The educational screen (c1922-c1956])
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Page 200 The Educational Screen y CHECK THIS LIST NOW! RECOMMENDED FILMS For Next Term's Classroom and Auditorium Showingsl Available in 16mm. Sound from the COMMONWEALTH RENTAL LIBRARY V ■*^UwlVMUCi Walter Wanser's stirring presentation of the events surroundinK the birth of war-torn Fascist Spain. Action-packed drama torn from the headlines. V "MULIMUwIi Brilliant modern adaptation of Leoncavello's niaKniiicent opera. Vividly sung by golden-voiced oinratic tenor Richard Tauber. Prologue and epilogue ill natural color. y/ FLTING DEUCES: Laurel & Hardy take to the air in the most rollicking comedy ever made. Sheer enter- tainment the children will love. y EDGE OF THE WDRLD; outstanding educational fea- ture of the decade. Recommended by Dept. of Sec- ondary Education. N.E.A.. as excelling in power and perfection of cineniatograjihy. y OUR DAILY BREAD: Documentary epic of the wand- eriuKs of the Sharecroppers and the Okie.s, made bv the director who gave you "The Citadel"' and "North- west" Passage." V iUHUnMi ^ master achievement of the screen. An epic of pictorial grandeur, set in the Alaskan wilderness with !ts thiuidering avalanches . . . crashing icebergs . . . and the largest assemhly of wild animals ever photographed in their natural habitat. Outstanding 3-Reel Featurettes: , KAMET CONQUERED / THIS IS CHINA y WITH WILLIAMSON BENEATH THE SEA Send today for your FREE copy Commonwealth's Entertainment & Educational Cataloe. Write Dept. 27 COMMONWEALTH PICTURES CORPORATION 729 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. Cable Address, COMWELPIC Here It Is! DEYRY'S NEW "FREEDOM" MODEL 16mm. SOUND PROJECTOR DeVry's leadership is further evidenced in the development of this new 16mm. sound projector that SAVES CRITICAL WAR MATERIALS without sacrificing and in many respects Improving the high quality, dependability, durability, port- ability and supreme performance for which DeVry projectors have been famous for nearly thirty years. This new projector will serve you well and serve you long. While there will be no delay In delivery due to conversion, proper priorities will be required for purchase. Free literature on request. De VRY corporation, 1111 Armifage Ave., Chicago i^S^' EDUCATIONAL FILMS lemn,. sound and Silent Tejohi^/ilm. on Geography, ."'"'"^''■ujliih etc are ,ure Study, science Health etc are f'^a'^fitt ""as Yl 00 Per"re.l for one or L'dai en?ll —•■ '"- ^'" Catalog. Write (or Free Catalog. Makers of the most complete line of 16 and 35 mm. Silent and Sound Projectors and Cameras for Professional and Institutional Use Films for Defense on the Home Front This list has been compiled for the information of those who, in increasing numbers, are seeking efTective instructional films dealing with various phases of our War Emergency. It is not intended as a complete list of films useful in this connection, but it does include those especially applicable, and new subjects made available since the publication last fall of the 17th edition of "1000 and One" The Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films. For a broader list of subject-matter we recommend the current edition of "1000 and One." Air Raid Precautions and Fire Fighting AIR RAID WARDEN (1 reel, sound) Functions oi a local air raid warden before and during a blackout. (B&H, Brandon. Ideal, P&S) ALERT (1 reel, sound) Basic air raid precautions and procedures. (Brandon) FIGHTING THE FIRE BOMB (2 reels, sound) Vital information on methods and equipment to be employed in lighting fire bombs and preventing spread of iire. (B&H, Ideal, P&S, Transfilm, VES. YMCA) FIHEMAN. THE (1 reel, sound) Organization and operation oi a metropolitan fiie-fighlinq force; modem fire apparatus. (Erpi) FIRE PROTECTION (1 reel, silent) Correct procedure oi turning in alarm; training oi firemen; dealing with iires; demonstration oi artificial respiration; pupils illustrate correct methods oi leaving burning building. (Eastman) GOOFER TROUBLE (1 reel, sound) Advice to citizens on conduct during air raids and aerial dogfights. (B&H, BL. Gutlohn, Ideal, VES) LONDON FIRE RAIDS (1 reel, sound) Women oi Auxiliary Fire Service on duty in Control Room; a iire brigade at work. (B&H, BL. Gutlohn. Ideal. P&S, VES) MODERN MAGIC IN FIRE PROTECTION (3 reels, sound) Function oi various types oi sprinkling systems: how modem automatic apparatus lights iire. (Rockwood) MR. PROUDFOOT SHOWS A LIGHT (1 reel, sound) A short comedy showing what happens in a blackout when proper precautions are ignored. (BL, Ideal. VES) NEIGHBORS UNDER FIRE (1 reel, sound) How voluntary workers aid the homeless aiter an mr raid. (B&H, Brandon, BL, CFC, VES) SHUNTER BLACK'S NIGHT OFF (1 reel, sound) Shows need ior dealing with incendiary bombs as quickly as possible. (BL, Ideal, VES) SIXTY SECONDS TO SAFETY (1 reel, sound) Safety film on fire hazards in schools and fire drill training. (PFC) SPOTTING THE BOMBERS (1 reel, sound and silent) Diagrams aid airplane spotters, air raid wardens and others. (Gutlohn, P&S) STOP THAT FIRE (I reel, sound) Various ways oi dealing with incendiary bombs and the fires caused by them, (B&H, CFC, GuUohn, VES, YMCA) WALK, DO NOT RUN (1 reel, silent) Fire drill procedure ior school children. (Harmon) WAR AND ORDER (1 reel, sound) Emergency police services in wartime Britain; reporting bomb damage, iire lighting, first aid, etc. (B&H, BL, CFC, Gutlohn, Ideal. VES) WARNING, THE (3 reels, sound) Depicts an air raid irom iirst warning signal to rescue and clean-up work; what civilians should do ior protection. (B&H, Brandon, Gutlohn, Ideal, P&S, VES, YMCA) Civilian Mobilization BRITAIN ON GUARD (1 reel, sound) How population has mobilized to deiend country. (B&H, BL, CFC) CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS (1 reel, sound) Volunteer work which women can periorm in wartime. (NFB) CITIZEN ARMY (1 reel, sound) Role oi Home Guard in Britain. (BL, IdeaL VES)