Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1945)

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172 lbmm. scenes by Morton H. Read, ACL • Incidents in Teamwork, film of A. G. Spalding & Bros., Inc., which was produced in order to explain to the public and to retailers why the war has created shortages in the civilian quota of goods that is available from well known maker of materials for sports; it also shows the importance of teamwork in military operations in wartime. PRACTICAL FILMS The general movie as used for various purposes TEAMWORK Filmed for the specific purpose of telling the public and retail dealers why they did not receive their full quota of Spalding goods, Teamwork, 16mm. sound on film Kodachrome, brings many shots of sports to the screen. In direct contrast to these, the war work carried on by A. G. Spalding & Bros., Inc., is dramatized along with scenes from the fighting fronts. The winning factor of teamwork is shown in its full value. The picture was directed by Arthur J. Eberhard, the camera work being that of Morton H. Read, ACL, of Bay State Film Productions, Inc., 458 Bridge Street, Springfield 3, Mass. Lew Fonseca, publicity director of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, acted as narrator. The picture is to be used in public relations and in institutional advertising. CEMENT Made by the United States Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the Universal Atlas Cement Company, From Mountain to Cement Sack shows in an entertaining, though informative, manner the process through which raw materials go to form the finished product. In successive steps, the extraction of the raw materials is shown, the baking of the mass, to reduce it to "clinker," the addition of gypsum, which controls the drying and setting time, and the addition of various minerals and elements to obtain specified types of concrete and cement. The 16mm. sound on film, black and white picture employs the use of a manikin, in cartoon style, to explain each primary step in the manufacture of the product. The film may be borrowed for showing from Louis F. Perry, Bureau of Mines Experiment Station. 4800 Forbes Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. WILDLIFE Vanishing Herds, two reels, black and white, sound on film, is released through the Y.M.C.A. Motion Picture Bureau, 347 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.; 19 South LaSalle Street, Chicago 3, 111.; 1700 Patterson Avenue, Dallas 1, Texas; 351 Turk Street, San Francisco 2, Calif. It is the story of the near extinction of wildlife in America under the ruthless and thoughtless hands of hunters throughout the years. A grandfather tells two grandchildren how bison, elk, deer and other game animals and birds have suffered under improper hunting methods. He recalls the day when the plains were dotted with wildlife and then explains what modern agencies are now doing to preserve and increase the small groups that are left. [Continued on page 183]