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Examines the craft of weaving as practiced by the Quechua Indians in Peru. Points out that the processes of spinning and weaving are practiced as they have been for centuries.
The following is a collection of mathematical peepshows produced for International Business Machines Corporation. Illustrates, in five segments, five basic mathematical principles, using animation ...
Presents, through animation, an overview of the dinosaur age, showing the major types of dinosaurs and some of their behavioral characteristics. Explains that dinosaurs become extinct because of th...
Edward S. Taylor; Quentin Brown; Abraham Morochnik
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Demonstrates secondary flows caused by the imposition of primary-flow pressure gradients on low-momentum fluid in sheer layers. Includes in the demonstrations secondary flows in a free vortex, in a...
Portrays, through visuals and a musical background, the adventures of a little boy who sails into the port of Long Beach, California, on a magic sailboat. Shows the boy almost getting run over by a...
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Stuart Hagmann; Peter H. Backhaus
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Discusses the problems faced by the new nations of West Africa as mirrored in Nigeria. Shows what Nigerians are doing and have done to create unity out of the diversity of tribal, religious, and ec...
Ascher H. Shapiro; John Friedman; Abraham Morochnik
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Experiments in a small water tunnel demonstrates the connection between velocity flow and pressure fields, primarily in diffusers, venturis and channel bends.
Lloyd Trefethen; Educational Services Incorporated; Jack Churchill
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Presents a series of experiments to show that surfaces exert forces. Defines the fundamental boundary conditions governing the effects of these forces. Includes illustrations of nucleation, "wine t...
Clifford J. Kamen; Sydney N. Fisher, Ph.D. Ohio State University; Larry Yust
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Reviews the Greek and Roman periods of influence, the Moslem invasion, the growth and development under Attaturk, and the present struggle toward progress. Shows the geographical and strategic impo...
Paul Bohannan; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Ned Hildreth
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Pictures East Africa (Kenya, Tanganyika [modern day Tanzania], Uganda) as a region of diversity both in physical geography and people. Contrasts ancient tribal life with busy metropolitan activitie...
Arda Mandikian; Charles Kahn; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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Outlines the major aspects of Athenian life which contributed to the "Golden Age." Describes these aspects as the energy and intelligence of the people; the outstanding leadership and popular gover...
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Elizabeth Graf, Ph.D., Pittsburgh Public Schools; Larry Yust
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Discusses various techniques in the care of pets, with demonstrations to show the provision of food, shelter, recreation, and exercise, as well as grooming and bathing. Explains and illustrates tec...
Describes China's most critical social and economic problems and examines the forces that are shaping the Communist revolution in China. Illustrates the Communist methods of forcing radical changes...
Shows from the point-of-view of a bus driver on the job what happens during a day's run in a well-equipped city bus. Covers all aspects of the driver's job, including his preparations of the trip,...
Presents through the experiences of a boy, insights into numerous aspects of frontier life in the Midwest. Illustrates the importance of the school, the self-sufficiency of the settlers, and the de...
Probes into the meanings lying behind the story. Explains the development of the strange, twisted relationships between the major characters. Clifton Fadiman interprets the dominant themes in the ...
Shows how money is used in place of the exchange of goods and services. Illustrates early use of snake skins, claws, and fishhooks for barter. Demonstrates by contrast how a pig can be traded for a...
Mortimer J. Adler; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Tony Van Bridge
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Presents a character study of Socrates the man, teacher, and philosopher. Dramatizes scenes from the dialogue of Plato. Points out Socrates' method of teaching, his reason for questioning his peers...
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Ray A. Billington; William F. Deneen
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The Northwest Territory in 1787; the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 which opened up the Mississippi Valley. Reasons for people moving. Flatboat life on the Mississippi; coming of ste...
Ralph Buchsbaum; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Michael Birch
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Uses live-action photography, cinephotomicrography, and diagrams illustrating their activities and bodily structure to show how the classes of coelenterates are distinguished. Describes the charact...