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

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MOTION PICTURES FOLK ARTS & CRAFTS The ABC oi Puppet Making (2 reels. 20 min) Sound. Purchase: Bailey. $65, one reel $36. • Shows how to make and dress puppets of the simplest type. The first reel is complete in itself. The second reel explains how to make a papier-mache head and Illustrates how to hold and manipulate the puppets and how to build a puppet theatre. Art oi Leather Carring. (20 min) Sound. Color or B&W. Purchase: Portafilms. • Joey Smith, famous Western leather artist, demonstrates the complete process of making a woman's purse from leather. Slow motion and close-up photography are used to clarify all important steps including the initial design, preparing the leather, carving, finishing, and the final sewing. Colour In Clay (11 min) Sound. Color. Rental: $2.50. Purchase: $75. BIS. • The story of modem pottery, a skillful combination of art and science. The film traces the process from the potters wheel to the decorating and glazing process. Craftsmanship in Clay: Simple Slab Methods (10 min) Color. Purchase: $75. EFLA. • An expert potter working in a ceramic studio demonstrates simple methods of making slab pieces. The tools of the trade are explained as he uses them. The emphasis is on imagination in design and fine craftsmanship. The film was produced by Indiana University. Collaborator: Karl Martz, instructor in ceramic art, Indiana Univ.. Mexican Potters (11 min) Color. Purchase: $80. Hoefler. • The old art of making pottery in Mexico with explanations of the processes. LANGUAGE ARTS AND UTERATURE James Fenimore Cooper (18 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: $5 for 3 days. Purchase: $85. EBFilms. • We see the novelist grow from a young man, dreaming of pioneer adventure on the frontier, to a mature, distinguished author of the first great American novels based on the American frontier scene. Chorles Dickens: Background for His Works (10 min) B&W or Color. Purchase: B&W $45, Color $90. Coronet. • English scenes were filmed to bring to life the times of the great English novelist. The film is aimed to stimulate outside reading of Dickens' works as well as to give an introduction for beginning study. Washington Irving (18 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: $5 for 3 days. Purchase: $85. EBFihns. • Skillfully brings to life significant episodes in the life of Washington Irving, the first American vniter to receive prominent world wide recognition. Irving's early life as a New York lawyer is pictured and his later travels and life abroad described. Scene from "The Loon's Necklace' Legend oi Sleepy Hollow. Sound. B&W. Purchase: $150. Byron. • The Washington Irving classic starring Will Rogers. The filming of this story of the headless horseman was at the very locations Irving describes in his story. The picture was made to be authentic in every detail. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (18 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: $5 for 3 days. Purchase: $85. EBFilms, • Scenes from the life of the teacher and scholar who became the great American poet are portrayed. Incidents which inspire*! Longfellow to write several of his best known works are pictured and selections from these poems help to round out a fine filming of the writer's life. The Loon's Necklace (11 min) Sound. Color. Rental: $4 for 3 days. Purchase: $90. EBFihns. • The old Indian legend of how the loon got its colorful neckband. Ceremonial masks carved by the Indians of British Columbia are worn by characters in the story. Rich color photography, delightful narration and effective background music all contribute to the effectiveness of this prize film. The Lady of the Lake (10 min) Sound. B&W or Color. Purchase; B&W $45, Color $90. Coronet. • A brief history of the poet Sir Walter Scott serves as an introduction to scenes of Scotland illustrating this beautiful romantic legend of The Lady of the Lake. The scenes ftom Scott's poem are shown to be actual places. Collaborator: J. Paul Leonard, president, San Francisco State College. Folk Music and Films • Here are some useful sources of films for folk music study: West of the Great Divide (10 min) Sound. B&W or Color. Purchase: B&W $22.50 or Color $85. Hawley-Lord. • Spade Cooley and his orchestra accompany Hy Heath in three original songs about the West. Film pictures scenes mentioned in» the songs. • Brandon Films, N.Y. (see P.39) also lists many useful subjects in this area, such as To Hear Your Banjo Play, Tall Tales (featuring Burl Ives, Josh White, Will Geer and Winston O'Keefe). Write for details. — for Speech Classes — Speech Series (3 films, 11 min each) Sound. B&W. Purchase: $40 each. Young America. • Three films with teacher's guides included explaining basic fundamentals of speech for college and high school classes. Titles are: Speech: Platform Posture and Movement; Speech: Stage Fright and What to Do About It; Speech: Function oi Gestures. Your Voice (11 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: ■$2.50 for 3 days. Purchase: $50. EBFilms. • The four phases of voice production are explained: respiration, phonation, resonance and articulation. Real-life photography shows the vocal folds in operation. Exercises for the improvement of the voice are suggested. Literature and Language The TeU-Tale Heart (2 reels) Sound. B&W. Purchase: Post Pictures. • Edgar Allen Poe's classic horror story featuring the actor Richard Hart. A Terribly Strange Bed (2 reels) B&W. Sound. Purchase: Post Pictures. • A tale of Wilkie Collins brought to the screen with Richard Greene and Roman Bohnen in the lead roles. Why Study Foreign Languages (10 min) Sound. B&W or Color. Purchase: B&W $45, Color $90. Coronet. • Jim is made to understand the importance of foreign languages by his brother Dick who has just retumedfrom Europe. Explains how language helps in enjoyment of travel and reading, international relations and trade. Collaborator: Henry G. Doyle, Dean, Columbian College, The George Washington University. BUSINESS AND FINANCE The Balance (10 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: $1.50. Purchase: $27.50. BIS. • A country which cannot export enough to pay for its imports is in danger of collapse. The film illustrates this principle as it concerns Britain, and in the final sequences records an interview with Sir Stafford Cripps. Banks and Credit (10 min) Sound. B&W or Color. Purchase B&W $45; Color $90. Coronet. • Nancy and Fred are shown how important a part credit plays in our economic system and how essential the commercial bank is to the economic life' of the community. A scene in "Banks and Credit" Sharing Economic Risks (10 min) Sound. B&W. Loan: Association. • A film produced for the Institute of Life Insurance. The story is about a newspaper 24 SEE & HEAR FALL REVIEW