Start Over Date 1955

101. Mozart : part I (27:59)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Popper paces the series well as he goes into a discussion of the composer, Mozart. He points out Mozart’s versatility, saying that he composed symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, church mus...

102. Introduction : part II (29:29)

Date:
1955
Summary:
There are many reasons why Americans are inclined to shy away from opera, and some of those reasons are good ones, says Dr. Jan Popper as he introduces opera to the layman. But, he points out, ther...

103. Verdi : part I (29:44)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Presents a background of Verdi's life and discusses his early operatic productions, including Rigoletto. Discusses the characteristics of the Italian opera, describes Verdi's love for and his cont...

104. Mozart : part II (29:13)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Popper paces the series well as he goes into a discussion of the composer, Mozart. He points out Mozart’s versatility, saying that he composed symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, church mus...

105. Verdi : part II (29:45)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Here was a man whose music was often misinterpreted, says Dr. Popper as he discusses the life and works of operatic composer Verdi. He tells how Verdi was influenced by Shakespeare and talks of his...

106. Wagner : part I (29:37)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Dr. Popper bares the life and works of another great composer, Wagner, as he continues on his journey through opera for the layman. Several vocal illustrations are included, and Dr. Popper again sp...

107. Wagner : part II (29:33)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the later works of Wagner and the conditions under which various of his operas were written. Describes the process of writing the Ring, ending with four complete works--Das Rheingold, Di...

108. French opera : part II (29:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes Paris in the early 19th century and the operas written there by various composers and the beginning of individual French Operatic styles. Describes FAUST and CARMEN as the better known be...

109. French opera : part I (29:33)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes Paris in the early 19th century and the operas written there by various composers and the beginning of individual French Operatic styles. Describes FAUST and CARMEN as the better known be...

110. National opera (29:34)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains National and Folk Opera, how it developed, and the prominent composers of various countries. Discusses and illustrates, with piano and voice, the music of various composers and demonstrat...

111. The jumping frog of Calaveras county (29:33)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses contemporary opera, outlines the movements and more notable productions form various countries since World War I. Identifies the three idiomatic schools of contemporary writing--expressio...

112. Italian realism (29:28)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses and explains Italian realistic opera and its major composers and their works. Gives a broad overview of the works of Puccini, illustrating with piano and voice, portions of La Boheme and...

113. Operetta (29:13)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the characteristics of the operetta, how it emerged out of various opera types in the 18th century, and summarizes the more important works and their composers. Highlights the operettas ...

114. The shadow of Europe still lingers (30:06)

Date:
1955
Summary:
During the first thirty-odd-years of the young nation’s independent existence, despite the fact that it had political freedom, the USA found itself most unpleasantly and generally quite inextricabl...

115. Independence brings problems (29:46)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Like the young lad who decided to leave home to start out on his own, the Young USA found that independence brought problems of its own, along with responsibilities and many terrifying challenges. ...

116. Putting the Constitution to work (29:43)

Date:
1955
Summary:
The Nation chose one of its greatest all-time citizens, Washington, to guide the country through the first important years. Washington and his cabinet and the Congress set sound precedents and pro...

117. The rise of the trans-Allegheny west (30:05)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program addresses westward expansion. The first westward movement took the pioneers across the Appalachians into Kentucky and Tennessee, then to the Ohio country. Gradually, several new stat...

118. Do American children have too much freedom? (28:47)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
This series, aired from 1954 through 1958, is built around the annual New York Herald Tribune World Youth Forum, which hosts approximately thirty foreign high school students from around the world ...

119. Judaism I : the chosen people (29:12)

Date:
1955
Summary:
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...

120. Islam I : the straight path (28:37)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Presents filmed lecture of Dr. Huston Smith describing the religion founded by Mohammed as one of precision and orderliness in which the believers must submit themselves to God. Points out differe...

121. Taoism : the way and its power (29:05)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Presents the story of Laotzu and his book The Way of Life. Discusses the basic concept of Taoism--creative quietude. Characterizes this belief as one which does not favor competition, but rather al...

122. Islam II : the five pillars (29:53)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Presents filmed lecture of Dr. Huston Smith outlining the five great religious practices of Islam--a creed, praying, charity, observance of the holy month, and the pilgrimage to Mecca. Highlights t...

123. Christianity I : Jesus the annointed (29:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses Christianity not only as ideology, but also as a historical religion, focusing upon Jesus. Surveys the human aspects of Jesus, and contrasts standards of values in the world with the teac...

124. Judaism II : the law (30:14)

Date:
1955
Summary:
The law of Judaism is divisible into two groups: ethical and ritualistic law, according to Dr. Smith. He discusses each and explains the Torah and the Ten Commandments of the Jewish faith.

125. Christianity II : the good news (29:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Reviews the early years of the church when the gospel was spread by a group of ex-fishermen and tentsmen. Points out that "the good news" was not an example of the ethical teachings of Jesus, but w...

126. Christianity III : the vine and the branches (30:13)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains the three basic symbols of Christianity--the church, the vine and branches, and the body. Diagrams the spread of the three largest Christian groups--Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Greek O...

127. Style in writing : part 1 (29:16)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Stresses simple sincerity as the basis of good style in any kind of writing from business letters to short stories. Points out that many people lose their naturalness when they begin to write. Disc...

128. Style in writing : part 2 (28:52)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses good style as a portrait of the writer and stresses the importance of developing a style that permits the reader to sense the writer's personality. Considers the personality of five write...

129. Introduction (29:29)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Outlines the content of the thirteen motion pictures of THE QUILL series, and examines reasons why one should want to write better. Stresses style that is pleasant and simple; sentences that are ...

130. Writing forceful sentences : part 1 (28:54)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This is the first lesson on how to write a clear and forceful sentence, whether in a lyric poem or in a technical report. Examples of good sentences are read from Poe, Conrad, Lamb and others.

131. From sentences to paragraphs : part 3 (28:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how generalities in a paragraph should be supported by evidence. List vague, technical specific, and descriptive detail as the three kinds of detail that a writer uses as evidence. Illu...

132. From sentences to paragraphs : part 1 (28:43)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how sentences are put together to form the "explaining paragraph." This paragraph structure begins with a generalization from which specific ideas are developed and is followed by a summa...

133. Nouns and verbs vs. adjectives and adverbs (28:50)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows that by careful selection of nouns and verbs, weak adjectives and adverbs can often be omitted. Stresses that one forceful word is better than two weak words. (WQED) Kinescope.

134. Sentence variety and grammar (29:14)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program presents sentence variety, with a quick glance at some debatable points in grammar. Professor Peterson gives his opinion on such question as whether or not it is wrong to end a sentenc...

135. Significance in writing (28:40)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the question, "How do wee find meanings in the things we see and hear that leave deep impressions on us?" Points out that for a writer, it is not enough just to remember; a current meanin...

139. [Lawson's] (01:02)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Lawson's
Summary:
An advertisement for Lawson's Butter Pecan ice cream in which a narrator tells a man that he should do one remarkable thing each day and eat the product.

140. Dairy Queen : family road trip (01:02)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Dairy Queen
Summary:
An advertisement for Dairy Queen ice cream in which a family takes a road trip and the parents forget their son at the Dairy Queen, and they travel back to find him enjoying a sundae.

141. Knudsen ice cream : it tastes hand packed (01:00)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a boy runs to the grocery store to buy the product quickly, and shows the carton to a line of people waiting for ice cream from a specialty parlor.

142. Dairy Queen : mailman (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Dairy Queen
Summary:
An advertisement for Dairy Queen ice cream in which a mailman takes a break to eat a banana split and laughs as a dog tries to perform tricks in order to eat some of the ice cream.

144. Knudsen ice cream : ice cream parlor (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a man waits in a long line at a specialty ice cream parlor, and a narrator says that Knudsen has the same taste and added convenience of being availa...

145. [Hood] (01:02)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Hood Ice Cream
Summary:
An advertisement for Hood Ice Cream in which a narrator describes the product over scenes of fruits and other ingredients being prepared for processing.

147. Hong Kong--Window in the Bamboo Curtain (29:54)

Date:
1955
Summary:
The British colony of Hong Kong is the second "tension area" discussed by Mr. Ravenholt, Professor Peek, and their guest Dr. John W. Hall, director of the Center for Japanese Studies at the Univers...

148. The Impact of U.S. Military Aid (29:51)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Professor Peek, Mr. Ravenholt, and Charles Davis, professor of geography at the University of Michigan and recently returned from the Far East, discuss the nature of the U. S. military aid in the F...

149. Formosa: bastion of Chiang Kai-shek (29:52)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Mr. Albert Ravenholt, correspondent of the American Universities Field Staff and staff correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, and Dr. George A. Peek, Jr., assistant professor of political scienc...

150. The challenge of rural Asia (29:45)

Date:
1955
Summary:
A historian and a geographer from the University of Michigan, Professor John W. Hall and Professor George Kish, join Professor Peek and Mr. Ravenholt to discuss the problems of rural Asia. The rura...

151. Writers of today. Archibald MacLeish (28:40)

Alternative title:
Archibald MacLeish
Date:
1955
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Walter Kerr, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune interviews distinguished American poet, Archibald MacLeish. Mr. MacLeish outlines his ideas on what poetry is and should be, including idea...

152. A tale of the fiords (a story to see and hear) (12:44)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Aktiebolaget Svensk Filmindustri; Paul Witty; Arne Sucksdorff
Summary:
The story of a Norwegian girl who escapes from her everyday tasks to explore the rugged beauty of her mountain hom. Depicts the life of a Norwegian farm family.

154. Playing good music : the string quartet (14:04)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Films Inc.; David Ridgway; The Fine Arts Quartet
Summary:
Pictures the stringed instruments, instrumental techniques, and the unique character of music as played by a string quartet. Shows the fine Arts Quartet demonstrating various aspects of instrumenta...

155. Bill of Rights of the United States (39:58)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.; Alpheus T. Mason; John T. Bobbitt
Summary:
Explains the first ten amendments of the constitution as the specific guarantees which history, contemporary events, and the temper of men's minds had marked as vital safeguards of personal freedom.

156. Atmospheric pressure with the Magdeburg experiment (10:49)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Harvey B. Lemon; Robert Longini; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.
Summary:
Describes contributions of early scientists in the study of vacuums and atmospheric pressure which led to the invention of the air pump and the barometer. A reenactment of Otto von Guericke's Magde...

157. For granted : the water we drink (16:56)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows the source, purification process, and testing of the culinary water supply of Gary, Indiana. Explains the use of chlorine and dry chemicals in purification and shows the function of settling...

162. What Do You Hear? (29:00)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains the ways in which rumors develop, and presents typical errors people make when telling their experiences to others. Illustrates the transmission of information by using a verbal chain demo...

163. You're the Judge, Pt. I (30:02)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how prejudice might affect our actions, and points out that it is one of the most important of all the false impressions that occur within us. Demonstrates, with a group of students, how ...

164. Roots of Prejudice (29:37)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Demonstrates how are memory operated to maintain prejudice, and shows how people remember things which are favorable to their own beliefs. Discusses the various points of view concerning prejudice-...

166. Statement in Defense of the Goddess lecture (1:34:38)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Kaufman, Gloria J., 1929-2004
Summary:
Gloria Kaufman lectures on goddess worship. Date and location unknown. Kaufman's lecture begins two minutes into first side, following a fragment of a lecture by Madeline Pabis on the fear of lesbi...

168. Letters; Wells' Resignation as President (1:35:44)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Wells, Herman B
Summary:
The Herman B Wells papers includes materials pertaining to Wells' family and personal finances, his activities in the banking profession, his work in Germany for the United States government after ...

170. K-9, untitled, undated (1:35:49)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Wells, Herman B
Summary:
The Herman B Wells papers includes materials pertaining to Wells' family and personal finances, his activities in the banking profession, his work in Germany for the United States government after ...

171. Illinois Department of Public Health "End Measles" (01:06)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Illinois Department of Public Health
Summary:
A public service announcement for the Illinois Department of Public Health in which a mother in the "old days" drags her son to a quarantined measles home so that he can catch the virus and "get it...

173. University of Toronto "Pollution Probe" (01:00)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
University of Toronto
Summary:
A public service announcement from the University of Toronto featuring a silent scroll of text discussing the problem of noise pollution and urging the viewer to contact the university's Pollution ...

174. The Earliest Numbers (29:36)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows man's first effort to count with symbols, and demonstrates how Egyptian and Babylonian mathematic have contributed to our present number system. Stresses this contribution in terms of the es...

175. New Numbers (29:46)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains new and important number concepts in modern mathematics. Indicates the pattern of how new numbers arise. Presents some of the history, characteristics, and uses of negative, irrational, tr...

176. Short Cuts (29:45)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains and demonstrates logarithms, the slide rule, and other methods for simplifying computation. Through the use of models and charts, presents finger multiplication, the lightning or cross met...

180. A final examination (29:49)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program is a summary and conclusion of the course. Dr. Smith first briefly hits highlights of the major religions. Then he discusses some of the attitudinal changes that may have resulted from...

182. Hinduism III : the beyond within (31:29)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explores the belief of reincarnation as it relates to the ultimate union of the soul of man with God. States that the soul moves through several material worlds--the one we know, several higher, an...

183. Hinduism I : religion in the Hindu view of life (31:34)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the worldly desires of all people--pleasure, wealth, fame, and power--and the ways in which they are related to Hinduism and the caste system. Points out that obtaining these worldly desi...

184. Hinduism II : the four yogas (31:14)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Outlines the four yogas, or paths, to a union with God, and states that individuals should use their own resources to move themselves along these paths. Points out that the material wants or being,...

185. [Hood] (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Hood Ice Cream
Summary:
An advertisement for Hood Lucky Lolly in which a boy eats the product, an ice cream bar with a lollipop in the middle, on the playground.

186. Foremost : big dip (01:02)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Foremost
Summary:
An advertisement for Big Dip "ice milk" in which an animated man tells an ice cream scoop about the product and the scoop creates a sculpture of the Eifel Tower out of the ice milk.

187. Knudsen ice cream : childhood (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a narrator describes the product in nostalgic terms over scenes of children playing.

189. Buddhism I : the man who woke up (30:16)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Tells the story of Buddha and how he grew up to go out alone seeking eternal life. Explains that Buddha accepted the basic principles of Hinduism, but thought them cumbersome and would not abide by...

190. Buddhism II : the eight-fold path (29:46)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Illustrates the similarity of Buddhism to the other great religions. Compares a Buddhist approach to life to a doctor's approach to a medical problem. Indicates symptoms, diagnosis, prescription, a...

191. Buddhism III : the big raft (30:04)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains the two main divisions of Buddhism--Hinayana and Mahayana--and the basic causes underlying the division. Surveys the missionary movement of Buddhism and its progress in Japan, resulting in...

192. Confucianism : the code of the gentleman (29:22)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes the life of Confucius as being that of a teacher and a statesman. Explains that Confucianism grew out of a question concerning how men could learn to live together without destroying each...

193. The age of Andrew Jackson (30:10)

Date:
1955
Summary:
It was in the decades of the 1820’s and the 1830’s, often referred to rather broadly as the “Age of Jackson,” that sectional differences began to complicate national life. The Missouri Compromise ...

194. Manifest destiny in high gear (30:08)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the mid-nineteenth century push to the Pacific. Characterizes the period as one of adolescent optimism, cockiness, and self-assurance, idealism, and disregard for other's rights and feeli...

195. Beyond the Mississippi (30:07)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the Louisiana Purchase and the westward movement which resulted from it. Reviews the role of men such as Lewis and Clark, Pike, Long, and others in the exploratory process. (KETC) Kinescope.

196. The war between the states (30:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program addresses the Civil War; even before Lincoln took office, the retreat from the Union had begun. He did not want war but was determined that, if the preservation of the Union demanded ...

197. An uneasy decade--the 1850's (29:47)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Hardly had the exultation of victory and accomplishment cooled, when the nation found itself face to face with an old problem, which it had hoped was a dead issue. The application of California fo...

198. Dairy Queen : teen idol (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Dairy Queen
Summary:
An advertisement for Dairy Queen ice cream in which a Monkees-esque teen idol runs from a group of fans and travels to the Dairy Queen and feels refreshed.

199. [Baskin-Robbins] (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Baskin-Robbins
Summary:
An advertisement for Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors ice cream in which a variety of animated characters try different flavors while a narrator describes the company's offerings.