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1. Deccan village (10:10)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Illustrates some of the gradual changes which are taking place in the small villages of India. Reveals that, rather than using the traditional animal power and man power for threshing and crushing ...

2. The deer and its relatives (11:10)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Shows the wide variety of adaptations of members of the same family or living in different parts of the world. Compares and contrasts the white tailed deer, the fallow deer, the elk, bactrian camel...

3. The discrepancy evaluation model (15:19)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Presents the Malcolm Provus evaluation model and shows it being used to evaluate the educational programs in the Pittsburgh Public School system. Depicts through the use of feedback the comparison ...

4. What are the real problems of co-existence? (29:10)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
The problem of co-existence between rival nations is pin-pointed as a student from Israel takes issue with his counterpart from Egypt on the situation in the Middle East. The two appear with studen...

5. What do we go to high school for? (29:26)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
"I want to tell American students how lucky they are," states Nakchung Paik of Korea. "Education is a privilege in my country. Here, it is a right." The other three participants, from Brazil, Brita...

6. What is the proper purpose of a high school education? (29:01)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
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 ...

7. Will Europe ever unite? (29:10)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
A Swiss student declares that he would be willing to have his country give up its traditional neutrality, if it would help to unify Europe, during this discussion. He cautions, however, that the pu...

8. Excretory system (second edition) (14:09)

Date:
1980
Summary:
Uses diagrammatic animation to explain the structure and function of the body's excretory system. Clarifies the role of the blood as a transporter of wastes from the cells, and the work of the lun...

9. Dee (10:10)

Date:
1978
Summary:
Focuses on a 12-year-old girl with Larsen's syndrome, showing how she has learned to cope with her disability and to adjust to her surroundings.

10. The Freshman Experience (29:52)

Date:
1972
Main contributors:
Edyvean, Alfred R., Jr.
Summary:
Broad overview of freshman life at Indiana University, Bloomington, including Summer registration, courses of study, Fall registration, sports programs, tour of Indiana Memorial Union, and quick lo...

11. Development of our decimal numeration system (27:26)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Delineates interesting facets of the development of our decimal system. Compares the additive, subtractive, multiplicative, and positional notation aspects of the Chinese, Babylonian, Egyptian, and...

12. Energy and matter (08:58)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Uses animation to demonstrate the interchanging of energy and matter. Classifies energy into the forms of heat, mechanical, electrical, chemical, and light; and shows how many of these are intercha...

13. Exploring the human nervous system (22:50)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Compares the nervous systems of the hydra and earthworm with the complexity of the human nervous system. Details the physiology of the reflex arc and explains the activities of certain brain center...

14. The department of health, education and welfare (14:36)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Discusses the purposes and functions of the five major divisions within the department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Describes the several offices, agencies, and bureaus, and indicates how th...

15. The dynamics of the circle (14:20)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Describes a geometric circle and defines and illustrates such terms as radius, congruent circles, chord, diameter, major and minor arcs, semicircles, and central angle. Shows the relationship betw...

16. Berlin : test for the West (18:09)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Uses historic documentary motion pictures combined with newer Films sequences to tell the story of Berlin from the fall of the Third Reich to the building of the wall between East and West. Reviews...

17. Canada's history : colony to commonwealth (15:13)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Describes Canada as a nation of two strong cultural traditions which steadily progressed from a colony to a self-governing commonwealth with growing importance as a world power. Traces the story of...

18. Chartres Cathedral (31:22)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Pictures the Chartres Cathedral and studies the expression of faith, intellect, and engineering embodied in it. Relates the history of the cathedral and reveals the physical relationship of the cat...

19. Christian Huyghens (1629 to 1695) (29:25)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Huyghens (HY-gunz) discovery that Saturn is surrounded by rings which look different on earth at different times led to considerable speculation as to the nature of the rings. Some scientists beli...

20. Copernicus (1473-1543) (29:28)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Indicates that the problem of getting to Mars of Venus, heretofore a concern only to science fiction writers and afficionados, has now become an international obsession. Shows that the strides bein...

21. Dynamics of solution (14:57)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Points out the differences between saturated, unsaturated, and supersaturated solutions; that solutions are dynamic, not static in character; and also shows suspensions and colloidal dispersions. P...

22. Engine at the door (29:31)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Considers the question, "Will machines ever run man?" Concludes that although the computer is the machine most like man himself, it is not the machine but man who determines what is to be done.

23. Franklin D. Roosevelt : the new deal (26:17)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Uses documentary footage to trace FDR's youth, family life, and political career through the "New Deal" to his third term. Depicts his relationship with politicians and voters, and analyzes his han...

24. Franklin D. Roosevelt : the war years (25:59)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Uses documentary footage to analyze events during FDR's third and fourth terms. Shows preparations for war, U.S. entry into war, and meetings of the war leaders. Depicts presidential campaigns duri...

25. Hipparchus (146 to 127 B.C.) (29:26)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Much of today’s exploration of space would be impossible without the early astronomical discoveries of Hipparchus (hih-PAR-kus). According to Dr. Posin, the greatest of these discoveries was that“t...

26. Isaac Newton (1642-1727) (29:16)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Discusses the work of Newton, who was born the day Galileo died, and was a contemporary and friend of Huyghens. Describes Newton's Principia Mathematica, one of the greatest scientific books ever w...

27. James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) (29:07)

Date:
1962
Summary:
As a boy, Maxwell was subject to the brutal teasing of his classmates. As an adult he met and solved several scientific problems that had been perplexing his contemporaries. He won a prize for de...

28. Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) (28:56)

Date:
1962
Summary:
States that only a lack of engineers and adequate materials kept the helicopter from being an actuality during da Vinci's lifetime. Pictures this great inventor creating workable plans for the heli...

29. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) (29:00)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Acknowledge as one of the greatest observational astronomers who ever lived, Tycho (TY-ko) Brahe (BRAH-ee) managed to make enormous strides without the help of telescopes. During his lifetime he d...

30. William and Caroline Herschel (1738-1822) (29:27)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Now that space travel is in the foreseeable future, the problem of where to go is of major importance. The work of Caroline an William Herschel (HER-shull) and their brother Alex has made this dec...

31. A survey of children's speech disorders (29:20)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Uses animation and illustration to show how children learn oral communication and to demonstrate the process involved in learning how to talk. Pictures children who exemplify oral communication pro...

32. Adaptive radiation : the mollusks (18:16)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Defines mollusks and tells how classes are named, and pictures examples of each class and illustrates how the general form of mollusks is adapted in various species. Relates how mollusks reproduce ...

33. Baboon behavior (32:30)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Shows the baboon in his natural environment and studies his societal relations. Illustrates the symbiotic, protective association of the baboon and the impala. Portrays troop life, development of s...

34. Chez nous (11:47)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Introduces a French family from Paris and describes some of its daily activities. Shows Henri, a seventeen-year-old French boy, as he writes to a pen pal in Chicago. Describes street scenes of Pari...

35. Design into space (11:03)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Students demonstrate the procedures that may be applied to fashion a space design. Details the making of an initial sketch, a three-dimensional model, and a final structure. Shows steps in the cre...

36. Determining molecular formulas (12:46)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Records an experiment in which the molecular weight of a compound is determined through knowledge of the percentage composition by weight of the compound and application of Avogadro's Law. Animatio...

37. Diagnosing group operations (29:25)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Attempts to determine whether a discussion group is operating effectively, to diagnose problems, and to suggest possible solutions to these problems. Pictures a group discussing censorship and poin...

38. Dinosaurs (24:12)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the varied sizes of dinosaurs and points out that fossilized skeletal remains of dinosaurs have been found throughout most areas in the world. Pictures several reconstructed skeletons and...

39. Durer and the Renaissance (13:55)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the life of Durer and the pivotal point he represented in connecting the artistic development of Italy and Northern Europe. Presents examples of his work that show his passage from the Mi...

40. Ecology : the deciduous forest (26:41)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Depicts the geographic location of deciduous forests in North America and describes adaptive limitations determining these geographic boundaries. Characterizes the Appalachian region which has the ...

41. Elastic collisions and stored energy (28:22)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Illustrates how kinetic energy is transferred from one body to another through elastic collisions. Explains formulas for calculating the exchange of energy. Defines concepts concerning stored energ...

42. Experimentalist philosophy of education (29:15)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Dr. H. Gordon Hullfish elucidates the experimentalist view of education, pointing out its stress on the importance of experience and intelligence in the development of maturity and the solution of ...

43. The diversity of plants : diversity in form and size (27:10)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses similarities and differences in plants and animals. Graphically illustrates similarities in plant and animal cellular makeup by comparing parts, structure, and functions. Describes such c...

44. A city of Cathay (25:03)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents the people of the Sung dynasty in everyday activities in old Cathay through the use of a photographic representation of a famous Chinese art scroll. Uses music and narration to bring the ...

45. Alaska : USA (22:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Surveys Alaska, the 49th state, showing its size, location, industries, people, natural resources, climate, cities, typography, and history. Shows the three main geographic regions of the state and...

46. Asteroids, comets, and meteorites (11:03)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Surveys the size, composition, and location of asteroids, comets, and meteorites and the means used to investigate them. The discovery of asteroids in 1801 by Piazzi, their place in the solar syste...

47. Axioms in algebra (13:18)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Employs animation and live photography to present a series of examples demonstrating axioms as statements accepted as true without proof and applies these axioms to addition, subtraction, multiplic...

48. Dance : a reflection of our times (29:37)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the use of the dance as a social commentary and relates it to the critical statements of artists in other fields. Presents a performance of "Caprichos" based on Goya's etchings of man's w...

49. Degas: master of motion (14:30)

Date:
1960
Summary:
An exhibition of more than 100 works of Degas--drawings, paintings, and sculpture--at the Los Angeles County Museum, emphasizing his three favorite subjects: horses and jockeys, portraits, and ball...

50. Design with a camera (29:44)

Date:
1960
Summary:
One of 13 episodes in a series, Design With A Camera offers instructions and tips on framing subjects in photography. Joan Jockwig Pearson demonstrates subject placement using drawings and frames o...