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

flows on in the ocean of Jewish culture, warming as of old many a cold theological shoreline. The life and work of the great Rabbi of Eastern Europe who revived the hopes and humanity of his people is beautifully and movingly told in the color and sound filmstrip, Baal Shcm Toe— The Teacher of the Good Word. Here is information and inspiration for those of every faith. The age level is young people and up. A real bargain at $7.50 from Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 838 Fifth Ave., N.Y. 21. The art is in the modem vein, and the LP record technically excellent. A Program Piece Can you hear the whisper-sound of human need? Can you respond to the wordless-call of a human heart? As a churcli-goer would you like to become a church-doer? Well, surrounding you are opportunities to serve people with special needs. How can you? What does it take? For one thing it takes sensitivity. For another, motivation; and lastly a bit of know-how. But, I can't go on; space here is limited! You'll simply have to get the 18minute filmstrip. Six Ways To Spell Love, subtitled. The Church's Mission to Persons of Special Need. Study it; use it. You'll like the flute musical background. You'll like the voice of the woman narrator. You'll like what the filmstrip pictures nicely and penetratingly says and calls on you to do. There are 94 frames. Produced by and available from Presbyterian and other denominational bookstores; or, write to A-V Dept., Board of National Missions, United Presbyterian Church, 47.5 Riverside Dr., NT. 27. CorrectionApology While the motion picture, Rim of Tomorrow, is a good and useful film, I neglected to say that the Broadcasting and Film Commission of the National Council of Churches had an important finger in this pie. They did, especially the skillful 'fingers' of Alex Ferguson, et al. My apologies, gentlemen, and this correction. By the way, this film is getting a lot of praise and usage. Better set it into your mission study program for this year before all the prints become heavily booked. The Fourth R Religion, is it? What is the form and substance of this religion? If a little boy— about 4th or 5th grade— got his religious legs knocked out from under him, how would you go about getting him on his feet again? Is it a job for the home— alone? Where does the church school come in? How about the public school? The community? Just how many shock-waves does a little boy's crisis have; and, how many waves of kindness, faith, healing, and love will put him back together again? Well, just get the film Skipptj and The Fourth R, and see what happened in one instance. There's a lot of gold in this hill, and there is an excellent guide to help you get it out— when used with teachers, parents, students and others. Available from Cokesbury Regional Film Centers (150 Fifth Ave., N.Y.; 740 Rush St., Chicago; 85 McAlister St., San Francisco; and, from NashviDe 3 Tenn.) Rentals are $11.00 and $7.00. Recommended. Beloved Hymns Recorded Guided by a 1961 poll The Mennonite Hour and The Way To Life brought out a record carrying 18 of the favorite hymns of the people reached by their broadcasts. This record has excellent technical qualities, and many of the 'old favorites' are here, recorded by the Mennonite Hour choral groups. The mood is devotional, yet joyous, giving us material both for listening and for worship programs. From Mennonite Records, Harrisonburg, Va.; price $3.98. ThreeWay Filmstrips Film Services, 3805 West Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CaUf., has released four filmstrips which it calls "Children's Participation Series." They deal with biblical material: David, Joseph. Jonathan, and The Servant Maid. They are three-way in that the story, with pictures, is told once the right or biblical way. Then Uncle Foxy takes over along about frame 20 and tells it with some sly mistakes slipped in (which the children are to look out for). Now in the last two frames, the first narrator tells the children their teacher will take over and "project on the screen the pictures showing all the mistakes made by Uncle Foxy. Well, what have we got here: education, instruction, or entertainment? It seems to me that the ultimate outcomes will be more in the realm of the latter than the former. Besides, why show the wrong version at all? Why write it on the paper of the mind only to erase it a little later on? Almost deeper than these considerations of format and educational gumption is that of how the biblical material gets treated. This material is not penetrated. Meanings are not dealt with. Neither the history, the religion, the theology, or the literary qualities of the material touched is appreciated and understood when these tricked-up filmstrips were slapped together. Not recommended. Volume Does It Can four 70-frame color and sound "I like the eighteen pounds it DOESN'T weish'' (weighs only HALF as much ds a bulky overhead) 4nd Compare how much MORE you can project Keystone COMPACT Overhead ANY other overhead projector WHILE ^0^, £1^ TRANSPARENCIES H^M PREPARED BY J^^H AUTHORITIES TACHISTOSCOPIC .^pMH SLIDES JS] MICROSCOPIC •^ SLIDES Jbj^^ POLAROID ' ■ TRANSPARENCIES flJM STRIP FILM trJ^' JH 2-INCH SLIDES '-'^ For a demonstration of the COMPACT Overhead Projector that weighs SO MUCH LESS, and does SO MUCH MORE, write KEYSTONE VIEW CO. Meadville, Pa. Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — November, 1962 667