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

Product Review George F. Cram Co. Inc., 730 E. Woshington St., Indianapolis 17. The newest development in world map projection, measuring 64-inches wide, the armadillo projection shows all of the continental oreos unbroken, with a minimum of distortion. Makes it easier for the student to visualize how the map is taken from the globe. Latitude and longitude are clearly shown and directions indicated. Large, bold-face type and heavy boundary lines make the map eosily read at classroom distances. Also available in 64inch projection is a United States map and companion globes in 1 2inch and 1 6inch sizes with colors and physical and political features made to correlate exactly. Curriculum Materials Corp., I 7 E. 48th St., New York. Booth IS137. Four new integrated sets of full-color filmstrips ore being added this summer to the famous Curriculum Library which already numbers approximately 600 lesson filmstrips. The new titles include Stories for Beginners, Canodo, Mexico, and Africa. A new Comprehensive Reading Lesson series, recently completed, is high on the list of new materials purchased from instructional funds by leading school systems. The entire Curriculum Library, comprising 160 units in 44 subject areas, is now owned and distributed by a new company heeded by Herschel Smith, Memphis, Tenn. Other officer-owners are Herbert Elkins, Tujunga, Cal.; E. E. "Jack" Carter, Raleigh, N. Car.; and Carl J. Kunz, Philadelphia, Penn. Cushman Cr Denison Mfg. Co., 625 Eighth Ave., New York I 8, N. Y. "Teachers Pet" Flo-Master Felt Tip Pen. Teachers who use this all-purpose felt-tipped pen for visual aid and drawing projects often wonder how they ever got olong without it. It's a universal writing tool for paper, wood, glass, metal, cloth, rubber, and even plastics. From $3. Sage Television Division, Thompson Products Inc., Michigan City, Indiana. Dage TV Camera Model 60 can be operated by anyone — has unlimited educational possibilities in high schools, colleges, and universities all over the U.S.A. Doge closed-circuit TV has demonstrated its ability to solve o staggering arroy of educational problems. Sa-Lite Screen Company, Inc., 271 1-23 N. Pulaski Rood, Chicago 39, 111. Booths P-106, 107, 108. "Silver King" screen is completely new, from fabric to housing. It is meeting special favor in schools and institutions where rooms cannot be completely darkened. The new metallicsurfaced fabric has greatly improved flame and fungus resistance, and provides exceptionally sharp and true color rendition, fslew octagonal cose, in silver grey hommerloid finish with maroon-colored fittings, has a new tensioning device which, simply by pressing the hondle downward, stretches the fabric to a flat, wrinkle-free surface. The automatic pushbutton set-up of the Challenger model has been retained in the Silver King. Pot Dowling Pictures, 1056 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles 35, Calif. These Elementary Science films hove earned wide popularity all over the United States. New titles Include "Microscopic Wonders in Water," "Animal Life at Low Tide," "Aquarium Wonderland." "Silver King" metallic surfaced screen is completely new from fabric to housing Dryden Press, 31 W. 54 St., New York 19. "The Audio-Visual Equipment Manual" by Dr. James D. Finn Is a comprehensive how-to manual of operating and maintenance instructions for all major types and models of audio-visual equipment. Available August 1st, the monuol, printed in two colors and tabindexed for quick reference to specific models, contains 386 pages of step-by-step instructions for the use and maintenance of projectors, record players, tape recorders, and other audio-visual devices now in general use. Its oversize pages ^8Va x II inches) contain nearly 1,400 illustrative photographs, line drawings, and cartoons. Its list price will be $9.50. DuKone Corp., St. Charles, III. Booth L-62. Presenting student participation films — soundslide films with record providing instructions for student activities during an entire class period. Six titles now available include "The Dutch Battle with the Sea," "The Netherlands: Land & Waterways," "Belgium: Land and People," "Belgium: Town and Industries — Lower Rhine & Upper Rhine." DuKone's new Flip-Top sound slidefilm projector provides person-to person AV selling E. I. duPont de Nemours tx Co. Inc., Fabrics Division, Wilmington 98, Del. Booths F-141, 142. From complete blackout for opaque projector use to controlled sunlight for regular class activities, Tontine opaque drapes provide permanently flome-resistont darkening. Tontirie washable drapery material is lightweight and pliable. Tontine washable window shade cloth comes in 45 beautiful colors including seven translucent "sky colors." Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester 4, NY. Booths R-I17, 118; S-132, 133. To keep attention from wandering, school movie showings require the smoothest possible presentation. That's why it's so important that even on inexperienced person be able to set up a projector easily, that the sound be true and resonant, that the picture be sharp and sparkling even in a room light enough for notetaking. With a Kodascope Pageant 1 6mm Sound Projector these things ore possible. The Pageant's easy-to-follow film path is right on the projector. Exclusive Kodak Super-40 Shutter puts 40 9o more light on the screen. (See photo on next page) Ednalite Optical Co. Inc., 200 N. Water St., Peekskill, N. Y. The Ednalite Electric Projection Pointer is perfect for the lecturer who requires a sharply defined contrasting arrowimage to indicate clearly the specific point of discussion at great projection distonces and with constant high-output live voltage power. Made of precision, lightweight metals, this instrument is perfectly hand-balanced with feather-touch momentary switch. It operates on ordinary house current. Complete with 15-feet of detachable line cord $49.50. Educational & Recreational Guides Inc., 10 Broinerd Rd., Summit, N. J. Course of Study in Photoplay Appreciation — "Standards of Photoplay Appreciation" — is the title of a new text by William Lewin and Alexander Frozier. Chapters include such topics as Why Study Photoplay Appreciation, Where Did the Movies Come From, Who Mokes the Movies. $4.95. EdScreen & AV Guide — July, 1 957 343