Start Over Date 1958

102. 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...

103. 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.

104. 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.

105. 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 ...

106. 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.

107. 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...

108. 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 ...

110. 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.”

111. 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.

112. 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.

113. 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...

114. Bugles "Supermarket" (01:11)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Bugles
Summary:
An advertisement for Bugles snack food in which a narrator describes the plot by potato chips to keep Bugles away from consumers in the supermarket.

115. 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...

116. 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...

117. 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...

118. 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...

119. 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...

120. 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...

121. 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 ...

122. 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. ...

123. Central Australia and Elsewhere in Australia (1:11:00)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Richard Leslie Gair (1892-1970)
Summary:
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should note that this film may contain images of deceased persons. This home movie contains material mainly from three visits the Gair family ...

124. 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...

125. 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.

126. 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...

127. 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...

128. 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...

129. Citizens for Clean Air "PSA" (00:59)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Citizens for Clean Air
Summary:
A public service announcement from the Citizens for Clean Air in which the close-up and audio of a man breathing overlays shots of cars, planes, factory chimneys, and other sources of air pollution...

130. 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...

131. 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...

132. 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...

133. 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 ...

134. 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.

135. 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...

136. 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...

137. 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 ...

138. 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...

139. Combustion & Combustion Products (29:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to demonstrate the process of combustion and the by-products produced. Explains how combustion depends on fuel, air, and heat. Illustrates combustion with liquid and s...

140. Composition of velocities (27:56)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Methods for finding the resultant motion of a body moving with two velocities simultaneously are presented. Boat and plane models are used to illustrate the basic principles of simultaneous velocit...

141. Copy-cats : unusual similarities among animals (30:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Visits the Brookfield Zoo to discover those animals which look and live alike but are unrelated. Explains that copy-cats occur in the plant, bird, and animal, worlds, and tells why. Uses film clips...

143. Costumes of Our Country (15:11)

Date:
1958
Summary:
How the clothes of people living in this country have changed is shown by Bash, in pictures and in living pictorial groups. From the early Spanish peaked helmet and bloomers, through the Cavaliers,...

144. Country fairs (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash starts at the earliest meetings of groups of people, the church festival, and traces the development of gatherings on through the country fairs. The camp meetings of the Methodists give rise t...

145. Covered Bridges (14:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells the romance crossing streams and takes a film trip to see some historic covered bridges which are still in use. Covered bridges had many unusual features including the special toll charg...

146. Covered Wagon Trip (15:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of an imaginary cross-country trip in a covered wagon. Explains the preparation for the trip. Describes the difficulties encountered on such a journey. (KQED) Kinescope.