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

General Interest Making the Varsity. (10 min) rent. TFC. • Provides interesting scenes of the year round sports activities at Yale. Sequences show candidates trying out for the football team on Anthony Thompson Field in the shadow of the Yale Bowl; baseball players practic- ing; track and field athletes working out on Laphani Field; and swimmers, oarsmen and basketball players in action. Polo Aces. (8 min) 10-year license— .$40. RKO. • Demonstration of the fine points of polo. Practical Police Ju Jitsu. (1 reel) rent $2. Assn. • Lucid demonstration of attack and defense methods. Q-Men. (9 min) 10-year license—$40. RKO. • Willie Hoppe, Charlie Peterson and Irving Crane, champion pool and bil- liard players, perform. Ride 'em Cowboy. (10 min) rent— $1.50. Davis. • All the thrills of a real cow-town rodeo are revealed with a whoopee romp for fun in the rough. Rolling Rhythm. (9 min) 10-vear li- cense—$40. RKO. • Roller rink champions perform for roller fans. Rolling Thrills. (8 min) 10-year li- cense—$40. RKO. • The art of roller skating—includes roller hockey, dancing on skates and the roller derby. Sports Coverage. (8 min) 10-vear li- cense—$40. RKO. • How sports writers gather their knowledge. Timing. (10 min) sale—$21. LibFilms. • Grantland Rice explains the essen- tial clement of success in almost every sport—the difficult-to-attain quality of timing. Wings Over Belgium. (15 min) rental. BGIC. • One of the most popular sports in Belgium is that of pigeon racing. The contestants are carefully tended and trained. Picture describes the prelim- inaries and the finals. Miscellaneous Water Fun. (10 min) 16sd sale— $21.50; rent —$1.50; 16si sale— $8.75; rent—$1. Vesco. • Children in city streets are showered by the spray from water hydrants. Pictures then progress to pools where expert stars illustrate swimming and diving form. Thrills of the Deep. (10 min) rent— $1.50. UWF. • ."Vn exciting film in which the fisher- men fight furious battles with the giant ray, the sailfish, and the dolphin. Alaska's Silver Millions. (.'SO min) loan. AmCan. • An industrial film considered to be a very comprehensive treatment on the subject of salmon. Narrated by Father Hubbard, it covers the spawning of the salmon and its life cycle. All-American Way. (26 min) B & W, loan. Chgo. Trib. • Designed to show by example what a valuable asset an American sports and recreation program is in the de- velopment of young men and women toward better health and citizenship. Emphasis on clean sportsmanship. Play Materials in the Elementary School. (23 min) 16si only; rent— $2. Balis. • The children of Riley Elementary School in Muncie, Indiana, are sub- jects for an experimental course en- titled "Play in Education." The youngsters' reaction to supplementary material and new types of toys is shown in this educational film. Wild Life Conservation Alaska's Game and Fur Bearers. (15 min) 16si only; color; loan. F & W Serv. • Shows Alaskan game including Dall's mountain sheep, mountain goats, bar- ren-ground caribou, grizzly bear and brown bear, ptarmigan; Canada, Em- peror and Snow geese; black grant, eider and harlequin ducks. Algonquin Adventure. (25 min) 16si only; color; loan; CTFL. • A canoe trip through beautiful Al- gonquin Park, a provincial game pre- serve. Animals Unlimited. (2 reels) sale: color—$175; B & W—$60. Rent: color—$6; B & W—$3. Assn. • Presents animals in their natural state—foraging, fighting, and making a home in Kruger National Park. Among the highlights are: herds of Zebra thundering over the country- side, crocodiles fighting in a muddy river, and animals running in terror from a charging lion. Bear River Refuge. (35 min) 16si only; loan. F & W Serv. • Species of birds, including nine spe- cies of ducks, Canada geese, pelicans, cormorants, gulls, swallows, shore- birds, marsh hawks and burrowing owl are seen at the Bear River Refuge at the north end of the Great Salt Lake bed in Utah. Bears in Alaska. (1 rl) loan. F & W Serv. • Grizzly, brown and black bears are pictured in Alaska, showing their ranges, sources of food and the sal- mon runs. The Biggest Bears. (1 reel) rent—• $3.50. FS. • Presents the Great Alaska Brown Bear of the Alaska Peninsula, prob- ably the largest and most powerful of all carnivorous animals on the earth today. Buffalo Lore. (1 reel) color—$85; B & W—$32.50. HL, SFI. • The almost extinct American Bison is studied in this short for entertain- ment and instruction. Includes the rare White Bison and an awe inspiring battle between two huge bulls. Fire Weather. (19 min) UWF, sale— $20.68. • A factual portrayal of the coopera- tion that exists between the Weather Bureau and the Forest Service, .■\ctivi- ties of both departments during hot, dry weather are shown. Has descrip- tion of how a radio truck is used in the fighting and actual scenes of fires. Most scenes were photographed on the West Coast. The Forests. (1 rl) rent—$1. ANA. • The most efficient conservationist of them all is the beaver, whose dams check the too-heavy flow of water, pre- vent erosion, aid the forests to grow and present natural habitats for other wildlife. This film is a saga of the beaver. Forest Gangsters. (10 min) sale—$25. LibFilms. • Professional hunters protect cattle and game by ridding the western plains of mountain lions and other killers. The Forest Ranger. (32 min) sale— $38.72. Castle. • The forest ranger at work. Some of the benefits that Americans receive because of his activities. A U.S. De- partment of Agriculture film. Four Seasons. (32 min) color; loan. NFB. • A pageant of the year in the Gati- neau Park, game sanctuary and holi- day playground. Guardians of the Wild. (10 min) sale. Castle. • An abbreviated version of "The For- est Ranger." Haunts for the Hunted. (30 min) 16si only; color; loan. F & W Serv. • Shows necessary developments for the maintenance of proper wildlife habitats on National Wildlife Refuges. Species of geese, ducks, the rare trum- peter swan and the whooping ci-ane are depicted. .\ Heritage We Guard. (30 min) Sale. Castle. • Early exploitation for the hides and skins of wildlife is traced. Westward movement of trappers and thoughtless exploitation of land is depicted. Inter- relation of wildlife and soil conserva- tion is shown. Kenai Big Game. (10 min) color—$85; B & W—$32.50. HL, SFI. • Fine shots of goats, grizzlies, moose, and sheep. The close-ups of sheep and moose ai'e outstanding. Unusual shots of birds, particularly snipe flying in uniform mass formation. King Chinook. (3 rls) 16si only; color; loan. F & W Serv. • Shows the life history and migra- tion of the Columbia River salmon. Includes sport and commercial fishing. Shows work of the Fish and Wildlife Service in rerouting the migrations around man-made impediments. Lower Souris Refuge. (45 min) 16si only; color; loan. F & W Serv. • Includes a map of the area, reasons for establishing refuges and shows food and cover planting and other developments which go to make up a successfully operated refuge. It shows pheasants, swallows, sora. flicker, rail, prairie chicken, sharp-tailed grouse, shorebirds, nesting waterfowl, and other birds. 38 SEE and HEAR