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Educational Film Catalog (1940 Supplement) Educational Film Catalog 1940 the From the collection of o PreTingerslin Jjlibrary p San Francisco, California 2006 DIRECTIONS FOR USE Title: The title of the film is given as it appears on the film. If a film is known by other titles cross references are made in the index to the title given. Length: Length is given in minutes when obtainable. Otherwise number of reels is given. Width: Width is given by the figures 16 and 35 and the abbreviation "mm" is omitted as our collaborators agreed that it was unnecessary. Sound: Sound* films are indicated by the abbreviation "sd"; silent by "si". Stock: For the 35mm films inflammable is indicated by the abbreviation "f" and safety stock by "nf". Since all 16mm films are on safety stock these abbreviations have been omitted in the descriptions of these films. Price: Both sales and rental prices have been given in so far as possible. Omission of rental price in the main entry indicates that producer does not rent the film. "Loan" instead of price is indicative of a film sent free except for transportation charges. "Apply" instead of price has been used when rates and conditions vary and it is necessary to apply to producer for prices. Date: The copyright date is given when it was obtainable but in some cases the re- lease date is given instead. Producer: The producer or authorized distributor given is the one now owning or having access to the negative of the film. A list of producers and distributors is given at the end of this supplement. Distributor: The italic line following some of the entries tells where films may also be rented, giving information obtainable at time of going to press. Symbols are used for distributors' names, a key to which with full information on rates will be found at the end of this supplement. Guide: "Guide" is used to indicate the guide for the teacher with which many films prepared for educational purposes are accompanied. INDEX The first part of the Catalog is arranged alphabetically. All films included in the Catalog can be found here under title and subject. KEY TO SYMBOLS min minutes P primary si silent el elementary sd sound jh junior high f inflammable sh senior high nf safety c college R reel or reels trade trade school Guide Teaching help adult adult education * excellent film * ououtstanding film ORDERS FOR FILMS SHOULD BE SENT TO PRODUCER OR DISTRIBUTOR Standard Catalog Series Children's Catalog Annual cumulated supplements sent as published to purchasers of the main catalog Children's Song Index Costume Index Educational Film Catalog Continued by quarterly and annual cumulations Fiction Catalog In preparation Standard Catalog for High School Libraries Annual cumulated supplements sent as published to purchasers of the main catalog Standard Catalog for Public Libraries Annual cumulated supplements sent as published to purchasers of the main catalog Song Index Song Index Supplement Educational Film Catalog 1940 SUPPLEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION, 1939 A SELECTED, CLASSIFIED LIST OF 511 NON-THEATRICAL FILMS WITH A SEPARATE TITLE AND SUBJECT INDEX COMPILED BY DOROTHY E. COOK AND EVA RAHBEK-SMITH NEW YORK THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY 1940 Published October 1940 Printed in the United States of America PREFACE This is the first annual Supplement to the second edition of the Educational Film Catalog. It is a cumulated number containing all of the material of the January, April and July 1940 quarterly Supplements and some new material. For a complete up-to-date file you now need only the second edition, published in 1939, and this volume. All others may be discarded. Necessary corrections in prices, etc. have been made and films with- drawn from circulation by producers have been withdrawn from this catalog also. Although most of the films here listed have been viewed in our projection room, continuing with our practice of viewing all films which we began for the July Supplement, only a few of the notes used in the January and April Supplements have been changed because of the expense of making such changes. If the note used seemed inaccurate or inadequate, however, it was changed or augmented. Eighty-six books on films, photography, sound recording and related subjects are listed in the Book review section, page vii. The compilers and the H. W. Wilson Company again thank the col- laborators who have helped with advice and film reviewing. A list of those who checked the lists and helped in many ways is given on the following page. Thanks are also due to the producers and distributors who have been most cooperative in sending their films to us for our reviewing purposes and in keeping us well informed of their film activities. The clerical work has been capably done by Romaine Schneeloch and Ellen M. Mullen. October, 1940 Eva Rahbek-Smith Dorothy E. Cook Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2006 with funding from Microsoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/detaiis/40educationalfilmc00hwwirich COLLABORATORS The compilers gratefully acknowledge the assistance so generously given by the collaborators named below who have checked our tentative lists and shown their interest in this Catalog in numerous ways. B. A. AUGHINBAUGH John A. Hollinger Director of Visual Instruction Director, Department of Science Department of Education Pittsburgh Public Schools Columbus, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Harold B. Dale Baughman Jensen J. Visual Education Department Columbus University of Minnesota Ohio Minneapolis Eleanor D. Child Marguerite Kirk Supervisor Audio Visual Education Depart- Librarian, Department of Library and Vis- ment ual Aids Public Schools Board of Education Greenwich, Connecticut Newark, New Jersey H. L. Kooser Henry E. Childs Visual Instruction Service Supervisor Education Visual Iowa State College Department of Public Schools Ames Providence, Rhode Island William F. Kruse Robert Collier, Jr. Manager Films Division Director of Visual Instruction Bell & Howell Company South High School Chicago, Illinois Denver, Colorado Fred S. Montgomery Helen Eagle Secretary, Bureau of Visual Instruction University of Kansas Department of Library and Visual Aids Lawrence Board of Education Newark, New Jersey Mrs. Charles Joe Moore Chief, Bureau of Visual Instruction Wilber Emmert University of Texas Director of Visual Education Austin State Teacher's College E. T. Nichols Indiana, Pennsylvania In charge of Visual Aids H. B. GlSLASON University of Arizona Tucson Head of Department Department of Community Service Alan H. Nicol University of Minnesota Director, Visual Education Minneapolis Board of Education Buffalo, New York W. M. Gregory Rupert Peters Director of Visual Instruction Director of Visual Instruction City Schools Public Schools Cleveland, Ohio Kansas City, Missouri Emma Gutzeit Boyd V. Rakestraw fxtfxS'OM Assistant Director of Visual Education Director, Department of Visual San Antonio, Texas Instruction University of California Berkeley J. E. Hansen Chief, Bureau of Visual Instruction Grace Fisher Ramsey University of Wisconsin Associate Curator Madison American Museum of Natural History New York City Harry H. Haworth Etta Schneider Supervisor of Visual Education and Library Visualized Curriculum Series Pasadena City Schools 55 W. 42d Street Pasadena, California New York City W. Gayle Starnes J. C. Wardlaw In Charge of Visual Aids Director, Division of General Extension University of Kentucky University System of Georgia Lexington Atlanta David E. Strom J. Kay White Board of Education Principal, General Pershing School Minneapolis, Minnesota Berwyn, Illinois W. W. Whittinghill Joseph V. Sullivan Director, Department of Visual and Radio Visual Instruction Department Education Macombs Junior High School Board of Education New York City Detroit, Michigan Welden W. Taggart George Zehrung Director of Visual Education Director, National YMCA Motion Picture Ogden Senior High School Bureau Ogden, Utah New York City VI : of the Dept. of Physical Education and Athletics Films Withdrawn, 1940 were well acquainted with the value of films for teaching. Pictures of skilled tennis play- The following films listed in the main cata- ers, as well as film records of 'learners' in log, 1939 edition, have been withdrawn by the action were used. Excellent details are given regarding the camera equipment used, the producers plans and procedures in photographing, the Armies of health and disease 589.95 script used, and the camera technique." Edu- Explosives engineer. Bur. of cational screen mines 662.2 Forest Are fighters of the skies 634.92 AMERICAN association for health, physical Immigration 325.73 education, and recreation. National section In birdland 598.2 on women's athletics. Motion picture commit- Lost jungle 791.3 tee. Motion pictures in sports, comp. by E. New voice highways 621.385 M. Dear, L. S. Kjellstrom and J. E. Turnbull. New York World's fair, series 34p pa 25c 1939 The assn. A and B 606 "Valuable because it is an evaluated listing, Our inland waterways 386 with specific recommendations for teaching." Out of the silence 617.8 Educational screen Serving the community 595.77 /'An excellent annotated bibliography film Shenandoah national park 917.55 and list." News letter Start the music 658.8 Story of a Mexican gusher 665.5 Story of lead mining and milling 669.4 AMERICAN council on education. Motion pic- Story of lead smelting 669.4 ture project. Films on war and American Water birds 598.2 neutrality. 48p mimeo 25c 1939 The council, 744 Jackson PI, Washington, D.C. The following films listed in the 1940 Sup- "This is an annotated bibliography of twelve plements have been withdrawn by the pro- selected 16mm. sound motion pictures dealing with backgrounds of the present war situation ducers: and American neutrality. Publication of this Albert Einstein on cosmic ray 539.7 bibliography calls the attention of schools and Alexander Nevsky 947 colleges to the motion picture as a historical Alps of Saxony 796.5 document which has recorded in sound and Bears of Yosemite 591.5 pictures the words and action of statesmen and Business pulse of the nation 380 nations leading to the present wars in Europe Busy hands 680 and the Orient.
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