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

ippraisal The Fisherman provides a sympaletic yet candid examination of one ansitional society; in fact it is comlendable in its avoidance of overeneralization or the promulgation of social or economic doctrine. While he Fisherman may be used effecvely in the examination of contempory issues in senior high school class, it is also well suited to the clarifiition of the key concepts of indusial revolution and social change as ley occur in both junior and senior gh courses in history. —John P. Limstrutn and Of Promise iFL-CIO, Education Department, !5 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washingn 6, D. C.) 30 minutes, 16mm, <und, black and white, no date. $95 AFL-CIO affiliates and educamal film libraries and $175 for her. Discussion leaders' guide avail>le. escription Land of Promise traces the ecoimic evolution of the United States 3m its low income, agricultural orin to its present stature as the indusial colossus of the world. Our society depicted as one of great achieveent and even greater potential. But ere is also a lesson to be learned: day's prodigious abundance was >m of yesterday's hardships and ivations. The film's prologue is a fast-movg review of the human and natural sources of our economy: the fields wheat, the sun-streaked forests and e many faces of the American M-ker-welder of steel, builder of yscrapers, operator of switchboard d sewing machine. This sequence is ced by a spirited rendition of the m's theme music, "This Land is lur Land." The familiar voice of Melvyn 5uglas takes up the narration of the tn s principal theme by describing s relatively happy lot of the con nporary American worker. While 'mied by a Labor Day traffic jam, Ir. Average Worker is spirited— ijdes of Lewis Carroll-through the lie-view mirror, to the days of the I neriean Revolution. From this point, I; review of nineteenth century eco imic history is skillfully unfolded I a rapid succession of line drawings. ' le journeymen's guilds and working I m's parties of the first 40 years of Is century are shown being swept NEW TOOL FOR TURNING OUT BETTER STUDENTS Add interest and excitement to classes, bring new experiences to your students witti 8mm sound from Fairctiild Here's a dynamic teaching tool that opens new horizons for the student, makes life easier for the teacher, gets real mileage out of the audio-visual dollar. No longer do your teachers have to repeat the same experiment, rebuild the same model, re-create the same play. They can bring the field trip to the classroom— add the realism and excitement of action, color and sound to virtually any subject. Professional Quality: Fairchild's revolutionary motion picture system is the first 8mm synchronized sound equipment; makes and shows movies (color or black and white) with professional quality. The transistorized camera records lip-synchronized sound and action— perfectly and automatically. Its audio system puts trueto-life sound directly onto a thin magnetic stripe on the film. You simply set the volume level, aim and shoot. Best of all, it's truly portable— weighs just 4% lbs., is powered by a rechargeable long-life cadmium battery. I »ucATioNAL Screen and Audiovisual Guide— Mat, 1961 Real Simplicity: The projector is as revolutionary as the camera. It has an f/1.6 lens and new pre-focused high lumen lamp for clear, brilliant, colorful movies. You can show to as many as 50 people. In addition to fine picture and sound projection, with this versatile unit you can remove sound whenever you want, or add sound over sound. You can even add narrative background music or other sound effects to sxlant films. The projector weighs only 24 lbs., is as easy to operate as any "silent" projector. Low Cost: Cost is the most amazing part of the whole story. You can make your own 5-minute color sound movie for as little as $11. And the camera and projector are priced low enough to make sound films a reality for any school. Write us for prices— or see your local dealer. Free Literature: For complete information on the Cinephonic 8 sound motion picture system, write to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, Industrial Products Division, Dept. ES-4, 580 Midland Avenue. Yonkers, New York. FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORP. 233