process-and what can happen when citizens do not exercise their rights and meet their responsibilities. Highly recommended for adult group discussion by the Institure of Adult Education.

In the World

Highlights of the United Nations Year, 1947-1948

16mm sound, b/w, 10 minutes, 1948. Produced by the United Nations Department of Public Information. Not for sale. Rent from 16mm film libraries designated by UN.

Film Summary A pictorial survey of some of the accomplishments of the United Nations during the year 1947-48, this film covers briefly such events as the vote for partition of Palestine, the clearing of the site for the future UN headquarters in New York, the sending of cholera vaccine to Egypt, the action of the Security Council in the war between the Netherlands and the Indonesian Republic, and various activities of the specialized UN organizations.

Committee Recommendation The focus upon the achievements of the United Nations and of international cooperation makes the film particularly valuable as an antidote to the frequent stories of United Nations deadlocks and disagreements. It can be used most profitably in high-school social-studies classes and with seriousminded adult groups.

Hymn of the Nations

16mm sound, b/w, 28 minutes, 1945. Produced by the U. S. Office of War Information for its overseas information program. Made available by the U. S. Department of State to the U. S. Office of Education for domestic use. Purchase from United World Films Inc., $34.43.

from 16mm film libraries.

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Film Summary Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a radio broadcast of Verdi's Overture to "Forza del Destino"; the narrator recounts the contributions of Toscanini and other great Italians to freedom and democracy; and Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra, the Westminster Choir, and Jan Peerce in a radio broadcast celebrating the liberation of Italy in 1943, of Verdi's "Hymn of the Nations."

Committee Recommendation This is a dramatic and an inspirational film—for its portrayal of Toscanini, both at home and on the podium, its concept of international understanding and friendship, and its visual and auditory rendition of "Hymn of the Nations." For grades 7-12, college, and adult audiences, and particularly for general audiences on special occasions.

Pattern for Peace-The Charter of the United Nations

16mm sound, b/w, 15 minutes, 1948. Produced by Crown Film Unit. Presented by British Information Services. Purchase from BIS, $44. Rent from BIS or from 16mm film libraries.

Film Summary Explains the reasons and hopes for the United Nations organizations, quoting from the Preamble to the United Nations Charter; and describes by diagrams the organization of the United Nations and by photography the services and functions of the General Assembly, Secretariat, Security Council, International Court of Justice, Economic and Social Council, and Trusteeship Council.

Committee Recommendation An interesting and lucid explanation of the United Nations, this film should be useful both for high-school and college classroom study and for general adult meetings. Recommended for adult group discussion by the Institute of Adult Education.

The People's Charter

16mm sound, b/w, 18 minutes, 1947. Produced by the United Nations Film Board. Purchase from Nu-Art Films Inc., $39.50. Art Films or from other 16mm film libraries.

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Film Summary This first film presentation of the United Nations reviews the events leading up to the organization of the United Nations, including the war, the Atlantic Charter, the meetings at Quebec, Dumbarton Oaks, Moscow, and finally San Francisco. It shows the first meeting of the General Assembly with representatives from various nations affirming faith in the United Nations, and closes with President Roosevelt's statement that the United Nations is an "association not of ments, but of peoples."

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Committee Recommendation While The People's Charter is, for general use today, heavy on the events leading up to the founding of the United Nations, it can be used in junior and senior high schools as a historical record of the United Nations. Recommended for adult group discussion by the Institute of Adult Education.

We the Peoples

16mm sound, b/w, 8 minutes, 1945. Produced by Young America Films Inc. Purchase from Young America Films, $40. Rent from 16mm film libraries.

Film Summary Shows the adoption of the United Nations charter at San Francisco in 1945, and explains the organization of the United Nations General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.

Committee Recommendation The primary value of this film is its visual explanation of the organizational structure of the United Nations, and can be so used in socialstudies classes in junior and senior high schools.

Wilson (See page 5)

The World is Rich

16mm sound, b/w, 43 minutes, 1947. Services. Purchase from BIS, $100. film libraries.

Produced by British Information
Rent from BIS or from 16mm

Film Summary Shows hunger and starvation throughout the world, caused partly by the war but also due to floods, droughts, primitive methods of farming, and inequitable distribution of food. Demonstrates through diagrams international trade between surplus-food-producing countries and food-importing countries. Explains the aims of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Committee Recommendation This film can serve a useful function in introducing some of the food problems of the world and the activities of the FAO. For high-school, college, and adult audiences. Rated "acceptable" for adult group discussion by the Institute of Adult Education.

16mm sound, color, 20 minutes, 1945. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. Lease from Teaching Film Custodians Inc., $120. Rent from film libraries of educational institutions. Borrow from Savings Bonds Division, U. S. Treasury Department.

Film Summary A scenic tour of the United States, this film shows the beauty and grandeur of our country-its rivers, lakes, and mountains, our National Forests and National Parks. Points out that everyone has a stake in this country and that it is everyone's duty to buy U. S. Savings Bonds. The film closes with the playing of "America the Beautiful.” Committee Recommendation This technicolor film, shown first in theatres, then to nontheatrical audiences by the U. S. Treasury Department, and now available through TFC, is a "natural" for any general audience, and particularly suitable for meetings on patriotic occasions. For grades 4-12, college, and adult audiences.

The Flag Speaks (See page 1)

Give Me Liberty (See page 1)

Hymn of the Nations (See page 39)

Inside the White House

16mm sound, b/w, 10 minutes, 1939. Produced by Columbia Pictures Corporation. Lease from Teaching Film Custodians Inc., $30. Rent from film libraries of educational institutions.

Film Summary Shows exterior and interior views of the White House and the adjacent Executive Offices; various officials arriving at the White House for conferences with President Franklin D. Roosevelt; and newspapermen attending a White House conference.

Committee Recommendation The White House is, of course, both a national symbol and a shrine, and this pictorial visit, like other films on the same subject, should be informational and inspirational to students who have not had the opportunity to visit the White House. It is somewhat dated, of course, by the changes that have been made during the last 11 years.

Land of Liberty (See page 2)

Lincoln in the White House (See page 10)

The Man Without A Country

16mm sound, color, 21 minutes, 1938.

Produced by Warner Bros. Pic

tures Inc. Lease from Teaching Film Custodians Inc., $120. Rent from film libraries of educational institutions.

Film Summary Dramatization of Edward Everett Hale's fictional story of Philip Nolan, U. S. Army officer who, because of his statement, "I wish that I may never hear of the United States again!" was sentenced to spend the rest of his life aboard Navy ships at sea and to be kept in complete isolation from news of the United States.

Committee Recommendation An adaptation of the famous fictional story, this film has some usefulness on patriotic occasions.

The Nation's Capital

16mm sound, b/w, 15 minutes, 1945. Produced by March of Time (Forum Edition). Purchase from MOT, $55. Rent from 16mm film libraries.

Film Summary A camera tour of Washington, D. C., this film.