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Studies some of the ways in which man is influenced and changes by society. Dr. Stanley Schachter demonstrates the effect of group pressure to conform; Dr. Leon Festinger shows the consequences of ...
Illustrates that the behavior of each member of a group is affected by various physical and psychological needs and by various forces outside the group which act upon him. Describes behavior of gro...
Discusses the relationship between emotional stability and criminal behavior. Points out that most crimes are committed by normal persons, illustrating with examples of hit-and-run drivers, embezzl...
Footage of the Marching Hundred and University of Cincinnati Bearcat Band performing at a football game. Briefly shows game play and shots of the crowd. Late 1950's or early 1960's.
SERIES DESCRIPTION: Eric hoffer, philosopher and longshoreman, is interviewed in six stimulating half-hour programs by James Day, general manager of KQED in San Francisco. The conversations are bas...
Discusses the special problem of the severely mentally retarded child. Illustrates the relationship of these children to their family or neighbors. Describes the use of private and public day sch...
Presents some of the reasons for poor communication in group discussions and lecture presentations. Examines questions relating to why people do not understand messages that seem perfectly clear, w...
Discusses the special problems confronting the child who is deaf. Defines deafness as the inability to hear speech. Shows many of the techniques used in teaching the deaf. Uses film sequences to po...
Discusses the process of birth from the onset of labor pains, through the stages of labor, to the actual birth itself. Follows an expectant mother from her admittance to the hospital until the deli...
Discusses the special problems confronting the child with epilepsy and tells how ignorance, superstitions, and half-truths add to the complexity of providing wholesome relationships for the epilept...
Discusses the special problems of the gifted child, explains how these children differ in intellectual, emotional, and physical development, and stresses the importance of wholesome home and school...
Discusses fetal development during the later months before the birth and gives many suggestions for the care and well-being of the expectant mother. Demonstrates an exercise for mothers that helps ...
Discusses the special problems faced by the child who stutters. Interviews several children with this speech handicap who explain methods they use to overcome their difficulty. Tells how and why ...
The blind child lives in an environment which is difficult for those with sight to comprehend. He needs special care and understanding to develop and participate in the relationships of life. Mrs. ...
Discusses American and European actors, and teaching in a liberal arts college. Presents a panel discussion of the new singing-dancing actor and new techniques of acting. Concludes with advice fo...
Portrays man's callousness towards war and violence by viewing unemotional and noncommunicative men who press triggers on pinball machines in a Parisian bistro and cause real battleships to sink, a...
Traces the history of the classification of animal life. Explains the necessity of scientific classification of plants and animals and the use of Latin in science. Discusses the work of Carolus Lin...
This film shows excerpts from the three-day subcommittee hearings on patent medicine, antitrust, and prescription drug laws. The bill before Congress, number S-1552, Drug Industry Antitrust Act, is...
Compares the education in Imperial Japan to that of Japan today. Shows how students as a group today are an increasing influence in Japan. Considers the Zengakuren and how it operates. Discusses th...
Discusses the earth as a whole and man's attempts to expand his own knowledge and use of the planet's geography. Traces the geographic growth of man's first movements in search of food, his inventi...
Dr. H. Burr Roney, professor of biology, University of Houston, presents in this discussion many of the superstitions and folk tales concerning the nature of inheritance and its effects, then dispr...
Explains the vital functions which a financial manager performs in the organization and capitalizing of a business enterprise. ; Explores the third aspect of management, the critical problem of fin...
Begins by discussing the research which has been done in genetics since Mendel's time. Dr. Roney describes the theory of location of genes, and explains how the theory of chromosomes, now a fact, ...
Shows a "behind-the-scenes" look at members of the Marching 100 at the 64th running of the Kentucky Derby, May 7, 1938. The members of the band stand in a line to get food before their performance....
Explores Japan's industrial revolution, her military-inspired totalitarian revolution, and her recent democratic revolution. Asks what will be required of the United States if the gains of Japan's ...
Shows the community of Lantzville, British Columbia, a cross-section of nationalities and industrial groups, with a drab and neglected school. The interest of a school inspector inspires a complete...
Introduces electronic computers, discusses how speed, cost and effort favor the computer over the laboratory approach. Discusses the relationship of man and machine and the relationship of the symb...
Uses diagrams, and shows photographs of several generations of offsprings from selected parents to assist Dr. Roney in explaining how the mechanism of inheritance works. The independent assortment...
Examines procedures employed in measuring the capacity of the auditory system of the learning impaired child which vary according to the age of the child, the stimulus presented and the response an...
Discusses ways in which composers can and have expressed or evoked emotion; demonstrates that rhythm, harmony, quality, and loudness are factors which may vary to help convey emotion, and stresses ...
Explores some of the ways in which psychologists are developing new testing methods for measuring and increasing human capabilities. Dr. Lloyd Humphreys of the University of Illinois demonstrates t...
Uses animation to illustrate the versatility of the triangular shape. Shows a single triangle dividing, re-dividing, and re-forming into colorful representations of symmetrical and asymmetrical sha...
Discusses the "Radio Era" and how it revolutionized life. Indicates that from the 20s to the early 30s, radio was emerging as the "poor man's" entertainment: "Captain Midnight," "The Green Hornet,"...
Dr. Roney begins his discussion with two axioms of biology: “Life only from life” and “Like produces like.” The first question which the series seeks to answer is, what is inherited? The first axio...
Presents information on the connection between sexual reproduction and heredity. Dr. Roney reviews briefly the elements necessary to sexual reproduction and states some of the genetic advantages t...
Discusses the relationship of mental illness to criminal behavior, and describes the functional disorders of schizophrenia, paranoia, and manic-depressive psychoses. Shows an interview with a schiz...
Traces the changes in American attitudes and tastes as reflected in magazine publishing since 1900. Depicts magazines in the first decade of the century as models of gentility and decorum. Describe...
Analyzes American satire during the past half-century and probes the relationship between satirical form and content and the life and culture of the times. Discusses such humorists of the 20s and 3...
Probes the question of social change and examines forces causing it. Pictures the chairman of the board of a large corporation who recalls his early years as he prepares notes for a board meeting w...
Describes the vast change the automobile has wrought in the American way of life and indicates that automobile production has become central to our economy. Shows that in the early 1900s a "merry O...
Sensitive Content Warning: This video contains historical footage of animal experimentation that some viewers may find disturbing or distressing. Viewer discretion is advised.
Describes the resear...
An alternate title to this film is [Immediate problems].
Discusses problems concerning "The Basic Importance of Education--The Citizen's Responsibility," "Science Education--The Teacher," and "Tea...
An alternate title to this film is [Long range problems].
Presents a discussion of "The Humanities," "A Balanced Program," "The 'Elite'," and "Russian Education--Positive and Negative Lessons We M...
Pictures experiments with rats and human subjects which indicate some of the effects of drugs on behavior. Shows effects of drugs on psychomotor behavior of rats and on mentally disturbed patients....
Stresses the importance of knowing the exact names of the things of life so that they can be introduced to others who have not known them before. Points out the dangers of vague generalities in wri...
Discusses Japan's rise from a medieval economy to one of imperial greatness in the pre-war period, its destruction, and then its cataclysmic rise from the ashes. Examines the trends, problems, and...
Examines the transformation of Japan, from a Middle-Age culture to a modern society in a period of 70 years. Illustrates with Japanese documentary film footage from World War II to provide a contra...
Discusses such topics as superstitions about birth marks and deformities, how to relieve morning sickness, changes in clothing, and how to relax and rest. Contains suggestions for relieving constip...
Demonstrates the tests with which Dr. David McClelland of Harvard University seeks to verify his psychological theory--that the economic growth or decline of nations is dependent to a large extent ...
Examines the Japanese occupation from original planning in 1943 through its tenure from 1945 to 1952. Considers its failures and successes and the reasons for both. Discusses General Douglas MacArt...
Discusses and shows with charts the female and male reproductive organs and explains their functions. Discusses the role of hormones in sexual maturation and in the processes of ovulation and feta...
Continues the tour of York, South Carolina, begun in the Southerner, Part 1. Visits with local townspeople including Mrs. Blanch Carroll, church and club-woman; John Marion, attorney and School Bo...
Uses newsreel footage to outline the important events preceding the Second World War. Explains Stalin's efforts to build his personal image. Reviews the non-aggression pact signed with the German R...
Presents a history of the literature for the string quartet. Shows paintings contemporary with the musical selections that are played. Features the Juilliard String Quartet. Music includes: Haydn...
Discusses the care of the mother after delivery and demonstrates exercises designed to aid the mother in rapid and thorough recovery. Points out the changes which occur in the mother's body and em...
Interprets the challenge to build lasting peace through the development of available resources, sharing of scientific knowledge, minimizing disease, and encouraging world trade. Shows the United Na...
This is the story of a little girl no bigger than a thumb who is carried away from her home by a frog to be the bride of the frog's son. Thumbelina escapes from the Frog with the help of a rabbit. ...
Completes Eisenstein's unfinished film Que Viva Mexico? using portions of his original footage supplemented with an English soundtrack. Begins with life in Mexico before the time of the Conquista...
Discusses tones and noise as the stimuli to hearing. Compares the physical characteristics of sound with the psychological variables of pitch and loudness. Describes the ability of the ear to dete...
