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Printing Through The Ages

(1950) Traces the story of printing from ancient times to the present. Shows early methods using carved wood blocks, transition from printing pictures to printing letters, Gutenberg’s contribution, evolution of modern type face and effects of the industrial revolution. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. printing-through-the-ages

How To Make Handmade Lantern Slides

The basic production techniques for eight types of handmade lantern slides are featured. Teachers demonstrate how to make the types of slides most appropriate for use on various grade levels. Many suggestions concerning sources of content materials and uses for the various slides are also presented. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. how-to-make-handmade-lantern-slides

Bulletin Boards: An Effective Teaching Device

Gives suggestions for the planning and organization of creatively designed bulletin boards, and presents twelve displays arranged by a class. Shows a class discussing, planning and arranging a bulletin board. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. bulletin-boards-an-effective-teaching-device

Power Of Plants, The

Uses time-lapse photography to show the physical power of plants in their efforts to receive sunlight and fulfill their growth. Experiments show how plant fiber can hold more weight than copper wire; tendrils can support a plant vertically and seedlings can move barriers laid on top of them. Demonstrates how a plant draws water up […]

Pitch In

Comedy genius Jonathan Winters (R.I.P.) and his cast of characters convince kids to keep America beautiful by pitching their litter into trash cans. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. pitch-in

It’s Your Library (1947)

Dick, sent by his mother to the library, had rather play baseball until he finds, with the help of a friendly librarian, that it’s not such a bad place after all. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. its-your-library-1947

My Japan

Made by the United States War Finance Division, “My Japan” is an American anti-Japanese propaganda film produced in 1945 to spur sale of American war bonds. The film takes the form of a mock travelogue of Japan, presented by an impersonated Japanese narrator. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. my-japan