50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITTANICA EDUCATIONAL EBE FILMS 64584

Описание: This 1978 color film celebrates 50 years of education through film and video by Encyclopedia (Encyclopaedia) Britannica. It was distributed by Suburban Audio Visual Service. At the time it was made Encyclopædia Britannica Films (also named EB Films for short) was the top producer and distributor of educational 16 mm films and later VHS videocassettes for schools and libraries, a position it held from the 1940s through the 1990s. As the film demonstrates, EB Films was a pioneer in making educational sound films, virtually creating a whole new medium in the process. The 90s however proved deadly for the company, as the internet replaced video as a primary source for educational media. Production finally came to a halt in 1995. Prior to 1943, the company operated under the name of Electrical Research Products Inc. (ERPI) Classroom Films

The film jumps from topic to topic showing some of the company's greatest films, and tracing the history of the company in the process. Eskimos eat breakfast by hand (0:53-1:06). A farmer milks a cow, squirting some to a cat (1:11-1:29). A Conquistador bursts into a church and slaps a parishioner (1:30-1:51). An animated abstract painting of a bull runs through burning trees (1:52-2:16). Art, books, and fine clothing are burned in a medieval town square (2:17-2:46). A woman gives birth to a son (2:47-3:00). James Brill, narrator for Encyclopedia Britannica, talks to the camera (3:00-3:33). In an audio clip, Thomas Edison encourages films in schools as still images of him working with antique film equipment are shown (3:34-3:49). Footage of a silent film fight scene and kissing scene are shown. A silent Eastman-Kodak educational film on carbon dioxide is shown (3:50-4:36). A title card for the film “What Price Hollywood?” and the logo for ERPI Classroom Films are shown (4:37-4:55). Eskimo children shoot arrows at a target (5:03-5:18). Shown is a real beating heart (5:29-6:00). Shown are logos for EBF (Encyclopedia Britannica Films), as well as competitors SVE Picturol, Coronet, and McGraw-Hill Text Films (6:06-6:38). An atomic bomb mushroom cloud explodes (6:39-6:49). An early rocket prototype takes off. 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik. images from various stages of the Space Race are shown (6:50-7:14). A 1960s classroom is shown; a student draws on the blackboard. Lawmakers gather around a negotiation table. President Eisenhower signs the National Defense Education Act (7:15-7:37). A student starts a 1960s slide projector (7:38-7:46). Close-up footage shows a volcanos eruption, with black molten lava flowing into the ocean (7:54-8:30). X-ray footage shows food digestion inside a person (8:31-8:43). The surface of the sun is shown (8:44-8:51). Hurricane hunters fly into the eye of a hurricane (8:52-9:21). Footage shows how raindrops coalescence. Raindrops fall in slow motion (9:22-10:04). Time-lapse footage shows mushrooms growing (10:05-10:21). Chromosome reproduction in shown (10:22-10:39). Up-close footage of the moon is shown (10:40-10:53). The Galapagos Islands and its animals are shown (10:54-11:32). A man demonstrates how to save a chocking person (11:33-12:01). Oriental school children paint language characters (12:02-12:13). The church bell rings at Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France (12:14-12:27). An animated educational physics film explains wave action (12:28-12:47). An animation educational biology film shows DNA replication (12:48-13:06). Musical puppets sing about economics (13:07-13:27). Stop-action clay balls roll and interact with each other (13:28-13:46). A cow calf sits in a field with a boy (13:47-13:58). A highly abstract film illustrates the short story “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton (13:59-15:15). Cave paintings are shown (15:16-15:24). A 1970s Channel 7 news reporter interviews a man on the street as the cameras and screens at station’s control room are prepared to go live (15:16-15:50). The film ends with James Brill putting a video cassette in a player connected to a television, which shows footage of a tornado (16:40-16:57).

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