THE MINT

Series: (Washington parade series)

Duration: 10½ min

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians, Inc

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: "Inside story of Uncle Sam's newest coinage plant at San Francisco. Introduces Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross, Director of the Mint. Shows coinage from the initial artist's design through lettering on the original clay model; making the plaster model by hand; reproduction of the finished bronze; giving it to the die which strikes off coins." Slow moving. Plot a little weak.

Complete Record: Series: (Washington parade series) Dewey number: 332.4 Audience level: el-jh-sh Producer note: A Columbia production. Available only to schools Review source: Collaborator Format/cost: 16-sd-apply Distributors / rental: American Museum of Natural History $1.50; University of California; University of Illinois $1.50; University of Iowa $1.50; University of Kentucky $1.50; University of Michigan $1; Ohio Department of Education; Syracuse University $1.50; National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations $1.50

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946