351. Mitosis and meiosis (17:01)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Uses stained cells, animation, and time-lapse cinephotomicrography of living cells to compare mitosis and meiosis. Shows onion root tip, whitefish embryo, salamander epidermal, and living Tradescantia staminal hair cells photographed in time-lapse photography to present the details of mitosis. Portrays the basic features of meiosis by using lily anther cells and living sperm cells of a grasshopper photographed by time-lapse photography. Animation sequences give a side-by-side comparison of the two processes and show how mitosis, meiosis, and fertilization fit into the life cycle of common organisms.

352. Protoplasm : the stuff of life (29:09)

Date:
1956
Summary:
In this program the audience hears a review and summary of all the information on the physical and chemical nature of living material discussed in previous programs. Dr. Roney uses sketch pad diagrams and models to picture the structure and organizations of living material, as it is understood today.

353. Reinforcement in learning and extinction (08:20)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Shows how pigeons are taught abnormal behavior patterns by means of selective reinforcement of response and how the removal of the reinforcement causes the gradual extinguishing of the learned response. Derives from the experiments basic principles about learned behavior which are applicable in the training of children. Shows how behavior that is reinforced does get learned while non-reinforced behavior is extinguished.

354. See how they learn (29:45)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Demonstrates modern techniques for teaching primary grade pupils to read, write, and do simple arithmetic. Shows children, participating in such classroom activities as reading-readiness tests, storytelling, and drills in word analysis, phonics, number recognition, and spelling.

355. Sibling relations and personality (21:41)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Presents a number of family situations to show that behavior of a child depends on his age and how the development of an individual's personality is affected by many family factors. Portrays examples of children as their behavior is influenced by such factors as the age of the child, illness of a parent, proximity of ages between children, native differences, and attitude of grandparents.

356. Sir Francis Drake's life and voyages (14:23)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Depicts the life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, an English explorer of the 16th century. Portrays his exploration of the new world and shows some of his personal possessions including sword, ceremonial helmet, and Bible. Shows model demonstrations of how ships sailed in those days and how sailors fought. Indicates the crude navigation instruments used by early explorers and points out the difficulties which Drake encountered.

357. Sir Francis Drake's life and voyages (14:23)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Depicts the life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, an English explorer of the 16th century. Portrays his exploration of the new world and shows some of his personal possessions including sword, ceremonial helmet, and Bible. Shows model demonstrations of how ships sailed in those days and how sailors fought. Indicates the crude navigation instruments used by early explorers and points out the difficulties which Drake encountered.

358. Slum clearance (29:43)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Roscoe Drummond, Washington columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, interviews a subject expert and two opinion representatives regarding slum clearance and housing. Estimates that it will cost America $100 billion to clear our nation of slums and stop the deterioration of our cities. Presents arguments for the participation of the federal government in solving this crisis because of the tremendous cost of slum clearance as well as arguments for the participation of private enterprise with the support of local citizens and governments. (T.W. Wilson Associates) Film.

359. Stimulus and response (29:28)

Date:
1956
Summary:
All organisms tend to maintain their organization in spite of changing environmental conditions. Dr. Roney describes the different types of responses which organisms make to stimuli. Using the micro-projector, he shows a number of simple organism responses. He also shows the beating heart muscle in a live chick embryo.

360. Tariffs (29:43)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Seeks a point of view on the United States tariff policy through interviews with a subject expert and three opinion representatives. Explains popular misconceptions of the tariff problem and fundamental facts involved in this policy issue. Presents arguments for high tariff rates and protectionism for American industry as well as arguments for a liberalized tariff program designed to establish freer world trade. Discusses the alternative compromise of controlling American trade barriers on a selective basis so as to protect industries especially vulnerable to foreign competition. (T.W. Wilson Associates) Film.

361. The chameleon (08:23)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Presents scenes of the chameleon in its normal habitat, with extreme close-ups to show the functioning of the feet, eyes, and tongue. Shows how the skin color changes in response to light and temperament. Includes slow-motion sequences.

362. The living cell (29:47)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses and illustrates the size, shape, composition, and organization of a living cell, and, with the use of a model and a simplified drawing, shows the different parts. Points out a few of the differences between a plant and an animal cell. (KUHT) Film.

363. The medical witness (35:04)

Date:
1956
Summary:
This film, in vivid, dramatic scenes, shows the examples of two physicians, the right way and the wrong way, to offer medical testimony on which the plaintiff's suit depends.

365. The woodcock (07:06)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Analyzes the characteristics, habits, and range of this elusive night-feeding game bird.

366. A Safe Shop (12:09)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes the many safety rules applicable to the industrial arts shop. Shows such measures as the use of proper clothing, goggles, and shields; the spacing of work areas; the use of tools; the disposal of waste; and the storage of lumber and inflammable liquids. refers to the safe use of power tools, the care of electrical equipment, and proper conduct in the shop. Concludes with a review of the principal safety precautions.

367. Color lithography : an art medium (31:44)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows the preparation of a lithographic stone and methods of drawing on stone with crayons and Tusche liquid. Demonstrates the processes needed for three-color printing and presents and discusses examples of color litho work. Depicts an edition being made of 50 prints from original works.

368. Communist blueprint for conquest (32:26)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This film was used to train American soldiers at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Produced during the height of the Cold War, this example of U.S. propaganda explains the reasons for American involvement in the Vietnam War and the threat of communism to the region. Describes the methods and techniques used by the Communists to seize power and shows how the party gains control of local and central governments; how it moves against other political parties, landowners, big business, the middle class, professional groups, workers, and churches; and describes the party attitude towards the individual in relation to the state.

369. Distributive education (16:00)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Portrays the nature and the role of the Distributive Education Program in the state of Virginia in preparing students for possible future jobs. Shows ow personality traits of an individual provide the basis upon which distributive education training can be pursued and depicts the duties of the distributive education coordinator and the activities of the distributive education clubs.

370. Grapevine twist (11:16)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Uses animation, slow motion, and real photography to demonstrate the positions and movements of dancers and dancing couples in the "grapevine twist." Shows each part of the dance separately and then shows how each step flows smoothly into the next as the dancers perform to synchronous music.

371. How to make potato prints (12:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows how to cut, paint and stamp potato dies in order to make potato prints for use in decorating various types of paper. Describes varieties of texture, form, and color. Discusses the selection and care of tools with regard for economy, utility, and safety.

372. John Piper (30:58)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes John Piper as a Romantic painter of landscape, architecture, and the sea, and shows him making sketches which he later transfers to canvas in his studio. Compares actual scenes of different subjects with Piper's interpretation of them, and depicts his feelings for the abstract. Pictures his stained glass windows and state designs, and illustrates his method of making an etching. (BBC) Film.

373. Lettering instructional materials (2:15:03)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows the many types of letters and lettering devices which may be used to produce effective printing on such materials as charts, posters, and bulletin boards. Illustrates the use of rubber stamps, cut-out letters, 3-D letters, stencil letters, transparent letters, and double-faced letters and pictures mechanical scribers and engraved templates. Suggests how each may be used and points out that a person doesn't have to be an artist to do good lettering.

374. Passe Partout Framing (1:18:11)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows how flat and three-dimensional materials are framed by the passe partout method, using a transparent cover, a mat, a cardboard backing and binding tape. Demonstrates with animation and life photography the detailed step-by-step procedures for framing a picture and for mounting and framing a Cecropia moth. Includes suggestions for displaying and filling materials mounted with the passe partout method.

375. Rafael Mendez, the trumpet (27:16)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Introduces Rafael Mendez, who plays several selections on his trumpet and discusses his instrument and playing technique. Includes an orchestral accompaniment. Ends with Mendez and his twin sons playing an original composition.

376. Rockhound (18:53)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Rockhunting in central Oregon. Opportunities available for pursuit of this hobby. Cutting, polishing and finishing rocks by the lapidary. Examples of finished jewelry and rock collections.

377. The human machine (14:40)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Compares various systems of the human body with their machine analogs. Discusses the interrelationship of the muscular and skeletal systems and the digestive and nervous systems. Shows how the human body is superior in many ways to machines man has invented. Contends that no man-made machine can equal this work of God.

378. The ship that shook the world : Monitor vs. Merrimac (19:56)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Ship That Shook the World" (season 3, episode 19), which first aired March 29th, 1955 on ABC-TV. When news is received that the Confederacy is converting the captured Union ship, Merrimac into an iron-armored ship to break the Union blockade of Southern ports, Captain John Ericsson, a naturalized citizen of Swiss birth, convinces a Navy Board to accept his specifications for a warship of revolutionary design, compared to a "cheesebox on a raft" by president Lincoln. On March 8, 1862, the Merrimac demolishes three conventional Union warships in Chesapeake Bay. The Monitor's shakedown cruise was interrupted for the history-making encounter with the Merrimac at Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862. The Monitor disables the Southern ironclad, forces it to withdraw never to fight again, and saves the blockade. The success of the Monitor revolutionizes naval warfare throughout the world.

379. The Wallace collection (31:10)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This is the presentation of art at its best as one reviewer puts it. The BBC cameras follow a guide, Bernard Braden, as he tours Hartford House wherein is housed one of the world’s finest collections of art, the Wallace Collection, given to England by a wealthy, aristocratic family. As the guide passes among them, the works of the world’s greatest artists come to life.

380. Tuberculosis (third edition) (10:34)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses causes of the spread of tuberculosis in the United States and stresses the need for community action in combatting the disease. Dramatizes the case history of a young woman patient, showing how infection takes place and how poor health habits weaken the body and permit the disease to develop. Shows the work of a mobile X-ray unit. Includes animated sequeces.

381. Your table manners (10:41)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Uses an attractive home situation to put across its message - that eating together is more fun when everyone remembers his table manners.

382. A long time to grow part 1 : two and three year olds in nursery school (37:21)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Presents two- and three-year-old children in their daily activities at a nursery school. Shows them imitating adults in their play, expressing hostility, responding to rhythm, learning to wash and dress themselves, eating, and taking an afternoon nap. Reveals how they learn about nature and life in the spring by discovering and examining living things. Points out that by the time they are four they become more social and begin to play in groups. Follows the activities of two- and three-year-old children through the nursery-school day and through the seasons of the year. Shows ways in which teachers offer help, by setting limits and by giving support and encouragement; and indicates in playroom and playground scenes the variety and suitability of play equipment for natural and constructive activity.

383. A long time to grow part 2 : four and five year olds in school (36:36)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Presents the spontaneous activities of four- and five-year-old children and what they find interesting in their world. Shows the four-year-olds mastering their familiar world through vigorous group play, sensory pleasure, make-believe, and use of materials and words. Presents five-year-olds as entering the more formalized, enlarging world of older children--playing games with simple rules, seeking facts, wondering, and using letters and numbers. Points out that teachers should follow the lead of the child's curiosity and should provide the child with activities that will prepare him for later instruction.

384. Adventures of Chico (10:26)

Date:
1954
Summary:
"Roadrunner conquers rattlesnake" is an excerpt from the feature "Adventures of Chico." A young boy, Chico, is sleeping while his roadrunner pet explores nature. The roadrunner comes across a dangerous rattlesnake and the two go head to head.

385. 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 to illustrate reproduction and the basic similarity of cell structure. Indicates the functional specialization of cells in living forms and briefly reviews man's study of their nature through observation and experimentation.

386. Community Health and You (10:57)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Shows how the average local health department helps to control the spread of communicable diseases and maintain America's high standard of living by protecting water and food supplies from contamination, by enforcing rigid standards of cleanliness, by insuring proper disposal of refuse, by making laboratory tests, and by supplying immunizing agents to physicians and hospitals. Explains that agencies devoted to tuberculosis and polio prevention, community hospitals, the Red Cross, and the family physicians all work together to maintain high standards of health. Educational Consultants, Harold S. Diehl, Anita D. Laton.

387. Crystal gazing (12:08)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Shows how some of the crystals in limestone caves are formed and then pictures by time-lapse cinephotomicrography the crystallization of the commonplace substances and chemicals. Depicts briefly the work of speleogists and the importance of water in the formation of cave crystals. Shows the formation of microscopic crystals of salt, alum, cough syrup, zinc acetate, oxalic acid, and ammonium chloride and the appearance of some of them under polarized light.

388. Dong Kingman (15:21)

Date:
1954
Summary:
This film follows the Chinese-American artist, Dong Kingman, as he carries a single painting through various stages to its completion. It introduces Kingman's finished work and explores the broader aspects of his background and his approach to art.

389. Duel at the OK corral : western legend (1:04:02)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
William J. Thiele, William Bruckner, Jack Chertok, Lee Van Cleef, Kenneth Tobey, Henry Morgan, Keith Richards, Lyle Talbot, Peter Hanson, Teaching Film Custodians
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of an episode of the Cavalcade of America television series, "Duel at the OK Corral" (season 2, episode 20), which originally aired March 9th, 1954 on ABC-TV. This film highlights the efforts of Marshall Wyatt Earp to free the West of dangerous armed gunmen. Earp's activities in Dodge City, Kansas, in Deadwood, South Dakota, and in Tombstone, Arizona are featured.

390. Farm petroleum safety (26:18)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Demonstrates safe handling and storage of petroleum products on the farm and ranch; emphasizes danger of using kerosene, gasoline, cleaning fluids and other everyday items improperly.

391. From Doric to Gothic (19:08)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Uses animation, diagrams, plans, scale models, and scenes of representative buildings (particularly French cathedrals) to explain and illustrate the development of Gothic architecture in the 12th and 13th centuries. Stresses the importance of balance and harmony as the fundamental laws of architecture.

392. Geyser melodies (11:20)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Uses scenes of the geyser area of Yellowstone National Park to portray today's remnents of the earth's activities during formation. Introduces the theme that man has arrived too late to see more than this and presents the various geysers in play as the soundtrack provides an orchestral interpretation.

393. It's Everybody's Business (20:14)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Uses animation to describe the economic principles underlying our private, competitive economy. Identifies the major forces that threaten its efficient operation and shows the close interrelationship between the freedoms enjoyed by the citizen and the continued functioning of a free economic system.

394. Legislative Process (28:40)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Uses the General Assembly of Indiana to portray a state legislature in action as it passes a bill through the various steps to become a law. Includes animated sequences to chart the steps in the process and shows the roles played by the House and Senate chambers, the committees, the Legislative Bureau, the Attorney General, the lobbyists, and the Governor in creating the laws of the state.

395. Railroad rhythms (10:25)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Records the activities and sounds in a freight yard upon the arrival of a freight train. Portrays a turntable in operation, a steam locomotive in a roundhouse for servicing, a diesel engine moving through an automatic washer, and the reassembling of cars into a new train. A recording of the film-sound and music accompanies the film.

396. Rumor (06:13)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
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Summary:

397. Simple Molds (10:26)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] 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 completed object, and explains the steps at each stage.

398. 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 completed object, and explains the steps at each stage.

399. Smyrna incident (26:08)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Smyrna Incident" (season 2, episode 15) which originally aired January 19th, 1954 on ABC-TV. A historical drama. In the late 19th century, U.S. Navy Commander Duncan Ingraham, the captain of an American ship anchored in the Turkish port of Smyrna, risks a hostile engagement with three Austrian battleships in the harbor when he demands the release of an Austrian-born man, who has applied for American citizenship, being held prisoner on one of their ships.

400. Take a little peek (10:41)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Teaches the square dance figure "Take a Little Peek," with synchronous music and action. Presents live and animated demonstrations of the dance at regular speed and in slow motion, and explains the positions of partners, how to honor corners and partners, and how the steps are performed to facilitate the continuity of the dance. Pictures groups dancing the figure to regular square dance music in a natural situation.