L 7–5. Feather Finery. In the Painted Desert in northern Arizona, Navajo Indians make a symbolic sand painting requesting the gods to insure sufficient food; Robert S. Bowden creates "paintings" by piecing together small pieces of colored leathers; Billy Romano makes animals and other objects from ordinary balloons; Barbara Orr Ehrhardt makes dresses for her bridal party from turkey feathers.
© 14May48; MP3487.
L 7–6. Aerial Hot Rods. An artist paints the faces of celebrities on eggs; a skilled artisan makes small size trains for amusement parks; a man in New York City makes hats of pipe cleaners; and aircraft engineers race midget planes.
© 3Aug48; MP3350.
L 8–1. The Glass Orchestra. On the Apache Indian Reservation of Mescalero, N. M., Chief Waterfall trains the children to perform traditional tribal dances; in Nogales, Ariz., Laura McNeill makes ceramic figurines in Colonial costumes; at the Bronx Zoo, Helen Martini raises wild animals; in New York City, Billy Glass makes musical instruments out of plexiglas for his orchestra.
© 26Nov48; MP3541.
L 8–2. The Early Bird. In Taxco, Mexico, hand-wrought silver ornaments are made by native artists; in Williamsburg, Va., cabinetmaking, spinning, and wig-making are done in the manner of the 18th century; in Portsmouth, Eng., former submarine commander, G. V. Galwey, builds model ships; Billy Parker of Oklahoma flies planes of 1910 and 1912.
© 11Mar49; MP4010.
L 8–3. The Flying Dancers. Near Chicago, members of a rifle club use hand-molded bullets in their muzzle-loading rifles; in Oshkosh, Wis., Beatrice Tonnesen converts coal clinkers into works of art; in Nogales, Ariz., Ray Hulbert and his aides make bamboo reeds for musical instruments; in Oakland, Calif., elderly women go for a weekly row on Lake Merritt; at Papantla, near Veracruz, Mexico, Totonaca Indians perform a ceremonial "Flying Pole" dance.
© 11Mar49; MP3911.