Selected Motion Pictures 16 and 35 Silent and Sound (1936)

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FREE SOUND FILMS 35 m/m SOUND-ON-HLM SUBJECTS (FREE) Subject 35 m/m No. Progress on Parade — 3 reels. (Men, methods and 10010 materials as combined in the construction of the products of General Motors. Brief views of Re' search, Proving Ground, and other Corporation activities. ) The Flying Telephone — 1 reel. (A dramatic short 10015 story, produced on the famous air'fields of California, and dedicated to the Aviation Industry of America, which both shows and explains in graphic detail the important part that the new radio telephone plays in air transportation.) New Voice Highways — 1 reel. (A quick moving edu 10016 cational subject, showing how telephone cable is made and used. Contrasts are drawn between the old meth' od of stringing city telephone wires on poles, to the detriment of the skyline, and the modern manner in which the huge lead'covercd speech'carriers are now run on underground. Music and sound effects en' hance the popular appeal.) The March Is Forward — 2 reels. (One of the finest 10017 pictures of shoemaking ever made.) Sky Harbor — 1 reel. (Airport and ships of the air 10018 provide the settings for this combined scenic and edu' cational short. The operation of the radio telephone communication system is shown and explained by a combination of actual photography and animated drawings.) Underwater Speechways — 1 reel. (Industrial and en 10019 gineering high spots in the making and use of sub' marine telephone cable. Three of the most interest' ing underwater telephone installation jobs are shown, such as the Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard cable, the Golden Gate cable at San Francisco, and the Missis' sippi River cable in Louisiana.) A Day with the "Sun" — 3 reels. (A comprehensive 10024 story of the newspaper industry and detailed ex' position of the working of the "New York Sun.") Let's Be Modern — 1 reel. (Portraying an amazing 10025 new "No Knead" method which takes the work out of making good homemade bread and rolls.) Commerce Around the Coffee Cup — 1 reel. (Pre 10027 sented in an entertaining manner and answers com' mon questions about international trade.) Under Control — (Graphically portrays industry's 10028 fight to bring nature's resources under control. Dy namic scenes of exciting events in the modern trans' portation world.) Note — this film will not be released until early in 1937. 13