16121. The Personality of Music (29:01)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains that the personality of music is determined by the composer's style and by the use of various musical effects. Demonstrates and contrasts styles through selections played at the piano. Inc...

16122. The Pestilence of Factions (29:10)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the competing interests or "factions" which existed as separate groups before political parties were organized. Explains that today these groups make themselves felt through competition w...

16124. The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet (29:09)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Morton Gould; Sol Schoenbach; Clark Jones
Summary:
Introduces the music of the woodwinds. Presents the story of their evolution from outdoor performances to the concert hall. Includes the following: the Second Movement of Haydn's Divertimento in B ...

16128. The physiology of reproduction (29:09)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Discusses and shows with charts the female and male reproductive organs and explains their functions. Discusses the role of hormones in sexual maturation and in the processes of ovulation and feta...

16129. The Piecemakers : Master quilters from Vanderburgh County (12:50)

Date:
January 8, 2016
Main contributors:
The Piecemakers, Jon Kay, Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
In 1982, Minnie Marchant visited the Indiana State Fair's Pioneer Village and saw that no one was demonstrating quilting. She quickly volunteered her home quilt group to fill this void. Ever since,...

16131. The Pioneer Blacksmith (36:40)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows the pioneer blacksmith at work using the tools, materials, and techniques of his trade. Explains the importance of the blacksmith shop in filling the pioneers' needs for the manufacture and ...

16133. The planet Earth (29:30)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Explains how the earth, its inhabitants, and its atmosphere are composed of 101 elements alone or in numerous combinations. Discusses the distribution of elements in the earth, in water, and in the...

16134. The plantation South (16:16)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Ray Billington, Ph.D. Northwestern University; James D. Sage
Summary:
Reviews the development of the agriculture and economics of the pre-Civil War South, and traces this growth from the early Virginia colonies. Shows present soil conditions in the south, views of so...

16135. The plastic ghost (26:37)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Dorrell McGowan; Jodie Copelan; Stuart E. McGowan
Summary:
Series: Sky king

16136. The Play: Idea For Illusion (29:30)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows and discusses the play from the point of view of the playwright and the stage director. Describes how the playwright uses such sources as feelings, ideas, actuality, real people, and in analy...

16137. The playboys of the zoo (29:46)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits those animals at the Brookfield Zoo which are the most entertaining. Shows filmed sequences of the bears, otters, elephants seals, and sea lions. Explains why they are called the playboys ...

16139. The plump princess (15:15)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Beautifully costumed marionettes bring this original story by Tom Tichenor to life. It’s the tale of Princess Frumptious who is called "Frumpy" by her servants and people of the kingdom, because he...

16140. The poet (1:00:03)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Mr. Hartzell interviews three American poets to find out why they are writing poetry in a mechanical age. Is being a poet a real job? Or is a poet essentially a non-productive member of society? Sh...