FUTURES IN STEEL 



Color Sound Modern Talking Picture Service 



30 minutes Free Loan 



After a brief introduction detailing methods of iron-mongering in 

 1650, the story moves up to date to show a group of "loopers" 

 (young apprentices) who are being conducted on a tour (the loop) 

 of a modern steel production plant. 



From mining to laboratory these young men are given a chance 

 to determine their own congenial niche in the steel industry. They 

 watch the introduction of lowgrade ores such as taconite as a neces- 

 sary adjunct to dwindling current supplies of high-grade ores. They 

 are given the opportunity to study the latest improvements in the 

 strength of steel and its many uses. One novel sequence highlights 

 the technical service end of the steel industry freight train dis- 

 tribution, electronic generation of power for steel, and newly 

 improved methods of "puddling". 



Intended as a recruiting device to interest young men in a career 

 in steel, this works out as a satisfactory introduction to a great 

 industry. It is significant that there is less emphasis on the mining 

 of ores than there is on new methods of production. 



AUDIENCE: Junior high; senior high; adult 



THE MAGIC OF SULPHUR 



Color Sound U. S. Bureau c?f Mines 



27 minutes Free Loan 



Replacing and updating the original film "Sulphur", this latest 

 production fills a gap in the non-renewable category. It begins with 

 the history of sulphur, its discovery and early uses in fire, line 

 bleaching, etc., up to its modern application made possible by a 

 mining process patented by Herman Frasch in 1891. Detailed ani- 

 mation effectively describes processes used today in sulphur mining 

 and manufacture while live sequences document modern produc- 

 tion and distribution. The many uses of sulphur in industrial, 

 medical and agricultural fields are related to daily life by examples 

 of the many products which incorporate this element. 



Well photographed, edited and scored, this is one of the few 

 and possibly the best of the films on this subject. 



AUDIENCE: Junior high; senior high; adult 



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