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1741. The Earliest Numbers (29:36)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows man's first effort to count with symbols, and demonstrates how Egyptian and Babylonian mathematic have contributed to our present number system. Stresses this contribution in terms of the es...

1743. The Fight for Opportunity (30:15)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Traces development in Big Business, supported by the Republican Party, which led to efforts by the farmers and by labor to protect their share of opportunity. Discusses the growth of the Granger mo...

1744. The First Immigrants to America (29:45)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Considers the earliest peoples to come to America, namely, Vikings, Chinese, and much earlier, the American Indian. Studies these early civilizations and reviews the relationships between the Indi...

1745. The geography of the United States (29:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how the size, shape, and location of the land mass of the United States accounts for our country's growth to a world power. Features a brief travelogue of the United States.

1746. The Impact of U.S. Military Aid (29:51)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Professor Peek, Mr. Ravenholt, and Charles Davis, professor of geography at the University of Michigan and recently returned from the Far East, discuss the nature of the U. S. military aid in the F...

1747. The jumping frog of Calaveras county (29:33)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses contemporary opera, outlines the movements and more notable productions form various countries since World War I. Identifies the three idiomatic schools of contemporary writing--expressio...

1748. The Legacy of the Colonial Centuries (30:15)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Points out the American legacy from the English along the seaboard, including the English law, the English language, representative government, land hunger, the regime of "Opportunity Unlimited," s...