Films for classroom use (1954)

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OLD AND MODERN NEW ORLEANS 1 reel-B&W (Columbia) 10 minutes A typical travelogue of old and new New Orleans with special emphasis on the French section. WESTERN STATES LIST I ALONG THE TEXAS RANGE 1 reel-B&W (20th Cent.-Fox) 10 minutes A descriptive tour through the Big Bend National Park in Western Texas showing the natural beauties and the life of the goat herders and cowboys who inhabit the region. THE GREAT AMERICAN DIVIDE 1 reel-B&W (Columbia) 11 minutes De La Varre Travelogue Series A trip up the Divide showing the Petrified Forest, the Jackson Hole Country in Wyoming, Rocky Mountain National Park and Yellowstone National Park. WESTERN GRANDEUR (20th Cent.-Fox) 1 reel-B&W Magic Carpet Series 10 minutes Well photographed scenes in two of this country's national parks, Yosemite in Eastern California and Yellowstone in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. WESTERN WONDERLAND (Columbia) 1 reel-B&W Columbia Tour Series • 10 minutes An informative study of the Grand Canyon and Sequoia Valleys. LIST // CLIMBING THE PEAKS (20th Cent.-Fox) 1 reel-B&W 10 minutes This film shows the hazardous sport of mountain climbing in Colorado. GLACIER TRAILS (20th Cent.-Fox) 1 reel-B&W Magic Carpet Series 10 minutes A visit to Glacier Park in Montana, with a trip up the mountain and views of the Glacier in the distance. WONDER TRAIL (Lyman H. Howe) 1 reel-B&W Hodge Podge Series 10 minutes Scenic marvels in Sequoia and Yellowstone National Park, with a preface referring to the constant changes caused by wind and water erosion which mold the earth in odd forms. 19