811. Italian interludes (11:04)

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

814. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (27:19)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Recreates Renoir's world and interprets the aspirations of this great master. Includes over fifty of Renoir's works.

816. Chinese firecrackers (10:00)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
In China, the land of their birth, no festivity or celebration is complete without firecrackers. Following a brief explanation of their history, the types of firecrackers are mentioned and their construction is detailed. Finished prodcuts are shown, followed by a couple of ignited firecracker demonstrations.

818. Taliesin-West (10:22)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Scenes of Frank Lloyd Wright's home near Phoenix, Ariz., illustrating his basic principle that buildings should blend with their natural surroundings. This home is built of boulders and redwood trusses that support canvas-covered roof flaps.

819. Pueblitos de Mexico (10:06)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Vignettes of everyday life and events in two indigenous Mexican villages provide breadth of subject-matter for vocabulary exercise. Sentences of the Spanish narration are nearly all declarative, and in the present indicative. For second semester Spanish students.

820. Mining iron ore (17:05)

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