Start Over Date 1959 Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

101. Fathers (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Lee Wilcox speaks with Dr. Maria Piers about the importance of fathers during childhood. Features a "Peanuts" cartoon by Charles Schultz.

102. Fences (15:10)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Fences tell a story about the way of life of the people who built them, the use to which the land was put and something of the personality of the builder. Bash Kennett tells of early fences and tak...

103. Figure (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Mr. Mikami teaches the art of drawing a human figure using the Japanese equivalent of a “baby sitter” as an example. The figure he draws is a young Japanese girl carrying a small baby on her back. ...

104. Figureheads (15:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells about the art of craving the figureheads which graced the prow of sailing vessels in the past. She shows figureheads of all types and sings “Pretty Kitty” and “Wanderin.”

105. Figures in Action (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Joan Jockwig Pearson presents the elements of good design and its application to everyday living in buildings, clothing, furniture, and automobiles as well as in actual objects d’art.

106. Fingerprints of the Stars (29:50)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the various instruments and methods used in gaining knowledge of stellar composition and in studying objects in space. Reviews the development of the telescope. Uses diagrams, photographs...

108. First half of theater contest (15:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) hold a contest where children (puppets) have to guess the parts actors (also puppets) are playing based on their costumes. The children also have to guess ...

109. Flight in nature (30:19)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Man seems to have surpassed nature as he can fly faster and higher than the natural flying creatures. But further study of the flying habits of birds and insects is still necessary. Dr. Lippisch pr...

110. Flight Toward the Stars (29:38)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses high-altitude flying with particular attention to rocket craft. Relates this discussion to flight in space. Features Mr. William B. Bridgeman, test pilot, who presents an account of his ...

111. Folk sayings (15:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett tells the story behind many of the sayings we use today. Explains the events and circumstances leading to use of such phrases as: to pull up stakes; in the knick of time; lock, st...

112. Four Seasons (15:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The changes of season are described in terms of what the animals of the forest do during these times. Bash tells how each of the animals live during the four seasons. She sings “Saturday Night,” “M...

113. Freedom (30:01)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the concept of freedom as treated in literature. Includes readings from the works of Milton, Benet, Becker, Wordsworth, Perry, Browning, Whitman, Lowell, and Tennyson. ...

114. From A to F: The Report Card (29:23)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Why do the report cards of many children show such a wide range of achievement? Dr. Maria Pier’s points out that it is normal for a child’s report card to vary in quality. She discusses whether or ...

115. Frontier Campus (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of Oberlin College in Ohio which first offered opportunities for higher education on a co-educational bases. Describes the significance of this institution to education for women an...

116. Galaxies and the Universe (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explores astronomy's present conception of the universe. Reviews the physical make-up of the Milky Way Galaxy and its rotation and motion through space, explains how galaxies are classified, and di...

117. General Stores and Trading (14:56)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash describes the difference in the way people shopped in the early days, telling how traveling “Yankee Peddlers” brought things in their wagons from farm to farm, then how the old fashioned gener...

118. Genetic activity and chromosome chemistry (29:24)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Reviews the contributions of Mendel, the Hertwigs, and Miescher to our understanding of modern genetics. Discusses chromosome chemistry in terms of the cytological distribution of nucleic acids, t...

119. Genetic loads in Mendelian populations (28:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Portrays the frequency of mutants in the population gene pool as dependent upon their rate of origination and selection coefficient. Discusses the population fate of dominant lethals (retinoblasto...

120. Genetics of Mendelian populations (29:49)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains the nature and importance of population genetics. Derives the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium principle for Mendelian (cross-breeding) populations. Points out that though the Hardy-Weinberg la...