Start Over Date 1950

72. Oliver Wendell Holmes (17:41)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Emerson Film Corporation; Mentor L. Williams
Summary:
Dramatizes the versatility of Oliver Wendell Holmes's successes, including his accomplishments in the field of medicine and his activities as a man of letters and lecturer. Portrays events related...

73. Norwegian children : farming on a fiord (11:15)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britanica Films Inc.; Bryn J. Hovde
Summary:
Shows Inger and Halvard as they help their parents with the farm work. They and their mother bring the cattle down from the summer pasture in the mountains, they visit the village across the fiord...

74. Animals in winter (10:55)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.; Ann H. Morgan
Summary:
Discusses such animal adaptations to winter as protective coloration, storing of food, adding layers of fat, and hibernation. Shows the winter habitats of the badger, woodchuck, chipmunk, owl, rab...

75. Italian children (harvest time in Umbria) (10:51)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.; Joseph G. Fucilla
Summary:
Pictures the Conti family during harvest time in Umbria. They harvest olives, sort them, and take them to the mill for extraction of the oil. On a trip to the market they see the monastery of St. ...

76. Daniel Boone (17:47)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.; Thomas D. Clark; Emerson Film Corporation
Summary:
Portrays the main events in the life of Daniel Boone. Includes his youth in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, his participation in the French and Indian War, his adventures in exploring and settling...

77. Woodwinds and brass (12:07)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Eugene Kash; Gudrun Parker; Denis Gillson
Summary:
The various instruments of the wood-wind and brass sections of an orchestra are characterized as to appearance, tone, and use during a children's concert conducted by Eugene Kash, Canadian violinis...

78. Rhythm and percussion (11:24)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Eugene Kash; Gudrun Parker; Denis Gillson
Summary:
Features Eugene Kash, Canadian violinist, conducting a children's concert and instructing the children about percussion instruments. Shows the children clapping in time to the rhythm and pictures ...

79. Rome--city eternal (11:10)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
F. W. Keller; E. S. Keller; Jack Cardiff
Summary:
A photographic survey of Rome: the Colosseum, St. Peter's Square, the art treasures of the Basilica of St. Peter, the fountains of the Villa d'Este and the Piazza Navona, the ruins of the Forum and...