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201. Venezuela : the making of a government (59:23)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Records highlights of the emergence of democratic government in Venezuela. Shows that the Venezuelan election of December 2 1963, allowed for the first transfer of office from one democratic admini...

202. A universe of numbers (28:55)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Traces the history of computer development from the first mechanical calculators to ENIAC, the first electronic computer. Explains in lay terms how a modern digital computer stores both data and in...

203. A World to Perceive (1:01:59)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Demonstrates the role of perception in handling the processing information from the environment and the way in which our personalities affect our perception. Reviews the research of Dr. Herman Witk...

204. Atomic furnaces (29:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Describes the operation, principles, and scientific use of reactors. Shows types of research reactors make possible. Describes the Gamma Ray Spectrometer, the Neutron Chopper, and the new Janus rea...

205. Christian Huyghens (1629 to 1695) (29:25)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Huyghens (HY-gunz) discovery that Saturn is surrounded by rings which look different on earth at different times led to considerable speculation as to the nature of the rings. Some scientists beli...

206. Copernicus (1473-1543) (29:28)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Indicates that the problem of getting to Mars of Venus, heretofore a concern only to science fiction writers and afficionados, has now become an international obsession. Shows that the strides bein...

207. Edward Steichen : part I (29:48)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The first program deals largely with Steichen’s life and his development as a photographer. He comments on the first camera he use (a Kodak), the years before he came to New York City, his “romanti...

208. Edward Steichen : part II (29:42)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The first part of the program is devoted to Steichen’s memorable and world-famous exhibit, “The Family of Man.” Steichen explains his preoccupation with the forms and development of human life; the...

209. Edward Steichen : part III (29:41)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The third program consists of a detailed analysis of photographs. Steichen and a young photographer move from picture to picture while Steichen explains the mechanical and technical problems they p...

210. Edward Steichen, part IV (29:22)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The format of this final program is different from that of the preceding three. On the sound track is a pre-recorded conversation with Steichen, and on the screen is a series of Steichen’s own phot...

211. Engine at the door (29:31)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Considers the question, "Will machines ever run man?" Concludes that although the computer is the machine most like man himself, it is not the machine but man who determines what is to be done.

212. 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...

213. Hipparchus (146 to 127 B.C.) (29:26)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Much of today’s exploration of space would be impossible without the early astronomical discoveries of Hipparchus (hih-PAR-kus). According to Dr. Posin, the greatest of these discoveries was that“t...

214. Invisible bullets (29:39)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Introduces the series and establishes some basic knowledge about radiation which is necessary for a clear understanding of the following programs. Discusses the meaning of radiation, its natural s...

215. Isaac Newton (1642-1727) (29:16)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Discusses the work of Newton, who was born the day Galileo died, and was a contemporary and friend of Huyghens. Describes Newton's Principia Mathematica, one of the greatest scientific books ever w...

216. James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) (29:07)

Date:
1962
Summary:
As a boy, Maxwell was subject to the brutal teasing of his classmates. As an adult he met and solved several scientific problems that had been perplexing his contemporaries. He won a prize for de...

218. Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) (28:56)

Date:
1962
Summary:
States that only a lack of engineers and adequate materials kept the helicopter from being an actuality during da Vinci's lifetime. Pictures this great inventor creating workable plans for the heli...

222. 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...

223. 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 ...

226. Searching for the ultimate (29:33)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Describes research related to atomic structure through which the scientist is attempting to discover the structure of the universe. Shows how particle accelerators produce intense beams of radiati...

227. Technological development (29:16)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Explores the nature of technology itself and demonstrates its use, both to increase the competitor's share of the market and to expand the range of the market. Shows that industrial technology's fi...

228. The challenge of management (29:11)

Date:
1962
Summary:
This program is concerned with the role of the business manager, the person who brings together the land, the resources, the necessary labor, and the capital or means of production and sets all the...

230. The living solid (29:35)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows bone to be active, living substance, constantly remodeling and reforming itself. Emphasizes the importance of bone to the entire body as a supplier of calcium and illustrates the systems by ...

231. The Negro and the American Promise (59:39)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Brings together four prominent Negro leaders who discuss American Negroes' movement for racial and social equality, and their own motivations, doctrines, methods and goals. Features Negro leaders J...

232. The Social Animal (09:39)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Investigates some of the ways in which man is influenced and changed by society. Demonstrates the effect of group pressure to conform and shows the consequences of publicly stating ideas contrary t...

233. Time : the surest poison (29:35)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Explores the natural process of aging and the methods used in its study. Indicates that aging might be considered one of the deleterious side effects of radiation. Shows that since radiation inju...

234. Tracing airborne radioactivity (1:00:59)

Date:
1962
Summary:
How does the air cleanse itself of poisonous substances, including radioactive substances? Philip Gustafson, a biologist in the Division of Biological and Medical Research, and Henry Moses of the D...

235. Tracing living cells (29:28)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Illustrates how the use of radioactive isotopes in the study of cell division and in medical therapy has helped man overcome disease. Demonstrates some of the many helpful and healthful uses of at...

236. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) (29:00)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Acknowledge as one of the greatest observational astronomers who ever lived, Tycho (TY-ko) Brahe (BRAH-ee) managed to make enormous strides without the help of telescopes. During his lifetime he d...

238. War, religion and recent history (30:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The Central Algonquians, who lived along the short of the Great Lakes and Mississippi, were first discovered by white men when Robert LaSalle and Pere Jacques Marquette journeyed down the St. Lawre...

239. Working with radiation (29:35)

Date:
1962
Summary:
When properly handled in the laboratory, radioactive materials constitute little danger. This program shows the precautions used in working with radiation as well as the research carried on at Argo...

240. A Protestant philosophy of education (29:27)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Explains that diversity is part of the Protestant tradition and belief. States that although there is no single Protestant view, it is the Protestant heritage to drive toward excellence in educatio...

241. A Roman Catholic View Of Education (29:19)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In a Catholic school the realities of God and Christ, the guidance, teaching and influences of the Church, the Christian ideals are presupposed and within this framework all physical and intellectu...

242. AD-Land Revisited (1:00:54)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Analyzes advertising in twentieth century America, and its dual function as mirror and molder of our culture. Demonstrates that admen have long been fluent with the familiar slogan, jingle, testimo...

243. An experimental approach to education (29:15)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Defines experimentalism as a systematic theory of education stemming from the work of John Dewey. States that the experimentalist turns to experience rather than away from it. Indicates that intell...

244. Best Sellers (29:36)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents an overview of best sellers of the 20th century and analyzes the continuities and contrasts in the literary tastes of the American public. Notes the persistency of "how-to" books, from tho...

245. Cancer (29:40)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the relationship between viruses and cancer. Explains how viruses can cause cancers in animals and why it is believed they may be responsible for cancer in humans. Concludes by summarizin...

246. 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...

247. Culture for the Millions (1:01:25)

Date:
1961
Summary:
One common denominator of our culture, according to Dr. Dodds, is the people's desire for self-improvement. Describes an early American institution that endured until the 1920s--"Tent Chautauqua." ...

248. Democracy and politics (30:05)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents a political history of Japan from its early autocracy to the formation of its democratic government under the direction of the U. S. in 1945. Explains how Japan operates on two levels poli...

249. Dinosaurs in the Wall (09:36)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Visits Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and Colorado. Discusses the age of the dinosaur, how the dinosaur quarry was formed, and why the dinosaur became extinct. Illustrates with film footage of ...

250. Economic growth (28:53)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents a discussion of economic growth as a national goal. Reviews the causes and effects of inflation, unemployment, and rate of growth. Points out the effect of education on new employment patt...

251. Education as intellectual discipline (29:04)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Comments on the importance of a disciplined mind and outlines the methods of obtaining intellectual discipline in a democratic society. Answers objections and comments on a filmed illustration. Fea...

252. Education for a free society (28:53)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Indicates that we need education that deliberately tries to cultivate the following three freedoms: "freedom from"--the condition of being free from constraint; "freedom of"--freedom of thought, of...

253. Education for cultural conservation (29:02)

Date:
1961
Summary:
States that educational conservatives look for guidance to wise men as Edmund Burke, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and John Henry Newman in England, and Irving Babbit and Paul E. More in America. The cu...

254. Education For Cultural Reconstruction (29:29)

Date:
1961
Summary:
States that reconstructionism is, above all, a goal-centered, future-oriented philosophy of education. It is one of the fundamental assumptions of reconstructionists that education has unprecedente...

255. Education For Life Adjustment (28:58)

Date:
1961
Summary:
The two essential elements of life adjustments education: 1)to help develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes for dealing with immediate situations of everyday life; 2) to develop an understandin...

256. Education for moral character (30:01)

Date:
1961
Summary:
The quotation from George E. Partridge's Genetic Philosophy of Education, "All education is moral, for the end of all teaching is to complete the moral growth of the child, and to impart to him the...

257. Education for national survival (28:52)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Emphasizes the fact that our national strength depends more on high level of educational achievement than on any other factor. Indicates that we must come to realize this, and that we must be willi...

258. Education for psychological maturity (30:00)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Those who believe in education for psychological maturity draw heavily on the insights of modern depth psychology – stemming from Freud, Jung, Adler, Sullivan, and others – about how the human mind...

259. Equality and the Democratic Process (30:07)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In what sense can Americans be equal? Not in looks, or in talents, but in opportunity, decide Dr. Wriston, Mr. Canham, and Martin S. Ochs, editor of the Chattanooga Times. Equality of opportunity, ...

260. Everybody's Dreamhouse (29:37)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses architecture as a clue to cultural change. Shows how, in the early 1900s, architects sought inspiration in traditional European styles, and a melange of modified Greek Revival, Italian Re...

262. 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...

263. Heroes (29:46)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Makes the assumption that the heroes of a society embody its ideals and aspirations, and shows that we can learn a great deal about American values by exploring some of the hero types of the past s...

264. History (29:50)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Describes the images evoked upon mention of the 1920s: jazz, champagne baths, John Held flappers, gang killings--in short, an era of rampant, glamorous decadence. Shows that the frantic thrill-sear...

265. In search of a city (09:14)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Visits Mesa Verde National Park in Southwestern Colorado. Discusses the work of archaeologists and how they uncover ancient Indian cities. Shows an Indian burial ground, homes of early cliff dwell...

266. International communism (29:41)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the international aims of the Communist Party and methods used to achieve these aims. Portrays Lenin's establishment of the Third International. Also reenacts the development of the ide...

267. Jewish philosophy of education (29:47)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Explains that the Jewish view of education is based on the Jewish view of man. Man may be limited and small, but he can grow toward God because something in him corresponds to God. Answers objecti...

268. Killers and carcinogens (29:52)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discuses virus diseases. Reviews the known viral diseases and the development of vaccination. Explains how a polio virus attacks a cell. Analyzes the activity of viruses, which cause cancer in an...

269. Lenin takes over (29:59)

Date:
1961
Summary:
The turmoil of the first month after Lenin’s description of Kerensky form the basis of this program: the disruption caused by the lack of a trained civil service, the civil war being waged by the K...

270. Marxism and the Communist Manifesto (28:59)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Provides a kaleidoscopic preview of Communist history. Explains the basis for the series and establishes documentary sources. Uses reenactments to show the collaboration on the Communist Manifesto ...

271. Navajo life (09:04)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Visits the national monument of Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. Describes the life of the Navajo Indians living in the canyon. Shows the ancient ruins of early Indian cliff dwellers. Tells how the Ind...

272. Our Place To Live (29:36)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Fifteen million families’ move each year – and three-fourths of them merely change addresses within the same county. They move because they want a better place to live; they need not only houses or...

273. Our world stance (29:39)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents a discussion on America's position in the modern world. Covers such topics as foreign aid plans, internal restrictions on the operation of our foreign policy, and the operations of the Uni...

274. Palace of the Bats (09:27)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Visits Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Describes the discovery of the caverns by early settlers who observed a huge formation of bats leaving the entrance. Shows and expla...

275. 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...

276. 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...

277. 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...

278. 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...

279. 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...

280. 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...

281. Richard Rodgers : reminiscence : Lorenz Hart (29:50)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Richard Rodgers was brought up in a passionately musical family. His mother was brilliant pianist; his father, a doctor, sang. They would sing and play the comic operas of the day. He was weaned on...

283. Richard Rodgers : the early years (29:44)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Richard Rodgers talks about his collaborators, Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein, and the difference in the relationship he had with these two men as compared to that of Gilbert and Sullivan “who l...

284. Shadow of the Buffalo (09:40)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Visits Yellowstone National Park to explain the story of American buffalo and its destruction. Shows the Yellowstone herd and then explains the methods used by the Indians to capture the buffalo. T...

285. Sharing the leadership (28:47)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Defines leadership as a set of group functions and a good leader as one who helps the group to accomplish its goals. Defines and shows examples of self-serving functions, task functions, and group ...

286. Summary (29:26)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Summarizes words, sentences, and paragraphs which have been discussed in the twelve preceding films of THE QUILL series. (WQED) Kinescope.

287. The Arts and Sciences (30:45)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Dr. Wriston is joined by August Heckscher, president of the Twentieth century Fund, and William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary of Defense and coordinator of the President’s Commission on National Go...

288. The book of Hosea (29:37)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Dr. Bernard Boyd, University of North Carolina, discusses the Book of Hosea from the Bible. Analyzes the relationship of Hosea and his wife Gomer as a metaphor for God and the faithless people.

289. The book of Nahum (29:40)

Date:
1961
Summary:
An enthusiastic discussion from Dr. Bernard Boyd, University of North Carolina, on the Book of Nahum from the Bible. Presents the text as historically oriented writings dealing with the human exper...

290. The classical realist approach to education (29:08)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Defines "classical realism," putting special emphasis on definitions of each of the two words. Explains the theory's basis in the 'natural law' and the theory's application to modern educational pr...

291. The communist party in Japan (29:44)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Reviews the progress of the Communist Party in Japan from pre-war days to the present. Includes film footage showing the release from prison of leading communist leaders just after World War II. ...

292. The four religions (59:02)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents Arnold Toynbee, an historian, and James Beveridge, the film producer, discussing the common bonds of the four major faiths: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. Toynbee and Presents...

293. The great design (29:46)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Covers the period between Lenin's seizure of power and his death in 1924. Analyzes Lenin's peace treaty with Germany. Describes the reasons for the opposition to it which brought Russia to the ver...

294. The Khrushchev era (29:04)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the Khrushchev era and interprets the policies of his regime. Provides details of Khrushchev's ascension to power and describes the differences between him and Stalin. Features special gu...

295. The movies (28:55)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Examines the movies of the twentieth century for clues to the changes and constancies in American taste. Indicates that by the 20s the sentimental melodrama had given way to a new wave of frenetic ...

296. The myth exploded (29:59)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Features significant excerpts from the preceding 12 programs and lists the many myths of communism. These include (1) freedom for the working man, (2) communism as a genuine expression of the desi...

297. The overthrow of social democracy (30:04)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Immediately after the overthrow of the Czar in 1917 the Kerensky government was formed, the short-lived and only democratic national government Russia has ever known. Dr. Sworakowski provides a det...

298. The Promise of the City (29:55)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Two hundred years ago Samuel Johnson wrote: “When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” People move into cities because there they can find...

299. The return of Prometheus (29:38)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the question, "Is science good or bad for man?" Presents a banquet in honor of a famed scientist at which his lifelong friend delivers an accolage to science in general and a tribute to t...

300. The Riddle of the City (29:35)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Cities are growing at an explosive rate; more and more people come to cities to liv, to work, to raise their families where there are the greatest number of opportunities for jobs, education, and r...