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1. Bill Jack Vs. Adolf Hitler (18:11)

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1950
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Shows how the Jack and Heintz Company, in Cleveland, greatly increased its output during World War II through improved personnel policies.

2. Canada Unlimited (15:20)

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1950
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Follows the Young family in the process of becoming naturalized Canadians. Discusses the opportunities they may expect in a country which is important as a producer of grain, iron ore, uranium, al...

3. Gas for home and industry : world energy resources (16:34)

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1950
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Explains the role of fuel gas as a source of energy. Begins with the history of gas lighting. The cleanliness, efficiency and versatility of gas is investigated. Describes the production of various...

4. Going to hospital with mother (41:28)

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1950
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This film shows how the staff of a British hospital has improvised a method of routinely admitting the mothers of patients under school age to a ward of traditional design without structural altera...

5. How to Observe (11:07)

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1950
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Stresses that observation is basic to learning the sciences and the arts by showing a boy observing an old house, an example of capillary action, and a science experiment. Emphasizes the importanc...

6. Indiana, our Indiana (22:23)

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1950
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An Indiana University student shows a prospective student's parents the campus and explains the counseling system. Includes academic and extracurricular activities, the extension centers, and many ...

7. La familia Sánchez a lesson in Spanish (11:17)

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Spanish children
Date:
1950
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Shows daily tasks of a rural family of southern Spain. Depicts a trip by a boy and his father to a city market place; shows representative aspects of Spanish life; and emphasizes the activities of ...

8. Man in the 20th Century (17:56)

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1950
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Discusses the fact that man's material progress is now at a higher peak than ever before, but that his daily routine is often one of dissatisfaction. Although he wants peace, his world is spit int...

9. Newspaper story (16:45)

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1950
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Follows the newspaper story of a little girl rescued by some Boy Scouts from the time the reporter learns of it until the completed paper is sold on the street. Explains the work of the staff memb...

10. Radio Broadcasting Today (19:03)

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1950
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Examines the role of radio as a means of mass communication from its inception up to, and including, 1950. Includes many of the radio personalities of the late 1940s such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, ...

11. Teeth Are to Keep (11:15)

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1950
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Shows Roger Smith watching the day-to-day development of his baby brother's teeth. Roger then recognizes in the dentist his friend of yesterday who had presented him with a four-leaf clover. Show...

12. The Pacific : discovery and development (11:29)

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1950
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Portrays and explains, by means of animation, the role played by the Pacific Ocean in international affairs. Shows the growth of man's knowledge of the Pacific through the voyages of the early expl...

13. Writers of today. Frank O'Connor (28:39)

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Frank O'Connor
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195X
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Walter Kerr, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune, interviews noted Irish author Frank O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor contrasts the novel and the short story in relation to characterization, plot, ...