Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

230 Visual Education MINU/A Portable Screens 1 By their soft yet clear reproduction of your films, eliminate all of the eye strain so common in moving picture projection. Samples and literature upon request MINUSA CINE' SCREEN CO. ST. LOUIS. MO. ""World's Largest Producers of potion Picture Screens. (Enrmt Ittgltaij How to use it JOSEPHINE TURCK BAKER, Editor A Monthly Magazine — $2.50 The Year Send 10 Cents for Sample Copy to Correct English Publishing Company Evanston, Illinois SAFETY FIRST FILMS PAYING THE PRICE. An interesting stcTylesson plea to take care of the small cuts received in the minor accidents which are common occurrences in industrial plants. (rf, Travelers Insurance Co.) DANGER AHEAD. A Safety First film showing the danger of using glaring headlights on automobiles. (d, Natl. Non-Theat.) CARELESS AMERICA. A film on the common hazards of the automobile, from: the standpoint of both driver and pedestrian, showing the necessity of waging constant battle against our worst enemy — carelessness. (p, Firestone; d, Natl. Non-Theat.) THE MENACE. A fire prevention film illustrating the protection afforded by automatic sprinklers. 2 reels. (p, Natl. Automatic Sprinkler Assn.; d, Universal.) HURRY SLOWLY. A picture filmed on the streets of Detroit, showing how accidents happen to schcol children. (p and d, Ford Motor Co.) CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS. A film that pictures the dangers of the city streets and the means a playground affords for wholesome, safe recreation, 1 /2 reel. (p, Lewy; d, Kineto.) THE HIGH COST OF HURRY. This picture shows the ordinary accidents that happen every day — in the home, on the street, on street cars, etc. — and how these accidents may be avoided by thinking Safety First. 2 reels, (p and d, Carter Cinema.) FIRE PREVENTION. A film lesson which teaches that carelessness is the major cause of fires, with added glimpses of the training given to firemen, (p and il, Fox.) JUGGLING WITH LIFE. A Safety First film showing the dangers of city life, particularly with regard to auto and street-car accidents, (d, Harcol Film Co.) WHY ARE WE CARELESS? A film intended to reduce street accidents, showing motor vehicles scooting along the streets, men, women and children "jay-walking" and otherwise passing between them, and traffic officers doing their best to protect the careless public. It visualizes some of the ways in which a careless person may get hit by a street car; the dangers children run when playing games in the streets, and many ether ways in which people every day risk their lives. 2 *eels. (d, Boston Citizens' Com. en Conservation.) WHERE ARE YOUR CHILDREN? A graphic portrayal of the hazards run by children while playing in the streets. 2 reels. (P, Conn. Dept. of Motor Vehicles; d, Natl. Safety Council.) THE AFC OF SAFETY. Teaching Safety to boys and girls according to the methods used in the Detroit Public Schools. 2 reels. (p, Detroit Public Schools; d, Natl. Safety Council.) THE OUTLAW. An industrial Safety film. King Carelessness smuggles into a factory a group of mischievous imps— "Take-a-Chance," "I-Should-Worry," "Never Mind," "Didn't Think," "Horseplay," "Inattention," and others — to prompt workmen to do' foolish, dangerous things. They are successful for awhile, but 1hen begins the battle against the Outlaw and his despicable crew. Bit by bit the factory manager, safety engineer and workmen get control. 3 reels, (p, Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.; d, Natl. Safety Council.) WHAT A CARELESS HUNTER IN THE WOODS CAN DO. This reel shows a forest fire started by a careless hunter and the methods used by Government fire fighters to get it under control, (p and d, U. S. Dept. cf Agric.) WINGED GUARDIANS OF THE FOREST. Shows the work of airplanes and balloons in spoting fires; scouting for fires from March Field, Calif.; a fire is discovered; soldiers and forest rangers go to the rescue. (p and d, U. S. Dept. of Agric.) THE COST OF CARELESSNESS. Picturing a forest fire in one of cur national forests, and teaching a lesson in the care that mast be taken by campers to prevent fires, (p and d, Prizma.) THE FIERY LANCE. This film shows some of the causes of forest fires, and pictures an auto tour through the National Forest and across the Continental Divide, over the Cochetopa Pass Road, (p and d, U. S. Dept. of Agric.) FOREST RANGERS. Pictures the work of trained men employed by the Government as they fight a forest fire in the Rockies. (d, Kineto.) The Spirit — The Message "THE BROWN MOUSE" From the novel by Herbert Quick Drop us a card for full information about our big film library. HOMESTEAD FILMS 732 S. Wabash Ave. CHICAGO ILLINOIS COOLFONT Berkeley Springs, W. Va. July 19, 1923 Homestead Films, Inc., 732 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. Dear Mr. Thompson: I saw "The Brown Mouse" film yesterday. It comes closer to reproducing the real spirit of the story on which it is based and carrying the message of the book than any film I ever saw. I felt moved by it as one is moved by any effective piece of art. fours sincere ly. y^tr&v^St^a&c