Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

8381. The good life on the Nile (29:19)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Takes the viewer on a trip down the Nile with a nobleman of the XIth Dynasty and his entourage in ancient Egypt in the year 2000 B.C. Uses original ship models from the tomb of Meket-Re. (NYU) Kine...

8382. The Good Years (1:30:34)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Lucille Ball; Henry Fonda; Mort Sahl
Summary:
The Good Years is based on the book written by Walter Lord which is about the time period from 1900 to the first World War. The show stars Lucile Ball, Henry Fonda, Mort Sahl and provides a histori...

8383. The grand canyon (14:53)

Date:
1927
Summary:
Features Native Americans performing a variety of dance rituals and beautiful vistas within the Grand Canyon.

8384. The grand plan (29:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
"The understanding of music consists in the responding to music in its own terms." This quotation from music critic Thomas Serret is the keynote not only to this program but also to the whole serie...

8385. The great design (29:46)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Covers the period between Lenin's seizure of power and his death in 1924. Analyzes Lenin's peace treaty with Germany. Describes the reasons for the opposition to it which brought Russia to the ver...

8386. The great gamble: Cyrus W. Field (20:00)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Teaching Film Custodians
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television episode, "The Great Gamble" (season 3, episode 1), which first aired October 12th, 1954 on ABC-TV. Presents...

8387. The Great Lakes (21:34)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
National Film Board of Canada; Crawley Films Limited
Summary:
A Canadian film production addressed to U.S. audiences, showing the industrial and commercial cooperation between the two nations as it occurs throughout the Great Lakes. "The Great Lakes are shown...

8388. The Great Lakes (09:52)

Date:
1942
Summary:
A Canadian film production addressed to U.S. audiences, showing the industrial and commercial cooperation between the two nations as it occurs throughout the Great Lakes.

8389. The great rights (14:15)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Introduces the principal amendments to the Constitution by showing in dramatic form what would happen if the Bill of Rights disappeared from the American scene. | Introduces the principal amendment...

8390. The Great Swamp (29:03)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Depicts the values of a wilderness area through the experiences of a young city boy visiting the Great Swamp in New Jersey. Illustrates how Joey learns about the balance of nature. Explains the imp...

8391. The great train robbery (19:27)

Date:
1903
Summary:
A presentation of two of the first feature films in history, with the addition of sound. Bandits tie up the station master, stop the train, rob the mail car, take the passenger's valuables, and the...

8393. The Green Giants--The Story of Plants (1:00:26)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Today beneath our feet we find dwarf plants which once were green giants of the Coal Age. We may hold a fossil in our hands of a plant that live 250,000,000 years ago, yet looked very much like a f...

8394. The grey armada (09:20)

Date:
1935
Summary:
The United States Naval fleet in action. Film captures launching of planes and firing broadsides of big guns.

8395. The Grist Mill (14:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett visits an old time grist mill, pointing out the huge water wheel used to turn the mill where wheat was ground into flour. She shows viewers the patterned mill stones and tells of activ...

8396. The growth of London (22:18)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Uses actual scenes, models, diagrams to present a survey of the principal events which shaped London and the British Empire. Discusses the position of London on the Thames, the Roman conquest, the ...

8397. The growth of motor behavior : in the first five years (11:21)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Arnold Gesell
Summary:
Traces the development of motor control from birth through the first five years. Indicates that the newborn baby is active but has no control over muscles, that gradually movements become more comp...

8399. The hands of man : adventuring in pottery (30:13)

Date:
1958
Summary:
William Daley and Shari Lewis discuss the capacity of man’s hands and the way hands in many parts of the world today still remain the primary means by which useful and beautiful objects are created...

8400. The Happiest Snowman Ever (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dora teaches the audience about how snowflakes grow in size as they fall through the sky. Shows how to make a snoman puppet out of a paper bag and how to cut out various shapes of snowflakes.