Visual Education (Jan-Dec 1922)

• VISUAL EDUCATION STROLLING MINSTRELS— A Scotch bagpiper strolling through the lake region of Scotland and a piping shepherd in the mountains of Switzerland— the fair scenes that greeted their eyes are herp unrolled for the delight of those who cannot travel, (p and d, Educ. Films Corp.) JOURNEYING IN JAVA— Here is a reel brimming with alluring views of the quaint places and native life of this tropical island of spice. The Boero Boedor Temple, built in the eighth century and ornamented with carvings depicting events in the life of Gautama, is among the sights to be seen. {p, Austin Film Library, Inc.; d, Harry Levey Service Corp.) KWANG-CHOW-FU — Kwang-Chow-Fu is a very old Chinese city whose antiquity and oriental charm lend themselves graciously to the art of the camera. Included in this picture are views of the harbor of Canton, (p, Burton Holmes; d, Famous Players-Lasky.) WATERS OF DESTINY— Lakes of snow-capped mountains and of extinct volcanoes are shown here with the story of the changing skies written upon their placid waters. A film for nature-lovers! (p, Robertson-Cole; d, National NonTheatrical Motion Pictures.) SEEING SAN MARINO— San Marino is a very old Italian republic only thirty miles square and with a population of but 12,000, yet it is possessed of sufficient historic and current interest to make it a most attractive visual subject, (p and d, Pathe.) THE EDEN OF THE PACIFIC— A colored study of Hawaii featuring scenes of historical interest in the Honolulu district. The night-blooming cereus, that mysterious flower of darkness, receives considerable footage, (p and d, Prizma.) FOR THE CURRENT EVENTS CLASS PATHE NEWS NO. 99— Views of President Harding addressing the 67th Congress at its opening session, celebrities figuring prominently in the settlement of the Irish question, scenes of unhappy Petrograd, the foundering of the new U. S. submarine, S-48, and pictures of the initial use of helium gas, are all to be found in this unusually interesting reel, (p and d, Pathe.) PATHE REVIEW NO. 130— In this reel are shown English and American styles of broad jumping demonstrated by crack jumpers from Oxford and Cambridge; various processes in the making of an automobile tire; northern Africa in the spring of the year, and views of St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States, (p and d, Pathe.) PATHE REVIEW NO. 133— Normal and slow motion photography of Tilden and Johnston, famed tennis players, in action; hunting of wild turkeys; colored views of the steaming pools in Yellowstone National Park; glimpses of Malaga, Spain, the oldest seaport in Europe — sufficient variety, surely, to interest all. (p and d, Pathe.) CHAS. URBAN MOVIE CHAT NO. 68 — A bit of Ireland, an Angora rabbit from California, oil fields in Texas, and glimpses of South America, make up the varied contents of this reel, (p and d. Kineto Co. of Amer.) "HOW IT IS DONE" BETTER MILK— This film is described as tracing the progress of milk from grass to automatically capped bottle. In between, however, are many processes, as may easily be imagined, all of which the picture makes amusingly clear, (p and d, Kineto Co. of Amer.) A MOVIE TRIP THROUGH FILMLAND— The facts that are revealed in this picture concerning the size of this industry are most startling. Few people have any idea, for instance, that next to the United States mint the film industry is America's largest consumer of silver. Animations and cartoons are used to reveal more astounding facts and to add variety to the interesting reels, (p and d, Eastman Kodak Company.) 2 reels. INDUSTRIES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS — TWo industries are pictured in this reel — the growing and preparation of hemp and of copra. The various processes in the production of the latter, which is the dried meat of the coconut, are picturesque in the extreme. The entire reel is excellently photographed and highly artistic, (p, Austin Film Library, Inc.; d, Harry Levey Service Corp.) THE PANAMA CANAL— The reels of this film comprehensively record the many steps in the construction of this vital waterway. The film is a revelation of the perseverance and ingenuity of man in overcoming enormous obstacles of nature to further his own ends, {p and d, General Electric Co.) 2 reels. VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR BLIND SOLDIERS— A pictorial exposition of what is being done by the American Red Cross at "Evergreen," Baltimore, . (Continued on page 112) 108 ■I 1 V\4