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1. Communism in the U.S. (29:48)

Date:
1961
Summary:
This program traces the history of the Communist Party in the United States. The dramatic sequences feature a re-enactment of the Bridgeman Convention in 1921 and show how the Communist Party of th...

2. A final examination (29:49)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program is a summary and conclusion of the course. Dr. Smith first briefly hits highlights of the major religions. Then he discusses some of the attitudinal changes that may have resulted from...

3. The Architecture of Life (29:28)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The basic unit of life –the cell –could not be studied in detail until recently. The electron microscope first enabled man actually to see its delicate construction. This program deals with a detai...

4. Diary of a Harlem family (20:24)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Reveals the all-too-common plight of one family living in New York City's black Harlem through the photographs of Gordon Parks. Includes the problems of inadequate educational background, restricte...

5. Music as a language. Music and emotion (28:50)

Alternative title:
Music and emotion; Music as a language; Music as emotion
Date:
1957
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Summary:
Discusses ways in which composers can and have expressed or evoked emotion; demonstrates that rhythm, harmony, quality, and loudness are factors which may vary to help convey emotion, and stresses ...

6. 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...

7. The film makers : King Vidor (28:53)

Alternative title:
King Vidor
Date:
1970
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King Vidor, Hollywood director of The big parade, War and peace, Solomon and Sheba, and the silent film Our daily bread, recalls Hollywood landmarks of a bygone era and talks about his directing te...

8. Sculpture in relief (29:37)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains and demonstrates how sculpture in relief developed from the cave man to the present. Illustrates with ancient and modern examples. Discusses the composition and carving techniques of full...

9. Wood blocks and metal type (29:41)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the discoveries and developments which brought about the invention of movable type by Gutenberg. Describes the work of the alchemist in casting metals, the making of wood blocks, and the ...

10. The Stalin Era (58:07)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Uses newsreel footage to outline the important events preceding the Second World War. Explains Stalin's efforts to build his personal image. Reviews the non-aggression pact signed with the German R...

11. New worlds for the book (29:41)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Describes how printers from many countries contributed to the art of printing. Tells how printing spread from Germany to other countries. Describes the significant printing done in Italy, Belgium,...

12. The little red hen (14:30)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
This episode of The tales of Poindexter explores the fable The little red hen.

13. Sixty years of magazines (29:02)

Alternative title:
60 years of magazines; American memoir
Date:
1961
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Summary:
Explores how changes in American attitudes and tastes since 1900 are reflected in magazine publishing. Dr. Dodds discusses how early 20th-century magazines emphasized gentility and middle-class mor...

14. The art of the theatre. Color and cloth : costumes for illusion (28:55)

Alternative title:
Color and cloth; Art of the theatre; Art of the theater
Date:
1955
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Summary:
Discusses the contribution of stage costumes to the art of the theater. Follows the costume designer through the initial analysis of the play, the drawing-board, the costume workshop, and to the ac...

15. The exceptional child. [Individual differences : introduction] (29:04)

Alternative title:
Individual differences; Exceptional child
Date:
1959
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Summary:
Explains that individual differences in children occur in physical, mental, and emotional growth and development. Describes and illustrates the special and dynamic problems of the exceptional child.

16. 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...

17. America Looks Abroad: Brazil (29:01)

Date:
1958
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Discusses the political history of Brazil and her relations with the U.S. Considers Brazilian art, economic problems and potentialities, and the role of U.S. business in Brazil. A photo series pre...

18. The revolution in human expectations (28:38)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Introducing the program, host C. Dale Fuller indicates the industrial and scientific revolutions brought to the West increased life expectancy, reduction of disease, rarity of poverty and widesprea...

19. Old home implements (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of changes which have taken place in home implements. Shows an early vacuum cleaner, phonograph, washing machine, butter churn, and candle mold.

20. The revolution in Europe's role in the world (28:56)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the decline of Western Europe's power and influence throughout the world since World War I. Depicts the change in Western Europe's status in international politics. Shows the effect which...