Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

7821. The story with two endings (09:09)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Discusses the possible inflation and unemployment to come after World War II as happened after World War I. Emphasizes rationing and thrift as weapons to combat inflation before it occurs.

7822. [Grissom AFB air show] (01:34)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
This film shows people parachuting through the sky, and a helicopter flying about. The footage was possibly shot at the Grissom Air Force Base air show, year unknown.

7823. The woodwind choir (11:26)

Date:
1938
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Summary:
Reveals the appearance, tonal qualities, and functions of various instruments of the woodwind choir--piccolos, flutes, clarinets, oboes, English horns, bassoons, and contrabassoons. Uses close-up photography to illustrate the techniques of playing these woodwinds. Includes excerpts from Brahms' First symphony, Beethoven's Turkish march, and Brahms' Fourth symphony.

7824. Day of the killer tornadoes (15:35)

Date:
1978
Summary:
Documents the series of 147 tornadoes which struck the South and Midwest sections of the United States in April 1974. Includes extensive footage of the tornadoes in Xenia and Cincinnati, Ohio and in Louisville, Kentucky. Shows how warning, advance preparation, and coordination in emergency operating centers helped to save many lives.

7825. Daughters of India (08:56)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Shows how India's women are stepping forth from their traditionally sheltered lives and taking an active part in public affairs.

7826. [Indiana University campus, public relations] (10:05)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Footage of various student activity around campus at Indiana University - Bloomington during the fall season. Includes aerial shots. This footage may have been shot with the intention of using it for promotional purposes.

7827. La familia Sánchez a lesson in Spanish (11:17)

Date:
1950
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Summary:
Shows daily tasks of a rural family of southern Spain. Depicts a trip by a boy and his father to a city market place; shows representative aspects of Spanish life; and emphasizes the activities of the children.

7828. These are the men (12:16)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Takes Leni Riefenstahl's footage from the Nuremberg speeches of the Nazi Leaders and superimposes English "translations" over a set of orations in English "in which Hitler, Goebbels, Göring, Streicher and Hess report their sins and mistakes as frankly as if they were victims of one of those notorious 'confession drugs'." (Documentary News Letter, March 1943, 195).

7829. Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) (15:19)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Uses regular photography and animation to present the physical characteristics, the people, and the natural resources of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Follows the activities of two men--John Bergesen, farmer and first officer of the freighter Arcturus, and Olaf Thorson, a typical industrial worker of Gothenburg, Sweden.

7830. The John Glenn Story (29:59)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Traces the career of John Glenn, first U.S. astronaut, from his school days in New Concord, Ohio, to his speech to the U.S. Congress after his orbital flight. Pictures Glenn as a typical, but highly successful, American boy. Interviews many people in his town who speak well of him and follows his career in the armed forces. Shows preparations for the space flight, the blast off, Glenn in flight, the return from orbit, the parades, and the appearance before Congress.