Start Over Collection IUL Moving Image Archive

401. Exposure Meter: Theory and Use (09:23)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Presents briefly the theory of operation of the photoelectric exposure meter and gives illustrations of how it can be intelligently used to solve exposure problems. Practical use ...

402. Fetal Pig Anatomy (17:46)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Features the internal anatomy of fresh fetal pig specimens by systems, to illustrate techniques of dissection for studying the anatomy of a mammal. Shows fetal pigs within a uteru...

403. Sharpening and tempering farm tools (16:07)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows how to heat carbon-steel tools for forge sharpening; how to sharpen, harden, and temper a plowshare; how to sharpen, harden, and temper a cultivator shovel; and how to identify tempering colors.

404. Safety in the chemistry laboratory (14:44)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Through illustrations, shows high school and college students learning the use of various safety devices, rules, and procedures. Each illustration points out that the student should follow the dire...

406. Stacking and firing (23:03)

Date:
1949
Summary:
A skilled potter demonstrates the correct stacking of both green and glazed pottery in a small kiln as the narrator explains the factors involved. The potter then shows each step in firing the pieces.

409. Study of Government (14:40)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Indiana U Instructional Support Services
Summary:
[motion picture] Orients students to the opportunities and experiences for the study of government at a typical college or university. Emphasizes that government cannot be taken for granted and tha...

410. Simple molds (45:30)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Shows a skilled ceramist demonstrating the step-by-step process of making simple molds of three types: slipcasting, drape, and press molds. Portrays the process from pattern-making to the complete...

411. Simple slab methods (46:02)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Demonstrates three slab methods of pottery-making. Shows wedging, forming a candleholder directly from a lump of clay, rolling a slab for a simple tile, and constructing a flower container from sev...

412. Skip to my lou (05:29)

Date:
1951
Summary:
A group of fifth-grade children demonstrates the singing game "Skip to My Lou." After the introduction, the words are shown by animation. The boys and girls then demonstrate the action of the game ...

413. Tape recording for instruction (29:51)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows the use of tape recorders in teaching situations and presents some of the different models of recorders indicating their controls, various speeds, and purposes. Gives a demonstration of seve...

414. Thai Images of the Buddha (13:11)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Documents the principal works of ancient statuary which constituted the core of the exhibition, The Arts of Thailand, which came to the United States in the form of a traveling exhibition in 1960. ...

415. Maps : an introduction (12:39)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Describes how maps are made by picturing a class constructing a map from a model of the community. Shows the use of a legend and how a scale is derived in order that distance may be measured on the...

416. New England Sea Community (1:32:42)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Depicts the daily life in a seacoast town in 1845 as it is seen by Chris, a boy of thirteen, who is completing school and must choose his future occupation. Pictures the work of the town tradesmen-...

417. Photographic Slides for Instruction (23:19)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows the preparation and use of photographic slides in instruction. Suggests various sources of pictures and shows how pictures can be photographed by the teacher or copied from other printed matt...

418. Principles of endocrine activity (15:23)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the human endocrine system, including the better-known glands and how they affect the body. Highlights the difficulties involved in studying the endocrine system in humans and describes m...

419. Plan to Live (18:28)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Tells the story of Bob Carter's introduction to a research job in a large chemical company. Both his chemistry professor and his new laboratory supervisor stress the importance of good safety pract...

420. Pioneer Spinning and Weaving (41:50)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Illustrates how linen, wool, and linsey-woolsey fabrics were made from material found or grown on the farm; follows the processing of flax into linen thread from harvesting to the actual spinning o...

421. The Pioneer Blacksmith (36:40)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows the pioneer blacksmith at work using the tools, materials, and techniques of his trade. Explains the importance of the blacksmith shop in filling the pioneers' needs for the manufacture and ...

422. Characteristics of plants and animals (10:47)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Uses animation, live photography, cinephotomicrography, and time-lapse photography to illustrate and explain the characteristics of living plants and animals. Shows the hydra, paramecium, and algae...

423. Controlled Photographic Lighting (08:45)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Demonstrates the three basic considerations in controlled photographic lighting--placement of lights, quality of light, and lighting ratio. Uses a mannequin as a model to show the functions of main...

424. Canals: Towpaths West (16:54)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Portrays the need for improvements in transportation as the U.S. spread westward, and outlines the development of a network of canals to supplement existing river and highway trans...

425. The seven wives of Bahram Gur (38:45)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Illustrates several sequences from the life of the legendary Persian hero Bahram Gur using for illustrations Persian miniatures from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New Yor...

426. Throwing (1:11:07)

Date:
1950
Summary:
A skilled potter demonstrates the shaping of various pieces of pottery on a potter's wheel. Shows each step in making a bowl and special steps in completing a low, flat plate and a pitcher.

427. Three deep (07:01)

Date:
1951
Summary:
A group of fourth-grade children play Three Deep under their teacher's supervision. They demonstrate forming a double circle, running and chasing, and two variations of the original game.

428. Microorganisms : harmful activities (47:43)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Lists the postulates developed and used by Robert Koch to prove that a specific disease is caused by a specific microorganism. Presents some of the methods developed for protection against disease ...

429. Nuclear Radiation Detectors (17:02)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Uses live-action photography and animation to survey alpha, beta, and gamma radiation and their characteristics; the instruments used to measure these types of radiation; and the principles basic t...

430. Nuclear Radiation in Earth Studies (15:19)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Depicts the use of instruments employing radiation detectors in modern prospecting and through the use of animation, the underlying principles of radiation theory. Outlines atomic theory, defines r...

431. Time for sale (02:57)

Alternative title:
Captured Japanese film
Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. War Finance Division
Summary:
Incorporates footage originally used for the Japanese-produced newsreel, New Philippines News to show the horrible conditions that American prisoners experienced in enemy camps in the Philippines a...

432. This Too Is Sabotage (25:53)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
War Food Administration, Nutrition and Conservation Branch; Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.
Summary:
In This Too Is Sabotage narration states "the saboteur is malnutrition," showing underlying causes of workplace accidents, lost man-hours, and losses in wartime productivity are often caused by the...

433. The enemy strikes (11:54)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. War Department
Summary:
Uses captured German footage to show the unexpected Nazi counter-attack at the Battle of Ardennes, begun on December 16, 1944. Extends a plea for the American people to remain in their war-time jobs.

434. Swedes In America (17:47)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education; United States. Federal Security Agency; United States Office of War Information, Overseas Branch
Summary:
Actress Ingrid Bergman gives an overview of the history of Swedes and Swedish culture in the U.S., presented as a reply to letters from her countrymen asking the question "why do Swedes get along s...

435. Men of Fire (17:58)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Army Pictorial Service : produced by; Combat film units of Signal Corps, Marines, Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Wartime American audiences are shown the need for workers in the physically demanding metal forging and casting jobs, using scenes of combat from the invasion of France. The fictional American tank...

436. The Two-Way Street: Quick Facts About Lend-Lease (07:41)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States Government Office of War Information; War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry; Army Service Forces, Signal Corps Photographic Center, Western Division
Summary:
A short informational film asking "what benefits should the U.S. seek for the aid they have given to our allies?" Gives an account of how the Lend-Lease program of mutual aid between allied nations...

438. Hometown U.S.A. (19:53)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Cowles Magazines, Inc.; Bray Studios, Inc.
Summary:
Depicts both the prosperity and problems of an American town in wartime. Emphasizes the need to plan for the post-war future to assure continued health and improvements and a good life for returnin...

439. The toy telephone truck (10:57)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Traces the manufacture, distribution, and final sale of a toy truck; and illustrates how many people contribute to make the things that we enjoy. Shows Skipper's mother buying the toy truck for her...

440. Do words ever fool you? (11:07)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
Coronet Instructional Films; Viola Theman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, Northwestern University
Summary:
Three elementary pupils learn that everyone attaches personal meanings to words and that the wording of newspaper stories, conversations, advertisements, and politics, for example, needs careful an...

441. James Alexander Thom: Storyteller (28:44)

Date:
1991
Main contributors:
WTIU/30; Indiana U Television
Summary:
[videorecording] Filmed before the scenery of his rural Southern Indiana homestead, novelist James Alexander Thom talks about the philosophies and methods that frame his historical fiction. Believ...

442. Introducing the new worker to his job (15:21)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Dramatization of how not to orient a new employee and get him started on his job; then by contrast, what should have been done.

443. Atacama Desert (16:43)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Information Agency; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Summary:
Begins with a brief geography lesson to orient North American viewers to the size and climate of Chile. Scenes of indigenous shepherding in desert villages are followed by a visit to the Christmas ...

445. Crops For Combat (09:35)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Adjustment Agency

446. A new fire bomb (08:46)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Civilian Defense
Summary:
Describes and provides information about methods of defense regarding a recently developed type of German explosive fire bomb. In dramatic reenactments, wardens and civilians are warned to keep awa...

447. London fire raids : 29th-30th December 1940 (11:42)

Alternative title:
London fire raid
Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Walker, Bob Danvers
Summary:
Describes the first fire raid on the City of London on the night of December 29, 1940. Opening sequences in the film are taken from the roof of St. Paul's Cathedral. They show the London fire briga...

448. They also serve (07:48)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Grierson, Ruby, 1904-1940
Summary:
"Story of an average wartime housewife whose dawn to dusk activities provide support for the duties of soldiers and defence workers."--BFI website.