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21. Chinua Achebe (28:27)

Date:
1964
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Opens with an interview involving Nkosi, Soyinka, and featured guest, Achebe. Focuses on the craft and work of Achebe himself and questions whether he deliberately avoids passing moral judgment. Sh...

22. Writers of today. Frank O'Connor (28:39)

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Frank O'Connor
Date:
195X
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Walter Kerr, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune, interviews noted Irish author Frank O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor contrasts the novel and the short story in relation to characterization, plot, ...

23. India--Writings on the Sand (59:58)

Date:
1965
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Explores India's most critical problem and examines proposed solutions. Discusses the agricultural crises and the social customs which interrelate with the population problem. Shows the educational...

24. The Trial--The Case for the Plaintiff (29:36)

Date:
1958
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Documents and dramatizes a civil lawsuit based on an automobile injury case. Dramatizes the beginning of the trial, showing how prospective jurors are chosen and questioned to determine possible bi...

25. Hogarth the Satirist (15:39)

Date:
0000
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Presents Hogarth's most remarkable engravings, emphasizing his illustration of the Rake's Progress. (RTF) Film.

26. The Food Crisis (58:45)

Date:
1966
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Contrasts the areas of the world where there is an abundance of food with the areas where starvation is a way of life, and documents the pattern which has led to the lack of an adequate food supply...

27. The Contest For North America (30:12)

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0000
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Traces the eighteenth century struggle for control of North America. Discusses the English-French rivalry and the French defeat. Considers England's pause to consolidate her position before attacki...

28. Doctors in space. Collision stations (29:06)

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Collision stations
Date:
1958
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Discusses the problem of meteorite damage during space travel. Demonstrates the Navy's full-pressure space suit for emergency exit. Explains the difficulties of escape and survival in space. Featur...

29. Radio waves (27:09)

Date:
1960
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Describes the nature and use of artificial radio waves generated by man; examines the ionosphere, and explains its critical role in passing, reflecting, and absorbing radio waves; discusses natural...

30. The Speed of Sound (14:38)

Date:
1956
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Explains that a major problem of jet propulsion is increasing the speed of the expanding gas in the jet engine. Shows how the speed is increased by the addition of heat, more gas,and heavier molecu...

31. The Seashore: Its Features and Inhabitants (29:19)

Date:
1959
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Shows geographical features and physical characteristics of the seashore, and its more common inhabitants. Uses film clips and still photographs to explain the tidal cycle. Discusses the problems...

32. Japanese Brush Painting: Introduction (28:48)

Date:
1959
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Introduces the subject of Japanese Brush Painting. Explains the use of the brush painting materials. Discusses the Japanese approach to art. Artist-host T. Mikami paints samples of the subjects t...

33. The Lifetime of the Soviet Man (28:11)

Date:
1956
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Presents a highly condensed version of Russian history since the eve of World War I through the eyes of the "average Ivan" who has lived through this period. Discusses the initial period of capita...

34. Dance: four pioneers (29:05)

Date:
1966
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Introduces four major choreographers--Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Hanya Holt--who revolted against the conventions of ballet to produce American modern dance. Employs film c...

35. Are Atoms Real? (28:46)

Date:
1958
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Discusses the reality of atoms and their importance in understanding the physical universe. Uses animation to explain what happens to atoms during thermal agitation. Demonstrates the audible realit...

38. The Chicago Picasso (51:26)

Date:
1967
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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...

39. Writers of today. Archibald MacLeish (28:40)

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Archibald MacLeish
Date:
1955
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Walter Kerr, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune interviews distinguished American poet, Archibald MacLeish. Mr. MacLeish outlines his ideas on what poetry is and should be, including idea...

40. Washington, D.C.: Tour of the Capitol, Pt. I (24:03)

Date:
1968
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Shows a group of fifth and sixth graders touring Washington, D.C. Includes a visit to the Capitol building where they tour the Statuary Hall, the Rotunda, the House chamber within the Capitol build...