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41. 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...

42. Art : what is it? why is it? (29:28)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Discusses man's relationship to art and describes how art has helped us better understand life. Introduces prehistoric art; contrasts the cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome as expressed in their a...

43. Art from scrap (05:10)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Using their ingenuity and imagination, sixth and seventh grade students create interesting objects from scraps of felt, pipe cleaners, and candles. Director and author of script, Ted De Wit; educa...

44. Art of metal sculpture (22:10)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Follows Tom McClure as he designs and constructs a large metal sculpture to be permanently displayed at a large shopping center. Shows the creative tools employed by the artist, including a weldin...

45. 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...

46. Artisans of Florence (20:34)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Students at the Institute of Art, in Florence, Italy, typify the Florentine love of beauty and skill in many arts and crafts. Shows homes, shops, and classrooms where they do sculpturing, drawing, ...

47. Ask me, don't tell me (23:01)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the work of youth for Service, an organization sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and created to help teenage boys to realize that they can help others in the community t...

48. Asteroids, comets, and meteorites (11:03)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Surveys the size, composition, and location of asteroids, comets, and meteorites and the means used to investigate them. The discovery of asteroids in 1801 by Piazzi, their place in the solar syste...

49. Aujourd'hui nous visitons Paris (20:53)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Presents a tour of Paris, indicating points of interest and picturing Parisians as they go about their everyday tasks. Views Paris from atop the Eiffel Tower. Shows a diagram of the city and locate...

50. Axioms in algebra (13:18)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Bruce Cornwell; Katharine Cornwell
Summary:
Employs animation and live photography to present a series of examples demonstrating axioms as statements accepted as true without proof and applies these axioms to addition, subtraction, multiplic...