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1. Basketball fundamentals (14:30)

Date:
1942
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Presents basic fundamentals of basketball. Coach Branch McCracken and the Indiana University basketball team demonstrate, in regular and slow-motion photography, ways of shooting, passing, dribblin...

2. Books come alive (07:11)

Date:
1953
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Short promotional film focusing on student learning at Indiana University. Begins with a tour of the buildings and resources of the Libraries, the "focal point of I.U.'s academic program." The film...

3. Constitution and military power (29:24)

Date:
1959
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Examines the legal questions involved in the relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Follows a potential relocatee's suit for freedom through the courts.

4. Dance: four pioneers (29:05)

Date:
1966 (Creation date: 1965)
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Introduces four major choreographers--Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Hanya Holt--who revolted against the conventions of ballet to produce American modern dance. Employs film c...

5. Development of the axolotl (08:35)

Date:
1977
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Studies the early stages of the development of the axolotl, an aquatic salamander, with emphasis upon genetically determined characteristics. Mates two wild-type, dark axolotls, each heterozygous f...

6. Indiana University : 150 years (1820-1970) [fee hike protest footage] (08:39)

Date:
1969
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Outtakes from a film that celebrated the 1820-1970 sesquicentennial of Indiana University by surveying its history and current programs.

7. Indiana University : 150 years (1820-1970) [outtakes] (17:47)

Date:
1969
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Celebrates the 1820-1970 sesquicentennial of Indiana University by surveying its history and current programs. Points out the admission of women and students from other countries. Covers the develo...

8. Indiana, our Indiana (22:23)

Date:
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 ...

9. Judaism. Part 1 (29:12)

Date:
1956
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Surveys Jewish history as it relates to the Jewish religion. Points out the conviction of the Jewish people that every man has the right of justice, purity, and truth, which even the power of kings...

10. Land use on the flood plain (17:09)

Date:
1975 (Creation date: 1975)
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Examines the relationship between flooding and land use. Explains that the proximity to transportation, energy, and fertile soil has often outweighed the dangers of flood, and offers dams, levies, ...

11. Nation's mental health (19:18)

Date:
1951
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Training of doctors and psychiatric personnel in Topeka, Kansas ; methods of therapy ; work of the National Association of Mental Health in setting up community clinics.

12. Our enemy-- the Japanese (20:53)

Date:
1943
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"Stridently anti-Japanese film that attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy so that the U.S. may more readily defeat its enemy. Depicts the Japanese as "primitive, murde...

13. Projecting ideas on the overhead projector (17:16)

Date:
1960
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Outlines the advantages of the overhead projector as a visual aid to learning in classrooms, in business, and in industry. Shows the great variety of uses of the equipment, with opaque, translucent...

14. Relevance of the religions of man (30:11)

Date:
1955
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Typical works of art and their impact from the religions of Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Christianity.

15. The Constitution and censorship (28:52)

Date:
1957
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Shows the relationship of the Constitution to the issue of prior restraint on freedom of expression. Presents the case of Burstyn v. Wilson challenging the constitutionality of New York State's fil...

16. The land along the water (10:22)

Date:
1969
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Characterizes the land that lies along oceans and large lakes in terms of physical features and uses of the land. Points out that differences in the physical appearance of land near shorelines may ...

17. The religions of man. (29:49)

Date:
1955
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"This seventeen-week, half-hour series on comparative religions was the first televised college credit course in the St. Louis area. The program itself was in lecture form, though a good deal diffe...