Start Over Date 1958 Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

421. Drama comes of age (29:21)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the Shakespearean theater and neo-classic drama. Tells of realism, not only in plays, but in the theater itself. Demonstrates early realism with a scene from Hedda Gabler.

422. Drama : how it began (29:25)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the early beginnings of the theater. Explains the techniques of the Greek theater and how playwriting developed. Illustrates the chorus technique with a scene from Oedipus the King.

423. Olympia Beer "Water" (01:03)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Olympia Brewing Company
Summary:
An advertisement for Olympia Beer in which a narrator discusses the water in Tumwater, Washington, which makes the product taste the way it does.

426. Indianapolis attacks its slums (51:37)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Contains aerial photography, animation, and charts to show methods used by Indianapolis to effect slum clearance. Pictures city officials as they cite the need for rebuilding slum areas and tells o...

432. Group patterns of courtship behavior (29:07)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Employs dance routines and originally scored music to portray differences in personal contact between males and females as sanctioned by three societies. Emphasizes differences in opportunity for ...

433. 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...

436. Education : what's wrong with American high schools? (29:47)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Teenagers from France, Ghana, India, and Israel discuss the pros and cons of Americans education. Questions whether or not American education is challenging. (WOR-TV) Kinescope.

437. Education : here and abroad (29:42)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Teenagers from Korea, Norway, Sudan, and the United Kingdom explain their views on American high school students after visiting American school rooms. Compares education in the United States with t...

438. Dolls, puppets, and diversion (30:20)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In all societies, children have a need to play. The doll, made in the human image is a universal toy. The puppet, made in the human or animal form, is another means of diversion for children, as ...

439. Industry (29:25)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses practical applications of nuclear energy in industry. Stresses the use of radioactivity in determining the age of the solar system, the age of an ancient site in Texas, and in solving the...

440. 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...