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7901. Mitosis and meiosis (17:01)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Uses stained cells, animation, and time-lapse cinephotomicrography of living cells to compare mitosis and meiosis. Shows onion root tip, whitefish embryo, salamander epidermal, and living Tradesca...

7902. Common animals of the woods (North America) (11:24)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Includes the squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, porcupine, otter, mink, beaver, opossum, skunk, ad woodchuck. In each instance the distinguishing characteristics of the animal are shown, such as the abilit...

7903. Protoplasm : the stuff of life (29:09)

Date:
1956
Summary:
In this program the audience hears a review and summary of all the information on the physical and chemical nature of living material discussed in previous programs. Dr. Roney uses sketch pad diagr...

7904. The woodcock (07:06)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Analyzes the characteristics, habits, and range of this elusive night-feeding game bird.

7905. Trick and fancy roping (11:04)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Pictures the technique of plain and trick roping as it can be taught to children in schools and to patients in need of rehabilitative exercise. Includes a demonstration of a simple way to make a ro...

7906. They steamed to glory (22:09)

Date:
1962
Summary:
A documentary of the steam engine and the part it played in the westward expansion of the United States, from its earliest beginnings in 1831 when the John Bull was brought from England, to the las...

7907. Hamburg, die hansestadt (09:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
A map is used to locate Hamburg, Germany. Then tours the harbor section of the city and the business and shopping districts. Visits a typical middle-income home during a family gathering, the inner...

7908. Home on the range (10:54)

Date:
1942
Summary:
Describes the productive power of ranchers and their role in supplying America's war effort during World War II. Portrays ranch life and western range country. Shows waterholes, windmills and wat...

7909. Meiosis (12:01)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Uses animation to show the mechanism of meiosis, the chromosome halving cell division preceding the formation of sperm and egg cells and forming the basis of genetics.

7910. The magnificent Canada goose (10:07)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Major flyways, breeding grounds, wildlife refuges, and work of conservation departments to bring back the almost extinct Canada goose.

7912. Sense into dollars (12:45)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Illustrates the different methods used by various salespeople. Shows how suggestive and descriptive selling aids the customer, the individual salesclerk, and the store.

7913. Blues and boogie (08:48)

Date:
1942
Summary:
Musical performance revue that includes three separate songs in this order: Some of these days, Caldonia, and Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?

7914. Francoise et son lapin (10:16)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Because it is raining, Françoise and her pet rabbit must spend the morning doing something indoors. Françoise draws a picture with crayons, and Hopper, her rabbit, helps her. Written for children...

7915. The chameleon (08:23)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Presents scenes of the chameleon in its normal habitat, with extreme close-ups to show the functioning of the feet, eyes, and tongue. Shows how the skin color changes in response to light and tempe...

7916. Directing a play (11:21)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Introduces problems which arise in the presentation of a play and shows how the director solves them.

7917. Adventures of Chico (10:26)

Date:
1954
Summary:
"Roadrunner conquers rattlesnake" is an excerpt from the feature "Adventures of Chico." A young boy, Chico, is sleeping while his roadrunner pet explores nature. The roadrunner comes across a dange...

7918. The little king : Christmas night (07:55)

Date:
1933
Summary:
Presents a cartoon movie of Soglow's Little King. On Christmas Eve, the Little King sneaks two tramps into the castle. The next morning, the three men are thrilled by the presents Santa left behind.

7919. Egypt : a country in transition (10:34)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Shows the response of today's Egyptians to new ideas of progress and change amidst a way of life unchanged for centuries. Discusses methods of agriculture, the importance of the Nile River, develop...

7920. Asi viven los huerfanos (09:26)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Film depicts life at an orphanage for boys in Mexico - their chores (husking corn, milking cows) their pets, their daily routine, their games. Sentences of the Spanish narration are nearly all decl...

7921. A Lincoln field trip (11:05)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Visits New Salem, Vandalia, Springfield, and other Lincoln sites and monuments in Illinois. The film ends with a view of the Lincoln Tomb.

7922. Birds that eat insects (05:49)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Explains how the physical structure of birds is adapted to the kind of food they eat, and points out characteristics of birds that eat insects. Draws attention to the strong wings and wide bills of...

7923. Farm petroleum safety (26:18)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Demonstrates safe handling and storage of petroleum products on the farm and ranch; emphasizes danger of using kerosene, gasoline, cleaning fluids and other everyday items improperly.

7924. Art in our world (10:40)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Discloses sources of inspiration in man's environment and interprets these forms through the eyes of the creative artist in order to stimulate students to see opportunities for using art in their o...

7925. Hidden Weapons (10:31)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.

7926. Placing the right man on the job (12:28)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Dramatized cases of five different workers, unsatisfactory in particular jobs, who are reassigned to other jobs more suitable to their abilities and capacities.

7928. Europe and Australia 1952 to 1959 (43:42)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
Richard Leslie Gair (1892-1970)
Summary:
McRobbie-Gair Family Home Movies: Film consists mainly of European travelogue sequences from Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, with some shorter family sequence...

7929. House of science (14:44)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Glen Fleck; Professor Thomas S. Kuhn; Laurence Harvey
Summary:
Utilizes animation and multiple-image techniques to examine the historical development of the sciences. Includes also a consideration of science as it exists today. Presents the views of several ...

7930. Our world of science (10:27)

Date:
1956
Main contributors:
George G. Mallinson; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Hal Kopel
Summary:
Introduces and defines the words science and experiment, and demonstrates a simple experiment. Develops the idea of an orderly universe and shows a working procedure for problem solving in science.

7932. Money and its uses (10:51)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows how money is used in place of the exchange of goods and services. Illustrates early use of snake skins, claws, and fishhooks for barter. Demonstrates by contrast how a pig can be traded for a...

7933. As Our Boyhood Is (17:03)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the development of Negro education. Emphasizes that such a development was slow and difficult from the schoolhouse with broken windows and the teachers only a few steps ahead of the pupils t...

7934. Africa speaks (18:10)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Five African university students discuss present African leaders, African students, chances for African unity and Africa as a major power. An American tells of the problems of the Negro in the Unit...

7935. The Constitution and the labor union (28:50)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the relationship of the Constitution to organized labor. Presents the case of Whitaker et al v. North Carolina, in which a group of unions challenged the constitutionality of a state ban on t...

7936. Service and citizenship (10:42)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Third in the "Are You Ready or Service?" series. A young man in the service writes to his high-school-age brother about the importance of good citizenship. Voting, paying taxes, serving on juries...

7938. Our Place To Live (29:36)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Fifteen million families’ move each year – and three-fourths of them merely change addresses within the same county. They move because they want a better place to live; they need not only houses or...

7941. Mrs. Marmaduke gives a present (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) tell a story about whales paying attention to the difference between whales with teeth and whales with baleen. The whales are portrayed with shadow puppets.

7942. Succession : from sand dune to forest (14:48)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Ralph Buchsbaum
Summary:
Shows the ecological succession of animal and plant life in the sand dune area at the southern end of Lake Michigan beginning with the sand washed ashore and ending with this region's climax forest...

7943. [Lake Michigan and Calumet River ca. 1967 #2] (02:33)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
A continuation of the home movie footage from [Lake Michigan and Calumet River ca. 1967]. This film focuses more on the river's industrial activity, showing trains, warehouses, and large piles of l...

7945. War, religion and recent history (30:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The Central Algonquians, who lived along the short of the Great Lakes and Mississippi, were first discovered by white men when Robert LaSalle and Pere Jacques Marquette journeyed down the St. Lawre...

7946. [Lake Michigan and Calumet River ca. 1967] (02:52)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Home movie taken while sailing in Lake Michigan and down the Calumet River circa 1967. Mostly shaky footage of the skyline and industrial activity along the river, possibly taken from a tourist boat.

7947. [Brennan Untitled # 10] (04:01)

Date:
1946
Summary:
[landscape shots; grain elevator; livestock from a moving train] Black and white footage of Northern Ontario taken from the back of a moving train. Train passes the depots for Schreiber and Jackfi...

7948. Stimuli releasing sexual behavior of domestic turkeys (18:55)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
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Summary:
This film examines the courtship and mating behavior of domestic white turkeys, highlighting the sequence of actions each bird follows in response to specific cues from its mate. It details the fem...

7949. A Lake Erie Story (25:34)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward Feil Productions; Bill McGaw; Ohio Commercial Fisherman's Association
Summary:
Discusses the characteristics of Lake Erie that contribute to its thriving commercial fishing industry. Describes the process of tagging fish by the Ohio Division of Wildlife as well as the harvest...