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Examines four different approaches to working with clay and ceramics. Shows scenes of ceramists at work to illustrate that the current approach to ceramics is characterized by change and creativity...
Uses examples of everyday objects to develop the basic formula V=Bh for computing the volumes of cubes, prisms, and cylinders. Builds each concept, formula, or definition through use of live action...
Shows how some of the crystals in limestone caves are formed and then pictures by time-lapse cinephotomicrography the crystallization of the commonplace substances and chemicals. Depicts briefly th...
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...
Demonstrates through slow motion and natural photography the positions and movements of the "Texas Star." Opens with a group of eight dancers performing the introduction to the dance. Shows each pa...
A travelogue of Rome. Captures ancient sites of the city, Roman society, the Fascist population, and intimate scenes of Benito Mussolini at home with his children.
Filmed at Tipton High School in Tipton, Indiana, "This is Basketball" contains helpful information on play and game situations which are often subject to misinterpretation. Officials signals, varia...
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.
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 the steps in the pr...
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...
Piatigorsky plays "Bourees #1 and #2" from Suite in C Major, by Bach; "Slow Movement" from Cello Sonata, by Chopin; "Masques" from Romeo and Juliet, by Prokofief; "Romance," by Anton Rubinstein; "W...
"Short fictional film asking people to keep under cover during air raids. A group of English and Canadian fighter pilots report the number of German planes they have each shot down. The rivalry bet...
"Canada's place in the strategy of Pacific warfare is the subject of this wartime film. Convoys, carrying the sinews of war, steam out from her ports, while along her western coast lookouts and pat...
Coronet Instructional Films; Viola Theman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, Northwestern University
Summary:
Three elementary pupils learn that everyone attaches personal meanings to words and that the wording of newspaper stories, conversations, advertisements, and politics, for example, needs careful an...
Follows the activities of a group of international Girl Scouts at a wilderness encampment in an Oregon national forest. Shows how they prepare for and take a five-day hike into the Three Sisters' W...
Introductory scenes show the techniques used for mounting bats and recording the circulation in their wings. A view of the general distribution of the vascular components is followed by more detai...
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, ear...
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 m...
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...
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...
This NBC film shows how a community organization in New York City has helped to diffuse a violent atmosphere. It also demonstrates consumer (tenant) protection by the use of legal-aid and rent stri...
Behavior of blood and vascula...; Behavior of blood & vascular
Date:
1948
Summary:
Detailed reactions of the minute vessels and the blood which modify the flow through these regions are demonstrated by high magnification of a bat's wing. The form and behavior of the platelets wit...
Uses animation, slow motion, and real photography to demonstrate the positions and movements of dancers and dancing couples in the "grapevine twist." Shows each part of the dance separately and the...
Demonstrates active vasomotion as it occurs in arterioles, terminal arterioles, and precapillary sphincters and as it affects the capillary bed in a bat's wing.
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...
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...
Indicates the preparation necessary for entrance into radio work, stressing a strong foundation in science and mathematics. The development of personality and a cultural background is stressed. Gi...
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.
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...
Stresses today's need for foreign language instruction to help foster international cooperation and understanding. Learning of a foreign language by elementary school children by the oral-aural met...
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.
Describes the handling and processing of waste from the time it is discarded into separate garbage cans to the point where it is used in new and repaired goods. Shows the collection, separation gr...
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...
Shows the revitalization of Girl Scouting in Kyoto, Japan, after World War II. Pictures the girls making straw shoes, working in paper crafts, practicing first aid, celebrating New Year's in a tra...
Describes the farmers of the Andes as a primitive people without the benefits of technology, showing the tireless Incas who till the mountain soil at altitudes of 10,000 to 15,000 feet. Discusses t...
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."
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...
Presents twenty-four different species of birds as they are attracted to a yard that provides their three necessities of life--food, water, and shelter. Shows the various kinds of shelters that acc...
The narrator coaches Bill as he picks up Carol for a date at a costume party, and helps him to observe social courtesy during the party. Bill learns how graceful introductions are made, how to mak...
Depicts the trial of the top 21 Nazis charged with crimes against the peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Uses American and Russian films to document this 11-month trial.
Studies inhabitants of the three kinds of seashores--the sandy beach, the rock pool, and the mud flat--beginning with the sea gull. Shows close-ups of sea weeds; then pictures in their natural hab...
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...
Shows the importance of corn as an economic commodity. Illustrates the nature of the corn belt of the United States by utilizing sixty-one widely scattered locations. Emphasizes the role of corn a...
Explains the basic principles of gravitational attraction that relate to the earth, and other planets, and the sun. Relates these principles to flights of rockets and artificial satellites and incl...
Presents the proper methods for dissection of the frog in order to observe its anatomy. Indicates the structures which can be observed by opening the mouth. Depicts proper incisions to make in orde...
Presents conferences held by the United Nations leaders in the Atlantic, at Casablanca, Quebec, Moscow, Cairo, Teheran, Bretton Woods, Hot Springs, Dumbarton Oaks, and Yalta.
Shows close-ups of the grouse as found in its wild state on the prairies and open farm lands of Missouri, including its habits and natural sounds. Shows a battle between two male grouse, then a co...
Describes the experiences of Kay as she enters the home economics program at Iowa State College. Portrays the practical training that students receive, and suggests a variety of careers open to th...
[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...
Shot in Burma during the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition (1939), led by filmmaker Armand Denis and his wife Leila Roosevelt. In Rangoon, views of the Shive Dagon Pagoda and huge bamboo irrigatio...
History of the settlement of the western Canadian prairie lands, from pioneers in covered wagons to the booming wheat industry of the early 20th century. Shows that the prosperity brought by wheat ...
Animated drawings explain the principles involved in the operation of the electric iron, fluorescent lighting, and the refrigerator. Alternating current is used in all scenes involving the flow of...
Portrays the role of developmental genetics in dealing with ways phenotypes come into being through the action of genes. Presents a complete discussion of the Creeper domestic fowl--its genetic bas...
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...
Demonstrates independent segregation by different pairs of genes using Mendel's data. Emphasizes the chromosomal activities during meiosis which are responsible for independent segregation. Descri...
Discusses the history of baseball from its inception in 1833, showing outstanding players, changes in the game, and scenes from the first night game in history 1933.
In this film, impairment of skilled acts by disorders of coordination is demonstrated. Also shown are cases of paresis or paralysis of participating muscles; hemiplegia; ataxia in multiple sclerosi...
Includes harbor activities at the ports of San Francisco, Puget Sound, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Portland. Also shows how Los Angeles, lacking a good natural harbor, built one by erecting huge b...
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
A dramatization which compares responsible drinking with alcohol abuse. Intermixed with scenes from a party, a male and female participant each present facts about alcohol consumption and its effec...
Surveys selling as a career. Portrays a day in the life of a typical travelling salesman at home and on the job. Portrays various types of sales people who sell by personal contacts, mail, teleph...
Presents the essentials of story telling techniques through observation of two experienced story tellers and the development of the skill in a young librarian. An observation of a skilled story pre...
Describes the main characteristics of impressionism and contrasts it with the art that prevailed in the era which preceded it. Stress is placed upon impressionism's major characteristics including ...
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...
Uses time-lapse and close-up photography and drawings to examine the development of an amphibian and a bird. Opens with time-lapse photography of the development of an aquatic salamander from fert...
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 ...
Presents four lesson segments demonstrating advanced stages of pitch learning. Demonstrates, in the first segment, the production of vowels which move from low to high or high to low, and the prod...
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...
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 ...
Shows examples of permanent and temporary houses planned by the Scottish Housing Advisory Committee and based on opinions of service men and women, and factory workers during World War II.
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 ...
Begins with a short summary of American attitudes to the War in Europe and how the U.S. underestimated the militaristic tendencies of the Japanese. Argues that the Chinese have been fighting World ...
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 ...
Newsreel sport highlights from notable sporting events from the year. Events include: National Basketball Invitational finals, The Preakness, 29th Indianapolis 500 Speedway Race, National Golf Open...
[motion picture] A skilled potter demonstrates the four methods of glaze application: dipping, pouring, brushing, and spraying. Specific techniques and good craftsmanship are emphasized. Proper p...
Presents newsreel film on the invasion of France during World War II. Shows Allied air power "softening up" the Normandy coast, the great sea convoy on its way, and landings on the beachheads.
Portrays the daily experiences and concerns of the people of Wassetake, a small village on the Senegal River in West Africa, emphasizing changes taking place within and outside the community. For ...
[motion picture] Orients students to the opportunities and experiences for the study of government at a typical college or university. Emphasizes that government cannot be taken for granted and tha...
Dr. Koppelman discusses probability in genetics, referring to Mendel's findings on the subject. He compares what happens on the average versus what happens every time.
Describes the complexity of transportation by relating the problem to the furnishings of a child's room; and illustrates the variety of trucks and trains that man has devised.
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...
Shows the preparation of both the Gooch crucible filter and regular paper filters. Indicates the advantages and disadvantages of the Gooch crucible. Pictures its preparation, Gooch filtering techni...
Uses regular photography and animation to present the physical characteristics, the people, and the natural resources of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Follows the activities of two men--John Berges...
[motion picture] A skilled potter demonstrates the correct stacking of both green and glazed pottery in a small kiln as the narrator explains the factors involved. The potter then shows each step i...
Employs dance routines and originally scored music to portray cultural differences in training children for group participation. Emphasizes motivating interests, specific skills taught, and the fi...
Focuses on an inner-city resident's attempts to maintain an old house on his own as a mechanism to review the problems of inner city housing. Explains that the cost of maintaining the home is beyon...
