BIRTH OF AN OIL FIELD. George Pal, in collaboration with the Production Department of Shell Oil Company, Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm. (This Is Oil) Summary: This film, part of a series on the petroleum industry, explains and demonstrates methods, procedures, and equipment used in the drilling of oil wells. Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldstone; story, Norman Vizents; music director, Clarence Wheeler; animation, Miles Pike. Cast: Victor Jory, Knox Manning, Gayne Whitman, William Forrest, Smiley Burnette. © Shell Oil Company, Inc.; 3Feb49; MP3888. BIRTH OF THE AEROPROP. Presented by Aero Products Division, General Motors Corp. 1 reel, sd., b&w. Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc. © General Motors, Aero Products Div.; title, descr., & 8 prints, 4Mar44; MU14567. BIRTH OF THE BLUES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 10 reels, sd. Credits: Producer, B. G. De Sylva; director, Victor Schertzinger; story, Harry Tugend; screenplay, Harry Tugend, Walter De Leon; photographer, William Mellor; film editor, Paul Weatherwax. © Paramount Pictures Inc.; 7Nov41; LP10985. BIRTH OF THE SOIL. The Conservation Foundation in association with the New York Zoological Society. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, c1948. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm. (The Living Earth Series, pt. 1) Summary: An explanation of how nature produces topsoil from the basic raw materials of rock, water, air, and sunlight. The film emphasizes the necessity for an organized conservation program to save our natural resources. Includes animated drawings. For high school students and adult groups. Credits: Director, George E. Brewer, Jr.; story, John H. Storer. © New York Zoological Society; 6Jul48; MP3452. BIRTHDAY. SEE Heaven Can Wait. BIRTHDAY BLUES. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. 17 min., sd. Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and screenplay, Hal Yates; film editor, Lyle Boyer. © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 31Dec44; LP13164. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA. Marshall Grant-Realm Television Productions, c1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Based on the story by Oscar Wilde. Summary: A dwarf, captured from his forest home to become the companion of the beautiful young Infanta of Spain, dies of a broken heart when he sees a mirrored reflection of his own hideousness. Credits: Producers, Stanley Rubin, Louis Lantz; director, Sobey Martin; screenplay, Oscar Saul; editor, Edward Mann. © Realm Television Productions, Inc.; 27Jun49; LP2421. BIRTHPLACE OF ICEBERGS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1939. 1 reel, sd. (Father Hubbard's Adventures) Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; narrators, Father Hubbard, Lowell Thomas. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 4Aug39; MP10051.