Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1922)

September, 1922 MOVING PICTURE AGE 19 teresting and instructive information. We see the lumber camp, and then are told how the fall of a tree is directed by cutting a notch and then sawing from the opposite side, this method also preventing splintering of the tree. The trimming and sawing of the fallen tree, the transportation of the logs on land and by water, their treatment at the mill — all of these features combine to form a very valuable story of modern industry. The film terminates with a significant statement as to the depletion of American forests by fire and by commerce, and gives a glimpse of reforestation work. These films are produced and distributed by the Ford Motion Picture Laboratories, Detroit, Michigan. BRIEF FILM COMMENTS The Ox Warble— A $50,000,000 Tune. Reel, 1. U. S. Dept. Agr. — Of interest only to the cattle raiser or the biology student. Effective use is made of animated diagrams. Not particularly recommended for general exhibition. Charles Roach, lozva State College. Cheese. Reels, 1. Armour & Co. — Graphs and diagrams show the high food value of cheese. These are followed by views showing its manufacture: milking, hauling milk (o the factory, weighing, adding rennet, drawing off whey, chopping curds, filling molds, pressing, etc. The last half of the reel pictures the manufacture of a huge cheese for the National Dairy Show and might well be cut, though interesting. Rupert Peters, Kansas City (Mo.) Public Schools. Selection of a Laying Hen. Reel, 1. U. S. Dept. Agr. — Some physical characteristics by which the good egg-producer can be recognized. Although not a complete treatment of the subject, the material is good as far as it goes. Charles Roach, Iowa State College. Striking Tires. Reel, 1. Goodyear Rubber Co. — This is a cartoon picture in which the tires hold a mass meeting and protest against the abuses they are receiving at the hands of motor users. They elect a large tire for a chairman and proceed to set forth their grievances. The main abuses which it is found they have received are : Under-inflation ; neglected permanent patching and repair; bruises; tight chains, and misalignment of wheels. The remedies for these troubles are then set forth. The instructional worth of this picture lies in the depiction of tire troubles and the necessity of attending to repairs promptly. The cartooning is excellent and the educational points are summarized so as to make a more lasting impression. A. L. Thomas, Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Making the Desert Bloom. Reels, 2. American Red Cross. —Pictures briefly the construction of irrigation dams, canals, and ditches, clearing a farm of sage brush, and irrigating wheat. Over half of the reel is given to showing the results of irrigation in big crops of potatoes, alfalfa, rye, clover, and fruits, and in dairying and stock raising. Rupert Peters, Kansas City (Mo.) Public Schools. Releases Approved in Chicago THE BETTER Films Committee of the Chicago Woman's Aid, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Fred Michael, in its latest bulletin mentions the following features as having received its approval for public exhibitions. (Approved films of less than five reels are not listed because of space limitations.) Those credited to First National are : Barnstormer, The (5). Burn 'em Up Barnes (6 reels). Milky Way, The (5). My Boy (5). Penrod (6). Shattered Idols (6). Silent Call, The (7). Smilin' Through (8). Woman's Place (5). Woman's Side, The (5). Features credited to Paramount are : Across the Continent (6). Beauty's Worth (7). Bobbed Hair (5). Bonnie Briar Bush, The (5). Food for Scandal (5). But cut lifting of dress. Hearts to Let (5). Is Matrimony a Failure? (6) Just around the Corner (7). One Glorious Da}' (6). Rent Free (5). World's Champion, The (5). HARD ROCK SOFT ROCK HA1' JK SOFT ROCK HARD ROCK Animated Block Diagram of (3) The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. This moving picture of the marvelous canyon gives an impression not possible in words or maps. It requires the film to bring this incomparable region to the mind. The Ford Educational Library has many Special Studies in Regional Geography. (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Yosemite Valley. Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone Park. Mt. Rainier. Niagara Falls. Panama Canal. The above Regional Geography studies are complete and each have a four page synopsis to aid teacher and pupils High Educational Standard. Printed on Non-inflammable FilmLow Cost. Direct Service. Produced £r Distributed by Ford M°TI°N PICTURE UAB0RAT0RIES DETROIT, MICHIGAN Please say, "As advertised in MOVING PICTURE AGE," ivhen you write to advertisers.