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WARRIORS AT PEACE— Contrasts Apaches at work on their modern cattle ranch with the ancient Pollen-Blessing for an Apache maid. Avolon Daggett Productions 441 North Orange Drive, Los Angeles 36, California Send for your FREE ^Jii^ l6mm educational film catalog. j]^ STERLING FILMS ^^ 316 West 57thStreet • New York 19, N. Y. Splices Not Holding? Try ^efrona ZJ-ltm K^etnent WRITE FOR SAMPLE Camera Equipment Co. 1600 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. Evaluation of New Films (COntinuedi THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 1150 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois) 15 minutes, 16mm, sound, color, 1953. $100. Teacher's Guide available. Description of Contents: The film utilizes animated drawings and unusual symbols, color photography, interpretative commentary, and historic quotations to document and explain the causes, the strategy, and the important military engagements of the War for Independence. As two lanterns appear out of the darkness in the tower of the Old North Church in Boston, other lanterns swiftl appear in many windows. All the while the sound of ;; horse's hoofs on cobblestone streets represents Paul Ri vere's ride arousing the citizens with his cries, "The British are coming!" A flashback re-creates the Boston tea party and Sam Adams' exhortation to the Colonists to rid themselves of British domination. Showing only hands and feet of men or recording their voices, reproducing paintings of historic places or photographs of famous persons and incidents, using such symbols as shadows and silhouettes, and picturing actual church towers and rivers, the film proceeds to record the key events of the American Revolution including the beginning of the war on the village green at Lexington, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain boys Washington's taking command of an untrained American army, and Richard Henry Lee's resolving in June. 1776, in the Continental Congress that the Colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." Maps, diagrams, and photographs follow Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, Washington's defeats in New Jersey, the heart-breaking winter of '77 at Valley Forge, Lafayette's arrival at Washington's headquarters with news of the French alliance, the British surrender at Yorktown, and at the end of the war the Colonists' returning to their homes and the task of building a new nation. A montage showing representative tasks of building the new nation — pitching hay, pounding horseshoes, and grinding with a waterwheel — is followed by a concluding aerial view of the countryside and Tom Paine's words, "Freedom hath been hunted 'round the globe. . . . Oh, receive the fugitive and prepare in time an asylum for mankind." Coniniittee Appniisul; The committee highly praised this film not only because of its successful use of unusual film effects but because of its presentation of valuable information not otherwise generally available. Social studies teachers on the committee, for example, praised the film for (1) showing that the American Revolution was not a popular movement but rather a masterpiece of propaganda in which Sam Adams, some wealthy Colonists, and a few radicals incited the populace to revolt, (2) demonstrating that history is made by individuals. (3) establishing the relationship between military successes and failures and the attitude of the people, (4) showing how the English attempted to divide the country, and (5) highlighting the military events and general strategy of the Revolutionary War. They felt, however, that the film did not give due credit to the French contributions and the European influences. They did not agree with the statement in the film that with Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown all Colonists were awake to their common responsibility of forging a new nation. Some of the students in a high school social studies class preferred the techniques used in this film to those in Alms which dramatically depict historical events by having actors portray historical characters; others, however, stated a preference for this latter type of film. All members of the previewing committee (adults) preferred the techniques used in this film. They felt that the film was convincing and lacking in any taint of artificiality. The film is highly recommended for use by senior high school and college classes studying this period of American history. 404 Educational Screen