Start Over Collection National Educational Television

801. Paper sculpture in the world of art (1:33:44)

Date:
1957
Summary:
In this program, Mr. Fitzpatrick discusses the use of paper as a medium of artistic expression. He demonstrates, with simple tools, the processes of folding, slashing, and scoring. Explains how to...

803. Parties and Interest Groups (29:57)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the origin, development, and rise of political interest groups in America and their role in the legislative process. Describes the organization and techniques of interest groups, and rev...

804. Parties and Voting Behavior (29:41)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the voting behavior of the public in the 1952 election. Compares the public participation in the 1952 election with participation in other countries. Classifies the eligible voters into ...

805. Party Birthplace (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the Republican Party's birth at Ripon, Wisconsin. Explains the factors which gave rise to the Republican Party and doomed Whig Party. Discusses the Missouri Compromise, Fugitive ...

806. Paths to the nomination (29:46)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses motivations of candidates and the backgrounds of men who have run for president. Touches on men with a driving desire to be president, the "reluctant" candidates, the role of king-makers...

807. Patrick, Penny and Pete (15:22)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Young opposums are carried in their mother's pouch and they learn to use their tails to hold on to things. While Fignewton runs the shadow puppets, he illustrates the store of little Pete Opposum, ...

808. Patterns of nutrition (29:04)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Explains the autotrophic and teterotrophic methods of nutrition, and discusses the importance of chlorophyll bodies in plants in the manufacture of chemical compounds which can be made to release e...

809. Paul J. Tillich : philosophy of art (29:29)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Dr. Tillich first deals with the puzzling question of how to deal with doubt in young people. It is important, he explains, to present religious symbols in as clear and persuasive a form as possibl...

810. Paul J. Tillich : philosophy of life (28:58)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Religion, comments Dr. Tillich at the start of the program, is primarily interested in finding answers to such questions as: “What is being?’ “What is the relation of life to eternity?” “What is th...

811. Paul J. Tillich : religion and psychotherapy (29:19)

Date:
1961
Summary:
This program provides the viewer with some highly interesting comparisons between psychology – in particular, Freudian psychology – and Tillich’s interpretation of man’s nature. The major point dev...

812. Pay now, eat later (29:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses a fishing trip, high school debate, and cartoon sequences to explain conservation practices on the farm. Tells what conservation is, how much is needed, and who should pay the cost. (Agrafilms...

813. Pearly Gates (29:27)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the button industry and its development in Muscatine, Iowa. Reviews briefly the places discussed on previous programs. Explains how the button industry was only one example of lo...

814. Pedestrians and Cyclists (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Gives detailed analysis of pedestrian fatalities and suggestions for pedestrian safety. Points out how safe walking on streets and highways has become a serious problem. Discusses pedestrian protec...

815. Pegasus without wings (29:31)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Discusses whether the artist is free to express himself regardless of public understanding, public acceptance, or public rejection. Dramatizes the incidents surrounding a citizen's donation of a st...

816. Perception of objects (29:16)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses and illustrates perceptions of objects. Uses diagrams and animated film. Shows how the mind organizes objects psychologically into sets in order to understand them more easily. (WGBH-TV) ...

817. Percival Leads the Parade (15:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dora shows how to make a penguin puppet out of a clothespin. The Make Do Theatre production tells the story of Percival Penguin who always lands on his head when coming out of the water. He has a s...

818. Percussion, the Pulse of Music (22:48)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Describes and demonstrates the sounds, manner of playing, and uses of representative percussion instruments. A young audience, led by members of the New York Percussion Trio, illustrate that organi...

819. Perpetuation of Life (29:42)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The development of life, from a cell to a man, from a seed to a tree, is the subject of this program. Film clips are used, showing the self-duplication of molecules and cells and the fertilization ...

820. Personality and mental health (29:25)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Is it true that we have an American national character? Is America old enough to have developed a distinctive personality? Can you predict the kind of mental breakdown that an American will have? D...

821. Personality in Culture (29:40)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Describes the Japanese national character as a paradoxical complex of restraint and passion, arrogance and servility, pride in being Japanese and apology for being Japanese. Explains that Japan, m...

822. Personality of the Driver (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Draws a comparison between the car and the driver--the car has been standardized but no two drivers are psychologically the same. Explains the types of immature driver personalities--egotist, sho...

823. Photography as an art (30:16)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents Ansel Adams as he photographs Yosemite National Park and explains how a sense of discovery and rediscovery is conveyed through his photography. Shows a collection of his photographs. Mr. A...

824. Phrases and Sentences (29:39)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses and illustrates two-phrase or duple sentences in musical composition. Defines the phrases as a rhythmic entity, culminating in some form of cadence, and carrying a certain amount of musi...

825. Physical Characteristics of the Driver (29:16)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Emphasizes the necessity for each driver to know his limitations. Explains the importance of good vision, hearing, and general health; the dangers of and compensation for temporary illness, fatigue...

826. Physical Development (30:03)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses the physical growth of children, emphasizing that parents should realize that each child grows at his own rate. Also deals with appetite, sleep, communicable diseases, and accident preven...

827. Pioneer Bank (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of Old Shawneetown, Illinois and the first bank in this new territory. Explains how Old Shawneetown became a ghost town. Discusses the pioneer bank and how it was indispensable to t...

828. Pioneer Mill (29:57)

Date:
1960
Summary:
An important aspect of the agricultural revolution in nineteenth century America was the gradual transfer of the processing of agricultural goods from the farm to the factory. It was the building ...

829. Pirates off our coast (15:15)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash talks about the real pirates who operated in American waters in the early days. Stories of the exploits of Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and others describe the kind of life the pirates led as the...

830. Plain Dirt (29:18)

Date:
1959
Summary:
A pile of dirt and a granite boulder seems as different as day and night, yet the dirt is produced form the granite. In this program, Dr. Harbaugh and his guest, Dr. Kurt Sarvos, demonstrates the p...

831. Plankton (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows and discusses plant and animal plankton which sustain life in the sea. Points out that these organism may vary in size from microscopic to quite large. Uses film sequences of jellyfish to s...

832. Play in the Community (15:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Because “Robbie” the cartoonist for Fignewton’s Newspaper is ill, Fignewton asks Brushy, Linda, Skip and Susie-Q to draw the cartoon illustrations. They draw pictures of where to play and where not...

833. Playmates (28:37)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Presents some of the aspects of the behavior and needs of the three to five year old. Discusses physical growth, play, likes and dislikes in foods, the acting out of roles, and the free flow of th...

834. Playtime (29:29)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Maria Piers talks about the different reasons children play and how their type of play changes with age.

835. Poems (29:51)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses Poems by Emily Dickinson. Considers her skill as a poet, and the effectiveness of her poetry. Traces the publishing and editing history of her poems. Emphasizes the significance of the...

836. Points of view (30:06)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Shows Ansel Adams photographing an old house and its inhabitants from many perspectives and with many purposes in mind. He explains that sensitive photographers can become photo-poets.

837. Poisons, pests and people (29:16)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the economic, political, and moral aspects of the use of insecticides on a wide scale by public agencies. Discusses effects of insecticides on insects, birds, and fish. Interviews public ...

838. Policy for a Free World (29:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses United States foreign policy. Presents viewpoints concerning the relationship of foreign policy to military policy. Questions the possibility of atomic war. Concludes that the most impo...

840. Politics and the corporation (29:35)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the role of the corporation and the corporate executive in political life. Reviews the laws which affect or restrict the active participation of each in politics. Presents an analysis of ...

842. Polly's Pride and Joy (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Pollywogs grow their legs and lose their tails as they become frogs. Dora Velleman tells the story of Polly, a pollywog, who is very vain of her beautiful tail. She snubs all her friends as a resul...

843. Polymers and Plastics (30:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to explain the process of polymerization: the formation of compounds in which chains of carbon atoms are linked together. Demonstrates the process with the making of pol...

844. Polyphony (29:27)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses imitative polyphony as a basic principle of musical structure. Illustrates two types of composition which use imitative polyphony as the structural principle, namely, the sixteenth centu...

845. Population and birth control (29:35)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents a panel discussion on birth control as the most immediate answer for keeping the expansion of the world population in harmony with the gradual expansion of production. Featured personaliti...

846. Population and the earth's resources (29:32)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Examines the resources of the earth and their ability to support man. Discusses the expansion of population in relation to resources. Points out the possibility of birth control to curb the danger...

847. Population, resources and fulfillment (29:37)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents a look at the rapid growth in world population as a result of scientific advances in control of disease. Discusses the question of the expanding population with respect to economic and ag...

848. Porkopolis (29:27)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the meat packing industry when Cincinnati was the pork capital of the Midwest. Describes conditions as they existed in the 1800s and the importance of meat packing to the rest of...

849. Portraits of ancient people (29:34)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Explains how we learn from the portraiture left us, how ancient people looked. Indicates that the artist's styles are much the same today as they were 2500 years ago. (NYU) Kinescope.

850. Post Riders (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash’s story begins when the only way letters were delivered was in a sack of mail throw on the corner table of a coffee house, to be picked up, perhaps, by the owner or his friend. Early envelopes...

851. Pottery (15:12)

Date:
1959
Summary:
One of the first things civilized man learned was to mix clay and water and make utensils. Bash takes a trip to watch the making of pottery, to see how clay is fired, painted and finished. She tell...

852. Prairie Utopia (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The visions of America as a religious sanctuary attracted many thousands to the New World. The settlement by the Rappites and the later settlement by the Owenites in New Harmony were symbolic of th...

853. Prairie Village (29:30)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of New Salem, Illinois where Abraham Lincoln developed many of his qualities of leadership. Explains how the frontier village met the farmer's social, economic, and political needs....

854. Pre-convention campaigns (29:50)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses pre-convention activity. Considers the influence of public opinion and public opinion polls, the role of the campaign manager, and the strategy for winning delegates in both states that ...

855. Preconvention strategy of the candidates (30:31)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Topic of program is the pre-convention strategy of the candidates, and content covers the factors which make a candidate available for his party’s nomination, the advantages and disadvantages of fr...

856. 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...

857. Preparing people for more significant living (29:37)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents a panel discussion on ways and means of preparing people for more significant living. Discusses the importance of a continuing education after formal training has ended. Points out reaso...

858. Preparing the home for the baby (29:09)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Introduces and outlines the twelve-program series AT HOME WITH YOUR CHILD. Discusses the baby's need for space in the home and suggests and shows furnishings for the nursery area. Describes some o...

860. Present day problems (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses three major problems which interfere with the treatment of the mentally ill, showing the effect of overcrowding in hospitals, lack of trained personnel, and poor commitment procedures. D...

861. Pressures on Congress (30:20)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the effects of general pressure on Congressmen from a state, national, and world-wide basis. Examines the problems of lobbying. Features Dr. John T Dempsey, Professor of Political Scienc...

862. Preview (29:39)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Lippisch introduces his series and the basic laws of fluid motion by means of new methods of visualizing the flow phenomenon. He also introduces the Smoke Tunnel (a type of wind tunnel) which i...

864. Prison idleness (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman outlines the extent of inmate unemployment and describes the work opportunities needed. Filmed scenes illustrate some of this work and a prison inmat...

865. Prison inmates' code (29:30)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, the clandestine system of communication and standards operating in many penal institutions is examined, and illustrated with film clips of inmates passing information to each other...

866. Prison riots (29:37)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, via an interview with a prison inmate, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman gets an internal view of prison riots. Lohman states that riots are evidence of shortcomings in the prison sys...

867. Prison-wise or stir bug? (29:46)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, Criminologist Joseph D. Lohman outlines the personality types produced by a prison environment – the “Prison-wise” man who does “easy time” by adjusting himself to life as a prison...

868. Prisons without walls (29:35)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman points out the failure of walled institutions to serve a socially constructive purpose and indicates alternative types of imprisonment. An interview ...

869. Problems of Statehood (29:37)

Date:
1960
Summary:
What does statehood mean to Alaskans? John MacVane conducts sidewalk interviews with the new citizens, and draws from them a series of interesting responses. Joe Kirkbridge, editor of The Daily Ala...

870. Professional photography (30:25)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Records a discussion of photography as a profession by Ansel Adams and Milton Halberstadt, an outstanding commercial photographer in San Francisco. Adams is shown applying his imagination and techn...

871. Progress (29:30)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the role of progress during the history of mankind. Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr is questioned concerning areas where progress has occurred and relates this progress to the problems it has brough...

872. Propulsion (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
After the lift, stability and control problems were solved, a propulsive system was needed to make the aircraft fly. The first propulsion device - the propeller - is still in use today. Dr. Lippisc...

873. Prospects of survival (28:50)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Warning: This film begins with combat footage and images of deceased soldiers. Examines various methods of countering the possibility of governments using weapons of mass destruction and engulfing...

874. Protoplasm : the stuff of life (29:09)

Date:
1956
Summary:
In this program the audience hears a review and summary of all the information on the physical and chemical nature of living material discussed in previous programs. Dr. Roney uses sketch pad diagr...

875. Psalm 139 (29:24)

Date:
1961
Summary:
The idea that the Bible can be read purely as literature is not new, but it receives much support from Dr. Boyd’s sensitive and moving interpretations and discussions. This is particularly evident...

876. Psycho-surgery and shock therapy (29:22)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses and shows the use of psychosurgery and shock therapy in the treatment of the mentally ill. Outlines the development of psychosurgery, and electric shock therapy; points out the uses and d...

877. Public hearing (29:53)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents a simulated on-the-spot television report of a Congressional hearing where a Russian deputy-premier who has requested political asylum in the United States is answering questions concernin...

878. Public myths about prisons (29:39)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman contrasts the public’s attitude and desires for penal institutions with the current knowledge of the social sciences. With Kenyon Scudder, he explain...

879. Puerto Rico (29:36)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Surveys the political and economic evolution of Puerto Rico. Explains Puerto Rico's new political association with the U.S. Describes present Puerto Rican efforts to realize economic benefits throu...

880. Purchase and Use of the Car (29:21)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses how to buy a new car, how to buy a used car, the variable and fixed costs of car operation, economies in operating your car, and advertised gadgets.

881. Pure Science and Applied Science (29:28)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Explains how an understanding of pure science can lead to applied science. Demonstrates this relationship by reviewing a theory of heath and how it led to a number of inventions: smokeless firepla...

882. Puss and boots (15:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes are used to tell the delightful age-old story of the cat who wore boots when he visited the King for his Master. Puss told the King that his Master was the Marquis and presented him wit...

883. Putting elements to work (29:26)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Demonstrates and explains methods of manipulating elements and using them. Shows how iron is extracted and explains the derivation of a variety of products from petroleum. Uses a working model o...

884. Putting the Constitution to work (29:43)

Date:
1955
Summary:
The Nation chose one of its greatest all-time citizens, Washington, to guide the country through the first important years. Washington and his cabinet and the Congress set sound precedents and pro...

885. Queries and Sources (29:27)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Answers representative questions about ideas on Eastern philosophy discussed in preceeding films in the series Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life. Lists recommended books useful for gaining additional ...

886. Questioning (29:02)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Presents a dialogue between Indian spiritual leader Krishnamurti and the boys of the Thatcher School of Ojai, California, in which Krishnamurti encourages the students to question life in order to ...

887. Quiz program--summary (29:33)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Joel Hildebrand reviews the important concepts of the preceding programs through questions and answers. Touches briefly on such concepts as the "law of survival," "law of averages," intelligen...

888. Radiation and the population (29:34)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Points out that genetic damage is one of the most serious effects of radiation and shows how the Atomic Energy Commission's genetics research program is geared to learn how radiation damages cells ...

889. Radioactivity (27:21)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The causes of radioactivity, how it is detected, measured and controlled are noted by Dr. Warren F. Witzig and guest Edward Sanford. They also demonstrate the instability of energy and discuss the ...

890. Railroads (14:36)

Date:
1958
Summary:
After looking at the first railroad engine, the Tom Thumb, and the De Witt Clinton, and seeing an engine in a race with a horse, wherein the horse won, Bash climbs aboard a real engine of the early...

891. Railroads coast to coast (15:30)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The fabulous story of the men who built the railroad to join the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is told by Bash Kennett. The struggles of the laborers in the west who battled granite cliffs in order t...

892. Rain (15:11)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Explains how rain if formed. Demonstrates how water vapor gets into the air, collects as clouds, and drops as rain. (WCET) Kinescope.

893. Raindrop splash (15:26)

Date:
1955
Summary:
The Friendly Giant reads the book, Raindrop Splash, by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, and published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. After the story, the Friendly Giant and Jerome the ...

894. Ralph Ellison, on works in progress (28:58)

Date:
196X
Summary:
Reveals a candid portrait of Ralph Ellison, author of The Invisible Man. Presents Ellison discussing the function of the writer in society, how he came to write The Invisible Man; his own involveme...

895. Range Safety and Missile Guidance (14:56)

Date:
1957
Summary:
A rocket motor operates for a short time and then the missile coasts the rest of the way up and down. Once into the coasting period there is no way to change its trajectory. Stray missiles are prev...

896. Rank and file (17:09)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Segment from episode 20 of Black Journal. Points out that discrimination within labor unions restricts minority membership, thus perpetuating the existing power structure. Notes that minorities in ...

897. Rapunzel (14:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes are used to tell the story of a wife who longed for some rapunzels (cross turnips and rutabagas) which grow in a witch's yard. The husband agrees to give the witch his first child in ex...

898. Reaction and Momentum (14:52)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains the principle of propulsion, and illustrates the way in which the design of a rocket engine increases the speed of escaping gases. Illustrates the law of momentum as applied to propulsion....

899. Reactor types (29:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates different types of nuclear reactors. Explains the fission process and how it is used and controlled in a reactor. Illustrates three basic reactor types and points out the...

900. Realism (29:30)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Defines realism and discusses style, subject matter, and motivation with reference to realism in painting. Identifies and contrasts genre painting and illusionary realism and illustrates these wit...