National Film Archive catalogue, part II : silent non-fiction films 1895-1934 (1960)

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1929 [783] (cont.) LIFE IN NEW GUINEA (sections) (*1929). p.c: Visual Education, ph.: [Captain Frank Hurley], supervising ed.: L. W. Lyde. dist.: Visual Education. Glimpses of native life in New Guinea. Natives smoking; a man being treated for malaria; pottery manufacture; preparation of sago; canoe construction; a bird of paradise; orchids. Exploring the jungle by canoe; Lake Murray; aerial view of swamp regions; a crocodile hunt. (1,032ft.) [Note: This film was compiled from material from PEARLS AND SAVAGES q.v.] Refsr. Visual Education. A catalogue of educational and cultural films, [n.d.], p. 17 (no. 546) [784] MAGAZINE OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; no. 8 (*1929). p.c: Visual Education. training polo ponies. The training is illustrated in its various stages and a game of polo is shown in progress. in the cheddar caves. Shots in the caves including the stalactites and stalagmites. catching turtles. Three in a boat catch a turtle, then on land they find a cache of turtles' eggs. winter sport. Shots illustrating ski-running and jumping, tobogganing and a jumping race on snow shoes. (846ft.) [785] PERINEAL EXCISION OF THE RECTUM, sp. : [St. Mark's Hospital, London]. author: J. P. LockhartMummery, ph.: Medical Department, Kodak, dist.: [Kodak Medical Library]. A record of an operation showing surgical removal of the rectum. (1,595ft.) Refs.: Kodak Limited. Catalogue of Kodak medical motion pictures, [n.d.], p. 20 (no. 149) British Film Institute. Catalogue of British medical films. London, 1936, p. 16 [786] PETER AND THE MOON MAN. sp.: [Health and Cleanliness Council]. dist.: [Central Council for Health Education]. A child fantasy with a cleanliness moral. A Moon Man visits the Earth and is given a demonstration of household appliances and cleaning equipment by a small boy who also introduces him to the pleasures of washing and bathing. The Moon Man returns to the moon with a supply of cleaning equipment in a bathtub. (478ft.) Refs. : The Royal Society of Medicine and the Scientific Film Association, comps. Catalogue of medical films. London, 1948, p. 92 [786a] The PREPARATION OF AMBROSIA FULL CREAM DEVONSHIRE DRIED MILK, p.c: [Bermondsey Borough Council. Health Propaganda Department]. Methods of producing Ambrosia dried milk as a form of tuberculosis deterrent. (1,170ft.) Refs.: British Film Institute. Catalogue of British medical films. London, 1936, p. 18 [787] The PRODUCTION OF GRADE "A" (TUBERCULIN TESTED) MILK. sp.: Bermondsey Borough Council. [Health] Propaganda Department, author: D. M. Connan (by permission of Dr. Stenhouse Williams and the Hon. B. G. Strutt). dist. : Bermondsey Borough Council. Depicts the method of producing grade "A" (T.T.) milk in accordance with the Milk (Special Designation) Order, 1923. The processing is seen in all stages from the dairy farm to final bottling. The film concludes with home precautions in the larder to keep milk fresh and cool. (1,169ft.) Refs.: British Film Institute. Catalogue of British Medical films. London, 1936, p. 18 107