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861. Tribute to the Alumni (19:26)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Presents a tribute by Herman B. Wells, President of Indiana University, to past students on the 100th anniversary of the Alumni Association. Pictures scenes of the campus and student activities that are now only memories in the lives of graduates, recognizes the graduates' accomplishments in business, the professions, and the arts, and documents the extending of their valuable services to the community and the university. Ends with remarks of gratitude by President Wells for alumni assistance in the form of advice, time, and money.

862. Protest : black power (14:30)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Mert Koplin, Charles Grinker
Summary:
Utilizes excerpts from speeches and interviews of many leading black activists to exemplify the various components of "Black Power." Ranges from discussion of black separatism and violence to non-violent integration. Interviews Adam Clayton Powell, Stokely Carmichael, Muhammad Ali, Floyd McKissick, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Whitney Young, H. Rap Brown, Dick Gregory, and Eldridge Cleaver.

863. "It's only the beginning" (10:15)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Describes the importance of industrial research in satisfying consumer needs and meeting competition. Shows through animation the large expenditure of time and money that has gone into the development of nylon, as well as into unsuccessful attempts to develop new products.

864. Helen Tamiris in her Negro spirituals (16:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Illustrates modern dance as exemplified by Negro spirituals. Miss Tamiris creates her dances to the familiar spirituals Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Go Down Moses, and Get on Board Lil' Children.

865. The dairy belt (1:07:31)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Thomas F. Barton, Daisy M. Jones, Roger Niemeyer, James W. Taylor, Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Compares two dairy farms--one in Southeastern Wisconsin and the other in Central New York State. Shows the land use and cultural practices which reflect adaptation to such elements of the physical environment as topography, soil, precipitation, temperature, and length of growing season. Describes such man-made conditions that influence the marketing of milk as the proximity of farms to urban areas, sanitation requirements, and transportation and refrigeration facilities.

867. The scout trail to citizenship (24:51)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Describes the organization structure of the Boy Scouts and how scouts move through the ranks, from starting as a Cub at age 9 to Rover at age 19. Emphasizes how the Boy Scouts of America provide constructive activities, give moral guidance, and cultivate desirable qualities in boys and young men, forming them into responsible and engaged citizens.

869. "It's the humidity" (13:04)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Uses common everyday examples of the effects of humidity to introduce and explain this idea. Shows Kay, an attractive teenager, and her adventures with a violin, a stuck drawer, and drying off at the pool as these processes are influenced by the humidity. Animates an explanation of dew, relative humidity, and dew point. Shows and explains several weather instruments for measuring humidity.

870. The village tractor (21:22)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Shows how one small Turkish village profits by the acquisition of a tractor imported through the Marshall Plan, and benefits from mechanical training provided young farmers as part of Turkey's recovery program.

871. Tall Tales (09:41)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Presents ballad singers singing three authentic American folk songs: "Strawberry Roan," "Grey Goose," and "John Henry." The background for the singers is a farmhouse kitchenyard after the noonday meal.

872. Helen Keller in her story (48:34)

Date:
1953
Summary:
A biography of Helen Keller, tracing her life from birth until 76 years of age, showing in detail how this blind, deaf, and mute woman has overcome her handicaps. Consists of still photographs, early motion pictures, newsreels, and sequences showing Miss Keller's daily life as of 1954.

873. Boundary lines (11:11)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Phillip Stapp, Tony Kraler, Nathan Sobel, International Film Foundation
Summary:
By means of animated lines, figures, and scenes, film illustrates through everyday happenings how "a line may be many things" and "a line is only an idea." Makes a plea for tolerance and a breaking down of all types of barriers between people. A plea to eliminate the arbitrary boundary lines which divide people from each other. Presented in stylized animation.

874. A kitchen cavalcade (14:26)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Shows many of the kitchen appliances of tomorrow. Takes the viewer inside the experimental laboratories of General Motors to see such advanced aids to cooking as an automatic recipe viewer, heatless oven, automatic servers, and new designs in cabinets. Through animation, gives a short glimpse of some seemingly improbably but beneficial inventions not yet perfected.

875. 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 educational presentation.

876. Waves across the Pacific (31:37)

Date:
1966
Summary:
A film record of the expedition led by Dr. Walter Munk of the Scripps Oceanographic Institute which tracked a family of ocean waves from their birth in the turbulent waters of the Antarctic to their death on a peaceful Alaskan shore.

877. Democracy's diary (16:11)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
Jay Bonafield, Larry O'Reilly, Phil Reisman, Jr., Dwight Weist, Richard Hanser, Herman Fuchs
Summary:
Shows the organization of the The New York Times and the vast interrelationship of the numerous departments. Then illustrates the methods for giving up-to-the-minute news, and stresses the need for a free press.

878. 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 up.

879. Hospital maternity care : family-centered (29:25)

Date:
1964
Summary:
This film, designed primarily for members of the medical, nursing and allied hospital professions, portrays an experiment in maternity care which is being conducted in the obstretical division of St. Mary's Hospital, Evansville, Indiana.