Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

68 Visual Education me Rim Field IN OFFERING these selections Visual Education in no way guarantees the value or suitability of the films. The list represents merely the most careful choice possible to make from the data given out by the producing companies. In general, films should be viewed by qualified judges before being shown to school children. All entries are one reel in length unless otherwise specified. The producer is indicated by the letter p following the sketch, the distributor by the letter d. For addresses consult list in this issue. AGRICULTURE THE BARBAROUS BARBERRY. Showing the common barberry as the cause of wheat rust, which is responsible for terrific annual losses to the farmers of the country. Closeups magnify the rust germs and pictures explain cause and effect, (p and d, U. S. Dept. of Agric.) THE STORY OF THE ORANGE. A beautiful industrial picture, dealing lully with this branch of specialized agriculture. It tells in precise sequence, through splendid photography, every chapter in the life of the orange tree, from the setting of the tiny bud until it blossoms and bears the golden fruit. The tender care given the young tree, the picking and boxing of the fruit, and finally the transportation are shown, amid all the luxuriant vegetation of a tropical climate. (p, Amer. Red Cross; d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) GOLDEN SCHOOL DAYS. Dealing with the problems of rural education, and intended to promote better educational facilities in the ' country. "Hookey Mike" Kelley gets his arithmetic mixed with fishing in the creek behind the little one-room school. His father, a progressive farmer of the community, becomes interested in progressive education and visits a neighboring consolidated school. Later, when his community builds a consolidated school for itself, "Hookey Mike" is shown as a studious, contented student and worker. 2 reels, (p and d, Homestead Films.) RECLAIMING ARID LAND BY IRRIGATION. Designed to show the great need for irrigation in our arid West; the areas reclaimed by various private and public enterprises; thp methods the farmer employs to irrigate his fields; the kind of crops raised, and some of the great dams, reservoirs and tunnels that figure among the marvels of engineering skill. Many wonderful views are shown of Roosevelt Dam, Elephant Butte Reservoir, Gunnison Tunnel, High Line Canal, Shoshone Dam, and other great projects, (p and d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) ART AND MUSIC ARTISTS' PARADISE. A camera study, in Prizma color, of picturesque Concarneau, France, where is one of the most famous art colonies in the world. We see well-known modern artists at work; the old closed town where the British were confined in 1373 ; the light-house and the famous chapel, Notre Dame de Bon Secours. (p and d, Prizma.) BEETHOVEN'S "MOONLIGHT SONATA" AND ITS INSPIRATION. A picturization of the conception and creation of the famous sonata telling the story of the blind child whose desire to hear the Master play gave Beethoven the inspiration for one of his most exquisite masterpieces. As he plays the theme is beautifully portrayed in Prizma color, showing the garden in the moonlight, the dancing fairies, the sudden storm and finally the moon breaking through the clouds with its message of peace to the blind child, (p and d, Prizma.) GEOGEAPHY APPLE-BLOSSOM TIME IN NORMANDY. This film is full of beautiful scenes of town and country life along the Seine in Northwestern France, photographed during the most alluring season. There are shown the historic village of Falaise, birthplace of William the Conqueror, snuggled under the protection of its old castle; Norman country homes with flowering orchards and herds, and types of simple folk at their tasks of tilling and basketmaking, (p, Amer. Red Cross; d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) ARIZONA'S GARDEN OF ALLAH. Scenes in the famous Salt River Valley. Over the Apache trail to Roosevelt Dam. The film pictures vividly the marvelous agricultural development under irrigation. 2 reels. (p and d, U. S. Reclamation Serv.) VOYAGE TO WAIKIKI. The fun that enlivens an ocean voyage; three legged race, potato race, nail-driving contest, cracker-eating contest, etc. First view of Honolulu; crowds of natives at dock; the surf-riders in their fearless play, (p and d, Carter Cinema.) MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. These reels cover the region formed by the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Highlands. They picture the resources which have made this region the busiest on earth, with great lumbering, manufacturing, mining and farming industries and unrivaled trade and commerce. Harbors like that of New York, natural trade routes such as the Delaware Water Gap, Mohawk Valley, Hudson River, etc.; the mountains and lakes of the Adirondack and Catskill regions, are visualized in a way to bring out the close tie between geography and history. 2 reels, (p ?nd d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) HEALTH, HYGIENE, SANITATION THE TOURNAMENT OF YOUTH. In combating a scarlet fever epidemic, the health officer finds one of his greatest handicaps in the popular belief that children need to have a certain number of "children's diseases." Characteristic of the careless, ignorant type of mother is Mrs. Burke, whose two small sons contract the disease. Then the little captain of the Crusade team of Grade 6-B tells him a way to prevent epidemics of children's diseases. He converts the president of the school board and Mrs. Burke to the new health movement, and the town plans for a Modern Health Crusade tournament during the following term, with every school competing, (p and d, Natl. Tuberculosis Assn.) EVERY WOMAN'S PROBLEMS. Intelligent care of the sick in the home is set forth in this film. Appreciating that her amateur methods of nursing are gravely detrimental to Aunt Mary's recovery, Mrs. Helpless seeks and finds an interesting solution to her problem. Of universal, homely appeal, this picture is of unquestioned value to every wife and mother. (p, Amer. Red Cross; d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) THE HOUSE FLY. The life-story of the common fly, showing its habits, its manner of propagating, and the way in which it transports deadly disease germs. Of value in biology courses and in community "clean-up" campaigns, (p and d, Carter Cinema.) WASTE DISPOSAL IN CITIES. A study, by motion picture, of the two principal methods employed for the safe disposal of city sewage. One system illustrates methods used by cities close to large bodies of water. Waste is stored in tanks until the tide goes out, and (hen discharged into the ocean. The other system illustrates the more elaborate method of purification through bacteriological action. Motion pictures follow the progress of city waste from pumping station to "trickling << PERSECUTION" A Screen Production of the most famous story THE BOOK OF ESTHER A story that has been read, preached and studied for generations, torically correct, with magnificent scenes and a cast of hundreds, gorgeously costumed. His The most dramatic, romantic, and poetical story in the greatest of all books, THE BIBLE. A stirring Sacred Scripture story told in seven reels. 806 South Wabash Ave. THE LEA-BEL FILM COMPANY Chicago, Illinois