Start Over Date 1959 Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

201. Health in our community (13:27)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Donald A. Dukelow; Larry Yust
Summary:
Deals with the actions of community health organizations in their efforts to fight disease. Shows the functions of the department of health in preventing and controlling the spread of contagious di...

202. Helen Tamiris in her Negro spirituals (16:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Illustrates modern dance as exemplified by Negro spirituals. Miss Tamiris creates her dances to the familiar spirituals Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Go Down Moses, and Get on Board Lil' Children.

203. Hello down there! (29:22)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explores the strange world of sound beneath the sea. Discusses non-animal sounds and those produced by marine animals. Illustrates how fish and other marine organisms make sounds through air sacs, ...

204. Her Ladyship, Harriet Hare (15:06)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Some animals adopt protective coloration for winter. By means of the peep-show parade, Dora tells the story of an elderly rabbit in the impoverished nobility who forgot that nature would take care ...

205. High School and Then (29:18)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Maria Piers talks about teenagers facing the “wide wide world.” Choosing a career, whether to go to college or not –these are difficult questions which trouble teenagers. Dr. Piers suggests som...

208. History (29:05)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the historical development of nuclear fission. Stresses the contributions of Chadwick, Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Otto Frisch, Niels Bohr, and Albert Einstein. Retells the story of the ini...

216. Home is where you find it (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the Brookfield Zoo to show how climate, geographical catastrophes, and an animal's adaptation to its environment makes it impossible to live elsewhere. Tells the story with filmed sequences ...

217. 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...

218. How can one nation help another? (29:13)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Four students from the Middle East -Turkey, Israel, United Arab Republic, and Iran -discuss politics and policies in their home area in the following terms: What is the economic position of each co...

219. How Does Responsibility Grow? (30:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Lee Wilcox speaks with Dr. Maria Piers about how responsibility grows in children, and if independence is a "curse" or a "blessing." Features a "Peanuts" cartoon by Charles Schultz.

220. How Good Are Our Schools? Dr. Conant Reports (28:19)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Uses two comprehensive high schools--one in Oakland, California, and the other in Labette County, Kansas--to show what every secondary school should be equipped to do. Shows various classroom situ...

221. How to splice film (08:51)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Demonstrates in detail, film splicing procedure and uses music to illustrate certain instructions.

222. How We Know What We Know (29:49)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Hayakawa develops the idea that what we know of the objective world is a product of our nervous system and, hence, an abstraction from sensory data. Alfred Korzynski’s “structural differential”...

223. Hunt's Catsup [no title] (01:02)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Hunt's
Summary:
The different ingredients of the catsup are shown before switching to a family eating different foods with catsup on it.

224. Illinois Department of Public Health "End Measles" (01:06)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Illinois Department of Public Health
Summary:
A public service announcement for the Illinois Department of Public Health in which a mother in the "old days" drags her son to a quarantined measles home so that he can catch the virus and "get it...

225. Inbreeding and heterosis (29:48)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the effect of various levels of inbreeding (self-fertilization, sib matings, half-sib matings, cousin marriages) upon making heterozygous genes homozygous with the consequent loss of vigo...

226. Independent Segregation (30:03)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Demonstrates independent segregation by different pairs of genes using Mendel's data. Emphasizes the chromosomal activities during meiosis which are responsible for independent segregation. Descri...

227. Indian Valhalla (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story and historical significance of the battle of Fort Recovery in the settlement of Ohio. Explains how the grievances of settlers and Indians led to war and ultimate defeat for Native A...

228. Industry and the worker (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Rudolph F. Bannow, national vice president and director of the National Association of Manufacturers is interviewed by Dr. EW Ziebarth, news analyst with WCCO, Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the beginn...

229. Interspecific hybridization and its consequences (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Pictures reproductive isolation originating through interspecific hybridization, via amphyploidy (radish-cabbage, new world cottons, goatsbeard species), and by means of introgression (tobacco, ros...

230. Introduction (29:11)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Provides an introduction to the series 'Design Workshop.' Explains how the elements of are and good design are related to everyday living. Shows some of the techniques to be taught in the remaining...

231. Introduction to America (29:12)

Date:
1959
Summary:
To introduce four students - Adolfo Jose Crosa of Argentina, Rafia Ayub of Pakistan, Kaarina Honkapohja of Finland and Nii Tetteh-Churu Quao of Ghana- to the United States, and the United States to...

232. Introduction to optics (23:18)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Deals with the approximation that light travels in straight lines and shows four ways in which light can be sent--diffraction, scattering, refraction, and reflection. Diffraction is shown using po...

233. Introduction to Sculpture (29:30)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses basic techniques of sculpture in clay. Shows the tools needed and explains their use. Demonstrates two techniques of sculpting: building up and cutting away.

234. Introduction to the series (28:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Gould and Dr. Odishaw discuss the idea of the IGY. They trace the idea from the suggestions that was a Third International Polar Year (1882-83, 1932-33) through its expansion into the largest i...

235. Is coexistence possible? (29:17)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Senator Hubert Humphrey presents his views on the possibility of co-esistence between the Soviet Bloc and the West. He explains the nature and function of the United States Foreign Policy and the p...

236. Is prison work a profession? (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, the activities of prison personnel are shown via film clips and criminologist Joseph D. Lohman describes the skills necessary for the intelligent operation of a penal institution. ...

237. Islands of the frozen sea (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Deals with the geography and climate of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic through a one-year cycle and pictures life among its flora and fauna. Reconstructs the climatic history of the regi...

238. It's Time For Bed (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Maria Piers discusses children's bedtimes and what to do when they refuse to go to bed. Talks about what parents can do to make bedtime easier for kids and adults.

240. Italy 1959 (31:01)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Charles Long
Summary:
Edited travelogue documenting Ed Feil's trip to Italy in 1959 with long-time friend Charles Long. Shows the pair travelling from Milan to Venice, Rome, Florence, Pompeii, and Capri. Primarily shows...

241. Japan's revolutions (29:11)

Alternative title:
20th century revolutions in w...
Date:
1959
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Presents Japan as a laboratory for studying modern revolutions. This episode traces three major transformations in the nation's history: the industrial revolution, the military-driven totalitarian ...

242. Japanese Brush Painting: Introduction (28:48)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Introduces the subject of Japanese Brush Painting. Explains the use of the brush painting materials. Discusses the Japanese approach to art. Artist-host T. Mikami paints samples of the subjects t...

243. Jimmy and Jamie (15:16)

Date:
1959
Summary:
If a worm loses part of its body in time that part will be replaced. Using make-do puppets, Dora tells the story of on worm's adventures. Viewers learn how to make a puppet worm from paper.

244. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company [unknown title] (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Summary:
An advertisement for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company featuring a blind man who describes his experience working as an administrative director at the company. An offscreen male narrator d...

246. Keyboard Conversations: Introduction (29:50)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Defines the nature and scope of the series, Keyboard Conversations. Discusses the question of the necessity for studying the structure of music. Illustrates the sensuous, emotional, and intellectua...

247. Knudsen Ice Cream "Ice Cream Parlor (30 second)" (00:31)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a man waits in a long line at a specialty ice cream parlor, and a narrator says that Knudsen has the same taste and added convenience of being availa...

248. Knudsen ice cream : childhood (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a narrator describes the product in nostalgic terms over scenes of children playing.

249. Knudsen ice cream : ice cream parlor (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a man waits in a long line at a specialty ice cream parlor, and a narrator says that Knudsen has the same taste and added convenience of being availa...

250. Knudsen ice cream : it tastes hand packed (01:00)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a boy runs to the grocery store to buy the product quickly, and shows the carton to a line of people waiting for ice cream from a specialty parlor.

252. Kobu-Tori-Jiisan or the Man With a Wen (29:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is an old Japanese fairy tale which points up the consequences of greed. Artist Mikami illustrates this tale with a brush painting of the old man with the wen (tumor).

253. Laws, Enforcement, and Courts (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses variations in enforcement and court procedure, the driver's relations with police and court, and the importance of voluntary observance of traffic laws. Illustrates and explains various ...

254. Leaving Home (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Lee Wilcox speaks with Dr. Maria Piers about how adults and children can prepare responsibly for children leaving home for camp for the first time, as well as issues about children away from h...

255. Liberty National Bank and Trust [unknown title] (01:02)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Liberty National Bank and Trust
Summary:
An advertisement for Liberty National Bank in which the viewer is guided through the bank's spaces and services. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.

257. Life goals and democracy (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Max Lerner and five Brandeis students discuss: what is the most important life goal; what is the criteria by which we measure Americans; is it the values that are held or is it the definitions give...

258. Life of a plant (10:52)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.; R. O. Freeland; John Nash Ott, Jr.
Summary:
Shows the steps in the life-cycle of the pea plant. Uses animation and time-lapse photography to explain the roles of roots, stem, leaves, flower, fruit, and seed.

259. Life on Other Worlds (29:37)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the question of life on other planets. Reviews what is known and speculated about the biological environments on other worlds--especially Mars--and the possibility of finding or establis...

260. Life on the coral reef (2:32:24)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explores, through underwater photography, the three regions of a coral reef. Explains the relationship of the many forms of life to each other and their environment. Points out the factors, which...

261. Lift theory and high lift devices (29:38)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains the principles of lift. Uses the smoke tunnel to demonstrate the methods developed to produce wings with high lift capacity. Discusses stalling and how it is prevented. (State University...

262. Living room in the void (30:04)

Alternative title:
Living room in the void
Date:
1959
Summary:
This program deals with protective devices for flyers in space. As background, Col. Sweeney demonstrates the Air Force partial pressure suit, designed for emergency escape from a damaged craft, an...

263. Logistics of the Igy in Antarctica (29:24)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Gould describes the magnitude of the logistics problem facing scientists planning the scientific efforts during the IGY. With the use of film he describes the entire operation from the assembli...

264. London (01:58)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Brief travelogue documenting Ed Feil’s trip to London in Fall 1959. Features driving by Palace of Westminster and Big Ben, guards at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Kensington Gardens, and th...

265. London - 1959 (20:30)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Charles Long; Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Travelogue documenting Ed Feil’s trip to London in Fall 1959. Highlights include: people feeding pigeons at Trafalgar Square, passing Windsor Castle, the Royal Guard and a marching band outside Buc...

266. London - Fall, Sept. '59 (05:55)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Charles Long
Summary:
Condensed versions of London - 1959 (barcode 40000003363977).

267. Long time intervals (25:23)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Larry Yust; Archer Goodwin
Summary:
Portrays various methods of measuring long time intervals including the ordinary clock, the movement of the earth about the sun, growth rings of trees, deposition of layers of sedimentary rocks and...

268. Looks don't count--unusual animal relationships (29:56)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the Brookfield Zoo to choose relatives among the animals there. Points out the characteristics that determine relationships among different animals. Shows that looks do not always count in...

271. Louisiana Territory (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the Louisiana Territory and its significance to United States history. Explains how and why this land changed ownership between France and Spain until purchased by Thomas Jeffers...

272. Love, Part 1 (29:26)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the various approaches writers have taken toward the theme of love. Includes readings from the love poetry of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Raleigh, Donne, Suckling, Burns, Brid...

273. Love, Part 2 (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds continues the exploration of the theme of love as treated in literature. Includes readings from Shakespeare's plays and the poems of Matthew Arnold, Tennyson, and Robert and Eliz...

274. Loves and Hates of the Three-Year Old (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the development of strong attachments on the part of boys and girls to the parent of the opposite sex during the ages of two to five years. Explains why romantic feelings start early in ...

275. Lubbock Savings and Loan Association [unknown title] (01:02)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Lubbock Savings and Loan Association
Summary:
An advertisement for Lubbock Savings and Loan Association in which a narrator compares two women who spend and save money differently. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.

276. 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...

277. Lying and Cheating (29:23)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Lee Wilcox speaks with Dr. Maria Piers about how adults can responsibly teach children about the difference between lies and the truth. Features a "Peanuts" comic by Charles Schultz.

278. Maintenance (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains why careful car maintenance is necessary and the proper way to keep your car in safe driving condition. Discusses the value of the owner's manual, inspection laws, car thefts, warranties, ...

279. Man and Nature (29:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Presents a contrast of Chinese and Western attitudes with regard to man's place in nature. Discusses differing concepts of freedom, nature, and anxiety. Outlines the premises upon which Taoism and ...

280. Man, the predator (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains how man affects the survival of life in the sea. Discusses traditional and primitive methods of catching marine creatures used by native fishermen of the Bahama Islands. Demonstrates the u...

281. Man-Made Laws (29:52)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Emphasizes that without traffic laws our street and highways would be in a state of confusion. Discusses the uniform code covering speed, passing, traffic signals, stops and stops signs, and turni...

282. Man-made laws (29:52)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Emphasizes that without traffic laws our street and highways would be in a state of confusion. Discusses the uniform code covering speed, passing, traffic signals, stops and stops signs, and turni...

283. Manufacturer's Trust Bank [unknown title 1] (01:00)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Manufacturer's Trust Bank
Summary:
An advertisement for Manufacturer's Trust Bank in which an animated girl rides a pogo stick that she saved money for using the bank, and the narrator instructs the viewer about the organization's s...

284. Manufacturer's Trust Bank [unknown title 2] (01:02)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Manufacturer's Trust Bank
Summary:
An advertisement for Manufacturer's Trust Bank in which an animated girl learns about the bank's policy on savings account interest. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.

285. Many long years ago (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the odd-toed, hoofed mammals at the Brookfield Zoo. Explains how they have changed from their distant ancestors. Uses filmed sequences of the rhinoceros, zebras, tapirs, and horses.

286. Measuring Time and Distance (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses natural and artificial means of measuring time and distance. Explains how the three natural divisions of time--day, month, and year--come from the motions of the earth and the moon. Tell...

287. Mechanics of the Car (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the necessity of understanding car mechanics for maintenance purposes. Explains the power source, the cooling and electrical systems, lubrication, brakes, exhaust, and power accessories....

288. Medicine of Flight (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Traces the development of aviation medicine. Discusses the founding of the Department of Space Medicine at the School of Aviation Medicine, U.S. Air Force. Shows the kind of experimental research...

289. Metalman (15:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of making objects from metal. Explains the importance of the craftsmen who shaped iron, tin, pewter, gold, and silver. Describes the work of famous metalworkers. Uses film to show a...

290. Meteorology (29:30)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Examines the role of meteorological research in the Antarctic program of the IGY. Uses charts, maps, and film sequences to show how weather observations are taken, organized, and used. Features Dr...

291. Mighty Mississippi (15:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash tells the story of the Mighty Mississippi, in calm and in flood, in the early days of the flat boats, keelboats and barges on to the time of the riverboats with steam turning the giant paddle ...

292. Minor Members of the Solar System (29:54)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the small objects or debris that travel in and out among the planets in the solar system. Uses diagrams, models, and photographs to show and explain the physical make-up, size, movements...

293. Missouri and the West (15:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash tells the story of Missouri, the settling of towns and the westward trails to Oregon and California via the Santa Fe Trail. She sings “Black-eyed Susie,” “Chisholm Trail,” “Shenandoah” and “Co...

294. Modern problems of flight (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses new aerodynamic problems caused by high speed flight. Explains the different flow regions corresponding to the subsonic, transonic, and supersonic velocities. Demonstrates the generation...

295. Modulating Sentences (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the process of modulation, or key change, in musical composition. Explains the major and minor tonal patterns which dominate all music of the period under discussion (1700-1900). Illust...

296. Momo Taro or Peach Boy (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Expressing valor and benevolence, this famous Japanese legend tells the tale of a boy who was found inside a peach by an elderly Japanese couple. The boy later rewards their kindness in caring for ...

297. Morals in revolution (29:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
What is the cause of the moral revolution? Other questions raised by Max Lerner and the five Brandeis students during this program are: what is the operative code of today; are we still a Puritan s...

298. More about three-part form (30:06)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Continues the discussion of ternary form from the preceding program, THREE-PART FORM: TERNARY. Explains how the re-statement in ternary form is modified, in some cases, to provide an intensificati...

299. More Complex Sentences and 'Irregular' Phrases (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Professor Jones illustrates sentences of three (triple) and four (quadruple) phrases and their common internal relationships. After which, since it would be a gross misrepresentation to leave the l...

300. More ways than one (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the reptile house at the Brookfield Zoo. Explains the many ways in which reptiles function and get a living. Uses filmed sequences of an egg-eating snake, a mawtamata turtle, iguana lizard...