MOTION PICTURES AND FILMSTRIPS
FIRST WITH THE LEADER. Jam Handy Organization, Inc., for Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp. © 1950. Filmstrip, 60 frames, b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Presents advances in the automotive field originated by Chevrolet.
© Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp.; 1c 2Feb50; JU6183.
FLAME FACTS ABOUT GAS. Key Productions, Inc., in collaboration with the
American Gas Association, 1949. Filmstrip, 50 frames, b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Explains the structure of the common laboratory burner and the function of each of its parts; compares it with the gas range burner and shows how proper care insures maximum efficiency.
© American Gas Association; 28Dec49; JP6126.
FLYING CUPS AND SAUCERS. (Terrytoon)
Terrytoons, Inc. Distributed by Twentieth
Century-Fox Film Corp., 1949. 7 min.,
sd., color, 35mm.
Credits: Director, Connie Rasinski; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 2Dec49; LP2968.
THE FLYING SAUCER. Colonial Productions, Inc. Distributed by Film Classics,
Inc., 1949. 69 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Sent by the U. S. Government to investigate reports of the construction of a flying saucer in the Alaskan wilds, a playboy runs into Russian agents eager to gain control of the device. Filmed in Alaska.
Credits: Producer, director, and author of story, Mikel Conrad; screenplay, Howard Irving Young; music director and composer, Darrell Calker; film editor, Robert Crandall. Cast: Mikel Conrad, Pat Garrison, Hans Von Teuffen, Lester Sharpe, Russell Hicks.
© Colonial Productions, Inc.; 20Dec49; LP2786.
FOILING THE FOX. SEE Aesop's Fable—Foiling the Fox. LP2961.
FOLLOW THROUGH. (Effective Selling
with the International Harvester Company,
Pt. 6) Vogue-Wright Studios, Inc., for
the Education and Training Department
of the International Harvester Co., 1950.
Filmstrip, 87 frames, b&w, 35mm.
Summary: A training film for salesmen, emphasizing the necessity of "following through."
© International Harvester Co.; 1May50; JP134.
THE FOLLOW-THROUGH PAYS OFF.
Jam Handy Organization, Inc., for Dearborn Motors Corp. © 1950. Filmstrip,
98 Frames, b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Stresses the importance of the follow-up call after delivery. A training film for salesmen.
© Dearborn Motors Corp.; 1c 2Feb50; JU6188.
FOOD, FOLK, AND FARMING SERIES.
Filmstrips in this series, produced by
Common Ground Ltd., are entered
separately under their respective titles.
FOOTBALL HEADLINERS OF 1949. RKO
Pathe, Inc., 1949. 17 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.
Summary: A review of football headlines of the 1949 season. The action between top teams is shown, featuring Arnold Galiffa of Army, Doak Walker of SMU, Tonnemaker of Minnesota, and Leon Hart, Robert Williams, and Emil Sitko of Notre Dame.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 9Dec49; MP5025.
FOR THEM THAT TRESPASS. Associated
British Picture Corp., Ltd., London.
Released by Stratford Pictures Corp.,
1950. 98 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Based on Ernest Raymond's novel of the
same title.
Summary: Rather than involve himself in a scandal, a wealthy writer allows an innocent man to serve a prison sentence for murder. Released after fifteen years, the convict, with the writer's help, apprehends the real murderer.
Credits: Producer, Victor Skutezky; director, Cavalcanti; screenplay, J. Lee Thompson; music, Philip Green; film editor, Margery Saunders.
Cast: Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Rosalyn Boulter, Michael Laurence.
© Stratford Pictures Corp.; 10Jan50; LP2732.
FORBIDDEN JUNGLE. Jack Schwarz
Productions, 1950. 66 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.
Summary: A famed explorer penetrates the African jungle in search of a wild boy believed to be the grandson of a wealthy American.
Credits: Producer, Jack Schwarz; director, Robert Tansey; original story and screenplay, Frances Kavanaugh; music director, David Chudnow; music Darrel Calker; film editor, Reg Browne. Cast: Don Harvey, Forrest Taylor, Alyce Louis, Robert Cabal, Tamba.
© Jack Schwarz Productions; 31Mar50 (in notice: 1949); LP8.
FORCE AND MOTION. Coronet, 1949.
11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: Illustrates the basic laws of mechanics found in Newton's Three Laws of Motion—Inertia, Momentum, and Reaction. For junior and senior high school classes.
Credits: Educational collaborator, Ira M. Freeman.
© David A. Smart; 2Nov49; MP5060.
FORCE OF GRAVITY. Young America
Films, Inc., 1949. 11 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.
Summary: Introduces the concept of gravity and explains some of its everyday manifestations. For elementary school science classes.
Credits: Advisers, Gerald S. Craig, Helen Warrin.
© Leonard Peck Productions; 15May49; MP5015.
FORD FILMS. (Series 1-2) United Productions of America, 1949. Produced for
the Ford Dealers Advertising Association
through J. Walter Thompson Advertising
Co. 1st series: 7 min., sd., b&w,
16mm. 2d series: 5 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.
Summary: Explains the benefits of having Ford cars serviced by Ford dealers.
© United Productions of America; 1st series, 1Apr49, MP4987; 2d series, 1Dec49, MP5018.
FOREIGN RELATIONS. (Political Science
Series, no. 10) A Pathescope production for McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.,
1950. Filmstrip, 47 frames, b&w, 35mm.
Correlated with "The American System of
Government" by Ferguson and McHenry.
Summary: Discusses the roles of the President, the State Department, and the Congress in the organization and administration of foreign policy, and explains the functions and objectives of the United Nations.
© McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; 21Mar50; JP240.
FORGETFUL LULU. International Cellucotton Products Co. ©1949. 53 sec.,
b&w.
Summary: An animated commercial in which Little Lulu goes to the store to buy Kleenex.
© International Cellucotton Products Co.; title & descr., 21Dec49; 2 prints, 5Dec49; MU4918.
FORTUNES OF CAPTAIN BLOOD.
Columbia Pictures Corp., 1950. 10 reels,
sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Raphael
Sabatini's novel of the same title.
Summary: Captain Blood, escaped political prisoner turned pirate, outwits the Spanish Marquis sent to the Caribbean to capture him.
Credits: Producer, Harry Joe Brown; director, Gordon Douglas; screenplay, Michael Hogan, Robert Libott, Frank Burt; music director, Morris Stoloff; film editor. Gene Havlick. Cast: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Dona Drake, Lowell Gilmore.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 7Apr50; LP9.
FOUR BEARS BEFORE THE MAST.
Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1949.
18 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: A comedy in which four coatimundis take a cruise on a yacht.
Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; director, John A. Haeseler; script, Arthur Cohen; narration, Kenneth Banghart, Bradley Bolke; film editor, Edward P. Bartsch.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 8Sep49; MP4989.
FOUR DAYS LEAVE. Praesens-Film A.G.,
Zurich. Released in the U. S. by Film
Classics, Inc., 1950. 98 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm. Released in Switzerland
under the title "Swiss Tour."
Summary: An American sailor finds romance while in Switzerland on four-days leave. Filmed in Switzerland.
Credits: Producer, Lazar Wechsler; director, Leopold Lindtberg; story, Richard Schweizer; screenplay, Leopold Lindtberg, Curt Siodmak; music, Robert Blum; film editor, Hermann Haller.
Cast : Cornel Wilde, Josette Day, Simone Signoret, John Baragrey, Richard Erdman.
© Preferred Productions, Inc.; 15Feb50; LP2892.
THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS. General
Television Enterprises, Inc., 1950.
2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Based on a
short story by Amelia B. Edwards.
Summary: A ghost story in which the brief, mysterious appearance of a missing man believed guilty of embezzlement clears his name and leads to the discovery of his murder.
Credits: Producer and director, Frank Wisbar; screenplay, James Griffin Jay; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© General Television Enterprises, Inc.; 15Apr50 (in notice: 1949); LP46.
THE FOX HUNT. SEE Heckle and Jeckle,
the Talking Magpies, in the Fox Hunt.
LP96.
FRACTIONS. Rhodes Productions. Presented by Modern Teaching Aids, 1949.
Distributed by Eye Gate House, Inc.
Filmstrips, 267 frames, color, 35mm.
Summary: A series of nine filmstrips: What Is a Fraction; Writing Fractions; Fractions of a Group; How Large Is a Fraction; Adding Fractions; Common Denominator; Mixed Numbers; Using Mixed Numbers; Multiplying Fractions. Credits: Author, Leon S. Rhodes.
© Rhodes Productions; 15Feb49; JP6076.
FRACTURES: AN INTRODUCTION.
Eddie Albert Productions, for the
American College of Surgeons and
Johnson and Johnson Research Foundation. 1948. 27 min., sd., color,
16mm.
Summary: An introductory film on fractures, presenting the elements of
pathology and repair, the basic principles of treatment and certain standard
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