Atlas Educational Film Company Explained
Atlas Educational Film Company was a film production business in Chicago, Illinois. It had a production studio at 1111 South Boulevard in Oak Park,[1] a former theater building designed by E. E. Roberts. It is still standing.[2] Addresses for the company were also listed as 3 Wabash Avenue and 63 East Adams Street. Atlas was also a dealer of portable projectors, slides, and offered a catalog of educational slides and films.[3] [4]
C. A. Rehm was the company's secretary and a film was contracted for the building of his model home.[5]
In 1914 it was reported to be part of Atlas School Supply and offered "motion picture services" to schools and colleges. It advertised projector sales as well as educational films and slides.[6] In 1914 it was using 35 mm film.[7]
In 1918, the company was contracted to film a demonstration tour of power trucks.[8]
One of their movie soundtracks, titled "Radio magic", was recorded on wax cylinder by Victor Records.[9]
The Cleveland Public Library has a publication from the company titled Answers from Atlas.[10] The Smithsonian Institution holds a collection of trade catalogs issued by the company.[11]
Filmography
- Along the Green Bay Trail (1922), extant
- Enemies of Youth (1925)
- My Home Town (1925), appears to be a film promoting Beloit that was part of a business promotion campaign in the city
- Making Blue Prints
- Elisha and the Shunnamite, portraying a biblical story[12]
- The Drill Press[13]
- Bar Work; Magnesium Part 1, United States Office of Education training video about use of a turret lathe[14]
- Bar Work; Magnesium Part 2, film about lathing magnesium[15]
- Bar Work; Part 3 (1945)[16]
- First Impressions, Navy Department training video on new employee orientation best practices[17]
- Discipline (1943), U.S. Navy training video[18]
- North Carolina Pictorial History[19]
- Student Flyer (1944)[20]
- 500,000 to 1 (1954), extant film documenting the battle against bugs and promoting insecticide[21]
Notes and References
- Web site: Opportunities in the Motion Picture Industry: And how to Qualify for Positions in Its Many Branches. June 13, 1922. Photoplay Research Society, Bureau of Vocational Guidance. Google Books.
- Web site: Former theater building is back on the market. Timothy. Inklebarger. January 26, 2016. Oak Park.
- Web site: Stock Photo - Moving Picture Age (1920) . em, and let us tell you about projectors andfilms for educators. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT American Type Founders Company 300 Communipaw Ave. JERSEY CITY. Alamy.
- Web site: The High School. June 13, 1923. Google Books.
- Web site: Chicago Commerce. June 13, 1922. The Association. Google Books.
- Web site: The American School Board Journal. June 13, 1914. Bruce Publishing Company. Google Books.
- Web site: Film gauges. July 8, 2010. www.nfsa.gov.au.
- Web site: Tractor World. June 13, 1918. Google Books.
- Web site: Atlas Educational Film Co., The - Discography of American Historical Recordings. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
- Web site: Answers from Atlas . WorldCat.org . 10 September 2023.
- Web site: Trade catalogs on educational slides and equipment. WorldCat.org . 10 September 2023.
- Web site: Visual Education. University of Oklahoma University Extension Division Dept of Visual. Education. June 13, 1922. The University.. Google Books.
- Web site: The Drill press | WorldCat.org. 10 September 2023.
- Web site: Bar work: Magnesium ; part l : Setting up bar mechamism and roller turner | WorldCat.org. 10 September 2023.
- Web site: Bar work magnesium. WorldCat.org . 10 September 2023.
- Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series. 1945.
- Web site: First impressions . WorldCat.org . 10 September 2023.
- Web site: Giving orders. WorldCat.org . 10 September 2023.
- Web site: North Carolina pictorial history. WorldCat.org . 10 September 2023.
- Web site: Student flyer | WorldCat.org. 10 September 2023.
- Web site: the field guide to Sponsored Films. Rick Prelinger. filmpreservation.org. 10 September 2023.
