Start Over Date 1958 Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

101. The baby eats (29:43)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the relationship of eating to the emotional and physical well being of the young child. Explains appetite changes, continued use of the bottle, demand feeding, and punishment in relation...

102. 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...

103. Why Johnny reads junk (29:38)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Maria Piers names some of the reasons children should read. She explores what books are best for different age groups and delves into reasons children do not read..

104. The Open House (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Susie-Q forgets to look after the plants and fish in the classtoom just when the school open house is coming up. Brushy helps her get things in order and the visitors and teacher are very pleased. ...

105. The Literature Contest Opens (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This contest opens with the children trying to guess what the special gift from each writer is. Each gift is an illustration from a story dear to all children.

106. 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.

107. The legislative organization of Congress (28:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the Standing Committee, functions of the Committee system, and the role of the majority and minority leaders in congress. Presents opinions on seniority and the selection of committee m...

108. Pressures on Congress (30:20)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the effects of general pressure on Congressmen from a state, national, and world-wide basis. Examines the problems of lobbying. Features Dr. John T Dempsey, Professor of Political Scienc...

109. The role of Congress (29:54)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the duties of Congress including legislative and law. Points out the necessity for bureaucracy. Presents a brief history of Congress. Questions the current role of congress and how it h...

110. The Political Organization of Congress (29:57)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the influence of parties on Congressmen, the role of parties in Congress, the functions of the minority leader and whip, party responsibility, and responsibility to the electorate. Presen...

111. 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,...

112. Television lighting (30:29)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Greg Harney; Verne Weber
Summary:
Explains lighting fundamentals for the interview and panel-discussion types of television programs. Outlines problems and pitfalls and spells out how each may be avoided. Demonstrates good basic li...

113. The Sounds of Language (1:31:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., explains how linguists analyze and classify significant sounds of language. He discusses phonetics and phonemics, the science of speech sounds and the study of vary...

114. Language and Writing (29:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., provides a definition of language and discusses the logic of language. He explains misconceptions about language and writing, and points out that language symboliz...

115. The linguistic approach to language learning (30:04)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., examines the meaning of "correctness" and the importance of "rules" in grammar. Points out the difference between literary and spoken language. Discusses the four t...

116. Talking ourselves into trouble (28:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the area of general semantics. Develops the idea that one's language determines the limits of one's world. Illustrates the way in which undifferentiated reactions to words leads to a comm...

117. Who pays the bill? (29:31)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses a family discussion and a series of cartoons to explain who pays for price supports under the different kinds of programs. Explains the impact of alternative programs. (Agrafilms, Inc.) Film.

118. Too much is plenty (29:16)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses a family discussion and a series of cartoons to explain the farm surplus problem. Illustrates how and why surpluses arise. Provides alternatives which might solve the problem. (Agrafilms, In...

120. Freedom of the individual (29:37)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Rabi and Viereck join Louis Lyons to discuss the freedom of the individual with their emphasis on the scientist and the artist. They agree there is no great cause for concern over the freedom toda...

121. Policy for a Free World (29:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses United States foreign policy. Presents viewpoints concerning the relationship of foreign policy to military policy. Questions the possibility of atomic war. Concludes that the most impo...

122. Religious freedom (29:30)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses religion as a force of individual freedom. Stresses the theses that the family is the core of freedom and freedom can be found only in obedience. Featured guests are the Reverend John Cou...

123. The Condition of Freedom (29:37)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses liberty as a changeable concept, the "climate"for liberty, and threats to freedom. Stresses individual responsibility to institutions, community, and government. Featured guests are Mr. P...

124. Play in the Community (15:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Because “Robbie” the cartoonist for Fignewton’s Newspaper is ill, Fignewton asks Brushy, Linda, Skip and Susie-Q to draw the cartoon illustrations. They draw pictures of where to play and where not...

125. Skip Hides From Health (15:07)

Date:
1958
Summary:
When Skip learns it is time for the children at school to have their shots, he decides to hide and miss the shots. The others decide that he can’t join them in their later fun if he is going to be ...

126. 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.

127. Staging for television (32:13)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Verne Weber
Summary:
Presents principles of good staging for the panel and interview types of television programs. Points out common errors of staging and demonstrates methods to be used in good program staging. Sugges...

128. Fallout and disarmament (1:00:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Presents a debate on the problem of radioactive fallout from nuclear tests and the advisability of nuclear disarmament. Debates such pertinent questions as : "Does radioactive fallout from nuclear ...

129. Yankee trader abroad (29:27)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Describes and compares the extent and variety of American business with other countries. Appraises the importance of imports to the American economy and of our exports to the economies of other co...

130. 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...

132. Doctors in space. Collision stations (29:06)

Alternative title:
Collision stations
Date:
1958
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Discusses the problem of meteorite damage during space travel. Demonstrates the Navy's full-pressure space suit for emergency exit. Explains the difficulties of escape and survival in space. Featur...

133. Motivic and Thematic Variation (29:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tonal and rhythmic change of character develop from the manipulation of the basic “kernel” of motivation. Dr. Jones also analyzes the simple ternary form from Beethoven to illustrate thematic varia...

134. Thematic Development (30:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Jones, in this program, explains the tremendous expansion of the basic ternary scheme into “sonata-form” and illustrates some of the simpler means of thematic development in sonata and symphoni...

136. 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...

137. Textural and Thematic Contrast (29:35)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, Dr. Jones illustrates textural contrast, i.e., the setting of passages of homophonic texture against polyphonic passages in the same composition, with examples from Palestrina, Bac...

138. Ternary Form (29:38)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this discussion, Dr. Jones explains thatternary form is the repetition of an opening section of a composition after further development of the theme. This repetition brings the opening in to a r...

139. Motivic Repetition (29:29)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The motive is the core, kernel or “single cell” of a piece of music, according to Dr. Jones. This basic musical symbol is made meaningful by reiteration, which is motivic repetition. Illustrations ...

140. [Beatrice Foods : Meadow Gold] (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Beatrice Foods
Summary:
An advertisement for Beatric Foods Meadow Gold ice cream in which a narrator drops scoops of three flavors of ice cream from the top of the Leaning Tower of Piza in order to determine the bounce qu...

141. 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.

142. 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...

143. 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.

144. 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...

145. Hood : pick up a different flavor today! (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Hood Ice Cream
Summary:
An advertisement for Hood Ice Cream in which a boy enters an ice cream parlor and chooses vanilla, and when the attendant tells him about all the flavors available the boy is shown with a dish cont...

146. [Wesley's Quaker Maid] (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Clio Awards Collection
Summary:
An advertisement for Wesley's Quaker Made ice cream in which a man eats the product and tells the viewer that they must taste it.

147. 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...

148. The story of glass (15:13)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells of the early American glassmakers, showing rare pieces made by Baron Stiegel, Caspar Wistar, Amelung and others. She describes the method of glassmaking, uses the glass throughou...

149. Mountain Grazing (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of sheep ranches. Describes the rancher's life. Explains the importance of wool in the life of the settler and modern man.

150. The Carpenter (15:11)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The importance of men who have learned to work with wood is Bash’s theme in this program. She tells of early settlers who had to do their own building and carving with crude tools. Through film, sh...

151. The Fish Hatchery (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash takes a film expedition to a fish hatchery and shows the pools where fish are raised. She shows close-ups of a giant rainbow trout and goes with the hatchery truck to plant fish in the river. ...

152. Farms (14:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of farm life in early America. Explains how the farmer once raised his own animals and used them for the many things he needed. Visits a farm to see farm animals. (KQED) Kinescope.

153. Early money (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The story of money is one of a way of life, says Bash in this program. Money was not always coin or paper notes. There were many things which early pioneers could use to buy things. In Virginia, th...

154. Fireboat (15:16)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett describes the danger of fire aboard the clipper ships. Visits the San Francisco Bay's "Phoenix" fire boat, which is shown docked next to the Hills Brothers Coffee Company, and pre...

155. 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...

156. The start of schools (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This program begins before there were any schools in this country. Families taught their children at night after the chores were finished and in some cases a master craftsman taught young apprentic...

157. Shopping (15:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash takes a trip to an old general store, driving up in a buggy as the early settler might have done. In the store she shops for old-time items and tells of their uses. She gets coffee from a big ...

158. Fishermen (14:57)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash talks about the brave men who have sailed small boats into the open ocean in search of fish from earliest times. They risk their lives and gamble their fortunes in these ventures. Bash takes a...

159. Hats (15:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The hat you wear tells much about where you live, what kind of life you lead and what the climate is, says Bash in this program. Hats can be fun and in this program the story of hats is started wit...

160. Scientists and people (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Joel Hildebrand discusses the role of the scientist in society. Indicates why a broad acquaintance with science is essential for the educated man. (KQED) Film.

161. To young persons with active minds (29:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Joel Hildebrand discusses the future of scientific endeavor and the qualities which help make a scientist. Explains why the young person interested in science should possess curiosity, imagina...

162. Observation and Experiment (29:35)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Joel Hildebrand discusses the scientific method and how it is used. Points out that science is based on observable facts. Illustrates how complete reliance on the physical senses can be deceivi...

163. Story of helium (29:54)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The story is one of the most significant and exciting in the whole history of science. It started with the “impractical” observation of a line in the solar spectrum with no then-known earthly count...

164. Seasonal Workers (14:56)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The movement of traveling farmers, who follow the crops around the country, picking them as they ripen at different times in various areas is described in this program. The beginnings of the season...

165. Life Aboard a Clipper Ship (15:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of sailing vessels and life aboard a clipper ship. Describes the various jobs performed by the sailors. Discusses the types of cargoes carried on trips to all parts of the world. (...

166. 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 ...

167. Post Riders (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash’s story begins when the only way letters were delivered was in a sack of mail throw on the corner table of a coffee house, to be picked up, perhaps, by the owner or his friend. Early envelopes...

168. Forest fires (14:58)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash describes the value and beauty of the timber of our country, and how it helps hold the soil, gives cover for the animals, and is a valuable crop. Then she goes on a film expedition to an actua...

169. Early Houses (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The program describes the kinds of housing the early settlers built, from the earliest lean-to type, hastily thrown together to protest the people as soon as they landed on these shores, on through...

170. Fairs and Dramas (14:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash traces the development of drama and entertainment from the medieval days of acrobats at fairs, to the present. She demonstrates use of early puppets and marionettes, speaks of the troubadours ...

171. The Shakemaker (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash takes a trip to the mountains to watch a man make shakes for roofs, in the same manner that shakes were made when the first house were settled. The method hasn’t changed, except for the use of...

172. Pirates off our coast (15:15)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash talks about the real pirates who operated in American waters in the early days. Stories of the exploits of Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and others describe the kind of life the pirates led as the...

173. 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 ...

174. The apprentice (30:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Poindexter tells this Grimm fairy tale about an apprentice lad who starts for home with his wages and begins trading. He trades his gold for a horse, his horse for a cow, the cow for a pig, the pig...

175. Grasshopper and the ants (15:13)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hand puppets tell the story of a colony of ants hard at work to store food for winter. Marry Ann Ant and Wilburforce are two young ants who hate to work and when the Grasshopper comes by with his f...

176. 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.

177. Sailing Ship Balclutha (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash describes the rugged life aboard an early day sailing vessel … the various chores of the crews, and the romance of sailing to faraway ports in search of cargoes. On film, Bash goes aboard the ...

178. Roads and Wagons (15:10)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The interesting development of roads, from a path through the forest which a horse could scarcely travel, on through the building of the roads which led westward, and which were used by the huge Co...

179. 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...

180. Life in a Gold Rush Town (14:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of the deserted city of Columbia, California, one of the key Gold Rush towns in the 1850's. Describes the life and profession of people who went there seeking gold. Shows the old bu...

181. The forgetful bear (15:17)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This is the old favorite, "The Three Bears," with a whimsical touch by Tom Tichenor. The Baby Bear always forgets to do what he is told to do. He has a terrible time remembering instructions given ...

182. The gingerbread boy (15:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hand puppets tell the story of a lonesome couple who want children. The wife decides to make some gingerbread and makes it in the shape of a little boy. When she takes him out of the oven he comes ...

183. Little red riding hood (14:33)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hand puppets make this a lively story for the children. Tom Tichenor has written a new version with the violence deleted. Little Red Riding Hood is a cute little bunny, and when she goes through th...

184. Rapunzel (14:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes are used to tell the story of a wife who longed for some rapunzels (cross turnips and rutabagas) which grow in a witch's yard. The husband agrees to give the witch his first child in ex...

185. The real princess (15:06)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes tell the story of a Prince who searches for a "real" princess to marry. One night when a storm was raging, a beautiful princess seeks shelter at his palace, she is disguised as a simple...

186. Seals (15:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of the seal. Describes his habits, sociability, and use at the zoo. Shows a seal rookery.

187. The princess who could not cry (14:46)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The Princess is a loveable lion cub who laughs constantly. Her father, a lion with raised eyebrows, decrees that a reward will be given to the one who can make his daughter cry. Many try but finall...

188. Jack Rabbit and the beanstalk (15:20)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This is Tom Tichenor’s new version of Jack and the Beanstalk. Animal marionettes tell the story. Jack Rabbit sells his cow for magic beans. His mother throws them out the window and a giant beansta...

189. 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 ...

190. The story that never ended (15:10)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This is the story of a king who offered a reward to anyone who could tell a story that never ends. Many try, but all fail. The King's herald, who is in love with the Princess, disguises himself as ...

191. The country mouse and the city mouse (30:40)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The country mouse visits his city cousin and decides that though life in the city is exciting, life in the country is safer. Poindexter and his friends act out the story.

192. The Tortoise and the Hare (31:01)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Poindexter and his friends tells the story of the hare who boasts he can run faster than anyone. The tortoise, who is slow but sure, takes the challenge. Certain he can win, the hare takes a nap du...

193. 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...

194. The twelve months (15:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes in beautiful costumes and settings, tell the story of Marushka who is sent to the mountain in the winter to bring first violets, than strawberries and finally apples to her mother and s...

195. The monkeys and the hats (15:10)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Rico, whose mother sews hats for a living takes some hats to the fair to be sold. On the way, he stops for lunch and two monkeys who have run away from the circus start to play with his hats. After...

196. Simpleton (15:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Simpleton dreams of living in a palace. He takes the silver coin his mother has given him and sets out to seek his fortune. One day on the road, he meets a man with a goose and buys the goose to gi...

197. The emperor's new clothes (14:31)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes are used to tell the story of a very vain King who orders a new suit for his parade. Two mice, one very clever, and one quite a dullard, plan to trick the king. They pretend to have som...

198. Puss and boots (15:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes are used to tell the delightful age-old story of the cat who wore boots when he visited the King for his Master. Puss told the King that his Master was the Marquis and presented him wit...

199. The elves and the shoemaker (15:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hand puppets tell the story of a kind but poor husband and wife who are making their living as shoemakers. Two elves decide to help the couple and come to their home at night to make shoes for him ...

200. The wise men of Gotham (15:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hand puppets tell the story of a town named Gotham which was to be occupied by the Duke's army. The people of Gotham pretend to be very stupid, so the Duke will take his army away from their peacef...