Centron Corporation

Centron Corporation

educational and industrial film producers

Centron Corporation was an American industrial and educational film production company, that specialized in classroom and corporate 16mm films and VHS videocassettes. A slightly smaller company than its contemporaries such as Encyclopædia Britannica Films, Coronet Films and Learning Corporation of America, it operated from 1947 until 1994, gaining added fame with the Academy Award-nominated Leo Beuerman in 1969.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 232 films (1947–1986) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 74 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
Airplanes and How They Fly Centron Corporation 600
Community Helpers - Streets And Sanitation Department Workers Centron Corporation 400 Feet 16mm sound
Community helpers: Police officers ▶ Centron Corporation 13 16mm sound
1947 Sewing: Pattern Interpretation Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W
1948 Microscope and Its Use Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W sound
1949 Cooking: Kitchen Safety Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W sound
1949 Planning Your Talk Centron Corporation Inc. 13 min 16mm sound
1949 Platform Posture And Appearance Centron Corporation Inc. 9 min 16mm sound
1949 Speech: Platform Posture And Appearance ▶ Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W sound
1950 Buying Food ▶ Centron Corporation 16mm sound
1950 Function Of Gestures Centron Corporation Inc. 10 min 16mm sound
1950 Glen Wakes Up Centron Corporation 16mm
1951 A Day Of Thanksgiving Centron Corporation Inc. 450 16mm B&W sound
1951 Day of Thanksgiving Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W sound
1951 Sewing: Fitting a Pattern Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W
1953 Citizen Participates Centron Corporation 0:33:00 16mm B&W sound
1953 Health: Your Clothing Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1953 Industrial Arts: Planes Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1953 Industrial Arts: Using Nails and Screws Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1953 Speech: Conversation Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1954 Electromagnets Centron Corporation 11 min 16mm sound
1954 Group Discussion Centron Corporation Inc. 12 min 16mm sound
1954 Industrial Arts: Chisels and Gouges Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1954 Show-Off Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W
1954 Why Study Speech? Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W
1955 Industrial Arts: A Safe Shop Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1955 Why study home economics? ▶ Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W sound
1956 Industrial Arts: Wood Finishing Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1956 Industrial Arts: Joining and Gluing Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1956 Why study industrial arts? Centron Corporation 1 reel 16mm B&W sound
1957 Make Your Home Safe Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1957 Weather Station Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1958 Industrial Arts: Knowing Woods and Their Uses Centron Corporation 22 16mm B&W
1959 Effective Listening ▶ Centron Corporation Inc. 15 16mm B&W sound
1959 What about prejudice? Centron Corporation 4:00 16mm B&W sound
1960 Children of the Wagon Train (Children of American History) Centron Corporation 19 16mm Color
1960 Compass Centron Corporation 11 16mm B&W
1960 Preparing a Class Report Centron Corporation 11 16mm Color sound
1960 We Get Food from Plants and Animals Centron Corporation 11 16mm Color
1961 Light and Its Story Centron Corporation 22 16mm Color sound
1961 Rocks In Our Neighborhood Centron Corporation Inc. 460 16mm B&W sound
1961 The Earth's Changing Surface Centron Corporation 11 16mm Color sound
1962 Electromagnets Centron Corporation 11 16mm Color
1962 Jobs in the City: Distribution Centron Corporation | Coronet Instructional Films 0:10:00 16mm Color sound
1962 Solids, Liquids and Gases Centron Corporation | CRM/McGraw-Hill Films 0:11:00 16mm Color sound
1963 Creating Instructional Materials Centron Corporation Inc. 15 min 16mm Color sound
1963 Creating Instructional Materials (1963) ▶ Centron Corporation Inc.
1963 Great Lakes Area: Men, Minerals, and Machines Centron Corporation 22 16mm Color sound
1963 Selecting and Using Ready Made Materials Centron Corporation | CRM/McGraw-Hill Films 0:22:00 16mm Color sound
1963 South America (Our Latin American Neighbors) Centron Corporation | CRM/McGraw-Hill Films 0:22:00 16mm Color sound