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401. Figures in Action (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Joan Jockwig Pearson presents the elements of good design and its application to everyday living in buildings, clothing, furniture, and automobiles as well as in actual objects d’art.

402. Final thaw (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dramatizes a situation in which four persons, faced with possible death, reexamine their personal philosophies. An intellectual whose god is pure reason begins to realize his basic loneliness. An A...

403. Finale (29:42)

Date:
1960
Summary:
In this last program Professor Woodworth summarizes the points he has made in the course of the series. Then, as a climax to the study of the symphonic form, Professor Woodworth conducts the Cambri...

404. Fingerprints of the Stars (29:50)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the various instruments and methods used in gaining knowledge of stellar composition and in studying objects in space. Reviews the development of the telescope. Uses diagrams, photographs...

405. Finishing ceramic sculpture (29:23)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses finishing techniques in ceramic sculpture. Explains how the finish must make the sculptured work permanent and at the same time enhance its feeling and form. Shows the method of firing ce...

406. Fire and Flame (29:28)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses and explains the zones of a candle flame. Shows the differences between a candle and a burner flame. Uses experiments to illustrate and define air density and convection currents. (KQED) ...

407. Fireboat (15:16)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett describes the danger of fire aboard the clipper ships. Visits the San Francisco Bay's "Phoenix" fire boat, which is shown docked next to the Hills Brothers Coffee Company, and pre...

408. First Grade (29:31)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the problems which confront the child, the parents, and the teacher when the six-year-old starts out to school. Explains what school can mean to the child and his parents, how former habi...

409. First half of theater contest (15:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) hold a contest where children (puppets) have to guess the parts actors (also puppets) are playing based on their costumes. The children also have to guess ...

410. Fish (29:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Teaches the techniques of drawing fish. Demonstrates by painting fish swimming and jumping from water. Stresses the Japanese approach to composition using fish as an example. (KQED) Kinescope.

411. Fish of the Sea (14:42)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells of fishing in New England, where the fishermen fished close to the shore at first and then went all the way to the Grand Banks in their small craft. Examples of the ways in which various...

412. Fishermen (14:57)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash talks about the brave men who have sailed small boats into the open ocean in search of fish from earliest times. They risk their lives and gamble their fortunes in these ventures. Bash takes a...

413. 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...

414. Flight in nature (30:19)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Man seems to have surpassed nature as he can fly faster and higher than the natural flying creatures. But further study of the flying habits of birds and insects is still necessary. Dr. Lippisch pr...

415. Flight Toward the Stars (29:38)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses high-altitude flying with particular attention to rocket craft. Relates this discussion to flight in space. Features Mr. William B. Bridgeman, test pilot, who presents an account of his ...

416. 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
Main contributors:
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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...

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

Alternative title:
Of men and machines; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
Main contributors:
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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 ...

418. 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...

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

Alternative title:
Chemistry of behavior; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
Main contributors:
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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...

420. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The conscience of a child (28:41)

Alternative title:
Conscience of a child; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Presents some of the ways in which psychologists are studying the growth and development of personality and emotional behavior in children as observed in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Sears at Stanf...

421. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The need to achieve (28:57)

Alternative title:
Need to achieve; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Explores motivation research that investigates the human need for achievement. Dr. David McClelland of Harvard University demonstrates tests designed to verify his theory that a nation's economic g...

422. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The social animal (29:06)

Alternative title:
Social animal; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Studies some of the ways in which man is influenced and changes by society. Dr. Stanley Schachter demonstrates the effect of group pressure to conform; Dr. Leon Festinger shows the consequences of ...

423. Folk sayings (15:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett tells the story behind many of the sayings we use today. Explains the events and circumstances leading to use of such phrases as: to pull up stakes; in the knick of time; lock, st...

424. Forest fires (14:58)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash describes the value and beauty of the timber of our country, and how it helps hold the soil, gives cover for the animals, and is a valuable crop. Then she goes on a film expedition to an actua...

425. Forgetting (29:46)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Illustrates and discusses the chief causes of forgetting. Compares the theories of disuse and interference. Explains the part of retroactive inhibition and motivation in forgetting. Uses charts, d...

426. Formosa: bastion of Chiang Kai-shek (29:52)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Mr. Albert Ravenholt, correspondent of the American Universities Field Staff and staff correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, and Dr. George A. Peek, Jr., assistant professor of political scienc...

427. Forum at the United Nations no. 3 : the world we want (29:20)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
The members of the third panel in discussing "The World We Want," talk about how Americans take criticism and then branch out to comment on the policies of the West in Asia and in Western Europe. T...

430. Foundations for the future (29:37)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Discusses the future in terms of the areas that now interest scientists at the Argonne National Laboratories. Indicates problems that are still to be solved concerning the effects of radiation, th...

431. Fountain House (29:09)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
John Beard, Executive Director, Fountain House; Robert Kaiser; Gary C. Bergland
Summary:
Shows how Fountain House, located in the "Hell's Kitchen" section of New York City, reintegrates patients returning from mental institutions as functioning citizens. Explains that the house is non-...

432. Four families (59:35)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A comparison of family life in France, Japan, India, and Canada. How each family treats and cares for a year-old baby. Mother-child relationships, feeding and bathing the child. Anthropologist Marg...

433. Four Seasons (15:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The changes of season are described in terms of what the animals of the forest do during these times. Bash tells how each of the animals live during the four seasons. She sings “Saturday Night,” “M...

434. Four teachers (58:03)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Compares the daily activities of four elementary teachers from Japan, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Presents facts about each teacher's personality, classroom techniques, facilities available fo...

435. Freedom (30:01)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the concept of freedom as treated in literature. Includes readings from the works of Milton, Benet, Becker, Wordsworth, Perry, Browning, Whitman, Lowell, and Tennyson. ...

436. Freedom of the individual (29:37)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Rabi and Viereck join Louis Lyons to discuss the freedom of the individual with their emphasis on the scientist and the artist. They agree there is no great cause for concern over the freedom toda...

437. Freezing, Melting, Boiling (29:30)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments with water to illustrate that all matter exists in three states: solid,liquid, and gas. Discusses distillation and condensation. Shows the power of frozen water when it ...

438. French opera : part I (29:33)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes Paris in the early 19th century and the operas written there by various composers and the beginning of individual French Operatic styles. Describes FAUST and CARMEN as the better known be...

439. French opera : part II (29:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes Paris in the early 19th century and the operas written there by various composers and the beginning of individual French Operatic styles. Describes FAUST and CARMEN as the better known be...

440. Friction: II (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Illustrates with the principle of streamlining. Tells why friction is desirable in certain instances and undesirable in others. (WCET) Kinescope.

441. Friends (29:48)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the benefits one receives from friends, and through interviews presents the values and bases of friendship. Presents reasons why some people are friendless and ways to help them acquire ...

442. From A to F: The Report Card (29:23)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Why do the report cards of many children show such a wide range of achievement? Dr. Maria Pier’s points out that it is normal for a child’s report card to vary in quality. She discusses whether or ...

443. From Fish to Furs in the North (30:29)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Gives an overview of the French Empire in North America with emphasis on its beginnings in the fishing and fur trade, missionary affairs and rivalry with Native Americans.

444. From sentences to paragraphs : part 1 (28:43)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how sentences are put together to form the "explaining paragraph." This paragraph structure begins with a generalization from which specific ideas are developed and is followed by a summa...

445. From sentences to paragraphs : part 3 (28:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how generalities in a paragraph should be supported by evidence. List vague, technical specific, and descriptive detail as the three kinds of detail that a writer uses as evidence. Illu...

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

Alternative title:
Conversations with Eric Hoffer
Date:
1965
Main contributors:
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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...

447. Frontier Campus (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of Oberlin College in Ohio which first offered opportunities for higher education on a co-educational bases. Describes the significance of this institution to education for women an...

448. 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 ...

450. Galaxies and the Universe (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explores astronomy's present conception of the universe. Reviews the physical make-up of the Milky Way Galaxy and its rotation and motion through space, explains how galaxies are classified, and di...

451. Games (15:41)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells why more games are played in the United States than any other country in the world. She says this is because immigrants brought the games of their native lands with them when they migrat...

452. General Stores and Trading (14:56)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash describes the difference in the way people shopped in the early days, telling how traveling “Yankee Peddlers” brought things in their wagons from farm to farm, then how the old fashioned gener...

453. Getting Along with Others (30:12)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses ways of getting along with people and through interviews shows why some people can more easily get along wit h others. Emphasizes interest in others, acceptance, and understanding, as we...

454. Getting things done (29:48)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Do you like to live in a city? Or would you prefer to move to the suburbs and escape slums, juvenile delinquency traffic jams? Many people are moving to suburbs, and urban areas are growing until, ...

455. Ghost town in the Negev (29:45)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates how the deciphering of papyri led to recent excavations in Negev that have resurrected the village of Nesson--lost for 2000 years. (NYU) Kinescope.

456. Giant Molecules (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents an analysis of the structure of viruses and how they are studied. Shows and explains how an electron microscope works. Uses film clips of experiments to demonstrate the cultivation, isol...

457. 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...

458. Glaciation (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Howard returns as Dr. Harbaugh's guest. With a model of a valley and synthetic ice, they simulate two types of glaciers in order to show the geologic work done by flowing ice. They point out ar...

459. Glaciology (29:12)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Drs. Gould and Zumberge discuss the extent,volume, structure and general dynamics of the Antarctic ice cap. Dr. Zumberge explains the techniques of the glaciologist and illustrates with film taken ...

460. Glimpse of yesterday's worlds (30:01)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Points out the purposes and procedures of the series of motion pictures, YESTERDAY'S WORLDS. Reviews objects shown and summarizes ideas discussed in the preceding 25 half-hour programs. Emphasizes ...

461. Going out of prison (29:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman states that parole is to many people only “a legal escape route” from the prison to the free community and he indicates that a parole system should b...

462. Goodbye and good luck (32:09)

Date:
1967
Summary:
A Black G.I. returns from Vietnam and is confronted by various Black Power activists. He is forced to question his reasons for having served in the military and what he wants to do in the future.

463. Grammar : part 1 (30:04)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., examines the structure, patterning, and classification of words. He explains how the linguist defines a word in terms of base, vowels, and stress patterns, and pre...

464. Grammar : part 2 (29:33)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., continues the discussion of grammar and how words are classified. Explains how adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions are identified by structure rather than meanin...

465. Grandparents and Babysitters (29:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Should babysitters be young or old –teenagers or grandparents? Can grandparents be good babysitters? What do children need from a babysitter? Why do grandparents “spoil” their grandchildren? Mrs. M...

466. Grasshopper and the ants (15:13)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hand puppets tell the story of a colony of ants hard at work to store food for winter. Marry Ann Ant and Wilburforce are two young ants who hate to work and when the Grasshopper comes by with his f...

467. Great Performance in Dance (1:30:10)

Date:
1960
Summary:
This program presents rare film clips of outstanding dancers: Anna Pavlova, Irene and Vernon Castle, and Argentinita, as well as performances by Alexandra Danilova and Frederick Franklin, to illust...

468. Great River (29:34)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses Great River by Paul Horgan. Sets forth the scope of the book, analyzes its form, and appraises the strengths and limitations of its author as historian and writer. Stresses the importan...

469. Group Concepts of Human Birth (29:23)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Compares the reactions of Americans, the Manus of the Admiralty Islands, and the Kiriwina if the Trobriand Islands when exposed to the crisis of human birth. Uses dance routines and originally sco...

470. Group patterns of courtship behavior (29:07)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Employs dance routines and originally scored music to portray differences in personal contact between males and females as sanctioned by three societies. Emphasizes differences in opportunity for ...

471. Growing up in the American family (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Mr. Lerner and five Brandeis students discuss the following: what is it like to grow up in America; what kind of personality are we shaping; what is happening to the family; what is happening to th...

472. Guatemala (29:24)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses Guatemalan politics, relations with the U.S., the use of U.S. foreign aid. Describes the country itself and its customs and habits. Shows native clothing and handicrafts. (WTTW) Kinescope.

473. H.V. Kaltenborn : part 1 (29:53)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this first program, HV Kaltenborn, often called “Dean of American Commentators,” discusses with Mr. Herb Morrison, Pittsburgh newscaster, and Mr. TFX Higgins, executive director of the Foreign P...

474. H.V. Kaltenborn : part 2 (29:57)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, HV Kaltenborn, often called “Dean of American Commentators,” and Mrs. Dorothy Daniel, Pittsburgh journalist and broadcaster; Mr. Herb Morrison, Pittsburgh newscaster, and TFX Higgi...

475. H.V. Kaltenborn : part 3 (29:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Mr. HV Kaltenborn, often called “Dean of American Commentators,” begins this program with a discussion of the United States’ role as an important force in world affairs as it came to be recognized ...

476. H.V. Kaltenborn : part 4 (29:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In the first part of this program, Mr. Kaltenborn, often called “Dean of American Commentators,” tells of the presidents he has known (Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge, Hoover, Truman, FDR, ...

477. Habits and Customs of Nations (28:32)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Students from Switzerland, Thailand, Pakistan, and India discuss the habits and customs of their countries. The individual flavor of each of their cultures is shown in their often strongly divergen...

478. Hachi No Ki or The Potted Trees (29:37)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is the tale of a Japanese lord who, seeking to know the true feeling of his people, travels incognito among his population. He is caught in a snow store and taken in by a poor couple. So poor ...

479. Hacienda life (15:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells of the Spanish soldiers who came here on duty during the Spanish rule over California and decided to stay on, living on large ranchers in adobe haciendas. Bash takes a film trip ...

480. Hagoromo or The Feather Robe (29:37)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This tale involces the feathered robe of an angel and a fishermam who found it on a pine tree branch and was reluctant to give it up. The fisherman agrees to return the robe if the angel will perfo...

481. Handicaps (29:17)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Lee Wilcox and Dr. Maria Piers discuss handicapped children and the emotional challenges they face. They also discuss the important role of parents in the lives of handicapped children.

482. Handling Strong Feelings (29:26)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Explains and illustrates the causes of strong feelings such as anger, anxiety, and aversion, and shows how people deal with them. Suggests controlling strong feelings through understanding, and pr...

483. Hansel and Gretel (14:34)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Presents the familiar children's fantasy. Shows how they outwit their stepmother's attempt to get rid of them. Uses live actors in costume to enact the story.

484. 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...

485. Harry Finds A Home (14:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dora (host) tells a story about a hermit crab named Harry who is looking for a new house with his sea anemone friend. Despite looking at houses with modern amenities such as a washing machine and t...

486. Harvest of Trees (14:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash takes a film trip to a forest, in company with a forest ranger, who shows her how the Forest Service raises trees, even the biggest evergreens, as a crop. The methods of selecting them for har...

487. Has Europe a future? (30:27)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Forum delegates attempt to define Europeanism as contrasted to Americanism as they launch this challenging topic of discussion. Talk moves naturally into a consideration of a federated Europe and a...

488. Has Europe a future? (28:49)

Date:
1954
Summary:
The question of the future of Europe is discussed by students from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Belgium. Each of the participants has a good knowledge of European history and culture, a...

489. Hats (15:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The hat you wear tells much about where you live, what kind of life you lead and what the climate is, says Bash in this program. Hats can be fun and in this program the story of hats is started wit...

490. Have your ideas changed? (29:19)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Representatives of Japan, Iceland, United Kingdom and Denmark ask themselves, “Have Your Ideas Changed?” What has been learned, accepted, discarded by the panelists in the past three months? What v...

491. He's Just Like His Father (29:29)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the child's struggles to be "himself". Explains why children may or may not want to follow in their parent's footsteps. Points out the dangers of pushing children too hard in fulfilling a...

492. Heads and tails (29:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the monkeys at the Brookfield Zoo. Explains that the monkeys have many differences, especially in heads and tails. Uses filmed sequences of the DeBrazzas, langurs, patas, lemurs. Shows prim...

493. Heat : blacksmith of the Earth (29:46)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This program will introduce volcanism and the rocks (igneous) which result from heat. Igneous rocks are formed from molten rock and can befound either beneath the earth’s surface or on the surface...

494. Hello down there! (29:22)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explores the strange world of sound beneath the sea. Discusses non-animal sounds and those produced by marine animals. Illustrates how fish and other marine organisms make sounds through air sacs, ...

495. Henry Higgenbottom Loses His Temper (15:06)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hailstones grown in concentric layers because they pass through the varying temperatures of different air levels. With the felt board, Dora and Fignewton tell the story of a hailstone who lost his ...

496. Henry Robert's Tight Hat (15:01)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) tell a story about a reluctant root and the troubles that causes to its flower. Ends with a suggestion that children go to the library to learn more about ...

497. Henry Steele Commager : part 1 (30:04)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Henry Steele Commager discusses the political thinking of today. Explains the desirability of the inductive or pragmatic approach to problems of politics and society. Discusses the concepts of...

498. Henry Steele Commager : part 2 (30:12)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Henry Steele Commager and his guests discuss various aspects and problems of American higher education. Presents one viewpoint concerning the need for change in public thinking toward higher ed...

499. Henry Steele Commager : part 3 (29:42)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Henry Steele Commager and his guests discuss freedom and security in today's society. Defines freedom as a natural right, a practical necessity, and a way of living. Considers the problem of fr...

500. 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...