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Describes how maps are made by picturing a class constructing a map from a model of the community. Shows the use of a legend and how a scale is derived in order that distance may be measured on the map. Illustrates the way a community can be located on county, state, and U.S. maps, and on a world globe.
Footage of people celebrating Mardi Gras in the streets of New Orleans. Primarily shows people in costumes dancing in a crowded street. Early 1950's era.
Home movie capturing a trip to Miami. Primarily shows footage taken from a car driving through downtown (mainly focusing on hotel exteriors), the ocean, and neon signs of more hotels and clubs taken at nighttime. A group gathers a hotel pool to swim, lounge, and play cards. The beach is visible in the distance.
Edward R. Feil, Harold S. Feil, Nellie Feil, Susan Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, David Hellerstein, Naomi Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein, Ken Feil
Summary:
Joint birthday party for Harold and Nellie Feil held at the Ed Feil home. Harold and Nellie are presented with a cake that reads "Happy Birthday Nana and Poppa, we love you". Harold is also given his own cake, possibly to celebrate his retirement. Kenny then helps his grandparents open their gifts.
Uses animation to illustrate the versatility of the triangular shape. Shows a single triangle dividing, re-dividing, and re-forming into colorful representations of symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes, including stars, cubes, rhombuses, and parallelograms. Concludes with the multitude of forms returning to the basic triangle.
Describes fusion of hydrogen nuclei as a source of solar energy, the chain reaction of uranium nuclei, and principles of critical mass relating to atomic bombs and nuclear power plants.
Fruit and vegetables are the familiar products examined in this program. Bill Smith journeys to the farm to see how peas are harvested, processed, and packed – a highly mechanized operation. He visits a strawberry patch where the luscious, red fruit is being picked. As a side trip he visits a carton factory to see how frozen food containers for peas and strawberries are made.
Huston Smith interviews Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in New York City and Harold Stassen in Philadelphia on what we are really seeking in our diplomacy. They answer that our aim is to build a peaceful world of independent and prospering democracies. They explore ways to do this.
Benjamin Strout (Cinematographer), George Hales (Director)
Summary:
2 shorts from the ASSIST series together on 1 reel, "Overview of ASSIST" and "The changing field of special education."
Examines the important role of the associate instructor (AI) in a classroom situation with emphasis on AI skill development in the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped individuals. Suggests that the best way to assist these individuals is not through segregated training but rather through the mainstreaming approach, where the person is afforded a more normal classroom experience. Discusses two case histories and outlines a plan for remediation.
Home movie documenting Ed Feil’s trip to Paris. The film captures several notable landmarks, including Notre Dame, Place St. Michel, and a visit to Sacre Coeur. Feil focuses on busy street scenes and local people, as well as artisans painting and building a ship in a bottle. Shares footage with other films documenting the 1959 trip to France.
Home movie taken during Ed Feil's military service. Primarily documents travel between France and Germany in a Jeep. Shows abandoned tanks, rubble, destroyed landscapes, and refugees along the roadside in Germany.
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.
Contrasts the crowded play conditions in most cities with those of rural areas, and discusses what the Play Schools Association is doing to remedy the urban problem. Shows typical Play School settings in public schools, a settlement, and a housing project, where children from five through thirteen years, of all races and creeds, are provided with a wide range of enriching play activities for their after-school hours in winter and all day during summer vacations.
Film sponsored by the United Fund of Summit County, Ohio. Using a dramatized story, the film outlines services provided by the United Fund with support from donors.
A typical day in one community's fight against alcoholism--providing speakers and experts for schools and community groups, assisting the police to handle alcoholics as sick people, and helping industry to handle the problems. Referral of those who need it to groups serving the community.
Segment from episode 20 of Black Journal. Points out that discrimination within labor unions restricts minority membership, thus perpetuating the existing power structure. Notes that minorities in the New York local of the Transport Workers Union are trying to overcome discrimination by forming their own union. Indicates that although the TWU organizes on Transit Authority property, other groups are not allowed to do so.
Silent footage in and around The Montefiore Home in Cleveland, Ohio. Naomi Feil, who grew up at the Montefiore Home for the Aged, where her father was the administrator and her mother was head of the social services department, can be seen in the opening sequence.
Charles McDonald, Director, Marvin Beers, Actor, Virginia Rand, Actor, Pat Davis, Actor, William P. Kramer, Actor, United States Department of Agriculture Division of Motion Pictures
Summary:
Film starts with the repetitive and fast-paced nature of daily life in a city, starting with the chaos of street traffic. In contrast, scenes from the peaceful countryside are shown to demonstrate how serene and beautiful nature can be. This includes recreational activities such as singing around a campfire, fishing on a calm lake, and waterfalls.
How sculptor Richard Hunt utilizes the resources of his urban environment to create structures in welded metals. Follows Hunt as he collects junk, welds, brazes, files, and sketches.
