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This film describes the origin and growth of glaciers; surveys the work of glaciologists in trying to understand the structure of ice and its importance in the study of climatology, meteorology, an...
Third in the "Are You Ready or Service?" series. A young man in the service writes to his high-school-age brother about the importance of good citizenship. Voting, paying taxes, serving on juries...
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...
Demonstrates how the facilities of a large city library are made available to rural libraries. Shows the library truck from Gary, Indiana, delivering books, pictures, and other materials weekly, f...
Shows the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Indian Government in a cooperative project to control malaria in the Terai district of India. Foreign specialists work with Indian teams making...
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...
This film examines the courtship and mating behavior of domestic white turkeys, highlighting the sequence of actions each bird follows in response to specific cues from its mate. It details the fem...
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 indicat...
In this episode, Eric Rogers demonstrates adhesion and cohesion, along with surface tension and the spheroidal state. A number of interesting demonstrations of change in surface tension are shown.
Shows Sydenham Hospital, in Harlem, the first interracial hospital in the United States. Pictures the work of white and Negro doctors and nurses in helping their patients to become healthy, useful...
Dr. B.F. Skinner introduces the concept of teaching through machines. Others describe programmed learning. Both techniques include the advantages of a student advancing at his own pace and knowing ...
Presents a second lesson at the "Presentation Stage" of color work--the pronunciation area. Continues to discuss this well-known system for practicing the pronunciation of speech sounds, in isolat...
Shows excerpts from four tests: two six-year olds (I.Q.s 104 and 156) and two ten-year-olds (I.Q.s 100 and 80). Indicates techniques of rapport and standardized administration. Concepts and computa...
This film explores three United Nations Technical Assistance Administration projects focused on Thailand's extensive system of waterways. UN experts have studied the country's efficient canal netwo...
Color and cloth; Art of the theatre; Art of the theater
Date:
1955
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Summary:
Discusses the contribution of stage costumes to the art of the theater. Follows the costume designer through the initial analysis of the play, the drawing-board, the costume workshop, and to the ac...
Shows the advances achieved by biologists through experiments with atomic radiation on plants and animals. Describes the effects of gamma rays on living cells: their growth, rate of reproduction,...
