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1. American Influence in My Country (29:18)

Date:
0000
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Teenagers from the United Kingdom, Union of South Africa, India, and Lebanon discuss the influence of American comics, films, and be-hop; the contribution of American education; the relative merits...

2. Arteries of Life (09:52)

Date:
1948
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The third in the "Living Earth" series. Shows the interrelationship of water and forests in supplying life-giving moisture to topsoil. Pictures what happens when forests are destroyed and water i...

3. City Water Supply (11:09)

Date:
1946
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Animated drawings review man's dependence upon water for life. Describes the sources of city water supply--wells, rivers, lakes, and watersheds; water-borne diseases; and methods of water distribut...

4. Coconut Tree (11:41)

Date:
1947
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Shows the coconut tree and its importance in relation to India's economy. The many uses of the coconut tree are explained.

5. Deccan Village (10:10)

Date:
0000
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Illustrates some of the gradual changes which are taking place in the small villages of India. Revelas that, rather than using the traditional animal power and man power for threshing and crushing...

6. Energy in Our Rivers (09:40)

Date:
1948
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Dramatizes the story of how rivers through the centuries have furnished the energy and power necessary to man's existence. Extends from the days of the ancient water-wheel to the era of dams and hy...

7. Gandhi (26:21)

Date:
1959
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Highlights events in the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi between 1930 and 1948 and recounts his role in the struggle to free India from British colonialism. Treats his philosophy of passive resistance a...

8. Going to hospital with mother (41:28)

Date:
1950
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This film shows how the staff of a British hospital has improvised a method of routinely admitting the mothers of patients under school age to a ward of traditional design without structural altera...

9. Ground Water (11:00)

Date:
1947
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Explains by animated drawings and illustrates photographically artesian wells, the water table, caves and wells. Explains and illustrates by outstanding examples in the United States other phenome...

10. India (Pakistan and the Union of India) (17:26)

Date:
1952
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Contrasts the new and the old in India and Pakistan, and emphasizes the important differences between Moslem ad Hindu nations and cultures. Shows a typical family engaging in their daily activitie...

11. Inside/Out: Living with love (14:57)

Date:
1973
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Summary:
Dorothy Smith works for the Cuyahoga County Welfare Department in Oeveland, Ohio. She works at home, for her job is to care for children who are waiting to be adopted. Although it is a foster home ...

12. Mahatma Gandhi (19:02)

Date:
1955
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Portrays the highlights of Mahatma Gandhi's life. Indicates some of the factors that shaped his philosophy of non-violence and shows some of the instances in which his philosophy was put into actio...

13. Mysteries of Water (11:17)

Date:
1938
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Deals with water as a chemical, a food, and a beverage. Portrays water as man's friend, as power, and as a sculptor. Explains the water cycle.

14. Rivers of the Pacific Slope (11:08)

Date:
1948
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Tells the story of three river systems--the Columbia, the Sacramento and San Joaquin, and the Colorado--and uses to which man has put these Pacific slope rivers, adapting them to the special needs ...

15. Water and What It Does (11:05)

Date:
1962
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Discusses the properties of water and how they affect its use. Shows that water is compsed of tiny particles which are always in motion, and that its exists in three states--solid, liquid, and gas...

16. Water Cycle (Use Nsc-1675) (10:45)

Date:
1947
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Shows, by animation and regular photography, the different phases of the water cycle--evaporation, condensation, saturation, the water table, and the circulation of water on the earth's surface. C...

17. Your Friend the Water:Clean-or-Dirty (06:33)

Date:
1954
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Uses animation and live photography to show several benefits of clean water and some of the undesirable consequences of dirty water. An animated waterdrop and a small boy travel through water pipe...