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101. Degas: master of motion (14:30)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Richard F. Brown; Jean S. Boggs; Lester Novros
Summary:
An exhibition of more than 100 works of Degas--drawings, paintings, and sculpture--at the Los Angeles County Museum, emphasizing his three favorite subjects: horses and jockeys, portraits, and ball...

102. Demonstrations in perception (25:29)

Date:
1951
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Summary:
Presents demonstrations developed by the Institute for Associated Research and used at Princeton University for research in perception, including apparatus designed to illustrate perceptual phenome...

103. 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...

104. Design into space (11:03)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Students demonstrate the procedures that may be applied to fashion a space design. Details the making of an initial sketch, a three-dimensional model, and a final structure. Shows steps in the cre...

105. Determining molecular formulas (12:45)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Max J. Rosenberg; Ellis Katzman; Elbert C. Weaver
Summary:
Records an experiment in which the molecular weight of a compound is determined through knowledge of the percentage composition by weight of the compound and application of Avogadro's Law. Animatio...

106. Development of Inherited Pattern, 3--Organ Formation (29:52)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Dr. Ray Koppelman, University of Chicago; American Institute of Biological Sciences
Summary:
The transmission of patterns –Mendelian inheritance, the chromosome theory, linkage and crossover; the gene; heredity and environment; development of the inherited patterns with emphasis on vertebr...

107. Diesel Locomotive (11:17)

Date:
1950
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Summary:
Explains the operation of the engine of a diesel locomotive and all the steps in serving a diesel locomotive between runs.

108. 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...

109. 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.

111. Diversity in Plant and Animals (30:26)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Dr. Ray Koppelman, University of Chicago; American Institute of Biological Sciences
Summary:
Diversity of life resulting from evolution: recognition and treatment of diversity –definitions and taxonomic approaches; results of diversity in the plant kingdom; results of diversity in the anim...

114. Donkeys (10:02)

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

115. Dotty et Michel a Perce en Gaspesie Part II (14:14)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Adolphe Pervy; Everett H. Dunn; J.H. MacLean
Summary:
Claire and Robert continue reading about Dotty and Michel's travels after leaving Quebec. They describe village's architectural style, a cemetery behind the local church, and a day at the beach in ...

116. Dotty et Michel a Perce en Gaspesie Part III (12:59)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Adolphe Pervy; Everett H. Dunn; J.H. MacLean
Summary:
Picks back up with Dotty and Michel at the beach in Percé, detailing their conversation with the old fisherman. The mayor introduces them to his wife, Monique, and takes them in a carriage to a nea...

117. Dotty et Michel en Gaspesie Part IV (15:14)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Adolphe Pervy; Everett H. Dunn; J.H. MacLean
Summary:
Robert and Claire finish their letter from Dotty and Michel. The pair describe the beauty of the rural countryside while on their carriage ride with Jean. They observe fishermen at work.

118. Driving economically (17:47)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
National Commission on Safety Education, National Education Association
Summary:
Economical driving practices are suggested by a service station operator to a boy who has just received permission to drive the family car alone. Includes care of the car's finish, warming up of t...

121. 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...

122. Exploring the human nervous system (22:50)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Compares the nervous systems of the hydra and earthworm with the complexity of the human nervous system. Details the physiology of the reflex arc and explains the activities of certain brain center...

123. 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...

124. 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...

125. 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...

126. Family In Tokyo (15:48)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Shows home life of a typical Japanese family in Tokyo, pointing out customs that are similar to, and different from, those in America. Stresses the warm relationship between parents and children.

127. 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 ...

128. 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...

129. Film Problems (08:04)

Date:
1957
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Presents a number of problems arising in the filming of a person walking into a room to talk to someone. Explains that certain effects can be created in the minds of an audience by...

130. Financial management (28:56)

Alternative title:
American business system
Date:
1963
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Summary:
Explores the essential functions of a financial manager in organizing and financing business enterprises, from small retail operations to large corporations. The episode illustrates these roles thr...

131. Finding information (11:45)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Explores the principal ways in which people go about finding information, by following a boy who discovers a baby bird as he asks advice from a man in a pet shop, learns by observation, consults va...

132. 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...

133. Fire's the enemy (11:10)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Relates the story of the Auxiliary Fire Service in Great Britain during World War II and shows men and equipment combating a real fire. Then describes the improvements in equipment since the war, ...

134. Food, secret of the peace (18:04)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Contains scenes of the destitution left in the wake of World War II and of the famine and exposure from which so many thousands died. Discusses also the economic importance of food.

135. 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...

136. 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...

137. 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 ...

138. 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...

139. Fun on the playground (11:12)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Shows a group of children playing three types of games: those which they invent themselves, those learned under supervision but carried on alone, and those dramatic activities which grow out of sch...

140. Gandhi (26:21)

Date:
1959
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Highlights events in the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi between 1930 and 1948 and recounts his role in the struggle to free India from British colonialism. Treats his philosophy of passive resistance a...

141. George Washington (18:38)

Date:
1951
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Traces the development of the qualities and skills which made George Washington the builder of the American nation. Portrays events of his boyhood and during the French and Indian Wars: illustrates...

142. Getting Along with Parents (14:17)

Date:
1954
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Uses the home experiences of six high school youngsters to portray and analyze the conditions leading to conflict between parents and their adolescent offspring. Shows how a group plan to go to th...

143. 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...

144. Getting ready physically (10:50)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Fifth in the "Are You Ready for Service?" series. Illustrates the great demands on physical strength and endurance in the service, and recommends that young men in high school consider how much tim...

145. 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.

147. Grassroots (34:09)

Alternative title:
Grassroots
Date:
1962
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Summary:
Presents a camera exploration of Princeton, Kentucky, combining commentary by the inhabitants, local background sounds, and a detailed photographic examination of the people, buildings, animals, an...

148. 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...

149. Habit patterns (14:44)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Shows the effects of habit patterns on social adjustment by contrasting the results of particular habits in the lives of two high school girls--one careful, and the other careless. Depicts the dis...

150. Hans Werner Henze (29:28)

Alternative title:
Creative person
Date:
1967
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Summary:
Presents a study of the music, personality, and philosophy of the contemporary German composer, Hans Werner Henze. Relates the social meaning and attributes of his music. Shows Henze composing and ...

151. 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...

152. 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...

153. Hopi horizons (20:42)

Date:
1946
Main contributors:
Mary L. De Give; Margaret Cussler; Social Documentary Films
Summary:
Shows the Hopi Indian as a farmer, herder, craftsman, and trader. Pictures how difficult it is for him to live on the desert, especially with some of the government controls. Gives the Indian a ch...

154. How Good Are Our Schools? Dr. Conant Reports (28:19)

Date:
1959
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Summary:
Uses two comprehensive high schools--one in Oakland, California, and the other in Labette County, Kansas--to show what every secondary school should be equipped to do. Shows various classroom situ...

155. How it evolved (29:06)

Alternative title:
American business system
Date:
1963
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Summary:
Examines the development of the American business system from the colonial handicraft economy to large, diversified corporations, emphasizing the growth of the corporate form. Explores the impact o...

156. 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...

157. How to Observe (11:07)

Date:
1950
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Stresses that observation is basic to learning the sciences and the arts by showing a boy observing an old house, an example of capillary action, and a science experiment. Emphasizes the importanc...

158. 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 ...

159. 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...

160. In Every Day (10:21)

Date:
1947
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Shows a typical day in the life of a model American teen-age boy. His health habits, diet, hobbies, and correct attitude toward work, study and play are all stressed.

161. Indianapolis attacks its slums (51:37)

Date:
1958
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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...

162. 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.

163. Inner City Dweller: Transportation (22:32)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Focuses on a lower-income, inner-city dweller to examine urban transportation problems and America's dependency on the automobile. Notes that the lack of mass transit forces the inner-city dweller ...

164. 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 ...

165. 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...

166. 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...

167. 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...

168. 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 ...

169. 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.

170. Japanese Relocation (10:07)

Date:
1941
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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...

171. 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.

172. 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'...

173. 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...

174. 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...