1021. The Baulé (22:42)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 of the Agency for Instructional Television series Across Cultures. Depicts the lifestyle of a West African family. In addition to growing or making most essentials, they also grow cash crops for sale and export. Hosted by John Robbins. Produced for Wisconsin Educational Television Network and Agency for Instructional Television by Positive Image Productions, Inc., in association with Academy for Research, Instruction and Educational Systems.

1022. Our Federal District | Seaports and Ships | New York City: Center of Megalopolis | Tidewater to P... (1:02:43)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John E. Rugg takes viewers to significant locations in and around Washington, D.C., to help them understand its important role in the country's history and in contemporary times. Archival photographs and a historical reenactment help to tell the story. Episode 2 shows fishermen along the New England coast and in the Atlantic catching lobster. Episode 3 shows several of New York's boroughs, not only in their contemporary setting, but also from their historical perspective. Archival pictures, voices, and a short dramatic sequence portray the great influx of immigrants from Europe, their first hours at Ellis Island, and their life in ethnic neighborhoods. Episode 4 visits the southeastern United States discusses the role of tobacco in the growth of the Virginia Colony, the importance of cotton and the fall line in making the Piedmont region the textile center of the nation, and George Washington Carver's research on uses for the peanut. Explores the political and cultural heritage of Williamsburg, Virginia.

1023. The Japanese (22:39)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 of the Agency for Instructional Television Series Across Cultures. Follows the daily activities of two families. Shows interaction of Japan with other countries for importing and exporting, creating a diversified culture: a blend of tradition and technology, east and west, stability and change. Hosted by John Robbins. Produced for Wisconsin Educational Television Network and Agency for Instructional Television by Positive Image Productions, Inc., in association with Academy for Research, Instruction and Educational Systems.

1024. Film (22:43)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Watch Your Language. Uses on-camera narration and a dramatic episode to teach new vocabulary and word analysis skills. In this episode Al, Beth, and Carl decipher the specialized terms associated with filmmaking in order to prepare their entry for a local film festival. They also discover that different characters need different vocabularies to sound right.

1025. Devils, Monsters and Dragons (22:32)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 30 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Images and Things. Reveals how people in different societies have imaginatively depicted their conceptions of evil to ward off harm and destruction.

1026. What keeps you alive? (22:37)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 18 of the Agency for Instructional Television Series All About You, an elementary course in health education designed for children to help them understand basic human anatomy, physiology, and psychology.

1028. Signs of the Times (22:39)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 17 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Images and Things. Traces the development of signs and symbols in other times and cultures, studying their forms and their effect on contemporary behavior.

1029. We Make Anything (34:10)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg shows the mass production of bicycles and automobiles in order to foster an understanding of the importance of the assembly line in American manucaturing. Highlights the ingredients and techniques of making iron and steel. Discusses the innovations of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.