Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

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March, 192 3 103 Baltimore Oriole Pictures — 7x9 inches Dodson Bird and Nature Pictures Send for them ! The loveliest color pictures in existence — made from the famous MUM FORD plates, accurate and authentic! Order these beautiful color pictures of the birds, flowers, fruit, ani. mals, minerals, etc. They create enthusiasm for the beautiful things of nature. You Ml need them this spring. Ideal for school-room or home. Send fifty cents for 17 pictures and complete list of 650. Joseph H. Dodson 912 Harrison St., Kankakee. 111. MR. DODSON IS FAMOUS AS THE ORIGINAL EIRD HOUSE MAN. MAGIC OF MOTIVE POWER. Picturing the evolution of transportation on land and sea since the year 1492, and showing the wonderful improvements that the centuries have brought. 2 reels, (d, Lea-Bel.) TENDER MEMORIES. ("Son of Democracy" series, Chapter 5.) Lincoln, leaving for the firing line near Washington, sees a soldier erecting a rude cross over his comrade's grave. The sight brings back to the President the memory of his own loved mother and her grave under the tree where they had spent so many wonderful hours and where her sweet influence made its imprint upon his character. 2 reels, (p, Benj. Chapin; d, Com. M. P. Serv.) BETSY ROSS. A patriotic drama of Revolutionary days, woven around the making of the first American flag. Alice Brady plays Betsy, and every care has been taken to insure the historical accuracy of settings, costumes and story. 5 reels, (d, Pilgrim Photoplay.) RAILROADS IN U. S. HISTORY. Motion pictures and animated graphs visualize the principal facts of the growth of our great railway systems and their economic significance. The film shows the earliest roads; rapid growth of mileage between 1828 and 1840; uniting of East and West by rail in 1869 ; development of the Southwest after the railroad came; comparative lack of transportation in the South during Civil War as a contributory factor to the outcome of the struggle; the close network of roads serving the nation today; service between mill and market, etc. Graphic charts show how growth in population and land values paralleled railway development. Motion pictures contrast old and new roadbeds, rails and locomotives, (p and d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) HOME ECONOMICS A MATTER OF FORM. The home demonstration agent, working through the Farm Bureau, helps the women of Pleasant View Community to do their own sewing. The making of dress forms; cutting and fitting; Mrs. Little's new clothes, and the praise they won at the community style show, (p and d, U. S. Dept. of Agric.) THE SUPREME LEGACY. An industrial film, intended for use as direct advertising propaganda, telling the story of the manufacture and use of Oleomargarine, (p, Morris & Co.; d, Worcester Film Corp.) MODERN MOVIE COOK BOOK— Nos. 1, 2, 3. The beginnings of a movie textbook in culinary art, intended for use in domestic science teaching. Each reel includes recipes for roasts, salads, pastry, etc., with famous chefs shown in the actual process of preparation of the dishes. 1 reel each, (/>, Urban; d, Kineto.) VISUAL EDUCATORS! "The Brown Mouse," by Herbert Quick, is our next release. Homestead Films, Inc., 7510 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, 111. THE STREAM OF LIFE "The Evangelistic Picture par Excellence." A Character-building picture for Young People. Write for list of Visual Instruction Pictures. TEMPLE PICTURES, Inc., 2309 Prairie Av., Chicago. MOTION PICTURE OUTFITS Motion picture machines for electric, mazda or calcium light at half price. 300 reels of fine films. including Fdncational. scenic, dramas and comedy. We buy, sell or exchange. Bargain lists. NATIONAL EQUIPMENT CO., 4US West wicnigan Street, Duluth. Minn. FOR SALE— BARGAIN DeVry machine with Power's Eewinders. Also three reels with 1,000 feet tryout film. Rev. L. C. Stumpf, Madison, III. In answering' advertisements will you please mention VISUAL EDUCATION? Many of our advertisers like to know the source of inquiries; so you will fee conferring1 a real favor oy so doing. HOW IT IS DONE WORLD'S RECORDS. An industrial film picturing the manufacture of ink, from the raw materials through the processes of bottling and shipping, (p, Carter's Ink Co.; d, Worcester.) THE STORY OF ALLOY STEEL. Introduced by an outline denning alloy steels and their uses. The film then traces the manufacture of alloy steel products, from the raw materials used to charge the open hearth melting furnace, to the final inspection and loading of the steel in cars. The picture was taken at the plant of the Interstate Iron and Steel Co. (p, Bur. of Mines and Dept. of Com.; d, U. S. Bureau of Mines.) HEADQUARTERS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT FILMS AIR AND ENERGY— $2.50 a reel The Air Pressure We Live In Peculiarities of the Air Science of Weather Prediction Mysteries of Snow Charting the Skies A Dew Fall Gravitation of LiQiiids The Birth of a Tornado A Big City's Water Supply ENERGY— $2.50 a reel Conditions of Heat Studies in Magnetism Wireless Telphony The Gasoline Engine How the Telephone Talks The Source of Energy Experiments in Light Waves Experiments in Sound Waves The Electric Bell THE EARTH— $2.50 a reel Coal Mining Turning Kansas Upside Down Through the Earth Kilauna, the House of Fire Putting Volcanoes to Work Origin of Coal Turning Waste Into Dollars Where Asphalt Comes From The Birth of the Earth The Glaciers of British Columbia Shooting the Snake Biver Kapids LIFE— $2.50 a reel Prehistoric Tar Traps The Sloth's Grandmother An Adventure in Tripoli Infusoria Two Inches of Fairyland Microscopic Revelations Eternal Nature Carnivorous Plants Outwitting the Ant Humming Birds Camera Studies of Wild Life Scientific Fish Farming Action of the Human Heart How We Breathe How We Hear How is Your Eyesight The Human Voice How Tou See An X-ray on Teeth Stung by Amos Quito The Scale of Mother Love Some Monsters of the Farm THE UNIVERSE— $2.50 a reel If We Lived in the Moon All Aboard for the Moon Hello Mars Eclipse of the Sun Comets The Astronomer's Workshop Tides and the Moon God of Storms THE SCIENCE OF LIFE— $4.00 a reel General Biology Protoplasm. The Beginning of Life Reproduction in Lower Forms of Life Reproduction in Higher Forms of Life Interdependence of Living Things Communicable Diseases How Plants and Animals Cause Disease How Disease is Spread How to Prevent Disease How the Mosquito Spreads Disease The Fly as a Disease Carrier Personal Hygiene Personal Hygiene for Young Women Personal Hygiene for Young Men General Personal Hygiene, 2 reels ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE— $4.00 a reel Running Gear and Differential, 2 reels The Engine, 2 reels The Carburetor The Fuel System and Ignition Ignition, 2 reels The Cooling System & The Clutch The Transmission, 2 reels The Brakes AGRICULTURE— $3.50 a reel Making Maple Sugar The Cultivation and Growth of Dates Oranges and Olives Milk as Food The Honey Bee The Banana INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY— $3.50 a reel Meat Packing Lumbering in the North Woods Salmon Fishing Oyster and Shrimp Fishing Iron and Steel REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE U. S— $3.50 a reel Panama and The Panama Canal The Nation's Capital lut. Rainier Niagara Falls The Rocky Mountains Yellowstone National Park The Yosemite Valley Grand Canyon of the Colorado River MISCELLANEOUS— $3.50 a reel The Development of Education in the U. S., 4 retls Out of the Christian College, 4 reels Microscopic View of Blood Circulation, 2 reels Your Mouth, 1 reel Development of Education, 1 reel Luther Burbank, 1 reel Brain Operation, 1 reel A Full Line of Patriotic, Juvenile, Literary, Clean Drama, and Comedy Subjects Always on Hand PILGRIM PHOTOPLAY EXCHANGE 736-742 SO. WABASH AVE., CHICAGO