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171. Union of South Africa: its land and its people (17:01)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents the story and history of the Union of South Africa, its people, major cities, and industries. Shows typical European family life in rural and urban areas and compares life on a native rese...

172. Valley town : a study of machines and men (24:51)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Presents a documentary study of an important factor in the problem of unemployment--that of workers displaced by automatic machinery. Tells the story of a typical American steel town in the 1920's...

173. Venture adventure (08:35)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Short film on the Air Training Corps of the British Royal Air Force, showing recruiting, enlistment and training.

174. 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 ...

175. Viewing the supernatural (29:25)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses dance routines and originally scored music to portray cultural differences in solving problems through religion. Emphasizes religious motivation, leadership, rituals, and supernatural controls...

176. 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...

177. Village of Spain (21:09)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Pictures some of the traditions, religion, family life, and education which are the world of Juan Jose who lives in the Spanish coastal village of Mijas. Shows the daily activities of the village p...

178. Vocalization and speech in chimpanzees (12:18)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Describes the conditioning of deliberate vocal responses in chimpanzees. Demonstrates the typical vocal responses of chimpanzees and shows the results of teaching speech to a young chimpanzee in a ...

179. Ways to good habits (10:24)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Two boys help each other develop good habits, one in softball, the other in his personality. Steps in habit formation are explained as identifying the problem, getting help from others, starting pr...

180. Weather : why it changes (10:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows the role of the large drifting air masses of the earth's atmosphere in causing over-all weather changes. Concentrates on the U. S. weather changes resulting from air masses drifting from the ...