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301. Islands of the frozen sea (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Deals with the geography and climate of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic through a one-year cycle and pictures life among its flora and fauna. Reconstructs the climatic history of the regi...

302. It takes all kinds (19:11)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Designed to be used with a marriage text. Emphasizes that marriage partners must complement each other and that traits of personality appear in moments of stress, and pictures a series of young pe...

303. 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 interrelations...

304. It's Up to Us (11:18)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Focuses on the conservation of important natural elements such as rubber, oil and metal needed to support the U.S. Victory Program. Viewers are shown various ways in which they can change daily hab...

305. It's wonderful being a girl (20:06)

Date:
1966
Summary:
This older film is directed to young girls. Using diagrams, it helps them learn about menstruation and gives them a healthy understanding of the physical and emotional changes that occur in growing...

306. Italian interludes (11:04)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Narrated film with scenes around Venice, including the canals and the Basilica of San Marco.

307. Jack Visits Costa Rica (10:28)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Tells the story of a boy's trip to visit friends in Costa Rica. He lives in the home of an upper-class Costa Rican family, sharing their life and activities. He goes to see the public schools, the ...

308. 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...

309. James Thurber (21:42)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Alistair Cooke interviews humorist James Thurber who reflects on events of his childhood and discusses the highlights of his career as an author and illustrator.

310. Japs bomb U.S.A.! (10:23)

Date:
1942
Summary:
"Newsreel pictures of the attack of Dec. 7, 1941, on Pearl Harbor. Closes with America's ringing answer to the enemy challenge." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, Fe...

311. Japs bomb U.S.A.! (09:43)

Alternative title:
Japs bomb USA!
Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Castle Films, inc.
Summary:
"Newsreel pictures of the attack of Dec. 7, 1941, on Pearl Harbor. Closes with America's ringing answer to the enemy challenge." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, Fe...

312. Jet and rocket engines (11:22)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Traces the history of jet and rocket engines and diagrams the principles on which they operate. Begins with Hero's model of a steam jet and continues by showing simplified uses of the principle in...

313. 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 differ...

314. Joining and gluing (14:30)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Explains the principles and demonstrates procedures and materials for joining and gluing wood, emphasizing the mortise-and-tenon and edge-to-edge joints. Shows procedures for application of glue an...

315. Journey to Kunming (28:54)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Shows the economic life and activities of the people in the Kunming area of Yunnan Province, at the end of the Burma Road. Pictures agriculture, transportation, conditions of life, and the methods ...

316. Juan y su burrito (10:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A story about a Mexican boy and his donkey is used in depicting the characteristics of rural life in Mexico and in emphasizing the importance of helping others. Educational collaborator, William G...

317. Keeping Your Car Fit (11:18)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Explains why a weekly checkup on tires, battery, engine oil, and radiator is necessary; why tires should be crisscrossed; why a car should be lubricated regularly and the engine oil and gear lubric...

318. Kentucky pioneers (11:12)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Follows two pioneer families along the difficult and dangerous Wilderness Road to the Kentucky frontier fort at Harrod's Station. Describes the hardships encountered in establishing a new home in ...

319. Kids Must Eat (16:06)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; Office of Information, Motion Picture Service
Summary:
An episode of the popular "Quiz Kids" radio program introduces the U.S. Department of Agriculture's school lunch program. The four precocious children, ages 7 to 12, demonstrate knowledge of Shakes...

320. Knight duty (21:44)

Date:
1933
Summary:
Features Harry Langdon, the great baby-faced comedian, as a meek little man trapped in a wax museum. Shows how he has hilarious encounters with cops, wax figures, and jewel thieves.

321. Know your enemy--Japan! (14:47)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Knox, Gordon, 1906-1992
Summary:
"Produced in cooperation with the Institute of Pacific Relations, this film answers such vital questions as: How large in the Japanese Empire? Is Japan self-sufficient in food? What is Japan's nava...

322. Korea today (19:22)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Describes Korea in 1948, when the U.S. Army was establishing a sound government there. Shows the Japanese being returned to Japan and the repatriation of Koreans. Sequences on education, health, ...

323. La Garonne (07:05)

Date:
1980
Summary:
Follows the course of the Garonne River and its varying landscapes until it enters Toulouse. Shows how it flows through the village where Montesquieu was born, then reaches Bordeaux vineyards, then...

325. Labor and childbirth (16:05)

Date:
1951
Summary:
A young couple expects their first child. Shows onset of labor, the trip to the hospital, call to doctor, admission to maternity ward, routine preparations for delivery including instructions to m...

327. Lakes (09:57)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Defines lakes in terms of their physical features, how they are created and destroyed, and their uses. Indicates that the size and shape of a lake may vary, but that all lakes are formed because t...

329. Learning from class discussion (10:24)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Analyzes the elements of a good discussion; stresses the value of properly phrased questions that stimulate thought and lead to new avenues of discussion within the major question; and shows how di...

330. 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 th...

331. 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 stamp...

332. Life Line (17:21)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
The Signal Corps : produced by
Summary:
Reports on the capture of Munda and Rendova in the Solomon Islands. The role of medical instruments and supplies as a kind of weapon in these battles is emphasized, as well as their primary role i...

333. Life, time and change : life on other planets (28:34)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Points out that there are possibly 30,000 solar systems which have conditions suitable for life. Illustrates how the spectroscope can determine the temperature, composition, and other information a...

334. Light Perception (30:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Dr. George Wald discusses visual functions, including the chemical construction of the eye.

336. Limestone (13:01)

Date:
1978
Summary:
Explains and simulates the formation of sedimentary rock, focusing on the importance of limestone as a natural resource. Locates limestone quarries on the map and shows how the stone is quarried in...

337. Liszt and his music (12:59)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dramatizes parts of Liszt's life from a young boy to his last days as a teacher. Shows by animated maps, still pictures, and dramatization the places where he lived or performed, the people he knew...

338. Little dutch mill (08:41)

Date:
1934
Main contributors:
National Cinema Service
Summary:
In this Max Fleischer classic, two Dutch children find themselves in trouble with a menacing miser. 3-D animation.

339. Livestock and Mankind (10:58)

Date:
1938
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry
Summary:
An address given by Dr. John R. Mohler, Chief of the USDA Bureau of Animal Industry, provides narration for this film reporting on the work of the Bureau. "Animal husbandry and veterinary science i...

340. Locating and repairing leaks (17:04)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Shows how to use the gage manifold in building leak-testing pressures in a domestic refrigerator; how to test for sulphur dioxide and methyl chloride leaks; how to use the halide torch to locate fr...

341. 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...

342. London landmarks (08:50)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A tour of the magnificent capital of Great Britain. The cameras have captured all the pageantry and color of England from the Thames bridges, Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, to the Trouping of the C...

343. Long distance toll promotion (04:16)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Long distance calling commercials. Advertisement tags featured, "Did you know, long distance rates are very low" and "Each night past six, please don't forget, long distance rates are lower yet."

344. Made in India (12:04)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Shows that, although India is a land of villages and peasants, she ranks among the great industrial powers. Points out that the traditional handicrafts and the new industries are both essential to...

345. Magnetic Force (28:31)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Employs animation and live-action photography to show the development of man's knowledge of magnetic force, present-day concepts of the earth's magnetic field, and how the magnetic field is influen...

346. Maintaining Quality Standards (10:02)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids; United States. Federal Security Agency; Mode-Art Pictures : produced by
Summary:
Set in a typical wartime factory, the film discusses the supervisor's need to keep up production quantities while meeting quality standards. Narration states "quality work, like a mirror, reflects ...

347. Maintaining Workers' Interest (11:27)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids; United States. Federal Security Agency; Caravel Films, Inc.
Summary:
Explains that the job of the supervisor includes preventing problems caused by a worker's loss of interest in the job. Narration explains "one of the most powerful spurs to production is the intere...

348. Major area of speech : consonant (SH)-4 (27:34)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Demonstrates teaching devices which can be employed to help the deaf pupil with step 1 of learning to pronounce the SH sound: three devices for tongue blunting, one device for keeping the tongue ti...

350. Major area of speech : consonant : (SH)-7 (14:20)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Sets forth the incorporation of "SH" into words. Takes five nuclei words through Face A of the speech model. Demonstrates work on the first word, "she," from "Presentation, Imitation, and Producti...

351. Major area of speech : consonant : SH 10 (09:55)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Focuses on "CH" and "J" at Face C of the speech model through the GLGSP in classroom situations as the sounds arise incidentally in words. Shows the pupil working at the "Production Stage" of "CH"...

352. Major area of speech : consonant : SH 8 (10:48)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Works on the second nucleus word, "show", on Face A of the speech model through the "Production Stage". Shows evaluation and practice on all five nuclei words at the no-error level of practice at ...

353. Major area of speech : consonant : SH 9 (08:53)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents the teacher collecting evidence of correct automatic production of all five nuclei words in general speech situations. Transfers skills learned on Face A to all words containing "SH" at F...

354. Major area of speech : words : you're welcome 1 (11:16)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Assesses the automatic and conscious production of a phrase. Depicts a teacher using the synthetic approach to begin a correction of the "whole" word, "welcome". Observes the child moving from "Pr...

355. Major area of speech : words : you're welcome 2 (10:56)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Continues synthetic practice of the "whole" word, "welcome", narrowing to analytic work on the second syllable (km). Shows the teacher shaping (km) toward correctness: weak form of the syllable, i...

356. Major area of speech : words : you're welcome 4 (10:47)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Continues to practice, as well as working on the whole phrase incidentally. Evaluates the automatic production of the entire phrase. Includes five examples of use of the General Language: General ...

357. Major area of speech : words : you're welcome 5 (10:43)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Demonstrates the incorporation of the "part" (weak second syllable) back into the "whole", "Welcome." Depicts the teacher attempting to get proper intonation on the word through (a) shaping and (b...

358. Major area of speech : words : you're welcome 6 (10:42)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Examines carry-over practice involving habituation of the correct accent and intonation of the entire phrase. Demonstrates carry-over practice given through the General Language: General Speech P...

359. Major areas of speech : words : you're welcome, 3 (13:47)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Continues the shaping of the production of the element (km) to become weak. Depicts a pupil achieving a second approximation [making (km) very short], and later moving from High-Error to Low-Error ...

360. Making learning more meaningful (11:35)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Illustrates how a third grade teacher utilizes the interests of her pupils to develop an arithmetic unit on money and banking. Shows how she introduces other fundamental skills into the unit on num...

361. 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...

363. Maybe tomorrow (19:01)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Explores a romance between a black, eighth-grade girl and a white, high school boy in terms of its implications in the black community. Reveals that the girl feels intimidated by youths her own age...

365. Media for presentations (1:05:55)

Date:
1978
Summary:
Introduces the advantages of using media to enhance an oral presentation and displays a variety of media formats available. Illustrates the characteristics of different media, pointing out the opt...

366. Meiosis (12:01)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Uses animation to show the mechanism of meiosis, the chromosome halving cell division preceding the formation of sperm and egg cells and forming the basis of genetics.

367. Mermaid's paradise (09:56)

Date:
1945
Summary:
A study of aqua-sports using underwater photography. Including swimming, synchronized diving,

368. 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 ...

369. Middle East (07:10)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
British Ministry of Information
Summary:
Using maps and animated diagrams, the importance of the Middle East in the world strategy of the Allied nations during World War II is shown. Austere images and narration inform the viewer of the s...

370. Miles over marshes (12:43)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Over 5,000 miles of navigable waterways challenge man's ingenuity for construction of roadways in Louisiana. In the south, road builders have conquered the mire, building a highway across this wate...

371. Mini movie makers (10:47)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Seven to twelve-year-old filmmakers are the stars in this film record of the activities of a film club. Narration is entirely by children who comment on the pleasures and problems of filmmaking. Th...

372. Mining iron ore (17:05)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
A film explaining the iron mining process as practiced on the iron ranges of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

373. 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 Tradesca...

374. Molding a horizontal cored part (21:54)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Use of a horizontal core, a split pattern, chaplets, and chaplet supports; how to gate a mold for rapid pouring of a thin casting; and how to clean a casting.

375. Molding with a gated pattern (11:17)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows what a gated pattern is and why it is used, how a match or follow board can simplify making a parting, how facing sand is prepared and used, and how and why some patterns are rapped.

376. Molding with a loose pattern (21:05)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows how to identify and use common bench molder's tools; how molding sand is prepared; how to face a pattern; how to ram and vent a mold; how to roll a drag; how to cut a sprue, runner, gates and...

377. Molding with a loose pattern (floor) (24:04)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows the difference between bench and floor molding, how to face a deep pattern, ram a drag and walk it off, clamp a mold, locate sprues and risers, and tuck the crossbars of a large cope.

378. Molding with a three part flask (34:59)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows how to use a deep follow board; the technique of facing, ramming, and venting a deep green sand core; how to use a cheek in a three-part flask; and the purpose and method of step-gating.

379. Motivation and Reward in Learning (14:17)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Compares a hungry, active rat with a satiated, inactive rat. The hungry animal learns to get food by pressing a bar, while the satiated animal goes to sleep. To demonstrate that failure to learn is...

380. Mr. Proudfoot shows a light (08:00)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Howard, Sydney, 1885-1946
Summary:
Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by...

381. Music and architecture through the ages (16:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This film follows developments in music through human history supplemented by visuals of art and architecture of the period. Traces ancient civilization through to the 18th century with a heavy con...

382. Music of Africa (29:04)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Features Fela Sowande of Nigeria, a leading African musicologist, composer, and organist, along with other Nigerian musicians demonstrating how contempory African music has mingled traditional Afri...

383. Musical performance improvement for snare drum (21:53)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Vern Reimer gives instruction, through demonstrations, on how to improve a drummers performance. He discusses the common mistakes made by student drummers and how to correct them. Targeted for the ...

384. My Japan (16:19)

Alternative title:
My Japan and Who died
Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. War Finance Division
Summary:
Presented as an authentic message from the Japanese people to the American people, this film is actually a fake newsreel designed to counter any views the American moviegoer might have had about th...

386. NANKING the southern capital (11:04)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Portrays the role of Nanking in the history of China. Pictures its modern city life and its surroundings, including the Yangtze River, the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen, ancient landmarks, and famous bu...

388. Nervous System in Man (57:21)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Shows interlocking of effects of the endocrine and nervous systems in man; illustrates the types of nerve cells and impulse transmission; explains the functions of the cortex, cerebellum, hypothala...

389. 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-...

391. Northeast corner (11:22)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Portrays life in the northeast corner of Scotland. The work of the fishermen and farmers and the industries and other activities of Aberdeen are described in some detail.

392. Northeast Farm Community (15:31)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Portrays life of a typical farm family during the early 1800s in the Northeastern United States. Illustrates the self-sufficiency of these farmers and the importance to them of wood, water, and fer...

393. Northwest by air (15:16)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows how Canada's northwest airlines have conquered the almost impenetrable natural barriers of rivers and mountains on the Pacific coast. Reveals how air bases were built, supplied, and serviced ...

394. 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...

395. 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...

396. Oculomotor disorders (25:49)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
A silent teaching film that studies the anatomy of the muscles of the eye and their innervation.

397. Open Fractures (23:52)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains, using live photography and animation, the potential dangers that may result from an open fracture and the steps to follow in treating a patient with an open fracture. Points out the dange...

398. Operating the 'Jeep' audio visual unit (14:47)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Film features the Jeep audio visual unit, a vehicle equipped to provide complete sound and picture projection, regardless of road conditions or weather. Follows the vehicle as it used in an educati...

399. Opportunities in sales and merchandising (11:31)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Portrays to youth the wide variety of career opportunities in sales and merchandising occupations, how entry jobs fit into the career ladder, work settings, levels of occupations, and information a...

400. Otto : The Behavioral Perspective (27:38)

Date:
1975
Summary:
Presents Dr. John Gottman of Indiana University as he interprets the Otto case film from the behavioral perspective. Explains that Dr. Gottman sees Otto coping with catastrophic expectations by tr...