Start Over Date 1950

241. The Berlin Airlift (23:28)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1950 20th Century-Fox feature film, "The Big Lift". Incorporating newsreel and Air Force film footage, this film illustrates the resul...

242. The Chicago Historical Society (10:03)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows scenes in the Chicago Historical Society Museum which help give an understanding of the past by exhibiting possessions which touched the lives of some of those who have shaped United States h...

243. The European Experience (Edited version) (29:25)

Date:
19XX
Summary:
Examines what has happened in Europe to check the threat of a menancing population growth. Traces the growth of population in Europe from the Middle Ages and suggests that the small-family concept,...

245. The Moor's pavane (15:59)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Jos Limon and his troupe perform a suite of dances based on Shakespeare's "Othello" with lines spoken by Bram Nossem. Using the structure of a court dance, this interpretation captures the tragedy ...

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

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
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Summary:
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...

248. The Passing Parade: Boston Ice King (13:29)

Date:
1937 to 1951
Main contributors:
Nesbitt, John, 1910-1960
Summary:
[AI-Generated Summary] This epidsode features storyteller John Nesbitt recounting the life of Frederic Tudor, an ambitious 19th-century Bostonian known as the "Ice King" for his fanatical quest to ...

250. The Passing Parade: First Man to Climb the Matterhorn (13:32)

Date:
1937 to 1951
Main contributors:
Nesbitt, John, 1910-1960
Summary:
[AI-Generated Summary] Narrated by John Nesbitt, this transcript recounts the high-stakes obsession of Edward Whymper, a 20-year-old landscape painter who transitioned from depicting the Matterhorn...

251. The Passing Parade: Paul Bunyan, Kemp Morgan & Storm-a-long (13:21)

Date:
1937 to 1951
Main contributors:
Nesbitt, John, 1910-1960
Summary:
[AI-Generated Summary] In this episode of The Passing Parade, storyteller John Nesbitt explores the American tradition of the "tall story" by recounting the legendary exploits of various folk hero...

252. The Passing Parade: The First Conquest of the Matterhorn (13:32)

Date:
1937 to 1951
Main contributors:
Nesbitt, John, 1910-1960
Summary:
John Nesbitt's Passing Parade---U.S. Pat. Off. & Walter Hunt [AI-Generated Summary] This episode of The Passing Parade, narrated by John Nesbitt, recounts the dramatic and tragic first successful ...

254. The screen writer (20:15)

Date:
1950
Summary:
One in a series of twelve, one-reel films designed to present behind-the scenes activities of the motion picture industry. This film pictures a typical screen writer and analyzes his job. The task...

255. The soundman (10:25)

Date:
1950
Summary:
One in a series of twelve, one-reel films designed to present behind-the scenes activities of the motion picture industry. This film traces the use of sound in motion pictures as it progressed from...

256. The strands grow (14:35)

Date:
1950
Summary:
The first in the "Web of Life" series. Uses fossils and other prehistoric relics to trace the competitive struggle for survival among plants and animals. Still pictures show the trilobite, the di...

259. Throwing (1:11:07)

Date:
1950
Summary:
A skilled potter demonstrates the shaping of various pieces of pottery on a potter's wheel. Shows each step in making a bowl and special steps in completing a low, flat plate and a pitcher.

260. U.S. Department of the Interior "Write Clean Water" (01:00)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
U.S. Department of the Interior
Summary:
A public service announcement from the U.S. Department of the Interior in which audio of children singing about going to the beach overlays a scene of a deserted beach covered with trash, dead fish...