Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

January, 19 2 4 29 APPLIED GOOD WILL That's the thing most needed in the world today if we are to achieve real Peace o: Earth. And that's the one big thing OUR WORLD stands for — the application o practical Good Will to the solution of world wees. See the Good Will number of Our World For January At all good newsstands -25 cents In that issue you will find "Our Treaty Makers and Brakers" as told to Elmer Davis by Walter J. Woof — the first of a most important series .entitled "Through the Looking Glass at Washington" which will contain close-up views of our statesmen in action and inaction with intimate studies showing how our foreign policies are made and unmade. The same issue will contain: "The American Peace Award" — Hew Bok planned and carried it through, by Esther E. Lape, with pictures of the Committee and the Judges. , "What the War Veterans Want" — An interview character sketch of new Commander Quinn of the American Legion, by Robert M. Field. 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The Houston Publishing Company 9 East 37th Street New York City tion picture closeups and panoramas visualize the origin of moraines, crevasses, "ice tables," glacial rivers, glacial valleys, etc. (p and d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) HEALTH AITS HYGIENE FORM. The kings of the diamond, the track and the gridiron demonstrate what is good form in each particular field. There is a wrong way and a right way to do it, and slow motion repeats a show up every movement, (d, Natl. Non-Theat.) WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE. A film showing the benefits of a regular and thorough health examination. Mr. Jones, the hero, decides to give the intelligent systematic care to his body that he had always given his automobile. The film brings out a working idea of what a thorough health examination should be. 2 reels. (rf. Metropolitan Life Insu. Co.) HOW WE BREATHE. Animated drawings show the formation of the human lungs and how they function in purifying the blood. (p, Bray; d, Pilgrim.) IN FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S FOOTSTEPS. Through the example of "The Lady with the Lamp," who laid the foundations of modern nursing in the bleak Barrack Hospitals of the Crimea more than seventy years ago, this reel shows the training of the Nurse of Today in classroom, laboratory, operating room and medical and children's wards. Enrollment in the American Red Cross after graduation makes a nurse eligible for military service, and the spirit of Florence Nightingale goes ever forward. It is a most effective and inspiring picture, (p, Am. Red Cross; d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) HISTORY THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. A film version of this famous battle between the North and South, showing the strategy of the Generals of both armies, Pickett's charge, Lincoln's notification of the North's victory and other scenes. An interesting love story is interwoven. 5 reels, (d, Lea-Bel.) LANDMARKS OF OUR FOREFATHERS. A group of historical scenes showing the first settlements of English speaking people in the Western Hemisphere. (p and d. Pathe.) SCENES OF JAPAN'S EARTHQUAKE. A general view of the stricken city, showing miles upon miles of ruins, scenes from the roof of the Imperial Hotel, refugees looking for the site of homes, trains loaded with refugees. Tokvo as it was, and as it is now. (p and d, Pathe.) CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD. A reel showing the points of interest on this historical field; such as, Little River Falls, Old Man of the Mountain, Umbrella Rock, and Point Lookout, (d, Natl. Non-Theat.) HOME ECONOMICS FROM TRAP TO CAN. A reel showing the salmon industry of Puget Sound. A salmon trap. Bringing ' in a catch, bringing fish to the cannery, automatic fish dressing, cutting and canning fish, weighing, and cooking. How cans are labeled. (d, Indiana Univ.) CASSINA. This drink used by the aborigines has been developed by specialists of the Department of Agriculture into a new beverage product with properties similar to those of tea and coffee. (p and d, U. S. Dept. of Agric.) MANUFACTURE OF CHEESE. A picture showing the value of cheese as a food and how it is made. We learn that one ounce of cheese equals: 2 ounces of meat, one egg, and one glass of milk. Several delicious dishes containing cheese are pictured, and recipes given. (p and d, Armour and Co.) THE TALK OF THE TOWN. An advertising film including a charming little story, and showing the processes of bread making employed in a modern bakery. The loaves are automatically wrapped and put into the delivery wagons. (d, Worcester.) HOW IT IS DONE TWENTY CENTURIES O F SHORTHAND. An interesting educational film picturing the story of shorthand as told by John Robert Gregg. It brings out the fact that shorthand was used a way back in the time of Julius Caesar, and possibly before that time. In the early history of our own country, we learn that Roger Williams was a shorthand writer, so also were Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. The most not^d of recent-day writers of shorthand is perhaps Woodrow Wilson who makes constant us.= of it. (P and d. Gregr Pub. Co.) FROM FOREST TO FIRESIDE. This is an advertising film, starting with scenes in the Maine woods. It pictures the important steps in the manufacture of paper to the printing and assembling of the Youth's Com^nnion. It ends with some interesting scenes illustrating the tvpes of stories found in this publication. (p, Youth's Campanion ; d , Worcester Film Corp.) MIMU/A Portable Screens Not only pay for themselves through the saving in electricity, but also give better projection while doing so. Samples and literature upon request MINUSA CINE SCREEN CO. ST. LOUIS. MO. '"World's Largest Producers^ Motion Picture Screens. MEXICO AND ITS OIL. A fine industrial, characterized by beautiful photography, showing views of the oil fields, prospecting, drilling, gushers, salt wells, transports, pipe lines, and remains of old Spanish efforts, (p, Ford ; d, Iowa State Col.) HANDLING AND STORING GRAIN IN THE LARGEST GRAIN ELEVATOR IN THE WORLD. Showing how the grain is received, stored, mixed and shipped. Wheat, corn, rye, oats and barley are handled in this elevator. 2 reels, (p and d, Harcol.)