907. [William Figueroa Collection Reel 1] (10:51)

Date:
1963 to 1964
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Christmas Eve 1963 -- Christmas Day 1963; Willie's Birthday 1964; double exposure family -- 1964 Bob cutting down tree; Snow scene; Tony in Tub

927. [William Figueroa Collection Reel 3] (24:40)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Squirt on TV dancing - 1964 Easter Snow Storm - 1964 Birthday party at Mom's (Summer) Swimming Pool 1964 Ronnie's Birthday Party - 1964 Christmas Even 1964 Christmas Day 1964 Becky's Birthday 1964 ...

928. [William Figueroa Collection Reel 4] (09:39)

Date:
1965 to 1967
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Christmas 1965 Filmarama 1966 1st Fig Film Fest 1966 Christmas '66 and Mix [?] Dancing Christmas 1966 + Snow Storm 1967 Snow 67 4th of July Parade 1967 Jaycees

937. A backward civilization (the Berbers of Northern Africa) (21:00)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; Ellsworth Huntington, Ph.D. Yale University
Summary:
Presents study of economic and social conditions in a society isolated from the rest of the world by almost impenetrable natural barriers. Discloses representative aspects of the daily life of supe...

938. A blueprint for unity (29:48)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The architects of the European Coal and Steel Community considered ECSC, not an end in itself, but the first step toward eventual European unity to be realized through the establishment of a common...

939. A body of men united (29:42)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Topic of discussion on this program is the actual organization of the major parties. Our lecturer considers the national characteristics of parties as opposed to the idea that each of them is a con...

940. A breeder in the desert (1:00:56)

Date:
1964
Summary:
The desert plains of central Idaho bore silent witness to many events in history – the coming of the Oregon Trail, the wars between the whites and the Indians, the events of the Old West, Today the...

941. A bridge across the channel (29:50)

Date:
1962
Summary:
When Britain applied for membership in the Common Market, the move represented a dramatic change in Britain's traditional concept of world politics. This program explores the implications of this r...

943. A brief tour of the NSSE Psychometric Portfolio (09:56)

Date:
October 11, 2012
Summary:
This short pre-recorded webinar addresses the organization and contents of the NSSE Psychometric Portfolio. Examples of content areas, types of reports, and report templates are presented. Potentia...

945. A career in bacteriology (15:27)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains that bacteriology is an area in the field of biology concerned with microscopic forms of life. Shows by photomicrography examples of protozoa, algae, molds, yeast, and bacteria, and throu...

946. A Challenge: Design a Language (15:41)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 38 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

947. A Challenge: Make Something New (22:35)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 55 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

948. A Challenge: Plan a City of the Future (15:23)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 60 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

949. A Challenge: Search for the Unknown (15:45)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 28 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

950. A Challenge: Time Capsule: Make a Present for the Future (15:34)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 15 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

951. A Changing Romance: Americans and Wheels (21:53)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series You, Me, and Technology. Gives examples of why and how the development of a new technology in one transportation system, the automobile...

952. A chemical somersault (59:18)

Date:
1964
Summary:
A few years ago history was made at the United States Atomic Energy Commission’s Argonne National Laboratory where this program was filmed. This is the story of the dedicated research scientists wh...

953. A child's Christmas in Wales (54:53)

Date:
1987
Summary:
A grandfather nostalgically relates his boyhood memories of Christmas past to his grandson in this new adaptation of Dylan Thomas' classic story. Winner of the American Film and Video Festival 1988...

958. A comprehensive prison system (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, Criminologist Joseph D. Lohman charts the growth and increasing complexity of the crime problem which has accompanied the development of an urban, industrial culture in the U.S. He...

962. A Conversation with John Szwed (1:56:43)

Date:
October 17, 2015
Main contributors:
Szwed, John; Baron, Robert; Cara, Ana
Summary:
Here, AFS continues the custom of including a public interview with a senior member of our field at the annual meeting. In this session, Robert Baron and Ana Cara will interview John Szwed, profess...

966. A Conversation with Tom Davenport (1:53:29)

Date:
October 2018
Main contributors:
Rankin, Tom
Summary:
A Conversation with Tom Davenport, an interview sponsored by the American Folklore Society and the AFS Oral History Project of Tom Davenport (Folkstreams) by Tom Rankin (Duke University) about his ...

967. A Cultural Biography of the Prostate (56:55)

Date:
October 27, 2021
Main contributors:
Johnson, Ericka, 1973-
Summary:
Lecture presented by Ericka Johnson (Professor of Gender and Society, Linköping University, Sweden) on October 27, 2021. This event was sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Socie...

968. A day at the fair (11:23)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Depicts the work, fun, and excitement of three farm youngsters who exhibit their calves and pigs at a state fair. Shows how they tend their livestock, watch the judging, and take in the displays an...

969. A day at the United Nations : part I (30:01)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
The last meeting of the Herald Tribune Youth Forum was a meeting of the complete group at the U.N. General Assembly hall. Episode nine deals more or less with world problems. The role of the U. N. ...

970. A day at the United Nations : part II (29:56)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
The delegates tell about their reactions to their visit, and discuss the attitudes that they have formed while here. The students represent Switzerland, Japan, Thailand, Jordan, and Norway

971. A day in the life (05:31)

Date:
1968
Summary:
The film translates the lyrics of the Beatles' song into pictures using Lower East Side locations; pixillated sequences of images portray the nonmusical sounds.

972. A day in the life of Bonnie Consolo (16:29)

Date:
1975
Summary:
Portrait of a woman who was born without arms, yet leads a normal and productive life. Follows her through a typical day as she cares for her home and family, and explains her thoughts about her ha...

973. A day of Thanksgiving (12:34)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
Centron Corporation
Summary:
Tells the story of a typical American family, and how they use Thanksgiving Day as the occasion to review the freedoms and privileges which they enjoy in their everyday living under the American wa...

974. A day without numbers (09:06)

Date:
1953
Summary:
A second-grader's experiences during a day without numbers cause him to want to study arithmetic and to realize the value of numbers in his everyday living. All the class but Bob enjoy arithmetic....

975. A definition of language (29:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., explains the relationship between language and culture. He points out that there is no such thing as a “primitive” language; all languages have the same amount of ...

978. A Faculty Feeling (22:41)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Television series The Heart of Teaching. Dramatizations are designed to help teachers deal with problems - frustration, anger, isolation, change and pres...

979. A Famine of Cadavers: Indianapolis Graverobbing in 1902 (55:25)

Date:
September 22, 2023
Main contributors:
Flook, Chris
Summary:
Lecture delivered by Chris Flook (Public Historian; Senior Lecturer of Media, Ball State University) on September 22, 2023. In fall of 1902, Indianapolis police detectives uncovered a massive grave...

980. A few ounces a day (06:39)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Alexander, Donald, 1913-1993
Summary:
This film uses diagrams to illustrate the importance of salvaging common everyday items in an effort to reuse important raw materials for building ships. The film asserts that one day's salvage by ...

982. A Fifth Army report from the beachhead (09:55)

Alternative title:
Report from the beachhead
Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Summary:
Shows the fighting and casualties involved in securing Anzio beachhead during World War II.

983. A final examination (29:49)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program is a summary and conclusion of the course. Dr. Smith first briefly hits highlights of the major religions. Then he discusses some of the attitudinal changes that may have resulted from...

986. A Friend Indeed (Responsibility) (34:06)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 of Your Choice Our Chance, a series of drug abuse prevention programs to be viewed by students and community members in an effort to educate and prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol, marij...

987. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 32, DAP #9] (31:16)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

988. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 33, DAP #9] (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

989. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 36, DAP #9] (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

990. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 37, DAP #9] (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

991. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 38, DAP #9] (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

992. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 39, DAP #9] (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

993. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 40, DAP #9] (31:12)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

994. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 41, DAP #9] (31:06)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

996. A future for Las Vegas (1:07:23)

Date:
March 23, 2020
Main contributors:
Milly, Chris; Lehmann, Steffen; Cosgrove, Sondra
Summary:
Positioned in the driest desert in the United States, Las Vegas is one of the nation's fastest-warming cities. In our second episode, we look past the current urban landscape to the potential of a ...

997. A future for Las Vegas, part 3 (28:49)

Date:
May 21, 2020
Main contributors:
Huber, Nicole; Stern, Ralph; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Positioned in the driest desert in the United States, Las Vegas is one of the nation's fastest-warming cities. In our third episode on its past and future, we focus on the time from 2000 to present...

999. A Geography of Occupations (04:03)

Date:
April 5, 2024
Main contributors:
Mikaela Martinez Dettinger
Summary:
Holocaust Memorialization in the Baltic States is fraught with competing memory narratives stemming from the spatial and chronological proximity of Soviet violence and the Holocaust. This project s...