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An advertisement for horse racing at Aqueduct Racetrack and Belmont Park in New York in which a thoroughbred horse is depicted growing from a child to a full-grown racehorse. An offscreen male narrator describes how the horse is bred and trained to become one of the fastest animals alive. One of the winners of the 1971 Clio Awards.
Traces the history of the film industry from the beginning of ancient Chinese shadow shows to silouhettes and lighting for 3D effects. The invention of sound and special effects are dealt with.
Discusses the present status of archaeology in Russia. Shows and discusses objects, found in Russia, formerly owned by Scythians and buried with them. Stresses the vast quantity of these objects and emphasizes the artistic quality of these exports from Greece. (NYU) Kinescope.
Audience learns how to make an ant puppet of varying size. In the Make Do Theatre play, the story of Archibald Ant is told. After playing baseball, he eats too much honey and his stomach gets really big. After it goes down in size, he vows to never tell anyone what happened.
A public service announcement from the Atlantic Richfield oil company (ARCO) announcing their acquisition of Sinclair Oil and phasing out of Sinclair's dinosaur logo. The ad features an animation of a dinosaur telling an ARCO executive that he is retiring to live in Miami. As the dinosaur leaves, an offscreen male narrator states that the end of one era means the beginning of another. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
Shows the adaptation of animal and plant life to the rigors of winter around Hudson Bay, where evergreen forests give way to treeless tundra. Includes Indians, their sled dogs, their homes, birds, and animals such as caribou and otters.
In his final program, John Dodds poses a startling question: “Are Americans civilized?” Undoubtedly, he says, most Americans will reply without hesitation. “Of course, we are!” Yet, Dr. Dodds points out, we are branded by many foreigners as a raw, materialistic, uncouth, mercenary, and even an uncivilized nation. He inquires into the factors in our society that have induced such severe criticism from abroad. He asks if others are merely jealous of our technological advancement –which most are as quick to adopt as they are to criticize –or have they actually found some basic flaws in the fabric of our culture. In peering into the structure of our civilization, he holds up a mirror in which all Americans might profit from viewing themselves. From this analysis we realize that American have their shortcomings both obvious and subtle, but, as to the state of American civilization, Dr. Dodds leads us to believe the picture is more pleasant than many would have us think.
Discusses the reality of atoms and their importance in understanding the physical universe. Uses animation to explain what happens to atoms during thermal agitation. Demonstrates the audible reality of atoms with a Geiger counter and visual reality by the use of a cloud chamber. Features Dr. Edwin C. Kemble, Professor of Physics, Harvard University. (WGBH-TV) Kinescope.
Uses demonstrations to illustrate how scientists arrive at facts. Explains how and why scientists often give the impression of being to sure of their knowledge of the universe. Discusses the importance of numerical statements in science and how physical law is derived. Features Dr. Phillipe LeCorbeiller, Professor of applied Physics, Harvard University.
This series, aired from 1954 through 1958, is built around the annual New York Herald Tribune World Youth Forum, which hosts approximately thirty foreign high school students from around the world in the US. The World Youth Forum features the high school students discussing problems of concern to America and the world. Discussions are presided over by Mrs. Helen Hiet Waller, World Youth Forum Director, with a maximum of encouragement to free expression. In this program from 1957, students from Brazil, Finland, Japan, Jordan, and Singapore discuss the question of universal misunderstanding of teenagers. Although they are divided on the seriousness of the problem, they indicate that the misunderstanding between parents and teenagers does exist in their countries.
This series, aired from 1954 through 1958, is built around the annual New York Herald Tribune World Youth Forum, which hosts approximately thirty foreign high school students from around the world in the US. The World Youth Forum features the high school students discussing problems of concern to America and the world. Discussions are presided over by Mrs. Helen Hiet Waller, World Youth Forum Director, with a maximum of encouragement to free expression. In this program from 1955, students from Pakistan, Vietnam, South Korea, Nigeria, and South Africa discuss the cultural differences and similarities between their countries and the USA. Contemporary high school students may have to disobey their parents in order to push new ideals ahead, though disagreeing with one's parents is a difficult thing to do. The student panelists point out that they have had to adjust to more changes in these past seventeen years than our ancestors did in the last 700.
Herald Tribune Youth Forum panelists discuss the relation between men and women in various parts of the world, as students from the Philippines, Japan, Finland, and Ceylon debate on: What has been the effect of “Americanization” on women in Asia, Africa, and Europe? Who should be the head of the family? Can polygamy be defended? What is the role of the wife? Might different kinds of family relationships be valid in different parts of the world? Should women have careers outside the home? Participants: Edgar Gimotes, Philippines; Yukiki Tamakami, Japan; Kaarina Honkapohja, Finland; P. Tissa Milroy Fernando, Ceylon.
Points out and discusses the values to be gained from the process of creating. Invites the viewer to draw a still life and shows five art students working creatively in various media.
Suggests ways of beginning in art and stresses the importance of making use of past experience. Shows students producing visual symbols which are suggested by a number of abstract ideas presented verbally. Encourages viewers to exercise the creativity that each possesses. (Hofstra College and WOR-TV) Kinescope.
Contrasts Carolyn, an attractive newcomer to a high school, with Ginny, who despite her willingness to date all of the boys in the school, is unpopular with both boys and girls. Then shows through brief incidents how Carolyn and Wally are careful of their appearance, polite to others, considerate in arranging dates, business-like on the telephone, careful in planning their schedule of activities, cooperative with their parents, and always well mannered.
Outlines Argentine history and discusses the political and economic climate, with prospects for the future. Emphasizes Argentina's problems and possibilities. Shows pictures of the land and the people. (WTTW) Kinescope.
Buenos Aires, the commercial, financial, and industrial hub of predominantly agricultural Argentina. A grain broker and a packing plant employee, with the family of the latter, are introduced as representative city-dwellers. The vast pampas regions, the source of Argentina's agricultural wealth; the dependence of the city on the rural hinterland. Spanish dialogue is periodically incorporated into the film story. An instructional sound film.
An advertisement for Arpege by Lanvin products, including a new natural spray perfume, depicting women hugging and showing affection toward men who gift them Arpege products. An offscreen male narrator describes the products, arguing that Arpege drives women "glad." Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Arpege natural spray by Lanvin in which a male narrator explains how the product bottle has no fizz and is all fragrance. The narrator states how Arpege drives women "glad" over an image of a couple kissing. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
A man and woman struggle to meet each other at a busy train station. They both are protected from perspiration because they used Arrid Spray Deodorant.
An advertisement for Arrow apparel in which a man jumps on a trampoline to demonstrate the functionalities of the brand's "Decton" men's shirt. Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.
An advertisement for Arrow men's shirts in which a woman demonstrates the functionalities of the Dectolene product. Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.
An advertisement for Arrow apparel in which a couple discovers the brand's "wash and wear" men's shirts and because no ironing is required the couple has more free time. Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.
An advertisement for Arrow men's shirts in which two stunt men fight while wearing the product to demonstrate its anti-wrinkle capabilities. The advertisement features stunt man Dick Dial, whose television roles included "Star Trek: The Original Series." Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.
Illustrates movement in nature with scenes of stars and splashing water. Then shows motion in space and time, using stop-motion and speed-up photography. Deals with motion as an art form by showing paintings by Kandinsky and Van Gogh, mobiles by Calder and Usher, and an abstract film by Decker. Summarizes the main concepts and relates them to one another.
Discusses the nature of art and its role in human life. Points out the difference in science, art, and prudence, and compares the way in which all things come into being--natural generation, artistic production, and divine creation. Explains that to do a work of art is to do something deliberately by knowledge and rules.
Discusses line, form, and symbol as conventional devices for communication in the visual arts. Demonstrates some of the conventions used for communication in the theater and the dance. Illustrates the communication of ideas, using pictures by Picasso and others.
Presents the means for acquiring an understanding of art and the artist. Examines modern art as an expression of the world today. Points out how the artist is involved in an age of discovery; how his work must be looked at as something new, now something to be recognized from past experiences, and how art looks to the future, forecasting the unknown. Illustrates with art objects from the collections in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Explains how art is identified with its environment, showing that a changing environment forces art through a revolution if it is to retain vitality. Uses art objects to show how the rococo style of the French court gave way to the classical expression of Napoleonic pomp, which in turn gave way to romanticism. Discusses the great revolution in art in Europe during the 19th century. Points out the impact of technical developments and democratic ideas on art.
Discusses religious and secular art as an expression of and a directing force in society. Explains how Chinese and Christian arts helped maintain social order and established images of faith. Contrasts art as individual expression in a free society with art as a propaganda tool under dictatorship. Illustrates with the art objects from the collections in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Presents the utilitarian function and underlying ideas of varied works of art, and tells how many objects now treasured in museums were originally created for practical, utilitarian purposes. Explains how changes in ideas bring changes in art expression, illustrating with works of art from the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) conduct an art contest. Puppet children are shown working on their painting, sculpture and collage submissions. Viewers are encouraged to make art of their own. The episode concludes with selection of a contest winner.
Fignewton’s Newspaper is conducting an art contest, which in part consists of having the children guess the titles of well-known paintings and guess how other art objects are made.
Discloses sources of inspiration in man's environment and interprets these forms through the eyes of the creative artist in order to stimulate students to see opportunities for using art in their own living.
Shows numerous paintings and discusses factors in the world today which lead artists to produce such paintings. Points out that war, mechanization, anxiety, and insecurity, speed and motion, and emphasis on the individual are some of the concerns of today's artists. (Hofstra College and WOR-TV) Kinescope.
The third in the "Living Earth" series. Shows the interrelationship of water and forests in supplying life-giving moisture to topsoil. Pictures what happens when forests are destroyed and water is no longer stored in the ground.
An advertisement for Artra moisture cream in which a male narrator extols the moisturizing qualities of the product over scenes of an African American couple dancing and a woman applying the cream in the mirror. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
Episode 10 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Arts Alive. The program addresses the power and universal appeal of the arts, presenting four examples of students, who, through positive artistic experiences, became more interested and involved in the world around them. Hosted by Lynn Swann.
Episode 11 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Arts Alive. The program addresses the power and universal appeal of the arts, presenting four examples of students, who, through positive artistic experiences, became more interested and involved in the world around them. Hosted by Lynn Swann.
Episode 12 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Arts Alive. The program addresses the power and universal appeal of the arts, presenting four examples of students, who, through positive artistic experiences, became more interested and involved in the world around them. Hosted by Lynn Swann.
Episode 13 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Arts Alive. The program addresses the power and universal appeal of the arts, presenting four examples of students, who, through positive artistic experiences, became more interested and involved in the world around them. Hosted by Lynn Swann.
The coach of a freshman track team explains to teenage boys the intricacies of the male reproduction system, primary and secondary sexual characteristics, and the relationship between the sexes during adolescence.
Shows the development of Negro education. Emphasizes that such a development was slow and difficult from the schoolhouse with broken windows and the teachers only a few steps ahead of the pupils to the modern school which spreads its influence beyond the confines of its four walls through training 9in home economics, machine shop, and handicrafts. Ends with shots of Negroes in universities, as surgeons and nurses in hospitals, and in the Army.
Shows the development of Negro education. Emphasizes that such a development was slow and difficult from the schoolhouse with broken windows and the teachers only a few steps ahead of the pupils to the modern school which spreads its influence beyond the confines of its four walls through training 9in home economics, machine shop, and handicrafts. Ends with shots of Negroes in universities, as surgeons and nurses in hospitals, and in the Army.
Strout, Toby (Writer, Producer); Schwibs, Susanne (script); Sumpter, Wally (Director); Arnove, Robert (Producer); Michael Luhan(Producer);
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Documents the political issues and diverse views of the people of Nicaragua during the period surrounding the elections of 1984; the first elections held since the overthrow of the Somoza regime. Sampling the campaigns of seven contending political parties, several major issues surface repeatedly and dominate debate: the direction of national reconstruction, changing social roles and responsiblities (particularly of women and young people), the war with the Contras, economic conditions, the makeup of the electoral process, and the conduct of the election itself.
Film depicts life at an orphanage for boys in Mexico - their chores (husking corn, milking cows) their pets, their daily routine, their games. Sentences of the Spanish narration are nearly all declarative, and in the present indicative. For second semester Spanish students.
Edward R. Feil, Harold S. Feil, Nellie Feil, Herman Hellerstein, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Maren Mansberger Feil, George Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, David Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Leslie Feil, Betsy Feil, Ellen Feil
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Home movie of the Feil and Hellerstein children playing on a swingset at the George Feil home. The children then eat ice cream cones on the patio.
Shows and explains how a variety of marine animals are adapted to live on the open sandy, muddy, and grassy bottom of the sea. Points out their habits, habitats, and means of survival. Features underwater scenes of tube worms, starfish, crabs, clams, choral, the sting ray, turtle, sea hare, pygmy octopus, and others. Discusses briefly the part these creatures play in the "chain of life" in the sea.
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) tell the story of the Caddis Fly using a "Make - Do Theatre" style, which requires the storyteller to construct the puppets before telling the story. Features the following books: "Let's Read About Insects", "The Pond World: Adventures in Seeing", and "The Adventure Book of Insects".
Episode 12 of Trade-offs, a series in economic education for nine to thirteen year-olds that consists of fifteen 20-minute television/film programs and related materials. Using dramatizations and special visuals, the series considers fundamental economic problems relevant to everyday life. In its first year, Trade-offs was used by approximately 500,000 students and their teachers in about 25.000 fifth and sixth grade classrooms. This more than quadrupled the amount of teaching of economics as a subject. Trade-offs was produced under the direction of AIT by the Educational Film Center (North Spring-field. Virginia), The Ontario Educational Communications Authority, and public television station KERA, Dallas. Programs were available on film, videocassette, and broadcast videotape. Trade-offs was developed cooperatively by the Joint Council on Economic Education, the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, the Agency for Instructional Television, and a consortium fifty-three state and provincial education and broadcasting agencies.
An advertisement for AT&T telephone services that follows phone installer and repairman Abe Knowlton as he goes about his workday in the small towns of North Haven and Vinalhaven, Maine. Abe narrates about the satisfaction of being a small-town repairman and an off-screen male narrator describes how phone workers across the U.S. keep services running even in remote locations. One of the winners of the 1975 Clio Awards.
A narrator talks about the new machine developed by Bell Telephone Company that allow people to have three-way calls, have work calls forward to a person home phone, and remember frequently used phone numbers.
Advertisement for AT&T, featuring a woman going upstairs and then down again to answer the phone. With an extension phone in the rooms most frequently used, there is no need to "doubleback."
An advertisement for AT&T Bell Telephone Services in which a narrator describes the process AT&T uses to transmit a studio image to a home television, and how the company uses the same technology for other services. Submitted for Clio Awards category Corporate.
United States Information Agency, United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
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Begins with a brief geography lesson to orient North American viewers to the size and climate of Chile. Scenes of indigenous shepherding in desert villages are followed by a visit to the Christmas celebration of the Virgin of Andecollo. Scenes at a giant open-pit copper mine at Chuquicamata show the extraction process from blasting ore to refining. Narration states that the Atacama holds the world's largest source of nitrate; a history of this lucrative industry is summarized. The mineral riches of the region go to market at the sea ports of Tocapilla and Antofagasta. The wealth from Chile's natural resources are shown accruing in the prosperous, modern cities of Valparaiso and Santiago.
Representative photographs by the turn-of-the-century French photographer, Eugène Atget, with explanatory analysis by Berenice Abbott, a former protège of Atget.
Arda Mandikian, Charles Kahn, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Stephanie Bidmead, Michael Aldridge, Nicholas Hawtrey, Edwin Richfield, Tony Thawnton, Douglas Campbell, C. Walter Hodges, Robert Johnson, Michael Livesey, Robert A. Goodwin, Donald Moffat, John Barnes
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Outlines the major aspects of Athenian life which contributed to the "Golden Age." Describes these aspects as the energy and intelligence of the people; the outstanding leadership and popular government; and the relationships between Athenian citizenship, religion, and art. Artifacts and models are used to aid in the clarification of concepts presented by Charles Kahn of Columbia University.
Distills those aspects of Athenian life which made the Golden Age workable.
Michael Ference, George Benton, Encycopaedia Britannica Films Inc.
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Explains the principles accounting for the distribution of air over the earth. Reveals the composition of atmosphere and explains its pressure and temperature at varying altitudes. Demonstrates how sun rays heat the earth's surface unevenly and how this phenomenon and the earth's rotation cause air movement. Emphasizes the role of atmosphere circulation in creating air pressure zones which, in turn, produce weather and climate. An Erpi classroom film.
Harvey B. Lemon, Robert Longini, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.
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Describes contributions of early scientists in the study of vacuums and atmospheric pressure which led to the invention of the air pump and the barometer. A reenactment of Otto von Guericke's Magdeburg hemisphere experiment of 1654 is used to explain that the atmosphere exerts external pressure. Describes the action of an air pump and discusses the properties of a vacuum. Includes scenes of a modern laboratory experiment demonstrating that air has weight. Shows practical applications of knowledge about air pressure and vacuums.
Shows several youngsters finding shelter upon hearing an air raid alert. Then portrays Ted and Sue, at home when the alert sounds, taking the necessary precautions against an atomic bomb. They cover windows, check the kitchen for fires, and go to the basement to wait for instructions over the battery radio. Next pictures what to do in case of a bombing without warning, as demonstrated by Ted and Sue. They are commended by the warden for their good work.
Explains, with animation, atomic structure and the basic concepts of atomic energy. Distinguishes between electronic or chemical energy and nuclear energy. Explains the three known forms of atomic energy release: natural radioactivity, nuclear synthesis, and nuclear fission. Illustrates the relationship between atomic energy from the sun and chemical energy stored and released in photosynthesis and combustion.
Examines new concepts of the word "fuel." Discusses and shows the atomic fuels uranium, plutonium, and thorium. Explains what atomic fuels are and where they are found. Describes the use of "magic metals" zirconium, beryllium, and halfium, in conjunction with atomic fuels.
Describes the operation, principles, and scientific use of reactors. Shows types of research reactors make possible. Describes the Gamma Ray Spectrometer, the Neutron Chopper, and the new Janus reactor which is designed specifically for high and low level radiation experiments in biology.
Part 1: The development of atomic theory through the nineteenth century is charted (with actors taking the roles of Dalton, Faraday, etc). Lord Rutherford is filmed briefly summing up the state of knowledge at the turn of the century. Part 2: Next discusses the cathode ray, the electron, the cloud chamber and its uses, the movement of ions, and the X-ray.
Uses laboratory experiments to illustrate the size of atoms and molecules. Demonstrates the smallness of these particles by means of oil film on water and the passage of hydrogen through a clay cup. Shows models to point out the arrangement of atoms in forming molecules. Defines and explains molecular action.
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, he thinks through what the doctor has said and applies the three rules to his own problem.
Explains and illustrates the characteristics of the medium of theater art. Outlines the history and evolution of the stage platform. Discusses the functions of the stage and auditorium. Relates the actors and the audience to theater art. Presents theater art as a synthesis of a variety of fine arts.
Edward R. Feil, Leslie Feil, George Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Maren Mansberger Feil, Herman Hellerstein, Betsy Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein
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Home movie of a birthday party for Leslie Feil at her childhood home. Shows George grilling while Mary and Maren prepare food in a dark kitchen. Leslie receives a cake shaped like a house. Ends with shots of an unknown river or lake.
Presents a tour of Paris, indicating points of interest and picturing Parisians as they go about their everyday tasks. Views Paris from atop the Eiffel Tower. Shows a diagram of the city and locates various points on the diagram. French language narration.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima Choc-o-Chip Easy Mix in which an offscreen narrator describes a woman's internal debate about wanting to bake something but not wanting to clean dishes. The narrator states that the mixing bag and baking pan included with the mix eliminate the need for dishes. A female vocalist sings a jingle over shots of finished brownies on a table. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima Gingerbread Easy-Mix in which an offscreen narrator describes a woman's internal debate as she looks at herself in a mirror about wanting to bake something but not wanting to clean dishes. The narrator explains how the mixing bag and baking pan included with the produce eliminate the need for dishes. A female vocalist sings a jingle over shots of finished gingerbread squares on a table. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima pancake mixes in which a woman prepares a snack of pancakes and sausages for friends as they sit by a fireplace after coming indoors from the cold. An offscreen narrator describes the process for cooking sausage pieces into pancake mix on the griddle over close-up shots of the meal being cooked. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima pancake and waffle mix in which a women serves a group of children at a birthday party a treat of waffles and ice cream. An offscreen narrator extols the product over a close-up of waffles being made in a waffle maker. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima apple pancake and corncake mixes, in which an offscreen male narrator describes the products over shots of apple orchards and corn fields and close-ups of pancakes being served. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima apple pancake mix in which an offscreen male narrator describes the product over shots of an apple orchard and close-ups of pancakes being served. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima buttermilk pancake mix in which a father and son creep to the kitchen to try to make breakfast, only for mother to announce that she's preparing Aunt Jemima's. An offscreen narrator extols the qualities of the product over shots of the mother cooking bacon and pancakes on a griddle. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima corncake mix in which an offscreen male narrator describes the product over shots of corn fields and close-ups of pancakes being served. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima pancake mix in which a young boy begs his father to wake up so that his mother can start cooking pancakes. An offscreen narrator states that even pancakes made from scratch rarely match the quality of Aunt Jemima's over shots of mother and son cooking the pancakes on a griddle and the family eating them at the table. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima pancake mix in which a woman prepares the pancakes for her family and encourages her initially skeptical husband to top them with strawberry preserves rather than syrup. An offscreen narrator states how the product is "good with so many" different toppings over shots of the family eating the pancakes. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
Children play on a playground before rushing inside to eat Aunt Jemima pancakes. As the children eat pancakes a jingle is sung about the different ways to cook and eat Aunt Jemima pancakes.
An advertisement for Aunt Jemima Pancake and Waffle Mix accompanied by a jingle sung by children to the tune of "Yellow Bird." The scene depicts children eating pancakes prepared in different ways. The scene ends with a man narrating and a close-up of the product and a "Q" that represents the Quaker Oats Company.
