Start Over Date 1958 Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

611. Volumes of cubes, prisms, and cylinders (18:42)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Delta Films; E. H. C. Hildebrandt; Robert Pruitt
Summary:
Uses examples of everyday objects to develop the basic formula V=Bh for computing the volumes of cubes, prisms, and cylinders. Builds each concept, formula, or definition through use of live action...

612. Volumes of pyramids, cones, and spheres (17:12)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Falcon Films; E. H. C. Hildebrandt; Robert Pruitt
Summary:
Uses a combination of animation and live-action photography to logically develop the formulas for determining the volume of pyramids, cones, and spheres. After reviewing the formulas for the volume...

613. Wanda Landowska at home (29:02)

Date:
1958
Summary:
An interview with famous, Polish harpsichordist, Wanda Landowska, in her home in Lakeville, Connecticut.

614. Water : sculptor of the land (29:25)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Wind, heat, cold, and rain combine to weather the rocks and break them down. But the face of our earth is molded and the decayed rock carried away from one place and deposited in another mainly b...

615. Water pressure (14:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This program deals with water pressure. Uncle Wonder shows the various experiments that water has weight and that water exerts pressure in all directions. He shows why there is more water pressure ...

616. Weather Maps, Calendars, and Crime (29:02)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses folklore connected with crime, pointing out that a slight correlation may exist between criminality and the weather, phase of the moon, fire, darkness, and light. Uses vignettes to show ...

617. Weaving and man's dress (30:20)

Date:
1958
Summary:
When man faced the elements of nature, it was through his ingenuity and the use of his hands that he was able to weave clothing for protection. This took varying forms, from the weaving of blanket...

618. Weighing air (14:29)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program Uncle Wonder uses a gram scale and weighs the air in a basketball. He also shows that air has weight by balancing two balloons, one at each end of a stick, and breaking one of them,...

619. 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...

620. What bones can tell us (29:35)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In the case of mammals, bones can tell us a lot. Form the extinct mastodon and mammoth, or the ancient horse, one can learn lessons about the development of the mammals by merely examining the tee...