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

Music Appreciation: but, showing the work and study that she has gone thioueh. Selected Songs of James A. Bland: 10 min., B/W, $50; EBF. • This film dramatizes two of the old favorite songs of the Southland: "Cari-y Me Back to Old Virginny" and "O Dem Golden Slippers." Selected Songs of Stephen Foster: 10 min., B/W, $50; EBF. • Dramatizes two of Stephen Foster's best loved songs: "My Old Kentucky Home" and "O Susanna." Ballad of the West: B W, 14 min., $60; EBF. • Based on western folk tunes, this film tells the story of a cowboy long- ing to have his own herd and brand and to be his own boss. Filmed against the magnificent background of Ari- zona's Castle Hot Springs, the story revolves around the popular ballad. "The Chisholm Trail." Music Reading: 20 min., B W, sale; Johnson Hunt. • A companion to Tivi Part S'^or'ng, this film is designed to teach music reading teaching techniques to in- service teachers and to encourage pupils to learn to read music by show- ing a typical fifth grade class enjoy- ing a music lesson. Two Part Singing: 20 min., B W. $95; Johnson Hunt. • Among the teaching techniques de- monstrated are music reading from the board, quick teaching through the analysis of "like" phrases, listening to the blending of two parts, and the use of the auto harp. Three American Ballads: 8 min., color, $80; Univ. of Calif. • Artist Alfred Kousel provides a series of sketches which illustrate three American ballads: ".\cies of Clams," "Old Dan Tucker." and "John Henry." Hen Hop: 4 min., B/W, rent—$2 50- sale—$29.75; Int'l Film Bureau. • Lines used to draw a simplified out- line of a hen move in continued com- binations to familiar, irresistible folk dance fiddling. A Normen McLaren film. Studying the Arts: Lithography: 14 min., B W; rent— $; sale—$65; Int'l Film Bureau. • Produced by Haskell Wexier. this film presents in progression the suc- cessive steps in the production of a lithograph. The drawing is made on Bavarian limestone outdoors directly from nature and the stone taken back to the studio for inking and printing. JeJferson the Architect: 11 min., B/W; rent—$2.50; sale—$50; Int'l Film Bureau. • Presents Thomas Jetfersons' con- tribution to post-colonial architecture —Monticello, the University of Vir- ginia, the State Capitol in Richmond —and his personal designs for in- genious improvements on certain ob- jects of every day use at Monticello. Brush in Action: 10 min., B/W; rent— $3; sale—$75; Int'l Film Bureau. • Teaches how to use watercolor brushes and will stimulate a desire to try water-color painting; shows tech- niques of washing, toning, emphasiz- ing surface texture of paper in paint- ing a picture. Lascaux: Cradle of Man's Art: 17 min,, B/W; rent—$12.50; sale— $175; Int'l Film Bureau. • Produced in France by William Chapman, this film contains one of the finest collections of prehistoric paintings yet found. Totems: 11 min., B/W; rent—$3; sale —$75; Int'l Film Bureau. • Shows the carved and painted to- tems of the British Columbia Indians who carried the primitive art form forward to some of its most interest- ing developments. The Visual Idea Facts About Film: 11 min., B/W; rent—$2..50; sale—$.50; Int'l Film Bureau. • Shows the projectionist how to guard against the most common kinds of damage to film. It explains what film is, how to pack film for shipping, why 16mm is more fragile than 35mm, etc. Facts About Projection: 11 min., B/W; rent^-$2.50; sale—$50; Int'l Film Bureau. • Explains that a projectionist must run over a check list of necessary pre- cautions in advance of the scheduled showing to assure an unobtrusive per- formance. New Tools for Learning: 19 min., B W, $40; EBF. • This film promotes a better under- standing of the contribution of audio- visual materials in education today. Special emphasis is given to the mo- tion picture. Operation and Care of the Bell & Howell Sound Projector: 21 min., B/W; rent—$2.50; sale—$50; Int'l Film Bureau. • First in a series, demonstrates how to thread and operate B & H pro- jectors, giving information on film maintenance. Time-Lapse Photography: 10 min., color; rent—$5; sale—$100; Int'l Film Bureau. • This film illustrates what time-lapse photography is and how time-lapse pictures are made. The new specially designed time-lapse studios of John Nash Ott Jr. are shown. The Process of Education NEW BACKGROUND FILMS FOR TEACHER TRAINING & THE COMMUNITY Design of American Public Education: 14 min., B/W, $80; McGraw-Hill. • An "assembly line" educational process is contrasted with a genuinely democratic, decentralized, local elected educational system that tailors its curriculum to community needs. The Fight for Better Schools: 20 min., B/W, $80; McGraw-Hill. • Beginning with the story of how the citizens of Arlington County, Vir- ginia, planned and worked to raise their schools from among the nation's poorest to a level which has been called "an educator's dream," this film goes on to describe the efforts of citi- zens to improve their educational sys- tems in communities in Arkansas. Delaware, and Long Island. A March of Time film. Family Circles: 31 min., B/W, $110; McGraw-Hill. • One of two films in the school-com- munity relations series. Examines the growing division of responsibility for the child between home and school, and the necessity for close coopera- tion if conflict, divided loyalties and misunderstanding are to be avoided. Schools March On: 18 min., B/W, $80; McGraw-Hill. • This film shows what happened in one mid-western county w-hen out- moded, one-room schools were reor- ganized and consolidated into large, well-equipped and well-staffed schools through the efforts of local educators and interested citizens. A March of Time Film. 18 See ar.,1 Hear