The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 154 The Educational Screen Keystone Aircraft Slides A series of 100 lantern slides is offered by the Keystone View Com- pany for high-school courses in aero- nautics for preliminary instruction in the recognition of friendly and enemy planes of all types. The author of the series is George F. McCahey of Rhode Island State College. There are five units in the series: Unit I—Single-engined Monoplanes; Unit II—Twin engined Monoplanes; Unit III—Multi-engined Monoplanes, Unit IV—Water Planes; Unit V—Miscellaneous Planes. The author has had a great deal of experience in this field and has given in the case of each plane, the silhouette that will contribute most to the devel- opment of permanent recognition infor- mation as referring to that model. A title list of this series of units will be furnished upon request to the Key- stone View Co. As new types of planes are developed, supplements will be issued. The price of the series, with teachers' manual and slide case, is $40.00. The set in 2-inch slides costs $20.00. Scenic West in Kodachromes A selection of 2 x 2 Kodachrome slides on the scenery and natural history of the western mountains and deserts, and the activities of mountaineering clubs is now being offered for rental by C. Edward Graves, well-known scenic photographer of the West. They are designed for use by schools and colleges and also for entertainment purposes for church groups, women's clubs, or garden clubs. Ac- companying each slide is a descriptive manual which can be read during showing of the slides. For further information write to C. Edward Graves, P.O. Box 37, Areata, California. Visual Aids on the Netherlands A Kit of Visual Teaching Aids on Holland and the Netherlands territories in the East and West Indies lias been pre- pared by Foley & Edmunds, Inc., 480 Lexington Avenue, New York City. A complete visual story on Holland is presented by means of two filmstrips, charts, and a picture set of twelve photo- graphs depicting the cultural contri- butions of Holland. Each strip has approximately fifty frames, and shows the geographical features of the country, their influence on the industries and activities of the people, and finally, aspects of social life in Holland. Three filmstrips portray the geo- graphical controls and features of the Netherlands East Indies, their scenic wonders, resources and industries, activities of the people, etc. Charts compare the East Indies with the United States, and show their development and share of world production. One filmstrip tells the geographic story of the Netherlands West Indies, and a chart presents data on population, size, lesources, trade statistics, etc. A Teacher's manual accompanies each of the three units in this Kit. RCA Spanish Music Records The use of records as an aid to the study of Spanish through music is being advanced by RCA Victor, which has announced the release of seven albums of songs of Latin American countries. With a view to giving the maximum of aid to Spanish students, Victor has included in each album four supplementary booklets which give the Spanish lyrics of each song, the phonetic pronounciation of the lyrics, and their English translation. The titles of the RCA Victor albums are: "Mexicana," "Spanish Through Music," "Fiesta in Cuba," "Fiesta in Argentina," "Carnival in Rio," "Fiesta in Chile, Bolivia and Peru," and "South America Fiesta." There are forty-six songs in the entire group. In addition to choosing typical na- tive selections, RCA Victor has care- fully selected for the recordings art- ists who are native? of the countries, and who enunciate the Spanish lan- guage clearly and correctly. Through this method, it is believed that indi- vidual and group singing in the class- rooms will enable students not only to become acquainted with the Latin American songs, but will also make the study of Spanish more interesting. The albums were made at the re- quest of Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States, and grew out of NBC's weekly series of broadcasts entitled "Pan American Holiday." Kodachrome Slides on Historic Philadelphia .\ series of 2 ,x 2 Kodachrome slides on places of historical interest in Phila- delphia, are offered for sale by Klein and Goodman, of that city, located at 18 S. Tenth Street. Places pictured include Independence Hall, Betsy Ross House, Liberty Bell, Carpenters Hall, interior views of the Declaration Cham- ber, and others. Complete list can be had by request to Klein and Goodman. Current Film News (Concluded from page 152) ■ Eastman Kodak Company, Teaching Films Division, Rochester, N. Y., has produced the following new health films: Public Health Service —1 reel, 16mm sound—surveying the work of public health organizations and pointmg out their vital importance to the commun- ity in wartime. The film covers the many valuable services rendered by the public health laboratory and its trained scientists, including, the exam- ination of milk for bacteria, inspection of water and meat, treatment of com- municable diseases, operation of public health clinics, and supervision of living conditions and playgrounds. Forms and Uses of the Teeth —1 reel 16nim silent—demonstrating the rela- tion of good teeth to health. Various adaptations of animal teeth are shown, using the shark, snake, beaver, ele- phant, wart hog, and walrus for illus- tration. The film reveals how teeth have been adapted to herbivorous and carnivorous diets. Next, the types and uses of human teeth are presented, with a sequence on the accomplish- ments of corrective dentistry. ■ Ideal Pictures, 28 East 8th St., Chi- cago, have issued a 16-page Supplement No. 1 to their 23rd Annual Edition C'atalogue, which they call the "Home Front Offensive Number." Among new acquisitions are: six of the Dr. Christian series of stories starring Jean Hersholt, and other theatrical features produced by RKO, Columbia, and Universal; John Steinbeck's The For<iottcn Village: the British-made film The Man at the Gate, starring Wilfred Lawson of Pastor Hall fame, and other religious subjects; and many educational shorts on animal life, athletics and sports, aviation, geography, history, science and industry. The section devoted to "Victory Subjects'' includes films released by the Ofiice of War In- formation, Coordinator of Inter-.^merican .Affairs and British Press Service. B National Film Board of Canada. 84 East Randolph St., Chicago, announces that the following Canadian production, heretofore shown in the United States only theatrically by United Artists, is now available in 16mni sound to the non-theatrical field: Food, Weapon of Conquest, —one of the "World in .Action" series—goes far beyond the problem of feeding the mil- itary forces of the L'nited Nations and penetrates behind the Nazi lines to report the fate of conquered countries forced to turn over their farm produce to the conqueror. Food is the bait used to draw into Germany the skilled labor which the Reich needs for its war ma- chine. The picture presents a stirring challenge to the Western World faced eventually with the problem of feeding millions throughout the continents of Europe and Asia. Sales of this film are handled through Educational Film Library Association, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. ■ HoFFBERG Pkoductions, 1600 Broad- way New York City, are distributing two 1-reel sound subjects dealing with activities and landmarks around Balti- more, and a reel on Annapolis: Baltimore, Home of the Star Spangled Banner shows scenes at his- torical Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem. The government recently spent $50,000 to restore this National Shrine to its 1814 appearance. Also depicted in this reel are Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Duchess of Windsor's home, Washing- ton Monument, and other famous I'laces of Baltimore. Oyster Fleet presents the Chesa- peake Bay oyster industry. Future Admirals, an interesting short on the Naval Academy at .\nnapolis, was made under the supervision of the U. S. Navy. Scripts for all three of the films were written by Philip Provenza, Balti- more lawyer.