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1. Abortion (38:58)

Date:
1979
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Discusses in detail the most common types of abortion procedures, aimed particularly at the woman who has already made the decision to have an abortion. Focuses on the need for post-abortion follow-up with the doctor, especially for contraceptive advice.

2. Abortion Clinic (1:03:03)

Date:
1983
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Examines the controversial issue of abortion with an in-depth look at abortion clinics and women making abortion decisions. Considers the psychological and physical ramifications associated with abortion. Closed Captioned.

3. Bathing the Bed Patient (20:22)

Date:
1943
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Shows the Navy hospital corpsman the correct procedure for making a neat bed with minimum disturbance to the patient. Demonstrates the proper method of washing the patient with as much comfort as possible.

4. Children in the Hospital (44:25)

Date:
1962
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Records the spontaneous activities of children in the wards of Boston City Hospital. Pictures emotional responses of children from four to eight years of age caused by the stress of hospitalization, illness, and separation from parents. Illustrates social group work carried on in the hospital. Records the hospital experience of a five-year-old girl from her admittance to the time of her release.

5. Children Who Draw Pictures (37:48)

Date:
1959
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Through free expression art activities, a teacher shows how children think, feel, and develop in a year at a Japanese school. Selects pupils from a first-grade class and traces their personality growth and development as it relates to their home life and social-school environment. Indicates that personal problems and predispositions influence the types and variety of children's artistic creations. Illustrates how children can be encouraged to remove deeply rooted fears through art activity and social participation.

6. Chinese Ceramics Through the Ages (D) (17:05)

Date:
1952
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Prsents the evolution of chinese ceramics from Neolithic earthenware to pure porcelain. Indicates the accomplishments of the Chinese potter and the need for cultural interdependence to sustain continued growth.

7. Chino's Tale (Captioned Version) (17:13)

Date:
1978
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Adapts the short story by Mary Stolz about elderly Mrs. Olive Mixter's cherished life with her pet cat, Chino. Relives the 15 happy years the two shared, beginning with an uncertain union when Olive hesitantly took in the kitten. Relates her outrage when a young veterinarian suggests that Chino's physical problem is due to old age and that he should be "put away." Concludes as they discover Chino's problem to be deafness and, with the use of a hearing aid, the two return home to share his final years.

8. Development of the axolotl (08:35)

Date:
1977
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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 for white and albino mutations. Uses time-lapse photography to show cleavage to the blastula stage, gastrulation, and neurulation. Observes rotation and elongation of the embryo, followed by identification of the gills, somites, and eyes. Records as the embryo breaks free of the vitelline membrane. Shows the well-developed gills, heart, and eyes in a later state. Concludes by showing the dark, golden albino, white, and white albino larvae.

9. Eat for Health (10:56)

Date:
1954
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Ralph learns that eating can be fun and eating the right foods each day will help him to become healthy. He recalls the food rule that he learned in school by using each of his five fingers for a kind of food. After following the rule for a time, he notices a gradual change for the better in himself.

10. Employing disabled workers in industry (19:46)

Date:
1947
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Demonstrates by actual cases that disabled persons can handle many skilled industrial jobs. Specific examples are taken from machine shop, carpentry, welding, watchmaking, jewelry, sewing, and office work.

11. Establishing Working Relations for the Disabled Worker (13:45)

Date:
1949
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Shows the tact and judgment which a supervisor must use in establishing working relations for a disabled worker. A supervisor overemphasizes the handicap of a new worker, a veteran, so that the other workers become overly solicitous; the supervisor then goes to the other extreme and the men pay no attention to the new worker. Realizing his mistakes, the supervisor talks it over with the men and they work out a solution in which the new worker becomes "one of the gang."

12. Family of Free China (22:11)

Date:
1961
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Describes through the narration of Wang Shen, a teen-age boy of the village of Pingtung, Taiwan, his home life, educational system, improved farming techniques, village commerce and industries and life in the larger city of Taipei. Explains, using an animated map the geographical, topographical and climatic charcteristics of the island. Shows the export crops of sugar and rice being grown and harvested; and also the modern air and rail transportation which has aided in the growth of industries. Taiwan is depicted as a model of development for an eventual "Free China."

13. Graphs of Linear Equations (08:30)

Date:
1968
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Demonstrates graphing in the Cartesian coordinate system. Shows the graph of a straight line from a solution set and the point of intersection of two straight lines. Illustrates how the point of intersection belongs to the solution sets of both straight line equations.

14. Health in Our Community (13:27)

Date:
1959
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Deals with the actions of community health organizations in their efforts to fight disease. Shows the functions of the department of health in preventing and controlling the spread of contagious diseases as the film follows the developments in a successful attempt to stop a typhoid epidemic in its early stages. Relates the jobs of the school nurse, doctor, laboratory technician, visiting nurse, and food inspector in protecting the community health. Encourages children to observe personal health rules and to keep their homes and towns clean.

16. Home Nursing (11:13)

Date:
1946
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Shows hygienic care of a home patient after instruction from a visiting nurse--bathing and moving the patient in bed; arranging the bed and making the patient comfortable; taking and recording temperature, pulse, and respiration rates; medications; and helping the patient to regain strength.

17. In Every Day (10:21)

Date:
1947
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Shows a typical day in the life of a model American teen-age boy. His health habits, diet, hobbies, and correct attitude toward work, study and play are all stressed.

18. In Every Day (10:21)

Date:
1947
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Shows a typical day in the life of a model American teen-age boy. His health habits, diet, hobbies, and correct attitude toward work, study and play are all stressed.

19. Indiana University : 150 years (1820-1970) [outtakes] (17:47)

Date:
1969
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Celebrates the 1820-1970 sesquicentennial of Indiana University by surveying its history and current programs. Points out the admission of women and students from other countries. Covers the development of the schools of music, medicine, education, business, and law, as well as the growth of the College of Arts and Sciences. Features brief scenes of the five regional campuses and of various athletic programs. Includes footage of Chancellor Herman B Wells, former President Elvis J. Stahr, and current President Joseph Sutton.

20. Iron Ore to Pig Iron (15:55)

Date:
1927
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Shows the mining of ore in the Mesabi Range and transportation to Duluth and through the "Soo" Canal to Gary, Indiana, where it is smelted and cast into pigs.