15851. Oculomotor disorders (25:49)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
A silent teaching film that studies the anatomy of the muscles of the eye and their innervation.

15852. Hearing deficit and creativity (17:09)

Date:
1969
Summary:
One in a series, this film takes a look at creativity as it is exhibited by children with hearing deficits. Each child reads a set of instructions for a creative activity, and each child interprets...

15853. Open Fractures (23:52)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains, using live photography and animation, the potential dangers that may result from an open fracture and the steps to follow in treating a patient with an open fracture. Points out the dange...

15869. Beds and appliances (10:47)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Demonstrates the method of making a bunk and a bed, adjusting a bed, ways of raising the patient's head and knees, keeping the weight of the cover off the patient's feet, and the use of a fracture ...

15870. Tuberculosis (10:46)

Date:
1951
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Summary:
Develops a general understanding of the nature, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Portrays conditions under which individuals are first infected, and describes, by me...

15871. They Do Come Back (16:38)

Date:
1940
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Summary:
Tells the dramatic story of two young people whose lives are interrupted and threatened by tuberculosis. Shows modern tuberculosis case-finding, diagnosis, hospitalization, and rehabilitation afte...

15872. Evidence for Molecule & Atom (19:03)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Albert V. Baez, Ph.D.; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Larry Yust
Summary:
Uses a variety of indirect evidence to show the existence of molecules and atoms. A series of experiments in molecular motion and formation of crystals are demonstrated. Views of crystal structure ...

15874. The freight train (11:08)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.; Paul R. Hanna; Milan Herzog
Summary:
Follows the journey of a freight train from Kansas City to Chicago. Describes the assembling of the train, shows the number of people involved in its operations, and explains why freight trains are...

15875. The passenger train (10:49)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Describes a journey on a streamlined Diesel-electric passenger train from a large city through a picturesque countryside. Depicts the duties of the engineer, the conductor, the cooks, and the pull...

15876. Toccata for toy trains (08:31)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows toy trains as they journey from round house and yards, into stations and out, through countryside and village, and on to their destination. All characters, architecture, and objects with whic...

15878. The steam age : history of transportation, part 1 (16:45)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Ralph E. Turner; Hal Kopel
Summary:
Highlights important developments in steam-powered transportation in America. Combines scenes of authentic prints, museum pieces, and dramatization to trace the development of transportation from t...

15880. New Frontiers of Medicine (17:43)

Date:
1948
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Summary:
Discusses recent drug discoveries such as sulfa, penicillin, and streptomycin; increased opportunities for medical students from all parts of the world to study in this country such problems as the...

15881. [Puerto Rico, Utuado, 1914-1915] (11:38:41)

Date:
1914
Main contributors:
Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967.
Summary:
The information presented here about each recording in this collection comes from original documentation by the collector(s). Access to the recordings in this collection has required permission fro...

15885. New York City / Atlantic City / Wilikie 1940 (09:22)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Home movie from 1939-1940. Begins with New York City footage overlooking Central Park, focus on Chrysler building, skyscrapers, St. Patrick's cathedral, and Rockefeller Plaza. Also shows the city a...

15887. New Orleans 1968 (14:40)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Home movie of the Municipal Finance Officers Association (MFOA - now known as Government Finance Officers Association) annual meeting held in June 1968 at the Jung Hotel in New Orleans. Begins with...

15888. The classification game (16:35)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
An unaired experimental episode created as part of the Essential Learning Skills Project by the Agency for Instructional Television.

15889. Preregistration and Open Science (1:20:52)

Date:
September 26, 2025
Main contributors:
Ray, Elizabeth; Klein, Neela
Summary:
Elizabeth Ray is a Social Psychology PhD Candidate from the PBS Department working with Advisor, Dr. Ed Hirt. She joined the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center as a Consultant in the spring of 2...

15891. Otto : a study in abnormal psychology (28:25)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Strout, Ben (Assistant Director)
Summary:
Dramatizes an open-ended case study in abnormal behavior by portraying Otto as a middle-aged man suffering from real and imagined pressures at home and work. Explains that Otto feels overburdened a...

15892. Otto : The Phenomenological Perspective (26:00)

Date:
1975
Summary:
Presents Dr. Gary Stollak of Michigan State University as he interprets the Otto case study film from the phenomenological perspective. Explains that Dr. Stollak does not believe that Otto necessar...

15893. Otto : The Social Perspective (26:59)

Date:
1975
Summary:
Presents Dr. Richard Price of the University of Michigan as he interprets the Otto case study film from the social perspective. Explains that Dr. Price states that the world is making unreasonable...

15894. Argentina people of the Pampa (second edition) (16:21)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Views of rural and urban life in Argentina illustrates the contrast between the agricultural area of the pampa and the industrial, business, and shipping area of Buenos Aires. Describes life and wo...

15895. India (12:45)

Date:
1944
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Summary:
Tells the complex story of India's social and political problems immediately after World War II. Shows the overcrowded conditions, how war with Japan brought to a head centuries of strife among va...

15896. India, Asia's New Voice (17:34)

Date:
1949
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Summary:
Reviews the civil strife between religious groups during the first days of Free India. Stresses the fact that with the assassination of Gandhi much of the civil war stopped, and now Nehru is attem...

15897. Finding his voice (10:41)

Date:
1929
Main contributors:
F. Lyle Goldman; Max Fleischer; W.E. Erpi
Summary:
Animated film demonstrating with the comic cartoon characters how sound is reproduced in talking pictures.