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1791. The 91st day (1:30:33)

Date:
1963
Summary:
The 91st Day is the story of a high school teacher, Loren Benson, who falls victim to a delusion that disrupts his life. Taken to a distant state hospital, he clings to his delusion despite an inte...

1792. The Murakumo sword (29:38)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the ancient Japanese myth about the finding of the sacred Murakumo sword. Illustrates the story using Japanese brush painting techniques. Shows how to paint mountains and rivers.

1793. Sectional and thematic variation (29:31)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Sectional repetition is the exact repetition of a complete section or part of a composition immediately after its first presentation. Music and architecture are the only arts in which this is found...

1794. Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlingetti (29:17)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Features Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlingetti, outspoken contemporary poets, and studies their poetic engagement and direct involvement with events in the contemporary world. Depicts the two poe...

1795. What makes atoms stick together (29:25)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
KQED-TV
Summary:
Through the use of numerous models and devices, show the structure and unique characteristics of atoms. Reviews the significant studies of Rutherford, Bohr, and others, relevant to atomic structure...

1796. Confrontation : dialogue in black and white (35:29)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Presents a dialogue of one hundred citizens invited to a studio to confront each other with their views on the racial situation following the end of a tense summer in Chicago.

1797. Plant and animal partnerships (29:48)

Date:
1957
Summary:
There are many partnerships in nature where two plants may help each other, or a plant and animal may mutually benefit one another, or where two animals may contribute to each other’s welfare. You...

1798. Walls come tumbling down (29:14)

Date:
1962
Summary:
In mid-December 1961, the Council of Ministers, the highest authority in the Common Market, gathered in Brussels for the most momentous of its periodic meetings. Four years had elapsed since the ac...

1799. Water : sculptor of the land (29:25)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Wind, heat, cold, and rain combine to weather the rocks and break them down. But the face of our earth is molded and the decayed rock carried away from one place and deposited in another mainly b...

1800. Little man, what now? (29:33)

Date:
1964
Summary:
“You’ve made one hit record, can you do it again?” As the final program gets underway, Guaraldi and his trio are seen performing at the Trident night club in San Francisco. The jazz pianist expla...