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

NEW FILMSTRIPS A scene from "Dental Health" SVE Dental Health for Young America (1 strip) B&W. Purchase: $3. SVE. • The latest developments in the field of dental education are explained and the child's responsibility for practicing good dental care is stressed. English Grammar Series (4 strips) B&W. Purchase: $12 set. SVE. • English grammar and sentence construction and sentence diagraming are illustrated. Sentences are compared to a train with each word being one of the cars. Exploring Through Maps (4 strips) Color and B&W. Purchase: $16.50 series, or Maps and Their Meanings $6, other strips $3.50 each. Popular Science. • Explains the meaning of longitude and latitude and the uses of maps. Titles in the series are: Maps and Their Meanings; We Live On a Huge Ball; Flat Maps of a Round World; Maps and Men. Four Great American Presidents (4 strips) Color. Purchase: Curriculum Films. • Designed primarily for intermediate grade use, the series covers the life and times of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln. Collaborators: Dr. Louis Jones, head of the New York State Historical Society; and Roger Butterfield, author of "The American Past." General Science Why Series (3 strips) B&W. Purchase: $3 each. SVE. Why Does the Wind Blow?; Why Does the Weather Change?; Why the Seasons? History of Shelter. B&W. Purchase: $3 each strip. SVE. • An addition to the World Past & Present Series, produced by SVE in cooperation with the University Museum. Illustrates the importance of climate, culture, and environment as major influences determining the types of shelter men have built for themselves in various parts of the world and at different times in history. Other titles in series: Men of New Stone Age; Men of Old Stone Age. Frame in "History of Shelter" Reconstruction of Neoltthk Pile Dwelling Industrial Geography Series (4 strips) B&W and Color. Purchase: B&W strips $3 each. Color Strips $5 each. SVE. • This series was produced in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada. Titles are: Sweet Sap B&W. Manual included. Story of Wheat B&W. Manual included. The Milk We Drink Color. A loaf of Bread Color. Industrial Geography Series (2 strips) B&W. Purchase: $3 v/ith manual. SVE. • Cotton, from planting to finished cloth. These scenes were chosen with the cooperation of the National Cotton Council of America. Titles are: Cotton — from Field to Mill; Cotton — from Mill to Finished Product. Let's Draw a Story (86 frames) Color. Sound Slide. Purchase: with record $18. Depicto Films. • Sonny has several adventures with animals who speak, sing and play musical instruments and impart to him suggestions on cleanliness and proper food habits. A pony, a cow, a cat, a dog and a hen frolic with the small boy. Milling Flour (1 strip) Purchase: Nestor. Kit of milling samples included. • Prepared for elementary grades. Nature's Enchanted Weedlands Series (6 strips) B&W. Purchase: $18. SVE. • Spiders and insects are identified and their habits explained. Instructive text frames in each strip. 'Nature's Enchanted Weedlands" Nature's Greatest Treasure Series (I strip) B&W. Purchase: $3. SVE. • The important steps in the modern production of coal are illustrated in the first strip of this new series titled Coal. Where We Find It and How We Mine It. The film was produced in cooperation with the Bituminous Coal Institute of America. Oranges (2 strips) Purchase: Nestor. • Prepared for elementary grades. Titles are: Story of Oranges. How They Are Grown. Story of Oranges, How They Are Packed. New Outline Map Series (12 slides) B&W. Purchase: $3.75 set. Young America. • Black and white slides for Geography and History classes with outline maps of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, Eurasia, Mediterranean area and the world. A teacher's guide accompanies the set. Regional Geography (6 strips) Color. Purchase: $31.50 series, $6 strip. Popular Science. • Each strip of this Richard Nelson Travel series visits a different region. Pictures illustrate scenic, agricultural, historical, cultural Scene in "Regional Geography Series" and industrial highlights. Titles are as follows: Northwestern Holiday; Mexican Journey— Part I; Mexican Journey — Part II; Mexican Journey — Part III; Land of the Mayas — The Yucatan; Nova Scotia and the Gaspe. Science Adventure Series — The Sky Unit — (7 strips) B&W. Purchase: Jam Handy. • A unit made up during the war for military and industrial use. There are two to four lessons in astronomy on each strip, 20 lessons in all. Frames with questions and suggested experiments are included. Titles are: A Multitude of Suns; Stories of the Constellations; The Sun's Family; Interesting Things About Planets; Our Neighbor the Moon; The Changing Moon; How We Learn About the Sky. Ships and Harbors Series (6 strips) B&W. Purchase: $16.50 set with manual. Young America. • A study of harbor and water commerce for elementary and junior high school classes. Titles are: The Harbor; The Passenger Liner; The Freighter; The Fireboat; The Tugboat; The Lighthouse. The Story of the American Flag (3 strips) Color. Purchase: $5 each or $11.50 for the set with study guide. Filmfax. • In The Flag Is Born, the history of America from the Vikings to the birth of the new United States of America, unfolds through flags. The Flag Develops traces the growth of the Stars and Stripes from its early form to the flag we know today. How to Honor and Display the Flag is the third in the series. It ends with the Pledge of Allegiance. "The Story of the American Flag" Most early American flags were made at home by patriotic women who worked together making flags for their country. Tronsportation Around the World (6 strips) B&W. Purchase $19.50 a set, $3.50 a strip. Popular Science. • Various methods of transportation are illustrated. Contrasts are made between early types or types still used in backward areas 16 SEE & HEAR FALL REVIEW