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

101. 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.

102. Greenland's new life (10:39)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the location and physical features of Greenland; explains its new position in the modern world as the center of the short polar air routes. Portrays the life of the Greenlanders, explains the...

103. 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...

104. 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...

105. Heredity and the Chromosomes (28:58)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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, ...

106. 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...

107. How to read poetry (10:42)

Date:
1952
Summary:
A high school boy who is having trouble understanding poetry learns that he should find out about the poet's background, discover what experience the poet is sharing, and watch for such devices as ...

108. 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...

109. 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...

110. 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.

111. Inner City Dweller: Work (20:01)

Date:
1972
Summary:
Dramatizes, through a single case study, a structure and function of job training programs in urban minority areas. Follows the partial success of George, an unemployed black man, who turns to job ...

113. Introduction - 1 (16:32)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Provides an orientation to the entire series of 42 films, including descriptions and illustrations of purpose; content; teaching approaches (synthetic/analytic and multisensory); techniques of verb...

114. Introduction 2 : the speech model, part 1 (14:38)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Describes and illustrates a speech model used for explaining both the learning of speech skills and the teaching seen in the entire 42-film series. Demonstrates Face A of the model through the "Pre...

115. Introduction 2 : the speech model, part 2 (11:03)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Continues to describe and illustrate the speech model used for explaining both the learning of speech skills and the teaching seen in the entire 42-film series. Follows Face A from "Imitation Stag...

116. Introduction 2 : the speech model, part 3 (12:36)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Concludes the description and illustration of the speech model used for explaining both the learning of speech skills and the teaching seen in the entire 42-film series. Shows the progressions of ...

117. Introduction to the art of figure skating (10:41)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Barbara Ann Scott demonstrates the fundamentals of figure-skating. Discusses edges and basic figures and analyzes a number of complex turns. The skater also demonstrates free skating.

119. 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 ...

120. 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.

121. 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'...

122. Learning and behavior ; what makes us human? (26:30)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Pictures the work of Dr. B. F. Skinner and his associates at Harvard University Psychology Laboratories in studying animal behavior and indicates the application of principles learned to the design...

123. Lenses (09:57)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Explains the effects of lenses on light, and shows the construction and use of a lens. Pictures the types of images formed by convex and concave lenses when an object is placed at varying distances...

124. 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...

125. 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...

126. major area of speech consonant: (SH) - 5 (14:11)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Continues in-depth work on the "SH" sound, with tongue blunting on face A of the speech model. Shows kinesthetic practice on blunting. The pupil has reached the "Production Stage" of tongue bluntin...

127. Major area of speech : consonant (SH)-1 (09:43)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Describes the criteria for choosing a sound for in-depth teaching. Provides an assessment of a pupil's automatic production of "SH" in words and syllables. Shows the teacher demonstrating the forma...

128. Major area of speech : consonant (SH)-6 (11:12)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Examines the third step in producing "SH" in isolation: blowing air across the high blunted tongue. Progresses from the "Presentation Stage" through the "Imitation Stage" to the "Production Stage"...

129. Major area of speech : consonant : (SH)-2 (11:03)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Begins the in-depth teaching of "SH" by teaching the first step: learning to blunt the tongue. Follows the learning process through the "Presentation Stage" to the "Imitation Stage," after the tea...

132. 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...

133. 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...

134. Mother takes a night out (29:50)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Continues the discussion of infant feeding begun in MAKING A FORMULA and introduces a mother and a baby-sitter who discusses with a doctor some of the problems and practices in baby-sitting. Points...

135. Music and Emotion (28:50)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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 ...

136. 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...

138. 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...

139. 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...

140. 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,...

141. 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.

144. Pale Horseman (21:41)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows the relation between the aftermath of war and the "pale horseman," epidemic disease. Discusses the plight of 100,000,000 displaced persons soon after World War II and the activities of UNRRA.

145. Philip Evergood (19:23)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the paintings of Philip Evergood. Portrays a review of his paintings, as the artist himself comments on them. The film is accompanied by a piano musical score.

146. 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...

147. 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...

148. RADIO (28:57)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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,"...

149. 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...

150. 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...

151. Save those teeth (11:08)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Emphasizes the importance of proper cleaning in the care of teeth, and illustrates how the teeth are affected by excessive use of refined sugar. Identifies the kinds of bacteria that change sugar t...

152. Secrets of the ice (27:52)

Date:
1960
Summary:
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...

153. Service and citizenship (10:42)

Date:
1951
Summary:
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...

154. 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...

155. 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...

156. 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...

157. SIXTY YEARS of SATIRE (29:01)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

158. 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...

159. Sydenham plan (08:49)

Date:
1949
Summary:
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...

160. 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 ...

161. 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...

162. The atom and biological science (11:56)

Date:
1952
Summary:
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,...

163. The AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAN (29:02)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

164. 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.

165. 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...

166. 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...

167. 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...

168. 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....

169. 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 ...

171. THE EXACT SMALL THINGS (28:50)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

172. 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...

173. 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...

176. The hidden Earth (27:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Illustrates, using animation and live-action photography, man's efforts to learn more about the structure of the earth through study of deep mine shafts, deep wells, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Des...

177. The inner city dweller : health care (22:43)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Records the red tape, long periods of waiting, and dehumanizing procedures a young mother from an inner city must contend with to receive routine medical treatment for her child through welfare. S...

178. 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...

179. 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...

180. The little red hen (14:30)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
This episode of The tales of Poindexter explores the fable The little red hen.

181. 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...

182. 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.

183. The Moor's pavane (15:59)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Jos Limon and his troupe perform a suite of dances based on Shakespeare's "Othello" with lines spoken by Bram Nossem. Using the structure of a court dance, this interpretation captures the tragedy ...

184. 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 ...

185. 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...

186. The physiology of reproduction (29:09)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
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...

187. 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...

188. The speech kit : part 1 (11:44)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Demonstrates the tools used by the teacher to teach tongue placement and manner of articulation in speech lessons.

189. The speech kit : part 2 (10:20)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Demonstrates visual and tactile devices which aid in teaching air action during speech production.

190. 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...

191. 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...

192. 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...

194. 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...

195. 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...

196. 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...

197. 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. ...

198. 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...

199. 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 ...

200. 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 conditione...