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

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Building Our Cities fs VEC '55 30fr si b&w $3. Shows how unsightly city buildings end areas can be concealed or reconstructed to make our cities better and more attractive places to live. Emphasizes good city planning. El-Ad. Family Affair mp MENT '55 3lmin sd b&w $125. Based on a real case, showing how 0 counselor from the Fomily Service Association helped to solve family problems which arose when son insisted on choosing his own career. Farewell Oak Street mp NFB '54 16min sd b&w $60 r$4 from IFB. Intended to show that the eradication of slums has far-reaching social effects in addition to providing more physical comfort for tenants. A low-rental housing project in Toronto is presented in a before-ond-after picture about people. Glass Houses mp BRAN '54 30min sd b&w. Focuses on the problem of juvenile delinquency in a typical court situation, where the parent, teacher, clergyman, public official hove their chance to bock up their pleas of "not guilty." Hord Brought Up mp MENT '55 40min sd b&w $ I 50. Story of two boys in trouble with the low and their rehabilitation through the efforts of a juvenile court judge and o social worker, with the assistance of various community resources. Sponsored bv the Mississippi State Department of Welfare in cooperotion with the Children's Bureau of U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Produced, written, and directed by Nicholas C. Read. Heod of the House mp UW '55 40min sd b&w sale. Produced by the U. S. Office of Inter-American Affairs. How a community social worker and welfare home bring about a better understanding between father and son, who rebels against discipline of father. Neighborhood Story mp SYRA '54 20 min sd b&w S90 r$4. How a Settlement House serves the people who take part in its activities. Story about o group worker, a ten-year-old boy ond the boy's family. Problem Clinic mp NFB '54 1 2min sd b&w $30. Shows the kinds of free legal oid available to rich and poor in Canada to ensure that everyone have equol opportunity before the low. Presents various personal problems which receive free advice and help through legal aid clinics. Enacted is a case in which a young man faces o criminal charge and is defended by one of the clinic lawyers. SrH-Ad. What About Juvenile Delinquency? mp YAF '55 lOmin sd b&w $50. Designed to stimulate group discussion of the problems of juvenile delinquency. Story of Jamie whose three friends assault Jamie's father. Jamie accompanies student officers to the city council at the risk of injury by his three former friends. JrH-Ad. What's the Answer to Slums mp AFF '54 sd b&w. Charles Slusser, Commissioner of Federal Housing Administration, and Charles T. Stewart, Public Relations Drector of the Notional Association of Real Estate Boards, discuss the problem of Federal aid vs. Private Industry in rebuilding U. S. slums. 'PARKING IS NOW TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM" A 16 mm sound film specifically designed to teach students the ABC's of parking correctly. It does this simply and eosily, thus eliminating many repeated classroom lessons, with the result that many students are able to pork in their first attempt. Some of the features portrayed in the film ore: tll a full classroom demonstration; <2) a complete street demonstration and <3) the proper use of a modern Portable Parking Board. Every driving instructor will appreciate o print of this easy-to-understand film for his school. Educators rate its teaching value highly. 16 mm Sounds $50.00 (Running time 11 minutes* AI«o Avoiloble on a Rentol Basis $10.00 per Week, plus Postage BOND SAFETY PROJECTS Room 107, 542 Calle Santa Rosa Palm Springs, Cal. Community Services Fireman mp EBP '55 I I min sd col. Documents o day in the life of a young fireman. Beginning with a routine inspection of men and equipment, the film describes modern training methods, and shows how a fire is covered. Helpers Who Come to Our House mp COR '55 lOmin sd b&w $55 col $100. As Joey's family moves into its new home, Joey learns that many people come to his house to provide many services. The newspaper boy, the mailman, the milkman, the garbage men, and others help Joey's family ond other families in the community. Pri. How We Sove Water mp BAIL '55 lOmin sd b&w $50 r$2.50. Shows the entire process of bringing water to users from its source in the mountains. As water is needed, it is released from the dam lakes, which hove been made to store the water," to spread pools ond allowed to sink into the ground. It is raised from underground by powerful pumps and piped into communities. Local Newspaper mp BIS 17min sd b&w $2.50. Illustrates the operation of o small newspoper in a typical southern English community: reporting the news, printing, distribution, relation of the newspaper to the public it serves. Modern Way to o Clean Community mp IDEAL 1 5rnin sd col free. Sponsor: Gar Wood. Importance of street cleaning and demonstrotion of modern equipment and methods. Our Community Workers Series 4fs EBF '54 70fr eo si b&w $3ea. Duties and importance of four essential community workers: Policeman, Fireman, Mailman, Doctor. Pri. Our Policemen mp BAIL '55 11 min sd b&w $50 col $100 r$2.50. A typical day in the life of two policemen of the radio patrol. Illustrates use of two-way radio and coordination with the emergency hospital ambulance. Problems of Our Cities fs WAYNE '55 3 1 fr si b&w $3.50. Some of the major problems that face the American city — solution to growing crime rate, understaffed police bureaus, sources of tax revenue, parking and traffic problems, etc. JrH-Ad. Your Fireman mp RIV '55 I 2min sd col $90 b&w $35. "Attitude forming" film designed to present the fire department to the public in as authentic a fashion as possible. It depicts the many diversified duties and out-ofthe-ordinory jobs which make up the daily routine of the fireman: rescue units, fire inspection teams, fire prevention programs, budgetary problems. Your Police 1 5mp RIV '55 $75. Series of 1 5 public relations films showing citizens whot their police deportment represents. A special tailpiece added to each series gives the name and telephone number of the police department in the town or city where the film series is being used. SPORTS & RECREATION Bannister's 4-Minute Mile mp BIS '54 6min sd b&w $32.50 r$1.50. Shows the complete history-making run of Roger Bannister, young British medical student. Basketball Strategy for Girls mp YAF '55 1 Omin sd b&w $50. Demonstration of various types of offense and defense playBasketball Techniques for Girls mp YAF '55 lOmin sd b&w $50. Demonstration of such techniques as basic movement skills, passing, catching, shooting, dribbling, foking, and pivoting. Beginning Sports Series fs ATHL '55 si col. Teaches fundamental skills in a wide voriety of sports. Each subject is packaged in kit form, with filmstrips and instruction booklets and manuals. Sports covered: Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Golf, Softball, Tennis, Tumbling, Volleyball. Beginning Swimming mp COR '55 lOmin sd col $110 b&w $55. Through scenes photographed both above and beneath the surface of the water, basic techniques of swimming for beginners ore demonstrated. The American crawl is demonstroted in detail. The ' bock float, bock stroke, and breast stroke are also explained. EI-SrH. Boy, A Bat, and o Baseball mp YAF '55 13min sd b&w $62.50. Produced by Emerson Yorke Studio. Story of organized amateur baseball for boys from 8 through 18, including Little League Baseball, the Babe Ruth League, and American Legion Junior Boseboll. Blue Book Issue 461