Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

freedom and who Icuglit to preserve it. This story proceeds from Governor Claiborne's fruitless eflorts to capture Lafitte through the heroic services rendered by Lafitte and his associates to General Andrew Jackson in the defense of New Orleans in the War of 1812. These are tempestuous times in New Orleans and the director in his effort to portray this period relies on noise and confusion to create an effect. Children will enjoy these two recordings, but we believe that their educational \alues may be somewhat lessened by the seeming uneven pace of production and presentation. Conversely, recounting the lives of George Washington Carver and Alexander Graham Bell requires an even flow of events in an atmosphere of seeming quiet for accurate portrayal. "Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone" is adapted from the book by Katherine B. Shippen and begins with his experiments on the wireless and his efforts to send more than one message across a single line. His idea to transmit the sound of speech across the miles by electro-magnetic means is developed. His problems, his solution to those problems, and his ultimate success in inventing and developing the telephone are portrayed in an orderly manner. "The Life of George Washington Carver" is treated simply as befits this great humanitarian and scientist. In this recreation we follow Carver tlirough his educational experience and through his willingness to forego high financial success in order to serve his people and help them find economic and intellectual emancipation. The story progresses through George Washington Carver's experiments with the peanut and the sweet potato at Tuskegee Institute under the paternal guidance and direction of Booker T. Washington to Carver's ultimate triumph and great service to the south, the nation, and particularly his own people. These two recordings can be very useful in sixth and seventh grade classes in the study of American history. They highlight social, economic and geographical problems which can be used to motivate discussions in social studies classes. They can very well be used not only in the classrooms but also in the library for quiet individual listening and for small group listening. Free & Helpful Write to . . . Folkways Record S; Service Corp., 117 W. 46th St., New \ork 36, N. Y., for a copy of the Fall 1955 record catalog, including a large collection of autlientic folk music on longplav records. Young America Films, 18 E. 41st St., New York 17, N. Y., for a new filmstrip catalog listing more than 570 filmstrips. Blisi.ness Education Films, 630 Ninth Ave., New York 36, N, Y., for the 1955-56 catalog listing more than 190 titles of rental motion pictures for use in business education. Educational Record Sales, 146 Reade St., New York 13, N. Y., for the 1956 catalog of "Phonograph Records for Classroom and Library, Kindergarten to Grade 9." Fort Orange Radio Dlstributing Company, 904 Broadway, .Albany, N. Y., for a catalog of "Tape Recordings for Teaching." Stanley Bowmar Co., 12 Cleveland St., Valhalla, N. Y., for a catalog of filmstrips by 21 ])roducers integrated by subject covered and also a catalog of record players and record albums for educational use. FiLNt Center, 64 W. Randolph St., Chicago 1, 111., for the new School Feature Film Catalog No. 5, containing selected entertainment, educational and cultural features for high school. Society for Visual Education, 1345 W. Diversey Parkway, Chicago 14, 111., for a new catalog of Educational Filmstrips, Slidesets and Equipment. The 56-page catalog provides three main sections — primary, intermediate, junior and senior high, with all filmstrips grouped under these sections. .Mso available from SVE is a new 20-page booklet describing Thanksgiving and Christmas filmstrips and slides. Association Films, 347 Madison .Ave., New York, N. Y., for a new 56-page catalog, "Selected Motion Pictures," describing more than 1000 motion pictures available for showings by community organizations. Eye Gate House, 2716 41st .Ave., Long Island C:ity 1, N. Y., for the new 195556 Eye Ciate Filmstrip Catalog. Interna rioNAi. Film Bi;reau. 57 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 4, 111., for a descriptive list entitled "16mm Films in Health, Education and Welfare." Ask for ihe "H" list. FOR BRIGHTER SCREENINGS WITH FEWER CLEANINGS! ; NON-INFLAMMABU, NON-TOXIC #s ANTZ-STATIC FILM CIEANER CONTAINS NO CARBON TET.. yet cleons better/ dries faster, keeps film cleaner lengerl j Ec<o # 1500— proven in use by schools and audJO'visuol centers coast to coast— deott* '| film cieaner than an/ other cleoner, and fasttr . ..leaves an invisibte anti-static cool-. 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