Start Over Date 1950

391. Renaissance architecture (14:52)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Portrays the development of architectural form and line as illustrated in the Renaissance castles of the Loire Valley.

392. 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 ...

393. 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...

394. Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) (15:19)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Uses regular photography and animation to present the physical characteristics, the people, and the natural resources of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Follows the activities of two men--John Berges...

395. Seashore life (11:10)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Studies inhabitants of the three kinds of seashores--the sandy beach, the rock pool, and the mud flat--beginning with the sea gull. Shows close-ups of sea weeds; then pictures in their natural hab...

396. Seed Dispersal (14:50)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Uses time-lapse photography to demonstrate the scattering of seeds by wind, water, humans, and animals.

397. Sleep for health (11:11)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.; Nathaniel Kleitman
Summary:
Shows children why sleep is important to their health and happiness, emphasizes their own responsibility in the formation of good habits, and considers dreaming as a normal part of sleeping.

398. Stacking and Firing (10:41)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] A skilled potter demonstrates the correct stacking of both green and glazed pottery in a small kiln as the narrator explains the factors involved. The potter then shows each step i...

399. Taliesin-West (10:22)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Scenes of Frank Lloyd Wright's home near Phoenix, Ariz., illustrating his basic principle that buildings should blend with their natural surroundings. This home is built of boulders and redwood tru...

400. Teeth Are to Keep (11:15)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
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Summary:
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...