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101. The speech kit : part 3 (12:33)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Demonstrates materials which aid in teaching speech relative to voiced-voiceless-nasal distinction, tongue shape, lip shape, self-monitoring, cleanliness, and stimulus and motivation. Suggests how...

102. Biochemical genetics I (29:50)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses Garrod's work on inborn errors in the metabolism of alcapton and melanin. Shows how chemical pathways in metabolism can be worked out using genetic defects as tools. Discusses the metabol...

104. 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...

105. 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 h...

106. [John Ryan in a crowd] (01:13)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Footage of former Indiana University President, Jack Ryan. Ryan served as president from 1971 until his retirement in 1987.

107. Der Rhein (04:30)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A small boy's curiosity about the source of his new clothing is used in tracing the production of clothing from raw material to the finished product. Shows several of the manufacturing processes b...

108. For granted : the water we drink (16:56)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows the source, purification process, and testing of the culinary water supply of Gary, Indiana. Explains the use of chlorine and dry chemicals in purification and shows the function of settling...

109. Better health for Hoosiers (07:19)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Describes the training programs for doctors, dentists, and nurses at Indiana University Medical Center. For prospective students.

110. Adventuring in conservation (15:06)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the adventures of Nip and Tuck, two little goats. Presents brief scenes of various farm animals including billy and nanny goat. Identifies the little goats as kids and shows them drinking mil...

111. A glimpse of the past : prehistoric American Indians (09:34)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
Roland J. Faust; Robert L. Gobrecht ; Hugh N. Davis, Jr.
Summary:
Presents phases of prehistoric Native American life as revealed by archaeologists who study the features of early village sites and materials obtained from exploring them. Describes the structure o...

112. Basic nature of sexual reproduction (15:17)

Date:
1956
Summary:
High-powered microscopic shots are used to illustrate the principle that sexual reproduction in simple and complex plants and animals always involves the production and the union of gametes; exempl...

113. Beat ball (05:11)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Shows a group of junior high boys and girls playing beat ball. Demonstrates division into teams, throwing, running, and putting the runner out. Introduces several variations of the original game.

114. Better bulletin boards (13:32)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Describes various uses of the bulletin board. Shows how to locate and maintain a bulletin board for both instructional and reference purposes, describes the materials from which bulletin boards can...

115. Beyond the Mississippi (30:07)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the Louisiana Purchase and the westward movement which resulted from it. Reviews the role of men such as Lewis and Clark, Pike, Long, and others in the exploratory process. (KETC) Kinescope.

116. 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 poin...

117. 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. Give...

118. Individual speech training (08:35)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Examines individual speech instruction for the hearing impaired child at the preschool and nursery level in Saint Michielsgestel.

119. Teaching machines and programmed learning (28:19)

Date:
1960
Summary:
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 ...

120. Arteries of life (09:52)

Date:
1948
Summary:
The third in the "Living Earth" series. Shows the interrelationship of water and forests in supplying life-giving moisture to topsoil. Pictures what happens when forests are destroyed and water i...

121. Building birdhouses (05:48)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Shows, through the interest of a boy and girl in birdhouses, the construction of different types of houses for different birds. Tells what materials to choose and how they can be used most effecti...

122. Actua tilt (11:22)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

123. Notes on a triangle (05:02)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

125. 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 immedi...

126. The beginning of picture making (05:49)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Examples of tempera painting by children aged three to seven show the development of skill and ability to express ideas in creative painting.

127. Indianapolis attacks its slums (51:37)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Contains aerial photography, animation, and charts to show methods used by Indianapolis to effect slum clearance. Pictures city officials as they cite the need for rebuilding slum areas and tells o...

128. 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 f...

129. 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.

130. Bacteria : laboratory study (15:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Contrasts worlds beyond our own with the world of microscopic living things, represented by protozoa, algae, yeasts, bacteria, and viruses. Refers to man's techniques for controlling bacteria and u...

131. Animal classification (12:01)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

132. Frustration and fixation (19:04)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Documents Maier's thesis that frustration leads to fixation and other bizarre symptoms. Shows a modified Lashley jumping apparatus and describes the process of teaching rats to jump. Portrays the s...

133. Why are atoms unpredictable? (29:50)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Demonstrates the strange and contradictory particle and wave behavior of electrons. Suggests that the atomic system seemingly hides any way by which its behavior may be understood. Explains that ...

135. 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.

136. 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 cl...

138. Brazil : the troubled land (25:27)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Dramatically depicts the plight of the peasants of northeastern Brazil and shows the work of communist leaders (specifically Francisco Julião) in urging open revolt of the people. Reviews the plans...

139. Brasil (o povos das plantacoes) (11:04)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Surveys the over-all geographic characteristics of Brazil, depicts agricultural and commercial activities in the central and coastal uplands; and presents aspects of family life on the coffee plant...

140. Family of free China (22:11)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Describes through the narration of Wang Shen, a teen-age boy of the village of Pingtung, Taiwan, his home life, educational system, improved farming techniques, village commerce and industries and ...

141. Your children's play (20:26)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Shows, through the play activities of children of different age levels, how they learn and gain physical growth. Presents the infant as needing few toys, the small child as wanting to help at home...

142. This is the challenge (10:07)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

143. The challenge to American education (1:00:09)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

144. The challenge to American education (59:05)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

146. Arctic borderlands in winter (10:58)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Shows the adaptation of animal and plant life to the rigors of winter around Hudson Bay, where evergreen forests give way to treeless tundra. Includes Indians, their sled dogs, their homes, birds, ...

147. Face of the world (28:51)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

148. Frank tends the garden (06:43)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Shows how Frank and Jean Baxter enjoy watering their garden, and afterwards put on bathing suits and take showers under the hose. Penny, the dog, joins them, but Fluff, the kitten, watches from a ...

149. Bamboo (29:48)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The grace and beauty of bamboo—familiar subject to all Japanese artists—is captured by T. Mikami as he teaches hos to draw bamboo as it appears on a windy day, starting with the truck, then the sle...

150. 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.