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

Saguenay (21 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: $2.50. Purchase: $50. Nat. Film Board oi Canada. • Scenes of the richness of the great valley of northern Quebec. The descendant of an early pioneer makes a tour of the region visiting the forests and pulp mills and the great aluminum factory. Saint John Valley (22 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: $2.50. Purchase: $50. Nat. Film Board of Canada. • The beautiful New Brunswick valley from the port of St. John to Edmunston is pictured, telling the story of the explorer Champlain and the history of the territory. Picture closes with scenes of modern pulp-mill and salmon industry of today. Scottish Universities (22 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: $2.50. Purchase: $47.50. BIS. • For five centuries, St. Andrew's, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh have served the youth of Scotland and the world. The film tells the story of the foundation and growth of these universities and surveys current educational problems. Skeena River TrapUne (16 min) Color. Sound. Rental: $5. Purchase: $112.50. Nat. Fihn Board of Canada. • TJie Getikshan Indian of northern British Columbia is shown handling the trapline which brings him his living. Ben sets out with the falling of the first snow and is seen setting traps and placing caches of supplies. Color photography accents the beauty of the mountainous timber country. Spain: The Land and the People (10 min) B&W or Color. Purchase: B&W $45, Color $90. Coronet. • A visit to Madrid in the north down through the fertile river valleys to the south of Spain. The importance of Spain in history and literature is illustrated and this country's influence on our own culture is examined. Collaborator: W. R. McConnell, professor of geography, Miami Univ., Oxford, O. Stories oi Holland: Background for Reading (10 min) Sound. B&W or Color. Purchase: B&W $45 or Color $90. Coronet. • Offers an interesting and entertaining journey through Holland which provides Intermediate and Junior High School students with a vivid, visual background for their reading about this country. Includes a visit to Broek, the setting for the story of Hans Brinker and other places of literary interest. Collaborator: Wendell W. Wright, Dean, School of Education, Indiana University. The Story of a City— Nevir York (22 min) Sound. Rental: $7.50. Purchase: $158. Simmel-Meservey. • Scenes from New York, skyscrapers and a tour of the five boroughs with a map illustrating their location. Washington D.C. (3 min) Color. Silent. Purchase: 16mm $14.75, 8mm $7.50. National Park Films. • The Capitol, White House, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, Washington Monument, Arlington Cemetery and main government buildings are visited. Wild Life in Africa (10 min) Sound. Color. Rental: $5. Purchase: $90. Africa Films. • A travelogue to Africa showing wild animals and birds of the Belgian Congo, including an elephant charge. Wind Cave, S.D. (3 min) Color. Silent. Purchase: 16mm $14.75, 8mm $7.50. National Park Films. • The Wind Cave is famous for rock formations which have been called "boxwork" to describe their peculiar structure. The color photography shows how this cave is thereby different from all other American caves. Yellowstone — Grand Tetons (22 min) Color. Sound. Purchase: $160. Hoefler. • Two of America's scenic National Parks photographed in color. Yosemite National Park (11 min) Sound. Color. Purchase: $80. Hoefler. • Scenic beauty of one of America's best loved National Parks photographed in color. What Is A Map? (10 min) Sound. B&W. Purchase: $40. Young America. • A small girl is writing a letter to her friend and wants to explain what her room looks like. By use of animation, the concept of maps is introduced and explained. TRANSPORTATION Bob Gaffner Series (3 films) Sound. Color. Purchase: Frith. • Bob Gaffner is a typical boy with an interest in the sea. He learns about cargo shipping, fishing and the harbor construction work. Titles of three films are: Safe In Port; Bob Gaffner, Fishermen's Helper; Bob Leoms About Ocean Trade MOTION PICTURES Building a Highway (10 min) Sound. B&W. Rental or Purchase: EBFilms. • Explains the role of highways in America's transportation system, and shows the major processes of modern road-building. Maurice B. Lagaard, professor of civil engineering. Technological Institiite, Northwestern Univ., Collaborator. Horizons Unlimited (17 min) Sound. 16mm or 35mm. Loan: Nat. Highway Users. • An overall picture of the role of highway transportation in America. Scenes showing how highways bring the farmers to the city markets, the bus systems, the large truck transports and lastly family pleasure driving. The picture points out that highway transportation offers unlimited opportunity for Americans in all fields of endeavor. Trucks That Serve Our City (11 min) Sound. B&W. Purchase: Tomkins. • Pictures the many types of trucks from the small ice cream type to the mapimoth freight haulers. Points out how the city depends on trucking for food and other necessities. Your Postal Service (2 films) Sound. B&W. Purchase: Johnson Hunt. • For Elementary grades. Titles self explanatory. The Travels of a Letter; The Handling of a Package. Sponsored Films Available • Railroads and steamship companies offer useful sponsored films for related studies in this curriculum area. Write Modem Talking Picture Service, Inc. 45 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y. for list. Men and Events Make History Airlift to Berlin (1 1 min) Sound. B&W or Color. Rental or Purchase: Flory. • A documentary of the famous "operation vittles" which broke the Russian blockade of Berlin. Ancient Rome (10 min) B&W or Color. Purchase: B&W $45, Color $90. Coronet. • A study of ancient Rome's contribution to our culture. Scenes of Roman architecture, engineering and life of the people are illustrated and the effect of Roman government and ideas examined. Collaborator: I. O. Foster, associate professor of education, Indiana Univ. Captain John Smith — Explorer (16 min) Sound. B&W or Color. Purchase: Va. Dept. of Ed. • The story begins with a visit to Jamestown to the statue of John Smith. The statue then becomes narrator and tells the story of Smith's adventures in the new world in the first person. Among the incidents filmed is the story of Powhatan and his daughter Pocahontas. Beniamin Franklin (18 min) Sound. B&W. Rental: $5 for 3 days. Purchase: $85. EBFilms. • Statesman, patriot, scientist, inventor and man of letters; the rich full life of Benjamin Franklin is told from his beginnings as a printer apprentice to his days as American representative in England and France. History Series (10 films) Sound. B&W. Rental: Teaching Film Custodians. • Selected sequences from Hollywood films of the past are presented as an aid for teaching of the social studies. Films fall into two classifications: American History and World History. Titles are: The Howards of Virginia; Wells Fargo; Tennessee Johnson; Brigham Young; Drums Along the Mohawk; The Crusades; The House of Rothschild; Tale of Two Cities; Conquest; Marc Antony _ of Rome (original title Cleopatra). OF NEW CLASSROOM FILMS 33