Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

8341. Bangkok Oasis on a Troubled Continent (25:37)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Describes the economic, religious, and social characteristics of life in Bangkok, Thailand. Includes views of the temples, the old Palace of Kings, the King and the Queen at a state function, the ...

8342. "It's the humidity" (13:04)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Uses common everyday examples of the effects of humidity to introduce and explain this idea. Shows Kay, an attractive teenager, and her adventures with a violin, a stuck drawer, and drying off at t...

8343. The village tractor (21:22)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Shows how one small Turkish village profits by the acquisition of a tractor imported through the Marshall Plan, and benefits from mechanical training provided young farmers as part of Turkey's reco...

8346. Play's The Thing (20:30)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines a variety of playthings and play equip­ment, focusing, particularly on objects that reveal the custom, skill, and whimsy of their makers. Considers the emotional responses to toys and the ...

8347. Man: Friend and Enemy of Nature (22:36)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the wonders of the natural world as depicted by artists, considering how man has changed the natural environment through industry, farming, land development, and his own habits.

8348. Remembering Happy Times (22:29)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines the images artists create to portray the happy, exciting, or tender moments of an earlier day. Considers how art preserves the scenes of people enjoying and cherishing life.

8349. Sea Images (22:21)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the majesty and mystery of the sea, man's fascination with and reliance on the sea, and how it has been a source of mystery for artists in all times and cultures.

8350. Things To Use (20:53)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Focuses on manufactured objects used for daily tasks in homes, offices, and industry. Examines the qualities of form in these objects in relation to their functions and the preferences of their use...

8351. Spaces to Live In (22:27)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Considers the organization and characteristics of planned spaces for community living in a study of the functional and aesthetic problems in the design of spaces for living.

8352. Signs of the Times (22:39)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Traces the development of signs and symbols in other times and cultures, studying their forms and their effect on contemporary behavior.

8353. Wrappings and Trappings (20:18)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Shows how people in various cultures have made and used costumes, masks, and headdress for ceremonies and other special occasions. Considers how a person can use clothing to create a special image ...

8354. Devils, Monsters and Dragons (22:32)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Reveals how people in different societies have imaginatively depicted their conceptions of evil to ward off harm and destruction.

8355. Faces of Nature (32:09)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Studies the aesthetic qualities of natural phenomena and the qualities of the art images that have their origins in nature.

8356. Getting the Message (22:27)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Considers ways in which people communicate, examining some of the media of communications and the artistic forms used to transmit various kinds of messages.

8357. Birds, Bees & Bugs (22:31)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores forms of birds, bees, and bugs, showing how their shapes, colors, textures, and movements have served as sources of ideas for artists and designers.

8358. Changing Your Looks (22:13)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Shows various ways and reasons why people in different times and cultures have used body decoration and adornment to change their looks.

8359. All Kinds of Houses (21:51)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines old and new domestic buildings in considering various architectural solutions to problems of providing human shelter.

8360. Houses for Worship (22:42)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Reflects on the relationships between expressive architectural design and religious philosophies and liturgies in a survey of a variety of structures that have been designed as houses of worship.