Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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306 MOTION PICTURES FOR INSTRUCTION Electrical Heart, The — Y. M. C. A. Motion Picture Bureau, 120 W. 41st 81, New Yoric City, md 1111 Center St., Chicago, 111. Storage Batteries and their production. Farm Electric Visuagraph, The — W. E. The possibilities of rural electrification told in story form. Glow of the Lamp, The — G. E. This film shows the great variety and multiple uses of the incandescent lamp — the manufacturing end is not neglected. Headlights — 2 reels — W. E. An interesting safety film showing the necessity for good headlights. Jupiter's Thunderbolts — W. E. The history of the storage battery; Benjamin Franklin's experiments with his kite, Galvani's experiments with frog legs, Plante's first battery which was made in 1860; the place that the storage battery holds after sixty-six years of development; its uses and details of manufacture. Kilowatt, the Conqueror, New California Electric Corporation, Denver, Colo. The great dams of the west and electrical power plants and equipment; scenes in the Sierra Nevadas; Mt. Dana and Mt. Whitney; Imperial Valley, the truck gardens of America. Light of the Nation — W. E. A rather detailed and technical presentation of the manufacture of Mazda lamps. Making Telephone History — American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 195 Broadway, New York City. Interesting points in the history of the telephone — Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor — the first crude telephone in 1875 and its evolution to date — an early switchboard as contrasted to the modern telephone exchange — overhead and underground cables — laying an ocean cable. Notable Achievements in Electricity — 3 reels — Atlas Educational Film Co., Oak Park, III., or Willard Battery Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Highlights in the development of electricity shown in an interesting