Animal Homes (1st Edition)/ Animal Homes (2nd Edition)/ Animal Tracks and Signs (3 films)

Year Published: 195519801961

Creator: Churchill Encyclopedia Britannica

Complete Record: 1) Shows a variety of animals making and using their homes for shelter, safety, food storage, and raising of young. Includes geese, ants, trapdoor spider, badger, nutria, squirrel, skunk, woodchuck, wood mouse. (b&w) 2) Shows a variety of animals living in their homes and using them for safety, for shelter, for food storage, and raising their young. A parallel is shown when children take shelter in a rainstorm.(color) 3)Points to animal tracks preserved in stone as clues to the existence of dinosaurs that once roamed the earth. Also points to today’s tracks in mud, snow, or sand as clues to the identity of animals living near us. Shows Johnny and Sue ‘capturing’ some animal tracks in their mud trap and identifying them in their guide book. Follows the children as they go for a walk and identify numerous familiar tracks and signs. Shows two children identifying animals by their tracks made in the yard, in the woods and along the seashore.