Visual Education (Jan-Dec 1921)

36 Visual Education THE MERRY LITTLE PUT-PUT (Bruce Scenic). (Educ. Films Corp.) Three wise men put out to sea but what happened to them en route is the business of this entertaining Bruce Scenic. PRIMITIVE LIFE IN TENNESSEE (Kineto Co. of Amer.) The customs of these mountaineers heed not the lapse of time. These views made in the Tennessee mountains reveal methods of living which were in vogue in the Revolutionary period. THE NATURALIST'S PARADISE (Kineto Co. of Amer.) This film was made under the auspices of the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the State University of Iowa and shows the enterprising scientists obtaining specimens of insects and fish in and about Pelican Island. An interesting and informational reel. YOSEMITE VALLEY (Ford Educ.) Federated Film Exchanges.) The first part of this picture consists of diagrams showing how this wonderful valley and the surrounding peaks have been cut out and ground away by the terrific impact of the ice ; the last half visualizes the stately scenes which were analyzed in the first half. Dessert after meat as it were. HOW WILL YOU HAVE YOUR BATH (Merit Film Corp.) Produced by Town and Country Films, this reel answers its intimately interrogatory title by introducing the old swimming hole. The art of diving is analyzed with the aid of the slow motion camera. EXCURSIONS INTO EVERY LAND (Merit Film Corp.) This particular excursion takes you into the Canadian Rockies where the skyline is pierced by many majestic peaks and where big game lurks in the dark recesses and the Indians live much as they lived centuries ago. AN INDIAN SUMMER. (Prizma.) If it takes Indians to make an Indian summer, here are Indians, and if it takes hills and woods and lakes to make summer's farewell perfect, here are all these things. JAPAN, THE INDUSTRIOUS (Beseler). Many little industries all controlled by a oneman corporation are shown here, proving that the title is accurately applied. TULUGI. (Robertson-Cole.) Since the very name South Seas carries with it the mystery of tropical skies and languorous waters, this South Sea travel picture ought to prove fascinating. * A DAY IN THE SHAKESPEARE COUNTRY (No. 101) (University of Wisconsin). There is no more beautiful spot in all England than Stratford-on-Avon and its beauty and its historical significance make it a valuable film subject. In concluding, the reel presents Cornwall, the English Riviera. ESTES .PARK (No. 401) (University of Wisconsin). Estes Park has long been a Mecca for all those whom the Wanderlust pulls westward. Any picture unfolding its natural glories will perforce be interesting. HISTORY, BIOLOGY AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES WAS DARWIN RIGHT (Kineto Co. of Amer.) We have an opinion but sometimes we rather hope not, even though this intimate study of monkeys and their habits demonstrates that the agile animals have considerable personality of some kind or other. DEXTERITY AND MIMICRY OF INSECTS (Kineto Co. of Amer.) Many insects make their cinematic debut in this reel — the fly is starred as a juggler, and the centipede, scorpion, caterpillar, ant, grasshopper with many others are portrayed in their home surroundings. The reel is most clever and informational. LET'S SEE THE ANIMALS (Kineto Co. of Amer.) African lions, Madagascar tree boa, lizard, Mongolian wild horse, rat, curlew, hippopotamus, Malayan tapir, alligator and other elegant and unusual beasts make an involuntary appearance in this reel. To enumerate them all would require the guest register of the Ark. THE BEAVER PREPARES FOR THE WINTER. (Educ. Films Corp.) The beaver is as industrious in preparing to meet the inclemency of the winter's winds as was ever the indefatigable ant of yore. WILDERNESS FRIENDS. (Educ. Films Corp.) This picture was made in co-operation with the conservation committee of the state of New York and is a successful attempt to give recognition to silent and little appreciated citizens of the state. PLANTS WHICH EAT (Beseler). At first thought this title does not seem startling but you will be convinced at the end of this reel, that a plant which eats and which has nerves is a most noteworthy thing. ANALYSIS OF MOTION (Beseler). The ascent of a jet of water and the contact of a ball with it are analyzed with the ultra rapid camera. A bullet projected from the left strikes the ball and throws it from the jet which reforms in curious undulations. It is a case of making clear just what the eye sees and just what th i eye does not see in rapid motion. LEADING A DOG'S LIFE (Merit Films Corp.) A picture of dogs and dogs and then some more dogs ; there is slow motion photography of police dogs in action. THE STORY OF WHITE PINE (Bureau of Plant Industry). (V. S. Dept. of Agric.) A pictorial narrative of what happens to white pine from the time it leaves the forest to the time it becomes a finished product, including special reference to second growth, nursery planting and the white pine blister rust, a serious disease introduced from Europe. SAFEGUARDING THE CITRUS FRUIT (Bureau of Entomology). (U. S. Dept. of Agric.) Various methods of fumigating citrus fruit trees in southern California. A GRAIN OF WHEAT (Atlas Educational Film Co.) A grain of wheat is rather a small thing in itself, but taken with a million others of its kind forms an interesting subject for a pictorial biography. THE EARTH AND WORLDS BEYOND (Society for Visual Education). A one-reel animated summary of the cycles of day and night and of the seasons which shows the child clearly how the movements of the earth and the moon cause these phenomena. The reel also includes several views of the sun, stars, and planets, taken through the largest telescope in existence. BREAKING THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS (Society for Visual Education). After the trails had been established across eastern mountains and the French menace had been removed, settlers from the old colonies braved the edict of King George and started the "Westward movement" — the first great expression of independent Americanism. This reel shows the first stage of that movement, and by motion picture scenes indicates some of the obstacles these hardy pioneers overcame. RAILROADS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY (Society for Visual Education). The harnessing of steam to push boats was soon followed by its application to the task of drawing stage-coaches on wooden tracks. Such was the genesis of the great railway freight and passenger service of the United States of today. The main phases of tnis development, and their importance in our history, are visually emphasized in this reel. INDUSTRIALS MANUFACTURING OF PAPER (Atlas Educ. Film Co.). It is most easy to tear up paper, but it is not so simple to make it as this reel well demonstrates. SCHENECTADY WORKS (General Electric). A reel containing a number of inti