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IV-10-5.3

Mennonite Board of Missions

Information Services, Audiovisuals

Filmstrips, 1961-77

8 Boxes (Large)

[See Hard Copy for additional filmstrips not listed here]

Administrative Information

            The Mission Board has retained a fairly complete set of filmstrips that were produced by them over the years.  They are listed here alphabetically by title.  Unfortunately the color in the filmstrips have turned "red" on some occasions.  Here one may need to access the original slides from which these filmstrips were made  (See IV-10-5.1).

Inventory Listing

Box 8 (Large)

8/1       THE ARGENTINE MENNONITE CHURCH...AFTER FIFTY YEARS, 1971
            Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
8/2a     BECAUSE YOU CARE 1973.  A report of the work of Mennonite Board of Missions
            Filmstrip           Script   Cassette           Record Master Tape (listed as 8/2b)
 
8/3       BLACK HILLS BIKE HIKE 1974. Portrays the essence of an Out-Spokin' bike hike.
            Filmstrip                       Script               Cassette                      
 
8/4       BLACK MOUNTAIN MISSION 1962. Mission for at a Navaho Indian reservation near Chinle, Arizona.
            Script               Master Tape                
 
8/5       BRAZIL, LAND OF CHALLENGE 1961
            Filmstrip                       Script               Master Tape                
 
8/6       BRAZIL LITERATURE STORY 1964
            Filmstrip                       Script               Tape                Master Tape
 
8/7       BROTHERS AFTER ALL 1977.  Home Missions division of Mennonite kBoard of Missions involved with growing congregations of Navajo Christians in Northeast Arizona.
            Filmstrip                       Script               Cassette                      
 
8/8       BURBANKS OF BLACK MOUNTAIN 1976.  Life on a Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona.
            Filmstrip                       Script               Cassette                      
 
8/9       BUSH GIRL 1968.  Life of an 11-year-old girl in Aabiriba, Nigeria.
            Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
8/10     CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TOBA LIFE 1971.  A glimpse into the life of the Toba Indians of Northern Argentina.
            Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
8/11     CHURCH GROWS IN NW MEXICO 1965.  A picture of the work in Northwest Mexico and the growing church there.
            Filmstrip                       Script               Master Tape                
 
Box 9a (Large)
 
9a/1     CITY WITHOUT WALLS 1969.  Depicts the Mennonite Church's need to respond more positively to urban and minority concerns in the city.
            Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9a/2     COME WITH ME TO BIHAR 1970.  Bihar (India) Mennonite Church
            Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
9a/3     A DAY IN PAX 1965.  Working on the island of Timor, Indonesia in PAX.
            Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
9a/4     DESTINATION MONTEVIDEO 1968.  Depicts the Mennonite seminary at Montevideo, Uruguay.
            Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9a/5     DISCOVERY 1967.  Potrays work camps as an experience of discovery for teenagers.
            Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9a/6     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - 1975.  A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the churchwide mission board.
 
            Master Tape   [FS / 93; Fall 1975]  {Note that this master tape probably sounds much better than the cassette tapes.  The master, however, probably has only the very beginning script, Filmstrip #’s 1-9, and the rest of the Filmstrip #’s 41-158.  A special segement of script and filmstrips showing specific mission projects in each conference are inserted from about Filmstrip #’s 10-40.
 
            The Iowa-Nebraska Filmstrip, plus the cassette and reel-to-reel tape, were viewed on August 17, 2000, by Nelda Nussbaum and Dennis Stoesz, to see what this Filmstrip series looked like.  The sound from the reel-to-reel is quite sharp.  The sound from the cassette is of poorer quality.  The filmstrip appeared quite red.
 
            Note that the “Master Tape” included with each conference contains only the script for that particular area conference.
 
            Notes by Dennis Stoesz, August 16, 2000
 
9a/7     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - ALLEGHENY  1975.  A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
            Filmstrip           Script               Cassette Tape              Master Tape    
 
            Note that the “Master Tape” included with each conference contains only the script for that particular area conference.
 
 
9a/8     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - FRANCONIA  1975.  A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
            Filmstrip                       Script               Cassette Tape              Master Tape    
 
9a/9     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - ILLINOIS 1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
Box 9b (Large)
 
9b/1     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - INDIANA-MICHIGAN 1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
  
9b/2     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - IOWA-NEBRASKA  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
9b/3     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - NEW YORK  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
 
9b/4     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - NORTHWEST  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
9b/5     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - OHIO & EAST. 1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
9b/6     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - ONTARIO  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
9b/7     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - ROCKY MT.  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
9b/8     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - S. CENTRAL  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
9b/9     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - SOUTHEAST  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
 
9b/10   EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - SOUTHWEST  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
Box 9c (Large)
 
9c/1     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - VIRGINIA  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
 
9c/2     EXTENDING CHRIST'S KINGDOM - W. ONTARIO  1975
A worship service to provide greater understanding of how our Mennonite Church is extending Christ's Kingdom through congregations, conferences and the church-wide mission board.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape  Master Tape    
   
9c/3     FEELING'S MUTUAL, PTS. 1 & 2  1972
The principle, attitude and concept of Christian mutual aid.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Record (9c/3a)
 
9c/4     FOCUS ON PERSONS  1966
The Mennonite Church's concern for persons demonstrated by its involvement in health and welfare services.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9c/5     FREE INDEED  1966
The Mennonite Church's work among the Navaho Indians in northern Arizon.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9c/6     GOD GIVES THE INCREASE  1965
The birth and growth of the Mennonite Church in Puerto Rico.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9c/7     GREENCROFT CENTER: MENNONITE BOARD OFFICES  1975
A tool for Missions/Ministries Facilities Fund cluster leaders in recruiting and orienting congregational M/MFF congregational representatives for their functions in the fund-raising effort.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape             
 
9c/8     HARVESTING IN ITALY  1963
The story of the beginnings of Mennonite witness in Italy, growth of the work and the part radio played in this development.
 
Filmstrip                       Script                                      
 
9c/9     HUNGER IN INDIA 1967
 
Filmstrip                       Script                          
 
Box 9d (Large)
 
9d/1     I SAW THE ARAGUACEMA CHURCH  1961
A visit by Elam Glick of Belleville, Pa. to Araguacema, Brazil for the Amazon Valley Indian Mission Committee and the general mission board of Allegheny Mennonite Conference.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Master Tape                
 
9d/2     IN QUEST OF ZION   1966
Ways the Mennonite Church attempts to serve in Israel as a Christian presence and witness.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
9d/3     INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH AMERICA  1961
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Master Tape                
 
9d/4     THE JEFF-VANDER-LOU STORY  1970
Community rehabilitation in St. Louis, Missouri.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 

9d/5     LIKE A SHEPHERD  1962: Mennonite Church in India
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape                 CD (430 MB)  DVD
 
This filmstrip shows Dhanwa, at the age of 80, reminiscing about Mennonite Missions in the area of Dhamtari, India, and finding hope for the future of the Church in India.  Photography and narration on tape by missionary John A. Friesen.
 
This filmstrip has been scanned into the computer, and placed onto a CD, by Weldon Friesen, Middlebury, Indiana, in 2005.  The photographs appears as ".jpg's" and the narration as "Wave Sound".  Total electronic space: 430 MB.  (Sound itself makes up 221 MB)
 
Friesen also then placed the filmstrip onto a DVD.
 
 Note that the color of the filmstrip had turned "red."  Most of the original slides to make the filmstrip were found in the MBM Slide Collection (IV-10-5.1), and scanned into the computer.  Where originals were not available, a computer program was used to touch up the color of the filmstrip originals.  [Noted August 28, 2006 / Listed by Dennis Stoesz]
 
 
9d/5     LIKE A SHEPHERD  1962
Mennonite Church in India
Includes Filmstrip, Script, Tape, Master Tape (both reel-to-reel tapes)
Also includes a CD (430 MB) and a DVD

 
            This filmstrip shows Dhanwa, at the age of 80, reminiscing about Mennonite Missions in the area of Dhamtari, India, and finding hope for the future of the Church in India.  Photography and narration on tape by missionary John A. Friesen.
 
This filmstrip has been scanned into the computer, and placed onto a CD, by Weldon Friesen, Middlebury, Indiana, in 2005.  The photographs appears as ".jpg's" and the narration as "Wave Sound".  Total electronic space: 430 MB.  (Sound itself makes up 221 MB)
 
Friesen also then placed the filmstrip onto a DVD.
 
 Note that the color of the filmstrip had turned "red."  Most of the original slides to make the filmstrip were found in the MBM Slide Collection (IV-10-5.1), and scanned into the computer.  Where originals were not available, a computer program was used to touch up the color of the filmstrip originals.
 
August 28, 2006 / Listed by Dennis Stoesz


9d/6     MANY MEMBERS, ONE CHURCH  1968
The Japan Mennonite church with capsule introductions to several of its active members.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
9d/7     MEGUMI FROM JAPAN  1970
Filmstrip about Japan for primary children.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
9d/8     MENNONITE BOARD OF MISSIONS: ANNUAL REPORT 1961
Attempts to report on the entire work of MBM for 1960-61.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Master Tape                
 
9d/9     THE MENNONITE CHURCH IN ARGENTINA  1961
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Master Tape                
 
9d/10   MMA SURVIVOR'S AID: THE PEASANTA VALLEY STORY 1975
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape             
 
9d/11   A NEW THING 1976
To help your congregation understand the facilities and workings of the Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries, Mennonite Board of Education, and Mennonite Board of Missions.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape             
 
Box 9e (Large)
 
9e/1     OUR PRODUCT--PEOPLE  1968
Report of the Mennonite Church at work in mission.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9e/2     PAX:  MEN FOR ALL REASONS  1969
 
Filmstrip                       Tape               
 
9e/3     PEDRO AND I  1965 (re-issued) 1977
Children's artwork to tell a story about life in Puerto Rico for children.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Cassette Tape
 
9e/4     QUEST FOR LIFE 1968
Conveys something of the challenge that confronts the Mennonite Church in Japan.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Tape               
 
9e/5     REACH FOR THE PEOPLE  1970
Takes you on a short tour of Union Biblical Seminary at Yeotmal, India.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9e/6     SALAAM FROM NALINI  1963
Describes village life in India for children.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9e/7     SERVANT OF MEN  1965
Work of the Mennonite Church in Algeria.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9e/8     SHARING THE LIVING CHRIST  1963
A capsule report of the work of the church through the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Master Tape                
 
9e/9     SIX FOR A SAMPLE  1966
Portrays the Voluntary Service program of the Mennonite Church.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Master Tape                
 
Box 9f (Large)
 
9f/1      STEWARDS AND PARTNERS 1965
Report of the Mennonite Board of Missions for 1963-65.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Master Tape                
 
9f/2      SUMMONED TO SERVE  1964
Mennonite Church in Ghana and Nigeria
 
Script               Master Tape                
 
9f/3      TEAMED WITH PURPOSE  1965
Mennonite Voluntary Service and community development programs among Cree Indians of Northern Alberta.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9f/4      TOGETHER FOR A PURPOSE  1973
About the Voluntary Service program of the Mennonite Church.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape             

9f/5      VIETNAM:  CHRISTIAN SERVICE IN A WAR-TORN LAND 1966
 
Tape               
 
9f/6      VIETNAME:  THE STRUGGLING DRAGON  1961
 
Tape                Master Tape (Spanish)            
 
9f/7      VX IS VARIETY 
Filmstrip about the total Voluntary Service program.
 
Filmstrip                       Script                                      
 
9f/8      WAKE UP, YOUTH!  1967
Alternative Service opportunities for conscientious objectors to war.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9f/9      WHAT EVER HAPPENED ATA CLEARWATER?  1976
The story of church growth in the Peace Mennonite congregation at Clearwater, Florida.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape             
 
9f/10    WHAT IS THE MENNONITE CHURCH IN THE CITY?  1966
The strip attempts to face realistically both the strengths and weaknesses of the Mennonite Church's attempts to be the church in the city.
 
Filmstrip                       Script                                      
 
9f/11    WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?  1962
A children's filmstrip about home missions and voluntary service.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
 
Box 9g (Large)
 
9g/1     WINDOW TO 1-W  1962
Designed to give an understanding of the earning 1-W program.
            Filmstrip                       Script   Master Tape                
 
9g/2     WINDOW TO 1-W (revised)  1967
Presents Civilian Peace Service (earning I-W) as an alternative service opportunity for conscientious objectors to war.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9g/3     THE WORD HAS WINGS  1961
Christian Friends in South America
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9g/4     THE WORK IS THINE  1962
Presents voluntary service as an opportunity for young people (and older ones) to enrich their own lives while enriching the lives of others.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape
 
9g/5     WORKERS TOGETHER  1963
Church in India and Nepal, and the American Mennonite Churches
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Master Tape                
 
9g/6     YOU THE CONGREGATION TEACH  1977
Designed to be used with other materials as an introduction and interpretation of The Foundation Series.
 
Filmstrip                       Script   Cassette Tape             
 
9g/7     YOUR CHURCH AND SMALL GROUPS, Pts. 1 & 2  1971
Presenting small groups as an evangelistic tool for mission outreach.
 
Filmstrip                       Script               Record 9g/7a  
 
9g/8     YOUR MENNONITE GENERAL CONFERENCE  1967
Filmstrip about Mennonite General Conference and ways to which its resources can serve the local congregation.
Filmstrip                       Script   Tape                Master Tape                
 
 
 
Circa 2000-04 / Listed by Nelda Nussbaum
November 21, 2008 / Posted by Alex Lake
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