The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Briefer Mention 23 dian pueblos and its picturesque buildings ected by Spaniards and Mexicans. We see e city at the time of the annual Fiesta and would not be difficult to imagine ourselves a bit of foreign country, transplanted into e heart of New Mexico. >ss the Grand Canyon Burton Holmes P L)—A river canyon which has formed as mplete a barrier to migration as the most ipassible mountain range is now bridged by a lendid steel structure. The rushing Colorado s been spanned in the depths of the Grand inyon, making it possible for us to visit, at ist cinematographically, the great and color- 1 abyss of one of our most magnificent scenic jnders. emite, the Valley of Enchantment (2 reels; ')—Often pictured, but only becoming more onderful as we come to know it better, the osemite is here brought before us in natural lor. The redwoods, Bridal Veil Falls, Indian ive Rock, the Happy Isles, Vernal Falls, El ipitan, the Cathedral Spires, and other points interest in the Park lend themselves well to lor reproduction. Quotations from John Muir id John Burroughs very appropriately title e pictures. Cruise to Vera Cruz Burton Holmes. (F L)—Leaving New York, the voyage takes e through long days on tropic seas, with mpses of Havana harbor en route, to the jdicval fortress which guards the Gulf gate the Mexican republic—the "City of the ue Cross." id Tampico Burton Holmes. (FPL) 'The Dawson City of a tropical Klondike," here a wealth of oil gushes forth in seemingly exhaustible floods. A strange bit of modern mosphere in the heart of old-time Mexico. :do and Segovia Burton Holmes. (F P L) The former, sometimes called "The Spanish Dme," and the latter, distinguished for its eatest of all Roman aqueducts, together take back to medieval times, lish Children Burton Holmes (F P L)— tt'.e people of both high and low degree are ^covered at play and at work, awake and leep—and sometimes on amusingly good terms th goats and burros. er the Great Stone Face (U S Agric)— ist we forget that our Eastern States hold ots of beauty and romance, this reel serves bring before us some points of interest to i reached by tramping through the Whits ountain National Forest, where lives the mous "Old Man of ,the Mountain." Nice and Cannes Burton Holmes (F P L)— Glimpses of the Mediterranean Riviera with its casinos, cafes, parks and gardens, and its throngs of fashionably dressed pleasure-seekers. Voices of the Sea Bruce Scenic (E F C)— Interpreting by a series of marvelously beauti- ful views, the moods of the ocean, from the rushing straits of the north to quiet southern seas. Moods of passion and storm, and of quiet broken only by the swish of languid waves on the sand—all are voices of the ever- changing sea. Solomon's Temple Burton Holmes (F P L) — Movable models of ancient Jerusalem serve to take us back through history even to the days preceding the building of the temple of Solo- mon, and we follow its evolution through the centuries until it is changed into -the present Mosque of Omar, the holiest Moslem shrine in Palestine, as it is today. At the Wailing Well Burton Holmes (FPL) —A place of prayer and sorrow, revered above all other places by the Jews as the nearest ap- proach they can make to the ancient sanctuary of their forefathers, the Temple of Solomon. Here crowds of the Orthodox gather to recite the woes that have befallen their race. Paths of Glory Chester Outing (E F C)— They lead but to the grave, even in motion pic- tures, for this reel showing first the crowded narrow by-ways of Peking, takes us soon to the sacred valley lying to the north of the city, where a marble-paved road, the "path of glory" leads to the tombs of the ancient Chi- nese emperors. Boro-Bodor and the Bromo Burton Holmes (F P L)—The first a colossal carved pyramid on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies. Its name means "Shrine of Many Buddhas," and the structure is covered with fantastic Buddhftt carvings. The second, a great na- tural wonder—an active volcanic crater within a greater and practically extinct crater known as the "Sand Sea." Rural Java Burton Holmes (F P L)— A jour- ney to the rice fields of the "land of the lovely out-of-doors," a glimpse of the cultivation of the chinchona tree, and of the gathering of the fluffy kapok, show us the picturesque natives at their characteristic occupations. In Batik Land Burton Holmes (F P L)— Queer, quaint art workers who sketch on cot- ton cloth with melted wax the intricate pat- terns that are to be perpetuated by the rich blue and brown dyes of Java—where the art of Batik originated. ;For further information on these or other films write firm named in parenthesis. If name is eviated, address will be found under "Exchanges" at end of Film Catalogue, otherwise, under jducers." ' : ■ M Abbreviations used: E F C, Educational Film Corporation; FPL, Famous Players-Lasky; •athe; U S Agric, U S Department of Agriculture; U S Mines, U S Bureau of Mines.)