16041. Little Smokey (13:27)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Story of "Smokey," the bear cub found clinging to a charred tree after a forest fire in New Mexico and later taken to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Stresses the importance of forest prevention.

16042. Magnetism (16:07)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; O. W. Eshbach; British Electrical Development Association
Summary:
Traces the development of the uses of magnetism throughout the ages, and highlights the scientific experiments which revealed the relationship between magnetism and electricity. Explains magnetism ...

16044. Making learning more meaningful (11:35)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Illustrates how a third grade teacher utilizes the interests of her pupils to develop an arithmetic unit on money and banking. Shows how she introduces other fundamental skills into the unit on num...

16045. Marian Anderson (25:49)

Alternative title:
Marian Anderson
Date:
1953
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Describes Marian Anderson's life, from her early years in Philadelphia through her New York Town Hall recital, and presents her as a concert artist singing Begrüssung by Handel; the Negro spiritual...

16047. Nature's plan (14:15)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
The Conservation Foundation; The New York Zoological Society; George Bryan
Summary:
Presents nature's plan for the use and control of water. Explains the water cycle through animation and actual photography, and shows the effect of interaction between clouds and air currents throu...

16048. One nation indivisible : Horace Greeley, editor (19:04)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "One Nation Indivisible" (season 2, episode 12), which aired on December 22, 1953 on ABC-TV....

16049. Painting trees with Eliot O'Hara (16:16)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
Eliot O'Hara; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.; John Paul Miller
Summary:
Shows Eliot O'Hara, watercolor painter, sketching a variety of trees found in the United States and Hawaii. O'Hara observes that the artist should look for the structure of the tree, the character ...

16050. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (27:19)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Recreates Renoir's world and interprets the aspirations of this great master. Includes over fifty of Renoir's works.