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

NEW FILMSTRIPS The Middle Ages (50 frames) Color. Purchase: $4. Life Filmstrips. • Photographs of European art collections as well as background material from Life magazine's History of Western culture series are used to give a comprehensive picture of the life of the middle ages. Extensive lecture notes accompany the strip. Collaborator; Lamoni Moore, associate director of the Yale University Gallery. A scene from "People Are People" People Are People Series (6 strips) B&W. Purchase: $3.50 each or $16.50 for set. Young America. • These films are based on a series of stories in the Ladies' Home Journal comparing the daily lives of people in tv^elve different countries. Titles are: How They Farm (44 frames) How They Shop (30 frames) How They Bathe (30 frames) How They Play (30 frames) How They Get Around and How They 'Worship (30 frames) How They Study (30 frames). How 'We Get Our Oil (42 frames) B&W. Purchase; $3.50. Young America. • Shows how oil is located and the well drilled. Then follows scenes of transportation and refining. Story of UNESCO (1 strip) Purchase: Nestor. We Told the World: The Story of Our Declaration of Independence (3 strips) Color. Purchase. H. A. Klein. • These three strips, used independently or as a series, visualize the meaning, content, and implications of our Declaration of Independence in both historical and present-day contexts. Black-and-white text-insets beneath the animated frames drawra in color, carry either the actual words from the document itself or faithfully translates them into simpler A frame from "We Told the World" words. Series is designed for use in U. S. History and Civics classes, from 4th grade through senior high school; in adult citizenship classes; or in high school English courses as auxiliary material. We Look at Television (sound-slide) Purchase; Nestor. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE British Empire Series (15 strips) B5.W. Purchase; $3 each. SVE. • There are two divisions in this series. The first is titled The United Kingdom which includes the first twelve titles. The second is Dominions and Colonies, which covers the last three films listed below. The titles of the complete series are: Beautiful Britain; British People; British Ports; Crown and Commonwealth; General Election in Britain; Oxford and Cambridge Universities; Land of Britain: London; Land of Britain: The South Country; Land of Britain: The Southwest; Land of Britain: Scottish Highlands; Land of Britain: Scottish Lowlands; Face of Scotland; Ceylon; Housing in West Africa; Zanzibar. Scottish scene in "British Empire" Colonial Empire: Battle Against Disease (42 frames) Purchase: $1. BIS. • A filming of the research, preventive and curative treatment of native diseases in Great Britain's" tropical colonies. A study guide accompanying the strip describes how the jungle heat, stagnant swamps and primitive living conditions all combine to create ideal breeding grounds for disease and disease-carrying insects and how this problem is being dealt with. Colonial Empire: Battle Against Poverty (29 frames) B&W. Purchase: $1. BIS. • Shows how Britain is cooperating with her colonies to stamp out disease and poverty. Colonial Empire: Introducing the Colonies (51 frames) B&W. Purchase; $1. BIS. • The progress of colonies toward selfgoverning members of the British Commonwealth of nations is described. Emphasis is given to those territories which have not as yet achieved this status. Colonial Empire: Introducing West Africa (50 frames) B&W. Purchase $1. BIS. • A British film outlining the history of their West African colonies from the time they were acguired in the nineteenth century. Emphasized is the cooperation that developed between the British and Africans to change these backward colonies into prosperous, independent countries. Community Center (31 frames) B&W. Purchase: $1. BIS. • In British cities, community centers which provide social services and recreational facilities for their members are being formed to recreate the friendly community spirit of small towns and rural aras. Farmers of Tomorrow (28 frames) B&W. Purchase: $1. BIS. • Throughout the United Kingdom, young people are developing a keen interest in farming. Young Farmers' Clubs have been formed, and film shows their activities. Food From the Land (47 frames) B&W. Purchase: $1. BIS. • Shows how increased acreage and the replanning of crops have enabled Britons to maintain a healthy, though austere, diet throughout the post war years. A Harvest Saved (41 frames) B&W. Purchase; $1. BIS. • In 1946-47, Britain suffered one of the most severe winters in decades. Torrential floods followed the heavy winter snows. The film depicts the battle to save the rich farmlands of East Anglia. Malaria (58 frames) B&W. Purchase: $1. BIS. • Shows Britain's persistent fight against malaria in her colonies, a disease that has ruined the health of millions. The River Mersey (40 frames) B&W. Purchase; $1. BIS. • Along the course of the Mersey are the great manufacturing center of Manchester, the busy docks of Liverpool, as well as Aintree, home of the Grand National Steeplechase. The camera follows the river as it flows through the beautiful countryside to the crowded industrial areas. River Severn (47 frames) B&W. Purchase; $1. BIS. • The film traces the course of the River Severn as it threads its way through rich farmlands, past historic towns and important industrial areas to empty into the Bristol Channel. Royal Anniversary (33 frames) B&W. Purchase; $1. BIS. • A record of the pageantry marking the Silver Wedding of King George and Queen Elizabeth and presents highlights in the life of the Royal couple. Royal Horticultural Society (32 frames) B&W. Purchase: $1. BIS. • The film shows the work of the Society in maintaining exhibition halls, a complete horticulhiral library and a modem research station for the testing of new plants and the study of plant diseases. Royal Wedding Day (37 frames) B&W. Purchase: $1. BIS. • The film records the solemnity and grandeur of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh and fully records the processions and celebrations of the wedding day. Sheffield: City of Steel (41 frames) B&W. Purchase; $1. BIS. • Scenes of Sheffield industries and life are described with emphasis on the manufacture of silverware, cutlery and tools and its famous heavy steel. ■Visit To London (52 frames) B&W. Purchase; $1. BIS. • Scenes of many famous London landmarks—the Royal Palaces, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of London, the picturesque Beefeaters and many others. 18 SEE & HEAR FALL REVIEW i