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501. Heredity. Fact or fallacy (29:05)

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Fact or fallacy; Heredity
Date:
1960
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Discusses and disproves many folk tales about heredity and its effects. Explains the relationship between heredity and environment, and describes the roles played by heredity and congenital charact...

502. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The chemistry of behavior (29:09)

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Chemistry of behavior; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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The episode introduces psychopharmacology, the study of how psychoactive drugs influence behavior, as a developing field in psychology. It presents experiments conducted by Dr. Roger Russell of Ind...

503. Japan: the changing years. The occupation (28:44)

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Occupation; Occupation of Japan; Japan: the changing years
Date:
1961
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This episode examines the U.S. occupation of Japan, from its planning in 1943 through its implementation between 1945 and 1952. Using Army film footage, it considers both the successes and failures...

504. Heredity. Sexuality and variation (29:00)

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Sexuality and variation; Heredity
Date:
1960
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Discusses sexual reproduction and heredity, including elements necessary for sexual reproduction and the genetic advantages. Uses charts and diagrams to show the variations possible in every human ...

505. Japan: the changing years. The leap across time (29:02)

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Leap across time; Japan: the changing years
Date:
1961
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This episode explores Japan's rapid transformation from a feudal society in 1867 to a modern economic, military, and political power by 1937. It contrasts early 20th-century footage with World War ...

506. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The need to achieve (28:57)

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Need to achieve; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Explores motivation research that investigates the human need for achievement. Dr. David McClelland of Harvard University demonstrates tests designed to verify his theory that a nation's economic g...

507. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The brain and behavior (28:58)

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Brain and behavior; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Examines how the brain's electrical activity provides insights into human behavior. The episode explores the mechanisms within the brain that influence and control behavioral responses. Featured re...

508. Heredity. Heredity and the chromosomes (28:58)

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Heredity and the chromosomes; Heredity
Date:
1960
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Discusses the work done in genetics since Mendel's time. Describes the theory of location of genes and how the theory of chromosomes was developed and tested. Uses experiments with corn and the fru...

509. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The social animal (29:06)

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Social animal; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Studies some of the ways in which man is influenced and changes by society. Dr. Stanley Schachter demonstrates the effect of group pressure to conform; Dr. Leon Festinger shows the consequences of ...

510. Focus on behavior : the science of psychology. The conscience of a child (28:41)

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Conscience of a child; Focus on behavior
Date:
1963
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Presents some of the ways in which psychologists are studying the growth and development of personality and emotional behavior in children as observed in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Sears at Stanf...

511. Writers of today. Nadine Gordimer (29:13)

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Nadine Gordimer
Date:
1961
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Literary critic and lecturer on South African affairs, John Barkham interviews the distinguished South African author, Nadine Gordimer. Deals with subjects ranging from the effect of South Africa o...

512. Seurat's Parisian Sundays (15:44)

Date:
0000
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Uses paintings by Seurat to a theme about Parisian Sundays. Provides a general introduction to the series. (RTF) Film.

514. American Samoa : paradise lost? (53:39)

Date:
1969
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Shows that the traditional life of the Polynesians of American Samoa is being altered and challenged by its governing authority, the United States, and that a potential conflict exists between the ...

515. Smallpox (08:43)

Date:
1946
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Demonstrates the danger of smallpox to the community and the progress made in checking the disease by widespread vaccination and re-vaccination.

516. Doctors in space. Collision stations (29:06)

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Collision stations
Date:
1958
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Discusses the problem of meteorite damage during space travel. Demonstrates the Navy's full-pressure space suit for emergency exit. Explains the difficulties of escape and survival in space. Featur...

517. Chess Mates (05:31)

Date:
1988
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Profiles without narration the pleasures and pains of chess. Uses background music and the vivid expressions of young competitors to take viewers through subdued practice sessions and frenzied matc...

518. Step by step (29:05)

Alternative title:
Basic issues of man
Date:
1963
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Explores questions of social change and whether society should be structured to provide equal benefits to its members. The episode follows the story of a successful corporate chairman who, while pr...

519. The exceptional child. [Speech disorders: stuttering] (29:02)

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Speech disorders: stuttering; Exceptional child; Speech handicapped child: stu...
Date:
1959
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Examines the challenges faced by children who stutter, explaining how stuttering patterns develop and the social difficulties that may result. Through interviews, filmed sequences, and dramatizatio...

520. The exceptional child. [The auditorially-handicapped child: the deaf] (29:08)

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Auditorially-handicapped chil...; Deaf; Exceptional child
Date:
1957
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Examines the challenges faced by children who are deaf and defines deafness as the inability to hear speech. This episode presents film sequences, demonstrations, and interviews that illustrate tea...