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Spinning Spokes

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Harold Kuckuk

Description:

"A bicycle safety education film produced by The Bicycle Club of Rufus King High School of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, led by their teacher Harold M. Kuckuk." University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.


Spirit of Spring, The

Date produced: 1929

Filmmaker(s):

Powell


Sport Reel

Date produced: 1931

Filmmaker(s):

Charles F. Chapman

Description:

"Sport Reel, 300 ft., 16mm., represents a remarkable degree of understanding care given to this type of picture by Charles F. Chapman, M. D. Although this picture is something more of a review than a newsreel, each of the topics presented has a local news interest. Dr. Chapman has preserved the direct and stimulating style of title wordings of the professional newsreels but, in the sequencing of scenes, he has deserted their technique for an original one. This is distinguished by a clever use of closeups to symbolize ideas and for dramatic emphasis. For example, in picturing the local baseball team, he introduces the sequence with a closeup of a row of bats lying on the ground and, when presenting the players, he cuts from a medium shot of them in action to a posed closeup preceded by a title. Further, Dr. Chapman did not forget that good composition and attractive lighting are just as welcome in newsreels as in other types of pictures." Movie Makers, Dec. 1931, 684-685.


Sporting Times

Date produced: 1931


Sports

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

Eunice Alliott

Eustace Alliott

Description:

"Demonstration of four golf shots on Cardigan Golf Course with coast in the background, including the shot repeated but recorded in slow motion. Footage of tennis played at the 1931 Wimbledon Tennis Championships on 29 June 1931: including shots of the 3rd round mixed doubles match between Boussus/ Lycett v Von Cramm/ Aussem; the 3rd round women’s doubles match between Godfree/ Round v Holcroft-Watson/ Michell; the Men’s singles quarter-final between Shields v Austin; the Men’s singles quarter-final between Borotra v Satoh; and the Men’s Doubles 3rd round match between Collins/ Gregory v Cooper/ Greig." (EAFA Database)


Spreading the News

Date produced: 1954

Filmmaker(s):

Charles Woodley

Description:

"This film shows a newspaper delivery boy, Douglas Woodley, son of Charles Devenish Woodley, on his route." Library and Archives Canada.


Springtime

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Walter P. Downs


Springtime in California

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

Franklin Judson

Description:

"Springtime in California, by F. B. Judson, ACL, is an example of what every Kodachrome filmer would be proud to have made, because it studies Nature in her most extensively colorful manifestations, with complete freedom of camera viewpoint, offering closeups, medium shots and long views, all of them richly hued. This film indicates a delicate appreciation of color on the part of its maker, who. having a highly chromatic subject to his hand, did not let it run away with him. but kept it well under control, with the result that he delights with his management of pastel shades, where another might have omitted these and substituted garish footage so easily available in the highly colored California landscape. Mr. Judson is awarded Honorable Mention because he has done a typical thing — a Kodachrome landscape study — with restraint and liveliness, combining two qualities not always found together." Movie Makers, Dec. 1935, 553.


Spunky

Date produced: 1934

Filmmaker(s):

Van Dee Sickler

Description:

"This was a sequel to his last year's picture 'Mischief.' It has the same characters, the dog, cat and bird with an addition to the dog and cat family." American Cinematographer, Feb. 1936, 73.


Spy Scoop, The

Date produced: 1943

Filmmaker(s):

Arthur H. Smith

Description:

A group of children who film newsreels attempt to track down an escaped Nazi agent in their community.


Total Pages: 295