This catalog lists all the 16mm films available in the collection of the Rhode Island Film Cooperative, a central film depository which loans films and media equipment to member libraries. Films are listed alphabetically by title, and each listing includes the name of the filmmaker, the length of the film, the intended audience level, and a brief…

Films available at no cost for classroom viewing are listed in this catalog of over 200 annotated entries. Entries are arranged alphabetically by title. Descriptions include length, audience level, evaluation, source, contents, and remarks made by students after viewing the films. An alphabetical title list, subject index, and a source list are…

In a study made in 1949 to determine the increment in learning that could be attributed to repetition, four general science films were shown to each of four groups of college students in such a way that each group saw one of the films once, a second film twice, a third film three times, and a fourth film four times. The experimental population…

The young person who wishes to attend a school with a film program and the educator who wants to find out where and how film is being taught are offered valuable information by this guide. It reveals that 219 higher institutions of learning now have courses in film, and that 5,300 students are preparing for a career in film production,…

The Presidential Libraries are administered by the National Archives and Records Service and contain many audiovisual materials obtained from a variety of sources--television networks, local television stations, federal agencies, radio networks, private citizens, newsreel companies, private businesses, special interest groups, news photo agencies,…

Approximately 11,000 still pictures, 300 sound recordings, and 125 reels of motion picture film relating to Indians in the United States are among the holdings of the Audiovisual Archives Division of the National Archives. The materials include Eskimos in Alaska, but not Eskimos in Greenland and Canada or Indians in Canada. The descriptions are…

The guidelines presented here are designed to provide nonbehavioral scientists with specific directions on how to ascertain systematically and objectively the effectiveness of an existing videotape or film and how to validate these during production. After an introductory section on the general position of instructional videotapes and films in a…

For professionals and advanced amateurs, this book covers all aspects of editing 16 millimeter film. Beginning with basic matters of film gauge, equipment, and editing facilities, it covers the mechanics of the subject using a how-to-do-it approach. The techniques discussed include preparation of the sound track, cutting, mixing, choice of pace…

The Association of Cinema Laboratories, Inc., has compiled this handbook to acquaint the users of motion pictures laboratory services with terminology, pre-print preparation, and procedures which have become standard in the industry. The handbook offers detailed, non-technical explanations of how to prepare films for the laboratory. It also…

A listing of over 200 films and filmstrips concerning the Spanish-speaking people in the United States is given in this publication. This list includes films and filmstrips on the pre-Columbian civilizations of the American continents, the Spanish conquest and domination, modern Latin America (excluding Brazil), Spanish-speaking minorities in the…

Some 75 films from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration are listed in this catalog. Topics dealt with include aerodynamics, airports, aviation history and careers, flying clubs, navigation and weather. Most of the films are 16mm sound and color productions. Filmstrips requiring a 35mm projector and phonograph or…

Provides evaluations of several aids for teaching chemistry. Included are The Use of Chemical Abstracts, Practical Technical Writing, Infrared Spectroscopy Programs, and a film titled "You Can't Go Back." (RH)

An annotated listing of the films entered in the National Council on Family Relations film awards competition. The 13 winners are indicated. (Author/HMV)

Hugo Munsterberg's "The Film: A Psychological Study" is one of the earliest essays in the area of film theory. Unfortunately, it has remained relatively unknown since its publication in 1916. The author discusses two concepts raised by Munsterberg: the contrast between films in the theatrical mode and films in the cinematic mode.…

The story "The Biscuit Eater" and the two films made from it can be used as a paradigm of the image of blacks in works made by whites. However, unlike those of 1940, reviewers of the 1972 Disney film were critical of every racially insensitive nuance, representing progress in racial awareness. (Author/GC)