15801. Brazil (29:46)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the political history of Brazil and her relations with the U.S. Considers Brazilian art, economic problems and potentialities, and the role of U.S. business in Brazil. A photo series pre...

15802. Advocates: On Abortion at Will in the First Twelve Weeks (58:13)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Questions a woman's right to terminate pregnancy in the first three months through legalized abortion. Points out that increased accessibility to abortion would decrease the number of unwanted chil...

15803. Coal gas (08:17)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Animation is used to present the story of the Bagley family, who do not use their furnace correctly. When Mr. Bagley over-fires the furnace, the narrator, who is a gnome, and cutaway diagrams of t...

15804. The red ball express (03:55)

Date:
1975
Summary:
Uses animation to show a train changing shape and color set to much. This is achieved by drawing directly on the film, a technique for fast-paced animated short films. Without narration.

15805. Fabricantes mexicanos de ollas (09:24)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows how the Indians in the Mayo village off Ubalama live, how they make and use ollas, and how they trade them for the necessities of life. Explains why primitive industry of making ollas has ret...

15806. The television picture tube (20:21)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Construction of the television picture tube and how its components operate. How the tube transforms the TV signal into a moving picture. (animated)

15807. [Hopscotch House carnival] (06:18)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
A young man and person in a lion costume walk around a carnival, enjoying the rides, interacting with a clown, before being united with a young woman looking for them. Deggeler Amusement Company a...

15809. History of Chemotherapy (58:38)

Date:
February 18, 2025
Main contributors:
Sandusky, George Earl, 1945-
Summary:
Lecture delivered by George E. Sandusky, DVM, PhD (Senior Research Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Director of the IU Simon Cancer Center ...

15810. Interview with Earl Hoff (1:02:18)

Date:
November 2, 1983
Main contributors:
Earl Hoff; Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray and James Roche

15811. Attitudes and health (10:33)

Date:
1949
Summary:
When Marv Baker does not make the basketball team, he begins to worry. When he finds out that his sister Alice's sickness is caused by worry and learns from her doctor three rules to insure health...

15812. Interview with Jack Howard_10 (18:18)

Date:
November 22, 1983 to December 14, 1983
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Howard, Jack R. (Jack Rohe), 1910-; Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

15813. Interview with Jack Howard_11 (1:02:00)

Date:
November 22, 1983 to December 14, 1983
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Howard, Jack R. (Jack Rohe), 1910-; Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

15814. Protest : black power (14:30)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Mert Koplin; Charles Grinker
Summary:
Utilizes excerpts from speeches and interviews of many leading black activists to exemplify the various components of "Black Power." Ranges from discussion of black separatism and violence to non-v...

15815. The Pacific Coast (15:37)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Reviews the important wartime changes and also points out their lasting effect upon the entire nation, as manufacturers planned to keep industry in the West after World War II. Offers glimpses of ...

15817. The presidency (10:31)

Date:
1949
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Traces the position of the Presidency from its constitutional beginnings to the present status of the office. Explains the effect of the development of the implied powers, and discusses the unique...

15819. Battle for Bread (20:17)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Gives the United Nations' report on how the Food and Agriculture Organization was beginning, in 1949, to solve the tremendous problem of doubling the world's food output. Emphasizes that the FAO is...

15820. Bill Jack Vs. Adolf Hitler (18:11)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows how the Jack and Heintz Company, in Cleveland, greatly increased its output during World War II through improved personnel policies.

15821. Canadian Boom (27:04)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the gradual development of a balanced economy in Canada through the growth of industry in the various provinces. Includes views of wheat harvesting, logging, tourist attractions, the transpor...

15822. The teachers' crisis (17:07)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Presents several reasons for the crisis in the teacher supply in 1947, including low salaries, lack of training, overcrowded conditions, and social restrictions.

15823. Land of cotton (09:09)

Date:
1936
Summary:
This segment of the journalistic series, photographed in part by Walker Evans, looks at the exploited sharecropper in a one-crop economy. Predicting the breakdown of the South's single-crop system,...

15824. Target : Japan (13:40)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Admiral King discuss the plan of battle and attack in the Pacific. The execution of the plan is shown through footage of land and sea battles.

15825. Portugal (12:08)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the religious pageantry of Portugal, a country devotedly linked to the Roman Chatolic Church, and the status of education, labor, and industry. Points out that Portugal's future role among th...

15826. Problem Drinkers (19:10)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Presents the problem of the habitual alcoholic and the programs of various organizations fighting the effects of alcoholism. Emphasizes the work of Alcoholics Anonymous.

15827. Formosa-Island of Promise (17:27)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the problems of Formosa, an island which doubled in population through the arrival of Chinese Nationalist refugees. Tells how, with assistance from ECA and the Joint Committee on Rural Recons...

15828. Problems of Working Girls (08:42)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
The problem of out-of-town girls of little experience finding satisfactory jobs in large cities and living on the money they earn.

15829. Problems of Relief (06:34)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A contrast between the meaning of relief to politicians and to relief recipients.

15830. Berlin-Rift in the Iron Curtain (24:00)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the extent of communication between the East and the West in Berlin, including railroad and trolley connections, newspapers from the West, and pedestrian movement across zone lines. Pictures...

15831. Heart Disease (07:33)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
The reasons for the increase of heart trouble in recent years and methods of treatment.

15832. Costa Rica (17:05)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Studies varied aspects of life in present-day Costa Rica. Shows the increasing trend toward private enterprise; federal measures such as STICA to promote cooperative agriculture; the Catholic Churc...

15833. Formosa Story (10:37)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Tells how the island of Formosa has been helped to become economically self-sufficient through the help of ECA and the Joint Committee on Rural Reconstruction. Explains that through the cooperatio...

15834. Indonesia, an Empire's Problem (18:44)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
The problems of both the Netherlands and Indonesia are presented in the question of Indonesian independence. Describes Holland's need to rebuild her empire after World War II, and shows Indonesia'...

15835. Ireland (16:06)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Offers glimpses of the proverbial Irish national character, the poetic landscape of the country, and the political, economic, and social problems during president Eamon DeValera's administration.

15836. International Munitions Ring (04:48)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A study of the activities of the late Sir Basil Zaharoff, mutations, salesman, and the U.S. reaction to the armaments trade.

15837. Radio Broadcasting Today (19:03)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Examines the role of radio as a means of mass communication from its inception up to, and including, 1950. Includes many of the radio personalities of the late 1940s such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, ...

15838. Japan's War in China (13:39)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A brief view of early events of Japan's war against China showing the consequences to the advancement of civilization in China.

15839. New Frontiers in Space (26:17)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Describes man's interest in the world of space and portrays some of his exploratory efforts. Shows how the Hayden Planetarium conducts an imaginary trip to the moon, describes Mount Palomar Observ...

15840. New England (11:33)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Explains how industrialized New England, unable before the depression to compete with the cheap labor of the South and some foreign countries, diversified her economy and became a leader in such te...

15842. T-Men of the Treasury Department (18:23)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Dramatizes the work of the six law-enforcement agencies of the Treasury Department, which are shown dealing with smuggling, narcotics running, illegal production and sale of alcohol, counterfeiting...

15843. Soil Erosion (06:22)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Surveys conditions which brought on the great dust storm of recent years and tell of some measures taken to correct them.

15844. Town Meeting of the World (14:07)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Illustrates how the UN meets the need of men and groups everywhere for a forum in which men can speak to each other and to discuss their problems. Shows briefly the forming of the UN, the interrela...

15845. Youth in Crisis (19:04)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Presents the problem of juvenile delinquency during World War II and the war's effect on the youth of the United States. Shows some of the temptations which beset wartime youth and discloses the w...

15848. New Ways in Farming (15:35)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows three distinct tendencies in present-day farming: large-scale, factory-style farming with crops scientifically scheduled and treated; the cooperative technique under which small land-owners g...

15849. Nobody's Children (17:28)

Date:
1946
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Discusses the problems involved in adopting children today. Shows acceptable procedures of adoption, the precautions taken to insure future happiness, the dangers of black-market adoptions, and the...

15851. Cancer: Its Cure and Prevention (06:53)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the work of medical researchers in their efforts to discover the causes of and cure for cancer, and the work of organizations in combating popular ignorance and fear of cancer. Famous physici...

15852. The American teacher (15:10)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Presents the pros and cons of "progressive education" and points out the citizen's responsibility toward the schools. Also gives a brief history of education in the United Staes, including the pre...

15853. Life with Junior (18:47)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Outlines a typical day in the life of a ten-year-old boy, stressing the need for the development of his individual aptitudes, abilities, and personality pattern. Pictures the anxieties of parents ...

15854. Congress (09:58)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Explains the functions of the House of Representatives and the Senate; then shows how a Congressional bill is introduced, considered, and voted upon. Discusses the special powers of the House and ...

15855. Man in the 20th Century (17:56)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Discusses the fact that man's material progress is now at a higher peak than ever before, but that his daily routine is often one of dissatisfaction. Although he wants peace, his world is spit int...

15856. Modern Surgery (18:48)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the doctor diagnosing Mrs. Conrad's illness as gallstones, and follows her to the hospital, where every phase of her care is discussed. Presents the preparation for the operation, the steps i...

15857. Safety on the Highway (05:41)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A report on the writing and results o an article in Readers Digest entitled "And Sudden Death."

15858. Progressive Education (09:14)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A picture of the progressive school system at work; some familiar arguments for and against it. A contrast between learning by memory drill and the new method of learning through individual projec...

15859. Public Relations (17:06)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Depicts the value to be derived by all from effective public relations between business, labor, government, and the people. The role of public relations personnel is shown, as is the type of course...

15860. Malaya -the Fight Against the Unseen Enemy (25:17)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Describes the political, economic, and social problems of Malaya and the fight against communist infiltration. Portrays the life of a rubber plantation owner as he combats communist guerrilla acti...

15861. Schools March On (17:18)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Uses frequent flashbacks to measure the progress of and document the work of the Illinois Agriculture Association School Committee, the Illinois State legislature, and the citizens of Woodford Coun...

15863. And a Voice Shall Be Heard (21:55)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows some of the ways in which the two-way radio can be used, especially in civilian defense. A simulated raid on Syracuse, New York, shows how fire-fighting equipment, police, ambulance service,...

15864. Britain and Her Empire (17:17)

Date:
1946
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Gives a pictorial exposition of the relationship of England to her colonies, protectorates, and mandates and highlights the outstanding characteristics of the free and self-governing dominions; the...

15865. Life with Baby (19:22)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the findings of Dr. Arnold Gesell, at the Yale University Clinic, concerning the mental and physical growth of children. Consists of candid-camera shots photographed through a one-way vision...

15871. [Galena, Illinois ca. 1969] (02:26)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Summertime at Chestnut Mountain Ski Lodge. Two unknown boys in cowboy hats pose for the camera. The group then visits the Ulysses S. Grant Home.

15872. You can't eat tobacco (13:52)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Deals with the evils of the one-crop system throughout the tobacco country of the South; then illustrates some of the ways in which the impoverished tobacco farmer can improve his lot by devoting s...

15873. Let's make a meal in twenty minutes (04:44)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows how Sally can, in an emergency, prepare a hot meal quickly, using her mother's ready supply of canned and frozen foods. The narrator emphasizes the correct use of the proper utensils, the ti...

15875. Bakuba (17:25)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Describes the arts and crafts of the Bakuba people of the Congo and briefly describes other aspects of their culture. Indicates the probable origin of the Bakuba in northern Africa. Pictures weavin...

15876. Misconception about mental illness (29:35)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses some of the more common misconceptions about mental illness. Explains why they are incorrect and what the correct version should be. Features Dr. Charles Feuss, Jr., Superintendant of Lon...

15877. Begone dull care (08:32)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Norman McLaren uses animation to interpret a modern jazz composition performed by the Oscar Peterson Trio. The slow, quiet middle section, in black and white, is in contrast with the colorful, swif...

15878. Lessons in Living (21:39)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Brandon Films, Inc
Summary:
Shows the community of Lantzville, British Columbia, a cross-section of nationalities and industrial groups, with a drab and neglected school. The interest of a school inspector inspires a complete...

15879. Fen Lands (17:28)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Pictures the marshy area in England which has been reclaimed for farming purposes. Explains the problems which the people face when the soil dries and shrinks from the foundations of buildings, wh...

15880. Getting ready morally (11:12)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Seventh in the "Are You Ready for Service?" series. Compares the experiences and moral behavior of two young men in the Navy. One was prepared for necessary decisions, while the other had no clear...

15881. Somewhere in India (13:52)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Indian Government in a cooperative project to control malaria in the Terai district of India. Foreign specialists work with Indian teams making...

15882. Small Town Library (10:39)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Demonstrates how the facilities of a large city library are made available to rural libraries. Shows the library truck from Gary, Indiana, delivering books, pictures, and other materials weekly, f...

15883. How we know the Earth's shape (10:45)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Explains that a globe is the best model to represent the shape of the earth. Discusses the change in man's ideas about the shape of the earth from flat, to curved to round to flattened and bulging...

15884. Demands of world leadership : part I (29:41)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
WQED; Tom Coleman; Sam Silberman
Summary:
Dr. Peter H. Odegard, head of the political science department at the University of California at Berkeley, delivers the paper he prepared at the time of the inauguration of Edward H. Litchfield as...

15885. Home Nursing: Fundamentals (14:20)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Illustrates various techniques and household arrangements for caring for the convalescent patient at home. Shows ways of arranging the sick room, making the beds, washing and serving the patient, ...

15887. Baby meets his parents (10:48)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Explains how the developing personality of the child is influenced by the manner in which his parents provide for his basic needs and prepare him for social living.

15888. Brotherhood of man (11:20)

Date:
1946
Summary:
An animated cartoon which explains that there are no basic differences between the races of the world. Uses small green demons to caricature prejudice and racial hatred. Relates the history of mank...

15889. Activity group therapy (53:56)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Activity group therapy as developed at the Jewish Board of Guardians, New York City, by S.R. Slavson, Director of Group Therapy. Shows socially-maladjusted children 10 to 11 years old being benefit...

15892. Alpine Cigarettes "Untitled" (01:04)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Alpine Cigarettes
Summary:
A man and a woman go for a car ride in the mountains before they pull off to the side to relax and smoke Alpine Cigarettes.

15893. Jello "Pie Filling" (01:07)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
General Foods
Summary:
Close up footage of a lemon meringue pie being made with Jello pie filling is shown while a male narrator praises the product.

15894. [Daily Mail : unknown] (02:57)

Date:
1966
Summary:
The Daily Mail news correspondent Hugh Tomas and Jeffery Bligh provides live coverage of the Mariner 4 satellite and its mission to take pictures of Mars. The commercial advertises the Daily Mail’s...

15895. Minnesota Fabrics "Coordinated Girl" (00:32)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
Minnesota Fabrics
Summary:
A woman advertises the various cloths available at Minnesota Fabric. As she is talking, her legs walk off and new sets of legs walks in, each wearing different types of cloth and clothing.

15897. Calgon Bouquet "Garden Bath" (01:02)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Calgon
Summary:
A woman strolls through a Japanese garden before taking a bath in pond with Calgon Bouquet soap. Another woman plays the koto in the background and a narrator explains the virtues of Calgon Bouquet.

15898. Supp-hose Stockings "Girl on Chair" (00:22)

Date:
1962 to 1964
Main contributors:
Kayser-Roth
Summary:
An advertisement for Supp-hose stockings in which a woman sits on a chair and models the product. Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.

15899. Coca-Cola "Counselor" (01:02)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Coca-Cola
Summary:
An advertisement for Coca-Cola in which a jingle plays over a scene of a coach unlocking the gate to an inner-city park and supervising a group of children who enter to play basketball. The coach i...

15900. Canada Dry Orange Soda"Orange" (00:24)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Canada Dry
Summary:
An advertisement for Canada Dry orange soda in which a man with an orange pours himself the product while a giant glass fills up with soda behind him. A jingle plays and an offscreen narrator extol...