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

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FILMSTRIPS by Irene F. Cypher If one picture is to be worth the tliousand words we are always hearing about, then it had better be a good picture. Personally we think this is a much overrated statement, and one that has done as much harm as good. We have seen many pictures that were not wortli ten words, and they did more mischief than good. For instance, those pictures that include all possible details of a situation and include every item that has any bearing upon the subject. Crowded into this picture will be houses, trees, animals, people, grass, flowers, children, adults, homes, boats, trains, airplanes and every creeping thing that can possibly get into the picture. The viewer is at a loss to identify any specific point of focus until he has spent considerable time letting his eyes roam over and around the mass of details. When said eyes finally come to rest on some particular corner, they will probably be so tired trying to take in the mass of minutiae, that they fail to convey a clear message to the brain and the picture is passed and forgotten. Instead of leaving a vivid impression on the mind of the viewer, there IMPORTANT NOTICE TO USERS OF 31/4x4 SLIDE PROJECTORS If you use Q Slide King, a Golde, Q Dejineoscope or a Strong Arc slide projector, you can now adapt to it: THE GENARCO ELECTRIC SLIDE CHANGER FOR 70 SLIDES Illustrated Literature From: GENARCO INC. 97-03 Sutphin Blvd. Jomaica, N. Y. will hardly be a memory or impression of anything beyond a sort of recollection of some vague shapes and colors. It is time the ones controlling the focusing of the lens of a camera or the brush or pen that delineates a picture realize something of what we have tried to say above, and give us simple, clear pictures; pictures that one can recognize without an hour of puzzlement over details; pictures that attract the eye and invite the viewer to examine and enjoy a representation of something that has meaning for him as part of a course of learning. Certainly when it comes to the matter of filmstrips, with the already small area available for a picture, the meaning and purpose of the pictorial content should be kept in mind. Each frame should show its story in such a way that we can recognize objects and people; nonessential details should be omitted; major details should be highlighted, and a bit of beauty included in the color presentation. Then the pictures might really be worth using. Wild Animals of Pioneer America (a set of 8 study prints; produced by Audio-Visual Enterprises, P. O. Box 8686, Los Angeles 8, Calif.; $9.75 per set). The animals of the new world were very important in the exploration and settlement of the colonies and played a very prominent role in the life of the early settlers. This set of lithograph pictures gives us large, clear pictures, easy to identify, well organized as to background and details. The animals included are the wild horse, seat otter, beaver, American bison, deer, grizzly bear, gray wolf. The artist jesponsible for the work has prepared habitat groups for museums, and brings to the prints the same technique of presenting animal and natural habitat in such a way as to give some concept of the value and importance of each. The material will be useful for any units of work in social studies, nature science, natural history; it is a type of picture presentation with appeal and can be used for bulletin di-splays, study and discussion. Leaders of America (6 filmstrips, black and white; produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 1150 Wil mette Ave., Wilmette, 111.; $18 per sc $3 single strips). The third in a seri of sets dealing with outstanding fi' iires in the history of our country, th set focuses attention on Lincoln, Jac son, Webster, Calhoun, Lafayette ai John Quincy Adams. These are n personal biographies but an attem; to give those episodes in the lives the men that serve to show us wh they contributed to the developmo of our country. You might call the biographical vignettes, and they a be made to serve as the basis fi lengthier studies of social events, poli ical campaigns and economic deve opments. The personalities are painte against the background of their o reers and work. Intended for use i the middle grades and higher, espec ally for social science and history. India and Ceylon (6 strips, coloi produced by Jam Handy Org., 282. E. Grand Blvd., Detroit 11, Michigan $31.50 per set, $5.75 single strips) The specific areas included in theS' studies are Ceylon, the farm and vil lage sections of both northern am southern India, Delhi and New Delhi the Vale of Kashmir, the Ganges Val ley and the Malabar Coast. Major in dustries and ways of earning a livinj are highlighted. Special attention i given to the contrasts to be found be tween ancient and modem ways o living and the problems encounterec by those who would assist in improv ing both agricultural and industria life. The photographs have been wel selected and they show a good cros; section of the people in this part ol the world. The material is good foi social studies and for international affairs units. Our Ever-Changing Earth (6 strips, color; produced by Society for Visual Education, 1345 Diversey Parkway, Chicago 14, 111.; $32.40 per set, $6 single strips). Our earth is in a constant state of change, the work of running water, wind, ground water, the sea, snow and ice and internal forces. It is fascinating to consider the many forces which are always at work in this process of change and to see how it all affects our way of life. There are man\ diagrams and charts to help explain such things as erosion, water table, stalagmite, runoff, etc. Basic facts are grouped and well persented; scientific terminology is simplified. The material can be used in conjunction with standard textbook work or as preparation for field trips and further research. It is best suited to the upper grades and \\ ill hold the interest of pupils at this grade level. 230 Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — May, 1960