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Emphasizes the hazards the inexperienced city driver must learn to recognize. Shows the unusual situations that may arise from driver fatigue. Explains how to avoid fatigue. Presents a complete picture of the advantages and special dangers confronted on expressways. Describes necessary action to protect occupants in your car.
Present a tour of the Eastern State Hospital for the mentally ill in Lexington, Kentucky. Explains how the hospital is organized, and describes innovations which have been introduced such as opens wards and mixed dayrooms. Shows what happens to a patient from the time he is admitted until he is ready for release.
Explains how a virus destroys cells. Uses animated films and microcinematography to show how a virus enters a cell, stops its normal functions, and reproduces more viruses. Tells how the new viruses are made and describes their method of escape to infect other cells. Concludes with a discussion of possible methods of controlling viral diseases.
Explains that a globe is the best model to represent the shape of the earth. Discusses the change in man's ideas about the shape of the earth from flat, to curved to round to flattened and bulging to pear shaped. Explains the value of rockets and satellites in helping us to learn more about the shape of the earth.
Presents interviews with Dr. Mark Van Doren and Dr. Paul Tillich concerning the highest goals man can achieve. Questions are answered on the relation of pleasure to happiness, life after death, personal objectives, and the kinds of human fulfillment.
Mr. Alwin Nikolais and Miss Myers discuss the dancer’s need to say something new in terms of his medium, and the resulting break with the classical forms which was pioneered by Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis. Film clips show Miss St. Denis’ famous dance “Rhada,” and one of Miss Duncan’s students demonstrating some of Miss Duncan’s techniques. Finally, Mr. Nikolais and his troupe present examples of modern techniques to express ideas such as fear, love, height, and weight. They perform excerpts from four of the concert pieces they have created.
Uses animation and laboratory demonstrations to explain the formation of ions in ionization and the effects ions produce. Presents hydrochloric acid as a typical electrolyte that ionizes in water permitting the solution to conduct an electric current. The polarity of the water molecule is illustrated and valance, electrovalance, and the effect of ionization on the boiling and freezing points of solutions are explained.
Introduces heredity, as that which concerns what is biologically transmitted from one generation to the next, and the first question which the series seeks to answer is, what is inherited? Dr. Roney examines facts and fallacies connected with such questions as, is blood a heredity carrier? Are mental illnesses and diseases inherited? Also, some patterns of inheritance, and who gets what characteristic from whom? Dr. Roney explains three sources of heredity information, and finally some of the results from studies in the area concerning genes and heredity.
Ransom talks of why his poetry is difficult to comprehend. Ransom reads and discusses “Bells for John Whiteside’s Daughter,” “Piazza Piece,” “Janet Walking,” “Vision by Sweetwater,” and other poems.
A story about a Mexican boy and his donkey is used in depicting the characteristics of rural life in Mexico and in emphasizing the importance of helping others. Educational collaborator, William G. Brink.
Discusses the kinds of love prevalent in America. Father Thurston Davis and Dr. Erich Fromm are questioned concerning present-day misconceptions concerning love, genuine love versus perverted love, the connection between sexuality and love, and love as a religious virtue.
Discusses the problem of homesteading and labor shortages with commissioners of natural resources and labor. Strongly suggest that anyone contemplating entering business or establishing a homestead in Alaska look carefully into the prospects first. Visits with an "old" and "new" homesteader and discusses some of the problems they faced.
In this program, Miss Myers and Jose Limon explain the language of the dance – the language of movement. They introduce the basic elements of the dancer’s material – human emotion – and show how it can be transformed into a dance movement for one person, a group of dancers, and an entire company. This program features the television premiere of Jose Limon’s ballet “There is a Time,” for which Norman Dello Joio composed his Meditations on Ecclesiastes.
Defines in detail the word "insurance" and discusses the various types of insurance-liability, comprehensive, collision, etc. Explains the correct procedure to follow when reporting an accident. Gives information concerning various rates of insurance premiums, financial responsibility laws, and sample cases. (Cincinnati Public Schools and WCET) Kinescope.
An interview with musician Louis Armstrong about his career, starting with his boyhood in New Orleans through becoming an internationally known figure. With Robert McCully and Adam Lynch.
Three young foreign students--one from Sweden, one from Venezuela, one from Belgium--talk to Louis Armstrong about what he has done as a musical ambassador. Mr. Armstrong tells them about experiences he had in their home countries when he performed there--about how how he met a Belgian diplomat who came to this country on a matter of state, but arrived early to spend some time with Satchmo, about a young Swedish girl who sang with his band and subsequently became a star, about a threatened bombing of an auditorium where he was scheduled to play in Venezuela which never took place, because when he arrived the people were more interested in music than in munitions. But more than anecdotes, he tells how he found people all over the world who were united, in spite of their differences, by their interest in music.
Mr. Armstrong is joined by Robert McCully, writer and public relations expert, Adam Lynch, news and classical music broadcaster, and Benny Benack, a musician who has concentrated on Dixieland jazz and a trumpeter who looks up to Louis Armstrong as his great hero. In this program Mr. Armstrong describes a New Orleans musical funeral and the impulses that give rise to it, the music it creates, and the way it is carried out. Speaking about emotion and music, he remarks that a good musical performance has as its base a great sympathy and feeling for the music. He talks about his love for any good music--jazz, classical or popular--and about the future of jazz and of young people who like music.
The final program of the series presents Mr. Armstrong, Benny Benack, a musician who has concentrated on Dixieland jazz, and Professor Frederick Dorian, a classical musicologist from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Dr. Dorian was Mr. Benack's professor at Carnegie Tech, and has joined his former pupil to learn about jazz and what a great jazz musician thinks of classical music. Dr. Dorian, who is not very well acquainted with jazz, asks Mr. Armstrong what the elements are of good jazz, and it is this definition which occupies the major part of the program.
Huston Smith interviews Dr. Hocking and Dr. Tillich to discuss with them conceptions of man’s place in the universe. Is man the highest spirit the universe contains? Is the universe hostile, friendly or neutral to man’s deepest aspirations? Is this the best of all possible worlds? What are the responsibility of man as a conscious being in the Universe?
Many aspects of our popular culture are discussed provocatively by Max Lerner and five Brandeis students: Is the quality of culture higher today than a century ago? What distinction should be made between folk culture and popular culture? Do the people in control of our means of culture purposely keep the levels low? Have the cultural media tried to raise the level? What is the state of the artist today? How does the desire to make money affect the quality of creative work? Will giving the artist
more freedom uplift our cultural standards? Can a popular culture be “creative?” Does low taste have a place in our society?
This program deals chiefly with the work of Gregor Johann Mendel, one of the greatest biologists of recent times. The question to which he devoted himself was this: What order, of any, exists in the transfer of characteristics from parent to child to grandchild? In developing his theory, he studied the reproduction of common green peas, and Dr. Roney shows film clips which reproduce some of Mendel’s early experiments. He explains the terms derived by Mendel to explain biological inheritance. Demonstrations are shown which illustrate factors in reproduction and inheritance, and the program concludes with a summary of Mendel’s contributions to biological sciences.
Max Lerner discusses with Brandeis students’ questions concerning minorities and segregation. A few of the topics to be discussed are: is segregations in the South the result of prejudice or the result of social order; is the South’s attitude a rigid “defense mechanism” due to the pressures of the North: is the fear of inter-marriage the greatest deterrent to equality in the South; is there segregation in other minority groups; is there more than one kind of prejudice; and is it possible to hold onto one’s identity as a group and still assimilate culturally?
Discusses some of the more common misconceptions about mental illness. Explains why they are incorrect and what the correct version should be. Features Dr. Charles Feuss, Jr., Superintendant of Longview Hospital in Ohio, and Dr. Harry Lederer and Dr. Harold Hiatt, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati. [kinescope]
Beginning with a visit to Anchorage, shows the city's modern developments in offices, houses, schools, and factories which best typify modern Alaska. Visits other sources of industry, commerce, education, and culture in Alaska. Points out factors that may slow Alaska's growth.
Anthony Tudor, the choreographer, and Nora Kay and Hugh Laing, dancers who appear on this program, are figures prominently associated with the new developments in modern dance which began in the 1940’s. Mr. Tudor and Miss Myers describe the changes in subject and mood which accompany this new dance form and the reasons for a retention of the traditional steps and positions in the new dances. The highlight of the program is a recreation of the famous ballet “Pillar of Fire,” starring Nora Kaye and Hugh Laing.
Presents an interview with Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr on America's sense of morality. Questions are answered concerning the need of a moral code, changes in America's moral standards, the relationship of belief in God to morality, and morality as requisite to happiness.
America’s task is to stop imperialism. Communism is based on imperialism. What can we do? If we ally ourselves against Soviet imperialism we run into difficulty because of Nationalism and Colonialism. For instance, Portugal is our ally but a Portuguese colony in India wants to be our independent ally. Where is our loyalty? When faced with a choice such as this, our loyalty must remain with the countries which will protect the most people from aggression. And these problems are intensified because of atomic power. If we share it, will it alienate us from other powers? There is always the danger that if we give to nationalist nations, we cannot be sure that it will be used for peace. The basic problem lies in the fact that Soviet imperialism is ambiguous. What policy can we accept?
NOTE: Since this program was completed, France has joined the “atomic club.”
This program summarizes the major points which have been brought out in the series and evaluates Nationalism and Colonialism in terms of the basic problems now facing the world community – the paradox that he liberal idea of self-determination of nations may result in divisiveness and fragmentation of the world’s energies and resources at the very time when man’s power to unleash the forces of nature has made necessary the highest degree of international harmony and worldwide cooperation. How has the world community organized to deal with National-Colonial power? What is the future of Nationalism and Colonialism? These are the questions answered by Stoessinger in this program. Films of Philippine diplomat Carlos P. Romulo are included in this program.
Visits Eskimos in the North and Indians in the South and discusses some of the problems confronting these native Alaskans since the appearance of the white man. Tells how native Indians are assimilating with the white settlers and the Eskimos are threatened with extinction through destruction of their hunting and fishing grounds.
Recreates the excitement of the gold rush by showing the prospector's trails, their campsites and the gold rush cities. Illustrates with prints of the settlers, miners, and dance hall girls. Visits an old gold mining town and saloons. Interviews an old prospector about gold mining days.
Discusses the free or open mental hospital. Includes views of a visit to the St. Lawrence State Hospital in Ogdensburg, New York. Explains how the open hospital operates, the difficulties involved in its administration, how patients respond, and how the system has succeeded. Features Dr. Herman Snow.
Discusses the work and goals of organic research into the problem of insanity, and includes views of the Research Division of the Columbia Psychiatric Institute. Show various experiments, including those dealing with the cellular analysis of the brain, reaction time in aged animals and persons, and the effects of prenatal disturbances on the development of children. Discusses the purposes of research and the hopes of discovering cures for, and prevention of mental disease. Features Dr. Benjamin Pasamanick.
Huston Smith visits Paul Hoffman, in New York City, first director of the Marshall Plan, and, in Cambridge, John Kenneth Galbraith and Paul Samuelson, professors at Harvard and MIT, to discuss foreign aid. Is it, as some say, “operation rat-hole,” or a vital part of our foreign policy? What do we expect to accomplish by means of it, and how should we proceed?
Huston Smith visits Dr. F.C. Redlich in Princeton, NJ, and Dr. Erich Fromm in New York City, and explores some problems of mental health with them. What is mental illness? Is it increasing? Do we know how to treat it? Can the layman do anything to help the mentally disturbed? Is the problem becoming too large to cope with?
Huston Smith visits Professor John Kenneth Galbraith of Harvard and Professor Paul Samuelson of MIT to discuss the American economy: how it compares with that of other nations, problems it faces, and what should be done about these. Special attention is given to the question of why a nation so rich in things (cars, homes, and TV sets) is relatively so poor in services (teachers, police, social workers, mental hospitals).
Huston Smith interviews Professor Mark Van Doren in Greenwich Village, New York City, and Dr. William Ernest Hocking atop a New Hampshire mountain, to discuss American education with them. How does it compare with education in other countries? What kind of education do we want? Whom do we want to educate? For how long? For what purpose?
Huston Smith journeys to the South to explore two radically different positions concerning race in America. In Little Rock, Harry Ashmore, Pulitzer Prize winning editor of the Arkansas Gazette, outlines the liberal position; in Jackson, Mississippi, William Simmons, editor of the Citizens’ Council, explains the conservative viewpoint.
Huston Smith continues his journey through the South exploring “America’s most agonizing problem,” the problem of race. Having talked last week to white spokesmen of varying persuasions, he turns this week to the way Negroes look at the problem. His consultants are Dr. Benjamin Mays, President of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and Charles Burton, Assistant County, Greenville, Mississippi.
Huston Smith interviewers Harold Stassen in Philadelphia and Dr. and Mrs. Walt Rostow of MIT in Cambridge about our posture toward our foremost adversary. Is coexistence possible? What are Russia’s intentions and how should we meet them? Can we hope that Russia will change with the passing of time? Can we do anything to assist a change?
Discusses the origin, development, and rise of political interest groups in America and their role in the legislative process. Describes the organization and techniques of interest groups, and reviews legislation governing their activities. (University of Michigan Television) Kinescope.
Discusses the voting behavior of the public in the 1952 election. Compares the public participation in the 1952 election with participation in other countries. Classifies the eligible voters into three groups, and discusses significant aspects of each group. Presents reasons for people voting as they do. Reviews the shifts in parties controlling the federal government since 1916. (University of Michigan Television) Kinescope.
The development of life, from a cell to a man, from a seed to a tree, is the subject of this program. Film clips are used, showing the self-duplication of molecules and cells and the fertilization process, as well as the cellular structure which is responsible for “inherited” characteristics of new living things. The genes, chromosomes, and the nucleus are analyzed separately as Dr. Saltman explains the processes of mutation which may occur within the cell.
Is it true that we have an American national character? Is America old enough to have developed a distinctive personality? Can you predict the kind of mental breakdown that an American will have? Do we have a different kind of neurotic personality today that was present ten years ago? Who goes to the psychiatrist? Has the psychiatric couch now become a part of the American landscape? Are neuroses the result of a capitalist policy? Do we need more ritual in America to help the personality to develop? What are the characteristics of a mature personality? These are some of the questions that Max Lerner and five Brandeis students discuss during the program.
Presents Ansel Adams as he photographs Yosemite National Park and explains how a sense of discovery and rediscovery is conveyed through his photography. Shows a collection of his photographs. Mr. Adams discusses his methods of teaching and his indebtedness to other photographers.
Shows Ansel Adams photographing an old house and its inhabitants from many perspectives and with many purposes in mind. He explains that sensitive photographers can become photo-poets.
Discusses the role of the corporation and the corporate executive in political life. Reviews the laws which affect or restrict the active participation of each in politics. Presents an analysis of the responsibilities of a corporation in working for the good of the country. Explains how and why management and labor should participate more actively, and with more freedom, in the political affairs of the nation.
Discusses three major problems which interfere with the treatment of the mentally ill, showing the effect of overcrowding in hospitals, lack of trained personnel, and poor commitment procedures. Dr. Daniel Blain and Dr. H.L. Kozol offer possible solutions to the problems under consideration.
What does statehood mean to Alaskans? John MacVane conducts sidewalk interviews with the new citizens, and draws from them a series of interesting responses. Joe Kirkbridge, editor of The Daily Alaska Empire(a Juneau paper), tells about the many conditions that hamper Alaska’s future development. Governor William Egan, in an interview in his offices, speaks of the Alaskans’ inventiveness and their willingness to be self-reliant, to accept hardship, and to help one another. His statement is a remarkable combination of idealistic anticipation and realistic appraisal of the difficulties facing the development of Alaska.
Discusses the role of progress during the history of mankind. Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr is questioned concerning areas where progress has occurred and relates this progress to the problems it has brought about.
Discusses and shows the use of psychosurgery and shock therapy in the treatment of the mentally ill. Outlines the development of psychosurgery, and electric shock therapy; points out the uses and dangers of both, and discusses their future utilization as treatments for mental illness. Features Dr. Walter Freeman and Dr. Douglas Goldman.
Presents a simulated on-the-spot television report of a Congressional hearing where a Russian deputy-premier who has requested political asylum in the United States is answering questions concerning his change of loyalties. To everyone's surprise, the reason for his defection is not disappointment with a totalitarian regime, but a protest against the regime's philosophy of peaceful coexistence. In a heated discussion among the Russian, Congressmen, and the Congressional committee attorney, many of the differences between the processes of a democratic government and a totalitarian government are illuminated.
Discusses the criticisms of the present party system and evaluates proposed changes. Points out the changes in the election system that would be necessary for any party reform. Suggests that any reforms would depend on greater public participation in the parties, which in turn would create less need for party reform. (University of Michigan Television) kinescope.
Huston Smith interviews Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in New York City and, in Cambridge, Dr. and Mrs. Walt Rostow of MIT, on our relations with our Western Allies. Are they an asset or an embarrassment? Is the alliance as it should be; if not, why not, and what might be done to improve it?
Barry Ulanov, associate professor of English at Barnard College, discusses the poetry of Richard Wilbur with the poet. Wilbur reads and discusses “Exeunt,” “A Simile for Her Smile,” “Part of a Letter,” part of “Candide,” and other poems.
Barry Ulanov, associate professor of English at Barnard College, discusses the order, clarity and tonality which are outstanding in the poetry of Richard Wilbur. Wilber reads and comments on “Digging for China,” “Statues,” “Two Voices in a Meadow,” and other poems.
A Teaching Film Custodians film about the presentation and conventions of live theatre at Shakespeare's Globe Theater circa 1600. Incorporating footage from the prologue of the 1944 British Technicolor feature film, "Henry V", directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, and graphics, this film illustrates the location, and appearance of the Globe and Rose theaters, the activity before a typical presentation, where the audience was seated, and the manner in which the Globe Theater was used. We see the audience entering the theater, gallants taking their places on stage, the orange girl and cider man hawking their wares, and the actors preparing for their entrance. Concludes with the curtain parting and the chorus reciting the prologue.
Discusses Alaska's proximity to Russia and its importance as a base of warning in the event of a surprise attack. Depicts the nature of the warning systems and military installations. Interviews military leaders to comment on the extent of our defenses in Alaska.
Dr. C. Arthur Knight, featured on this program, introduces his topic with a brief description of properties which characterize living things, and then explains to what degree viruses do or do not have these properties. What is significant, he points out, is that viruses are like other living things to the extent that they are capable of reproducing themselves. Because viruses have a chemical content, similar to that of chromosomes — the cells which determine heredity — and because they can be more easily isolated and fragmented than chromosomes, they are a source of much information for scientists who study life's creation and formation. In addition to his general points, Dr. Knight shows, through a remarkable series of micro-motion pictures, how mutations within viruses can be formed and identified.
Documents Ansel Adams as he discusses light, interpretation, the use of different filters, exposures, ranges, and magnification, illustrating each from his own vast collection of photographs. The presentation centers around his demonstrations of various techniques to achieve given effects.
Presents an historical survey of colonialism as practiced by Britain and France. Discusses the methods of rule and the phases of colonization of each. Uses film clips, phots and charts to show how each has moved from direct colonial rule to cooperation with their colonies.
Reviews the activities of the United States in the area of colonialism. Discusses the colonies of the U.S. past and present. Outlines the course of action taken in helping the various territories in achieving self-government.
The basic unit of life –the cell –could not be studied in detail until recently. The electron microscope first enabled man actually to see its delicate construction. This program deals with a detailed description of the structure of a cell, and an analysis of the role each part plays in maintaining life. Dr. Saltman shows films of cells dividing, and photographs taken under the strong magnification of an electron microscope.
Discusses present day attitudes toward colonialism and how they differ from the colonial ideal of the past. Sir Andrew Cohen, ex-colonial official in Africa, answers questions concerning the making of colonial policy, how the colonial mind has changed and what the modern colonial official sees as his function.
Stoessinger analyzes the modern colonial mind in a time when “Colonial Official” has become a bad word phrase. He interviews French and Belgian colonial officials in an attempt to show the changing role of the colonial official in the world today. The modern colonial official wants to set men free, to eliminate the color bar, and to serve as a civil servant, his guests claim.
Discusses the changes taking place in the structure of the American family. Dr. Margaret Mead and Dr. Bertram Beck are questioned on the effect of cultural pressures on family life and the changing distinctions between men and women. Also presents views on a trend toward family centeredness, early marriages, and a greater desire for children.
Discusses the relation of gravity to cosmology and to geophysics. Traces the history of ideas about gravity; discusses new instruments and new viewpoints on gravitation.
The energy expended in thinking or talking or moving or simply living must be supplied by fuel; this program outlines the kinds of fuel which a living being needs, and describes how this fuel is used by the cells, and how it is stored for future use. The function of adenosine triphosphate, an essential chemical compound in the metabolism of life, is explained, and models illustrating its functions display clearly how the compound is formed and reacts within the cell.
The word hormone is derived from the Greek word hormone, meaning to excite or arouse. This is, briefly, the function of the hormone in the body –those chemical molecules produced in very small quantities within the body to stimulate and control key functions of growth, metabolism and reproduction. Using diagram and drawing, Dr. Saltman describes the ways in which these hormones are produced in the glands, how they are circulated through the blood stream, and what can happen is they do not perform their functions adequately.
In addition to organic elements, living beings are necessarily composed also of inorganic elements such as calcium, iron and cooper. This program analyzes the ways in which these inorganic substances behave, and what their function is in maintaining life. Bulk elements, including calcium, sodium and phosphorous salts, serve as structural materials to build bones, link cells, and activate nerves. Trace elements, existing in minute quantities throughout the system, include the iron, cooper, nickel and zinc which are found in the blood, or in the chlorophyll of green plants. Experiments and demonstrations of the ways in which minerals behave in living things form part of the program.
Presents a visit to a Navajo reservation to discover the values held by this indigenous community. Questions are put to an Indian family to find out each member's duties, responsibilities, and privileges. Compares Navajo and modern medical practices and religious rituals and beliefs. Concludes by discussing the problems of reconciling traditional Navajo ways with modern technology.
Presents a visit to Windowrock, Arizona, to interview members of the Navaho Tribes Council. Discusses the problems of working within the tribal organizational patterns and of the continuing force of tradition. Questions are answered concerning education, agriculture, religion, and the adaptions to be made in light of modern science and new social values.
In this program, Stoessinger points out the continuity of imperialism from Czarist Russia to Russia today, Russia’s attitude toward nationalism being that it should be ruthlessly crushed. The Soviet’s techniques of empire building are several including playing nationalistic groups against each other and exploiting anti-fascist resistance to its own gain. In the past, nationalism has caused many blocks to Communism and they have constantly had to change their techniques. A former Albanian freedom fighter is interviewed.
Stoessinger suggest that the rise of the new nationalism may characterize this era more than the East-West struggle. He discusses the two trends today; new nations and new unified supra-states, and discusses the main unifying factors common to the rise of new nationalistic states. These include neutralism, the quest for racial equality, religion as a unifying or dividing factor, the planned socialistic economy, and Westernization in its various manifestations. How can democracy export its ideas and ideals to countries that have little background and experience in democratic methods? This is the great problem of communication, concludes Stoessinger.
Uses animation and live-action photography to portray the importance of air to life on earth. Shows the composition and describes the physical properties of air. Indicates the role of air in supporting life; providing power; and for cooling, cleaning, and transportation.
Mr. Hartzell interviews three American poets to find out why they are writing poetry in a mechanical age. Is being a poet a real job? Or is a poet essentially a non-productive member of society? Should everyone be able to write poetry? Mr. Ciardi and Mr. Rexroth discuss the reasons for the fact that much of today’s poetry seems incomprehensible. Mr. Eberhart describes the poet’s function, and what motivates his choice of subjects. Slums, wars, despair, are as valid subjects for poetry as are spring, love and joy, since the poet’s function, among other things, is to be a commentator on all phases of life, the three poets decide.
Reviews the life of Charles Dickens, using sketches pictures, lithographs, and etchings to illustrate times and places important to the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from David Copperfield, Pickwick Papers, and other works.
Born into the British nobility in 1788, George Gordon, Lord Byron, managed to crowd into the thirty-six years of his life enough travels, adventures, and romances to make him the most famous, and notorious, of the Romantic posts. After a formal education at Harrow and Cambridge, he traveled to Greece and the Near East, and from his experiences on this trip brought forth poems including “Maid of Athens,” “Childe Harold,” and many others. After an unhappy marriage, he was forced to leave England, and traveled on the Continent. It was during this period that he wrote his great epic satire “Don Juan,” of which the lovely lines about the isles of Greece form part. His sympathy for Greece led him to return there to help fight for independence against the Turks, and it was there that he died in 1824.
Reviews the life of John Milton, using drawings, etchings, lithographs and photographs to illustrate times and places important to the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from "L Allegro," "Lycidas," "Samson Agonistes," and "Paradise Lost."
Reviews the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne, using etchings, photographs, paintings and lithographs to illustrate the places and events connected with the author. Interprets his writings with excerpts from several of his novels..
Reviews the life of Oliver Goldsmith, using drawings, etchings, and lithographs to illustrate the events connected with the author. Interprets his writing with excepts from "The Deserted Village, "She Stoops to Conquer," "Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog," and "The Vicar of Wakefield."
Reviews the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, using etchings, drawings and lithographs to illustrate the events and places connected with the author. Interprets his writing with complete readings of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan."
Reviews the life of Victor Hugo, using drawings, etchings, and lithographs to illustrate the places and events connected with the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from Les Miserables, Notre Dame de Paris, and Toilers of the Sea.
Summarizes early methods of treating the mentally ill, culminating in the discoveries of Freud in the field of psychology and psychiatry. Defines psychodynamic and organic analysis, psychologist and psychiatrist, psychotherapy, neurosis, analytic psychotherapy, supportive therapy, group psychotherapy, and socializing therapy. Distinguishes between psychodynamic therapy and organic research. Concludes with remarks on the quantity of work currently being done in the field of psychodynamic research.
Despite its microscopic size, a cell may contain several thousand highly complex chemicals. Nonetheless, molecules of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and nucleic acids consistently form part of the structure of living cells. These combine in various ways to make the cells which cause a tree to grow, an eye to see, or the brain to think. In this program, each kind of cell is analyzed through a combination of lecture and chemical demonstrations, together with a use of the models developed and used by Dr. Linus Pauling to study cellular structure.
Reviews the biomechanical processes presented in the preceding programs. Relates these concepts to the way in which all forms of life are linked and resembles each other. Concludes by offering an answer to the question "How did life begin?"
Dramatizes a story about an emotionally disturbed boy and his rehabilitation. Portrays the home situation which provoked the boy's illness, his reaction to it, and his antagonism toward the world which led him into juvenile delinquency. Shows how his commitment takes place, the treatment he receives, and his eventual readjustment and return home.
Presents an analysis of bacteriophages and how they may change. Explains why bacterial viruses are useful to scientists studying different life forms. Uses diagrams and animation to show how bacteria reproduce within a cell and how mutations of these viruses can be identified. Describes the "copy errors" responsible for mutation, and the ways in which cross-breeding among viruses takes place.
Comprised of three short films by Walton Films, "The Reign of King George VI," "Elizabeth - Our Queen," and "Trooping the Colour Ceremony," and one film by Peak Film Productions, "London," about England's Royal Family and London (in order of appearance):
The Reign of King George VI - “A tribute to His late Majesty, including his Coronation, war-time shots with his troops, post-war years, and the last tragic pictures taken at London Airport on January 31st, 1952. The Lying-in-State and Royal Funeral.” - Walton Films 1958 Film Catalogue
Elizabeth - Our Queen - “A fine film portrait of our gracious Sovereign, showing her wedding in Westminster Abbey, a family gathering when Princess Anne was christened, and other events leading to her accession.” - Walton Films 1958 Film Catalogue
London (K68, Reel 1) - “Piccadilly; Eros; Night Signs; Oxford Street; Park Lane; Hyde Park Corner. United States Embassy; Roosevelt Memorial.” - Peak Film Catalogue 1954
Trooping the Colour Ceremony - “The historic ceremony as the Guards honour the Queen’s Official Birthday. Magnificent close-ups of Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards Parade." - Walton Films 1958 Film Catalogue
Walter Kerr, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune, interviews noted Irish author Frank O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor contrasts the novel and the short story in relation to characterization, plot, and the time element. He discusses styles of the short story and appraises past and present psychological and subject matter trends in prose fiction.
Eugene O'Neill, Robert Herridge, Karl Genus, Alfred Ryder, Larry Hagman, Ronald Radd, Tom Clancy, Donald Moffat, William Rayne, Michael Conrad, Josip Elic, Vincent Barbi, Tom Scott, Al Brenner, Hal Anderson, Ted Miller, Bob Myhrum, Ken Krausgill, Ann Eckert
Summary:
An adaptation of the play, In the Zone by Eugene O'Neill.
In this program, Criminologist Joseph D. Lohman charts the growth and increasing complexity of the crime problem which has accompanied the development of an urban, industrial culture in the U.S. He shows a corresponding inadequacy in the control and treatment of crime and criminals. An interviewed inmate points out these inadequacies and the need for individual treatment, which is pointed out by Harrison and Lohman, also. Harrison notes that differences in crimes and criminals indicate needs for individual treatment.
Observes six-, seven-, and eight-year old children at play and in school and emphasizes that children's play activities with their adherence to the rules, rituals, and regulations which have been established have changed little over the years. Points out the desire of this age group to have close identification with a peer group and its activities as they become less dependent on parents.
Dozens of marine animals are shown in action in the natural habitats as Dr. John F. Storr explains the wonderful adaptations of sea creatures to their environment. With dramatic emphasis on devices for escaping physical damage by wily enemies or power of waves, Dr. Storr demonstrates the armor, camouflage, speed and agility of these animals.
Stresses recognizing adverse conditions as they appear in the traffic picture. Describes the safety factors involved for utmost driving efficiency in snow and ice. Discusses the special problems of rain as more fatalities occur on wet streets than on snowy or icy streets. Show the changes in traffic conditions in fog, on mountains and in deserts. (Cincinnati Public Schools and WCET) Kinescope.
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman explains that a major portion of the crime problem is a result of what society does about initial and relatively less serious crime. An interviewed inmate tells that he was less damaged by his prior criminal experience than by his prison experiences. Public sentiment has not kept pace with the progress of penological attitudes, say Lohman and Bates. This is a cause of prison experiences making an inmate more dangerous to the public. They emphasize that a prison must make offenders self-reliant, rather than dependent, and indicate methods by which this can be accomplished.