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401. Figureheads (15:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells about the art of craving the figureheads which graced the prow of sailing vessels in the past. She shows figureheads of all types and sings “Pretty Kitty” and “Wanderin.”

402. 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.

403. 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...

404. 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...

405. 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...

406. 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...

407. 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) ...

408. 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...

409. 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...

410. 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 ...

411. 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.

412. 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...

413. 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...

414. 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...

415. 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...

416. 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 ...

417. 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...

418. 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 ...

419. 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...

420. 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...

421. 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
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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...

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

Alternative title:
Need to achieve; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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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...

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

Alternative title:
Social animal; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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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 ...

424. 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...

425. 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...

426. 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...

427. 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...

428. 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...

431. 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...

432. 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-...

433. 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...

434. 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...

435. 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...

436. 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. ...

437. 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...

438. 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 ...

439. 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...

440. 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...

441. 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.

442. 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 ...

443. 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 ...

444. 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.

445. 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...

446. 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...

447. 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...

448. 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...

449. 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 ...