Start Over Date 1957 Collection National Educational Television Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

261. Dr. Harold C. Urey : evaluation of science (29:38)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Urey relates scientific thinking to philosophical, political and religious areas. He discusses the revolutionary change in the ideas of today due to radical discoveries by scientists. He speaks...

262. Henry Steele Commager : part 4 (29:53)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Commager lectures on the subject of nationalism as something Americans take for granted but as something that is actually new in history. He also clarifies nationalism as a blessing rather than...

263. Henry Steele Commager : part 5 (30:04)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Henry Steele Commager discusses the place of America in history. Explains early European curiosity concerning the value of the discovery of America. Points out how America's contribution to tec...

264. The role of labor in world affairs (29:43)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Describes the influence of organized labor on governments and in the direction of foreign policy. Discusses the work of labor organizations and presents a film that shows the coming of the Industr...

265. 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...

266. 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, un...

267. 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.

268. 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, Co...

269. 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) Ki...

270. 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 grou...