The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

■ JOHN OTT PICTURES, 730 Elm St., Winnetka, Illinois, announces the following sound films especially for club programs: Time-Lapse Photography (11 min., color) — explaining time-lapse photography and how time-lapse pictures are made. Spring Blossoms (22 min., color) — including time-lapse pictures of spring wild flowers. How to Grow Iris (22 min., color) — demonstrating methods of fertilizing, general care, and hybridizing and including time-lapse sequences of the iris growing and bursting into full bloom. Watercolors in Action (13 min., color) — demonstrating the "direct method" of watercolor painting. The Brush in Action (10 min.) — showing types of brushes, the function and techniques of using each. Clay in Action (10 min.) — demonstrating the making of a portrait in clay by sculptor Arturo B. Fallico. Flower Arrangements for the Home (22 min. each, color) — Two films demonstrating practical flower arranging. ■ NU-ART FILMS, INC., 145 W. 45th St., N. Y. City, is distributing the following 16mm sound film produced by Emerson Yorke Studio. Bill Bailey and the Four Pillars (20 min.) — A documentary film story of land economy and one man, Bill Bailey of Clarksville, Tennessee, through whose foresight and untiring effort the Four Pillars of Income were established in Montgomery County, Tennessee (adapted from the Reader's Digest story of the same name by J. P. McEvoy). ■ HARRY GRUBBS, 6912 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, California, announces a new series of 16mm sound films on "The Great Lakes", available in color or black and white: How They Were Formed (1 reel) — Drawings, maps, and motion-picture scenes showing the complex geologic processes which formed the Great Lakes. Highway of Commerce (2 reels) — Resources of the Great Lakes area, the unique transportation system that moves those resources, and the way in which the Lakes affect man's wellbeing and prosperity. Their Link with Ocean Shipping (1 reel) — The two natural barriers between Lake shipping and the sea — Niagara Falls and the St. Lawrence — and how these barriers were overcome. ■ NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY, INC., 30 E. 42nd St., N. Y. 17, announces a new technicolor 16 mm film: Carbon Arc Projection (15 min.) — designed to show how a remarkably close approach to sunlight has been achieved to give motion pictures their full visual value in claritv and color. To be featured in the 794849 Mission Study Programs of the Protestant Churc/ies . . . By the Churches ^ For the Churches MY NAME IS HAN 'Han" — just released, was praised by enthusiastic audiences everywhere. "Has a basic nobility . . . restores our faith . . . photography has a truly poetic imagination." — Frank Eng in Los Angeles Daily News. "Classic simplicity . . . poignantly touching." — Los Angeles Times. "Packs more punch than many a Hollywood double feature." — Parade. MY NAME IS HAN — 25 mrn.. Umm. sound. Rental $8.00, 3-yMr l*as« $175.00 f BEYOND OUR OWN "Beyond" — a record-breaking film with a vital religious message. Designated "Film of the Month" in the December Christian Herald. "Four (Church) Bells" — Pathfinder. "A milestone in the history of religious motivated film." — Religious News Service. "The Protestant Film Commission is to be congratulated." — N.Y. Herald-Tribune. BEYOND OUR OWN — 40 min., Umm. sound. Rental $10.00, 3-year lease $250.00 Produced by the Protestant Film Commission Premiered in more than one hundred cities LETTER FROM CHINA A fine new documentary film photographed by the same camera crew of the International Film Foundation that made My Name is Han. "Letter From China" tells the story of what a missionary does in China as seen through the eyes of a young American. It provides a comprehensive view of missions and is an excellent sequel to "Han." LETTER FROM CHINA — 30 min., limm. sound — Color: Rental $9.00, Lease $240.00 Black and white: Rental $6.00, Lease $135.00 Order from RELIGIOUS FILM ASSOCIATION 45 ASTOR PLACE NEW YORK 3. N.Y. with a concentration of the tremendous light intensity of S'A million foot candles on an aperture only the size of a single frame of film. ■ THE MARCH OF TIME FORUM EDITION, 369 Lexington Ave., N.Y. 17. announces the release of the following educational 16mm films: Public Relations — telling the story of America's newest profession. Fashion Means Business — picturing the fabulous billion-dollar fashion in< dustry. Search for Happiness — showing man's atempt to adjust himself to modern civilization. T-Men of the Treasury Departtnent — reporting the work of the important Government .\gency and made with the cooperation of the Department. The White House — a Cook's tour of the first mansion of the United States. The Dutch Empire — a unique treatment of the collapse of one of the world's great empires. ■ FILMS OF THE NATIONS, 55 W. 54th St.. N. Y., has released several new educational films, available in both color and black and white: Picturesque Denmark — a picture tour of the country, showing geography, history, government, people. Picturesque Sweden — an introduction to the geography, history, scenery, and people of Sweden. Majestic Norway — a film trip ta Norway: its scenery, natural resources, towns and villages, people. In and Around Amsterdam — an introduction to the picturesque capital and largest city of the Netherlands. Filmstrips for Thanksgiving and Christmas iCOMPLETE PROGRAMS "L.f Ui »»• ThoKW" •Th. SK.ph..d. W.t.K" ,:. ,U.i.ul tull Colo'' ord«r from your vituol aids dvolar □ □ K22 Enriikt An., St. Lauh 12. Me. No. I ••film Must" for this 4tomte >lgel Strlket a Mighty Blow for PEACE! "BROKEN CHAINS" 7-reel epic-drama of man's eternal etruogle for FREEDOM . . . from the CREATION of EARTH to the sinister threat of the ATOMIC BOMBI Film Studios of Chicago, H. A. Spanwth, Mgr., 135 S. LoSalle, Dept. E. Chicago 3. 418 Educational Screen