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A tour of a museum reveals the prominent figures and soldiers that have carried Wilkinson swords throughout history. A narrator explains that Wilkinson’s tradition of quality sword making has carried on to their production of razorblades.
A Swiss student declares that he would be willing to have his country give up its traditional neutrality, if it would help to unify Europe, during this discussion. He cautions, however, that the purpose of this unification is to help each other and, if Europe is unified against Russia, that purpose will be defeated. The four other countries represented on the panel are Germany, France, Belgium and Yugoslavia.
Program 12 of Looking From The Inside/Out series shows why it is often difficult to trust others, especially someone who consistently breaks promises. Promotes stress-management skills, such as seeking out other people and sharing feelings, as an appropriate strategy for dealing with serious problems.
Presents Nkosi and Soyinka in Accra interviewing Professor Abraham, philosopher and author of The Mind of Africa. Focuses in detail on the function of the writer in Africa.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Documents the life and work of William Carlos Williams, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, and physician. Illustrates his work with selected readings from letters, poems, and the autobiography of the poet. Shows still photographs of the poet as a young man and in his later years with his son, also a physician, practicing medicine in the local hospital.
Dr. Albright and his guests discuss the emergence of Christianity out of Jewish History and the influence of the Hellenic (or Western World) to Christianity. They are also concerned with the cultural influences on the gradual development of logical stages in human thinking. Dr. Albright outlines these various stages in their relationships to religion.
Dr. Albright and his guests discuss the essential features of archaeology, and the means of translating the values of these different features to determine the patterns of human history. They speak of mounds, layers, pottery, scripts, etc. They analyze the scope of archaeological study in today’s world.
Why is the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls the greatest manuscript discovery in modern time? What are scholars learning from the scrolls that applies to already accepted ideas that appear in the New Testament? Dr. Albright and his guests answer these two important questions. They give example of the effect of the scrolls as well as of their meaning to the Old and New Testaments.
A man receives a distress call from someone stuck on the side of a cliff. The man race across difficult terrain in his Jeep. The man rescues the person from cliff by using the winch on his Jeep.
The commercial shows which Jeeps were used in the movie "Hatari!". The commercial portrays the different Jeeps as actors that were cast for specific roles and worked with the movie stars John Wayne, Red Buttons, and Elsa Martinelli. The Jeeps are shown in several movie clips driving across Tanzanian and herding animals.
United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, United States. Office of Strategic Services, United States. Federal Security Agency. Office of Education
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Reports on advancements in aviation in Brazil. Begins with an early figure in Brazilian aviation history, Alberto Santos-Dumont, the creation of his memorial, and the founding of the Escola de Especialistas de Aeronautica in 1941. Reports on Brazil's role among the allied nations in wartime, include air patrols of its coastline and providing protection for ocean transport ships. Profiles the developing infrastructure of air travel in Brazilian nation with visits to newly constructed airports at Belem, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre and Natal.
United States. Army Air Forces. Motion Picture Unit, 1st
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The story of the twelve weeks of discipline, concentrated study and hard work leading to graduation from the Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Forces and the rank of second lieutenant.
Starring Lt. James Stewart, this WWII recruitment film shows jobs, training and education provided to men between the ages of 18 and 26 who enlist in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
A man and woman sing a jingle about Winston cigarettes. Accompanying the jingle is a stop motion animation of a male and female matchbox dancing around Winston cigarettes.
An advertisement for Winston cigarettes in which a jingle describes the product's taste over an animation of the box and a cartoon xylophone. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.
An advertisement for Winston cigarettes in which a jingle plays over an animation describing the product's filter and taste. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Vicki Rubin, Edward G. Feil
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Home movie of Ed Feil biking up and down Byron Road, the street where the family lives. Snow blankets the yards. Interspersed with shots of Naomi walking Tiger, the family dog, who tugs at his leash in an attempt to play.
Wish-Bone Chianti and Burgundy salad dressing are stated to be on par with old world gourmet cooking. There are several shots of the dressing being poured onto salads.
A cartoon of a boy, who pronounces his r as w, asking a pompous store clerk for Wishbone Russian Dressing. The dressing is advertised as making children want to eat their greens.
Develops the theme that the ultimate aim of literature is ethical. Defines the accent of literature as a characteristic way of thinking which reflects a particular manner of speaking or sounding. Points out that literature must serve a cause or purpose. Uses examples from the writings of Carl Sandburg and Mark Twain. (KETC) Kinescope.
Discuss the book, Witness, by Whittaker Chambers. Examines the content of this autobiographical work and the reasons why it was written. Appraises the significance of the book as a source for historians and as literature.
[motion picture] Reconstructs a three-car personal injury accident to show the role of police officers in gathering the physical evidence at the scene of the accident and the importance of this evidence. Following the officer's attention to the injured and securing of the scene from further hazards, he and a second officer begin their investigation. This includes interviewing eye witnesses, testing one of the driver's sobriety, measuring skid marks, and noting location of cars and extent of property damage. As the officers file their reports and opinions of the events leading to the accident, flashbacks verify their opinions.
Reconstructs a three-car personal injury accident to show the role of police officers in gathering the physical evidence at the scene of the accident and the importance of this evidence. Following the officer's attention to the injured and securing of the scene from further hazards, he and a second officer begin their investigation. This includes interviewing eye witnesses, testing one of the driver's sobriety, measuring skid marks, and noting location of cars and extent of property damage. As the officers file their reports and opinions of the events leading to the accident, flashbacks verify their opinions.
Enumerates the problems of living in ancient Egypt from a woman's standpoint--no running water, electricity, or refrigeration. Shows bronze ornaments used for bartering purposes as well as household equipment and cosmetics. (NYU) Kinescope.
Produced for an American audience, the film explores the role of women in the war effort and thanks America for sending relief bundles to the victims of the London Blitz. Shows British women caring for evacuee children, working in the land army, as ambulance drivers and auto mechanics, in defense factories, ferrying planes for the R.A.F., and operating rest centers.
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman points out that women prisoners do not present the same problems as men do. However, the situation is serious and approximately 10,000 women are in prison today. Lohman describes the problems which arise when these women are removed from a conventional social life. Filmed scenes illustrate the activities of women in prison and a female inmate is interviewed. Miss Kinsella and Lohman discuss her experiences in working with imprisoned women and their parallels with the male offender problem.
Discusses the discoveries and developments which brought about the invention of movable type by Gutenberg. Describes the work of the alchemist in casting metals, the making of wood blocks, and the development of oil based paints. Demonstrates Gutenberg's experiments with metals and shows woodcuts representative of those produced and used in Gutenberg's day. Features Dr. Frank Baxter.
In this program, Mr. Fitzpatrick discusses wood sculpture as an art form. Describes the tools needed for manipulating the wood. Demonstrates simple methods and techniques of carving. Explains the selection of wood, importance of grain, and factors which contribute to the finished art piece. Illustrates with examples of wood sculpture.
Bash tells of woodcarving in early American life and explains how carving was done, what tools were used and exhibits some early chests, utensils, signs and Indian figures. Songs include “There’s a Hole in My Bucket,” “Bonnie Wee Lassie” and “Raisins and Almonds” and the Lillian Patterson Dancers pantomime one of the songs.
There is in the heart of every man the desire to express himself through the creation of something beautiful, says Shari Lewis. Whatever the motivation for making the object, the result is, in many cases, beauty. Woodcarving from many parts of the world is examined and provides an opportunity to explore its beauty.
Shows a workman producing one of the wooden masks used in religious festivals in Guatemala. Then pictures a religious procession at Solosa, with its effigies of Christ, and a special worship service at the church.
Tells the story of the lumber frontier of the Midwest in the region west and south of Lake Superior. Describes the living conditions of the lumberjacks. Explains how the indiscriminate cutting of the forests led to the demise of lumbering in the Midwest.
Discusses Dutch holdings on the Hudson, in the East, and in Brazil. Appraises the Dutch efforts at empire building and governing. Relates Henry Hudson's discovery of the fur-rich Hudson valley in his search for a Northwest passage. (KETC) Kinescope.
Eugene Kash, Gudrun Parker, Denis Gillson, Joseph Champagne, Eldon Rathburn, Thomas Daly, Guy Glover, Peter Jones, Margaret Ellis, National Film Board
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The various instruments of the wood-wind and brass sections of an orchestra are characterized as to appearance, tone, and use during a children's concert conducted by Eugene Kash, Canadian violinist. Then demonstrates the effect of both sections combined.
Laurence Olivier's reading of passages from Milton, William Blake, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and Abraham Lincoln accompany scenes of daily life in wartime Britain. The texts selected emphasize national identity and heritage, patriotism, and the justness of the Allied cause.
Discusses the use of pre-symbolic language in furthering communication. Defines and illustrates the function of social language. Shows how social conversation enlarges the possibility of friendship and communication.
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Watch Your Language. Uses on-camera narration and a dramatic episode to teach new vocabulary and word analysis skills. In this episode Al chooses his words carefully when filling out a job application. Later, his friends help him realize that clear, concise language will be more effective during his job interview that big words and fancy phrases.
Shows how to choose a job by first knowing one's self as revealed by performance in intelligence, aptitude, and personality tests, by learning the characteristics of different jobs, and by fitting these two together. Illustrates these steps by following a series of counseling sessions between a counselor and a counselee. (KOMU-TV) Kinescope.
