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Developing Leadership. Sound, 1 reel. Sale: B&W, $45; Color, $90. Principles needed for leadership and how to develop leadership qualities. Available from Coronet Films, Coronet Building, Chicago.
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Do Words Ever Fool You? Sound, 10 min. Sale: B&W, $45; Color, $90. How to prevent the confusion of word meanings. Available from Coronet Films.
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Find the Information. Sound, 1 reel. Sale or lease; B&W or color. Shows pupils how to find reliable information quickly through use of indices. Available from Coronet Films.
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How To Judge Authorities. Sound, 1 reel. Sale: B&W, $45; Color, $90. How to determine authoritative statements. Available from Coronet Films.
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Propaganda Techniques. Sound, 1 reel. Sale: B&W, $45; Color, $90. The methods of recognizing and evaluating propaganda. Available from Coronet Films.
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Your Voice. Sound. Sale, $50. Rental: B&W, $2.50; Color, $4. Describes the phases of voice production, shows photography of the vocal folds in operation and emphasizes the role of proper vocal exercise. Available from Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., Wilmette, Ill.
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How To Make a Sales Presentation Stay Presented. Sound, 30 min. Apply for loan. Fundamental instructions in salesmanship. Available from Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc., 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20.
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How To Remember Names and Faces. Sound, 30 min. Loan. B&W. Dramatizes five ways to remember names and faces of sales prospects. Available from Modern Talking Pictures, 4754 Woodward Ave., Detroit 1, Mich.
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New Voice for Mr. X. Sound, 21 min. Loan. A mythical character improves telephone habits and incorrect telephone usage through "Hear Your Telephone Voice" demonstration. Available from local office of American Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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Selling America. Sound, 20 min. Sale, $85. Rental, apply. Illustrates how Benjamin Franklin's ideas of human interest influences are beneficial to the salesman. Available from Jam Handy, Detroit 11, Mich.
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Show 'Em and Sell 'Em. Sound, 16 min. Sale: B&W, $46. This filmstrip illustrates the showing and demonstrating phase of a sale and instructs sales people in the planning and conduction of a demonstration. Available from Film Research Associates, 135 W. 52nd St., New York 19.
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Speech: Function of Gestures. Sound, 11 min. Explains the function of the gesture in public speaking. Avaialble from Young America Films, Inc., 18 E. 41st St., New York 17.
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Speech: Platform Posture and Movement. Sound, 11 min. Demonstrates good platform posture and movement. Available from Young America Films.
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Speech: Stage Fright and What To Do About It. Sound, 11 min. Explains causes of stage fright and what can be done to conquer it. Available from Young America Films.
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Discussion in Democracy. Sound, 1 reel. Sale: B&W, $45; Color, $90. This film develops a threefold program for democratic discussion: (1) preparation, (2) planning, and (3) personalities. Available from Coronet Films.
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Learning from Class Discussion. Sound, 10 min. Sale: B&W, $45; Color, $90. Illustrates the value and necessity of worth-while discussion. Available from Coronet Films.
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How Not To Conduct a Meeting. Sound, 10 min. Loan. Col. Stoopnagel burlesques common errors and omissions encountered in poorly planned and poorly conducted meetings. Available from General Motors Corp., Department of Public Relations, Detroit 2, Mich.
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How To Lead a Discussion. 81 frames with guide. Sale, $3. This filmstrip illustrates the processes and techniques of group discussion. Available from Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work, 5115 Fowler Ave., Cleveland 27, Ohio.
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ABC's of Hand Tools, Parts 1 and II. Sound, 18 min. each. Color. Loan. Produced by Walt Disney, this film shows the proper way to handle tools. Part I covers the hammer, screw driver, pliers, and wrench; Part II covers saws, chisels, planes, and punches. Available from General Motors Corp.
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It's Not All Play. Silent, 40 min. B&W. Rental, apply. The process of preparing a production for the stage from the beginning to the end. A trip behind the scenes. Available from Dept. of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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Marionettes—Construction and Manipulation. Sound, 10 min. B&W. Rental, $2. Bobo, a clown marionette, is constructed and then seen in action. All the tools, construction, and manipulation are shown. Available from Brandon Films, Inc., 1700 E. Broadway, New York 19.
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Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon. Silent, 14 min. Rental, $1. Shows the home of Shakespeare and presents a description of the outstanding events of his life. Available from Bell and Howell, 1801 Larchmont Ave., Chicago 13.
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Theatre Design. Silent, 15 min. Sale or rental. Shows the emotional coloring of lighting effects. Available from Art Films, 650 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn 26, N. Y.
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Producing a Play Series. (7 motion pictures) Sound, 10 min. each. Three in color. Sale: package price, $475; color films individually, $100; B&W, $50. Rental: Color, $5; B&W, $2.50. Produced at the Goodman School, the series uses an adaptation by Louise Spoor of Tom Sawyer as an example. Titles include: Directing a Play, Acting Problems, Designing a Set (color), Building a Set, Make-up for Boys (color), Make-up for Girls (color), and Managing a Play. Also As You Like It, Sound, 78 min. B&W. Rental, $17.50. The Lawrence Olivier and Elizabeth Bergner production of 1936. Available from Ideal Pictures Corp. 26 E. 8 Street, Chicago.
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Macbeth. Sound, 78 min. B&W. Rental, $15. A full presentation. Selected as one of the ten best amateur films of 1947 by the Amateur Cinema League. Available from Willow Distributing Co., 13 E. 37th St., New York 16.
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Journey to Jerusalem. Sound, 90 min. B&W. Rental, $25. A screening of the Maxwell Anderson play as performed by the Playwrights Company, with the closeup being the only concession to motion-picture technique. Available from Theatre-on Films Inc., 145 W. 45th St., New York 22.
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Julius Caesar. Sound, 19 min. B&W. Rental, $3. The forum scene (Scene II, Act II) which follows the assassination of Caesar. Produced by Sydney Box and directed by Henry Cass. Available from British Information Service, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20.
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Master Will Shakespeare. Sound, 11 min. B&W. Rental, $1.50. A brief story of Shakespeare's life with emphasis on his play Romeo and Juliet. A vivid picture of an Elizabethan theatre production. Available from Teaching Films Custodians, 25 W. 43rd St., New York 18.
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Ears and Hearing. Sound, 10 min. B&W. Sale, $50; Rental, $1.50. (University of Michigan) Describes the physiology of the ear by means of animated drawings and close-up photography of the ear as it is functioning. Available from Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
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Pay Attention: Problems of Hard of Hearing Children. Sound, 30 min. B&W. Sale, $120; Rental, $6. Presents some of the educational and personality problems faced by the pupil who is hard of hearing but not deaf. Also suggests some of the ways in which parents, teachers, and specialists can help. Available from New York University Film Library, 26 Washington Pl., New York 3.
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A Day in the Life of a Cerebral Palsied Child. Sound, 30 min. Color. Rental, $3. Available from National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
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A Report on Donald. Sound, 20 min. Color. Rental, $3. A stutterer's progress at the University of Minnesota. Available from University of Minnesota, Visual Education Service, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Speech Training for the Handicapped Child. Sound, 30 min. Color. Rental, $3. Summer rehabilitation programs as carried on at four college centers in Illinois. Available from Division of Services for Crippled Children, University of Illinois, Springfield, Ill.
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Electronics at Work. Sound, 20 min. B&W. Loan. A simple exposition of the technical aspects of radio. Available from Westinghouse Electric Co., School Service, 306 Fourth Ave., Box 1017, Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
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Magic in the Air. Sound, 10 min. B&W. Loan. A behind-the-scenes visit to the TV studios at Radio City, showing the construction of the iconoscope which is the sender, and of the kinescope which is the receiver. Available from General Motors Corp.
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Television Today. Sound, 35 min. B&W. Loan. The story of television operation including programming, the audience as a sales medium, and some technical aspects. Available from any local CBS station.