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201. Conditioned reflexes : an introduction to the work of Ivan Pavlov (20:09)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Shows Ivan Pavlov testing his theory of conditioned reflexes by observing the conditioned and unconditioned saliva flow in a dog, feeding fish conditioned to various hunger stimulants, educating a puppy to a meat diet, and observing a squirrel's response to danger. Distinguishes between blind instinct present in all animals from birth and reflex actions set up by conditioning to certain oft-repeated stimuli. Explains the process of checking reflexes and shows its application in the treatment of certain neuroses in human beings.

202. Danny rebels (07:01)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Robert Cohn, Arthur A. Ross, Nedrick Young, Will Jason, Vincent J. Farrar, James Sweeney, George Brooks, Frank Tuttle, Helen Hunt, Carter De Haven Jr., Russell Malmgren, Irving Klein, Mischa Bakaleinikoff, Wyonna O'Brien, George Coulouris, Ted Donaldson, Sharyn Moffett, John Litel, Ann Doran, Paula Raymond, Peggy Converse, Flame
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1948 Columbia Pictures Corporation feature film, "Rusty Leads the Way". When 10-year old Danny decides his parents exercise too strict control, he decides to run away from home. His parents help him pack and bid him farewell. Outside the front door Danny decides he has been too hasty and re-enters the house, unaware of their anxiety. The parents' ruse proves successful.

203. I.H.S.A.A. state track and field meet, 1948 (31:51)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Covers all track events of the 1948 state meet, with the short ones shown in their entirety. Both regular and slow motion photography are used to show the contestants in action and receiving their medals at the judge's stand.

204. Your Indiana state parks (20:31)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Shows scenes of Indiana state parks during the various seasons. Stresses the facilities available for camping, boating, fishing, hiking, studying nature, horseback riding, picnicking, and participating in individual and group games. Includes sequences on Clifty Falls, Spring Mill, McCormick's Creek, Shakamak, Dunes, Brown County, and Pokagon State Parks. Describes the early development of the park system and its role in the conservation of Hoosier wildlife.

205. Bookkeeping and you (11:16)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Shows everyday applications of bookkeeping to increase motivation for its study, to help the student decide whether he is interested in taking bookkeeping, and to help in vocational guidance. Gives job information and information about educational preparation for a variety of kinds of work.

206. Dimpling and Countersinking (20:56)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Jam Handy Organization, Division of Visual Aids, United States Office of Education, Federal Security Agency
Summary:
Shows how dimpling and countersinking prepare metal for flush riveting, how to operate a dimpling machine, and how to countersink work for flush rivets.

207. Fun on the playground (11:12)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Shows a group of children playing three types of games: those which they invent themselves, those learned under supervision but carried on alone, and those dramatic activities which grow out of school activities.

208. In Every Day (10:21)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
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Summary:
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.

209. The doctor (11:04)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., Louis W. Sauer
Summary:
Shows the day's activities of a child specialist in his office, on a home call, and at a hospital. He makes a physical examination, vaccinates a baby, visits his hospital patients, and diagnoses a case of measles.

210. To hear your banjo play (16:26)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Pictures American folk singers in various parts of the country and discusses briefly the development of folk music here. Peter Seeger is shown singing and playing his banjo in a city setting, and then other singers, including mountaineers, sharecroppers, migratory workers, African-Americans, and railroad builders, are shown.

211. A little phantasy on a nineteenth century painting (04:10)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Animated experimental film of the painting 'Isle of the dead' by nineteenth century painter Arnold Böcklin. The ghost-like island wakes to mysterious life, flickers momentarily in a corpse-candle light and fades into darkness.

212. Brotherhood of man (11:20)

Date:
1946
Summary:
An animated cartoon which explains that there are no basic differences between the races of the world. Uses small green demons to caricature prejudice and racial hatred. Relates the history of mankind to point out that dissimilarities in peoples result from superficial environmental influences. Based on "Races of Mankind" pamphlet by Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish.

213. Experiments in the revival of organisms (19:52)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Presents a record of the successful experiments in resuscitating dead animals conducted at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy at Veronezh, U.S.S.R., by Dr. S. S. Bryukhonenko. The Institute makes use of apparatus called the "autojector" to carry out the functions of the heart and lungs, and years of pioneering in the technique of resuscitation are climaxed in the sequence showing reanimation of a dog that has been killed. Recommended for use only by individuals or groups professionally concerned with the advancement of science.

214. Food, secret of the peace (18:04)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Contains scenes of the destitution left in the wake of World War II and of the famine and exposure from which so many thousands died. Discusses also the economic importance of food.

215. Forestry and forest industries (10:38)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Shows how the government has acted to protect our woodlands by enacting laws and establishing the Forest Service. Forest Rangers protect forests against fire, administer game laws, control the number of cattle grazing on the lands, supervise logging, and select trees to be cut and those to be left standing. Other jobs in this vocation are logger, lumberjack, lumber mill sawyer, grader, kiln-dryer, and trimmer. Shows a log after it is cut and the various operations it goes through until it is a finished piece of lumber. Many different jobs are shown and explained.

216. Hopi horizons (20:42)

Date:
1946
Main contributors:
Mary L. De Give, Margaret Cussler, Social Documentary Films
Summary:
Shows the Hopi Indian as a farmer, herder, craftsman, and trader. Pictures how difficult it is for him to live on the desert, especially with some of the government controls. Gives the Indian a chance to speak about his problems in education, place in American society, and means of making a living.

219. Boring holes with offset boring head (27:13)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows how to mount the workpiece on the milling machine table; how to use a wiggler to position the workpiece for drilling; how to mount the cutting tools in the spindle; how to bore the hole to close tolerances; how to prevent bellmouth when boring a hole; how to distance from a previously drilled hole; and how to use plug gages and a micrometer to check the center distance between the holes.

220. Kitchen come true (18:04)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows a Canadian farm family working together planning how to modernize their kitchen with new appliances and step-saving arrangements. Pictures the kitchen before and after their work on it.

221. Now the peace (21:06)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Presents a factual summary of the basic United Nations Organization program for world security in 1945. Clarifies the structure, analyzes the plans, and shows how, by joint action to solve relief, food, and money problems, the world can be rid of conditions that breed war.

223. Looking through glass (18:08)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Surveys the British glass manufacturing industry and shows the processes of purification and manufacture.

224. Supervising workers on the job (10:39)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Division of Visual Aids, U.S. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, Caravel Films, Inc.
Summary:
Various kinds of poor supervision practices are shown, including nagging and snooping. By dramatized incidents, the poorer results of these methods are made apparent and the better ways are indicated.

225. You can't eat tobacco (13:52)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Deals with the evils of the one-crop system throughout the tobacco country of the South; then illustrates some of the ways in which the impoverished tobacco farmer can improve his lot by devoting some of his land to raising food crops, using governmental assistance, soliciting the help of local schools in community rehabilitation, and developing a community program to combat malnutrition.

226. View of the Soviet World (12:45)

Date:
1942
Summary:
Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and reporter, interviewed before leaving Moscow, briefly tells of the civilian defense work he witnessed. Scenes showing how the Russians are carrying out their pledge of "All for Victory!" including efforts in huge metallurgical plants, the oil industry, the rapid harvest, nurses drilling, and Red Cross work.

227. Japanese Relocation (10:07)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Immediately following Pearl Harbor, one of the critical problems facing the United States was what to do with the 100,000 people of Japanese descent living up and down the Pacific Coast. The immediate step was to remove all Japanese from critical areas around air fields, harbors, and industrial plants, to forestall sabotage and espionage. This mass migration accomplished by the Army working with the War Relocation Authority is shown in the film--from the first registration through the movement to temporary quarters established in race tracks and fair grounds to the final migration to settlements in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

228. The eyes (advanced) (17:24)

Date:
1941
Summary:
The anatomy of the eye is shown in detail by diagram, regular photography, and cinephotomicrography. Demonstrates how to correct defects in focusing, the approved way of removing foreign objects from the eye, correct lighting precautions, and other measures for good eye hygiene. A silent teaching film.

229. The milling machine (07:30)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Indicates the basic principle of the standard plain milling machine. Each part of the machine is named and explained, and some elementary setups are demonstrated.

230. And so they live (24:16)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Documents the tragic poverty of families in the southern mountains, the poor land, the lack of proper diet, inadequate housing, absence of sanitation, and the complete lack of adaptation of the school program to the local situation. Related title: "The children must learn"

231. Boy in court (10:38)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Shows how intelligent probation can change a boy's attitude and conduct. In company with his gang, Johnny steals a car, which is wrecked during the excitement of their get-away. What might have happened to the boy is realistically portrayed in a sequence of vivid police and prison scenes. What actually happens to him in a good juvenile court with well-organized probation service provides a stirring contrast. A plea for youth and justice.

232. Finding your life work (20:52)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Opens with a picture of a boy fishing and quickly leads up to the fact that, in getting a job, the baits required are personality, training, and experience. Then follows a discussion of these points: know yourself, study vocations, learn of contributions your local school can make to your training, coordinate mind and body, build character on a firm foundation, and believe in opportunity.

233. Views of a decorticate dog (08:16)

Date:
1934
Summary:
Demonstrates the actions of a dog from which the cortex of the brain has been surgically removed. Shows changes in posture, walking, obstacle-meeting, eating, reactivity to stimuli, and conditioned learning. Presents comparisons with a normal dog.

234. Glass Blowing Technique (16:59)

Date:
1929
Summary:
Shows the correct procedure and manipulations for elementary glass blowing with Pyrex glass, the technique employed for joining tubes of unequal diameters, and the method of forming bulbs.

236. Disorders of coordination (44:53)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
E. Herz, T. J. Putnam
Summary:
Demonstrates a number of tests for disorders of coordination and discusses the causes of the various types of disorders.

237. Disorders of the motor trigeminal, spinal accessory, and hypoglossal nerve (21:03)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
E. Herz, T. J. Putnam
Summary:
This film presents the anatomy, symptomatology, and clinical picture of disorders of nerves. Shots include: unilateral paralysis of masticatory nerve, paralysis of right masticatory nerve, disorders of the spinal accessory nerve, motor fibers supplying sternomastoid muscle, atrophy of the upper portion of the trapezius muscle, scapula alata in paralysis of serratus anticus muscle, motor fibers leaving medulla between olive and pyramid, bilateral paralysis of hypoglossal nerves, scars of gunshot injury bilateraly, slow response to galvanic stimulation, severe atrophy and immobility of tongue, and bilateral paralysis of glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves.