Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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LIST OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS 305 as a telegraph operator, and inventor of the incandescent lamp and the dynamo — a thrilling story of struggle and achievement, authentic and educational. Benjamin Franklin's Return — Public Service Co., 7\3 W. Adams St., Chicago, 111. This film shows Franklin's early experiments with electricity, and the great progress we have made in its use in the last century. Light of a Race — G. E. The evolution of artificial light from the flint sparks of the caveman to the incandescent lamp — a reel of real historical value and of excellent photography. Conductor, The — G. E. The transformation of copper from the mines in the Rocky Mountains, cotton from the South, rubber from Brazil, and silk from Japan, into the finished lamp cord, the conductor. Consolation Club — IT. E. The consolation club is composed of primitive household appliances which have been discarded by a modern housekeeper — the old appliances come to life and recite their woes — entertaining, but only slightly educational. Current Occurrences — A. C. B. An interesting reel on the making of electric flatirons and percolators. Crops and Kilowatts — U. S. Ag. Water power and irrigation uses of water as conserved in the National Forests. De-Light— A. C. B. An interesting story of the manufacture of electric light bulbs, showing earlier means of obtaining artificial light. Edison. Thomas A. — G. E. Mr. Edison is conducted, as a guest of the General Electric Company, through its laboratories, where he sees the methods employed in the development of his great invention, the incandescent lamp — fine motion picture photography, instructive to the student of electricity.