Start Over Collection IU Audio-Visual Center Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

201. 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 t...

202. Algae (17:14)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Depicts the five major groups of algae, showing growth, movement, reproduction, and nutritional patterns. Describes the tremendous size range of algae from the giant kelp to the minute forms found ...

203. 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. Th...

204. The weeks after birth (29:22)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

205. Digestive systems in animals (14:50)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Shows the variety of ways animals obtain food and their different types of digestive cavities--fully closed, one opening, and two openings. Examines digestive organs in an earthworm, grasshopper, f...

207. Testing intelligence with the Stanford-Binet (18:12)

Date:
1950
Summary:
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...

208. Research by rockets (27:54)

Date:
1960
Summary:
This film traces the history of rocketry and describes the use of sounding rockets as tools for scientific research in the upper atmosphere; this film discusses the need for such tools, shows how r...

209. 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 participa...

210. Operation and Care of the Kodak Pageant Projector (11:25)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Explains the set-up and operation of the Kodak Pageant motion picture projector. Shows proper placement of components for effective use, threading, focusing, and centering the picture on the scree...

211. 1968 Little 500 (26:39)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Robert Appelman
Summary:
A short film about the 1968 Little 500.

212. Nuclear transplantation (12:37)

Date:
1976
Summary:
Uses photomicrography and time-lapse sequences to reveal the research technique of nuclear transplantation. Shows how nuclei are transplanted from donor body cells into activated eggs.

213. Thumbelina (15:13)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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. ...

214. The Stalin Era (58:07)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

215. The middle months of pregnancy (29:09)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

216. Nervous systems in animals (16:38)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Uses drawings and dissected specimens to compare the nervous systems in hydra, planaria, earthworms, and grasshoppers and shows the response of a paramecium, euglena, amoeba, hydra, and planaria to...

217. The film laboratory (19:19)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates the laboratory procedures involved in the production of a 16mm, color, sound film. Follows the camera original film and a quarter inch audio tape through the following p...

219. World War II prologue, U.S.A. (28:29)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Reviews, through documentary scenes taken from the National Archives, the historic events which led to the entry of the United States into World War II. Records the failure of the League of Nations...

220. Learning about learning (29:44)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Outlines the work of Dr. Howard Kendler, Dr. Tracy Kendler, Dr. Spence, Dr. Harlow, and Dr. Skinner, in exploring the different strategies employed in developing new theoretical concepts about man'...

223. Hearing deficit and memory (12:48)

Date:
1969
Summary:
One in a series, this film takes a look at memory as it is exhibited by children with hearing deficits. Each child watches the instructor use a pencil to tap blocks in varying sequences, then tries...

225. Preparing the home for the baby (29:09)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Introduces and outlines the twelve-program series AT HOME WITH YOUR CHILD. Discusses the baby's need for space in the home and suggests and shows furnishings for the nursery area. Describes some o...

226. Angry boy (31:27)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Dramatizes the story of Tommy Randall, who has been caught stealing at school, and who is sent to a child guidance clinic rather than being of an emotional problem. Traces the disturbance, through...

227. Brazil (29:46)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the political history of Brazil and her relations with the U.S. Considers Brazilian art, economic problems and potentialities, and the role of U.S. business in Brazil. A photo series pre...

228. Fabricantes mexicanos de ollas (09:24)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows how the Indians in the Mayo village off Ubalama live, how they make and use ollas, and how they trade them for the necessities of life. Explains why primitive industry of making ollas has ret...

229. 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 s...

230. Let's make a meal in twenty minutes (04:44)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows how Sally can, in an emergency, prepare a hot meal quickly, using her mother's ready supply of canned and frozen foods. The narrator emphasizes the correct use of the proper utensils, the ti...

232. Bakuba (17:25)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Describes the arts and crafts of the Bakuba people of the Congo and briefly describes other aspects of their culture. Indicates the probable origin of the Bakuba in northern Africa. Pictures weavin...

233. Lessons in Living (21:39)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Brandon Films, Inc
Summary:
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...

234. Fen Lands (17:28)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Pictures the marshy area in England which has been reclaimed for farming purposes. Explains the problems which the people face when the soil dries and shrinks from the foundations of buildings, wh...

235. Getting ready morally (11:12)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Seventh in the "Are You Ready for Service?" series. Compares the experiences and moral behavior of two young men in the Navy. One was prepared for necessary decisions, while the other had no clear...

236. Somewhere in India (13:52)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
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Summary:
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...

237. Small Town Library (10:39)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
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Summary:
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...

238. How we know the Earth's shape (10:45)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Explains that a globe is the best model to represent the shape of the earth. Discusses the change in man's ideas about the shape of the earth from flat, to curved to round to flattened and bulging...

239. Demands of world leadership : part I (29:41)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
WQED; Tom Coleman; Sam Silberman
Summary:
Dr. Peter H. Odegard, head of the political science department at the University of California at Berkeley, delivers the paper he prepared at the time of the inauguration of Edward H. Litchfield as...

240. Home Nursing: Fundamentals (14:20)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Illustrates various techniques and household arrangements for caring for the convalescent patient at home. Shows ways of arranging the sick room, making the beds, washing and serving the patient, ...

242. Baby meets his parents (10:48)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Explains how the developing personality of the child is influenced by the manner in which his parents provide for his basic needs and prepare him for social living.

243. 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 mank...

244. Activity group therapy (53:56)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Activity group therapy as developed at the Jewish Board of Guardians, New York City, by S.R. Slavson, Director of Group Therapy. Shows socially-maladjusted children 10 to 11 years old being benefit...

245. 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 num...

246. Navajo rug weaving (16:23)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
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Summary:
The Navajo rug-weaving process begins with sheepshearing, followed by carding and hand-spinning the wool into yarn. The yarn is then dyed using handmade dyes. Weavers set up a loom and employ intri...

247. The exceptional child. [Individual differences : introduction] (29:04)

Alternative title:
Individual differences; Exceptional child
Date:
1959
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Explains that individual differences in children occur in physical, mental, and emotional growth and development. Describes and illustrates the special and dynamic problems of the exceptional child.

248. The dynamics of leadership. [Anatomy of a group] (29:09)

Alternative title:
Anatomy of a group; Dynamics of leadership
Date:
1961
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Illustrates the structure of a group, the goals to be achieved during meetings, participation patterns, the quality of communication, group standards, and group procedures. Discusses the difference...

249. Defense of peace (11:33)

Alternative title:
Defense of the peace; U.N. at work
Date:
1958
Main contributors:
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Summary:
This episode illustrates global conflict zones in 1949 and the role of the United Nations in addressing them. It explains the structure and functions of key U.N. bodies, including the General Assem...

250. [Mentally Retarded: Trainable] (28:56)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

251. Expressionism as handwriting (29:29)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses expressionism as an attempt of the artist to express himself, his emotions, in the way he chooses. Stresses the importance of line by which an artist may be identified when one looks at a...

253. Facets of primitivism (29:27)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Explores some of the motivations which gave rise to primitivism and shows many works done by the primitives or having qualities of the primitive. Reviews the preceding eleven motion pictures of the...

254. The work of Georges Rouault (29:32)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Shows and discusses some of the works of Rouault and explains how they are expressive of the artist himself. Tells of Rouault's Celtic background, his temperament, his interests, and of the influe...

255. [Behavior in Groups] (29:03)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

256. THE JAPANESE ECONOMY (29:06)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

257. Sick minds and crime (28:41)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

258. Japan's Revolutions (29:11)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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 ...

259. Exploring your growth (11:19)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Uses simple animation and photomicrography to explore the process that makes a person grow, explaining how food is digested in the mouth, stomach, intestine ; how the digested food is carried by th...

260. SIXTY YEARS of MAGAZINES (29:02)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

261. Hearing deficit and creativity (17:09)

Date:
1969
Summary:
One in a series, this film takes a look at creativity as it is exhibited by children with hearing deficits. Each child reads a set of instructions for a creative activity, and each child interprets...

262. "THE SOCIAL ANIMAL" (29:06)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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 ...

263. Beds and appliances (10:47)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Demonstrates the method of making a bunk and a bed, adjusting a bed, ways of raising the patient's head and knees, keeping the weight of the cover off the patient's feet, and the use of a fracture ...

264. Tuberculosis (10:46)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Develops a general understanding of the nature, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Portrays conditions under which individuals are first infected, and describes, by me...

265. They Do Come Back (16:38)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Tells the dramatic story of two young people whose lives are interrupted and threatened by tuberculosis. Shows modern tuberculosis case-finding, diagnosis, hospitalization, and rehabilitation afte...

266. NO TWO ALIKE (29:07)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

267. THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR (28:58)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

268. What Tones Are (29:03)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

269. [The Epileptic Child] (29:10)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

270. THE NEED TO ACHIEVE (28:57)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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 ...

272. Argentina people of the Pampa (second edition) (16:21)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Views of rural and urban life in Argentina illustrates the contrast between the agricultural area of the pampa and the industrial, business, and shipping area of Buenos Aires. Describes life and wo...

273. FACT OR FALLACY (29:05)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

274. THE CHEMISTRY OF BEHAVIOR (29:09)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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....

275. STEP BY STEP (29:05)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

276. ACTING in the Twentieth Century (29:10)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

277. [The Gifted Child] (29:06)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

278. [The Speech Handicapped Child: Stuttering] (29:02)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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 ...

279. SEXUALITY AND VARIATION (29:00)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

280. THE OCCUPATION (28:44)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

281. [The Auditorily-Handicapped Child: The Deaf] (29:08)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

282. The ears and hearing (10:09)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Shows how the ear transforms sound waves into nerve impulses, which in turn are interpreted by the brain as sounds. Uses animated drawings to explain sound and how sound waves reach the ear; then ...

283. How the ear functions (12:26)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Diagrams and photographs show the external, middle, and inner ear and their component parts. Illustrates the auditory canal, ear drum, malleus, labyrinth, stapes, semicircular canals, vestibule, c...

284. Measuring hearing (11:45)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

285. The Leap Across Time (29:02)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

286. [Roadblocks to Communication] (29:03)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

287. THE STRING QUARTET AND ITS MUSIC (28:50)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

288. [The birth of the baby] (29:19)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

289. Education in the New Japan (29:02)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

290. logic by machine (29:00)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

291. REPRODUCTION AND HEREDITY (29:04)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

292. Pixillation (04:23)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Uses computer animation and crystal graphics to create dynamic visuals which correspond to fast-paced electronic music. Shows shapes pulsating, merging, and dancing to form optical effects and ill...

293. Many Pairs of Genes (29:04)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

294. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (28:56)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

296. The Southerner (II) (29:11)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

297. Donkeys (10:02)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows donkeys of all ages in a variety of moods.

298. TIME IN THE SUN (58:50)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...