Start Over Date 1958

101. Opportunities Industrialization Center [unknown title] (02:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Opportunities Industrialization Center
Summary:
A public service announcement for the Opportunities Industrialization Center's (OIC) adult education programs in which a Black man from New York recounts his difficulties finding and sustaining a j...

102. Round the World Trip 1939 : Part 3 – USA and Canada (51:57)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Richard Leslie Gair (1892-1970)
Summary:
McRobbie-Gair Family Home Movies Collection: Following the European leg of their trip, the Gairs then sailed from Southampton to New York on the Queen Mary but there is no footage of this trip as M...

105. Sealtest : double strawberry ice cream (00:20)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Sealtest
Summary:
An advertisement for Sealtest Double Strawberry ice cream in which animated children play like they are in the army and move to find the product.

108. Sealtest : old fashioned peach (00:22)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Sealtest
Summary:
An advertisement for Sealtest Old Fashioned Peach ice cream in which two narrators discuss the product over an animation of a peach.

109. Shell "We're Trying to Make Things Better" (01:02)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Shell
Summary:
An advertisement for Shell Oil in which a researcher stands in a body of water and demonstrates some of the company's methods for oil spill containment and clean-up. The researcher and an offscreen...

110. Stag Beer "Operation Payback" (00:29)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Carling Brewing Company
Summary:
A public service announcement from Stag beer in which a group of elderly women collect and crush aluminum cans, while an offscreen male narrator describes how the company will pay one-half cent per...

112. Study of Government (14:40)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Indiana U Instructional Support Services
Summary:
[motion picture] Orients students to the opportunities and experiences for the study of government at a typical college or university. Emphasizes that government cannot be taken for granted and tha...

113. 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,...

117. 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...

118. 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 ...

119. V-62 Independence (1:04:10)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
U.S. Park Service Department of the Interior
Summary:
Source material used for the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.

120. Various Military Parades and School Sporting Events (20:47)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Richard Leslie Gair (1892-1970)
Summary:
McRobbie-Gair Family Home Movies Collection: This home movie contains mainly footage of a large military parade in Melbourne, Australia. It is most likely of an ANZAC day parade. ANZAC day is one o...

122. Wellmet House (29:30)

Date:
19XX
Summary:
Explains that Wellmet House attempts to rehabilitate the mentally ill not by gaining conforming behavior but by helping them relate to other people in natural and unstructured ways. Points out that...

124. 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...

127. Royalty (17:04)

Date:
195X
Main contributors:
McRobbie Family
Summary:
Comprised of three short films by Walton Films, "The Reign of King George VI," "Elizabeth - Our Queen," and "Trooping the Colour Ceremony," and one film by Peak Film Productions, "London," about En...

129. Writers of today. Frank O'Connor (28:39)

Alternative title:
Frank O'Connor
Date:
195X
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Walter Kerr, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune, interviews noted Irish author Frank O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor contrasts the novel and the short story in relation to characterization, plot, ...

130. Alpine Cigarettes [unknown title] (01:02)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Alpine
Summary:
An advertisement for Alpine cigarettes in which a narrator describes a man named Joe who is watching cigarette commercials and has trouble deciding which product he likes, until he sees an Alpine c...

131. Camel [unknown title] (00:15)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Camel
Summary:
An advertisement for Camel cigarettes in which an animated man's head is shown to be frowning before smoking Camels and then smiling after smoking them. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco P...

133. Lucky Strike "Get Lucky Taste to Start Taste to Stay With" (00:59)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Lucky Strike
Summary:
An advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes in which a radio DJ smokes the product while describing it to listeners and then plays a jingle. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and...

134. Parliament "No Filter Feedback" (00:12)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Parliament
Summary:
An advertisement for Parliament cigarettes in which a narrator describes the product's recessed filter and price. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.

135. Ronson "Adonis" (01:00)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Ronson
Summary:
An advertisement for a Ronson Adonis lighters in which a woman buys the product for her husband. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.

136. Ronson [unknown title] (01:03)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Ronson
Summary:
An advertisement for Ronson table lighters in which American fashion designer Anne Fogarty describes various models of table lighters for a program called "Room to Room with Ronson." Submitted for ...

137. Tareyton "Activated Charcoal" (01:11)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Tareyton
Summary:
An advertisement for Tareyton cigarettes in which a man who is buying a suit describes the product's dual filter with activated charcoal. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Sup...

138. Tareyton "Deliver the Flavor" (00:10)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Tareyton
Summary:
An advertisement for Tareyton cigarettes in which a narrator describes the flavor of the product and its dual filter. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.

139. Winston "Flavor. Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should" (00:35)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Winston
Summary:
An advertisement for Winston cigarettes in which a jingle describes the product's taste over an animation of the box and a cartoon xylophone. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and...

140. Winston "If it Isn't There It Hasn't Got it" (01:00)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Winston
Summary:
An advertisement for Winston cigarettes in which a jingle plays over an animation describing the product's filter and taste. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.

141. Zuban Auslese [unknown title] (00:44)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Zuban
Summary:
An advertisement for Zuban Auslese cigarettes depicting an animated train that spells the brand name. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.

142. Pursuit, Episode-10, The Silent Night (52:58)

Date:
December 6, 1958
Main contributors:
Peter Kortner ; Paul Monash; Buzz Kulik
Summary:
John Conrad is a patient at a mental institute for attempting to kill himself and his wife. After being denied a pass to go home for Christmas John breaks out of the institute and avoids the police...

143. Bob Elson's Interview with Casey Stengel (07:21)

Date:
August 1, 1958
Main contributors:
Elson, Bob, 1904-1981; Stengel, Casey; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)
Summary:
In an interview with Casey Stengel, Bob Elson discussed Glendale National Bank. He expressed concerns about the New York Yankees’ pitching and adding more teams in Major League Baseball. Elson also...

144. Bob Elson's Interview with Leo Durocher (07:47)

Date:
July 12, 1958
Main contributors:
Elson, Bob, 1904-1981; Durocher, Leo, 1905-1991; New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Summary:
In an interview with Bob Elson, Leo Durocher discusses the 54 World Series wins, highlights Willie Mays as the greatest player, and discusses the relocation of Los Angeles and San Francisco to the ...

145. Bob Elson's Interview with Casey Stengel (05:32)

Date:
June 26, 1958
Main contributors:
Elson, Bob, 1904-1981; Stengel, Casey; Duren, Ryne, 1929-2011
Summary:
In an interview with Casey Stengel, Bob Elson discusses the upcoming 1958 all-star game and pitcher Ryne Duren, who wears glasses.

146. Bob Elson's Interview with Enos Slaughter (04:27)

Date:
June 23, 1958
Main contributors:
Elson, Bob, 1904-1981; Slaughter, Enos, 1916-2002; St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)
Summary:
In an interview with Enos Slaughter, Bob Elson discusses the Gas House Gang, past Cardinal teams, and the Dean Brothers.

148. Bob Elson's Interview with Tris Speaker (08:01)

Date:
May 10, 1958
Main contributors:
Elson, Bob, 1904-1981; Speaker, Tris; Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
Summary:
In Bob Elson’s interview with Tris Speaker, he discusses the importance of teaching children to play and compares the legendary baseball players Ty Cobb and Willie Mays.

149. Boston Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks (58:31)

Date:
April 12, 1958
Main contributors:
Boston Celtics (Basketball team); St. Louis Hawks (Basketball team)
Summary:
Boston Celtics - 108; St. Louis Hawks - 111; In the fourth quarter of the sixth game of the 1958 NBA championship series, the St. Louis Hawks emerged victorious against the Boston Celtics with a f...

150. Kansas State Wildcats vs. Kansas Jayhawks (1:23:30)

Date:
March 8, 1958
Main contributors:
Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999; Kansas State Wildcats (Basketball team); Kansas Jayhawks (Basketball team)
Summary:
Kansas Jayhawks - 61; Kansas State Wildcats - 44; In his final collegiate game, Wilt Chamberlain guides the Jayhawks to a decisive victory over the highly ranked Wildcats. Game played at Ahearn ...

151. #1 Oct. 1958 Minnesota- Canada Fishing Trip (11:33)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Home movie with handmade title cards of a fishing trip in Lake Superior. Opens with a title card that reads "Fishing October 1958, Minnesota & Canada". Shows a group of men on a motorboat fishing, ...

152. 49-er gold mining (14:54)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The excitement of the Gold Rush is in this show; the feverish travel across the country to find treasure, and the life of the prospectors. Bash shows the methods of mining with rocker and with gold...

153. [Engelman Home Movie #5] (17:47)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Engelman, George T., Jr.
Summary:
George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in ...

155. A definition of language (29:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., explains the relationship between language and culture. He points out that there is no such thing as a “primitive” language; all languages have the same amount of ...

156. A settler's day (14:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash compares the chores children have today with those children had a few generations ago as members of a pioneer family. She describes a typical day and tells of the work the family members do an...

157. Agriculture (29:38)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Special Guest: DR. RICHARD S. CALDECOTT –Dr. Caldecott is a geneticist with the cereal crops brand of the United States Department of Agriculture and an associate professor in the Department of Agr...

158. All the way home (30:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Examines the confused reaction in a community when a black family stops in front of a house with a "for sale" sign. Explores the contagion of unreason and the feelings of guilt which militate again...

159. America Looks Abroad: Brazil (29:01)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Discusses the political history of Brazil and her relations with the U.S. Considers Brazilian art, economic problems and potentialities, and the role of U.S. business in Brazil. A photo series pre...

160. Aquarama - 1958 (06:55)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Beautifully shot footage of the USS Aquarama coming into port, lines thrown out to the dock, anchors dropping, the ship being pulled to dock. Shows passengers disembarking, cars being loaded off an...

161. Archibald Ant likes to play baseball (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Audience learns how to make an ant puppet of varying size. In the Make Do Theatre play, the story of Archibald Ant is told. After playing baseball, he eats too much honey and his stomach gets reall...

162. Argentina (29:21)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Outlines Argentine history and discusses the political and economic climate, with prospects for the future. Emphasizes Argentina's problems and possibilities. Shows pictures of the land and the peo...

163. Art Contest Ends (15:13)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) conduct an art contest. Puppet children are shown working on their painting, sculpture and collage submissions. Viewers are encouraged to make art of their...

164. Art Contest Opens (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton’s Newspaper is conducting an art contest, which in part consists of having the children guess the titles of well-known paintings and guess how other art objects are made.

165. At the bottom of the pond (15:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) tell the story of the Caddis Fly using a "Make - Do Theatre" style, which requires the storyteller to construct the puppets before telling the story. Featu...

166. Atomic Fuels (29:42)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Examines new concepts of the word "fuel." Discusses and shows the atomic fuels uranium, plutonium, and thorium. Explains what atomic fuels are and where they are found. Describes the use of "magic ...

167. Atoms and molecules (29:34)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to illustrate the size of atoms and molecules. Demonstrates the smallness of these particles by means of oil film on water and the passage of hydrogen through a clay cup...

168. Aug-58 (03:05)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Leslie Feil; George Feil
Summary:
Home movie of a birthday party for Leslie Feil at her childhood home. Shows George grilling while Mary and Maren prepare food in a dark kitchen. Leslie receives a cake shaped like a house. Ends wit...

169. Baby's First Weeks (29:34)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the first weeks and months of a baby's life. Explains how the relationship of the parents to the infant affects his future development. Points out various pitfalls parents should be aware...

170. Bacteria : laboratory study (15:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Contrasts worlds beyond our own with the world of microscopic living things, represented by protozoa, algae, yeasts, bacteria, and viruses. Refers to man's techniques for controlling bacteria and u...

171. Bamboo (29:48)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The grace and beauty of bamboo—familiar subject to all Japanese artists—is captured by T. Mikami as he teaches hos to draw bamboo as it appears on a windy day, starting with the truck, then the sle...

172. Beardsley Ruml, part II (29:41)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this second program Mr. Ruml, Professor Rudick and Dr. Morrison discuss education and the liberal college, the liberal element in universities, science in a liberal education, teachers and teach...

173. Betsy Fills Her Basket (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
There are different types of pollen. Bees gather pollen. Mr. Robinson provides sketches of Betsy, a honeybee, who gets hay fever from one kind of pollen. She gathers pollen from another source and ...

174. Brakes and Misbehavior (29:57)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Relates criminal behavior to the lack of psychological controls on energies and impulses. Uses a modified Freudian approach to trace the development of the psychic. Explains the functions of the ...

175. Brushy joins the collector's club (15:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Because he has been ill, Brushy can’t play outdoors. After his first disappointment, he and his mother decide that he can make a leaf collection which would allow him to join the “Collector’s Club.”

176. Brushy learns the three c's (15:06)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) discuss the topic of the "Three Cs" -- courtesy, consideration, and cooperation. Features "Can You Tell" cartoons by Robbie.

177. Brushy Wins Theater Contest (13:47)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fun for all comes when the children present their own plays, including a puppet play and a simple play with masks.

178. Brushy's Mistake (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Brushy learns to adapt to a changing environment when he finds out that he can help with his new baby brother. At first he sees the baby as no fun at all. But when mother asks him to help her fix t...

179. Building Up a New Theory (29:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to explain how a new theory in science replaces an old one. Relates the method used by Count Rumford to disprove the caloric theory of heat. Features Dr. Sanborn Brown...

180. Camping (15:04)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Most children have been off on a trip with their families and this time Bash takes them on a camping trip where, on film, the sleep on the ground, hike in the mountains and fish in trout streams. T...

181. Canada : the Atlantic provinces (second edition) (16:10)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Mason Wade, Director, Canadian Studies Program, University of Rochester; J. Lewis Robinson, Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Summary:
An overview of the Provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland. Emphasizes the growing industrialization of the region, including the development of iron ore dep...

182. Canals (14:57)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash describes the workings of a canal and shows how it is possible to make a ship “go upstairs” from one water level to another. The reasons for digging canals are discussed along with the importa...

183. Carbon and Its Compounds (29:36)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to explain the properties of carbon and its compounds. Discusses the three natural forms of carbon: amorphous, graphite, and diamond. Demonstrates the properties of carb...

184. Carrot nose (07:22)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of several children who build a snowman and give him a personality of his own. They use a carrot for his nose, but during the night someone steals the "carrot nose" and to discover ...

185. Catalysts: Secret Agents in Chemistry (29:27)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to illustrate the action of catalysts. Demonstrates with the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, solution of zinc in hydrochloric acid, and the burning of a sugar cube. ...

186. Character Contrast and the Episodic Principle (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Illustrates tempo and character contrast between movements of cyclic forms like the sonata and suite with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and C-Sharp Minor Piano Sonata. Examples of the episodic princi...

187. Charles Malik : part 1 (29:34)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Charles Habib Malik, Lebanese Ambassador, discusses the business of the diplomat with his guests, T.F.X. Higgins and Dr. Richard Cottam.

188. Chemical Clock Reactions (29:51)

Date:
1958
Summary:
While most chemical reactions take place almost immediately, there are some which can be made to occur after a timed delay. These are the so-called clock reactions. By varying the temperature or co...

189. Chemical Hall of Fame (29:39)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The progress of sciences such as chemistry is due to the work of many great men. These men have made their mark in science by their curiosity and their efforts to understand natural laws. Some of t...

190. Chemical Reactions (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Changes in nature are classed as either physical or chemical changes. Examples of both types of changes are shown. Simple chemical reactions such as the burning of magnesium and phosphorous are dem...

191. Chicken Little (31:01)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The tale of the foolish little chicken who is hit on the head by an acorn and thinks the world is falling in is told by Poindexter and his friends. How "Chicken Little" nearly starts a panic among ...

192. Citizenship in Action (24:17)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Presents a high-school class studying god citizenship in the community and in the school. Dramatizes the manner in which the student committees organized projects for improving school elections, ch...

193. Classification and segregation in prisons (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, film sequences illustrate the steps in the prison separation and analysis technique, and an inmate tells of his experience with the classification system. Criminologist Joseph D. L...

194. Clean-Up Man Almost Misses Party (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Brushy, Susie-Q and Linda leave so much litter when they play in the park that the clean-up man has to stay late to tidy up after them. When the children realize that they are keeping him from a pa...

195. Clever Elsie (15:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Clever Elsie really isn't very clever at all. Marionettes tell the story of Clever Elsie who sweeps with the broom upside down to keep from wearing out the straw. One day, Clever Elsie goes to the ...

196. Clifford Clam's Sore Foot (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dora shows the audience how to make a clam and a bird puppet. Dora and Fignewton put on a play about Clifford the Clam who gets a sore foot from jumping too high.

197. Clocks and time (15:06)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells us that there were no clocks or watches aboard the Mayflower and that the watch was invented after the first settlers in America had landed. The history of mechanical methods to tell tim...

198. Co-existence (29:50)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Teenagers from Pakistan, Vietnam, Germany, and Yugoslavia discuss socialism in Yugoslavia and Russian Communism. Questions the definition of the word "freedom." Analyzes the prospects of reunificat...

199. Co-operative work in the South (15:21)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The neighborliness of people in the South gives rise to many stories of help to others living nearby. The assistance with plowing, picking of crops and helping “catch up on work” is told, then the ...

200. Colonists and their countries (14:58)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Describes the various groups of settlers that came to this country and founded colonies. Tells of the first French, English, Dutch, Swedish, and Spanish settlers. Discusses their lives, homes, an...