271. Imperial Policies (29:21)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the organization of the colonial empires by the mother countries. Explains how these early patterns have affected the development of South America, including even the independent nations. (KETC) Kinescope.

272. Prelude to the Revolution (29:46)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Sketches the background of the independence movement in the Latin Americas early in the nineteenth century: the intellectual revolution in Europe, Anglo-American and French breaks with the past, unrest in the Latin American colonies, and the events of the Napoleonic Age. (KETC) Kinescope.

273. The occupation of southern South America (29:21)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Recounts the slow movement of the Spanish into the area of the Paraguay-Parana river system and across the Andes into Chile. Describes their difficulties with the Chilean Indians, and the Aracanians.

274. The Spaniards in North America series (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Traces the movements of the Spanish in the Americas. Stresses their efforts to find "another Mexico" after Cortez had conquered the Aztec empire. Explains the role of such men as Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and De Soto in these later movements. (KETC) Kinescope.

275. The Colonial Empires (29:24)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses various aspects of the colonial overseas empires and suggests how these aspects affected the future nations. Reviews some of the economic aspects of the colonial Latin Americas. (KETC) Kinescope.

276. The Latin Colonials (29:40)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Points out and discusses the various groups or classes of colonial society--the whites, the mixed breeds, and the pure breed. Considers the religious, intellectual, and artistic life of these groups. (KETC) Kinescope.

277. Frontier Expansion (29:43)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Reviews the penetration of later Latin Americans into the hinterlands of the several colonies. Points out that these frontier movements expanded the territory held and often set the boundaries of the future nations. (KETC) Kinescope.

278. Nature versus the laboratory (29:54)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Uses demonstrations of falling objects to explain how laboratory experiments help in understanding nature. Discusses the work of Galileo and Newton. Illustrates how basic laws of science are arrived at through laboratory experiments. Relates the work of the scientist to modern technology and a changing world. Features Dr. Gerald Holton, Professor of Physics, Harvard University. (WGBH-TV) Kinescope.

279. Musical Words (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Demonstrates a composer's vocabulary, beginning with "two-letter words" and proceeding to three-, four-, five-, and six-letter words. Illustrates each of these with musical selections. Describes the "personality" of musical words and indicates how a composer uses that personality in communicating with listeners. (University of Rochester) Film.

280. The kinds of law (28:26)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Divides laws into three categories--human, natural (moral), and divine--and discusses the nature of each. Suggests two ways of identifying the different laws, and explains how natural laws are discovered. Compares the characteristics of the positive or human law with the natural or moral law, and points out the conflicts which arise between the two. (Mortimer Adler-San Francisco Productions) Kinescope.