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Shows how surface plates are used to check the flatness of surfaces, types of scrapers, how to remove high spots, and how to determine when a surface is scraped flat.
Discusses recent drug discoveries such as sulfa, penicillin, and streptomycin; increased opportunities for medical students from all parts of the world to study in this country such problems as the Rh blood factor and malnutrition; and progress in the control of heart disease, cancer, and rheumatic fever up to 1948.
Provides a stimulating synthesis of time and space utilizing horizontal lines ruled directly on the film by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart and moving to the music of Pete Seeger.
Discusses the earth as a whole and man's attempts to expand his own knowledge and use of the planet's geography. Traces the geographic growth of man's first movements in search of food, his invention of the compass, the resulting discovery of new worlds, the development of map making and methods of communication and travel. Illustrates the extent to which geography is significant in human affairs.
Discusses the "Ice "Frontier," the North Polar region separating America and Russia. Presents the historical background and geographical significance of this area from the days of the early Russian explorations on the West Coast of America to the present day when the Arctic may well be the crossroads of world airplanes and, someday, the route of guided missiles in a Cold War turned hot. Describes strategic military emplacements, experiments, and explorations which are all part of the current activity that makes the "Ice Frontier" an area of significance in a world of political and ideological conflicts. (Center for Mass Communication) Film.
An advertisement for king-sized Coca-Cola in which a jingle plays over a scene of young people playing softball and drinking bottles of Coke. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
The first in a series of twelve, one-reel films designed to present behind-the scenes activities of the motion picture industry. This film chronicles the technical and aesthetic growth of moving pictures, using excerpts from "The Great Train Robbery", "The Birth of a Nation", "Easy Street", "The Jazz Singer", "In the Hills of Old Kentucky", "Show of Shows", and "Night Song". A salute to the 30,000 people working in Hollywood includes a montage which illustrates some of the 272 different crafts involved in filmmaking. An overview of the physical production of celluloid (cotton and silver) is included. The narrator promises additional short films about each step in movie production.
