See and hear : the journal on audio-visual learning (1945)

Literature Films 35MM FILMSTRIPS Shrines of English Literature Series (48 to 58 frames) 35si filmstrip. Pur- fchase: SVE. Senior high. Well-known shrines of English Literature especially suited to senior liigh school language arts classes. Tlie "King Arthur" Country and 'Doone" Region Cambridge: University and Town Wells, Bath, Tintern Abbey The English Lake District Stratford-on-Avon with Warwick and Kenihuorth ^toke Poges to Rochester The "Macbeth" Country Old Canterbury Robert Burns in Alloiuay, Alp and Dumfries The "Lady of the Lake" The "Scott" Countiy Historic Edit) burgh I6MM SOUND MOTION PICTURES France: Background for Literature (10 min) 16sd. Color or b/w. Pur- jchase or rent: Coronet. f Actual scenes in Paris, Versailles, ountainebleau, Orleans, Chateau .I'lf, Marseilles and Normandy. At- empts a background for existing terature rather than actual scenes f stories. IGreat Men and Women Series (22 lin each) 16sd. Purchase: EBF. Junior and senior high. Important happenings in the lives f some of the most famous and best oved people in American history. iSeries includes: jLoMwa May Alcott 'Daniel Boone 'John C. Fremont Oliver Wendell Holmes ^aSalle (Robert Cavelier, Sieurde La I Salle) 'Lewis and Clark ■John Greenlief Whittier Let's Read Poetry (10 min) 16sd. Purchase or rent: Bailey. •• How to read poetry to better un- lerstand and enjoy it. Includes iLongfellow's Rain in Summer, Who Has Seen the Wind by Christina kossetti, James Whitcomb Riley's The Brook Song. Stimulates interest n poetry reading. JLost Chord (10 min) 16sd. Purchase: t\dmiral. !• Picturization of the poem and Jong by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Vew England: Background of Lit- '-rature (10 min) I6sd. Color or b/w. 'urchase: Coronet. 'Vnnual Fall Inventory • 1950 Junior and senior high, college, adult groups. • Works of Thoreau, Whittier, Bry- ant, Emerson, Longfellow, Holmes and Alcott and the New England materials out of which they arc built. Rose and the Mignonette, The (8 min) 16sd. Purchase or rent: AF. Senior high, college, adult groups. • Moving and meaningful illustra- tion of the thesis of how unified faith regardless of individual beliefs form a bond against undesirable invading forces. Based on Louis D'Aragon's poem. Music Appreciation 35MM FILMSTRIP Edinburgh—Festival City (42 frames) 35si filmstrip. Purchase: BIS. • Often referred to as the "Athens of the North," Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, is a center of culture whose annual Festival of Music and Drama, has received world-wide recognition since 1947. i6MM SOUND MOTION PICTURES Children's Concert (35 min) 16sd. Purchase: EBF. Intermediate, junior high. • An effective approach to the study of music through the study of musi- cal instruments using as a vehicle the Children's Concerts staged in Ottawa by Eugene Kash, violinist and teacher. Hawaiian Musical Shorts (4 min) 16sd. Purchase or rent: Nu Art. •Series of short-shorts useful from entertainment as well as from the sociological and musical point of view. Mexican Serenade (1 reel) 16sd. Purchase: Sterling. • Brand new Latin American Rhythm film. Gives insight into Mexican music as well as everyday life. Schumann Story, The (30 min) 16sd. Rent: TFC. Intermediate, junior and senior high, college, adult groups. • Robert Schumann's immortal com- positions and devotion of his wife, Clara as excerpted from the M-G-M feature play. Song of Love. Stars and Stripes (3 min) 16sd. Pur- chase or rent: IFB. • An experiment in film animation. "Stars" and "stripes" perform acro- batics to John Philip Sousa march. Suitable for all ages. A Time for Bach (2 reels) 16sd. Loan: AF. • Excerpts of the Bach music sung by the Bach Aria Group. Offers mu- sic in straight-forward melodies and clear-cut popular appeal. A means of introducing Bach to a mass audi- ence. To Hear Your Banjo Play (20 min) 16sd. Purchase or rent: Brandon. Intermediate, junior and senior high, college and adult groups. • American folk music and the ori- gin of the banjo traced around the country. Its influence on millions of people. Pete Seeger, Sunny Tery, Woodie Guthrie, Texas Gladden and others show how customs and locality are the basis for diversified music. University of Illinois Concert Band (22 min) 16sd. Color. Rent: Illinois U. • Dr. A. A. Harding, U of I band director for thirty years, directing his farewell concert featuring Harding's Eros, two Sousa marches and three traditional University songs. Vocal Music (11 min) 16sd. Pur- chase: EBF. Junior and senior high. • Principles of voice production in vocal music. Good and bad posture, correct breathing, good tone produc- tion and good diction. Several ex- amples of good vocal music. Pliotogra pliy 35MM FILMSTRIP History of Photography (51 frames) 35si slidefilm. Purchase: Visual Sci- ences. • Begins with the finding of a bat- tered lens in the ruins of Nineveh, 1,000 years, B.C. Contributions of Aristotle, Alhazen, Bacon, Leonardo Da Vinci, Magnus, Scheele, Wedse- wood, Herschel, Daguerre, Fox-Tal- bot, and others. I6MM SOUND MOTION PICTURES Facts About Projection (11 min) 16sd. Purchase: IFB. • Necessary precautions a projec- tionist must run over in advance of the scheduled showing to assure an unobtrusive performance. Complete rules on showing a picture from the time the camera is threaded, the room checked and the picture is shown. Facts About Film (11 min) 16sd. Purchase: IFB. • How projectionist can gixard against the most common kinds of damage to film. How to check film for damage. Explains what film is, how to pack it for shipping and how easy it can be damaged. 29 '^^FF ►lOVISUAL EDUCATION IN SASKATCHEWAN • BETTER READING THROUGH FILMSTRIPS