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

FILMSTRIPS by Irene F. Cypher Hallelujah! We have seen some pictures recently that actually communicated! For a time we frankly were worried over the lengthy captions appearing on both filmstrips and on flat picture sets. Personally we have al EDUCATOR APPROVED cofor torrmetmd ftno arts s/fd« s»ts in 2x2 movntsj photographed from ffi* original svbtocts; K720 Dutch Stained Class K722 French Stained Glass K72S Eastern Miniatures K729 Breviary of Isabella K730 Illuminated Manuscripts K731 The Mosaics of Ravenna K750 Vincent van Gogh K751 Works of Frans Halt K752 The Mauritsmuseum K753 Landscape Painting K754 Late Middle/Golden Age K755 Golden Age, part 1 K7S6 Golden Age, part II K757 Golden Age, part III K7S8 Nightwatch in detail K759 Beauty of the Watercolor C201 Flemish Primitives, 1 C203 Flemish Primitives, II C204 Flemish Primitives, III C202 Great Flemish Painters, 1 C205 Great Flemish Painters, II B&W sets: 221 Wood Carving 1440-1540 761 Rembrandt's Etchings + many other topics 1 $7.50 per subject Incl. notes. flO% discount on S or mora sots) AMCO, INC. P.O. Box 2 ISA, Port Richey, Fla. ways felt that if a picture was worthy of use as a medium of visual communication, then it should communicate —without needing paragraphs of verbalism to explain its meaning. If pictures are intended to serve as motivation, as stimulus to language and creative expression, then each picture should contain within itself the elements that serve to achieve these desirable goals. When it is necessary to add line after line of text to explain visuals, then it is time to eliminate such visuals. Filmstrips and flat pictures should attract attention, appeal to the eye; they should communicate sufficient data to talk pictorially and to satisfy the needs of the viewer. It seems to take time to get both producers and users to see this point, but there is indication that the end is in sight. Living In Mexico Today (A filmstrip kit, 7 color filmstrips, 7 records, Spanish on one side and English on reverse, 2 booklets; produced by Studyscopes Production, 7556 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 46, Calif.; $57 per set). We like kits, and this kit provides teacher and pupils with material that will certainly help students to appreciate the people, the land and living conditions in Mexico today. The fact that there is both a Spanish and English commentary on the records also makes the material valuable for language training. We see markets, housing developments, schools, transportation and working JULIEN BRYAN announces a new color film TROPICAL AFRICA A stimulating documentary introducton to three-quarters of T the great African continent, the new Africa in political rev W oluflon and undergoing great social change. Film includes a 4-minute animation sequence by Philip ("Boundary Lines") Stapp. Consultant: Dr. George H. T. Kimble, author of recent Twentieth Century Fund study "Tropical Africa." 29 minutes — sound — color — $250. fr Send for information on other Juiien Bryan films on world affairs. INTERNATIONAL FILM FOUNDATION, Inc. 1 East 42nd St., New Yoric 17, N. Y. areas as we would see them if we could take a car or a plane and go to Mexico for a visit. This should all help to give the student a feeling of reality and closeness to the land he is studying. Such study kits are truly enrichment for any curriculum units. What makes the kit doubly valuable is that teenagers of Mexico helped and participated in the production, and the material thus reflects the interests of teenagers. Early Explorers Of North America (a set of 8 study prints, color, size 11 X 14 in.; produced by Audio-Visual Enterprises, PC. Box 8686, Los Angeles 8, California; $15 per set, 10 percent discount for orders of 10 or more). Once again we include study prints in this column because we have seen a .set worthy of mentioning. The major explorers who opened up the new world are included. On the reverse side we are given black and white pictures of others who took part in this phase of history and we are also given considerable information about the expeditions and territory included. Such prints are an addition to any study of westward exploration and help to give meaning to otherwise unrealistic personalities. History needs to be made realistic, and this set will help to do just that. Mathematics For Primary Grades (8 filmstrips, color; produced by Jam Handy Organization, 2821 East Grand Blvd.,' Detroit 11, Michigan; $42 per set, $5.75 single strips). If mathematics is to have meaning in later school and personal life, it is essential that a good beginning be laid in the initial approach to all number work. This particular series gives very clear explanations as to the meaning of numbers; the meaning of measurements and fractions; the relationships of numbers and how numbers are used in practical situations. One strip dealing with the measurement of liquids is particularly clear, as are the drawings which show us how to present number symbols. This is a good set to recommend for all beginning work in the area of mathematics. India: A New Wind Is Blotving (6 filmstrips, color; produced by Filmscopes, Inc., Box 397 Sierra Madre, California; $39..50 per set, $6.75 single strips). This series is done with attention to the details of composition and presentation that ue have come to associate with this producer. Included is material on Geography, History, Social Institutions, \'illage India, Urban India and India After Indepen 402 Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — August, 1961