Start Over Collection National Educational Television Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

151. Dorothea Lange: The Closer for Me (29:03)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Provides an opportunity for the viewer to compare the personality of Dorothea Lange, photographer-artist, with her work. Many of her photographs are presented; these cover various periods, such as ...

152. Dorothea Lange: Under the Trees (29:02)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Provides a close view of Dorothea Lange and her photographs, enabling the viewer to share her deep involvement in her work and her philosophy as a photographer. Looks in on Lange as she prepares fo...

153. Echoes of jazz (29:15)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Traces the development of American jazz dance, from tap dancing through the stylized theatrical form of the 1900's and orchestrated jazz of the Thirties, to the cool, abstract music of the Sixties....

154. Flicks #1 (27:43)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Defines movies as glorified shadow shows and traces the motion picture revolution from a simple shadow on a wall to modern movies. Presents a history of the development of the movie camera, film, a...

155. From the cradle to Skid Row (29:03)

Alternative title:
Conversations with Eric Hoffer
Date:
1965
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Summary:
Eric Hoffer speaks with James Day about his personal history, including the loss of his family, his struggle with blindness and eventual recovery, and the hardships of hunger, loneliness, and unsta...

156. Gift of choice (edited version) (29:03)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Richard Lukin; Ron Allen
Summary:
Condensed version of "Gift of Choice" episode of Population Problem. Reports on experiments being carried out to determine the factors controlling pregnancies both to aid those who want children an...

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

Date:
1965
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Summary:
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...

159. Japan--Answer in the Orient (59:21)

Date:
1965
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Summary:
Presents an historical examination of Japan and the factors involved in the solution of her population problem. Surveys crowded, modern Japan and illustrates change by focusing on a family and by t...

160. The daybooks of Edward Weston : how young I was (29:16)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Illustrates Edward Weston's philosophy of photography and life through his writings, which he called "Daybooks." Relates the feelings of the photographer as photographs are presented from Weston's ...

162. The Daybooks of Edward Weston: How Young I Was (29:10)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Illustrates Edward Weston's philosophy of photography and life through his writings, which he called "Daybooks." Relates the feelings of the photographer as photographs are presented from Weston's ...

163. The Daybooks of Edward Weston: The Strongest Way of Seeing (28:52)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Illustrates Edward Weston's philosophy of photography through his photographs. Includes photographs from his study of Point Lobos, California; his record of California and the western United States...

164. The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet (29:09)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Morton Gould; Sol Schoenbach; Clark Jones
Summary:
Introduces the music of the woodwinds. Presents the story of their evolution from outdoor performances to the concert hall. Includes the following: the Second Movement of Haydn's Divertimento in B ...

165. The renaissance band (29:22)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Presents music of the renaissance played by the New York Pro Musica using authentic instruments of the period. Demonstrates the recorder, brumhorn, sackbut, dulcian, viola da gamba, and shawm. Perf...

166. The union man (55:25)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Examines trade unionism in Australia, England, and the United States and pursues in its comparative study what trade unionism has come to mean to Australins.

167. This question of color (55:07)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Talks about a new anti-discrimation bill going before Parliament. This episode is seen through the eyes, experiences and observations of Sha Jahan, 23 of Pakistan and Rudy Kizerman, a young British...

168. Three men (53:31)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Focuses on the United Nations' three Secretary Generals: Norwegian Trygve Lie, Sweden's Dag Hammarskjold and U Thant of Burma. Interspersed with film excerpts, photos, and commentary, the show also...

169. Trouble in the family (1:32:07)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Reports on family therapy, a relatively new and unusual form of psychotherapy in which a family is treated as a unit. Examines a middle class New England family undergoing family therapy. Uses a on...

170. A breeder in the desert (1:00:56)

Date:
1964
Summary:
The desert plains of central Idaho bore silent witness to many events in history – the coming of the Oregon Trail, the wars between the whites and the Indians, the events of the Old West, Today the...

171. A chemical somersault (1:29:00)

Date:
1964
Summary:
A few years ago history was made at the United States Atomic Energy Commission’s Argonne National Laboratory where this program was filmed. This is the story of the dedicated research scientists wh...

173. Automation (1:00:42)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Mr. Hoffer examines the role that works plays in self-esteem as well as the effects of growing automation upon this self-esteem. He comments on the basic human need in all societies, in every perio...

174. Canada in crisis (53:19)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Examines the French-Anglo Canadian controversy and French-Canadian dissatisfaction with the Anglo-Canadian controlled country, and describes the economic, educational, social, and traditional facto...

175. Chinua Achebe (28:27)

Date:
1964
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Summary:
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...

176. David Rubadiri (29:25)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Presents Mr. Nkosi interviewing poet and educator David Rubardiri of Nyasaland and Kenyan poet Joseph Kariuki. Discusses Rubardiri's personal struggle as a creative writer in an emerging nation and...

178. Down on the farm (1:01:05)

Date:
1964
Summary:
In this program research scientists explore a mystery that has baffled man for ages – the life process itself. To gain knowledge that someday might answer questions such as, “How do plants make foo...

179. Ezekiel Mphahletle (28:22)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Presents an interview with exiled South African essayist and short story writer, Mphahlele, who discusses the advantages and disadvantages of a writer in exile. Reveals that he feels he has absorbe...

180. Harnessing the rainbow (1:00:12)

Date:
1964
Summary:
What fingerprinting is to the F.B.I., spectroscopy is to the scientist. Through its use, astronomers have been able to learn more about the chemical composition of the sun than is known about the c...

181. Louisiana diary (59:11)

Date:
1964
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Summary:
Documents a Congress of Racial Equality team's six-week voter-registration drive in Louisiana's Sixth Congressional District during the summer of 1963, focusing especially on Iberville Parish. It f...

182. Machines that think (30:09)

Date:
1964
Summary:
The task of today’s mathematicians and computers is to keep abreast of the fast-moving world of nuclear research where yesterday’s successful experiments can be outdated tomorrow. To record the pro...

183. Microscope for the unknown (59:54)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Had it not been for the study into the nature of matter itself, the twentieth century probably would be without television, atomic power, and space satellites. This Program looks into a branch of s...

184. Talent (59:54)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Mr. Hoffer argues that the men working beside him as longshoremen on the San Francisco docks are “lumpy with talent.” Genius, he notes, is not rare, it is wasted; and the talent of the workingman i...

185. Testing for tomorrow (59:54)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Precision and perfection are the watchwords of today’s Space and Atomic Age. Nothing can be overlooked everything must be checked and rechecked before the “go” signal can be given. A crack in a mis...

186. The alchemist's dream (59:47)

Date:
1964
Summary:
For centuries men have dreamed of turning common elements such as lead and zinc into more precious metals such as gold and silver. Today, nuclear scientists are looking beyond this and are inventin...

187. The fuel of the future (59:37)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Electrical power to heat and light American homes and industries in the future will be furnished by plutonium. This program reports on plutonium, one of the eleven man-made elements, which as a fut...

188. The growth of a train of thought (1:00:05)

Date:
1964
Summary:
San Francisco longshoreman and author-philosopher Eric Hoffer began more than fifteen years ago to identify in his thought the nature of the “true believer,” the inspiration for his book on the sub...

189. The individual (34:21)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Examines the problem of the individual in a complex society. Analyzes how various aspects of American life satisfy man's need for self-identification. Assesses the impact of government planning on ...

190. The mysterious occident (1:00:07)

Date:
1964
Summary:
In this program, Mr. Hoffer explains why he believes it is the West and not the East that demonstrates mysterious and unnatural behavior in times of stress and change. His interest in the East and ...

191. The new age (1:01:35)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Mr. Hoffer begins his discussion of “The New Age” by pointing out that it is generally, though falsely, referred to in America as the “Age of the Masses” (i.e. mass communications, mass consumption...

192. Walter Allen, Amos Tutuola, Ulli Beier (29:32)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Mr. Nkosi begins his survey of African writers in London where he talks to Walter Allen, English critic who has reviewed a number of African books for the British Press. Next the viewer is taken to...

193. William Abraham (29:48)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Presents Nkosi and Soyinka in Accra interviewing Professor Abraham, philosopher and author of The Mind of Africa. Focuses in detail on the function of the writer in Africa.

195. 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...

196. Confronted (1:00:32)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Shows the confrontation of several Northern communities with the issue of Negro integration in schools, jobs, and housing. Shows Negroes demonstrating for jobs in construction work in Queens, a New...

197. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. No two alike (29:07)

Alternative title:
No two alike; No 2 alike; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Summary:
Examines how psychologists are creating new testing methods to measure and enhance human abilities. Dr. Lloyd Humphreys of the University of Illinois demonstrates how tests were developed to select...

198. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. Of men and machines (28:42)

Alternative title:
Of men and machines; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Summary:
This program explores the man-machine relationship through the research of Paul Fitts, Julian Christiansen, and George Briggs. It examines how humans handle and process information, as well as the ...

199. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The brain and behavior (28:58)

Alternative title:
Brain and behavior; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Summary:
Examines how the brain's electrical activity provides insights into human behavior. The episode explores the mechanisms within the brain that influence and control behavioral responses. Featured re...

200. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The chemistry of behavior (29:09)

Alternative title:
Chemistry of behavior; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Summary:
The episode introduces psychopharmacology, the study of how psychoactive drugs influence behavior, as a developing field in psychology. It presents experiments conducted by Dr. Roger Russell of Ind...