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1964-1966 LANGUAGE ARTS FILMS

VISUAL AIDS SERVICE

DIVISION OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

^ rD 15 1965 ILLINOIS i UNIVERSITY OF All of us engaged in the business of education are aware of the new tools developed to help us do our job more efficiently and effectively. We are certainly aware of the increased enrollments in our classrooms and the increasing amount of subject matter we are expected to teach. I firmly believe that only as we learn to use these new educational tools expertly in the classroom will we be able to adequately meet the increasing demands placed upon us. One of the most valuable new educational

is picture. It has been STANLEY C. ROBINSON tools the motion DEAN OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION with us long enough to be properly evalu-

ated and its worth determined. However,

we must remember it is only a teaching tool and must be used well by the teacher in

order to produce the results of which it is capable. To this end, I suggest that every school should own copies of the leading audio-visual texts and subscribe to one or more of the leading periodicals. In addition

to this, I would urge that teachers be en- couraged to take training in audio-visual utilization either in summer school or through extension courses. We all hope that the end results of our teaching efforts are students who have gained knowledge and comprehension of

the subject matter we teach. There is a much better chance of success if we use as teaching tools those with which the students are familiar. The Visual Aids Service at the University of Illinois has one of the largest and finest collections of educational films available on a rental basis. Each year many new titles and additional prints are added so that a constantly higher percentage of requests can be filled. In order to help us give you the best service possible, I urge you to follow the directions given in the opening pages of this catalog. :

HOW TO USE THIS CATALOG

This language arts film catalog is one of a series of subject-area cata- logs being published by the Visual Aids Service of the University of

Illinois, and replaces any previous listing of language arts titles avail-

able for rent from the University. Language arts films suitable pri-

marily for the lower grades are included in a separate catalog titled

Primary and Intermediate Films, covering all subjects for kindergarten

through grade six. Foreign language films are now listed in a separate catalosr also.

For specific subject areas included in this catalog, see "List of Subject

Headings," page 7. For film titles on specific topics, see "Subject Index of Films," page 8.

Beginning on page 14, film descriptions are listed alphabetically by title. All films are 16mm. size. In addition to a description of the film's content, the following information is given

1. Sound or silent. The few silent films are so indicated by the word

"silent" in parentheses immediately following the title. All other films have sound tracks and must be projected on a 16mm. sound projector.

2. An abbreviation of the name of the producer, sponsor, and /or

national distributor of the film in parentheses following the title.

If two abbreviations are separated by a semicolon, the second is the national distributor of the film. A key to the abbreviations begins on page 51.

3. Recommended audience levels: k — kindergarten; p — primary;

i — intermediate; — junior high; h — high school; c — college; j a — adult; general — intermediate through adult; mr — mentally retarded.

4. Running time, in minutes.

5. Black and white or color. For some titles, both versions are available.

6. Rental rate for basic rental period: one to five consecutive weekdays (Monday through Friday). The abbreviation "N.C." in place of a rental rate means "no charge."

7. Use restrictions. Films leased from Teaching Film Custodians, for example, are restricted to classroom use, as indicated at the end of the film description.

1 No film listed in this catalog may be televised without the express consent of the producer or national distributor of the film. For permission to televise, please contact the producer, not the Visual Aids Service.

TO SECURE F!LMS

Rental Rates

Films may be rented from one to five consecutive weekdays (Monday through Friday) at the basic rental rate listed for each film. Extended rental rates are computed as follows:

Two school weeks 1 .5 x basic rental Three school weeks 2.0 x basic rental Four school weeks 2.5 x basic rental

Booking Procedure

Bookings are made for only a two-day period unless otherwise re- quested. Please specify exactly the desired rental period. It is too late to extend dates after a booking has been completed. We receive many requests which unknowingly include weekends or holiday periods. Please check your calendar very carefully when working out a schedule. Also remember that films must be returned no later than the day following the last scheduled use date. This means that films booked Monday through Friday should be returned no later than Saturday.

Order each film by complete title exactly as listed in this catalog.

In case there are several identical film titles, include the abbreviation given in parentheses after the title you desire.

The Visual Aids Service feels that your film program will benefit if you grant us permission to substitute another title when the film you request is not available. The film substituted would be one with similar content and grade placement; in many instances it will also be a newer film. Give alternate use dates if possible. Often the shift of a few days or a week will make a film available for your use. If films are available in both black and white and color, please indicate your preference.

Note: We do not substitute titles or use dates without your permission.

Please give specific mailing and billing instructions, including such items as name of school, board of education, or audio-visual depart- ment; district number or name; location; and ZIP code number.

Order on our booking request form if possible. If you use your own

letterhead, please double space -— it speeds up service. Our forms may be had on request. Please list films in chronological order (in order of date of use) — it also speeds up service.

When you receive our confirmation of your order, please check it against your original order and notify us if you find any discrepancies.

Unless otherwise instructed, we ship your film order by parcel post.

In case you need faster service than parcel post, we recommend that you request "Special handling," not "Special delivery."

TO CANCEL BOOKINGS A request for the cancellation of a film booking must be received by the Visual Aids Service at least five days before the shipping date indicated on the confirmation of the order. Only under this condition is a cancellation of charges allowed.

If a film is not received in time to be used on its scheduled dates, please notify us within ten days so that you are not invoiced for the film you could not use.

Films reserved for a "will call" and not picked up are returned to circulation the following day, but charges are not cancelled.

TO RETURN F!LMS

Please use the return labels which are included in the shipping carton.

They are gummed, although it may not seem so. Customers do not need to insure films for return shipment.

LATE RETURNS

Bookings are made on the premise that films will be returned promptly following the last scheduled use date. If the Visual Aids Service is forced to cancel a subsequent booking because a film is held overtime without permission, the cancellation charges are added to the bill sent to the customer holding the overdue film. Again, in case of a late return, we recommend the use of "Special handling."

ACCOUNTS

In most cases, you will be billed when the last film on an order has been shipped to you. However, if your order to us covers several months and totals $200 or more, you will be billed monthly for the films used. If you prefer to be billed annually, semiannually, or quar- terly, this can be arranged.

You will receive from the University of Illinois Business Office three copies of each invoice, a statement of the account, and an IBM card showing the amount you owe. Whenever you make a payment, be sure to state which invoice is covered by your check and return a copy of the invoice and the IBM card with your remittance. Do not mail :

them to the Visual Aids Service. All accounts are handled directly by the University of Illinois Business Office.

RENTAL RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

Occasionally it is necessary to change a film rental rate because the purchase price changes, there is a change from black and white to color, or the reverse, or previously sponsored films must now be purchased.

Please check the rental charges on the confirmation sheet. Feel free to inquire about any that do not conform to rates listed in this catalog.

FILM DAMAGE

Customers are not charged for film damage unless it is to a previously undamaged film. All other damage is absorbed by the Visual Aids Service.

GREEN FILM Occasionally you may receive a brand new print of a film which con- tinually loses the lower film loop as it is projected. The best remedy for a "green" film is to hold a silicone cloth lightly on both surfaces of the film as it comes from the upper reel into the projector. If this does not correct the trouble, do not continue to project the film. Forc- ing a green film through a projector will result in serious and extensive film damage. Instead, please return the unprojected film to us with an explanation of the difficulty, so that we can remedy it and cancel the charges to you.

CARE OF FILMS

The following pointers on film care prolong film life and make it possible for us to serve all customers better

1. Keep projectors clean at all times. Don't allow dirt to accumulate in the projector aperture. Always use a soft cloth, clean brush, or orangewood stick to clean deposits from the aperture plate — never use any metal tool which will scratch the smooth surface of the plate.

2. Thread the film into the projector properly. Be sure that the film

is engaged on every sprocket wheel and that the proper film loops have been allowed both above and below the aperture gate.

3. If possible, turn the projector mechanism by hand or with very short running periods to check the threading and to be sure that

everything is operating correctly.

4. Check the condition of the film occasionally during the showing by letting your fingers ride lightly on the sprocket-hole edge of the film :

as it passes from the projector to the takeup reel. If the film feels

at all rough, check the same way near the upper reel, to see if the

damage is being caused in the projector. If the image on the screen jumps, a clattering noise develops, or punctures appear anywhere on the film, stop the projector immediately and locate the cause of the trouble.

5. If the film should become damaged or an old splice should come apart, return the film with an explanatory note indicating the location of the trouble. Please don't patch the film with tape, paper

clips, or pins!

6. Use practice film when training projectionists or when checking a faulty projector. Visual Aids Service furnishes practice film free of charge, on request.

HINTS FOR EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF FILMS

If you have not had the opportunity of taking an audio-visual course, you may find that the following suggestions help you in preparing to use a film with maximum effectiveness

1. Prepare yourself

a. Preview the film and/or study the printed guide

b. Determine objectives to be reached by the use of the film

c. Develop questions for discussion following the showing d. Plan for and anticipate follow-up activities.

2. Prepare the class

a. Explain why the film is being shown and what specific points students are to look for

b. Discuss briefly the questions which will be discussed following the showing

c. Present necessary vocabulary

d. If the film uses special photographic techniques or anything else which might cause confusion, explain adequately but not in such

detail that the novelty or freshness is destroyed.

3. Show the film under the best possible conditions

a. Set up all necessary equipment ahead of time if possible b. Be familiar with the equipment

c. Check the room for ventilation and darkening d. Check the seating arrangement for good visibility of the screen

e. Check the location of the speaker for good sound quality.

4. Follow-up

a. Discuss previously raised questions b. Discuss new questions and students' reactions c. Decide on further work, a reshowing of the film, or any other appropriate reinforcement of the film presentation d. Keep a record of the general suitability of the film, suggested changes in presentation, or other helpful notes.

5. Return the film promptly and in its original condition.

AUDIO-VISUAL TRAINING

The Visual Aids Service offers, on a request basis, a visitation and consultation service, primarily for schools, to assist in planning and developing audio-visual programs. A staff member can visit a school or community briefly to assist with such problems as in-service teacher training, selection of audio-visual materials and equipment, budget, starting an audio-visual program, cataloging materials owned by the school system, etc. It is also possible to organize an extension class in the use of audio-visual materials. Letters of inquiry are invited.

THOMAS BOARDMAN, Director VISUAL AIDS SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DIVISION OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 61822 LIST OF SUBJECT HEADINGS

AUTHORS MOTION PICTURE APPRECIATION BIOGRAPHY NEWSPAPERS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA RADIO BROADCASTING TECHNIQUES DISCUSSION READING DRAMA RHETORIC DRAMA — TECHNIQUES SEMANTICS ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPEECH FOLKLORE STORIES LIBRARIES AND BOOKS LITERATURE, AMERICAN STUDY SKILLS LITERATURE, ENGLISH TELEVISION LITERATURE, GENERAL VOCABULARY LITERATURE, WORLD WRITING \

See following pages for film titles within each category. SUBJECT INDEX OF FILMS

AUTHORS BIOGRAPHY

American Literature: Revolutionary Times Abraham Lincoln: A Study in Greatness, Part 1 — Lincoln's Youth American Literature: The Realists Abraham Lincoln: A Study in Greatness, Arnold Toynbee (Wisdom Series) Part 2 — The Illinois Years Carl Sandburg (Wisdom Series) Abraham Lincoln: A Study in Greatness, Carl Sandburg at Gettysburg, Part 1: Part 3 — The War Years Facts About the Civil War Booker T. Washington Carl Sandburg at Gettysburg, Part 2: The Churchill — Man of the Century Gettysburg Address and Lincoln the Man Discovery of Radium (You Are There) Carl Sandburg Discusses His Work Final Hours of Joan of Arc (You Are There) Carl Sandburg Discusses Lincoln George Washington Carver Charles Dickens: Background for His Works Helen Keller in Her Story Chaucer's England Lincoln Series, Part 1: The End and the Dickens Chronicle, Parts 1 and 2 Beginning Edgar Allan Poe: Background for His Works Lincoln Series, Part 2: Nancy Hanks English Literature: Chaucer and the Lincoln Series, Part 3: Growing Up Medieval Period Lincoln Series, Part 4: New Salem Hamlet, Part 1: The Age of Elizabeth Lincoln Series, Part 5: Ann Rutledge Hawthorne and Whittier Lincoln Speaks at Gettysburg Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Madame Curie Holmes, Emerson, and Thoreau Stanley Finds Livingstone (You Are There) James Fenimore Cooper Story of Dr. Carver John Greenleaf Whittier Theodore Roosevelt (Biography Series) Life of Emile Zola Thomas Alva Edison (Biography Series) Longfellow and Lowell Louisa May Alcott COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA Mark Twain (Biography Series) The Alphabet (Milestones in Writing Series) Mark Twain (Strange As It Seems) Bridges for Ideas Mark Twain: Background for His Works of Its Development Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer Communication: Story Communication in the Modern World Mark Twain Gives an Interview Does It Matter What You Think? Mark Twain's America, Parts 1 and 2 Federal Government: The Federal Mark Twain's Mississippi Communications Commission Master Will Shakespeare Freedom of the Press Memories of Shakespeare Freedom To Read The Novel: Early Victorian England and Charles Dickens History of Writing

Oedipus Rex, Part 1: The Age of Manuscripts (Milestones in Writing Series) Sophocles Paper (Milestones in Writing Series) Oliver Wendell Holmes Papyrus (Milestones in Writing Series)

Robert Frost (Wisdom Series) Pictographs (Milestones in Writing Series) Romance of Robert Burns Printing (Milestones in Writing Series) Tragedy of John Milton (You Are There) Writing Through the Ages W. B. Yeats — A Tribute See also Drama — Techniques; Libraries and Walt Whitman: Background for His Works books; Motion picture appreciation; Newspa- broadcasting; Speech; Television; Washington Irving pers; Radio Writing William Shakespeare William Shakespeare: Background for DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES His Works Wordsworth Country Discussion in Democracy Discussion Technique Oedipus Rex, Part 4: The Recovery of Oedipus Getting the Facts Othello (epc) How Not To Conduct a Meeting Othello (uw) How To Conduct a Discussion Romeo and Juliet How To Conduct a Meeting Shakespeare's Theater Learn Effectively To Argue Shakespeare's Theater: The Globe Learning from Class Discussion Playhouse

Let's Discuss it Shaw's Pygmalion Mr. Chairman Twelfth Night Organizing Discussion Groups Winter's Tale

Parlimentary Procedure (c) Parlimentary Procedure (nfbc) DRAMA — TECHNIQUES Room for Discussion Acting Problems Speech: Conducting a Meeting Building a Set Speech: Group Discussion Character Make-Up for Men Color and Light (Stage Techniques) DRAMA Curtain Time Antony and Cleopatra Directing a Play

Antony and Cleopatra (Act III, Scene 13) Four Ways to Drama Classical Greece: Greek Lyric Poetry Make-Up — Straight and Old Age Final Performance of Sarah Bernhardt Make-Up for Boys (You Are There) Make-Up for Girls

Hamlet, Part 1 : The Age of Elizabeth Make-Up for the Theater Hamlet, Part 2: What Happens in Hamlet Making Theatrical Wigs Hamlet, Part 3: The Poisoned Kingdom Masks Hamlet, Part 4: The Readiness Is All One Way To Build a Flat Humanities, Part 1: What They Are and Showtime What They Do Stage Make-Up: Youthful Roles Humanities, Part 2: The Theater — One of Stagecraft: General Scenery Construction the Humanities Stagecraft: Scenery Frame Construction Humanities, Part 3: Our Town and the Universe Stagecraft: Scenery Painting Stagecraft: Stage Lighting Humanities, Part 4: Our Town and Ourselves Theory of Make-Up for the Theater

Julius Caesar (bis) Julius Caesar (mcgh) ENGLISH LANGUAGE

King Lear (Act I, Scene 4) American Spoken Here Literature Appreciation: How To Read Articulatory Movements in the Production Plays of English Speech Sounds, Part 1: Lower Depths Consonants Articulatory Movements in the Production Macbeth (bis) of English Speech Sounds, Part 2: Macbeth (chd; uw) Vowels Midsummer Night's Dream (Act V, Scene 1 English Language: Story of Its . . . Pyramus and Thisbe) Development Midsummer Night's Dream (Acts I, II, III Principles and Methods of Teaching a . . . Lovers' Scenes) Second Language, No. 1: The Nature

Midsummer Night's Dream: Introduction of Language and How It Is Learned to the Play Principles and Methods of Teaching a Oedipus Rex, Part 1: The Age of Second Language, No. 2: The Sounds Sophocles of Language Oedipus Rex, Part 2: The Character of Principles and Methods of Teaching a Oedipus Second Language, No. 3: The Oedipus Rex, Part 3: Man and God Organization of Language ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Cont'd) Hawthorne and Whittier Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Principles and Methods of Teaching a Second Language, No. 4: Words and Holmes, Emerson, and Thoreau Their Meanings House of Seven Gables Principles and Methods of Teaching a Humanities, Part 3: Our Town and the Second Language, No. 5: Modern Universe Techniques in Language Teaching Humanities, Part 4: Our Town and Shaw's Pygmalion Ourselves James Fenimore Cooper FOLKLORE John Greenleaf Whittier Carl Sandburg (Wisdom Series) Lady or the Tiger? Folk Songs of America's History Legend of Sleepy Hollow Folklore Research (The Search) Longfellow and Lowell Images medievales (English narration) Louisa May Alcott Johnny Appleseed: A Legend of Frontier Man Without a Country (wb) Life Man Without a Country (ya) of Appleseed Legend Johnny Mark Twain (Biography Series) Loon's Necklace Mark Twain (Strange As It Seems) Earth Spirit of the Mark Twain: Background for His Works Tall Tales Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer American Ballads Three Mark Twain Gives an Interview

Mark Twain's America, Parts 1 and 2 LIBRARIES AND BOOKS Mark Twain's Mississippi

The Book Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (c) Books Mr. Christian Seizes the Bounty (You Books for Everyone Are There) Carpet Under Every Classroom Mutiny on the Bounty Freedom To Read New England: Background of Literature Help Yourself Oliver Wendell Holmes Impressionable Years (American Children Perfect Tribute and the Public Library) Robert Frost (Wisdom Series) It's Your Library Tell-Tale Heart Know Your Library (Second Edition) Walt Whitman: Background for His Works Library Organization Washington Irving Library Story Making Books LITERATURE, ENGLISH

New Chapters Alice in Wonderland Antony and Cleopatra LITERATURE, AMERICAN Antony and Cleopatra (Act III, Scene 13) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Assassination of Julius Caesar (You American Literature: Colonial Times Are There) American Literature: Early National Period Charles Dickens: Background for His American Literature: Revolutionary Times Works Dickens Christmas American Literature: The Realists Charles Chaucer's England American Literature: The Westward Movement Christmas Carol Arrowsmith Christmas Carol (Scrooge) Carl Sandburg Discusses His Work David Copperfield: The Boy Carl Sandburg Discusses Lincoln David Copperfield: The Man

Edgar Allan Poe: Background for His Dickens Chronicle, Parts 1 and 2 Works England: Background of Literature Good Earth (Second Edition)

10 English Inns Shakespeare's Theater: The Globe English Literature: Chaucer and the Playhouse AAedieval Period Shaw's Pygmalion

English Literature: The Eighteenth Century Story Tellers of the Canterbury Tales

English Literature: The Elizabethan Period Tale of Two Cities English Literature: The Romantic Period Tales from Dickens: A Christmas Carol Tales English Literature: The Seventeenth from Dickens: David and Century Mr. Micawber Tales from Dickens: Miss Havisham English Literature: The Victorian Period Tales from Dickens: Mr. Pickwick's Great Expectations Dilemma Hamlet, Part 1: The Age of Elizabeth Tales from Dickens: Uriah Heep Hamlet, Part 2: What Happens in Hamlet Treasure Island Hamlet, Part 3: The Poisoned Kingdom Twelfth Night (Act II, Scene 5) Hamlet, Part 4: The Readiness Is All W. B. Yeats — A Tribute How Green Was My Valley William Shakespeare Jane Eyre William Shakespeare: Background for Julius Caesar (bis) His Works

Julius Caesar (mcgh) Winter's Tale (Act V, Scene 3) Kidnapped Wordsworth Country

King Lear (Act I, Scene 4) Lady of the Lake: Background for LITERATURE, GENERAL Literature Humanities, Part 1: What They Are Literature Appreciation: English Lyrics and What They Do Lost World Let's Read Poetry Macbeth (bis) Literature Appreciation: How To Read Macbeth (chd; uw) Essays Master Will Shakespeare Literature Appreciation: How To Read Novels Memories of Shakespeare Literature Appreciation: How To Read Midsummer Night's Dream (Acts I, II, III Plays . . . Lovers' Scenes) Literature Appreciation: How To Read Midsummer Night's Dream (Act V, Scene I Poetry . . . Pyramus and Thisbe) Literature Appreciation: Stories Midsummer Night's Dream: Introduction to the Play The Novel: The Novel — What It Is, What It's About, What It Does Mystery of Edwin Drood The Sea: Background for Literature The Novel: Early Victorian England and Charles Dickens LITERATURE, WORLD The Novel: Great Expectations I Anna Karenina The Novel: Great Expectations II Othello Classical Greece: Greek Lyric Poetry France: Background for Literature Othello (Act III, Scene 3) Last Painter and Poet: In Time of Pestilence; The Lesson The Pythoness Les Miserables Painter and Poet: John Gilpin Russians: Insights Through Literature, Painter and Poet: Winter Garden; Sailor's Parts 1 and 2 Consolation; Check to Song Pride and Prejudice MOTION PICTURE APPRECIATION Rime of the Ancient Mariner Alchemist in Hollywood Romeo and Juliet Animated Cartoons: The Toy Scotland: Background for Literature That Grew Up (Second Edition) Art Director (Behind the Scenes) Shakespeare's Theater Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studio

UMVCriCITY OF 11

ILLINOIS LIBRARY MOTION PICTURE APPRECIATION (Cont'd) Reading Improvement: Word Recognition Skills Biography of the Motion Picture Camera Speeding Your Reading Constitution and Censorship Visual Perception Research (The Search) Costume Designer See also Libraries and books; Semantics; Study Evolution of the Motion Picture skills History Brought to Life

Let's Go to the Movies RHETORIC

Making Films That Teach Better Choice of Words Moments in Music Building an Outline Movies Are Adventure Building Better Paragraphs AAovies Learn To Talk Describing an Incident Seeing Film, Film Literature On and Exact Small Things (The Quill Series) Actors Screen From Sentences to Paragraphs (The Quill Screen Director Series) Screen Writer Grammar: Verbs and Ways We Use Them Silver Shadows How To Write Effectively Sound Man How To Write Your Term Paper This Theater and You Improve Your Punctuation Understanding Movies Making Sense with Outlines Van Gogh: Darkness into Light Making Sense with Sentences Nouns and Verbs Versus Adjectives and NEWSPAPERS Adverbs (The Quill Series)

Colonial Printer Parts of Speech Democracy's Diary Punctuation — Mark Your Meaning Freedom of the Press Sentences: Simple, Compound, Complex

Newspaper Serves Its Community Sentences: Subject and Predicate Newspaper Story Something To Write About Style in Writing (The Quill Series) RADIO BROADCASTING Verbs: Principal Parts

Independent Commercial Radio Station Verbs: Recognizing and Using Them On the Air Watch That Quotation Radio Broadcasting Today Why Punctuate? Writing a Good Paragraph READING Writing Better Business Letters

Better^Reading Writing Better Social Letters Choosing Books To Read Writing Forceful Sentences, Part 1 (The Quill Series) Each One Teach One Writing Forceful Sentences, Part 2 High School Reading Training Films (The Quill Series) (silent)

How Effective Is Your Reading? SEMANTICS How To Read a Book (Second Edition) Do Words Ever Fool You? How To Read Newspapers Does It Matter What You Think? Improve Your Reading Eye of the Beholder Language of Graphs Getting the Facts Let's Read Poetry How To Give and Take Instructions Let's Try Choral Reading How To Judge Authorities Reading Improvement: Comprehension How To Judge Facts Skills Language and Communication (Debt to Reading Improvement: Defining the the Past Series) Good Reader Language Teaching (The Search) Reading Improvement: Effective Speeds Making Yourself Understood (Introduction Reading Improvement: Vocabulary Skills to Communication)

12 Of Men and Ideas, No. 1: Just What Is Lady or the Tiger? General Semantics? The Last Lesson Of Men and Ideas, No. 2: Do You Know Literature Appreciation: Stories To Make a Statement of Fact? How People Along the Mississippi Of Men and Ideas, No. 3: Why Do Tale of the Fiords People Misunderstand Each Other? Of Men and Ideas, No. 4: What Is a STUDY SKILLS Good Observer? Developing Imagination Of Men and Ideas, No. 5: On the Find the Information Difference Between Words and Things How To Concentrate Of Men and Ideas, No. 6: The Man Who

Knows It All How To Give and Take Instructions Production 5118 How To Judge Authorities Say What You Mean How To Judge Facts How To Prepare a Class Report SPEECH How To Take a Test

Articulafory Movements in the Production How To Write Your Term Paper of English Speech Sounds: Part I, Importance of Making Notes Consonants Improve Your Handwriting Articulatory Movements in the Production Improve Your Spelling of English Speech Sounds: Part II, Improve Your Study Habits Vowels Learning from Class Discussion Describing an Incident Look It Up (Dictionary Habits) Fundamentals of Public Speaking Making Sense with Outlines Getting Yourself Across Preparing Your Book Report Improve Your Pronunciation Propaganda Techniques Is There Communication When You Speak? Psychology for Living: Successful Larynx and Voice (Function of the Normal Scholarship Larynx) Speech: Effective Listening Let's Pronounce Well Let's Try Choral Reading TELEVISION Making Yourself Understood (Introduction Television in Your Community to Communication) Television Is What You Make It Public Speaking: Movement and Gesture Say What You Mean VOCABULARY Speech: Conversation Build Your Vocabulary Speech: Planning Your Talk Do Words Ever Fool You? Platform Posture and Appearance Speech: Reading Improvement: Vocabulary Skills To Do Speech: Stage Fright and What Reading Improvement: Word Recognition About It Skills Speech: The Function of Gestures Who Makes Words? Speech Speech: Using Visuals in Your Word Building in Our Language Speech: Using Your Voice Stuttering (The Search) WRITING Ways to Better Conversation The Alphabet (Milestones in Writing Your Voice Series) History of Writing STORIES Improve Your Writing Manuscripts (Milestones in Writing Series) Bear and the Hunter Paper (Milestones in Writing Series) Chairy Tale Papyrus (Milestones in Writing Series) Hunter and the Forest (A Story Without Penmanship Improver Words) Pictographs (Milestones in Writing Series) Johnny Appleseed: A Legend of Frontier Life Writing Through the Ages

13 FILM DESCRIPTIONS

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A STUDY IN GREATNESS, ALCHEMIST IN HOLLYWOOD (sps) PART 1 — LINCOLN'S YOUTH (frl) h-c-a 33 minutes bw: $3.35 general 18 minutes color: $6.00 Discusses the part chemistry has played in Uses the actual locations, with scenes of the improvement of quality and technique statues and memorials, to review the im- of motion picture photography. portant events in Lincoln's boyhood in

Kentucky and Indiana. Cites the influence ALICE IN WONDERLAND (par, edited by tfc) on Lincoln of the "blab school," the death i-j 37 minutes bw: $6.15 of his mother, and the teachings of his stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln. Concludes Abridged from the feature film. First gives detailed presentation in costume of with the Lincoln family's migration to Illi- a the leading characters of the photo- nois. Continuity is provided by the narra- book and tion and quotations from Lincoln's speeches. graphs of the actors and actresses who portray them. Scenes show Alice in her ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A STUDY IN GREATNESS, living-room examining the chessmen, com- menting on the rabbit, talking to the turtle PART 2 — THE ILLINOIS YEARS (frl) and the cat, and walking through the look- general 18 minutes color: $6.00 ing glass. After her trip down the rabbit Uses the actual locations, with scenes of hole, she takes the potion which makes her statues and memorials, to review the im- grow big and eats the cake which makes her portant events in Lincoln's life from the grow small. Closes with Alice small enough time he came to Illinois until his election to to go through the doorway which takes her the presidency. Shows the location of his into Wonderland. Restricted to classroom use. homes near Decatur and the village of New Salem. Describes his early political career, THE ALPHABET (MILESTONES IN WRITING his marriage, and his home in Springfield. SERIES) (use) Uses statuary to dramatize the Lincoln- Douglas debates. h-c-a 10 minutes color: $3.40 Points out that our alphabet had its early ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A STUDY IN GREATNESS, beginnings some 3,000 years ago among the PART 3 — THE WAR YEARS (frl) Phoenicians, who traded along the east general 18 minutes color: $6.00 coast of the Mediterranean Sea. From there, the Greeks passed it on to the Romans, Uses the actual locations, with scenes of who established the alphabet. Using chalk- statues and memorials, to review the im- board and poster, Dr. Frank Baxter traces portant events in Lincoln's life from his the letters A, B, C, and D from early election to the presidency to the return of Semitic meanings to the present Roman his body to Springfield for burial. Concludes letters. Also traces the development of with a view of Lincoln's tomb at Springfield. other letters.

ACTING PROBLEMS (ifb) AMERICAN LITERATURE: COLONIAL TIMES (c) h-c-a 10 minutes bw: $2.15 j-h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.35 Illustrates the acting problems in improvisa- color: $3.80 tion, character development, and tempo- rhythm through the characters in Mark Shows that the beginnings of literature in Twain's Tom Sawyer. Produced at the this country took the form of practical, Goodman School of Drama, Art Institute, useful documents, reflecting the wonders Chicago. of the new world, the hard pioneer life, and the deep religious faith of these people. ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (mgm, edited by tfc) AMERICAN LITERATURE: EARLY NATIONAL i-j-h 40 minutes bw: $8.00 PERIOD (c) An abridged version of the feature film j-h-c 10 minutes bw: S2.35 based on Mark Twain's book. Presents the color: $3.80 major episodes of the story: Huck's flight Presents the first real literature of America from home, his journey down the Mississippi — the writings of Philip Freneau, William with the runaway slave Jim, and their en- Cullen Bryan, and James Fenimore Cooper, counter with the fraudulent "King Louis who found their subjects in the native XVII" and "Duke of Bridgewater." Stresses scene, the natural beauty, the folk legends, loyalties, as well as the humor and pathos the humor, and the traditions which were of the story. characteristically American.

14 AMERICAN LITERATURE: REVOLUTIONARY ANNA KARENINA (mgm, edited by tfc) TIMES (c) h-c 40 minutes bw: $8.00 j-h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.35 An abridged version of the feature film based color: $3.80 on the Tolstoi novel, showing a Czarist Rus- Presents some of the important writings of sian society of the late nineteenth century. Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Describes the ill-fated romance of Anna Paine, and Thomas Jefferson; and con- Karenina with Count Vronsky and the -in- siders their impact on American life. evitable tragedy resulting from their defiance of convention. Restricted to classroom use.

AMERICAN LITERATURE: THE REALISTS (c) ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (pp; ya) j-h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.35 j-h-c-a 33 minutes bw: $5.85 color: $3.80 A professional cast presents a condensed Examines the writing of Upton Sinclair, version of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleo- Theodore Dreiser, Hamlin Garland, Stephen patra. Crane, Jack London, Booth Tarkington, and Sinclair Lewis; and associates the theme ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (ACT III, SCENE 13) of realism with many present-day American (chd; uw) novelists, poets, essayists, and dramatists. j-h-c 13 minutes bw: $2.80 AMERICAN LITERATURE: THE WESTWARD Shows the action after the quarrel between Caesar and Antony in Shakespeare's MOVEMENT (c) Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene 13. // minutes bw: $2.35 j-h-c Performed by the Old Vic Repertory Com- color: $3.80 pany. Explains how the people and themes of the westward movement have served as a source ARNOLD TOYNBEE (WISDOM SERIES) (nbc) of material for American writers from the h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $6.15 early nineteenth century to the present day. author of the ten-volume Scenes characteristic of the adventurous Arnold Toynbee, Study History, talks about the experi- spirit of the movement are combined with A of influenced his work. The quotations from the works of poets, his- ences that have famous British historian also describes the torians, and novelists. research and writing that went into his monumental summary of world history and AMERICAN SPOKEN HERE (jni discusses his philosophy of historical causa- j-h-a 10 minutes bw: $1.65 tion. Dramatizes the history of several slang expressions, showing their origin and how ARROWSMITH (mgm, edited by tfc) they came to be included in the American h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 classroom use. idiom. Restricted to An excerpt from the feature film based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. Tells the story ANDREW CARNEGIE (eb) of two doctors who develop a serum which j-h 19 minutes bw: $4.15 will afford immunity to bubonic plague, and their problems in testing the serum on Reviews the life of Andrew Carnegie from Restricted to classroom use. his poverty-stricken youth in Scotland to his human beings. leadership in American industry. Depicts ART DIRECTOR (BEHIND THE SCENES) (tcf; tfc) his trials and successes in railroading, through which he rose to head of the general 11 minutes bw: $1.65 world's greatest steel-producing system. Explains the work of the art director in the Outlines his many philanthropic activities production of a feature motion picture. after he realized the fulfillment of his Shows how motion picture sets are designed youthful dreams. and constructed, and indicates the research necessary to make them authentic. Re- ANIMATED CARTOONS: THE TOY THAT GREW stricted to classroom use. UP (off) ARTICULATORY MOVEMENTS IN THE PRODUC- j-h-c-a 20 minutes bw: $3.25 TION OF ENGLISH SPEECH SOUNDS, PART 1: Traces the efforts of men to reproduce CONSONANTS (usva) motion by use of animated drawings, show- color: ing the various kinds of machines used. c 25 minutes $7.15 Includes a complete performance of the Illustrates the production of speech through Praxinoscope. the use of animated drawings of the breath-

15 ing process and direct photography of the principles which lead to the effective choice movement of the laryngeal and articula- of words. She gains increasing proficiency tory structures. Movements of the lips, in communication by broadening her vo- mandible, tongue, velum, and pharyngeal cabulary, keeping clearly in mind what she constrictor muscles are shown in illustra- wants to say, and choosing her words for tions of oral continuant consonants, nasal her listeners. continuants, plosives, and affricatives commonly present in American speech. BETTER READING (eb)

ARTICULATORY MOVEMENTS IN THE PRODUC- j-h-c 13 minutes bw: $2.15 color: TION OF ENGLISH SPEECH SOUNDS, PART 2: $3.40 VOWELS AND GLIDES (usva) Tells the story of an intelligent high school whose work suffers from his slow read- c 26 minutes color: $7.15 boy ing habits. Portrays the methods used by a Uses live-action photography of the move- reading clinic in helping him to increase his ments of the laryngeal and articulatory reading speed, understanding, and vocab- structures to illustrate the production of ulary. vowels and their movements with glide sounds. Resonance is considered as a factor BIOGRAPHY OF THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA in speech intelligibility through samples of (aff) connected speech. h-c-a 20 minutes bw: $3.15 ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR (YOU Traces the early development of the motion THERE) (cbs) ARE picture camera. First efforts by Dr. Marey j-h-c 27 minutes bw: $5.65 of France and Edward Muybridge of the Portrays, by way of dramatization and doc- United States came as the result of curiosity umentary reporting, the background events about the movements of animals and human and the assassination of Julius Caesar. De- beings. Out of subsequent developments by scribes the resolution before the senate to Thomas Edison and Louis Lumiere came change Rome into a monarchy and to make the motion picture camera and projector. Caesar king, reveals the reactions to the pro- posal through interviews with Caesar's wife THE BOOK (eb) and various senators, and pictures the over- j-h-c-a 20 minutes bw: $3.15 hearing of the plot to assassinate Caesar. Shows the many talents and techniques that Shows the assassination as senators line up are combined in producing a book, includ- before Caesar to request special favors. ing the author's conception of the idea, research, and writing; his conferences with BEAR AND THE HUNTER (eb) a publisher; and the editing, printing, bind- i-j-h-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 ing, distribution, and sale of the book. Presents the story of a bear hunt in Lap- Filmed in Sweden. land, as photographed by Arne Sucksdorff. the Hunter his follow the Anund and dog BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (eb) trail of a great bear through forests, over i-j-h 19 minutes bw: $4.15 valleys and streams, and into the high mountains. When the bear injures the dog, Presents episodes which illustrate Booker T. Anund retreats in panic into the night, Washington's constant struggle to free his leaving the bear to survey its domain people from ignorance, poverty, and fear. proudly. Includes close-ups of many other Recalls his hardships in obtaining an edu- animals of the region. cation, his problems in building Tuskegee Institute, and his tragedies in private life. BEHIND THE SCENES AT WALT DISNEY STUDIO Includes part of his influential Atlanta (wdp) speech. general 26 minutes color: $9.15 A tour beyond the portals of Walt Disney's BOOKS (hop) fascinating workshop under Robert Bench- j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.95 ley's humorous guidance. Disney and his Reviews the origins of books and writing, staff of creative artists show how they give primitive drawings, hieroglyphics, and early life to the fabulous cartoon characters known inscriptions. Presents writings of Greece, the and loved the world over. Bible, Shakespeare, and modern books. Mod- ern methods of book production are illus- BETTER CHOICE OF WORDS (c) trated by an imaginary author and his book. j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.25 First shows the book in manuscript and then A high school girl is introduced to the in every state of publication until it finally

16 appears in the bookstalls and is reviewed in CARL SANDBURG (WISDOM SERIES) (nbc) the press. h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $6.15 Carl Sandburg, the American poet, biogra- BOOKS FOR EVERYONE (mep for usar) pher of Lincoln, and twice-winner of the h-c-a 10 minutes bw: $1 .65 Pulitzer Prize, plays his guitar and sings folk Shows how the manufacture and distribu- songs in a style no less familiar than his gift tion of millions of paper-bound books in the for poetry. He recalls some of his adventures United States makes every type of publica- as a newspaper reporter, and speaks with tion easily available to all for education and gentle eloquence of his lifelong dedication to entertainment. Prepared for use in overseas his writings on the life of Lincoln. occupied areas. CARL SANDBURG AT GETTYSBURG, PART 1: BRIDGES FOR IDEAS (use) FACTS ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR (cbs) h-c-a 24 minutes bw: $4.15 j-h-c-a 26 minutes bw: $5.35 Examines communications media as bridges Carl Sandburg comments on the Gettysburg for ideas. Shows the importance to the campaign of the Civil War and the meaning teacher, the student, and the citizen of an of the war to the nation. Some of the major understanding of the function and tech- engagements of the campaign are shown. niques of language, motion pictures, radio and television, fine arts, and other means of CARL SANDBURG AT GETTYSBURG, PART 2: communicating information and concepts. THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS AND LINCOLN THE Demonstrates means of utilizing the various MAN (cbs) media in classroom teaching. j-h-c-a 24 minutes bw: $5.35

BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY (c) Carl Sandburg discusses Lincoln, the members of his cabinet, and the creation and j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 meaning of the Gettysburg Address. Presents the value of vocabulary building by showing a businessman's disadvantage when CARL SANDBURG DISCUSSES HIS WORK (cbs; c) he is unable to express himself effectively. He learns to keep a personal vocabulary h-c-a 14 minutes bw: $3.15 notebook and to observe others' use of words Features an interview with Carl Sandburg carefully in order to build his vocabulary. by Edward R. Murrow in which they discuss He then meets social situations more success- Sandburg's philosophy and writings. In- fully. cludes his early life, his struggle to gain fame, and his feelings about his writings. BUILDING A SET (ifb) He reads selected passages from The People, h-c-a 9 minutes bw: $2.15 Yes and Remembrance Rock. The interview takes place in Sandburg's home, Connemara Shows the building of a stage set, step by Farm, North Carolina. step, from the designer's plans to completion.

(cbs; c) BUILDING AN OUTLINE (c) CARL SANDBURG DISCUSSES LINCOLN j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.35 Contrasts the work of two boys who are Features Carl Sandburg discussing his study preparing reports for their history class. One of Abraham Lincoln with Edward R. Mur- obtains good results by developing a working row. Sandburg discusses the Lincoln he outline and taking notes on cards, while the came to know intimately through his study of the other is confused and unsuccessful. The lat- and research. He tells of his use ter then determines to outline future papers. personal recollection of others, of his living in the Illinois countryside where Lincoln BUILDING BETTER PARAGRAPHS (c) spent his early years, and of the tremendous required his Pulitzer j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 amount of research on Prize-winning biography of Lincoln. Discusses the technique of writing coherent paragraphs. Uses examples of a class report CARPET UNDER EVERY CLASSROOM (mah) on one pupil's prize-winning dog to compare bw: the logical order of ideas in a good para- c-a 13 minutes $3.65 graph with the logical arrangement of a pic- Shows ways the library and librarians can ture story sequence. Emphasizes the need help to realize objectives of a secondary for beginning a paragraph with a topic sen- school. Presents the library as a resource tence, following it with a sequence of sup- center for students and teachers, and dem- porting ideas, and ending with a good clos- onstrates teacher-librarian cooperation. Gives ing statement. examples of reading guidance, work of pupil

17 assistants, exhibit planning, and guiding and CHOOSING BOOKS TO READ (c) developing interests of students. j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 A high school newspaper editor guides the CHAIRY TALE (nfbc) staff photographer in choosing library books general 10 minutes bw: $2.35 for his purposes. He reads a book on ele- Presents a simple ballet of a fairy tale of a mentary photography, one on composition, youth and a common kitchen chair, told a novel, and one on art. Emphasizes choos- without words, by Norman McLaren. The ing books according to one's purposes in young man tries to sit, but the chair declines reading. to be sat upon. The ensuing struggle, first for mastery, and then for understanding, CHRISTMAS CAROL (mgsn, edited by tfc) forms the story. The musical accompani- i-j-h-a 37 minutes bw: $6.15 ment is played on the stringed sitar and the Presents an abridged version of the Holly- drum-like tabla by India's Ravi Shankar wood film based on Dickens' novel. Re- and Chatur Lai. stricted to classroom use.

CHARACTER MAKE-UP FOR MEN (urn) CHRISTMAS CAROL (SCROOGE) (uw) h-c-a 17 minutes color: $5.40 10 minutes bw: $2.15 Animation shows the difference in facial i-j-h-a characteristics. An actor develops and ap- Probes the character of Scrooge in Charles plies his own make-up, demonstrating the Dickens' A Christmas Carol. application of the base, liner, highlights, powder, and beard. Shows the results under CHURCHILL — MAN OF THE CENTURY (bis) actual stage conditions. j-h-c-a 20 minutes bw: $4.40 Presents highlights of Sir Winston Church- CHARLES DICKENS: BACKGROUND FOR HIS ill's early life, Boer War Service, entry into WORKS (c) Parliament, and various ministerial offices, j-h-c 11 minutes bw: $2.15 including that of First Lord of the Admiralty color: $3.40 in World War I and again in World War II, Shows scenes of old parts of London, shops, before becoming Prime Minister. Shows his buildings, and rural districts that are re- meeting with Roosevelt and conferences at lated to the literary works of Charles Dick- Casablanca, Teheran, Yalta, and Potsdam. ens. Pictures also Dickens' residences and Concludes with the presentation of Graham haunts, and the dress, homes, and means of Sutherland's portrait of Sir Winston at his travel in Pickwickian days. Re-enacts some 80th birthday celebration. brief passages from his stories, and stresses his work as a social crusader for the welfare CLASSICAL GREECE: GREEK LYRIC POETRY (eb) of children. h-c 30 minutes color: $9.10 David Grene considers lyric poetry as an CHARLES DICKENS CHRISTMAS (eb) important aspect of classical Greek culture. minutes bw: $4.15 i-j-h-a 20 Includes a dramatization of a lyric chorus, Adapted from "A Good-Humored Christmas led by British actor John Neville. Chapter" in The Pickwick Papers, this film dramatizes the Christmas visit of Mr. Pick- COLONIAL PRINTER (cwi) wick and his friends to Dingley Dell Farm. j-h-c-a 30 minutes color: $6.90 In the large parlor, everyone responds to the the life of Peter cordial atmosphere, and above all to the Describes an episode in Williams- joyous capers of Mr. Pickwick, who excels Thompson, printer's apprentice, in 1775. the various jobs Peter in all the merrymaking. burg in Shows must learn, and pictures the other em- printer's including a CHAUCER'S ENGLAND (eb) ployees of the shop, journeyman and an indentured servant. h-c-a 30 minutes bw: $7.00 Dramatizes Peter's part in the discovery and Presents the conditions under which Chau- publication of the raid by British troops on originally told, cer's Canterbury Tales were the Williamsburg arsenal. and dramatizes in its entirety the tale told by the Pardoner. Shows the pilgrims re- COLOR AND LIGHT (STAGE TECHNIQUES) (uc) counting stories as they ride through the 7 minutes color: $2.65 English countryside. Gives general biograph- j-h-c-a ical data concerning Chaucer and his period, Animation is used to demonstrate the prin- and provides examples of the reading of ciples of additive and subtractive color Middle English, along with its translation. processes in relation to white light. The

18 principles are applied, as a summation, on censor materials on religious or sacreligious a model stage set. grounds. Closes with opposing views on censorship. COMMUNICATION: STORY OF ITS COSTUME DESIGNER (tfc) DEVELOPMENT (c) 10 minutes bw: $1.65 j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.35 h-c-a in movie is Traces the history of communications from Shows how each character a of the scene or primitive man to present-day techniques. attired to sustain the mood society, a country, Points out that both primitive man and to portray a segment of in accurate detail. Em- animals used only sounds to communicate; or an era of history phasizes skill, research, and sense of but, as man developed, written symbols and the go into the signs supplemented oral communications. appropriateness which must to transform a human Traces the history of the alphabet and the designing of costumes character." Re- development of paper and printing. Por- personality into a "screen use. trays the techniques used for long-distance stricted to classroom communications from the sending of mes- CURTAIN TIME (nfbc; eb) sages with travelers, use of special riders, 30 minutes bw: $5.15 and sailing ships to present techniques j-h-c-a utilizing telephones, radios, and television. Shows an amateur dramatics group as they The inventors that made these advances work to stage the play The Courting of possible are briefly discussed. Marie Jenvrin. Pictures casting, rehearsals, backstage preparations, and part of the COMMUNICATION IN THE MODERN WORLD (c) actual performance. 11 minutes bw: $2.35 i-j DAVID COPPERFIELD: THE BOY (mgm, edited by Shows how techniques of communication tfc) using sight and sound have overcome time j-h-c-a 42 minutes bw: $8.00 and distance, and points up the necessity version of the first for effective communications in the modern Presents a condensed Copper- world. Pictures a variety of means of part of the Hollywood film David Dickens' novel. In- communications, including spoken, gestural, field, based on Charles the seaside and conventional signs; and indicates how cludes his infancy, his visit to running into difficulties in they convey ideas. Contrasts older methods with Peggoty, his experiences in of communications and their limitations with his step-father's home, trip to Dover, pleasant rela- the modern mass media. Emphasizes the London, the of his aunt, his significant role of rapid communications in tionships at the home and commerce, government, public information, departure for school. Restricted to class- entertainment, and transportation. Indi- room use. cates that the modern world is bound to- DAVID COPPERFIELD: THE MAN (mgm, edited gether in a communications network which by tfc) brings individuals closer together. j-h-c-a 42 minutes bw: $8.00 CONSTITUTION AND CENSORSHIP (cucmc; net) Presents a condensed version of the second p'art feature film David Copperfield, h-c-a 30 minutes bw: $5.65 of the based on Charles Dickens' novel. Includes Deals with two court cases involving cen- David's return home after graduation from sorship on religious grounds and by gov- school, his trip back to London to begin his ernmental agencies — one involving "The career, his marriage and life with Dora, and Miracle" sequence from the film Ways of his final experiences in revealing the true Love and the other concerning religious nature of Uriah Heep. Restricted to class- soliciting in Connecticut by a minister of room use. Jehovah's Witnesses. The origins of censorship in England are reviewed and related DEMOCRACY'S DIARY (rko) to their influences on American law. Ex- j-h-c-a 18 minutes bw: $3.85 plains previous legal decisions that during the organization of The New York the historical development of the motion Shows Times and the vast interrelationships of the picture have excluded it from the protec- numerous departments. Illustrates the meth- tion of the First Amendment to the Consti- for giving up-to-the-minute news, and tution. Traces the legal proceedings and ods stresses the need for a free press. precedents involved in the banning of "The Miracle" and the eventual reversal of the DESCRIBING AN INCIDENT (c) ban. Through the case of Cantwell et al. vs. 9 minutes bw: $2.15 Connecticut the court's decision stated that j-h governments do not have the power to Dramatizes the interesting and uninteresting

19 ways of telling a story. The incident is discussion and those of a mere argument. A actually pictured as one girl tells it well, in typical group of students learn, through contrast to another girl's earlier telling of expert advice and their own experiences, the same incident in a halting and ineffec- the relationship of organized discussion to tive manner. a democratic society — and they develop a three-fold program for the leader and the

DESK FOR BILLIE, PARTS 1 AND 2 (nea) participants in any discussion, involving planning, personalities. h-c-a 60 minutes bw: $8.40 preparation, and Dramatizes the true story of Billie Davis, DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE (usdd) child of migrant parents, who struggled to acquire an education in spite of the nomadic h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $4.00 existence of her family and the series of Shows how to conduct a discussion by the schools she attended. Dramatizes her prob- forum, panel, symposium, debate, confer- lems of acceptance and adjustment and the ence, and committee techniques; and how help given her by the parents and teachers to stimulate independent thinking and free in various public school systems. interchange of ideas among enlisted personnel of the armed forces. DEVELOPING IMAGINATION (c) h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.15 DO WORDS EVER FOOL YOU? (e) Stresses the importance of imagination in i-j 10 minutes bw: $2.15 the appreciation of music, art, and literature, Three elementary pupils learn that everyone and in creative activities. Illustrates the attaches personal meanings to words and work of the imagination by the use of that the wording of newspaper stories, con- sound without pictures, pictures without versations, advertisements, and politics, for sound, narration without pictures, and the example, needs careful analysis to prevent gradual refinement of a scene as the imagi- confusion. nation might create it. Lists four basic steps in developing imagination. DOES IT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK? (bis) h-c-a 14 minutes bw: $3.15 DICKENS CHRONICLE, PARTS 1 AND 2 With its setting an exhibition of war-time (cbs; mcgh) equipment, including a propaganda leaflet bw: h-c-a 56 minutes $10.15 bomb, the film discusses the elements and Interweaves incidents from the life of power of public opinion. Enumerates the Charles Dickens with scenes from his writ- mass media of communication and the ef- ings. Sam Weller, from Pickwick Papers, fects of the opinions of other individuals. acts as commentator for the film. Discusses Shows the formation and operation of group the aspects of Victorian society which Dick- opinion for various purposes such as trade ens attacked in his novels, some of the unions, charitable causes, and government. mysteries of his personality, and the influence which his writings had on the public EACH ONE TEACH ONE (cwl) conscience. c-a 20 minutes color: $3.65 Explains Frank Laubach's "each one teach DIRECTING A PLAY (ifb) one" program of combating illiteracy in the h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 world. Then shows how he teaches reading Illustrates and discusses the functions of a to a beggar in India, restoring his self- play director and the importance of proper respect and confidence. relationships in stage positions, grouping, and movement. Shows a rehearsal of Tom EDGAR ALLAN POE: BACKGROUND FOR HIS Sawyer. WORKS (c) j-h 14 minutes bw: $2.90 DISCOVERY OF RADIUM (YOU ARE THERE) (cbs) color: $4.15 j-h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 Presents a narrated reenactment of the life in Reconstructs events of April 20, 1902, of Edgar Allan Poe using original paintings finally iso- Paris as Pierre and Marie Curie to illustrate excerpts from his works. De- radium. Walter Cron- late the new element scribes his school life, his home life with kite reports the event. adopted parents, and the development of his poetry and short story writing. Points DISCUSSION IN DEMOCRACY (c) out how he adapted his writings to the j-h-c 11 minutes bw: $2.15 literary market, and shows how he carefully Shows the difference between the construc- worked out a formula for each writing. tive results of a well-organized, democratic Gives excerpts from "To Helen," "The

20 Raven," "The Fall of the House of Usher," ings of Addison and Steele, Pope, Swift, and "Murders in the Rue Morgue." Johnson, Fielding, and Goldsmith illustrate the neoclassicism of the 1700's; others illus- ENGLAND: BACKGROUND OF LITERATURE trate the shift toward sentiment and ro- (SECOND EDITION) (c) manticism in the latter half of the century. j-h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.35 color: $3.80 ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD (c) Selections from the works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Kipling, Conrad, and other well- h-c 13 minutes bw: $3.15 known English writers are presented against color: $4.50 the settings that inspired them. The three Uses dramatized experiences to show the main areas which their works reflect — literary life of Elizabeth's England. Accom- London, the English countryside, and the panies several Londoners as they journey to sea — are portrayed in keeping with the the Globe Theatre to witness scenes from mood and feeling of the writings themselves. Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth. Comments on the works of such other English writers ENGLISH INNS (ifb) as Richard Hakluyt, Michael Drayton, Sir j-h-c-a 8 minutes bw: $2.00 Thomas More, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Explains the Opening with a screen quotation from Raleigh, and Francis Bacon. influence of the religious dramas the Samuel Johnson, the camera then takes the on Elizabethan writers, and relates the writing audience into a village where the inn is of the period to the social, economic, and shown as a cultural meeting place, a "stage" historical background of the time. for strolling players, and a link in transportation and communication. Provides an interesting record of the past. ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE ROMANTIC PERIOD (c) ENGLISH LANGUAGE: STORY OF ITS h-c 13 minutes bw: $3.15 DEVELOPMENT (c) color: $4.50 h-c 11 minutes bw: $2.15 Shows a visit by a London reporter to a color: $3.40 literary critic of the 1820's. Reveals many Presents a visual history of the development of the ideals and revolutionary activities of of the English language, including the influ- the Romantic Period. Recalls briefly several ence of the monks, William the Conqueror, of the major literary figures who contributed Chaucer, Shakespeare, and the printing to that movement, and presents dramatized press. Covers Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, selections from such writers as Burns, and Modern English periods, and refers to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Byron, contemporary changes taking place in the Shelley, Keats, and Scott. United States. ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE SEVENTEENTH ENGLISH LITERATURE: CHAUCER AND CENTURY (c) THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (c) j-h-c 14 minutes bw: $3.15 j-h-c 13 minutes bw: $3.15 color: $4.50 color: $4.50 Excerpts from the works of seventeenth- Presents Chaucer as the initiator of a new century English writers are presented period in English literature, and points out against the turbulent background of the that medieval literature reached its height Commonwealth and Restoration periods. In- with Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Explains cludes Cavalier poets such as Jonson, Her- how these tales are a mirror of life, cus- rick, and Lovelace ; Puritan writers such as toms, and language of medieval England. Milton and Bunyan; and other literary fig- Tells of the contribution of the three social ures of the century such as Donne, Marvell, classes to the literature of that period, and Pepys, and Dryden. identifies the early literary forms — the ballad, mystery play, allegory, and romance. ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE VICTORIAN PERIOD (c) ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE EIGHTEENTH h-c 15 minutes bw: $3.15 CENTURY (c) color: $4.50 h-c 13 minutes bw: $3.15 Visits a nineteenth-century bookseller who color: $4.50 introduces dramatized selections of many of Literary discussions in an eighteenth-century the writers of the Victorian Period. In- London coffee house reveal trends in litera- cludes such writers as Macaulay, Carlyle, ture of the time. Some excerpts from writ- Darwin, Huxley, Newman, Dickens, the

21 Bronte sisters, Hardy, Arnold, Ruskin, and enced and improved the economy and cul- Carroll. Presents many of the conflicting ture of the area. ideas of the period. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: THE FEDERAL EVOLUTION OF THE MOTION PICTURE (uw) COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION leucine; megh) j-h-c-a 20 minutes bw: $4.00 j-h-c-a 15 minutes bw: $3.55 Traces the development of motion pictures Examines the structure and functions of from the Egyptian attempts in 1600 B.C. the Federal Communications Commission. to the Hollywood sound film. Shows the Stresses the functions and problems of the contributions of da Vinci, Kircher, Muy- Commission. Narrated by Newton N. bridge, Roget, Sellers, Edison, and Eastman. Minow, Chairman of the commission. Includes a kaleidoscopic view of films through the years. FINAL HOURS OF JOAN OF ARC (YOU ARE THERE) (cbs) -. EXACT SMALL THINGS (THE QUILL SERIES) (net) h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $5.65 h-c 27 minutes bw: $5.65 On May 30, 1431, in Rouen, France, oc- Professor Edwin Peterson stresses the im- curred the final hours of interrogation and portance of knowing the exact names of the the burning of Joan of Arc, deserted by parts of life so that they can be introduced Charles VII after having helped him to be- to others. He points out that generalizations come King of France. Presented as an "on should be made convincing by supporting the scene" report. Portrays various attitudes evidence, that is, with "exact, small things." of the day, and shows some of the hardships He illustrates by making specific in mean- Joan suffered. ing such general words and phrases as "wildflowers," "birds," "making noises," and FINAL PERFORMANCE OF SARAH BERNHARDT "some," considering the connections between (YOU ARE THERE) (cbs) the way things are seen and felt and the way j-h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $5.65 they are expressed in writing. Shows how, on November 30, 1922, despite the approach of death, Sarah Bernhardt EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (sr) made a final appearance on the stage to say c-a 25 minutes bw: $5.40 farewell to the public who adored her as an Develops the theme that no two people see actress of great magnitude. the same thing or situation in the same way. Demonstrates this concept by showing how FIND THE INFORMATION (c) a number of people view Michael Gerard, j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 an artist, during a progression of dramatic Al and Bob, who are preparing an index of events which culminates with a beautiful information on atomic energy, use their girl lying the on couch in his studio and a library's card file and many general refer- red-stained knife at her side. Shows how ence books such as The Readers Guide to people react differently to the artist in terms Periodical Literature, Who's Who in Amer- of how they have been conditioned to view ica, and The World Almanac. They then his actions. Concludes with the artist pre- organize their information on cards, by senting his own interpretation of his be- topics. havior. Features Richard Conte and Martha

Vickers in the leading roles. FOLK SONGS OF AMERICA'S HISTORY (c) i-j-h 14 minutes color: $4.50 FAITH, HOPE AND HOGAN (ch) A teacher accompanies himself on a guitar h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $3.75 to present folk songs associated with events An inspirational film based on the come- in American history. Dramatizes the set- back of champion golfer Ben Hogan. Shows tings for songs of the colonial period, Revo- that personal responsibility is an important lution, westward movement, and Civil War. factor in overcoming handicaps. Includes "Old Hundred," "Yankee Doodle," "The Shenandoah," "Erie Canal," "Goo- FATHER OF THE SOUTHWEST (adp) ber Peas," and "She'll Be Comin' 'Round general 12 minutes color: $3.80 the Mountain." Tells the story of a Spanish Jesuit priest, FOLKLORE RESEARCH (THE SEARCH) (cbs) Father Eusebio Kino, who brought civilization to southwestern Arizona and northern h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 Mexico. Discusses his explorations and Presents the research in folklore done by shows how his innovations in agriculture, the University of Arkansas. Uses for an animal husbandry, and architecture influ- example a trip into the Ozark Mountains in

22 search of the old English folk song "Two form the "explaining paragraph." This Sisters." Gives a brief history of folk songs paragraph structure begins with a generali- and folk singing, highlighting the concept zation from which specific ideas are devel- that folk songs reflect the lives of the people oped, and is followed by a summarizing that sing them. A number of older persons generalization. Presents many examples of this region are shown singing ballads. from well-known writings. Shows that the Concludes at a "play party" where a young same developmental patterns are also used in girl sings "Two Sisters." mathematics, music, and poetry.

FOUR WAYS TO DRAMA (uc) FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING (c) h-c-a 33 minutes bw: $5.85 j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 Contrasts the use of four media — the stage, Shows how two high-school boys, disturbed radio, television, and the motion picture — by the ineffectiveness of a campaign speech to present a basic story situation entitled in a student council election, organize "The "Sam." Points out the production problems Stump Speakers Society." A lawyer friend involved in each medium, and raises ques- discusses with the boys the three essential tions for discussion. steps in good speech-making: analysis, planning, and delivery. They then plan to FRANCE: BACKGROUND FOR LITERATURE (c) analyze the techniques employed by noted h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.15 speakers, study in books the theory of color: $3.40 forensics, and criticize and practice upon Shows scenes in Paris and the French prov- each other. inces made famous in literature. Presents places, parks, castles, and buildings men- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (art) tioned by Balzac, Poe, Stevenson, and Du- j-h-c-a 12 minutes color: $4.00 mas. Pictures Paris from the viewpoints of Presents a biographical sketch of George Dumas, Hugo, and De Maupassant. Includes Washington Carver, with emphasis on his the Bastille of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities, contributions in the field of chemurgy. the Forests of Fontainebleau of Stevenson's The Wrecker, and others. Emphasizes that GETTING THE FACTS (eb) writers of all nationalities find inspiration h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 and settings in Paris and the provinces. Shows how a group of adults gain better FREEDOM OF THE PRESS (affp for usar) understanding of a school problem after h-c-a 19 minutes bw: $2.75 gathering the facts concerning the case. against deciding on plans of action in Presents a historical review of freedom of Warns favor of prejudices and gathering only_ the the press in America from Zenger's weekly support preconceived opinions. journal to the publication of today's news- facts which newspapers, radio, books, maga- papers. Prepared for use in overseas occu- Portrays zines, experts, school, television, and the pied areas. spoken word as sources of facts available FREEDOM TO READ (cu) to the public. h-c-a 14 minutes bw: $3.15 GETTING YOURSELF ACROSS (mcgh) Deals with the question of freedom of h-c-a 21 minutes bw: $3.40 thought and the place of competing philoso- phies in a democratic society. Presents the Uses college students in a speech class to case of a spokesman for a local group of illustrate the important effect a speaker's aroused citizens who are disturbed by the personality has on his audience. Demon- "subversive" ideas in a library's literature. strates that the actions of a speaker can Gives the position of the librarian as hold- communicate without saying a word. Ex- gives the ing for free and open inquiry into all mat- plains that an effective speaker is talking ters of social concern, as she quotes from impression that he knows what he sub- great writers to substantiate her stand. about, shows a genuine interest in his Shows the library board hearing the two ject and the audience, and is honest in his points of view, and raises for audience dis- convictions. Points out that communication cussion the question of how a library can is a two-way process between the speaker best serve freedom. and his audience.

FROM SENTENCES TO PARAGRAPHS (THE QUILL GOOD EARTH (mgm, edited by tfc) SERIES) (net) h-c 40 minutes bw: $8.00 h-c 30 minutes bw: $5.65 An abridged version of the feature film Discusses how sentences are put together to based on Pearl Buck's novel. Emphasizes

23 the agricultural philosophy of the Chinese HAMLET, PART 3: THE POISONED KINGDOM people and their dependence on the land for (mch; eb) subsistence. Scenes depict the development h-c 28 minutes color: 170 as a family project with the of the farm Pursues a search for the pattern behind children participating; then the wife and each of the three poisoning episodes which economic effect on the farm communities come as a climax to each of the three move- years of famine come; and finally the when ments of the play. Describes Elizabethans' successful return to the farm after years of attitude about government in which power famine have passed. Restricted to classroom came down from God through the king, and relates this to the spiritual poisoning of Denmark by Claudius which infects the GRAMMAR: VERBS AND WAYS WE USE THEM state and kills his court. The personality of (c) each main character is studied in selected j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.25 dramatizations. Uses simple and entertaining animated drawings to illustrate the meaning of terms HAMLET, PART 4: THE READINESS IS ALL relating to verbs, including action, state of (mch; eb) being, transitive, intransitive, voice, mood, h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 tense, and principal parts. Develops an understanding of Shakespeare's characters and their motivations through an GREAT EXPECTATIONS (unp, edited by tfc) emphasis upon Hamlet as a young man j-h 44 minutes bw: $6.65 gradually comprehending the seemingly con- Edited from the feature film based on tradictory forces which cause seemingly Charles Dickens' novel. Tells the story of unsolvable problems. The problems ex- Pip, the blacksmith's apprentice, who is amined include the reality and permanence mysteriously set up as a "gentleman of great of evil and the fact that people are not expectations." Emphasizes Pip's awakening always what they seem, the separation of to an appreciation of gentlemanliness exem- reality from the deceptive, the contamina- plified by such homely virtues as loyalty and tion of good intentions by evil forces, the gratitude rather than the veneer of London reality of death, and the view of man as fashions and manners. "royal."

HAMLET, PART 1: THE AGE OF ELIZABETH HAWTHORNE AND WHITTIER (elm) eb) (mch; h-c-a 11 minutes color: $3.00 h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 Presents scenes in Salem, Massachusetts, re- In this series, Maynard Mack, Yale Univer- lated to Nathaniel Hawthorne, including sity, discusses various aspects of Hamlet. The House of the Seven Gables, with in- Dramatized scenes are performed by the teriors; The Old Manse; the Concord River; Stratford Shakespearean Festival Founda- and The Wayside Inn. Also shows John tion of Canada. This part reviews the events Greenleaf Whittier's birthplace, with the preceding the reign of Queen Elizabeth I fireplace of "Snowbound," and the Amesbury and studies her personality and its effect home, with interiors. Graves of both authors upon English life of the period. Recounts, are shown. briefly, Shakespeare's life, the tastes of his audiences, the effect that the theater and HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY (nh; Idr) differences in stage structure between a j-h-c-a 45 minutes bw: $6.15 theater like the Globe and a modern stage have upon the playwright's selection of tech- Helen Keller plays herself as this film traces niques. Concludes by presenting Act I, her career from birth to age seventy-six, in detail the blind, deaf, and Scene 1, of Hamlet to raise the fundamental showing how questions to be discussed later. mute child overcame almost insuperable handicaps to become one of the world's HAMLET, PART 2: WHAT HAPPENS IN HAMLET great figures. Kathryn Cornell is narrator, (mch; eb) and others of Miss Keller's famous friends appear. h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 Analyzes the play as consisting funda- HELP YOURSELF (camfl; ala) mentally of three interwoven stories — "a minutes color: $6.15 ghost story, a detective story, and a revenge j-h-c-a 22 story." Uses scenes from Acts I, III, and V Pictures a Pennsylvania steelworker's first to introduce the principal characters and visit to the public library and the use he present the structure of each sub-story. and his family can make of it. Shows the

24 various facilities the public library offers significant features of early writing. Stresses and the many services it renders, including contributions of the Phoenicians, Greeks, the loan of ceiling projectors and books on and Romans to our present alphabet. film, and the bookmobile. HOLMES, EMERSON, AND THOREAU (elm) LONGFELLOW (emf; eb) HENRY WADSWORTH h-c-a 11 minutes color: $3.15 17 minutes bw: $4.15 j-h Shows historical landmarks in New England Portrays events in the life of Henry Wads- connected with the lives of Oliver Wendell worth Longfellow. Describes his early love Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry for poetry and his life as a teacher, scholar, David Thoreau. The birthplace and later and poet. Interposes selections from his home of each author is shown, as well as his poems, and depicts incidents which inspired grave. him to write several of his best known works.

HORACE MANN (eb) HEROISM OF CLARA BARTON (YOU ARE THERE) j-h-c 18 minutes bw: $4.15 (cbs) Portrays episodes in the life of Horace j-h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 Mann, the "father of the common schools." Reconstructs events on the Civil War battle- Reviews his activities as teacher, lawyer, field at Antietam Creek as Clara Barton, a state senator, board of education member, Patent Office clerk, voluntarily administers and college president. Emphasizes Mann's to the wounded and dying soldiers. Shows great work in pointing up the need for well- Miss Barton's actions influenced other how built schools, good textbooks, democratic women to administer aid to wounded men methods of learning, schools for teachers, and she formed the American Red Cross how and universal education in the United as result. a States.

HIGH SCHOOL READING TRAINING FILMS (isu) HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD (tcf, edited by tfc) j-h 6 minutes each bw: $1 .50 each j-h 28 minutes bw: $5.15 A series of 14 films designed to help the stu- Abridged from the feature film. Tells the dent attain a faster rate of reading. Each story of the part played by the famous bank- film is a complete lesson with a compre- ing house of the Rothschild family in financ- hension test. The reading material is pre- ing the campaigns of the Allied Powers sented on the screen in such a way that the against Napoleon, highlights the importance student is forced to read at a certain rate. of finance in warfare, and shows the strug- The film titles, which should be used in gle of a family to overcome the sequence, are: Intrepid Airman, Johnny Jewish of discrimination. Appleseed, The Story of Spice, Fine Feath- handicaps ered Fiend, Kentucky Treasure, Monte- zuma's Wonderful Waters, Judge Bean and HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES (unp, edited by tfc) Sasparilla, Sources of Sweets, The Magic of j-h 41 minutes bw: $6.15 Sterling, Mass Production, Snake King, An abridged version of the feature film Real Cougar, One Bank They Didn't Rob, based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. First. and Bunyan Was Here Tells the story of a man who is wrongly accused and convicted of the murder of his HISTORY BROUGHT TO LIFE (par; tfc) uncle. The uncle died of natural causes, j-h-c-a 9 minutes bw: $1.50 but a thieving brother gave false testimony Shows the work done by Hollywood research and had him imprisoned so that he could experts in bringing accuracy of mood and obtain the family estate. Restricted to class- detail to motion picture versions of historical room use. periods. Top stars appear in this film narrated by Cecil B. DeMille. Restricted to HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (tcf, edited by classroom use. tfc) j-h 33 minutes bw: $4.65 HISTORY OF WRITING (bis) Abridged from the feature film based on h 27 minutes bw: $5.15 Richard Llewelyn's novel. Dramatizes la- Presents a chronological history of writing bor's plight in the coal-mining areas of as a means of communication. Shows how Wales during the nineteenth century. Shows local materials used as writing tools influ- a boy's struggle to get a formal education enced sign-making and writing, explains the and his decision to join his father and connection between symbols for objects and brothers in the mines, on which the entire ideas and symbols for sounds, and analyzes community is dependent.

25 HOW NOT TO CONDUCT A MEETING (gm) lawyer's enthusiasm against a vocational c-a 10 minutes bw: $1.65 guidance specialist's discouraging statements. He considers external evidence of authority, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle burlesques internal evidence, and his own experience. the common errors and omissions frequently His decision is not revealed. encountered in luncheon meetings, including poor acoustics, poor ventilation, inter- HOW TO JUDGE FACTS (c) ruptions, and inadequate planning. Empha- sizes the conduct of informal meetings, j-h 9 minutes bw: $2.15 rather than formal parliamentary procedure. When a rumor that the school's new motion-picture projector is to be paid for from HOW TO CONCENTRATE (c) the football funds becomes widespread, a learns facts. j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 school reporter to judge Dis- cusses irrelevant facts, false analogies, false Compares concentration on a basketball assumptions, and traditional beliefs as they game and on a history textbook. Suggests influence one's judgment of facts. that deciding on the questions that the text should answer will help one concentrate. A HOW TO PREPARE A CLASS REPORT (c) student demonstrates that after a period of j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 concentration, it is good to relax, look out of the window, and stretch. Uses split- Traces the activities of a junior high school screen pictures to illustrate the principles boy in preparing a class report. Stresses the of concentration. following steps: choosing the subject, thinking of one's own interests and the audience, HOW TO CONDUCT A DISCUSSION (eb) gathering information, and organizing the presentation. h-c-a 22 minutes bw: $4.15

Presents the results of a survey of about HOW TO READ A BOOK (SECOND EDITION) (c) fifty adult groups to find common elements j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.35 of a good group discussion. Illustrates the color: $3.80 qualities of good leadership by showing various groups in action, and exemplifies Includes the important considerations in- eleven important elements of effective group volved in the selection of a book and tech- it effectively rapid discussions. Uses narration and actual niques for using — reading, locating ideas, using the index, sound in portraying the different groups and key summarizing the important points. using footnotes and references, when to read quickly, and when to read with greater HOW TO CONDUCT A MEETING (usar) care. h-c-a 22 minutes bw: $2.65 HOW TO READ NEWSPAPERS (c) of par- Demonstrates the proper procedures j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 liamentary law to be followed in conduct- Tells the story of Bill Grant, who never ing a meeting so that the decisions reached reads more than the sports section and the will be representative of majority opinion. comic page of the newspaper. The narra- Produced for use in overseas occupied areas. tor interests him in scanning headlines. Bill finds this worthwhile, and goes on to read HOW TO GIVE AND TAKE INSTRUCTIONS (c) more. He begins to read two different j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 newspapers, and not only enjoys it, but also Dramatizes the value of knowing how to finds that his school work is improving. give instructions, and enumerates the steps as Jack works with committee members to HOW TO TAKE A TEST (ya) plan a class picnic. Bill's difficulties with i-j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 transportation are solved with a special map Shows a teacher announcing a test and con- of the route, which clarifies his instructions ferring with a student on the necessity for for reaching the picnic. Explains five basic making good on tests and the best ways of skills necessary for clear and effective com- studying for one. Recommends that know- munication. ing what the test will cover, mastering new words, reviewing early, organizing material, HOW TO JUDGE AUTHORITIES (c) reviewing with classmates, not being pan- j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 icked, looking over the test carefully, know- Bill learns from his school counselor how to ing what kind of test it is, and checking the compare the two authorities on which he test carefully before turning it in will im- is basing his choice for or against preparing prove the over-all test results. Concludes for the law profession. He weighs a local with the student following the teacher's

26 advice and receiving a mark of "good" on Our Town, acted by the Stratford Shakes- his paper. pearean Festival of Canada and analyzed by Clifton Fadiman, to show how the author HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVELY (c) has applied the rules of drama writing to j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 interpret everyday events and the meanings he strives to convey through his selection of Shows the steps necessary for effective writ- events and techniques. This part investi- ing and the importance of considering the gates the specific techniques used by -the material being developed, the purpose for playwright, the justification for the play, which it is being written, and the intended and the reasons behind the form of the play. audience. A class cooperates in writing and editing an announcement of a coming social event. An unedited announcement is then HUMANITIES, PART 4: OUR TOWN AND presented for revision by the audience. OURSELVES (mch; eb) h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 HOW TO WRITE YOUR TERM PAPER (c) Continuing the above discussion, this part 11 minutes bw: $2.15 j-h investigates what Our Town tells us about A high-school boy prepares to write a term ourselves and our lives. First, discusses paper by making a check list of things to do Wilder's use of music, theme and variation, and possible topics for the paper. He uses and condensed line or word, using scenes library facilities and direct observations to from the play as examples of each. Sec- gather information, organizes it by means ondly, points out that Wilder is attempting of an outline, and receives favorable com- to make us "aware of life" and "reconciles ment on the finished paper. us to life"; and scenes giving evidences of this are dramatized. Concludes by again 1: THEY ARE AND HUMANITIES, PART WHAT defining the humanities as the study of basic WHAT THEY DO (mch; eb) human questions that are unchanging and h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 which bring increasing meaning to our lives. Presents Clifton Fadiman as he explains what the humanities are, the similarities in HUNTER AND THE FOREST (A STORY WITHOUT patterns between men of all cultures and WORDS) (eb) periods of history, and the cultural heritage i-j-h 8 minutes bw: $1.85 of the theater as related to the humanities. Pictures, without narration, a sequence in Shows pieces of sculpture, quotations from the life of a hunter as he undergoes a works of great writers, photographs of change of attitude from one bent on killing peoples living in various parts of the world, to one of kindness and sympathy towards music ranging from Brahms to jazz, and wild life. One spring day the hunter en- the Golden Gate Bridge (a work of science counters some grouse in their mating dance, and art) to illustrate the universal qualities shoots one bird, and places one of its of the humanities and their importance in feathers in his hat. Succeeding scenes por- everyday life. Overviews the study of the tray flowers and the foliage of trees at humanities as a means of discovering more various stages of growth. The hunter is about oneself. then again shown working in his clearing HUMANITIES, PART 2: THE THEATER — ONE when he senses the presence of an animal. OF THE HUMANITIES (mch; eb) He is, however, deeply touched by the view of a family of deer quietly basking in the h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 warm sunlight. He lowers his gun, walks Clifton Fadiman analyzes scenes from Life away, pulls the feather from his hat, and with Father and a reading from Henry IV, replaces it with a flower. Photographed by to demonstrate that drama consists Part I, Arne Sucksdorff. of three interacting elements — the play itself, the actors, and the audience. Re- IMAGES MEDIEVALES (English narration) (aff) lates drama to other organized activities of men, such as sports events and ceremonies, j-h-c-a 19 minutes color: $6.40 in that all are governed by rules or conven- Uses close-up photographs of fourteenth- and tions but that the theater uses these rules fifteenth-century manuscript illuminations to transform the everyday events into some- from the Bibliotheque Nationale, in Paris, to thing "approaching works of art." portray European life at the end of the Middle Ages. The accompanying music, by HUMANITIES, PART 3: OUR TOWN AND THE Guy Bernard Delapierre, is arranged from UNIVERSE (mch; eb) late medieval themes and folk songs and is h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 played on authentic replicas of instruments Uses scenes from Thornton Wilder's play of the period.

27 IMPORTANCE OF MAKING NOTES (c) of punctuation as a means of clarifying written communication. j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 Shows how Jeff learned the value of taking IMPROVE YOUR READING (c) good notes on his reading, investigations, j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 and class work, and keeping them in a usable form. Pictures good and poor note- Offers suggestions for improving the rate of taking procedures,, systematic revision of reading and comprehension. Special reading rough notes, and taking notes while reading. problems included are eye perception span, Points out the value of good notes for reading too rapidly for comprehension, reviewing. pointing to words with the fingers, and vocalizing. IMPRESSIONABLE YEARS (AMERICAN CHILDREN IMPROVE YOUR SPELLING (c) AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY) (pel for usis) j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 c-a 30 minutes bw: $4.15 A student typing a term paper realizes that Portrays a little girl's first experience in the as usual he is misspelling words or avoiding children's room of the New York Public Library, and emphasizes the freedom of words he cannot spell. He works out a for learning spell, notices that choice and democratic relationships in the system to and other students carry pocket dictionaries or library. Shows Kathleen, who accompanies lists of words with which they have diffi- her older brother to the library, being drawn culty. His paper is returned with the nota- into the children's room to listen to a story- tion that his spelling has greatly improved. teller, then exploring the fascinating world of books that surrounds her. Shows other IMPROVE YOUR STUDY HABITS (c) boys and girls pursuing various interests in the library, and demonstrates the many j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.35 services available to them. When Ron realizes that he is handicapped by poor study habits, his friend Bert gives IMPROVE YOUR HANDWRITING (c) him pointers on how to form good habits of study in the classroom, in the study hall j-h-c 11 minutes bw: $2.15 and library, and at home. Such habits as Pictures Eddie Miller as his English teacher, taking notes, learning how to use reference Horton, talks to him about improving Miss books, outlining, making a homework sched- his handwriting. Eddie watches some of his ule, summarizing key ideas from readings, classmates. Flashbacks, after the class has and studying for a test are suggested to aid left, help illustrate the basic principles of the student in working to improve his own good handwriting, including holding the pen study habits. upright, slanting the paper in line with the writing arm, spacing letters, forming letters INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION clearly, and using word alignment and line (mif for usar) quality to give clarity and neatness. Empha- i-j-h 20 minutes bw: $2.65 sizes the value of practice. Shows the day-by-day workings of a local independent commercial radio station in the IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION (c) United States. Includes scenes of various j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 kinds of programs, as well as the activities When Walter is practicing a speech to be of the station. Prepared for use in overseas given at a class banquet, he realizes that he occupied areas. must improve his pronunciation. Demon- strates the values of pronunciation, the IS THERE COMMUNICATION WHEN YOU qualities of good pronunciation, and the SPEAK? (mcgh) application of principles to achieve good h-c-a 18 minutes bw: $3.65 pronunciation. Depicts an engineering student in a college speech class as he learns how to achieve IMPROVE PUNCTUATION (c) YOUR effective communication between speaker j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.35 and audience. Discusses the communication A high-school teacher and class work to- process, the requirements of effective com- gether on punctuation trouble spots, cov- munication, and the responsibilities of a ering the chief uses of the comma, the speaker who is attempting to reach and in- semicolon, the colon, the question mark, fluence the behavior of his audience. Uses and quotation mark. Illustrations show speeches given by various students in front amusing misinterpretations that can result of the class to illustrate the "do's" and from incorrect punctuation. Stresses the use "don'ts" of good communication. Emphasizes

28 the importance of good articulation, pro- Aylmer as Brutus and Leo Genn as Marc nunciation, language, appearance, gestures, Antony. movements, and visual materials in effective communication. JULIUS CAESAR (ya) j-h-a 33 minutes bw: $5.85 IT'S YOUR LIBRARY (tf) Robert Speaight as Caesar and Cecil i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.15 Trouncer as Brutus appear in a condensation Presents the story of a ten-year-old boy who, of the play by William Shakespeare. when returning his mother's library books, discovers a wealth of library materials. The KIDNAPPED (tcf, edited by tfc) librarian explains to him the essential me- j-h 38 minutes bw: $5.75 chanics of the library and succeeds in inter- An abridged version of the feature film, esting him in using books. based on the novel by Robert Louis Steven- son. small boy is left an estate by JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (emf; eb) When a his father, his uncle tries to have him put j-h 17 minutes bw: $4.15 away so that he will inherit the house. Re- Outlines the life of James Fenimore Cooper stricted to classroom use. from his expulsion from Yale to his writing and travels in Europe. Presents his life as KING LEAR (chd; uw) a merchant seaman, his two years' service in j-h-c-a 13 minutes bw: $2.80 the U.S. Navy, and his marriage; then shows Presents Act I, Scene 4, of Shakespeare's his wife daring him to write a novel. Em- Lear, as performed by the Old Vic phasizes the influence Cooper's experiences King Repertory Company. and times had on his literary works, and mentions many of his novels. KNOW YOUR LIBRARY (SECOND EDITION) (c)

JANE EYRE (tcf, edited by tfc) j-h 10 minutes color: $3.40 j-h 40 minutes bw: $6.55 Introduces, through the story of Betty, the Presents an abridged version of the feature many sources of information in the library film based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte. and the ways in which they can be located. Opens with the cruelties of Jane's childhood, Discusses the card catalog, the Dewey Deci- and follows her through years of happiness mal System, the arrangement of books on references as and tragedy at Thornfield Hall to her even- the shelves, the use of such tual marriage to Edward Rochester. Re- the Reader's Guide, the vertical file, and the give. stricted to classroom use. help which the librarian can

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (emf; eb) LADY OF THE LAKE: BACKGROUND FOR LITERATURE (c) j-h 17 minutes bw: $4.15 j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 Portrays highlights in the life of John Green- color: $3.40 leaf Whittier, including his efforts for social reform, his association with William Lloyd Provides a brief review of Sir Walter Scott's Garrison, his years of seclusion at Amesbury, life and explains that literature has it roots and his work as a poet. in actual people, places, and events. Uses a map and actual scenes to show the locale of JOHNNY APPLESEED: A LEGEND OF FRONTIER Lady of the Lake. Pictures traditional cos- LIFE (c) tumes, weapons, musical instruments, and Sterling Castle. i-j 16 minutes color: $5.15 homes, and Pictures and tells the legend of Jonathan LADY OR THE TIGER? (mgm) Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, de- j-h 11 minutes bw: $1.65 picting his personal characteristics and his deeds. Reveals his fondness for apples, and Dramatizes Frank R. Stockton's famous his love for the Bible. Relates his experi- story in which a princess is required to ences throughout youth and old age, plant- choose between sending her lover to death ing apple seeds, resetting the seedlings as he or to another woman. The author and the travels about, and living with and helping picture leave the reader in doubt. Restricted frontier families. Includes several folk songs. to classroom use.

JULIUS CAESAR (bis) LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION (DEBT TO THE PAST SERIES) (mis) j-h-c-a 18 minutes bw: $2.65 j-h 16 minutes color: $4.90 Presents Act III, Scene 2, the Forum Scene, from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, with Felix Recounts the development of language from

29 the use of gestures, actions, signs, and sym- LEARNING FROM CLASS DISCUSSION (c) bols to the present use of oral and written j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 language. Points out the advantages of the Pictures a class as they are discussing the latter in sharing ideas with past and future advantages and disadvantages of city life. generations. Shows how language reflects All of the members of the class contribute the culture in which it is used. to the discussion, which they have prepared for in advance. The class members form LANGUAGE OF GRAPHS (c) some statements which summarize their ideas j-h 14 minutes bw: $3.65 and encourage thinking. Miss Field, the Members of a high school journalism staff teacher, points out how this has been a good learn to use a bar graph, a line graph, a discussion by reviewing the behavior of the circle graph, and an equation graph to in- class. terpret their budget deficit to the staff and the subscribers. The elements of making LEE, THE VIRGINIAN (nbc; mcgh)

graphs other ' and reading are shown and j-h 28 minutes bw: $5.65 examples are used for a summary. Uses historic photographs and on-location shots of countryside, buildings, and battle- LANGUAGE TEACHING (THE SEARCH) (cbs) fields associated with Robert E. Lee's life to c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 describe the highlights of his military career. Explains how foreign students learn to speak Emphasizes the importance of Lee's Virginia English in eight weeks at the English Lan- heritage in molding his character and influ- guage Institute and take part in the Ameri- encing his decisions. can way of life at the University of Michigan and in the community, while learning. Points LEGEND OF JOHNNY APPLESEED (wdp) out the implications which this program general 16 minutes color: $7.05 holds for possible changes in teaching Eng- Tells the classic legend based on lish in other schools. American the life of the real man John Chapman, who LARYNX AND VOICE (FUNCTION OF THE helped settle the Midwest. Emphasizes the NORMAL LARYNX) (nwu) moral and spiritual values of Johnny Apple- seed's efforts to spread the gospel as he h-c-a 20 minutes bw and color: $4.95 planted apple seeds. Uses high-speed photography to show how the larynx and vocal cords function. Points LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (by) out the differences in the larynx of males i-j-h 30 minutes bw: $4.65 and females. Also shows the variations in movements of the vocal cords which produce Will Rogers stars in a condensation of the high-, medium-, and low-pitch tones. silent feature film The Headless Horseman, based on Washington Irving's story. Narra- THE LAST LESSON (mgm) tion and music have been added. j-h 9 minutes bw: $2.35 LET'S DISCUSS IT (nfbc) Tells the story of a little French village in h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $5.55 1870 just after the occupation of France by principles Germany. A French schoolmaster is teach- Demonstrates the by which a ing his last lesson before the German school healthy and active discussion group can be teacher comes in to take his place. Just be- maintained. Describes steps in organizing a fore leaving, he writes on the blackboard group and rules for a discussion leader to "Vive la France." Based on the short story follow in bringing about effective and satis- by Alphonse Daudet. Restricted to classroom fying discussion. Deals with the responsibili- use. ties of group discussion leaders and suggests ways in which the group can accomplish its LEARN TO ARGUE EFFECTIVELY (c) purposes. j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES (rko; tfc) Tells the story of Jeff, an "arguer," who joins a debate group to learn about arguing. j-h 9 minutes bw: $2.15 He learns that it is pointless to argue about Presents a general picture of the background, provable fact or about personal taste, but development, and technical advances of the that a well-informed discussion on an opin- motion picture industry. Shows stars and ion is valuable. Stresses four principles in scenes from milestones of film history. Stars effective argument: know the subject, listen included are Mary Pickford, Charlie Chap- to and understand the opponent, find com- lin, and Al Jolson. Restricted to classroom mon ground, and find the points at issue.

30 LET'S PRONOUNCE WELL (c) LIFE OF CHRIST (ctth) i-j 10 minutes bw: $2.15 h-c-a 15 minutes bw: $3.90 When Tommy, a sixth-grader, is told that Uses the woodcuts by Albrecht Diirer and he does not speak well enough to be on the text from the New Testament to present school program, he determines to improve major episodes in the life of Christ. Includes his pronunciation. By working with his close-ups of many details such as gestures teacher to achieve clearness and naturalness, and facial expressions. by listening to good speakers, and by hearing his own mistakes on a tape recording, LIFE OF CHRIST IN ART (c) he is able to improve enough to take part in j-h-c-a 22 minutes color: $6.65 impor- the program. Also emphasizes the Through paintings drawn from seven cen- in learning correct tance of the dictionary turies of religious art and through carefully pronunciation. developed visual imagery, this film reconstructs the major events in the life of Christ. LET'S READ POETRY (SECOND EDITION) The accompanying narrative is composed (pbf; bfs) largely of passages from the New Testament.

i-j 9 minutes bw: $2.15 LIFE OF CHRIST IN ART (CATHOLIC VERSION) (c) Designed to help teachers stimulate interest j-h-c-a 22 minutes color: $7.00 in reading poetry and to help students enjoy and understand what they read. Emphasizes Paintings drawn from seven centuries of re- the advantages of reading slowly, thinking ligious art depict significant events in the about what is read, and watching the punc- life of Christ. They are accompanied by tuation. The verses are superimposed on Biblical quotations taken from the Confra- interpretive background scenes. Includes ternity edition of the New Testament. Ap- "Who Has Seen the Wind?" by Christina proved by the Catholic Audio-Visual Edu- Rosetti; "Rain in Summer," by Henry Wads- cators for use in Catholic schools. worth Longfellow; and "The Brook Song," by James Whitcomb Riley. LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (wb, edited by tfc) h-c-a 30 minutes bw: $4.65 LET'S TRY CHORAL READING (ya) This excerpt from the feature film presents i-j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.25 the trial of Emile Zola, famed French author, for publishing statements reflecting upon the Demonstrates the activity of a high-school integrity of the French High Command in class in selecting, arranging, and presenting of the Dreyfus case. Traces a poem through the medium of choral read- the handling the background of the case and shows Zola's ing, with teacher guidance. Gives pointers contempt for the racial prejudice which mo- on enunciation, rhythmic expression, intona- tivated the imprisonment of Captain Dreyfus tion, and appropriateness of voices. on Devil's Island.

LIBRARY ORGANIZATION (c) LINCOLN SERIES, PART 1: THE END AND THE j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 BEGINNING (ffo; mcgh) Miss Wilson, the school librarian, helps Jane h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 to more efficient use of the library and her Depicts Lincoln, after Lee's surrender, as he distinguish study time by telling her how to tells his wife of his forebodings of death. subject, author, and title cards in the card Shows his assassination and follows the prog- catalog; by explaining the filing procedure; ress of the funeral train to the recitation of by demonstrating how to record the call Walt Whitman's "When Lilacs Last in the number after finding the card; and by ex- Dooryard Bloomed." Flashes back to the plaining the Dewey Decimal System used in night when Abe was born. numbering and shelving books.

LINCOLN SPEAKS AT GETTYSBURG (Ij and pfa) LIBRARY STORY (eb) j-h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $1.65 j-h-c-a 15 minutes color: $5.00 Briefly describes causes and major battles of A librarian describes the many services of a the Civil War, and discusses events leading modern library. She lists microfilm, Braille up to Lincoln's Gettysburg address. The books, records, films, exhibits, newspapers, address is then presented. The visuals con- and magazines, as well as books, among sist entirely of contemporary drawings and available materials. She also explains why engravings by American artists, including a librarian's job, working with people and Winslow Homer and Thomas Nast, as doc- materials, is interesting. umentation.

31 LITERATURE APPRECIATION: ENGLISH LYRICS (c) LITERATURE APPRECIATION: STORIES (c) j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 j-h 14 minutes bw: $2.65 Shows the settings of some well-known Eng- Using puppets and scenery at hand, a lish poems, with emphasis on the feelings teacher and a high-school student dramatize expressed in lyric poetry. Gives quotations parts of short stories to make them more from Browning, Shakespeare, Housman, meaningful. The student has been bored by Tennyson, Wordsworth, Gray, Arnold, and stories until he learns to look for character- others. ization, plot, and meaning. Then he becomes so interested that he borrows collections of LITERATURE APPRECIATION: HOW TO READ short stories from the teacher, with a new ESSAYS (c) appreciation of them. j-h 14 minutes bw: $2.65 LOWELL (elm) color: $3.90 LONGFELLOW AND j-h-c-a Defines an essay, and presents a plan for 13 minutes color: $3.00 essay reading which includes learning about Shows landmarks in New England reminis- the author and his purpose and observing cent of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the style of the essay. Several essays are James Russell Lowell including: the Port- dramatized in part, to illustrate this plan. land birthplace and later home of Long- Concludes with an examination of E. B. fellow, Bowdoin College, Harvard's Univer- White's "Walden." sity Hall, the Craigie or Longfellow House in Cambridge (many interior shots), the site LITERATURE APPRECIATION: HOW TO READ of "The Village Blacksmith," Wayside Inn, NOVELS (c) the Old North Church, Lowell's Elmwood, and the graves of both authors at Mount j-h 14 minutes bw: $2.65 Auburn. Shows how the reader can gain more from a novel by becoming acquainted with the LOOK IT UP (DICTIONARY HABITS) (c) author, studying characterizations closely, j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 and visualizing the setting and action of the story. Uses Eliot's Silas Marner, Hawthorne's A student who works hard for his grades The Scarlet Letter, and Cooper's Deerslayer explains how a dictionary helps him to learn to show how greater reading pleasure and the meaning, use, spelling, and pronuncia- improved oral and written book reports can tion of words. He is then shown using the be achieved. Advises the reader to review large, unabridged dictionary in the school what he has read and to discuss the book library. Also shows the different kinds of with others. dictionaries for various purposes.

NECKLACE (erf; eb) LITERATURE APPRECIATION: HOW TO READ LOON'S PLAYS (c) general 10 minutes color: $3.40 j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 Dramatizes the Indian legend of how the loon, a water bird, received his distinctive Explains that much of the great literature is neckband. Ceremonial masks from the Na- available in play form, and suggests the tional Museum of Canada, carved by In- need for imagination in reading a play in dians of British Columbia, establish the char- order to fill in the missing elements of mo- acters of the story and portray the Indian's tion, voice, and scenery. Uses the format sensitivity to the moods of nature. of the script for She Stoops To Conquer as an example, and poses the problem of casting and design. Summarizes the important LOST WORLD (eb) points in reading dramas. j-h 10 minutes bw: $1.65 Dramatizes Arthur Conan Doyle's fabulous LITERATURE APPRECIATION: HOW TO READ story of modern adventurers who stumble POETRY (c) into a world of prehistoric monsters, and j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 witness a re-created battle to the death be- color: $3.40 tween realistic models of the gargantuan creatures inhabiting the earth a million years A high school boy who is having trouble un- ago. derstanding poetry learns that he should find out about the poet's background, dis- LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (emf; eb) cover what experience the poet is sharing, and watch for such devices as rhythm, rhyme, j-h 17 minutes bw: $4.15 and alliteration. Includes examples from Tells the story of Louisa May Alcott, with many poets' works. emphasis on her writings and her life-long

32 self-sacrifice in her complete devotion to her liant stage lighting and stage-to-audience dis- family. Describes her service as a nurse in tance which flattens and dulls the features the Civil War, and mentions her aiding na- of the actor's face. Demonstrates the appli- tional reform and improvement measures. cation of straight stage make-up in step-by- Emphasizes her success as a writer of human- step detail. Points out the differences be- interest stories, with special attention to tween male and female make-up. Shows Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys. how to create and apply old-age character

make-up. < LOWER DEPTHS (mos; brf) h-c-a 19 minutes bw: $3.65 MAKE-UP FOR BOYS (ifb) Presents two excerpts from Maxim Gorki's h-c-a 11 minutes color: $3.40 play The Lower Depths, as played by the An adaptation by Louise Dale Spoor of Moscow Art Theater. One scene shows a Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer serves as an il- group of social outcasts telling stories of lustrative example. Both straight make-up former wealth and grandeur and an actor for Tom Sawyer and character make-up for soliloquizing on "What Is Man?" The sec- Injun Joe and Muff Potter are demon- ond scene, taking place at a drinking party, strated, including preparation of nose putty shows the group's reaction to the actor's and crepe hair. suicide. Russian dialogue with English sub- titles. MAKE-UP FOR GIRLS (ifb) h-c-a 10 minutes color: $3.40 MacARTHUR STORY (rko) An adaptation by Louise Dale Spoor of j-h-c-a 17 minutes bw: $3.65 Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer serves as an il- Sketches General Douglas MacArthur's long lustrative example. Both straight make-up career. Includes scenes of his service in for Becky Thatcher and character make-up France in World War I, as Chief of Staff, for Aunt Polly are shown — base color, eye- as Allied Commander in the Pacific after shadow, and other details. Pearl Harbor, and as U.N. Commander. A 1951 production. MAKE-UP FOR THE THEATER (uc) j-h-c-a 13 minutes color: $4.15 MACBETH (bis) Demonstrates step by step the application of j-h-c-a 17 minutes bw: $3.15 stage make-up to both female and male Presents Act II, Scene 2, of Shakespeare's faces. Grease paint is applied as a base. The play, in which the ambitious Macbeth, steps are then demonstrated in order and abetted by Lady Macbeth, murders Duncan, materials identified: rouge, eyeshadow (col- King of Scotland; and Act V, Scene 1, in ored liner), eyebrow pencil, including mak- which the conscience-stricken Lady Macbeth ing the wedge, lip rouge, talcum, and brush- appears in her dramatic sleepwalking scene. ing the finished make-up. Emphasizes the effect of stage lighting on make-up. MACBETH (chd; uw) j-h-c-a 13 minutes bw: $2.80 MAKING BOOKS (eb)

Presents Act II, Scene 2, of Shakespeare's i-j-h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.15 Macbeth, as performed by the Old Vic Rep- Traces the important steps in the manufac- ertory Company. ture of books — from author's manuscript to complete book. Reveals how type is set by CURIE (mgm, edited by tfc) MADAME linotype and locked into page form and how j-h 22 minutes bw: $3.15 electroplates are made. Shows how the Abridged from the feature film of the same sheets are printed, cut, folded, and bound; title. Traces the long, arduous work of the how covers are made and attached; and how Curies in separating radium from pitch- each book is finally enclosed in a bright- blende after they had ascertained the pres- colored jacket. ence of the active element in the ore. Stresses the scientific methodology and proc- MAKING FILMS THAT TEACH (eb) esses they followed in identifying radium, c-a 19 minutes bw: $3.15 and characterizes the stimulating personali- Describes the steps in the process of produc- ties of the couple. Restricted to classroom ing educational films, as carried out by En- use. cyclopaedia Britannica Films. Emphasizes the need for thorough and painstaking re- MAKE-UP STRAIGHT AND OLD AGE (uwi) — search that precedes actual production, de- h-c-a 20 minutes color: $5.15 scribes the role of the expert educational col- Demonstrates and explains the effect of bril- laborator and suggests that individuals

33 directly engaged in supervising production he hopes never to see it again. He is tried should have educational training and experi- for treason and sentenced to spend the rest ence. Discusses various production activities, of his life on a ship where he will hear no including scripting, shooting, editing, and reference to his native country. Years later, sounding; and refers to the work of crews when his sweetheart visits Nolan on the ship, on location throughout the world. she finds that he is the loneliest man in the world. Restricted to classroom use. MAKING SENSE WITH OUTLINES (c) WITHOUT COUNTRY (ya) i-j 10 minutes bw: $2.25 MAN A Shows a fifth-grade class preparing for a j-h 28 minutes bw: $5.40 field trip to an orchard and constructing an This film version of Edward Everett Hale's outline for this activity. Covers the use of story "The Man Without a Country" begins numbers, letters, topics, and sub-topics. De- with a courtroom scene in which the judge scribes practical uses for outlines. is preparing to swear in a group of new citizens. As a part of his welcoming speech, he

MAKING SENSE WITH SENTENCES (c) tells the story which then unfolds on the screen. The film follows the original fairly i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.15 closely, with only minor changes and de- Pictures Frank talking to Miss Hoover on letions. the telephone to arrange for a field trip to the newspaper plant. When the conversa- MANUSCRIPTS (MILESTONES IN WRITING tion is finished, Frank and Mary try to write SERIES) (use) a letter to the newspaper publisher, but Frank does not express his ideas completely h-c-a 10 minutes color: $3.40 enough for others to understand him. Mary Dr. Frank Baxter describes the ancient helps Frank rewrite the letter so that it has methods for preserving the thoughts of man. complete thoughts; then she checks it to see Samples of various materials such as parch- that each sentence has a subject and a ment and vellum are shown. Dr. Baxter ex- predicate and is clearly written. plains the ancient system of copying materials in the scriptorium, where a group of MAKING THEATRICAL WIGS (uc) individuals copied from the oral readings of a single person. Shows how later the art of h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 the manuscript became very ornate with Shows the entire process of making a theatri- silver and gold being used for "illuminated" cal wig, including preparation of necessary illustrations and decorations. materials. Also illustrates how a wig is made from yak hair and the preparation of a bald MARK TWAIN (acfc) wig. j-h 10 minutes bw: $1.65 MAKING YOURSELF UNDERSTOOD (INTRODUC- Presents a brief sketch of Samuel Clemens' TION TO COMMUNICATION) (eb) life, including his birth and boyhood, his life h-c-a 17 minutes bw: $3.65 in the West, his fame as an author and lecturer, and his death. Emphasizes the ap- Analyzes the process of communication by pearance of Halley's Comet at both the using the formula, "Who says what to whom beginning and end of his life. through what medium with what effect?" Illustrates by animated diagrams and exam- MARK TWAIN (BIOGRAPHY SERIES) (dlw; megh) ines the elements of communication: the communicator, the content, the medium, the j-h 28 minutes bw: $5.65 audience, and the response. Emphasizes Reviews the early life of Samuel Clemens in the need for knowing the communicator and Missouri, his later experiences on the river his motive. Discusses the factors of maturity, boats and as a newspaper writer, his mar- past experience, and predisposition of the riage, his financial troubles, and his success audience as determinants in the choice of as an author and lecturer. Uses old photo- language and kind of appeal, and suggests graphs and newsreel footage. Narrated by how the listener can better understand and Mike Wallace. control his responses. MARK TWAIN: BACKGROUND FOR HIS MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY (wb; tfc) WORKS (c) j-h 21 minutes color: $6.65 j-h 14 minutes bw: $3.15 Dramatizes the famous story by Edward Ev- Presents a brief biography of Mark Twain. erett Hale, in which Lieutenant Nolan an- Dramatizes familiar scenes from his books, grily curses the United States and says that cites quotations, and refers to several of his

34 works including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry MASKS (peg; fa) Finn, Life on the Mississippi, Roughing It, j-h-c-a 12 minutes color: $3.90 Innocents Abroad. and Presents an outstanding collection of masks, both primitive and modern; and discusses TOM SAWYER (ifb) MARK TWAIN AND the roles masks have played in the perform- j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 ance of rituals, in the perpetuation of myths, Portrays the locale of Samuel Clemens' life, and in the dramatizing of legends. including his birthplace at Florida, Missouri, his later home at Hannibal, and many other MASTER WILL SHAKESPEARE (mgm) landmarks. Pictures relics in the Mark j-h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.35 Twain Museum and views of the famous Shows the early life of Shakespeare, his first cave. Describes the influence of the Missis- theatrical experience, his first great historical sippi River Clemens as river scenes are on drama, and his success, with an elaboration shown. on his favorite play, Romeo and Juliet. Re- stricted to classroom use. MARK TWAIN GIVES AN INTERVIEW (c) j-h-c-a 14 minutes color: $4.80 MEMORIES OF SHAKESPEARE (ejf; hop) Depicts Hal Holbrook in the role of Mark h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $5.65 Twain as he is being interviewed in Twain's Reviews the life of William Shakespeare, home by a narrator and several sixth- or showing his birthplace, home, Memorial children are heard off seventh-grade who Theatre, Globe Theatre, and other land- camera. Holbrook as Twain tells anecdotes marks of his life and times. concerning comparisons of himself with great authors, his childhood, his smoking MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE (c) habits, his treatment of truth, his days as a i-j 10 minutes color: $3.40 steamboat pilot, and his book Innocents Abroad. He concludes by telling the young Pictures a costumed reenactment of the im- people to obey their parents when they are pressions, activities, and scenes described in present, since most parents think they know the poem about Paul Revere's ride by Henry brief scenes better; if they humor that superstition, they Wadsworth Longfellow. Shows are apt to get along better. of Paul Revere's home and the exterior and interior of Longfellow's home. Explains that the is not entirely accurate report MARK TWAIN'S AMERICA, PARTS 1 AND 2 poem an (nbc; mcgh) of the facts, but is representative of the feeling and the spirit of the Revolution. j-h-c-a 56 minutes bw: $10.65

Uses 1,000 photographs and engravings to MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (ACTS I, II, III life recreate the of Mark Twain and the age . . . LOVERS' SCENES) (chd; uw) in which he lived. Actors re-create some of j-h-c-a 13 minutes bw: $2.80 his best-known characters. Howard Lindsay Presents the lovers' scenes in Acts I, II, and is the narrator. III of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's the Vic Rep- MARK TWAIN'S MISSISSIPPI (mgm, edited by Dream, as performed by Old ertory Company. tfe) i-j-h 10 minutes color: $3.40 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (ACT V, SCENE 1

Presents an excerpt from the feature film . . . PYRAMUS AND THISBE) (chd; uw) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which j-h-c-a 13 minutes bw: $2.80 stresses the influence of the Mississippi River Presents Act V, Scene 1, of Shakespeare's on Mark Twain and his time. After watch- A Midsummer Night's Dream, as performed ing the steamboat Natchez Queen dock and by the Old Vic Repertory Company. unload at Hannibal, Huck decides to run away with Jim, the Douglas's es- Widow MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM INTRODUCTION caped slave. They set out on a raft down TO THE PLAY (c) the river, but the raft is destroyed in a col- minutes bw: $2.55 lision with a steamboat. They are taken j-h-c 14 color: $3.90 aboard and Huck is allowed to take the helm as the captain explains the signs of the Dramatizes key scenes from A Midsummer river by which the pilots guide their ships. Night's Dream. Uses familiar passages and Concludes with quotations from Life on the significant actions to illustrate the setting Mississippi related to Twain's own boyhood and plot of the play. Also discusses the ac- ambitions to become a river pilot. Restricted tions of the characters, their relationships to to classroom use. one another, and the language they speak.

35 MILESTONES IN WRITING SERIES see that can take a person anywhere. Uses scenes from a variety of films to emphasize that THE ALPHABET movies appeal to all members of the family. MANUSCRIPTS Shows how people imagine themselves as PAPER their favorite screen characters, participating PAPYRUS in the events as they take place, thus afford- PiCTOGRAPHS ing an escape from worry, work, and strain. Restricted to classroom use. LES MISERABLES (tcf, edited by tfc) j-h-c 44 minutes bw: $6.50 MOVIES LEARN TO TALK (cbs; mcgh) Frederic March and Charles Laughton play j-h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $5.35 the leads in this abridged version of the Shows the development of sound movies feature film based on Victor Hugo's novel. from early experiments with clumsy systems Emphasizes the conflict between Valjean and at the turn of the century to The Jazz Singer Javert, and the treatment of criminals in in 1927 and the polished and sophisticated the French courts of the period. Restricted sound film of today. Includes glimpses of 34 to classroom use. personalities and excerpts from 12 silent and MR. CHAIRMAN (eb) sound movies. j-h-c-a 13 minutes bw: $2.90 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (mgm, edited by tfc) Mr. Chairman shows, in a series of animated episodes, how any organized group can talk j-h-c 42 minutes bw: $8.00 things over and reach decisions efficiently Presents an abridged version of the feature and fairly. He explains that for any group film based on the book by James Norman the same rules for democratic action apply: Hall and Charles Nordhoff. Tells the story make sure that the minority has its say, that of the struggle between Captain Bligh and the will of the majority will prevail, and that his men during the days in British maritime business is conducted without confusion or life when the members of the crew were undue delay. harshly treated by their officers in command. The struggle finally results in the establish- MR. CHRISTIAN SEIZES THE BOUNTY (YOU ARE ment of more wholesome relationships THERE) (cbs) aboard ship which have become a common j-h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.85 practice in modern navies. Restricted to On April 28, 1789, H.M.S. Bounty, which classroom use. sailed sixteen months ago for the South Pa- cific to collect breadfruit trees for British MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (unp, edited by tfc) planters in the West Indies, is the scene of j-h-c 44 minutes bw: $5.15 a historic mutiny. first Mr. Christian, mate Presents an abridged version of the feature of the ship, leads the mutineers against the film The Mystery of Edwin Drood, based on despotic Captain William Bligh, who is set the novel by Charles Dickens. Retells the adrift in a ship's boat with several crew story of the efforts of Neville Landless to events members. Records leading to the clear himself of suspicion in the disappear- mutiny, the eventual court martial, and the ance of Edwin Drood, whose fiancee Land- revision of the British Navy's code of dis- less loves. Restricted to classroom use. cipline.

CHAPTERS (nfbc) MOMENTS IN MUSIC (mgm; tfc) NEW j-h-a 10 minutes bw: $1.65 c-a 14 minutes color: $5.00 Scenes from Hollywood films are used to Presents the public library as a workshop, represent the music brought to audiences in lecture hall, and resource center for a motion picture theaters. They present Jose planned cultural activity of the community. Iturbi, Lily Pons, Betty Hutton, Nelson Emphasizes the provision of facilities for Eddy and jeannette MacDonald, Red Skel- children's activities in art, music, story tell- ton and Betty Garrett, Leopold Stokowski, ing, and play reading. Xavier Cugat, Rise Stevens, Bing Crosby, Yehudi Menuhin, Harry James, Mario NEW ENGLAND: BACKGROUND OF Lanza, Danny Kaye, and Judy Garland. LITERATURE (c) Restricted to classroom use. j-h-c 11 minutes bw: $2.15 color: $3.40 MOVIES ARE ADVENTURE (unp; tfc) Pictures many places in New England which j-h 10 minutes bw: $1.65 have associations with literary works. In- Describes the theater chair as a magic seat cludes Thoreau's pond, Whittier's home, Old

36 Ironsides, and mention of Bryant, Emerson, the development of relationships between the Longfellow, Holmes, and Alcott. major characters.

THE NOVEL: THE NOVEL WHAT IT IS, WHAT NEWSPAPER SERVES ITS COMMUNITY (fa) — IT'S ABOUT, WHAT IT DOES (eb) i-j-h 14 minutes bw: $2.80 h-c 28 minutes color: $9.10 Shows how a newspaper works, and empha- With the aid of actors from the Old Vic sizes the many ways in which it serves its Clifton Fadiman explains moti- community. Follows the reporting of a local Company, vation, characterization, style, and the estab- news event: the arrival of a new baby ele- lishment of mood through description. phant for the town zoo. Documents the step-by-step processes of writing, editing, OEDIPUS REX, PART 1: THE AGE OF SOPHOCLES printing, and delivering a newspaper; and (mch; eb) shows the variety of news, features, and ad- vertising it brings to a community each day. h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 Bernard Knox, of Yale University, analyzes NEWSPAPER STORY (eb) Sophocles' classic Greek play Oedipus Rex, the culture from which it was drawn, and its i-j-h 16 minutes bw: $3.65 relation to modern life. Selected scenes from handling of human-interest Follows the a the play are presented, in English and with- the reporter first news story from time a out masks, at the Stratford Shakespearean learns of it until it appears in print on the Festival in Canada. This part reviews the page. Illustrates the duties of workers front play in relation to the humanities' concern write, edit, print, and dis- who observe, for man's fundamental nature, the con- daily Shows the huge tribute the newspaper. tribution of Greek civilization to Western other mechanical devices. Sug- presses and culture, and the character of the classic of the newspaper as a gests the importance Greek theater. Emphasizes the changes oc- of communication. medium curring in Greek thought during the Age of Sophocles, especially in relationship to sci- NOUNS AND VERBS VERSUS ADJECTIVES AND ence and religion. Concludes by recounting ADVERBS (THE QUILL SERIES) (net) the story of Oedipus previous to the events h-c-a 29 minutes bw: $5.65 in the play. Professor Edwin Peterson discusses the function of the four most useful parts of speech. OEDIPUS REX, PART 2: THE CHARACTER OF He shows that weak adjectives and adverbs OEDIPUS (mch; eb) can often be eliminated through a careful h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 selection of nouns and verbs. Through many Uses selected scenes to trace Oedipus' search illustrative sentences he develops the concept for the killer of Laius, his predecessor as that one forceful noun or verb is better than king of Thebes, and his discovery that he a or a combination of an adjective and noun himself is the murderer. Suggests an expla- an adverb and a verb. nation contrary to Aristotle's that Oedipus' own character is at fault for his trouble — THE NOVEL: EARLY VICTORIAN ENGLAND AND that the gods determine man's fate. CHARLES DICKENS (eb) h-c 28 minutes color: $9.10 OEDIPUS REX, PART 3: MAN AND GOD (mch; Clifton Fadiman examines Victorian Eng- eb) land, with its startling contrasts of morality h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 and hypocrisy, splendor and squalor, pros- Continues to explore the relationship of the perity and poverty. gods and their prophecies in Oedipus' life. Cites that while the Christian religion does

THE NOVEL: GREAT EXPECTATIONS I (eb) not have prophecies of the kind the Greek h-c 28 minutes color: $9.10 religion held, we still have many aspects of our lives affected by prophecies, such as in Selected dramatic scenes from Great Expec- school guidance and medical diagnosis. tations establish the setting, characters, and Oedipus first rejects religion and prophecy, shape of this classic novel and introduce but in his search for the truth finds that the some of its major themes. prophecy has come true. Interprets Soph- ocles' message as implying that it is man's THE NOVEL: GREAT EXPECTATIONS II (eb) search for truth that gives him nobility, but h-c 28 minutes color: $9.10 if he fails to recognize God, his ability is Clifton Fadiman presents a critical interpre- only an illusion. Human knowledge is shown tation of Great Expectations and discusses to be nothing compared to divine knowledge.

37 OEDIPUS REX, PART 4: THE RECOVERY OF our awareness of the world, while the use OEDIPUS (mch; eb) of conclusions grounded on observation that differences is of the h-c 28 minutes color: $8.70 also considers a mark mature mind. Employs scenes from the play's conclusion to show that while seemingly Oedipus' search OF MEN AND IDEAS, NO. 5: ON THE DIFFER- for truth and his high personal qualities ENCE BETWEEN WORDS AND THINGS (net) have led to destruction, he is redeemed by h-c 30 minutes bw: $4.90 the realization that his- fault was not guilt but ignorance of the prophecy's inevitable Discusses the consequences of forgetting that fulfillment. Concludes by indicating that words only point to things, and illustrates Oedipus learned that he, and all men, are how attention to words alone may lead to neither gods who control destiny, nor beasts unrealistic behavior. Emphasizes that words doomed to live unthinkingly, but lie some- make it easy for us to distort our descriptions where in between. Oedipus is identified as of reality, and shows that the tendency of one of the first of Western literature's great exaggeration ignores the present state of a searchers for man's place in the universe. person or thing. Recommends the use of the dimension of time in our speech, as OF MEN AND IDEAS, NO. 1: JUST WHAT IS well as greater attention to the real. GENERAL SEMANTICS? (net) OF MEN AND IDEAS, NO. 6: THE MAN WHO h-c 30 minutes bw: $4.90 KNOWS IT ALL (net) Professor Irving Lee discusses the field of h-c 30 minutes bw: $4.90 general semantics and presents his own viewpoint. Discusses the nature and consequences of the disease of "allness," an attitude present in OF MEN AND IDEAS, NO. 2: DO YOU KNOW the person who says or implies that what he HOW TO MAKE A STATEMENT OF FACT? (net) knows about a thing is all that can be said. Shows that when "allness" exits, mental h-c 30 minutes bw: $4.90 growth is inhibited and tension is likely to Distinguishes between statements of inference develop in our conversation with others. and statements of fact, and discusses the Suggests that the cure for "allness" is an of confusing the two. Illus- consequences awareness that more can be said, and argues trates the manner in which most people that this awareness is the difference between declarative statements that are mis- make a growing man an a bigot. takenly assumed to be statements of fact. is people Shows how behavior affected when OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (emf; eb) tend to misunderstand each other and fail j-h 18 minutes bw: $4.15 to assess situations realistically. Dramatizes the versatility of Oliver Wendell OF MEN AND IDEAS, NO. 3: WHY DO PEOPLE Holmes's successes, including his accomplish- MISUNDERSTAND EACH OTHER? (net) ments in the field of medicine and his activities as a man of letters and lecturer. Por- h-c 30 minutes bw: $4.90 trays events related to the writing of "Old Discusses the variations in meanings of words Ironsides," Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, variations affect the commu- and how these and other works. nication process. Shows that words used by a speaker in one way and interpreted by a ON SEEING FILM, FILM AND LITERATURE (use) listener in another results in "bypass" or h-c-a 17 minutes bw: $3.45 misunderstanding. Stresses that meaning is not in words but in speakers and listeners. Explains that believable events, characters, Recommends that attention be focused not and conduct combine to make a memorable on words but on meaning, that listeners be experience whether in a book or in a film. interested in what speakers mean, and that Made from footage filmed behind the scenes speakers try to make themselves understood in Ceylon during production of The Bridge by listeners. on the River Kwai, including scenes of David Lean directing and Alec Guinness OF MEN AND IDEAS, NO. 4: WHAT IS A GOOD rehearsing for the production. OBSERVER? (net) h-c 30 minutes bw: $4.90 ON THE AIR (jh) Considers the differences between a good j-h-c-a 10 minutes bw: $2.15 and a bad observer, and relates these differ- Shows how radio programs are written, re- ences to talking sense. Points out that the hearsed, timed, and produced. Explains the use of conclusions based on observations of principle of the audio wave, its control, its similarities alone results in a limitation of conversion in the oscillator to a steady car-

38 rier wave, its transmission, and its reception grave, with illustrative drawings by Barbara in the home. A 1937 production. Jones; "The Sailors' Consolation," by Thomas Dibden, narrated by Stanley Hollo-

ONE WAY TO BUILD A FLAT (ue) way, with drawings by John Minton ; "Check narrated by h-c-a 14 minutes bw: $3.15 to Song," by Owen Meredith, Eric Portman, with drawings by Michael Demonstrates a method of building a stage Warre. "The Sailors' Consolation" has a flat from reference to the blueprint through musical and sound effects accompaniment. the covering of the flat with cloth.

PAPER (MILESTONES IN WRITING SERIES) (use) ORGANIZING DISCUSSION GROUPS (eb) h-c-a 10 minutes color: $3.40 h-c-a 20 minutes bw: $4.15 Demonstrates the actual process of paper Tells why discussion groups are started, and making as practiced by the ancients. Dr. shows how a group may be initiated and Frank Baxter screens vegetable matter con- organized. Follows through the process of sisting of ground leaves, bark, and grass and organizing an adult discussion group, indi- makes a wet pulp which is pressed out flat cates common difficulties of starting groups, and left to dry. When the product is cured, and offers some suggestions for overcoming it becomes what we know as paper. Dr. them. Baxter points out that the great books of the past were printed on paper made in this OTHELLO (chd; uw) crude but efficient way. j-h-c-a 13 minutes bw: $2.80 Presents Act III, Scene 3, of Shakespeare's PAPYRUS (MILESTONES IN WRITING SERIES) Othello, as performed by the Old Vic Rep- (use) ertory Company. h-c-a 10 minutes color: $3.40 Dr. Frank Baxter explains how the ancient OTHELLO (epc) Egyptians depended upon the papyrus plant h-c 42 minutes bw: $6.15 for many things, particularly for paper mak- Presents a condensed version of Shake- ing. He demonstrates the ancient technique speare's Othello in simple settings. All of of splitting papyrus stalks, criss-crossing the essentials of the plot and the best known them, applying glue, and pressing, to form speeches are included. The cast features sheets of writing material. John Slater, Sebastian Cabot, and Luanne Shaw. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE (c) h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 PAINTER AND POET: IN TIME OF PESTILENCE; Shows a meeting of a community safe-driving THE PYTHONESS (bis) club in which examples of correct parlia- h-c-a 9 minutes bw: $1.65 mentary procedure appear. The meeting is Presents two poems with illustrative draw- called to order, the minutes are read and ings and musical accompaniment: "In Time approved, and the order of the day is fol- of Pestilence," by the Elizabethan poet lowed. Motions and amendments are made, Thomas Nashe, narrated by Robert Harris, and the meeting is adjourned. with drawings by Michael Ayrton; and "The Pythoness," by the modern British poet PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE (nfbc) Kathleen Raine, narrated by Mary Morris, j-h-c-a 21 minutes bw: $3.75 with drawings by Henry Moore. The film's commentator joins a meeting and in a light, informal manner explains the PAINTER AND POET: JOHN GILPIN (bis) functions of the chairman, the purpose and h-c-a 10 minutes bw: $1.90 correct manner of presenting a motion, an Presents the ballad "John Gilpin," by Wil- amendment, point of order or information, liam Cowper, with illustrative drawings by and other rules up to the motion for ad- Ronald Searle and a musical accompani- journment. ment. Uses camera movement to provide the illusion of motion. Narrated by Cecil PARTS OF SPEECH (c)

Trouncer. i-j 14 minutes bw: $3.15 Illustrates the right parts of speech and their PAINTER AND POET: WINTER GARDEN; THE importance in communicating ideas. De- SAILORS' CONSOLATION; CHECK TO SONG (bis) rives examples of parts of speech from a h-c-a 6 minutes bw: $1.90 beach scene, showing youngsters of different Presents three poems: "Winter Garden," by ages enjoying various activities. Utilizes David Gascoyne, narrated by Michael Red- overprint titles and split-screen techniques.

39 The split-screen device simultaneously shows and presentation of both written and oral a beach scene and a grammatical construc- book reports. By outlining his material and tion related to it, which is discussed and practicing his oral report beforehand, Jim explained. gives a report on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer which arouses the interest of his PENMANSHIP IMPROVER (tae) class. h-c-a 10 minutes bw: $2.15 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (mgm, edited by tfc) Uses Mrs. Maude Collins Genochio's method j-h-c 44 minutes bw: $8.00 of developing skill in handwriting by pro- viding practice in writing three simple Abridged from the feature film based on the strokes which make up more than 80 per Jane Austen novel, with emphasis upon the cent of all handwriting. progress of Elizabeth and Darcy to a true evaluation of each other's character in the course of their romance. Recreates the PEOPLE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI (eb) modes and manners of rural England in i-j-a 19 minutes bw: $4.15 the early nineteenth century. Restricted to A young boy, Robert Bigras, makes a small classroom use. boat which he hopes will sail from Lake Itasca, Minnesota, near his home, to the PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF TEACHING A mouth of the Mississippi River. Many days SECOND LANGUAGE, NO. 1: THE NATURE OF after launching the boat, he begins receiv- LANGUAGE AND HOW IT IS LEARNED (tfc) ing a series of letters from the boys and girls c 30 minutes bw: $6.55 who have found the boat and sent it on its nature of language and how it way. Shows many of the adventures of the Explains the is learned, and establishes the validity of the little boat, and presents information about teaching. Examples of the people and geography of the Mississippi oral approach to various languages reveal how Valley. The sound track includes dialogue, speech from in their sound natural sounds, a poetic narration, and differently languages function grammatical organizations, and lex- guitar and string orchestra background systems, out that although music. ical developments. Points the oral approach to a second language parallels the way people learn their first lan- PERFECT TRIBUTE (mgm) guage, it is more scientifically organized and minutes bw: $3.15 i-j-h 20 stresses the formation of new language habits. Based on the story by Mary Shipman An- drews about Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF TEACHING A revealing his spirit and sympathetic attitude SECOND LANGUAGE, NO. 2: THE SOUNDS OF toward the defeated South. Shows his trip LANGUAGE (tfc) his disappointment because of to Gettysburg, c 30 minutes bw: $6.55 the poor reception of his speech, and his Discusses the tendency, when learning a sec- visit to a nearby prison hospital where he ond language, to carry over sound patterns repeats the address to a wounded Confeder- to the new language. Compares the sound ate Soldier. Restricted to classroom use. features of various languages. A class in Spanish for English speakers demonstrates PICTOGRAPHS (MILESTONES IN WRITING SERIES! the modern approach to the sound of a lan- (use) guage, giving proper balance to intonational j-h-c-a 10 minutes color: $3.40 patterns, rhythms, stresses, and pronuncia- Dr. Frank C. Baxter explains that by read- tion of individual sounds. ing all nature about him, man learned to write. By using simple ideograms, Dr. Baxter PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF TEACHING A tells and illustrates a story, pointing out that SECOND LANGUAGE, NO. 3: THE ORGANIZA- a drawing of the sun meant prosperity, an TION OF LANGUAGE (tfc) arrow meant hunting, and a deer or bear c 30 minutes bw: $6.55 meant meat. By simple combinations of Points out that preschool children learn the these and other signs (pictographs), thoughts essential grammar of their native language were transferred from one individual to by oral experiences only, and that language another. organization is based not so much on logic as on customs and conventions peculiar to PREPARING YOUR BOOK REPORT (c) each language. A class in German for Eng- i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.35 lish speakers shows how grammatical pat- With emphasis on the importance of prep- terns and their variations are taught by aration, the film illustrates the development modern methods.

40 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF TEACHING A student follows a study scheme of planning, SECOND LANGUAGE, NO. 4: WORDS AND placement, and method to improve her THEIR MEANINGS (tfc) learning. Approaches study in terms of short- goals, c 30 minutes bw: $6.55 and long-range and illustrates how each step of the student's plan is car- Points out that because words in one lan- ried out. Discusses different reading tech- guage do not cover the same areas of mean- niques for different purposes, and presents a ing as words in another, word-for-word system of note-taking to aid in study. translation and learning lists of words in iso- lation are not valid procedures. Scenes from PUBLIC SPEAKING: MOVEMENT AND GESTURE a French class for English speakers show how (c) words are taught in meaningful contexts and how the ranges of meanings of such words j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 are developed by practice of appropriate color: $3.40 expressions. Demonstrates and explains the role of movement and gesture in public speaking. Points PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF TEACHING A out that action is a universal language. Con- SECOND LANGUAGE, NO. 5: MODERN trasts a student's poor use of action with an TECHNIQUES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING (tfc) assembly speaker's effective use of action, repeating scenes of the latter's performance c 30 minutes bw: $6.55 while suggesting ways of developing ease Reinforces and expands the techniques ex- and naturalness on the speaker's platform. plained and illustrated previously, in this case using English as the second language to PUNCTUATION — MARK YOUR MEANING (c) be learned. Classes from third grade to adult i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.15 level are shown. Considers the problem of the non-native teacher of a second language, George has trouble making the class editors the use of language recordings, and the understand his story about a marionette problem of the oversize language class. show, until they help him punctuate it correctly. The actual marionettes illustrate all PRINTING (MILESTONES IN WRITING SERIES) the possible meanings of each sentence and (use) finally the correct meaning, after the editors put in periods, capital letters, and quotation j-h-c-a 10 minutes color: $3.40 marks and explain the rules to George. Dr. Frank Baxter explains that by the use of woodcuts and moveable type, the printed RADIO BROADCASTING TODAY (mot) page was made available for the masses. He j-h 17 minutes bw: $3.40 explains in detail the workings of a small press which prints from a prepared woodcut. Surveys radio broadcasting in America as of 1948, showing excerpts from all types of programs, the reactions of radio writers and PRODUCTION 5118 (wpp for cpf) critics to the status of radio, the role of the h-c-a 30 minutes color: $7.90 Federal Communications Commission, and Dramatizes incidents to provoke discussion the many influences on the final form a of the problems of human communication — broadcast takes. of understanding oneself, of being understood, and of understanding others. READING IMPROVEMENT: COMPREHENSION SKILLS (c) PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES (c) i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.35 j-h-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 Suggests that finding the topic sentence and Describes the seven basic propaganda tech- learning to outline are important skills in niques and shows examples of them in cam- helping a person improve his ability to or- paign posters, recorded broadcasts, and a ganize ideas as he reads. Points out clues campaign movie. The campaign manager of which help in the making of a mental out- the recently elected mayor explains how line. Concludes with a summary of steps for propaganda can be evaluated and encour- better comprehension: read once to preview, ages Chuck, a high school student, to study read a second time for main ideas, and re- it more thoroughly. view what has been read.

PSYCHOLOGY FOR LIVING: SUCCESSFUL READING IMPROVEMENT: DEFINING THE GOOD SCHOLARSHIP (megh) READER (c) j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.45 i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.35 Deals with the problem of forming success- Uses the reading habits of three students to ful study habits. Shows how a high-school point out the characteristics of a good reader.

41 Explains that skills which most readers can editor, and farmer — that furnished the develop and improve include speed and ac- background for his achievements in poetry. curacy in word recognition, good vocabulary He reads two of his poems, "Stopping by and vocabulary-building habits, comprehen- Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "The sion of the ideas presented, and the use of Drumlin Woodchuck." varying rates of reading speeds. ROGER WILLIAMS — FOUNDER OF RHODE READING IMPROVEMENT: EFFECTIVE SPEEDS (c) ISLAND (eb) i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.35 j-h-c 28 minutes bw: $5.65 Stresses the principles for gaining reading Re-creates the dramatic story of Roger Wil- speed with understanding, and points out liams' conflict with the Puritan leaders of that the purposes for reading and the diffi- New England; his fight for separation of culty of the material will determine the read- church and state, freedom of conscience, and ing speed. Calls attention to selected poor protection of minority groups; the "heresy" reading habits such as moving the lips and trial which resulted in his banishment from pointing to the words. Demonstrates how to the Massachusetts Bay Colony; and his de- increase the number of words one can take cision to establish a new colony, "a place of in at a glance. freedom and liberty — a refuge for man- kind." READING IMPROVEMENT: VOCABULARY SKILLS (c) ROMANCE OF ROBERT BURNS (wb; tfc) i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.35 general 17 minutes color: $5.40 The missing of a word in a spelling bee Tells a story woven about the episodes in leads Jack to realize the deficiencies of his the life of Robert Burns, with musical ac- speaking and reading vocabulary. Follows companiment including the songs "Auld his subsequent attempts to improve himself Lang Syne" and "Flow Gently, Sweet Af- by starting a list of new words, referring to ton." Restricted to classroom use. the context and/or the dictionary for the meaning of the word, and using new words ROMEO AND JULIET (mgm, edited by tfc) writing or conversation whenever possible. in j-h 42 minutes bw: $8.00 Presents an abridged version of the feature READING IMPROVEMENT: WORD RECOGNITION film based on Shakespeare's play. Follows SKILLS (c) the action of the love story throughout. Re- i-j 11 minutes bw: $2.35 stricted to classroom use. Stresses the importance of word recognition in effective reading, and shows how and why ROOM FOR DISCUSSION (eb) related reading errors occur. Utilizes ani- h-c-a 22 minutes bw: $4.15 mation to illustrate skills that may be devel- Defines discussion and gives examples of its oped for quick and accurate recognition of use throughout history. Explains proper dis- words by form, context, and sound. Shows cussion techniques, and emphasizes the im- the use of the dictionary as an aid to word portance of discussion in many groups. Con- recognition. cludes with a summary of the value of discussion in defining and solving problems, RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER (ue) enriching life experiences, and maintaining j-h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $5.65 the essence of democracy. Shows steel engravings by Paul Gustave Dore which illustrate Coleridge's poem "The RUSSIANS: INSIGHTS THROUGH LITERATURE, Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as it is read PARTS 1 AND 2 (cbs; mcgh) aloud. h-c-a 55 minutes bw: $10.15

Professor Ernest J. Simmons discusses, and ROBERT FROST (WISDOM SERIES) (nbc) a group of actors present scenes from, five h-c-a 28 minutes bw: $6.15 Russian literary classics which reflect the Robert Frost, four-time winner of the Pul- social, political, and economic issues that itzer Prize for poetry, discusses his life and conditioned the Russian way of life and work with Bela Kornitzer, Hungarian-born caused the Communist Revolution. The author, at his farm home in Vermont. A works illustrated include Chekhov's play The life-long critic of regimentation in schools Cherry Orchard, Gogol's short story "The and universities, Frost recalls the wide range Overcoat," Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Kar- of personal experiences — as a mill worker, amazov, Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, and country school teacher, cobbler, small-town Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago.

42 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN (mcgh) have become producers. Restricted to classroom use. h-c-a 21 minutes bw: $4.40 Uses discussions in a college speech class THE SEA: BACKGROUND FOR LITERATURE (c) and other situations to emphasize that lan- j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.25 guage is the principal instrument of communication. Points out that the speaker color: $3.60 must be careful in his use of abstract words, Presents Joe Palmer, the third mate aboard should avoid over-generalizations and cliches, the "Exeter," as he rests in his cabin and should use simple language, and should looks over much of the literature inspired choose language symbols as they relate to by the sea. Uses dramatized narration to the audience. Employs students' quotations show scenes from works by such authors as of well-known personalities to illustrate the Rudyard Kipling, Richard Dana, James power of simple language, word pictures, Cook, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles rhythmic phrasing, and the use of questions. Nordhoff, James Norman Hall, Herman Demonstrates that one learns by doing, and Melville, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Al- shows how a student learned the effectiveness fred, Lord Tennyson. of becoming her own listener. SENTENCES: SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX (c) SCOTLAND: BACKGROUND FOR LITERATURE j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.35 EDITION) (c) (SECOND Points out that accurate usage and under- j-h-c 10 minutes color: $3.80 standing of each type of sentence — simple, Pictures the battleground of the Borderlands, compound, and complex — lead to a variety the storied Lowlands, and the scenic High- and exactness of expression. By animation lands of Scotland which have served as back- devices and live action scenes, the film dem- grounds for the works of Burns, Scott, Car- onstrates the building of sentences through lyle, Stevenson, and other authors. Associ- the use of independent and dependent ates each location with familiar stories and clauses. poems. SENTENCES: SUBJECT AND PREDICATE (c) SCREEN ACTORS (mgm; tfc) j-h 14 minutes bw: $3.15 j-h 9 minutes bw: $1.65 Stresses the ideas that good sentence struc- Motion picture actors are seen in their ture helps us toward better writing and homes, conducting important business of speaking, and that knowing the subject and their craft through the Screen Actors Guild, predicate is one of the most helpful ways to and meeting the problems of everyday living understand sentence structure. Analyzes a the same as other citizens. Restricted to variety of sentences, and identifies and de- classroom use. fines simple and compound subjects and simple and compound predicates.

SCREEN DIRECTOR (wb; tfc) SHAKESPEARE'S THEATER (jar, edited by tfc) j-h 9 minutes bw: $1.65 13 minutes color: $4.30 Shows the extent of a screen director's re- j-h-c-a sponsibility for the artistic quality of a mo- Presents the opening scenes from the feature tion picture. The many pressures, decisions, film Henry V, to show the activity in and and emergencies involved in directing a film around the Globe Theater just before a per- are indicated, with examples to show how formance. Includes the gathering of the actors are directed in a dramatic scene. audience, backstage preparations, and the Restricted to classroom use. structure of the stage itself. Immediately following the beginning of the Prologue, scenes SCREEN WRITER (tcf; tfc) there is a recapitulation of key with explanatory comments, drawings, and an j-h 10 minutes bw: $1.65 animated map. Restricted to classroom use. Shows that the task of the screen writer is to strip a book or story down to its elements SHAKESPEARE'S THEATER: THE GLOBE and put it together again so that the char- PLAYHOUSE (ucla) acters move and live and the printed words 18 minutes bw: $3.95 can be transferred into visual and aural pat- h-c-a terns. Explains that the writer must know A model of the original Globe Playhouse il- the technical aspects of picture making and lustrates the various acting areas, the pos- take into consideration the potentialities and sible methods of staging and lighting, and limitations of the screen medium. Pictures some of the limitations and advantages of the a typical writer and lists many writers who Elizabethan theater. Excerpts from some of

43 Shakespeare's plays are portrayed by models, onstrates the steps involved and the equip- demonstrating the possible movement from ment used to bring alive the sounds in a film one stage to another and the flexibility of on horse racing. Restricted to classroom use. this type of theater. SPEECH: CONDUCTING A MEETING (ya) SHAW'S PYGMALION (mgm, edited by tfc) h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 h-c 18 minutes bw: $4.15 Demonstrates and explains the pattern of Presents an excerpt from George Bernard parliamentary procedure. As a typical meet- Shaw's Pygmalion showing the transforma- ing is held, the narrator indicates mistakes tion of Eliza Doolittle from a dirty Cockney made by the participants and emphasizes the flower girl to a woman who can pass as a important points. Stresses using parliamen- duchess at an ambassador's reception. Pic- tary rules to get work done, not to dominate tures, in some detail, Professor Henry Hig- the meeting. gins' methods of teaching Eliza the speech and manners for her role as a duchess. SPEECH: CONVERSATION (ya) Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. Pro- Stars h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 duced by Gabriel Pascal. Restricted to class- Contrasts the conversational habits of several room use. people, some good and some very poor. Em- phasizes the importance of being a good con- SHOWTIME (uwi) versationalist in social situations and on the h-c-a 19 minutes bw: $3.65 job. Suggests the following rules for good Traces the development of a play from an conversation: don't dominate; consider idea in the author's mind through to the others; be alive and interested; practice good time it is presented on a stage. Especially speech habits; talk with, rather than at, a designed for schools and small community person or group; and have something mean- groups interested in planning and produc- ingful to say. ing their own plays. SPEECH: EFFECTIVE LISTENING (ya) SILVER SHADOWS luw) h-c-a 15 minutes bw: $3.20 j-h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $4.15 Demonstrates the importance of listening in Presents a short history of the silent motion the communication process. Points out the picture from the first theatrical use of pic- major obstacles to effective listening, and tures to the first newsreel service. Includes discusses the ways in which good listening oldtime favorites. habits can be developed.

SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT (mcgh) SPEECH: GROUP DISCUSSION (ya) 7 minutes bw: $2.15 j h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 Three students discuss recent personal ex- Outlines a method of effective group dis- periences and their conversation is used to cussion, and illustrates the process as a motivate the writing of their English themes. family discussion is carried on in a home situation. Presents the method as stating the SONS OF LIBERTY (wb; una) topic, planning and organizing information, j-h-c 22 minutes color: $6.65 and leading and participating in the discus- After the beginning of the American Revo- sion. Shows different types of discussion lution, Haym Solomon appears at a meeting groups, including the symposium, forum, of the "Sons of Liberty," asking for mem- panel, conference, and study group; and bership. Solomon gives the best part of his explains the characteristics of each type. life serving the cause of the American Rev- Discusses the responsibilities of the discus- olution, giving of his fortune and raising sion leader in a group. money for the Revolutionary forces. He dies soon after Cornwallis is finally beaten SPEECH: PLANNING YOUR TALK (ya) at Yorktown. Restricted to classroom use. h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 Emphasizes the importance of planning and SOUND MAN lea; tfc) organizing a talk. Says that a good speech j-h 10 minutes bw: $1.65 must be planned and organized, so that the Discusses the techniques and resources used speaker knows what he is going to say and to produce the sound for motion pictures. why he is going to say it. Lists five important The history of sound in movies is traced points in planning a speech: plan to get the from its beginning. Shows the files of sound attention of the audience; tell the audience effects maintained by film studios and dem- why the subject is important; present the

44 main idea; give examples, facts, and reasons; of pace, using the lower range of one's voice, and offer conclusions or suggested action. and being sincere and consistent with one's personality. SPEECH: PLATFORM POSTURE AND APPEARANCE (ya) SPEEDING YOUR READING (tae) h-c-a 11 minutes bw: $2.15 j-h-c-a 9 minutes bw: $2.15 Stresses the importance of appearance to a Designed to improve reading speed of high- speaker's self-confidence and good audience school and adult classroom audiences by reaction. Uses cartoon characters to show giving the student an understanding of cor- types of poor posture. A man preparing his rect reading habits. Concentrates on develop- first speech then demonstrates balance and ing the correct eye movements, the start- proper techniques of posture and movement. and-stop motion of the eyes, the point of Reviews the suggestions made. focus, and the span of recognition. Illustrates the most common reasons for slow reading, SPEECH: STAGE FRIGHT AND WHAT TO DO and makes suggestions for correction of read- ABOUT IT (ya) ing faults. Also covers the problems of h-c-a 10 minutes bw: $2.15 vocalizing while reading, spelling out words, and excessive regressions. Contrasts the wrong and right approach to speech making. Shows Fred becoming pro- SPIRIT OF THE EARTH (as for pic) gressively more disturbed as he thinks of the talk he must give at a club meeting; j-h-c-a 22 minutes color: $2.15 then pictures his extreme stage fright as he Scenic grandeur of the West unfolds along gives the speech. When the situation is re- with the legend of Old Faithful. Explains peated, Fred outlines and practices his the legend of two Indian braves, Red Cloud speech, dresses carefully, and as a result and Yellow Bull, and their pursuit of White speaks with ease. Deer, a lovely Indian girl. Viewers find that Old Faithful actually is Yellow Bull's griev- SPEECH: THE FUNCTION OF GESTURES (ya) ing over the loss of the girl. h-c-a 10 minutes bw: $2.15 STAGE MAKE-UP: YOUTHFUL ROLES (c) Explains the function of the gesture in public speaking, and points out how the speech j-h-c 13 minutes color: $5.00 can be made much more effective by using Enumerates the basic make-up materials the correct gestures at the correct time. Il- needed by amateur actors. A boy and a girl lustrates some commonly used gestures and demonstrate the step-by-step procedures to their function, and shows the effects of using follow in making up for ingenue and juvenile too many or too few gestures. roles, including the choice of make-up and the proper techniques for applying it. Con- SPEECH: USING VISUALS IN YOUR SPEECH (ya) cludes by showing two actors before and after applying make-up. h-c-a 13 minutes color: $4.90 Presents a dramatization of improved oral STAGECRAFT: GENERAL SCENERY CONSTRUC- communications by adding interest and clar- TION (fraf; c! ity to a speech through the use of visuals. Reviews types of visual materials such as j-K-c 16 minutes bw: $3.45 chalkboards, flannel boards, charts, models, Stresses the importance of following the slides, filmstrips, and motion pictures. Points proper procedures in the construction of out that the speaker can either make his own stage scenery, including door and window materials or use ready-made visuals. Em- flats, steps, and parallels. Shows how door phasizes the importance of the speaker's and window flats are constructed and ex- choice of materials and their utilization. plains some of the terms commonly used: Uses classroom situations and a business re- scene jack, saddle iron, and window thick- port to show the effect of visuals on oral ness. Presents a simplified method of build- communications. ing steps.

SPEECH: USING YOUR VOICE (ya) STAGECRAFT: SCENERY FRAME CONSTRUCTION h-c-a 9 minutes bw $2.15 (fraf; e) Stresses the importance of using the voice j-h-c 11 minutes bw: $2.35 well. Examples of poor speech caused pri- Discusses the frame, which is the basic unit marily by carelessness are followed by sug- of scenery construction, and follows its build- gestions for improvement: opening the mouth ing from the selection of the proper type of wider, speaking with animation and variety lumber through the final stages prior to

45 painting. Shows the component parts of the stuttering is presented with clinical evidence frame as they are used in step-by-step con- by the State University of Iowa. Explains struction. through demonstrations the cause and cure of stuttering. Shows how parents can hinder STAGECRAFT: SCENERY PAINTING (fraf; c) a child with over-concern and how some j-h-c 8 minutes color: $3.80 severe cases can speak normally when their attention is distracted. Takes up the problems of painting scenery, materials to be used, and correct methods STYLE IN WRITING (THE QUILL SERIES) (net) for mixing and applying paints. Presents a number of techniques that can help produce h-c 29 minutes bw: $5.65 special stage effects. Dr. Edwin Peterson presents the thesis that an individual's style of writing should repre- STAGECRAFT: STAGE LIGHTING (fraf; c) sent his true self. He points out that many j-h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.35 people lose their naturalness when they begin to write. Quoting Morley, Twain, Stresses the importance of stage lighting and Lamb, Shakespeare, and others, he maintains that its control to produce desired effects, and true elegance is always simple honest. suggests various techniques for securing con- and urges beginning writers to avoid affecta- trolled stage lighting. The design and use He tions and to be themselves. of common stage lighting equipment is presented and explained. Beginning with a light plot, the development to a final lighting SUSAN B. ANTHONY (emf; eb) setup is traced. j-h 20 minutes bw: $4.15 Tells the story of Susan B. Anthony's work STANLEY FINDS LIVINGSTONE (YOU ARE THERE) as she pioneered the movement for women's (cbs) suffrage. Highlights her activities in the j-h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 women's temperance movement, in obtaining Reconstructs events of November 10, 1871. property rights for women, and in campaign- After months of fruitless searching, Henry ing for the vote for women. Re-enacts the Stanley, a New York reporter, finally locates trial in which she heroically and unrelent- David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary- ingly states her case. explorer in Africa who has not been heard from for three years. SUSAN B. ANTHONY IS TRIED FOR VOTING (YOU ARE THERE) (cbs) STORY OF DR. CARVER (mgm) j-h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 i-j-h 9 minutes bw: $1.90 An important moment in the fight for poli- A Negro slave boy with a keen intellect is tical and social equality for American wo- educated by his master, who also gives the men is seen in the second day of the trial of boy his own name. The young scientist, Susan B. Anthony, being prosecuted for George Washington Carver, then devotes his voting. The date is June 18, 1873. life to the development of uses for the pea- nut and other agricultural products of the TALE OF THE FIORDS (A STORY TO SEE AND South. Shows some of his experimental work HEAR) (eb) and his achievements at Tuskegee Institute. i-j-h-a 14 minutes bw: $2.15 Restricted to classroom use. Portrays the secret yearnings of a little girl, Ragnhild, at her family's summer home high STORY-TELLERS OF THE CANTERBURY TALES on a mountain near a Norwegian fiord. (use) Shows the scenery of the mountains as Ragn- h-c 18 minutes color: $5.05 hild neglects milking the goats to explore Uses the original Ellesmere Chaucer manu- the vicinity and to look for the hidden valley script, figurines, miniature replica back- of dreams mentioned by her grandfather in grounds, music in the idiom of the fourteenth a legend of the fiords. Shows her returning century, and narration in Middle English home, and ends with Ragnhild and her to present excerpts from the Canterbury brother eating wild strawberries as they drift Tales. Visualizes parts from "The General in a small boat on the placid waters. Photo- Prologue" and "The Canon's Yeoman's Pro- graphed by Arne Sucksdorff. logue." TALE OF TWO CITIES (mgm, edited by tfe) STUTTERING (THE SEARCH) (cbs) h-c 44 minutes bw: $8.00 c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 An abridged version of the feature film Consistent failure to find an organic basis for based on the Charles Dickens novel. Drama-

46 tizes the causes of mass rebellion against the Henry." The background for the singers is a aristocracy of France during the revolution- farmhouse kitchen yard after the noonday ary period, and retains the highlights of the meal. story of Sidney Carton. Restricted to classroom use. TELEVISION IN YOUR COMMUNITY (c) i-j-h 11 minutes color: $3.40 TALES FROM DICKENS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (c) Demonstrates the function and operation of j-h-c-a 25 minutes bw: $5.20 various pieces of equipment and the activities Tells the classic Christmas tale of the regen- of the personnel in a television station. Shows eration of the miserly Scrooge. Filmed in the cameras, mike booms, studio, control England, starring Basil Rathbone. Reflects room, projection room, film editing room, Dickens' period and style. and news room. Pictures several types of programs, remote pick-ups, and antennas. TALES FROM DICKENS: DAVID AND Shows the operations in the control room MR. MICAWBER (dd; c) during the production of a live show in the j-h-c-a 25 minutes bw: $5.35 studio. Frederic March introduces an excerpt from TELEVISION IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT (ch) David Copperfield, featuring Robert Morley as Mr. Micawber. Young David arrives in j-h-c-a 30 minutes bw: $3.65 London and is befriended by the Micawbers. Dramatizes the problems of a television pro- While Mr. Micawber is imprisoned for debt, ducer who tries to live up to his responsi- he maintains his characteristic optimism. bilities of presenting high-quality shows. Also highlights the great service that can be ren- TALES FROM DICKENS: MISS HAVISHAM (dd; c) dered by those who take up television as a j-h-c-a 25 minutes bw: $5.35 career. Presents the point of view of The Christophers. Frederic March introduces an excerpt from Great Expectations, featuring Florence Eld- TELL-TALE HEART (mgm) ridge as Miss Havisham. Disappointed in love many years before and living among the j-h 20 minutes bw: $3.40 decayed remains of her wedding banquet, Presents a dramatization of Edgar Allan she sponsors young Pip, but plans to break Poe's short story, which deals with a weaver's his heart through Estella, her ward. apprentice who murders his cruel master. He is driven to confession by a guilty conscience TALES FROM DICKENS: MR. PICKWICK'S and the imaginary, haunting sound of the DILEMMA (dd; c) murdered man's heartbeat. Restricted to j-h-c-a 25 minutes bw: $5.35 classroom use. Frederic March introduces an excerpt from THEODORE ROOSEVELT (BIOGRAPHY SERIES) Pickwick Papers. Mr. Pickwick stumbles (dlw; mcgh) into the wrong bedroom one night, is chal- j-h minutes bw: lenged to a duel, and is arrested. The action 27 $5.65 here concerns how he extricates himself from Shows the life and times, problems, successes, this series of embarrassments, with the help and failures of Theodore Roosevelt — of his manservant, Sam Weller. President, statesman, powerful politician, sportsman, adventurer, and conservationist. TALES FROM DICKENS: URIAH HEEP (dd; c) Emphasizes his willingness to jeopardize his j-h-c-a 25 minutes bw: $5.35 career for the sake of his principles. Narrated by Mike Wallace. Frederic March introduces an excerpt from David Copperfield. Recalls Uriah Heep's THEORY OF MAKE-UP FOR THE THEATER (oc) career from his days as Mr. Wickfield's humble clerk until he becomes the latter's j-h-c-a 7 minutes color $2.90 business partner and plans to marry his Animation is used to examine the chiaroscuro daughter. In this episode he is exposed as and color elements of facial make-up, show- a forger and a cheat by the wonderful Mr. ing how hard-edge and soft-edge shadow Micawber. patterns can be made, and both dimension and character emphasized. TALL TALES (brf) general 9 minutes bw: $2.15 THIS THEATER AND YOU (par; tfc) Burl Ives, Winston O'Keefe, Josh White, and j-h 7 minutes bw: $1.50 Will Greer sing three American folk songs: Represents the movie theater variously as a "Strawberry Roan," "Grey Goose," and "John market place, a style center, a travelogue, a

47 sports arena, a library, and a concert hall. UNDERSTANDING MOVIES (mgm; tfc) Shows how the theater manager, interme- j-h-c-a 15 minutes bw: $2.15 diate between the motion picture industry Intended to increase critical enjoyment of and the community, provides his patrons a motion pictures. Successive sequences from "box-office seat on life." Restricted to class- feature films illustrate excellence in directing, room use. acting, photography, editing, art, and music. Restricted to classroom use. THOMAS ALVA EDISON (BIOGRAPHY SERIES) (dlw; mcgh) VAN GOGH: DARKNESS INTO LIGHT (mcgh) j-h 28 minutes bw: $5.65 j-h-c-a 22 minutes color $4.65 Presents the life of Thomas Edison and Shows the many problems encountered in discusses the significance of his numerous in- the filming of the feature-length movie ventions. Shows his early difficulties as a Lust for Life, the biography of Vincent van school pupil and job-holder, his tremendous Gogh by Irving Stone. Re-creates many of energy and singleness of purpose, his personal the actual scenes painted by Van Gogh and life, and his inventions in use. Narrated by some of them to rebuilt. Mike Wallace. shows how had be Contrasts the colors of some of Van Gogh's THREE AMERICAN BALLADS (ucla) paintings with the actual locales he painted, and reveals some of the technical mysteries general 10 minutes color: $2.90 of modern motion-picture making. The ballads "Acres of Clams," "Old Dan are Tucker," and "John Henry" sung by VERBS: PRINCIPAL PARTS (c) Cisco Houston and illustrated by a series of j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.35 humorous sketches or semiabstract drawings by Alfred Konsel. Employs animation to show common ways of forming the past tense of regular verbs, and TRAGEDY OF JOHN MILTON (YOU ARE THERE) illustrates the difficulties encountered in (cbs) forming the past tense of irregular verbs. Places stress upon knowing the principal j-h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 parts of a verb in order to determine the On August 13, 1660, the blind poet John correct form for all its tenses. Milton, once honored by his countrymen, is driven into hiding by the restoration of VERBS: RECOGNIZING AND USING THEM (c) Charles II to the throne ; and his life's work j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.35 is ordered destroyed because of his Puritan beliefs. Exemplifies some of the problems of Makes use of animation to illustrate that the freedom of expression. finding of a complete subject and predicate in a sentence is the first step in learning to TREASURE ISLAND (mgm; edited by tfc) recognize verbs. Explains that a verb can be i-j-h 43 minutes bw: $8.00 recognized through any of its three distinct functions — a verb indicates what the subject An abridged version of the feature film does, what is done to the subject, or the based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. state of being of the subject. Relates Jim Hawkins' adventures as he gets involved with pirates and buried treasure. VISUAL PERCEPTION RESEARCH (THE SEARCH) Resricted to classroom use. (cbs) TRIUMPH OF LOUIS BRAILLE (YOU ARE THERE) h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 (cbs) Ohio State University personnel explain the j-h-c-a 27 minutes bw: $5.65 equipment and tests used to measure and Uses dramatized interviews and documentary improve vision to support the fact that even reporting to present the story of Louis persons with "normal" vision can double or Braille, a blind instructor at the National even triple their vision. Shows how schools Institute for the Young Blind, in Paris. Por- and business organizations are taking ad- trays how he developed a new method for vantage of the results found in this research. reading and writing for the blind, despite criticism from many sources. W. B. YEATS — A TRIBUTE (nfii for crci; brf) h-c-a 22 minutes bw: $4.15 TWELFTH NIGHT (chd; uw) Shows scenes of the graveyard where William j-h-c-a 13 minutes bw: $2.80 Butler Yeats is buried, and a close-up of his Presents Act II, Scene 5, of Shakespeare's tombstone with its epitaph. Then pictures Twelfth Night, as performed by the Old Vic parts of Ireland in which Yeats spent vari- Repertory Company. ous periods of his life. Scenes from Sligo

48 County, in the west of Ireland, are accom- words and group them into those invented, panied by poetry spoken by the narrator. In such as "jeep," those borrowed from other Dublin the Abbey Theatre, where many of languages, such as "dirndl," and those com- 5 Yeats plays were produced, is pictured. bined from other words, such as "black- Mention is made of the role Yeats played in board." They then invent a name for the the political life of Ireland. green writing surface newly installed in their classroom. WALT WHITMAN: BACKGROUND FOR HIS WORKS (c) WHY PUNCTUATE? (ya) j-h-c 12 minutes bw: $2.80 i-j 10 minutes bw: $2.15 Presents, by drawings and still and live-action Stresses the importance of good punctuation photography, highlights in the life of Walt in everyday business and social life, and sum- Whitman as selections from his poems are marizes the basic rules for using the most presented in the narration. Shows how his important punctuation marks. writings were influenced by his rural life as a youth, his experiences with city life, his WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (eb) observation of pioneer life, his trip to New j-h-c 28 minutes color: $7.15 Orleans from New York and return via Chi- Re-creates the life and times of William cago, the Civil War, and the post-Civil War Shakespeare. Supplements the sparse re- period. Tells how his publication of Leaves corded history of his early years with drama- of Grass both disgusted and surprised the tized presentations that picture the gradual conventional critics, and points out that emergence of a youth into a literary genius although his works finally became recognized who captures the ears of all London. Por- and imitated, he never obtained financial trays the character of his married life, and success. includes numerous famous passages and WASHINGTON IRVING (emf; eb) scenes from his plays. Depicts the years of his association with the company of Richard j-h 17 minutes bw: $4.15 Burbage and his work at the Globe Theater. Brings to life significant episodes in the life of Washington Irving, the first American to WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: BACKGROUND FOR receive recognition in the world of prominent HIS WORKS (c) literature. Traces Irving's early life in New j-h-c 13 minutes bw: $2.65 York as a lawyer and then as a writer. color: $5.15 Describes his travels and life abroad, highlighting the incidents on which hinged the Studies the life of Shakespeare by visiting writing of his best known literary works. such historic spots as Kenilworth Castle, Stratford-on-Avon, Anne Hathaway's Cot- WATCH THAT QUOTATION (c) tage, the George Inn, the Tower of London, the of Warwick, the i-j 9 minutes bw: $2.15 Windsor Castle, county Dover cliffs, and a heath. Presents very brief Shows the importance of writing and punc- episodes from five of his best known plays, tuating quotations accurately. Dramatizes and discusses the functional structure of the the trials of Tom, Frank, and Mary as they Globe Theatre. Points out the genius re- investigate and report to the town council flected by his understanding of the eternal on why the school playground is locked on human passions that characterize his created Saturday. Shows the accurate use of quota- world of people and link yesterday with tions of several leaders they interview, and today. the influence that their well-written report has on the opening of the playground for WINTER'S TALE (chd; uwl Saturday use. j-h-c-a 13 minutes bw: $2.80

WAYS TO BETTER CONVERSATION (c) Presents Act V, Scene 3, of Shakespeare's j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 Winter's Tale, as performed by the Old Vic Illustrates with a good conversational group Repertory Company. and a poor one what constitutes good con- BUILDING IN OUR LANGUAGE (c) versation and how conversational skill can WORD be improved. Discusses the value of cour- j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.35 tesy, inclusiveness, respect, contributing, fol- Illustrates word analysis and vocabulary lowing the subject, and listening. building through uses of prefixes, suffixes, and compounding of words. Indicates that MAKES WORDS? (c) WHO simple communication can take place with- i-j 10 minutes bw: $2.15 out words, but points up the importance of Three elementary pupils study the origins of words. Some words are shown to be the

49 result of compounding and telescoping words letter with their respective functions, and of similar meaning. Examples are used to emphasizes the importance of maintaining a demonstrate that meanings change with the conversational tone. addition of prefixes and suffixes to word stems. Gives examples of some of the many WRITING FORCEFUL SENTENCES, PART I (THE English words that come from other lan- QUILL SERIES) (net) guages, and encourages students to build h-c 28 minutes bw: $5.65 vocabularies through the exploration of their Professor Edwin Peterson emphasizes that the structural growth of words. great writing results from straight thinking. He explains what a sentence is, how major WORDSWORTH COUNTRY (ow) and minor ideas are structured in a sentence, h-c-a 18 minutes bw: $3.40 and how the conjunction "and" deludes Introduces the English Lake District as a writers. He uses the opening sentence of background study of its literary personalities: The Fall of the House of Usher as an ex- William Wordsworth, Mary Wordsworth, ample of one of the greatest sentences in the Coleridge, Southey, Walpole, and Beatrix English language. Potter. The natural grandeur of the region is seen as the setting for Wordsworth's WRITING FORCEFUL SENTENCES, PART II (THE poems "The Cumberland Shepherd," "Mi- QUILL SERIES) (net) chael," "The Excursion," and "On the Com- h-c 30 minutes bw: $5.65 ing of Spring." Dr. Edwin Peterson discusses and illustrates five methods for putting a sentence together WRITING A GOOD PARAGRAPH (c) to say exactly what is meant: arranging the j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.35 words in order of importance, placing the Uses live-action and still photography and major idea in the main clause and the minor words on the screen to demonstrate the log- one in the subordinate clause, keeping the ical development of paragraphs, using such minor clause in the beginning and the major unity devices as time, space, and contrast. clause at the end, keeping the reader in Also illustrates the use of key words, phrases, suspense until the end of the sentence, and and ideas for making a smooth transition inverting the sentence order. from one paragraph to another. WRITING THROUGH THE AGES (bis, revised by WRITING BETTER BUSINESS LETTERS (c) eb) j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 i-j-h 10 minutes bw: $2.15 Two boys write a business letter in order to A shortened American version of History of purchase phonograph records from a store Writing. in one's home town. One boy refers to the rules in his English notebook, which include YOUR VOICE (eb) being brief, clear, and courteous, as the other j-h-c 10 minutes bw: $2.15 boy types, observing good form and spacing. Uses demonstrations, animated drawings, an resemblance of the letter to a personal The X-ray motion picture sequence, and close-up visit to the store is emphasized. photography to explain the four phases of voice production: respiration, phonation, WRITING BETTER SOCIAL LETTERS (c) resonance, and articulation. Shows the struc- j-h 11 minutes bw: $2.15 ture of the larynx and the process of respira- Discusses the considerations a teen-age boy tion. Discusses the modification of tones by faces in writing a friendly letter. Shows him resonators, and describes the organs of artic- distinguishing its purpose from other types ulation. Then shows how these four elements of letters. Lists the five parts of a friendly combine in voice production.

50 KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS OF PRODUCERS, SPONSORS, AND DISTRIBUTORS acfc Academic Film Company adp Avalon Daggett Productions aff A. F. Films, Inc. affp Affiliated Film Producers agr Agrafilms ala American Library Association as Alan Shilin Productions ath Athena Films, Inc.

bis British Information Services brf Brandon Films, Inc. by Byron, Inc.

c Coronet Films ea Columbia Pictures Corporation camfl Cambria Free Library, Johnstown, Pennsylvania cbs Columbia Broadcasting System ch The Christophers, Inc. chd Charles Deane Productions cpf Champion Paper and Fiber Company

crci Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland

erf Crawley Films, Canada cu Columbia University cucmc Columbia University, Center for Mass Communications cwi Colonial Williamsburg Films

dd Desmond Davis

eb Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.

ejf Edwin J. Fancey elm E. L. Morthole emf Emerson Film Corporation epc Eastin Pictures Company

fa Film Associates of California

ffo Ford Foundation fraf Frangor Films

gm General Motors Corp.

hop Hoffberg Productions, Inc.

ifb International Film Bureau

jar J. Arthur Rank jh Jam Handy Organization jn John Nesbitt

Idr Louis de Rochemont Associates

Ij Lewis Jacobs

51 mah Marion Hoch mcgh McGraw-Hill Book Co., Text-Film Division mep Media Productions mgm Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mif Mitchell Films Associates mis Moody Institute of Science mos Mosfilm Studios mot March of Time

nbc National Broadcasting Company nea National Education Association net National Educational Television nfbc National Film Board of Canada

nfii National Film Institute of Ireland nh Nancy Hamilton nwu Northwestern University

owi Office of War Information

par Paramount Pictures peg Pegasus Films pel Peter Elgar pfa Paul Faulkenberg

pic P. Lorillard Company pp Parthian Pictures, Great Britain

rko RKO-Radio Pictures, Inc.

sps Sidney Paul Solow

sr Stuart Reynolds Productions sui State University of Iowa

tee Teaching Aids Exchange

tcf Twentieth Century-Fox

tf Teaching Films, Inc.

tfc Teaching Film Custodians

ue University of California ucla University of California, Los Angeles um University of Minnesota unp Universal Pictures usar United States Army use University of Southern California usis United States Information Service usva United States Veterans Administration uw United World Films uwi University of Wisconsin

wb Warner Brothers wdp Walt Disney Productions wpp Wilding Picture Productions

ya Young America Films

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