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1. A nickel for the movies (21:18)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
An introduction to motion picture study which tries to touch briefly on most of the issues which form the basis for contemporary film theory. Part One is a tongue-in-cheek movie scene entitled "Put...

2. Food for thought (18:41)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
A detailed look at a centralized, integrated, food service which provides 50,000 meals each day on a large university campus. Includes information about scientific control of the storage environmen...

3. Camping and recreational facilities for the handicapped (19:21)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Examines how the designers of Camp Riley, a residential camp for handicapped youths, made the out-of-doors accessible to everyone, regardless of personal mobility. Shows the camp's cabins, trails, ...

4. Freshwater jellyfish (12:25)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Examines the life cycle of the freshwater jellyfish and describes its habitats, collection procedures, feeding behavior, and methods of reproduction.

5. Limestone (12:34)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Explains and simulates the formation of sedimentary rock, focusing on the importance of limestone as a natural resource. Locates limestone quarries on the map and shows how the stone is quarried in...

6. The shoemaker = El zapatero (33:14)

Date:
1978 (Creation date: 1977)
Main contributors:
Mintz, Jerome R.
Summary:
Concerns the effect of the rural exodus in Spain on the life of a poor Andalusian shoemaker. When his children leave to work in a tourist town he attempts to stay in his native village. Eventually ...

7. Development of the axolotl (08:35)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Studies the early stages of the development of the axolotl, an aquatic salamander, with emphasis upon genetically determined characteristics. Mates two wild-type, dark axolotls, each heterozygous f...

8. Land use on the flood plain (17:09)

Date:
1975 (Creation date: 1975)
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Examines the relationship between flooding and land use. Explains that the proximity to transportation, energy, and fertile soil has often outweighed the dangers of flood, and offers dams, levies, ...

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

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
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 ...

10. This is camping! (17:19)

Date:
1972
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Gives a brief history of camping, and examines the facilities and activities available to campers. Shows that through their involvement with nature and each other, campers learn cooperation, conser...