Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

1501. Labor and childbirth (16:05)

Date:
1951
Summary:
A young couple expects their first child. Shows onset of labor, the trip to the hospital, call to doctor, admission to maternity ward, routine preparations for delivery including instructions to m...

1504. Lake Front (02:55)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Home movie capturing the waterfront of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland. Shows unknown people boating and skiing. Heavy mold damage is apparent in the image, especially at the tail.

1505. Lakes (09:57)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Defines lakes in terms of their physical features, how they are created and destroyed, and their uses. Indicates that the size and shape of a lake may vary, but that all lakes are formed because t...

1506. Land of cotton (09:09)

Date:
1936
Summary:
This segment of the journalistic series, photographed in part by Walker Evans, looks at the exploited sharecropper in a one-crop economy. Predicting the breakdown of the South's single-crop system,...

1507. Land of the Newcomer and the Tourist (29:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the problem of homesteading and labor shortages with commissioners of natural resources and labor. Strongly suggest that anyone contemplating entering business or establishing a homestead...

1508. Landscape (29:43)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Illustrates the Japanese techniques of painting a landscape. Demonstrates by painting the Half Dome and Cathedral Spire in Yosemite National Park. Reviews subjects from entire series. (KQED) Kines...

1509. Language and meaning (30:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., investigates various modes of communication. He explains paralanguage (tone of voice) and kinetics (body motion). He shows how linguistic science can be applied to ...

1510. Language and Writing (29:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., provides a definition of language and discusses the logic of language. He explains misconceptions about language and writing, and points out that language symboliz...

1511. Language of Dance (1:00:33)

Date:
1960
Summary:
In this program, Miss Myers and Jose Limon explain the language of the dance – the language of movement. They introduce the basic elements of the dancer’s material – human emotion – and show how it...

1512. Language of music (29:42)

Date:
1957
Summary:
In this program, Mr. Goldovsky clearly demonstrates the need for close attention to the language of the written musical score. Through musical example he aptly demonstrates the use of the musical p...

1513. Large Effects of Small Causes (30:22)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to explain catalytic actions. Demonstrates principles which govern catalysis. Explains the difference between organic and inorganic catalysis. Tells how man's concepti...

1514. Large Forces Acting on the Body (14:33)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Relates to rocket development the problem of getting a man out of a fast-moving aircraft with a minimum of personal injury. Illustrates this phase of rocketry with pictures of the rocket sled at Ho...

1516. Laser : the light of the future (29:09)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Describes the contributions of Arthur Schawlow in the development of the ruby laser. Demonstrates, through a working model of atoms, how ordinary light is produced and how laser light is generated ...

1517. Last reflections on a war (46:58)

Date:
1968
Summary:
This is an excerpt showing one segment of episode 117. Presents critical comments and views of Asian scholar and war correspondent, Bernard B. Fall. Discusses the nature of the war in Vietnam, its ...

1518. Laws, Enforcement, and Courts (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses variations in enforcement and court procedure, the driver's relations with police and court, and the importance of voluntary observance of traffic laws. Illustrates and explains various ...

1519. Learning about learning (29:44)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Outlines the work of Dr. Howard Kendler, Dr. Tracy Kendler, Dr. Spence, Dr. Harlow, and Dr. Skinner, in exploring the different strategies employed in developing new theoretical concepts about man'...

1521. Learning and behavior ; what makes us human? (26:30)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Pictures the work of Dr. B. F. Skinner and his associates at Harvard University Psychology Laboratories in studying animal behavior and indicates the application of principles learned to the design...

1522. Learning by association (28:47)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains the classical principles of learning by association. Discusses the work of Ebbinghaus and Pavlov. Presents the laws of frequency of contiguity and reinforcement by satisfaction. Illustrat...

1523. Learning by reinforcement (29:31)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates through film clips the concept of learning by reinforcement. Describes the shaping of behavior by rewarding of a correct action when it occurs by chance. Illustrates the...

1524. Learning from books (29:32)

Date:
1957
Summary:
States that people read for pleasure, information, and enlightenment. Explains what enlightenment means and how to read for this type of learning. Points out that to gain enlightenment, a person sh...

1525. Learning from class discussion (10:24)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Analyzes the elements of a good discussion; stresses the value of properly phrased questions that stimulate thought and lead to new avenues of discussion within the major question; and shows how di...

1528. Leathercraft and summing up (30:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Conant and Shari Lewis gives a summary of the series, pointing out that man’s hands are the greatest tool of creative activity, that they have served to fulfill his basic needs and that these n...

1529. Leaving Home (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Lee Wilcox speaks with Dr. Maria Piers about how adults and children can prepare responsibly for children leaving home for camp for the first time, as well as issues about children away from h...

1530. Left Hands, Red Hair, and Crime (29:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Describes the folklore connected with crime. Uses vignettes to show the absurdity of such superstitions as handedness, hair coloring, scars, blemishes, deformities, and glandular problems as causes...

1532. Lenin takes over (29:59)

Date:
1961
Summary:
The turmoil of the first month after Lenin’s description of Kerensky form the basis of this program: the disruption caused by the lack of a trained civil service, the civil war being waged by the K...

1534. Lenses (09:57)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Explains the effects of lenses on light, and shows the construction and use of a lens. Pictures the types of images formed by convex and concave lenses when an object is placed at varying distances...

1535. 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...

1537. Less Corn and More Hell (29:30)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses farm policy, emphasizing the parties' records on agricultural bills. (KETC) Kinescope.

1538. Let the People Rule (29:28)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the primary system and its effect on the party system. Considers whether or not the primary system destroys party discipline, thus weakening the party, or, conversely does it give more po...

1539. Let's go to the movies (09:42)

Date:
1948
Summary:
The first in a series of twelve, one-reel films designed to present behind-the scenes activities of the motion picture industry. This film chronicles the technical and aesthetic growth of moving p...

1540. Let's make a meal in twenty minutes (04:44)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows how Sally can, in an emergency, prepare a hot meal quickly, using her mother's ready supply of canned and frozen foods. The narrator emphasizes the correct use of the proper utensils, the ti...

1541. Lettering instructional materials (2:15:03)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows the many types of letters and lettering devices which may be used to produce effective printing on such materials as charts, posters, and bulletin boards. Illustrates the use of rubber stamp...

1542. Levers (15:07)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses demonstrations to explain how levers work. Illustrates with a seesaw, hammer, and screw driver. Shows how levers make the lifting of heavy objects easier. (WCET) Kinescope.

1543. Liability and Insurance (29:37)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Defines in detail the word "insurance" and discusses the various types of insurance-liability, comprehensive, collision, etc. Explains the correct procedure to follow when reporting an accident. ...

1544. Lib #126 (1:01:00)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Contains segments: "AIDS Kokomo kid (not aloud in school) ", "AIDS Kokomo kid" Contents include: Exterior shots of Grissom Air Force Base; Ryan White listening in on a class via speakerphone, comp...

1545. Lib #158 (1:02:35)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Contains segments: "AIDS meeting", "Local AIDS stats" Contents include: Protest in favor of nuclear disarmament; 60th annual Fox Stake horse race; protest against toxic waste dump; Cardinal Bernad...

1546. Liberty and Justice for All (29:32)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the party records regarding individual freedom promised by the first amendment in the Bill of rights. Reviews the two parties' defense of these rights, especially in times when national ...

1547. Lie detector (28:56)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes the polygraph or lie detector. Actual tests are made with graduate students posing as subjects. Some of the uses of the device in criminal detection, industrial and security work are expl...

1548. Life Aboard a Clipper Ship (15:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of sailing vessels and life aboard a clipper ship. Describes the various jobs performed by the sailors. Discusses the types of cargoes carried on trips to all parts of the world. (...

1549. Life goals and democracy (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Max Lerner and five Brandeis students discuss: what is the most important life goal; what is the criteria by which we measure Americans; is it the values that are held or is it the definitions give...

1550. Life in a Gold Rush Town (14:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of the deserted city of Columbia, California, one of the key Gold Rush towns in the 1850's. Describes the life and profession of people who went there seeking gold. Shows the old bu...

1551. Life in old Louisiana (1830-1850) (10:55)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Portrays representative aspects of Louisiana and its key city, New Orleans, during the years of Creole dominance. Shows Mississippi River packet boats, delta country, cotton and cane plantations, ...

1552. Life in the tomb (29:26)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the wall paintings found in Egyptian tombs depicting the Egyptian concept of life in the next world. Emphasis is on the tomb of King Rekh-mir-re. (NYU) Kinescope.

1553. Life on Other Worlds (29:37)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the question of life on other planets. Reviews what is known and speculated about the biological environments on other worlds--especially Mars--and the possibility of finding or establis...

1554. Life on the coral reef (2:32:24)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explores, through underwater photography, the three regions of a coral reef. Explains the relationship of the many forms of life to each other and their environment. Points out the factors, which...

1555. Life's building blocks (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses slides, the microscope, and graphic illustrations to explain plant and animal cells. Discusses the basic content and structure of cells. Shows how cells differentiate and function as members ...

1556. Life, time and change : life on other planets (28:34)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Points out that there are possibly 30,000 solar systems which have conditions suitable for life. Illustrates how the spectroscope can determine the temperature, composition, and other information a...

1557. Lifetime of the Soviet man (28:45)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Presents a highly condensed version of Russian history since the eve of World War I through the eyes of the "average Ivan" who has lived through this period. Discusses the initial period of capita...

1558. Lift theory and high lift devices (29:38)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains the principles of lift. Uses the smoke tunnel to demonstrate the methods developed to produce wings with high lift capacity. Discusses stalling and how it is prevented. (State University...

1559. Light (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses demonstrations to explain principles of light. Shows why there is daylight and darkness. Discusses speed and reflection of light. (WCET) Kinescope.

1560. Light industry (29:59)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows how manufacturing develops according to the availability of natural resources. Explains how our rich supplies of coal, gas, electricity, and metals, as well as our favorable climate and adequ...

1561. Light Perception (30:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Dr. George Wald discusses visual functions, including the chemical construction of the eye.

1562. Light: Waves or Bullets (29:41)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Watch a searchlight as it pierces heavy night clouds. Notice that you don’t see the beam of light, merely where it comes from: the face of the searchlight, reflections from the clouds or duct block...

1563. Lightning and electricity (15:02)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Explains lighting and its characteristics. Tells why lightning is first seen then followed by thunder. Demonstrates how lightning produces sound waves. (WCET) Kinescope.

1565. Limestone (13:01)

Date:
1978
Summary:
Explains and simulates the formation of sedimentary rock, focusing on the importance of limestone as a natural resource. Locates limestone quarries on the map and shows how the stone is quarried in...

1566. Linguistics Science and the Teaching of Reading (30:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., discusses the use of the linguistic approach as a means of improving reading ability. Analyzes the deficiencies and strong points of the phonics and word methods of...

1567. Liquid Air: Physical and Chemical Properties (29:38)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Continues the discussion of liquid air by explaining its physical and chemical properties. Points out the density and boiling point of the components of liquid air. Illustrates the effect of liqu...

1568. Liszt and his music (12:59)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dramatizes parts of Liszt's life from a young boy to his last days as a teacher. Shows by animated maps, still pictures, and dramatization the places where he lived or performed, the people he knew...

1573. Little cheezer (09:35)

Date:
1934
Summary:
A Pictoreels cartoon. Cheezer the mouse is tired of being treated like a little kid. Instead of going to bed like his mother told him, he follows his inner demon into the kitchen. Despite the inter...

1574. Little red riding hood (14:33)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hand puppets make this a lively story for the children. Tom Tichenor has written a new version with the violence deleted. Little Red Riding Hood is a cute little bunny, and when she goes through th...

1575. 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.

1576. Living room in the void (30:04)

Alternative title:
Living room in the void
Date:
1959
Summary:
This program deals with protective devices for flyers in space. As background, Col. Sweeney demonstrates the Air Force partial pressure suit, designed for emergency escape from a damaged craft, an...

1577. Lobsters and crab (29:41)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Teaches how to draw lobsters and crabs. Draws a special crab called a "Heike" which is found only in Japan. Tells a legend about how this unusual crustacean came into being. (KQED) Kinescope.

1578. Locating and repairing leaks (17:04)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Shows how to use the gage manifold in building leak-testing pressures in a domestic refrigerator; how to test for sulphur dioxide and methyl chloride leaks; how to use the halide torch to locate fr...

1579. logic by machine (29:00)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Introduces electronic computers, discusses how speed, cost and effort favor the computer over the laboratory approach. Discusses the relationship of man and machine and the relationship of the symb...

1580. Logistics of the Igy in Antarctica (29:24)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Gould describes the magnitude of the logistics problem facing scientists planning the scientific efforts during the IGY. With the use of film he describes the entire operation from the assembli...

1581. London landmarks (08:50)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A tour of the magnificent capital of Great Britain. The cameras have captured all the pageantry and color of England from the Thames bridges, Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, to the Trouping of the C...

1582. Long distance toll promotion (04:16)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Long distance calling commercials. Advertisement tags featured, "Did you know, long distance rates are very low" and "Each night past six, please don't forget, long distance rates are lower yet."

1583. Looking for yesterday (30:35)

Date:
1978
Summary:
Documents the use of turning-in therapy ("fantasy therapy") by nurses working with severely disoriented aged patients who do not respond to reality orientation. Focuses on some of the major emotion...

1584. Looks don't count--unusual animal relationships (29:56)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the Brookfield Zoo to choose relatives among the animals there. Points out the characteristics that determine relationships among different animals. Shows that looks do not always count in...

1585. Lori 1961-1962-1963, Dawn-Lori-1964 (15:19)

Date:
1961 to 1964
Summary:
Compilation of home movies taken at the Pollack family home between 1961 and 1964. Begins in 1961 with one year old Lori sitting in the grass next to the text "Cooling off, Aug 27 61". She climbs o...

1586. Lori's Birthday May 9, 1961 (11:06)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Home movie footage of Lori's first birthday party. Shows family arriving with her parents and walking on the sidewalk with a black lab. The family gathers for a meal around a long table. Several ch...

1587. Louis Armstrong : part I (29:54)

Date:
1960
Summary:
An interview with musician Louis Armstrong about his career, starting with his boyhood in New Orleans through becoming an internationally known figure. With Robert McCully and Adam Lynch.

1588. Louis Armstrong : part II (29:47)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Three young foreign students--one from Sweden, one from Venezuela, one from Belgium--talk to Louis Armstrong about what he has done as a musical ambassador. Mr. Armstrong tells them about experienc...

1589. Louis Armstrong : part III (29:30)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Mr. Armstrong is joined by Robert McCully, writer and public relations expert, Adam Lynch, news and classical music broadcaster, and Benny Benack, a musician who has concentrated on Dixieland jazz ...

1590. Louis Armstrong : part IV (29:31)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The final program of the series presents Mr. Armstrong, Benny Benack, a musician who has concentrated on Dixieland jazz, and Professor Frederick Dorian, a classical musicologist from the Carnegie I...

1591. Louisiana Territory (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the Louisiana Territory and its significance to United States history. Explains how and why this land changed ownership between France and Spain until purchased by Thomas Jeffers...

1592. Love in a world without sex (30:47)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses fraternal love, and differentiates it from sexual love. Explains Aristotle's idea of human association based on utility, pleasure, and excellence. Distinguishes between justice and love,...

1593. Love, Part 1 (29:26)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the various approaches writers have taken toward the theme of love. Includes readings from the love poetry of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Raleigh, Donne, Suckling, Burns, Brid...

1594. Love, Part 2 (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds continues the exploration of the theme of love as treated in literature. Includes readings from Shakespeare's plays and the poems of Matthew Arnold, Tennyson, and Robert and Eliz...

1595. Loves and Hates of the Three-Year Old (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the development of strong attachments on the part of boys and girls to the parent of the opposite sex during the ages of two to five years. Explains why romantic feelings start early in ...

1596. Loyalties (29:26)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents one view of loyalty and its importance in the measure of a man. Considers martyrdom, the relationship of loyalty to prejudice, and loyalty as self-protection. Questions which loyalties ar...

1598. Lying and Cheating (29:23)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Lee Wilcox speaks with Dr. Maria Piers about how adults can responsibly teach children about the difference between lies and the truth. Features a "Peanuts" comic by Charles Schultz.

1599. Machines that think (30:09)

Date:
1964
Summary:
The task of today’s mathematicians and computers is to keep abreast of the fast-moving world of nuclear research where yesterday’s successful experiments can be outdated tomorrow. To record the pro...