smoothed with emery cloth The entire back and parts of the design not to be etched are painted with asphaltum. The design is cleaned and smoothed. The edges are waxed. A solution of water and nitric acid is made and tested with a scrap of metal. The bracelet is put into It and etched for one hour. Bubbles are removed with a feather. The bracelet is taken out and dried. Turpentine removes the asphaltum. It la placed on a bracelet bender and polished with a fine emery cloth B&H si-sd-$40: rent 111 si-sd-$l-$1.50 $1.50-$2 Ind sd-$1.25 BallS si 75c Ohio Cine si-sd VES si-sd-$1.50-$2 IdP sd $2 FROM CLAY TO BRONZE. 45min 16-si-$75: rent $3 1929 Harvard 739 jh-sh-c The artist's work, as it progresses from the preliminary sketch In clay to the ultimate achievement in bronze, is shown by detailed demonstration. The first reel shows Miss Katherine W. Lane, at work in her studio. She erects a wire armature or framework, builds around it the clay image of her pet greyhound, and then works over this clay model until it is finished, ready for casting. In the second reel is shown the making of a plaster mould by Leo Toschi, from which is made a plaster cast of the subject. The third reel demonstrates the making of a bronze cast by the sand mould method B&H $75: rent $3 NJM BallS $2.25 Ohio BosU TexEd loan CFC Vt IntF Wis 75c MassEd $1.50 MAKE A METAL PLAQUE. (Arts and crafts ser.) 1R 16-si-$21; rent $1.50 Gut 739 Jh-sh-adult Produced by Art films and directed by Ellas Katz. The demonstration is by Florence Ludins. First we are shown the • necessary materials and tools. Then comes the sketch on paper and it is next traced to the metal. The surface is raised by pressing the back with a teaspoon and the edges clarified by pressing them with a lollypop stick. Hammering is also done with the lollypop stick. There are many shots of the work progressing. Then the screen goes blank and then we see materials for making an interesting finish. The plaque is polished with Bon AmL We see wood, hammer and nails, for mounting and the mounting is done Cine Ohio DG TexEd loan NatFS $1.50 METAL CRAFT. (Art ser.) llmin 16-sd-$50 * 1939 EBF 739 jh-sh-c-trade-adult Guide 15c Presents the steps taken by a master craftsman in making a pewter bowl by spinning and shaping a blank for later soldering to a cast base. The craftsman then creates a bronze bowl by raising, smoothing, annealing, planishing, and burnishing a blank disc Methods of constructing a candlestick mold, inserting the core, pouring, removing, and finishing the pewter cast are demon strated. The designing, chasing, shaping, and soldering the sides and top of a jewel box also are shown PLASTIC ART. (Art ser.) llmin 16-sd-$50 1939 EBF 739 el-Jh-sh-c-trade-adult Guide 15c "Takes the observer step by step through the stages by which a well-known sculptor conceives and executes a bronze statuary group interpreting the theme, 'Progress Through Man's Confidence in His Fellowman.' After completing a sketch, the sculptor constructs lead wire skeletons on which he builds up rough figures while observing living models. Bit by bit, the figures take form under the artist's deft touches, until the model group is completed. Measurements are then taken, from which a large sized group is reproduced to scale. From this the bronze replica will be cast." Georgia SILVER. 15min 16-si-$24 1930 EBF 739 jh-sh Guide "Stresses important uses of the metal which today plays a leading part in many industrial activities. Shows the preparation of sterling silver and, using the manufacture of a sterling silver spoon and a tray as an illustration, shows the processes involved in the production of flat-ware and hollow-ware. The process of using silver plating for mirrors and photographic emulsions are shown. The film has been divided into the following units: sterling silver, silverware and mirrors, silver in photography." Iowa & SILVERSMITH. 30min 16-si-$50; rent $2 1930 Harvard 739 el-Jh-sh-c Mr. Arthur J. Stone cooperated with the Museum of Fine Arts, in the making of this film We see a plain ribbon of silver develop into a beauitfully balanced spoon. The handle is narrowed and lengthened, the bowl widened and shaped, and the surface finished smoothly. A large bowl is created also. The craftsman with repeated strokes flutes the large disk of silver, and gradually forms it toward the desired shape "Introduction to craft at Its best." Collaborator "High in showing skills. Inadequate closeups." Dale J. Baughman B&H $50; rent $2 IntF BosU $2 MassEd $1.50 CFC Ohio Fi $2 VES $2 740 Design MODES AND MOTORS. lOmin 16-sd-loan 1939 GM 740 Produced by Jam Handy. Revision of film first issued in 1937 "Provides a valuable means of presenting or initiating discussion in the field of art in Industry. At a review exhibition at Teachers College, Columbia University, teachers expressed approval of the film for the field of art, presenting, as it does, a means of stimulating an appreciation of the coordination of artists and engineers in supplying everyday commodities. "Suitability of the film for vocational guidance and social studies was also expressed. The use of the elements of design in designing automobiles, and automobile parts and electrical refrigerators is touched upon, together with an overview of the nature and surprising extent of the work of the staff of artists. "The method by which an automobile body is transferred from designers' drawings to a complete full-size model is briefly but interestingly outlined. Technically the film was considered satisfactory. 341