DAWN OF ART

Duration: 15 min

Year Published: 1943

Creator: Stites & Jones

Format: 16mm

Sound: Silent

Description: Producer has not verified information recently. "Indicates at the start that art is complex, arising from many cultural needs. Cro-Magnon men and women are seen working near a rock shelter near Font-de-Gaume, France. They are shown constructing their hunting tools, decorate a lamp, gather nuts for the winter. Food is scarce, so the men who have returned from the hunt empty handed consult a medicine man who tells them he will make powerful hunting magic. By tallow lamplight they go to a chamber deep in the cave. After a ceremonial dance they prepare their colors and paint the famous deer of Font-de-Gaume. The men appear by the stream where other fish. Then they see the deer and stalk it. They throw their javelins and the deer is brought down." "'A fine film for its purposes.'" Educational screen

Complete Record: Dewey number: 709 Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-si-$75; rent $3 Distributors / rental: Cine; University of Minnesota $1; Ohio Department of Education

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946