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Filmstrip: "Animals That Build Their Homes: Beavers" (1977)

1977 · Short film · 17 min

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SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. The media format is largely forgotten and very endangered. Don't know what a filmstrip is? FULLY RESTORED. This is a sound filmstrip that has been fully restored into the included video which properly simulates how it would have been presented originally. PART OF A SERIES. This filmstrip was part of the series Learning Shelf Kit. ORIGINAL SCANS AND AUDIO INGEST INCLUDED. The original frame scans and audio capture are included in this archive. STAY IN TOUCH. NOTES These 1977 filmstrips from the National Geographic Society are early forays into the format for NatGeo, and it shows. While a defining style and composition for the filmstrip format remained largely unchanged since its introduction in the 1940s, NatGeo is having none of it here: Each filmstrip in the Learning Shelf Kit has exactly four frames, and an accompanying soundtrack that approaches twenty minutes in each case. Details on the history of the Learning Shelf Kit are lacking, but the copy that was preserved here also came with large, glossy cards displaying the photos in the filmstrips. The narrator in the audio soundtracks references both the cards and the filmstrip. Perhaps the use of filmstrip media here was simply for conversion of the material to a more convenient format for use by entire classrooms. Therefore, this set of filmstrips is notable because they are simply not very good. They are visually uninteresting. The subject matter is elementary for any educator…

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Running time
17 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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