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

Chicago 13, Illinois. Explains the basic principle of most radiation detectors, from the gold-leaf electroscope to the Geiger-Mueller tube. MARIE CURIE AND THE STORY OF RADIUM 18 min., color sound filmstrip. Transfilm Caravel, dist. by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1 Madison Avenue, New York 10, New York. Shows and tells about highlights from the life of this great scientist. Explains personal qualities and work of Marie and Pierre Curie, and to present day implication of their work. 14. Science: Mathematics, Astronomy, Geology MAGNETIC FORCE 27 min., color. National Academy of Sciences. Dist. by McGraw-Hill Text Fikns, 330 West 42 Street, New York 36, New York. The nature of the earth's magnetic field is explained. Shows how the magnetic field controls the path of cosmic ray particles and other charged particles that make up the aurora. THE STARS Six color filmstrips. 50 frames average. Produced and dist. by Films for Education, 21 Audio Lane, New Haven 11, Connecticut. Authoritative material on astronomy which treats the appearance, distance, nature, workings, history, and future of stars. UNDERSTANDING NUMBER BASES Color filmstrip, 55 frames. William F. Gottlieb. Dist. by Webster Publishing Co., 1154 Reco Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. Develops the meaning to the base concept in number systems and shows that a number system can use almost any number as a base. Thus, the understanding of our decimal system is deepened. 16. Sociology and Intercultural Relations HARVEST 28 min., color. Willard Van Dyke. Dist. by Rockefeller Foundation, 111 West 50 Street, New York, New York Reviews the relative development of agricultural production in Latin America, and the increasing prospects of ehminating hunger there. COMMUNTY DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA Black and white filmstrip, 31 frames. United Nations. Dist, by Stanbow Productions, Valhalla, New York. Describes how, through community projects, many villagers of Asia are making use of the new opportunities to build better lives. .7. Sports, Recreation, Physical Education WRESTLING 28 min., black and white. Produced and dist. by National Film Board of Canada, 680 Fifth Ave., NYC. Montreal's backstreet wrestling parlors are toured before a match at the Montreal Forum is viewed. Focus is divided between the grappling, acrobatics, the ring, and the crowd. CLASS 17: Wrestling, black and white film prodiiieil and distributed by National Film Board of Canada. THE TROOP GOES CAMPING 12 min., color sound filmstrip. Produced and dist. by Boy Scouts of America, National Council, Visual Education Service, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Tells the story of a boy, a troop and its leaders at camp and how the camp program benefits all of them. ART AND CULTURE 18. Film As Art FOOTBALL AS IT IS PLAYED TODAY 5% min., color. Produced and dist. by Ohio State University, Dept. of Photography, Motion Picture Division, 1885 Neil Avenue, Columbus 10, Ohio. Condenses full day of football into BVz minutes and entertains through satiric comment. THE VIOLINIST 7 min., color. Pintoff Production. Dist. by Brandon Films, 200 W. 57 Street, New York 19, New York. Hapless Harry scrip-scrapes on his violin in the streets making terrible music. He takes the advice of a well meaning sewer-digger who tells him to suffer. 19. Graphic Arts and Architecture A MASTER PIECE OF SPANISH PAINTING 251/2 min., color. Produced and dist. by RadioTV Bureau, University of Arizona, Tucson. Details the series of religious panels painted in the 15th century as an altarpiece for the cathedral in Giudad Rodrigo, Spain. The 26 panels extend from the Creation to the Last Judgment. WHALER OUT OF NEW BEDFORD 24 min., color. Francis Thompson for Old Dartmouth Historical Society and Whaling Museum, Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, Mass. Tells about the lives of the 19th century Yankee whalemen as seen in a 1,300 foot long painting. -DUCATIONAL ScRF.EN ATwn AlininvisIT*i OiTinp — Aiir 1QA9