"Item is a film of a trip Dr. Willinsky took to the Spanish Moroccan city of Tetuan with his wife, Sadie. In the form of a travelogue, footage of the sights along city streets, landmarks, markets and the local population are accompanied by music and Dr. Willinsky's commentary. Sadie is occassionally spotted sight-seeing." Ontario Jewish Archives.
"The unique wilderness of the Spatsizi Plateau, and the area's flora, fauna and scenery, as observed by guide-outfitter Tommy Walker. The film points out the negative impact of recent development in the area, and emphasizes the importance of preserving the Spatsizi. Mountain sheep, Stone sheep, Osborn caribou, moose, eagles, beaver, marmots, and many other wildlife species are shown" British Columbia Archives.
This film was produced at some time between 1956 and 1970.
"Spear That Fish - Few professionals have yet brought to theatre screens such scenes as Leon Paddock has captured in this entertaining 16mm color film. Using underwater camera equipment which he designed himself, he and an associate journeyed to the west coast of Mexico where they took the camera underwater and shot scenes of sturdy swimmers with water-goggles and swim-fins exploring the marine life of Mexico's off-shore waters. Shown are divers using spears and spear-guns in hunting game fish, and one diver's encounter with devilfish and other unusual marine life. The climax is marked by a duel between a diver and a shark, with the diver knifing the shark and bringing it to surface. The color photography is some of the best 16mm underseas camerawork yet to be seen. It demonstrates unusual skill as well as the filmer's knack of obtaining excellent exposures with color film in the admittedly difficult conditions which underwater invariably presents. The narration on tape contributes adequately to the screen presentation enhancing the continuity of the slick editing of this picture." American Cinematographer, May 1952, 223-4.
"Speedy May tells a pleasant tale about two boys who try to earn enough money to buy wheels for a new soapbox hot rod, a dreamboat which Dad has promised he will build for them if they will but supply the wheels. Failing in their financial efforts, the boys nevertheless are befriended by a neighborhood fireman who, with only two girls in his family, gives the lads four gleaming cart wheels he had been husbanding. The rest is up to Dad, and he fulfills his promise in a sparkling sequence of construction patterns filmed in his cellar workshop. Technically, this film is excellent, although its cinematic virtues are somewhat dimmed in its earlier passages by too deliberate a story pace. The appeal of the production, however, is more than assured by the sincere, natural portrayals of all hands, Harold Platt, the producer, plays his own role of father with ease and good grace. Dennis and Steve, the two youngsters, are artless and unaffected in their determined crusade for the new hot rod. And Captain Leonard Dobson as (and in fact) the fireman, tugs one's heartstrings with just the right appeal to make his son-less state seem credible. It is for his wife May that the new dreamboat - and this charmingly competent picture - are named" PSA Journal, Jan. 1955, 51.
"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.
"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.
"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)
"This film shows a newspaper delivery boy, Douglas Woodley, son of Charles Devenish Woodley, on his route." Library and Archives Canada.
"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.
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