Start Over Collection IUL Moving Image Archive Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

101. Pioneer Mill (11:49)

Date:
1972
Summary:
Describes briefly the arduous processes by which the early settlers ground corn in their homes and focuses on the construction and operation of large water-powered mills. Shows farmers bringing the...

102. The Bremen town musicians (16:20)

Date:
1972
Summary:
No longer wanted by their masters, a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster set out for Bremen to become musicians. They prove clever enough to outwit some robbers.

103. Instructional development (17:13)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Presents to the educator a systematic approach to instruction based on decisions about the learner, learning, evaluation, and the learning development, using the subjects of tennis and music as exa...

104. U.F.O.'s (04:03)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Shows rotating, gyrating spheres and ellipses, superimposed over a computer-generated backdrop of colorful patterns and designs. Includes an electronic musical accompaniment.

105. 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...

106. Profile of a champion (27:54)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Presents a profile of a winner of an Indianapolis "500" race, with highlights of the 1970 race. Interwoven are sequences stressing safe driving on and off the track.

107. Harold and the purple crayon (08:30)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Develops through animation the story of Harold, who with his purple crayon creates a world of his own, since whatever he draws becomes real. Harold's adventures begin when he goes for a walk in the...

108. The television picture tube (20:21)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Construction of the television picture tube and how its components operate. How the tube transforms the TV signal into a moving picture. (animated)

109. Barbara Hepworth (30:37)

Date:
1967
Summary:
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,...

110. 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...

111. Painting: The Creative Process (14:59)

Date:
1967
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Discusses the individuality of artistic techniques. Follows Reginald Pollack as he attempts to find creative inspiration in nature. Shows the benefits of studying other artists' work.

112. 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...

114. Parent to child about sex (29:36)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Shows parents how to teach facts and attitudes about sex. Concerned with when, how and the way sex facts are taught.

115. The gift of Dr. Minot (21:00)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Gift of Dr. Minot" (season 3, episode 20), which originally aired on April 12th, 1955 o...

116. The Kangaroo Rat (10:06)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Shows the life and habits of the kangaroo rat and his animal neighbors of the Colorado desert. Includes a fight with a sidewinder rattlesnake.

117. 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 thei...

118. [Graduation ceremony 1965] (04:40)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Footage of the 1965 IU commencement exercises outside in the football stadium. Includes images of IU President Elvis Stahr Jr. speaking, releasing of balloons, and the graduates before and after th...

119. Arabesque (05:56)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Brief snippets in the day of a young girl who is "different" and feels alone.

120. Development of our decimal numeration system (27:26)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Joseph Moray; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; John M. Davidson
Summary:
Delineates interesting facets of the development of our decimal system. Compares the additive, subtractive, multiplicative, and positional notation aspects of the Chinese, Babylonian, Egyptian, and...

121. How big? (48:52)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Develops concepts of length, area, and volume of areas and objects. Shows how these concepts are related and develops an understanding of such units of measurement as the mile and the acre.

122. The Mask (34:03)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Informs the police that alcohol may mask symptoms of both physical and mental disorders and suggests a system of observation that begins when a person is first seen by the police. It emphasizes the...

123. 23 Skidoo (08:28)

Date:
1964
Summary:
"This short black-and-white film shows eerie scenes of a downtown without people. The effect is disturbing. The camera shoots familiar urban scenes, without a soul in sight: streets empty, building...

124. Campus scenes (03:50)

Date:
1964
Summary:
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...

125. 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 S...

126. 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...

127. Regional Campuses of Indiana University (16:32)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Pictures and describes the regional campuses of Indiana University, pointing out their function and relationship to the University as a whole. Shows activities at the campuses, both inside the clas...

129. The senses of man (18:17)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Indicates the importance of external and internal sensory receptors. Describes the general sense receptors of temperature, pressure, touch, and pain. Pictures the special senses of vision, hearing,...

130. The senses of man (18:15)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Conversion of external stimuli (light, sound, odor, touch, and taste) into nerve impulses by one or more sensory receptors in the body is shown through animation. Explains how these receptors provi...

131. Time of the horn (06:04)

Date:
1964
Summary:
A small boy retrieves a discarded trumpet and loses himself in a jazz fantasy of his own imagining. Musical background is a Duke Ellington composition interpreted by Jonah Jones. No narrative is used.

132. And Then There Were Seven (29:32)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Ever since the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community, the progress of the Six, or "Little Europe" as the Community was called, had evoked mixed emotions. Many nations outside the S...

133. Canals: Towpaths West (16:54)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[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...

134. Electricity: Measurement (12:14)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Develops concepts of electrical pressure, current, and resistance, and establishes the need for the measurement of electricity. Demonstrates the measurement of electrical pressure and current flow,...

135. Globes : an introduction (54:03)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Pictures the globe as a model of the earth and points out the representative shape and color of land and water areas. Identifies the continents and compares their sizes and locations. Uses animatio...

136. Globes: An Introduction (09:42)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Describes the globe as a model of the earth, showing how the globe represents physical and cultural features on the earth's surface, and provides information about direction, dista...

137. Great Lakes area: men, minerals, and machines (15:03)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Shows how large deposits of iron ore, coal, and cheap water transportation contributed to the creation of a large industrial complex in the Great Lakes region. Pictures large scale mining of tacon...

138. Great Plains (15:13)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Provides a tour of the great plains area and covers the spring wheat belt, the range livestock belt, the corn belt, the wheat belt, the cotton belt, oil fields, and Edwards Plateau...

139. Gulf Coast : the South's land of opportunity (14:53)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Describes the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida as comprising the Gulf Coast region of the United States. Picture crops in Florida and explains that these crops are gro...

140. High temperature research (18:24)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Describes various phases of high temperature research, giving examples of compounds being used, goals of the research, and some results to date. Discusses procedures being used, with emphasis on pr...

141. How man travels through space (13:22)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Describes the problems that man has to face in space travel. Head and cold, gravity changes, and meteor showers are explained. Newton's principle of rocket propulsion is also introduced.

142. How to prepare a class report (10:13)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Traces the activities of a junior-high school boy in preparing a class report. Stresses the following steps: choosing the subject, thinking of one's interest and audience, gathering information an...

144. 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...

145. Perch Anatomy (1:24:00)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Points out exterior structure and coloration of a living perch. Uses fresh specimens to show dissection techniques and reveal internal structures. The respiratory, digestive, excretory, and reprod...

146. Thai Images of the Buddha (13:11)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Documents the principal works of ancient statuary which constituted the core of the exhibition, The Arts of Thailand, which came to the United States in the form of a traveling exhibition in 1960. ...

147. The Americans : three east coast artists (20:14)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Part three in the "Artists at Work" series, this film spotlights three east coast painters, working in their studios. Jack Tworkov, born in Poland in 1900, and a teacher for 15 years, was recently ...

148. The department of health, education and welfare (14:36)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Erling M. Hunt; Wade Arnold; Abraham Ribicoff
Summary:
Discusses the purposes and functions of the five major divisions within the department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Describes the several offices, agencies, and bureaus, and indicates how th...

149. The dynamics of the circle (14:20)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Mannis Charosh; Pelican Films
Summary:
Describes a geometric circle and defines and illustrates such terms as radius, congruent circles, chord, diameter, major and minor arcs, semicircles, and central angle. Shows the relationship betw...

150. The great rights (14:15)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Introduces the principal amendments to the Constitution by showing in dramatic form what would happen if the Bill of Rights disappeared from the American scene. | Introduces the principal amendment...

151. The John Glenn Story (29:59)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Traces the career of John Glenn, first U.S. astronaut, from his school days in New Concord, Ohio, to his speech to the U.S. Congress after his orbital flight. Pictures Glenn as a typical, but high...

152. The market and the individual (29:20)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Shows how abundantly the needs and wants of the American people are met through a business system of free choice. Ross M. Robertson, Indiana University | Shows how abundantly the needs and wants o...

153. The medical certification of causes of death (17:52)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Presents the principles to be followed in completing a medical verification of death. This film also demonstrates how diagnosis entered on the death certificate influences statistics commonly used ...

154. The railroad builders (14:12)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Uses live-action photography, illustrations, and art work of the period to present an account of the building of the first transcontinental railroad and emphasizes the role of the railroad builders...

155. The Rocky Mountain area : backbone of the nation (15:15)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Examines the importance of the Rocky Mountains to the development of the Western States. Shows the dependence of agriculture and industry upon the water resources from the mountains. Discusses the ...

156. To find a home (27:25)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Describes the experiences of two African American families when they try to rent an apartment in a middle-sized northern city: one family is repeatedly refused, but the other eventually finds an ap...

157. Wheat Belt (16:03)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Describes the winter and spring wheat regions of the plains states. Compares a winter wheat farm in south central Kansas and a spring wheat farm in northeastern North Dakota. Rela...

158. "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 t...

159. A blueprint for unity (29:48)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The architects of the European Coal and Steel Community considered ECSC, not an end in itself, but the first step toward eventual European unity to be realized through the establishment of a common...

160. A bridge across the channel (29:50)

Date:
1962
Summary:
When Britain applied for membership in the Common Market, the move represented a dramatic change in Britain's traditional concept of world politics. This program explores the implications of this r...

161. Alice in Numberland (14:22)

Date:
1962
Summary:
A fantasy which shows the housewife that the farmer, the processor, the transporter, and the retailer must know "how much" and "how many" before they can make foods and other products available to ...

162. Asi viven los huerfanos (09:26)

Date:
1962
Summary:
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...

164. Color on a stone (12:26)

Date:
1962
Summary:
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...

166. Dynamics of solution (14:57)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Ellis Katzman; Elbert C. Weaver; John A. Skarulis
Summary:
Demonstrates the differences between saturated, unsaturated, and supersaturated solutions; that solutions are dynamic, not static in character; and also shows suspensions and colloidal dispersions....

167. Electricity. Distribution (16:06)

Alternative title:
Distribution
Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Develops basic concepts of electrical distribution, both cross-country and within the home. Complete distribution system is explained, with demonstrations of "line loss" and the use of fuses for ov...

170. Fetal Pig Anatomy (17:46)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Features the internal anatomy of fresh fetal pig specimens by systems, to illustrate techniques of dissection for studying the anatomy of a mammal. Shows fetal pigs within a uteru...

171. Francoise et son lapin (10:16)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Because it is raining, Françoise and her pet rabbit must spend the morning doing something indoors. Françoise draws a picture with crayons, and Hopper, her rabbit, helps her. Written for children...

172. Gases and how they combine (22:01)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows some properties that distinguish gases. The volume of ammonia and hydrogen chloride that combine are measured quantitatively, and simple integer volume ratios are measured for the combination...

174. H-bomb over U.S (08:09)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Points up scientific findings on the potency of the H-bomb danger by portraying the impact of a 10-megaton H-bomb on Los Angeles, Calilfornia. Uses animation, maps, charts and miniatures.

175. Heat as radiant energy (13:23)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Diagrams the position of radiant energy on the electromagnetic spectrum and describes several means of detecting radiant energy. Explains the operation of a radiometer, and illustrates the use of a...

176. Hidden salts (29:42)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Mr. Wizard conducts an experiment wherein Irene must differentiate between sugar, salt, and sodium thiosulfate using a series of tests.

178. Hormonal coordination 3 : the adrenals (30:06)

Date:
1962
Summary:
A credit course in The New Biology, a presentation of Learning Resources Institute, Columbia Broadcasting Systems, in conjunction with the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The course is p...

179. Hormonal coordination I (30:09)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Integration of life processes in animals: an evolutionary approach with emphasis on the veterbrate; reception and transmission of information, and responses; receptors for light, sound pressure, e...

180. Hormonal coordination IV (30:27)

Date:
1962
Summary:
A credit course in The New Biology, a presentation of Learning Resources Institute, Columbia Broadcasting Systems, in conjunction with the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The course is p...

181. Hormonal coordination V (30:10)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Dr. Ray Koppelman discusses hormone activity in mammals, including androgens, estrogens, progesterone, and gonadotropins.

182. How machines help us (13:02)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Introduces basic principles of the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw, and shows common usage of each. Shows the crowbar as a lever, and shows a doorknob as an example ...

183. India: A Better Tomorrow (16:55)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Contrast of old and new India. Geography, religion, climate, crops, clothing and economic conditions. Important cities.

184. Introduction to Music Reading (11:52)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Uses animation to compare written music symbols with written words and emphasizes that music is a written language with its own symbols. Introduces the five-line staff and the G clef as the basic s...

185. Light Perception (30:19)

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

186. 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...

187. 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-...

188. Of mines and mills (29:35)

Date:
1962
Summary:
By contrasting film footage showing Europe in ruins immediately following World War II and Europe's present prosperity, this first program lays the historical groundwork for the series. The first s...

189. Plants Obtain Food (48:03)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Asks questions about food sources for plants, and uses coleus to illustrate foodmaking in green plants. Uses cinephotomicrography and animation to show the process of photosynthesis. The phenomen...

190. 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, an...

191. Readiness... The Fourth R (19:23)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Presents physical education as an essential part of the modern school curriculum. John Glenn explains why the astronauts need to be ready physically and mentally for space travel. Describes how bod...

194. The biology of the past (30:22)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The biology of the past; the aims, methods and instrumentation of modern biology, and its pertinence to man; the biology of the future in terms of some of its problems.

195. The Chicago Picasso (32:17)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Traces the story of the "Chicago Picasso." Relates the artist's original conception of the Chicago sculpture, the people and processes involved in the fabrication, and finally the construction of t...

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

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Thomas F. Barton; Daisy M. Jones; Roger Niemeyer
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 ...

197. The evidence for evolution I (30:05)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Evolution of inherited patterns: adaptation; the means of evolution –mutation and recombination; retention of variability; results of evolution –specific selected examples such as drug resistance, ...

198. The fish that turned gold (16:14)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Presents the story of a goldfish from spawning until the goldfish is sold to a child. Begins at the world's largest goldfish hatchery. Introduces the main character, Goldey, developing inside a gol...

199. The fish that turned gold (1:07:40)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Presents the story of a goldfish from spawning until the goldfish is sold to a child. Begins at the world's largest goldfish hatchery. Introduces the main character, Goldey, developing inside a gol...

200. The international atom (26:23)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Documentary on modern applications of atomic energy. Explains, using cartoons, the chain reaction and heat production resulting from the fission of the atom. Shows the use of this energy in agricul...