8001. The Tennessee Valley | Our Bread Basket | We Make Anything | By Train or Plane (1:02:41)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg reviews the history of the Tennessee Valley through short scenes from the past: Cherokee land, the British at Fort Loudoun, early pioneers at Rocky Mount, a flatboat trip down the river, and the slow deterioration of the valley's resources. Gives a first-hand look at how the Tennessee Valley Authority helped reclaim the region. Episode 6 provides viewers with an insight into modern-day wheat farming on both irrigated and dry land in the Great Plains. Shows cultivating the soil, planting seed, harvesting the kernels, and marketing the crop. Highlights the history of the area by showing a sod house and shed, prairie grass, a one-room school, a windmill, and other aspects of prairie life. Episode 7 shows the mass production of bicycles and automobiles in order to foster an understanding of the importance of the assembly line in American manufacturing. Highlights the ingredients and techniques of making iron and steel. Discusses the innovations of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. Episode 8 discusses the history of American rail transport, including the first transcontinental railroad, the gradual shift from passengers to freight, and the role of commuter and subway trains today. Also highlights air travel, showing the control tower, departure lounges, and an air cargo terminal at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Recreates important moments in the lives of the Wright brothers through a historical vignette.

8002. Photography as an art (30:16)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents Ansel Adams as he photographs Yosemite National Park and explains how a sense of discovery and rediscovery is conveyed through his photography. Shows a collection of his photographs. Mr. Adams discusses his methods of teaching and his indebtedness to other photographers.

8003. What's the best form of government? (28:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Students from Yugoslavia, France, Germany and the Sudan discuss the problems of communism by examining questions such as: How can a nation choose between “Washington and Moscow”? What do the different systems of government -socialist and capitalist -imply? What becomes of the individual in either system of government? Can there be socialism and democracy in the same system? What becomes of the freedoms of opinion and expression in a communist country. Do the people really have a chance to govern themselves in a communistic country? How efficient is a democracy? What is the role of the political party, and how representative of the people is a one-party system? Participants: Gojko Tanic, Yugoslavia; Catherine Marin, France; Jord-Ingo Weber, Germany; and Mohamed Abdulla Hamadien, Sudan.

8004. Using Every Child Can Succeed (22:34)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 2 in the sub series "Demonstration" from the program Every Child Can Succeed, a series of video programs with facilitators' guides that are designed to show schools how to help disadvantaged students achieve academic success.

8005. The eyes (advanced) (17:24)

Date:
1941
Summary:
The anatomy of the eye is shown in detail by diagram, regular photography, and cinephotomicrography. Demonstrates how to correct defects in focusing, the approved way of removing foreign objects from the eye, correct lighting precautions, and other measures for good eye hygiene. A silent teaching film.

8006. Education here and abroad (29:18)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Herald Tribune Forum delegates from Lebanon, France, India, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Germany, and the Union of South Africa compare education in the U.S. with that of their countries. Includes comments on teaching methods, classroom procedures, and co-education. (WOR-TV) Kinescope. 1957

8007. Promises to Keep: Achieving Success in Our Schools (31:01)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 1 in the sub series "Demonstration" from the program Every Child Can Succeed, a series of video programs with facilitators' guides that are designed to show schools how to help disadvantaged students achieve academic success.

8008. When, why and how do you pray? (29:20)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Teenagers attending the New York Herald Tribune World Forum from Pakistan, India, Brazil, and England discuss their religious beliefs. Questions are raised concerning the origins of religion, the place of personal conviction, family influence, commonality of the major religions, and religion's role in preserving society.

8009. Wellness | Go, Grow, Glow | Food Power | Clean Power (1:02:36)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Part of a series of fifteen programs called Well, Well, Well that focuses on health and wellness for children in kindergarten and the primary grades. Hosted by Slim Goodbody (John Burstein).

8010. Where do prejudices come from? (2:02:10)

Date:
1956
Summary:
In this concluding program on prejudices, the delegates stress some of the similarities between nations represented in the Forum group. These include Switzerland-Germany, common language and literature; Switzerland-Israel, multilingual country and neutrality; Switzerland-Finland, winter sports, neutrality; Germany-Israel, anti-Semitism in Germany, anti-German feeling in Israel; and Israel-Egypt, struggle to develop the desert, find water, be independent of foreign influence, and solve problems of refugees.

8011. [Kapoho eruption, 1960] (10:42)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Uses the same footage from [Trip to Hawaii, 1960] of he 1960 Kapoho eruption as well as "Pele comes back to Puna" by A. Carter.

8012. [Iceland ca. 1971] (02:35)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. Footage taken from a window of a plane taking off. Glaciers are visible as the plane flies over the Arctic Ocean. Shows Bailey and Ritchie disembarking in Iceland.

8013. Hawaii #2 (02:39)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Home movie of a dolphin show taken at Sea Life Park Hawaii. A continuation of the performance seen in Hawaii #1. Also shows dolphins being fed by park workers.

8014. [Geothermal area, Iceland ca. 1971] (02:16)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. This film shows a geothermal area in Iceland that features bright blue pools, bubbling hot springs, and steam rising from the ground.

8016. [Trip to Hawaii ca. 1954] (04:19)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Home movie footage of Bailey's trip to Hawaii circa 1954. She has unidentified travel companions on this trip, another woman and an older man. Begins with footage (some dark) taken from a boat arriving in Honolulu as a crowd well-wishers wave and greet them. Bailey then spends some time posing for the camera while wearing leis and exploring a garden. The camera captures the landscape and people enjoying a local beach.

8018. Technique (30:29)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Documents Ansel Adams as he discusses light, interpretation, the use of different filters, exposures, ranges, and magnification, illustrating each from his own vast collection of photographs. The presentation centers around his demonstrations of various techniques to achieve given effects.

8019. [Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands ca. 1971] (02:50)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Footage documenting Bailey's travels to the Canary Islands circa 1971. Shows the metropolitan area and seaport of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, including the Don Juan hotel. We see Bailey is traveling with her husband, Carson Ritchie.

8020. [Easter 1947] (04:19)

Date:
1947
Summary:
An older couple greeting people in a receiving line. The woman is Nellie Voigt Freeman, Bailey's mother. The original title indicates this was part of an Easter celebration. Bailey is present in the group. The film then focuses on flower in a garden - the original title indicates this is Artillery Lane in St. Augustine.

8021. [Angkor Wat 1955] (04:26)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Home movie taken at Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Much of the footage is dark and difficult to see. Buddhist monks in bright robes can be seen around the temple.

8023. [Wilkinson family, 1937] (02:26)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Shows a group of people posing for the camera in front of their house, including Nellie Freeman, Bernadine Bailey's mother. The rest of the group is likely Paul R. Wilkinson (the younger man with glasses), his siblings, and parents. Paul F. Wilkinson, Bernadine Bailey's nephew, is playing with a group of other children.

8024. [Skating spring 1937--Wilkinson family] (04:31)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Bernadine Bailey's sister, Joy, and her nephew, Paul Freeman Wilkinson emerge from the Wilkinson family home in Western Springs, Illinois. Paul is wearing roller skates. He roller skates down the sidewalk with an unknown girl as a collie plays alongside them. Bailey joins her sister, nephew, mother (Nellie Voigt Freeman), and an unknown man (possibly her husband, John Hays Bailey) as the group poses in front of the house. Brief shots of Paul Freeman Wilkinson riding a tricycle and a couple (possibly the Wilkinsons) working in the yard.

8025. [Denmark ca. 1971] (02:17)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Travelogue documenting Bailey's trip to Denmark circa 1971. Primarily shows a harbor with glaciers, local flora, and village life. Shots of men working on boats and doing construction.

8026. [Seljalandsfoss and Reykjavik, Iceland ca. 1971] (02:34)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. This film shows a visit to Seljalandsfoss and the surrounding landscape. Brief shot of a small bubbling geyser. In Reykjavik, the camera captures the public square Austurvöllur taken from the balcony of the Hotel Borg.

8028. Contemporary Hawaii (56:14)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Travelogue documenting Bailey's trip to Hawaii in 1960. Features extensive footage of Hawaii's scenic oceans, beaches, hills, and flowers. Shots of several landmarks, including Aloha Tower, ʻIolani Palace, Laie Hawaii Temple and the murals inside, Ewa Plantation School, Halekiʻi-Pihana Heiau, Kalaupapa Settlement and Father Damien's grave. Shows several homes with names and addresses, possibly friends of Bailey, as well as Bailey attending an outdoor reception at a private garden with close-ups of tropical flowers. Ends with footage of hotel exteriors around Waikiki and Bailey at the airport.

8029. [Golfing at Medinah Country Club] (06:29)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Home movie of Bailey and an unknown male companion golfing at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. Also shows a few brief shots of a house and garden. Late 1950's era.

8030. [Tempel Farms ca. 1969 #2] (02:57)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Home movie footage of a visit to Tempel Farms, home of the Tempel Lipizzan horses. Primarily shows horses and riders practicing dressage in a paddock.

8031. [Trip to Hawaii, 1960 #2] (01:46)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Very brief home movie documenting Bailey's trip to Hawaii in 1960. Shows the waters of the Pacific taken while cruising in a boat, followed by a brief glimpse of a TWA StarStream 707 plane on a tarmac. The footage is very light and hard to see in some places.

8032. [Tahiche, Canary Islands ca. 1971] (02:15)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Footage documenting Bailey's travels to the Canary Islands circa 1971. The film begins with Bailey as the subject - she waves and blows kisses to the camera. We see she is traveling with her husband, Carson Ritchie. He poses outside the Tahiche Club. The camera captures scenes of the coastline with many beach-goers enjoying the sun. Bailey and Ritchie take turns filming each other walking around their hotel.

8033. Paris, scenes along the Seine, Latin Quarter scenes (04:52)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Home movie of Bailey's trip to France in the early 1950s. Features footage of boats sailing along the Seine, people strolling along the banks, sunbathing at a pool, and homeless men sleeping near the river. Shows the Lafayette monument in Cours-la-Reine and children playing at its base and street scenes taken in the Latin Quarter. Other notable landmarks include the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Musée du Louvre, and Notre Dame cathedral.

8034. [Salem and Vandalia, Illinois ca. 1956] (01:32)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Footage of two towns in Illinois, with focus on the town's high schools: Salem Community High School and Vandalia Community High School. Also shows Vandalia State House.

8035. Tidewater to Piedmont (34:01)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. This visit to the southeastern United States discusses the role of tobacco in the growth of the Virginia Colony, the importance of cotton and the fall line in making the Piedmont region the textile center of the nation, and George Washington Carver's research on uses for the peanut. Explores the political and cultural heritage of Williamsburg, Virginia. Hosted by John Rugg.

8036. Japan - dance (04:22)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Dark footage of people performing a show with singing and ballet dancing. Title indicates the film takes place in Japan.

8038. 58 (10:44)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:

8041. Glass Blowing Technique (16:59)

Date:
1929
Summary:
Shows the correct procedure and manipulations for elementary glass blowing with Pyrex glass, the technique employed for joining tubes of unequal diameters, and the method of forming bulbs.

8042. Inside/Out: Breakup (15:37)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Becky's parents are separated, uncertain of what will become of their marriage and their lives. On the day that her father is flying into town to see them for the weekend, Becky's mother drives her and her younger brother Cory to the airport. The mother is anxious and distracted, Becky is confused and frightened, and Cory restless and innocent of the troubles around him. All along the way Becky questions her mother with growing intensity about why "people fall out of love" and what is going to happen to them if there is a divorce. Edgy about seeing her husband again, the mother cannot find the patience to answer the questions to Becky's satisfaction. In spite of her mother's reassurance that both her parents love her very much, Becky imagines fantastically the frightening consequences of divorce. These nightmarish episodes reveal Becky's feelings of fear, anger, and guilt, and are contrasted with the happy times that she remembers from the days when her parents were still in love. When the father arrives, he embraces the children and then haltingly takes his wife's hand. As they leave the airport together, there is no way of knowing whether a reconciliation is still possible or whether all of them will yet have to grope through the pain of divorce.

8043. By Whose Rules (Systems and Self) (16:07)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 from the series Self Incorporated, a 15-program television/film series. Self Incorporated is designed to stimulate classroom discussion of critical issues and problems of early adolescence. It aims at helping 11- to 13-year-olds cope with the physical, social, and emotional changes they are experiencing. Self Incorporated was created under the management of the Agency for Instructional Television through the resources of a consortium of 42 state and provincial educational and broadcasting agencies, with additional assistance from Exxon Corporation.

8044. Japan [outtakes] (12:23)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography, Japan: Why Does Trade Occur?

8045. Japan #4, tapes 9-10 [outtakes] (32:30)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography, Japan: Why Does Trade Occur?

8046. South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing? [German] (22:28)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography. The program is a joint project of the National Council for Geographic Education, the Association of American Geographers, the American Geographical Society, and the National Geographic Society. Intended for grades 6-9.

8047. Nepal #1 [outtakes] (1:36:34)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography, South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing?

8048. Japan: Why Does Trade Occur? [no narration] (22:10)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography. The program is a joint project of the National Council for Geographic Education, the Association of American Geographers, the American Geographical Society, and the National Geographic Society. Intended for grades 6-9.

8049. Japan #1, tapes 1-4 [outtakes] (1:02:28)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography, Japan: Why Does Trade Occur?