Start Over Collection National Educational Television

601. Louis Armstrong : part IV (29:31)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The final program of the series presents Mr. Armstrong, Benny Benack, a musician who has concentrated on Dixieland jazz, and Professor Frederick Dorian, a classical musicologist from the Carnegie I...

602. Louisiana Territory (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the Louisiana Territory and its significance to United States history. Explains how and why this land changed ownership between France and Spain until purchased by Thomas Jeffers...

603. Love in a world without sex (30:47)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses fraternal love, and differentiates it from sexual love. Explains Aristotle's idea of human association based on utility, pleasure, and excellence. Distinguishes between justice and love,...

604. Love, Part 1 (29:26)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the various approaches writers have taken toward the theme of love. Includes readings from the love poetry of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Raleigh, Donne, Suckling, Burns, Brid...

605. Love, Part 2 (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds continues the exploration of the theme of love as treated in literature. Includes readings from Shakespeare's plays and the poems of Matthew Arnold, Tennyson, and Robert and Eliz...

606. Loves and Hates of the Three-Year Old (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the development of strong attachments on the part of boys and girls to the parent of the opposite sex during the ages of two to five years. Explains why romantic feelings start early in ...

607. Loyalties (29:26)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents one view of loyalty and its importance in the measure of a man. Considers martyrdom, the relationship of loyalty to prejudice, and loyalty as self-protection. Questions which loyalties ar...

608. Lying and Cheating (29:23)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Lee Wilcox speaks with Dr. Maria Piers about how adults can responsibly teach children about the difference between lies and the truth. Features a "Peanuts" comic by Charles Schultz.

609. Machines that think (30:09)

Date:
1964
Summary:
The task of today’s mathematicians and computers is to keep abreast of the fast-moving world of nuclear research where yesterday’s successful experiments can be outdated tomorrow. To record the pro...

611. Maintenance (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains why careful car maintenance is necessary and the proper way to keep your car in safe driving condition. Discusses the value of the owner's manual, inspection laws, car thefts, warranties, ...

612. Major and Minor Tonalities (29:35)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tonality, the relationship of tones and chords to the keynotes, is further explored in this program. The mood or musical character as it has been affected by major and minor tonalities in western m...

613. Making elements (29:51)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Presents the scientists who participated in the discovery of elements 99, 100, and 101. Demonstrates the techniques, equipment, and chemistry associated with the original isolation of these elemen...

614. Making ideas available to people (29:36)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the needs of education, federal aid, teacher and classroom shortages. Points out how individuals should be educated to make more valuable use of leisure time. Features Dr. Clarence Faust,...

615. Man and Nature (29:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Presents a contrast of Chinese and Western attitudes with regard to man's place in nature. Discusses differing concepts of freedom, nature, and anxiety. Outlines the premises upon which Taoism and ...

616. Man's aspirations and his freedom to attain them (29:37)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents a discussion of the philosophic atmosphere in which scientists are doing their thinking. Questions man's freedom to do anything. Dr. Arthur H. Compton, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Was...

617. Man's cosmic status (29:15)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Huston Smith interviews Dr. Hocking and Dr. Tillich to discuss with them conceptions of man’s place in the universe. Is man the highest spirit the universe contains? Is the universe hostile, friend...

618. Man's needs (29:14)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents an analysis of man's trust and greatest needs. Points out that man's aspirations and needs are not always one and the same thing. Features an interview between Dr. Erich Fromm and host Dr....

619. Man's Struggle for Uniqueness (30:18)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Reviews Eric Hoffer's views on man as a truly free being. Describes check of absolute power and struggle away from the animal in man as prerequisites to freedom. Reveals play as one of the best ti...

620. Man, the predator (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains how man affects the survival of life in the sea. Discusses traditional and primitive methods of catching marine creatures used by native fishermen of the Bahama Islands. Demonstrates the u...

621. Man-Made Laws (29:52)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Emphasizes that without traffic laws our street and highways would be in a state of confusion. Discusses the uniform code covering speed, passing, traffic signals, stops and stops signs, and turni...

622. Manifest destiny in high gear (30:08)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the mid-nineteenth century push to the Pacific. Characterizes the period as one of adolescent optimism, cockiness, and self-assurance, idealism, and disregard for other's rights and feeli...

623. Many long years ago (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the odd-toed, hoofed mammals at the Brookfield Zoo. Explains how they have changed from their distant ancestors. Uses filmed sequences of the rhinoceros, zebras, tapirs, and horses.

624. Maps and territories (28:43)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the power and limitations of symbols, especially words. Describes the significance of the communications network in which humans live. Defines words as "maps" giving directions to "territ...

625. 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 ...

626. Masks and imagination (30:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Perhaps the original need for masks was for man to be able to disengage himself from his everyday life. He used them to symbolize that he was not “himself.” He was another being, human or superhu...

627. Masks in the world of art (29:50)

Date:
1957
Summary:
In this program, Mr. Fitzpatrick discusses masks as a form of art expression, how they are made, and their uses. Describes ceremonial festivals, and the theater. Demonstrates the making of the mask...

628. Mass society and popular culture (29:27)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Many aspects of our popular culture are discussed provocatively by Max Lerner and five Brandeis students: Is the quality of culture higher today than a century ago? What distinction should be made ...

630. Matter (29:43)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates matter in its various states: solid, liquid, and gas. Shows how matter is broken up into its smallest components. Explains how energy is obtained from matter. Defines the...

631. Maturity (29:40)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses and illustrates mature and immature behavior of people, and shows what can be done to promote maturity. Presents people with mature traits in some relationships but immature traits in oth...

632. Maximum vs. minimum security in prisons (29:35)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman describes maximum security as the single most important characteristic of the American prison. He relates the consequences of excess security on inma...

633. Meaning and learning (29:13)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains how learning is aided by the meaningfulness of the material to be learned. Points out how rhyme, rhythm, and symbolism are aids to learning. Conducts an experiment to show the relationsh...

634. Measuring Time and Distance (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses natural and artificial means of measuring time and distance. Explains how the three natural divisions of time--day, month, and year--come from the motions of the earth and the moon. Tell...

635. Mechanics of the Car (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the necessity of understanding car mechanics for maintenance purposes. Explains the power source, the cooling and electrical systems, lubrication, brakes, exhaust, and power accessories....

636. Medicine and Nuclear Energy (29:34)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the medical use of the isotope in understanding the chemistry of the body. Explores the advances in medicine made possible through nuclear energy. Explains radioisotopes and radioactive i...

637. Medicine of Flight (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Traces the development of aviation medicine. Discusses the founding of the Department of Space Medicine at the School of Aviation Medicine, U.S. Air Force. Shows the kind of experimental research...

638. Melody and polyphony, flute and harp (23:36)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Introduces the harp, explains how it produces sounds, and reviews its development from early times in Egypt. Explains and demonstrates techniques of playing, of tuning, and of producing special ef...

639. Mendel's experiments (29:58)

Date:
1960
Summary:
This program deals chiefly with the work of Gregor Johann Mendel, one of the greatest biologists of recent times. The question to which he devoted himself was this: What order, of any, exists in th...

640. Mental Growth and Achievement (29:14)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses intelligence and achievement and the methods of testing intelligence. Points out the necessity for appreciating the difference between intelligence and achievement. Four children help i...

641. Merry Mount (29:29)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains how the composer conveys to his audience the emotions, the actions, and the thoughts of the personages in an opera. Shows how particular character "themes" and descriptive settings are wor...

642. Metal sculpture in the world of art (29:37)

Date:
1957
Summary:
In this program, Mr. Fitzpatrick discusses the use and adaption of metal as an art form. Explains how new metals have created a challenging material for the sculptor. Demonstrates the use of simple...

643. Metalman (15:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of making objects from metal. Explains the importance of the craftsmen who shaped iron, tin, pewter, gold, and silver. Describes the work of famous metalworkers. Uses film to show a...

644. Meteorology (29:30)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Examines the role of meteorological research in the Antarctic program of the IGY. Uses charts, maps, and film sequences to show how weather observations are taken, organized, and used. Features Dr...

645. Meter and Rhythm (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses rhythm as the punctuation in the language of music. Illustrates tempo, pulse, rhythm, meter, and accent with musical selections. Demonstrates and suggests the different emotional response...

646. Microscope for the unknown (59:54)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Had it not been for the study into the nature of matter itself, the twentieth century probably would be without television, atomic power, and space satellites. This Program looks into a branch of s...

647. Mighty Mississippi (15:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash tells the story of the Mighty Mississippi, in calm and in flood, in the early days of the flat boats, keelboats and barges on to the time of the riverboats with steam turning the giant paddle ...

648. Military precautions for preventing war (29:21)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the use of military force as the major deterrent to war until an international force can be established. Features General John E. Hull, United States Army (retired) and host Dr. Huston Sm...

649. Millions for Defense (29:38)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Considers the whys and wherefores of defense spending as related to both foreign policy and domestic economic policy. Discusses the question, "Is there a partisan...Democratic or Republican...answe...

650. Millions of New Americans (30:27)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Considers immigration to the U.S.A from the post bellum years into the twentieth century. Discusses the areas of origin of the immigrants. Relates how they filled up the frontier and the Middle Bo...

651. Minor Members of the Solar System (29:54)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the small objects or debris that travel in and out among the planets in the solar system. Uses diagrams, models, and photographs to show and explain the physical make-up, size, movements...

652. Minorities and segregation (29:28)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Max Lerner discusses with Brandeis students’ questions concerning minorities and segregation. A few of the topics to be discussed are: is segregations in the South the result of prejudice or the re...

653. Mission days (15:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of mission development in California. Describes voyages made by missionaries from Mexico. Explains life in the mission community.

654. Missouri and the West (15:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash tells the story of Missouri, the settling of towns and the westward trails to Oregon and California via the Santa Fe Trail. She sings “Black-eyed Susie,” “Chisholm Trail,” “Shenandoah” and “Co...

655. Mistakes (28:19)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses why people make mistakes, and illustrates how these mistakes lead to either learning or quitting. Shows why some people are more disturbed by their mistakes than others. Presents ways of...

656. Mobilizing agricultural resources (29:32)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Interview-in-depth with Henry A. Wallace. A warning from a leading agriculturalist of the imperative necessity to bring agricultural resources all over the world, and most especially in the under-d...

657. Mobilizing economic resources (29:39)

Date:
1957
Summary:
An interview-in-depth with Barbara Ward. An analysis of the existing economic resources of the world; a pointing up of the great disparity between different parts of the world; and a suggestion for...

658. Modeling the portrait (29:33)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents an actual demonstration of the modeling of a portrait in clay. Explains how a sculptured portrait reflects "likeness" and reveals the character and personality of the sitter. Discusses t...

659. Models, molecules and mathematics (29:42)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Joel Hildebrand explains how the results of observation and experiment can be illustrated with models. Demonstrates with models of crystal and molecules. Tells how models help in understandin...

660. Modern Alaska (1:29:16)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Beginning with a visit to Anchorage, shows the city's modern developments in offices, houses, schools, and factories which best typify modern Alaska. Visits other sources of industry, commerce, ed...

661. Modern alchemy (29:38)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Dr. Glenn Seaborg and his associates describe the discovery of the four "missing elements," technetium, astatine, francium, and promethium. Emphasizes the role of the cyclotron on the creation of s...

662. Modern Ballet (1:02:45)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Anthony Tudor, the choreographer, and Nora Kay and Hugh Laing, dancers who appear on this program, are figures prominently associated with the new developments in modern dance which began in the 19...

663. Modern Development of Rocketry (14:50)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Traces the history of the development of the liquid-fuel missile by groups in Germany and the U.S. Views the development of the White Sands Proving Grounds and a parallel development of rocketry b...

664. Modern Music (29:31)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows the musical difference between the conventional seven-tone white key scale and the "newer" scales used by Debussy and others. Demonstrates that romantic composers explored the newer scales an...

665. Modern problems of flight (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses new aerodynamic problems caused by high speed flight. Explains the different flow regions corresponding to the subsonic, transonic, and supersonic velocities. Demonstrates the generation...

666. Modulating Sentences (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the process of modulation, or key change, in musical composition. Explains the major and minor tonal patterns which dominate all music of the period under discussion (1700-1900). Illust...

668. Momo Taro or Peach Boy (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Expressing valor and benevolence, this famous Japanese legend tells the tale of a boy who was found inside a peach by an elderly Japanese couple. The boy later rewards their kindness in caring for ...

669. Monumental sculpture (29:42)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the problems and techniques of conceiving a monumental sculpture. Presents the steps the sculptor follows from the initial sketch to the completed work. Explains the use of the enlargin...

670. Morality (30:06)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents an interview with Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr on America's sense of morality. Questions are answered concerning the need of a moral code, changes in America's moral standards, the relationship o...

671. Morals in revolution (29:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
What is the cause of the moral revolution? Other questions raised by Max Lerner and the five Brandeis students during this program are: what is the operative code of today; are we still a Puritan s...

672. More about three-part form (30:06)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Continues the discussion of ternary form from the preceding program, THREE-PART FORM: TERNARY. Explains how the re-statement in ternary form is modified, in some cases, to provide an intensificati...

673. More Complex Sentences and 'Irregular' Phrases (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Professor Jones illustrates sentences of three (triple) and four (quadruple) phrases and their common internal relationships. After which, since it would be a gross misrepresentation to leave the l...

674. More ways than one (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the reptile house at the Brookfield Zoo. Explains the many ways in which reptiles function and get a living. Uses filmed sequences of an egg-eating snake, a mawtamata turtle, iguana lizard...

675. Mortality, Part 1 (29:53)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the subject of mortality as treated in literature. Includes the poems of Sir Walter Raleigh, John Donne, Robert Herrick, Shakespeare, and others. (KQED) Kinescope.

676. Mortality: part 2 (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Writings ranging from Socrates to Stevenson are read by Dr. John W. Dodds in the second of two programs on the theme of morality. Stevenson’s “Aes Triplex” is the major work read on this program, i...

677. Motivic and Thematic Variation (29:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tonal and rhythmic change of character develop from the manipulation of the basic “kernel” of motivation. Dr. Jones also analyzes the simple ternary form from Beethoven to illustrate thematic varia...

678. Motivic Repetition (29:29)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The motive is the core, kernel or “single cell” of a piece of music, according to Dr. Jones. This basic musical symbol is made meaningful by reiteration, which is motivic repetition. Illustrations ...

679. Mountain Building (29:11)

Date:
1959
Summary:
What are the remains of marine animals found on mountain tops? Obviously, says Dr. Harbaugh, in the mountains there is material that was once on the bottom of the sea. In describing the process of ...

680. Mountain Grazing (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of sheep ranches. Describes the rancher's life. Explains the importance of wool in the life of the settler and modern man.

681. Movement and Gesture: Action for Illusion (29:31)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the contribution of movement and gesture to the art of the theatre. Stresses the importance of the director in determining stage action. Presents problems encountered in stage composition...

682. Mozart : part I (27:59)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Popper paces the series well as he goes into a discussion of the composer, Mozart. He points out Mozart’s versatility, saying that he composed symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, church mus...

683. Mozart : part II (29:13)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Popper paces the series well as he goes into a discussion of the composer, Mozart. He points out Mozart’s versatility, saying that he composed symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, church mus...

684. Mrs. Buzz Solves a Problem (15:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dora and Fignewton use felt boards to illustrate the life cycle of a bumble bee in the story of Mrs. Buzz, a bee who needs help in raising her family.

685. Mrs. Marmaduke gives a present (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) tell a story about whales paying attention to the difference between whales with teeth and whales with baleen. The whales are portrayed with shadow puppets.

686. Mrs. Screech sees things differently (15:13)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Some of the habits and oddities of owls are brought out in this story of Mrs. Screech Owl, who felt her sight was failing and therefore bought a pair of glasses. Dora and Fignewton Frog tell the st...

687. Mrs. Spider Goes to a Wedding (15:10)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Fignewton Frog and Dora tell a tale of Mrs. Spider, who helps a hummingbird get a bridal veil. Using the peep-show parade and a series of miniature sets with moving figures, they tell of some of th...

688. Music and art : Germany (29:18)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Compares German paintings and engravings of the Renaissance with contemporary music of the period. Musical selections are performed by the Saturday Consort. Host is Colin Sterne with featured gue...

689. Music and art : Italy (29:20)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Compares Italian paintings on musical subjects with music of contemporary composers of Italy during the Renaissance. Musical performances are provided by the Saturday consort. Featured guest is D...

690. Music and Effects: Sound for Illusion (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the role of music and sound in theatrical production. Shows the sound designer at work and exhibits the tools and equipment he uses. Demonstrates techniques followed in creating musical a...

691. Music and Literature: Poetry (30:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the relationship of poetry to music during the Elizabethan period. Describes the manner in which Byrd and Dowland set poetry to music. Musical selections are performed by the Saturday Co...

692. Music and Literature: The Masque (29:04)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the form of the masque with samples of music and dances. Concentrates on the Lord Hayes' Masque by Thomas Campion. Musical compositions are performed by the Saturday Consort. (WQED) Kin...

693. Music and Sound (29:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows how the "chord of nature" developed and became the basis for much of classical, folk, and popular music. Shows what is meant by the perfect fifth. Features Dr. Howard Hanson, director of the ...

694. Music and the Church: The Roman Catholic Church (29:22)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses music in the Catholic Church during the renaissance. Various examples of Music as it might have been played in private chapels is performed by the Saturday Consort. Featured guest is Fath...

697. Music boxes (14:51)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Old music boxes bring to mind the story of man’s struggle to reproduce music mechanically. This led from the first vibration of a wooden music box to the present day hi-fi. Bash goes back to the ea...

698. Music Contest Opens (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton’s second contest deals with music and the first half of this contest find the children guessing the types of musical instruments and later identifying the instruments by the sounds they h...

699. Musical Words (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Demonstrates a composer's vocabulary, beginning with "two-letter words" and proceeding to three-, four-, five-, and six-letter words. Illustrates each of these with musical selections. Describes t...

700. Mystery of the Tired Boy (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dora investigates the mystery of a tired boy. She discovers that he is eating too much candy and has a lack of energy due to his poor diet.