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Discloses sources of inspiration in man's environment and interprets these forms through the eyes of the creative artist in order to stimulate students to see opportunities for using art in their o...
The coach of a freshman track team explains to teenage boys the intricacies of the male reproduction system, primary and secondary sexual characteristics, and the relationship between the sexes dur...
Film depicts life at an orphanage for boys in Mexico - their chores (husking corn, milking cows) their pets, their daily routine, their games. Sentences of the Spanish narration are nearly all decl...
United States Information Agency; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
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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 ...
Beginning with an outdoor abstract sculpture in the courtyard of a new building in London, this film introduces artist and sculptor Barabara Hepworth and her work. Sculpting in wood, stone, metal,...
Explains why large quantities of war materials, in particular steel, are needed for the war effort. Shows the sea battle and beachhead landing of the Normandy invasion.
Relates the story of Brazil's "planned city with a plan." Explains the unique way in which Belo-Horizonte, city of more than 200,000 inhabitants, was completely planned less than fifty years ago be...
Explores the method man has developed to simplify the repesentation of both large and small numbers. Explains that scientific notation, using exponents, enable one to express any number, large or s...
A story of land economy and one man, Bill Bailey of Clarksville, Tennessee, through whose foresight and untiring effort the Four Pillars of Income were established in Montgomery County, Tennessee (...
Traces early development of the camera: how first efforts of March in France, Muybridge in U.S. came about as a result of movements of animals and humans. How subsequent development by Lumiere and ...
Explains how the physical structure of birds is adapted to the kind of food they eat, and points out characteristics of birds that eat insects. Draws attention to the strong wings and wide bills of...
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
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Introduced as "the story of cattle grazing in the national forest," the film depicts cooperation between the Forest Service and local ranchers to manage the grazing of herds on public land. Origina...
United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
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A presentation of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine's code for the prevention of termite infestation. Using animated diagrams and detailed photography of actual termite infestations, th...
Presents a historical, cultural, scenic, and climatic picture of Colombia's mountain city capital, Bogota. Shows the type of clothing and architecture prevalent in a region of such little seasonal ...
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...
Tells the story of President Vargas' favorite project, the Marambaia Fishing School, located fifty miles south of Rio de Janeiro and facing on the Bay of Ilha Grande. Illustrates how the unique pr...
United States Information Agency; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
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The value of Brazilian quartz to the allied war effort is shown as narration proclaims "two-way radio is the one really new instrument in the armory of warfare." Explains the value of quartz in rad...
ERPI Classroom Films, Inc.; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.
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Promotes the catalog of ERPI Classroom Films to educators, presenting excerpts from dozens of films with narration extolling their effectiveness (ERPI Classroom Films was the predecessor to Encylop...
"Step-by-step manufacture and assembly of the B-26 medium bomber in the Glenn Martin plant at Baltimore."--War Films, Bulletin of the Extension Division, Indiana University, February, 1943.
African safari hunters use pits and nets to capture lions, tigers, and other ferocious beasts of the jungle, placing them in cages for transportation to circuses to be "trained" for public entertai...
Primarily exterior footage of the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Campus buildings, Marching 100 band practicing and performing at a football game against Northwestern, and IU President Elvi...
Follows the Young family in the process of becoming naturalized Canadians. Discusses the opportunities they may expect in a country which is important as a producer of grain, iron ore, uranium, al...
[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...
A fairy tale character uses magic to help children learn good habits. She shows them how to clean and manicure fingernails, how to trim toenails, and how to shampoo and brush the hair. She lets the...
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...
Shows that play is an important activity for children and that it has common patterns at different ages. Considers play activities of children between the ages of five and twelve years and explains...
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 c...
Points out character traits that are important to look for when evaluating a marriage partner. Stresses the importance of self-analysis, the possibility of making certain changes in oneself and fe...
The story of the littlest fir tree in the forest, which is chosen to be decorated as a Christmas tree by a family living in the mountains. Includes familiar Christmas carols.
[motion picture] Tells the story of a woodchuck which was taken to a state park to live and now entertains the park visitors by performing tricks. Shows the woodchuck's appearance, size, natural h...
Presents a high-school class studying god citizenship in the community and in the school. Dramatizes the manner in which the student committees organized projects for improving school elections, ch...
Animation is used to present the story of the Bagley family, who do not use their furnace correctly. When Mr. Bagley over-fires the furnace, the narrator, who is a gnome, and cutaway diagrams of t...
What happens when a rocket ship in space is struck and damaged by a meteor? Capt. Gell, a Navy expert on crew equipment, demonstrates the Navy’s full-pressure space suit for emergency escape from ...
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 e...
Explores the possiblities of creating color lithography and explains methods of visualization, transfer and simple registry. Shows Patrick Dullantry, an American printmaker who works over progressi...
Includes the squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, porcupine, otter, mink, beaver, opossum, skunk, ad woodchuck. In each instance the distinguishing characteristics of the animal are shown, such as the abilit...
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 contamin...
A Columbia short subject presentation, distributed for classroom exhibition by Teaching Film Custodians. Presents Stanley Brown, Donald Grayson, and others in a program of Stephen Foster songs: Oh ...
Examines a series of routine conflict situations faced by a college student. Defines and analyzes emotional conflict according to four general classifications: approach-approach, avoidance-avoidanc...
Depicts the events and conditions leading to the writing of the U.S. Constitution, the formulation of the Great Compromise between the small and large states, the struggle for ratification, and the...
