Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

1701. Modern Alaska (1:29:16)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Beginning with a visit to Anchorage, shows the city's modern developments in offices, houses, schools, and factories which best typify modern Alaska. Visits other sources of industry, commerce, ed...

1702. Modern alchemy (29:38)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Dr. Glenn Seaborg and his associates describe the discovery of the four "missing elements," technetium, astatine, francium, and promethium. Emphasizes the role of the cyclotron on the creation of s...

1703. Modern Ballet (1:02:45)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Anthony Tudor, the choreographer, and Nora Kay and Hugh Laing, dancers who appear on this program, are figures prominently associated with the new developments in modern dance which began in the 19...

1704. Modern Development of Rocketry (14:50)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Traces the history of the development of the liquid-fuel missile by groups in Germany and the U.S. Views the development of the White Sands Proving Grounds and a parallel development of rocketry b...

1705. Modern Music (29:31)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows the musical difference between the conventional seven-tone white key scale and the "newer" scales used by Debussy and others. Demonstrates that romantic composers explored the newer scales an...

1706. Modern problems of flight (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses new aerodynamic problems caused by high speed flight. Explains the different flow regions corresponding to the subsonic, transonic, and supersonic velocities. Demonstrates the generation...

1707. Modulating Sentences (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the process of modulation, or key change, in musical composition. Explains the major and minor tonal patterns which dominate all music of the period under discussion (1700-1900). Illust...

1708. Molding a horizontal cored part (21:54)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Use of a horizontal core, a split pattern, chaplets, and chaplet supports; how to gate a mold for rapid pouring of a thin casting; and how to clean a casting.

1709. Molding with a gated pattern (11:17)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows what a gated pattern is and why it is used, how a match or follow board can simplify making a parting, how facing sand is prepared and used, and how and why some patterns are rapped.

1710. Molding with a loose pattern (21:05)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows how to identify and use common bench molder's tools; how molding sand is prepared; how to face a pattern; how to ram and vent a mold; how to roll a drag; how to cut a sprue, runner, gates and...

1711. Molding with a loose pattern (floor) (24:04)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows the difference between bench and floor molding, how to face a deep pattern, ram a drag and walk it off, clamp a mold, locate sprues and risers, and tuck the crossbars of a large cope.

1712. Molding with a three part flask (34:59)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows how to use a deep follow board; the technique of facing, ramming, and venting a deep green sand core; how to use a cheek in a three-part flask; and the purpose and method of step-gating.

1714. Momo Taro or Peach Boy (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Expressing valor and benevolence, this famous Japanese legend tells the tale of a boy who was found inside a peach by an elderly Japanese couple. The boy later rewards their kindness in caring for ...

1715. 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...

1716. Monumental sculpture (29:42)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the problems and techniques of conceiving a monumental sculpture. Presents the steps the sculptor follows from the initial sketch to the completed work. Explains the use of the enlargin...

1717. Morality (30:06)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents an interview with Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr on America's sense of morality. Questions are answered concerning the need of a moral code, changes in America's moral standards, the relationship o...

1718. Morals in revolution (29:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
What is the cause of the moral revolution? Other questions raised by Max Lerner and the five Brandeis students during this program are: what is the operative code of today; are we still a Puritan s...

1719. More about three-part form (30:06)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Continues the discussion of ternary form from the preceding program, THREE-PART FORM: TERNARY. Explains how the re-statement in ternary form is modified, in some cases, to provide an intensificati...

1720. More Complex Sentences and 'Irregular' Phrases (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Professor Jones illustrates sentences of three (triple) and four (quadruple) phrases and their common internal relationships. After which, since it would be a gross misrepresentation to leave the l...

1721. More than a place to live (20:01)

Date:
1975
Summary:
A film describing sorority life at IU, the benefits of joining a sorority, their traditions, and the function of IU's Panhellenic Association. Shows how sorority life offers potential for personal ...

1722. More ways than one (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the reptile house at the Brookfield Zoo. Explains the many ways in which reptiles function and get a living. Uses filmed sequences of an egg-eating snake, a mawtamata turtle, iguana lizard...

1723. Mortality, Part 1 (29:53)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the subject of mortality as treated in literature. Includes the poems of Sir Walter Raleigh, John Donne, Robert Herrick, Shakespeare, and others. (KQED) Kinescope.

1724. Mortality: part 2 (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Writings ranging from Socrates to Stevenson are read by Dr. John W. Dodds in the second of two programs on the theme of morality. Stevenson’s “Aes Triplex” is the major work read on this program, i...

1725. Mother takes a night out (29:50)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Continues the discussion of infant feeding begun in MAKING A FORMULA and introduces a mother and a baby-sitter who discusses with a doctor some of the problems and practices in baby-sitting. Points...

1726. Motivation and Reward in Learning (14:17)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Compares a hungry, active rat with a satiated, inactive rat. The hungry animal learns to get food by pressing a bar, while the satiated animal goes to sleep. To demonstrate that failure to learn is...

1727. Motivic and Thematic Variation (29:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tonal and rhythmic change of character develop from the manipulation of the basic “kernel” of motivation. Dr. Jones also analyzes the simple ternary form from Beethoven to illustrate thematic varia...

1728. Motivic Repetition (29:29)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The motive is the core, kernel or “single cell” of a piece of music, according to Dr. Jones. This basic musical symbol is made meaningful by reiteration, which is motivic repetition. Illustrations ...

1729. Mountain Building (29:11)

Date:
1959
Summary:
What are the remains of marine animals found on mountain tops? Obviously, says Dr. Harbaugh, in the mountains there is material that was once on the bottom of the sea. In describing the process of ...

1730. Mountain Grazing (15:00)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of sheep ranches. Describes the rancher's life. Explains the importance of wool in the life of the settler and modern man.

1731. Movement and Gesture: Action for Illusion (29:31)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the contribution of movement and gesture to the art of the theatre. Stresses the importance of the director in determining stage action. Presents problems encountered in stage composition...

1732. Mozart : part I (27:59)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Popper paces the series well as he goes into a discussion of the composer, Mozart. He points out Mozart’s versatility, saying that he composed symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, church mus...

1733. Mozart : part II (29:13)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Popper paces the series well as he goes into a discussion of the composer, Mozart. He points out Mozart’s versatility, saying that he composed symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music, church mus...

1734. Mrs. Buzz Solves a Problem (15:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dora and Fignewton use felt boards to illustrate the life cycle of a bumble bee in the story of Mrs. Buzz, a bee who needs help in raising her family.

1735. 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.

1736. Mrs. Screech sees things differently (15:13)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Some of the habits and oddities of owls are brought out in this story of Mrs. Screech Owl, who felt her sight was failing and therefore bought a pair of glasses. Dora and Fignewton Frog tell the st...

1737. Mrs. Spider Goes to a Wedding (15:10)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Fignewton Frog and Dora tell a tale of Mrs. Spider, who helps a hummingbird get a bridal veil. Using the peep-show parade and a series of miniature sets with moving figures, they tell of some of th...

1738. Music and architecture through the ages (16:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This film follows developments in music through human history supplemented by visuals of art and architecture of the period. Traces ancient civilization through to the 18th century with a heavy con...

1739. Music and art : Germany (29:18)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Compares German paintings and engravings of the Renaissance with contemporary music of the period. Musical selections are performed by the Saturday Consort. Host is Colin Sterne with featured gue...

1740. Music and art : Italy (29:20)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Compares Italian paintings on musical subjects with music of contemporary composers of Italy during the Renaissance. Musical performances are provided by the Saturday consort. Featured guest is D...

1741. Music and Effects: Sound for Illusion (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the role of music and sound in theatrical production. Shows the sound designer at work and exhibits the tools and equipment he uses. Demonstrates techniques followed in creating musical a...

1742. Music and Literature: Poetry (30:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the relationship of poetry to music during the Elizabethan period. Describes the manner in which Byrd and Dowland set poetry to music. Musical selections are performed by the Saturday Co...

1743. Music and Literature: The Masque (29:04)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the form of the masque with samples of music and dances. Concentrates on the Lord Hayes' Masque by Thomas Campion. Musical compositions are performed by the Saturday Consort. (WQED) Kin...

1744. Music and Sound (29:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows how the "chord of nature" developed and became the basis for much of classical, folk, and popular music. Shows what is meant by the perfect fifth. Features Dr. Howard Hanson, director of the ...

1745. Music and the Church: The Roman Catholic Church (29:22)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses music in the Catholic Church during the renaissance. Various examples of Music as it might have been played in private chapels is performed by the Saturday Consort. Featured guest is Fath...

1748. Music boxes (14:51)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Old music boxes bring to mind the story of man’s struggle to reproduce music mechanically. This led from the first vibration of a wooden music box to the present day hi-fi. Bash goes back to the ea...

1749. Music Contest Opens (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton’s second contest deals with music and the first half of this contest find the children guessing the types of musical instruments and later identifying the instruments by the sounds they h...

1750. Musical performance improvement for snare drum (21:53)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Vern Reimer gives instruction, through demonstrations, on how to improve a drummers performance. He discusses the common mistakes made by student drummers and how to correct them. Targeted for the ...

1751. Musical Words (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Demonstrates a composer's vocabulary, beginning with "two-letter words" and proceeding to three-, four-, five-, and six-letter words. Illustrates each of these with musical selections. Describes t...

1752. My Sin by Lanvin "Cats" (00:21)

Date:
1964
Summary:
An advertisement for My Sin by Lanvin in which a male narrator repeats how the product is a "most provocative perfume" over a scene of a couple sitting on the ground surrounded by a black cat and w...

1754. Mystery mammals of twilight (30:28)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Tells the life story of bats. Shows live bats and pictures a bat's voice of and oscillograph. Explains how bats navigate by echolocation or sonar. (WGBH-TV) Kinescope.

1755. Mystery of the Tired Boy (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dora investigates the mystery of a tired boy. She discovers that he is eating too much candy and has a lack of energy due to his poor diet.

1756. Mysticism in American Art (29:45)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Explores the sources of mysticism in American Art today and identifies qualities which mark a work as being mystical in character. Features a discussion with Darrell Austin, the painter, and readin...

1757. Nadia Boulanger : part I (30:10)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Mademoiselle Boulanger and her guests discuss musical training. Points out when musical and instrumental training should begin, and differences in American and French musical education. Reviews Ma...

1758. Nadia Boulanger : part II (30:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Mademoiselle Boulanger and her guests discuss enthusiasm and discipline in the education of a musical. Tells how individuality is determined. Explains the curriculum at Fontainebleau's American C...

1759. Nadia Boulanger : part III (29:44)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Mademoiselle Boulanger and her guests discuss music in the 20th century. Points out the importance of originality, tradition, freedom, and curiosity. Stresses integration in music and the twelve ...

1760. Nadia Boulanger : part IV (29:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program Mlle. Boulanger and her guests reminisce about her Wednesday afternoon teas in Paris, the responsibility of the composer, the musician and the listener, musical recordings, whether ...

1761. NANKING the southern capital (11:04)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Portrays the role of Nanking in the history of China. Pictures its modern city life and its surroundings, including the Yangtze River, the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen, ancient landmarks, and famous bu...

1762. Narcissus, Oedipus, and Crime (29:56)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Presents an analysis of two potentially dangerous stages of psychosexual development. Uses filmed sequences to point out influences which result in fixations at these two stages. Projects their ef...

1763. Narcotics traffic among teens (30:30)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Outlines some of the factors contributing to the narcotics traffic. Suggests possible ways to prevent drug addiction and to treat addicts. Shows how drugs are distributed and used. Features and in...

1764. Narrative Music (29:32)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses similarities of approach to painting tone pictures and narrating stories with music among composers from Palestrina to Strauss. Shows that the same chords have been used by different com...

1767. National opera (29:34)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains National and Folk Opera, how it developed, and the prominent composers of various countries. Discusses and illustrates, with piano and voice, the music of various composers and demonstrat...

1768. Nationalism and the symphony (29:37)

Date:
1960
Summary:
As the 19th Century progressed and the spirit of nationalism increased, this new emotion began to affect music as much as other activities. Here Professor Woodworth shows the effect of this spirit ...

1770. Nationalism, colonialism, and the world community (29:31)

Date:
1960
Summary:
This program summarizes the major points which have been brought out in the series and evaluates Nationalism and Colonialism in terms of the basic problems now facing the world community – the para...

1771. Native Alaska (29:20)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Visits Eskimos in the North and Indians in the South and discusses some of the problems confronting these native Alaskans since the appearance of the white man. Tells how native Indians are assimi...

1773. Natural Law (29:12)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Depicts how nature's traffic laws demand obedience. Explains the workings of such natural forces as friction, centrifugal force, momentum, force of impact, and the pull of gravity. (Cincinnati Pub...

1774. Nature versus the laboratory (29:54)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Uses demonstrations of falling objects to explain how laboratory experiments help in understanding nature. Discusses the work of Galileo and Newton. Illustrates how basic laws of science are arri...

1775. Nature, Part 1 (29:57)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds reads selections from English poetry which illustrate a variety of approaches to nature. Includes the poems of Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Arnold, Coleridge, Browning, and Masef...

1776. Nature, part 2 (29:40)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds continues the exploration of nature as treated in literature. Includes readings which illustrate a religious and philosophical meaning of nature. Draws upon the poetry and pros...

1777. Navajo children (11:42)

Date:
1938
Summary:
Shows the experiences of a Navajo boy and girl in moving with their family, household effects, pets, horses, sheep and goats from their winter quarters to their summer home. As they journey by wag...

1778. Navajo life (09:04)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Visits the national monument of Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. Describes the life of the Navajo Indians living in the canyon. Shows the ancient ruins of early Indian cliff dwellers. Tells how the Ind...

1779. Nebulae and Clusters (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses star groupings, double and multiple stars, and galactic and globular clusters. Describes the size and make-up of the galaxy of which our solar system is a part. Uses diagrams, models, an...

1780. Need for prison progress (29:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, Wright and criminologist Joseph D. Lohman review the historical progress of dragging our penal institutions out of the nineteenth century, with changes often following riots and po...

1781. Nervous System in Man (57:21)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Shows interlocking of effects of the endocrine and nervous systems in man; illustrates the types of nerve cells and impulse transmission; explains the functions of the cortex, cerebellum, hypothala...

1782. Nervous systems in animals (16:38)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Uses drawings and dissected specimens to compare the nervous systems in hydra, planaria, earthworms, and grasshoppers and shows the response of a paramecium, euglena, amoeba, hydra, and planaria to...

1783. New England Sea Community (1:32:42)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Depicts the daily life in a seacoast town in 1845 as it is seen by Chris, a boy of thirteen, who is completing school and must choose his future occupation. Pictures the work of the town tradesmen-...

1784. New Girl at School (15:10)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Linda doesn’t like being the “new girl at school” until she helps Brushy and Susie-Q, and finds she doesn’t feel like a new girl at all. Thus she learns to feel at home in a new environment.

1785. New Life from Old: Reproduction (29:25)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Presents a simple, scientific way of helping young people grasp the basic concepts of reproduction. Shows the event of sperm and egg of the sea urchin uniting and dividing. Illustrates, with the b...

1786. New Numbers (29:46)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains new and important number concepts in modern mathematics. Indicates the pattern of how new numbers arise. Presents some of the history, characteristics, and uses of negative, irrational, tr...

1787. New Orleans 1968 (14:40)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Home movie of the Municipal Finance Officers Association (MFOA - now known as Government Finance Officers Association) annual meeting held in June 1968 at the Jung Hotel in New Orleans. Begins with...

1788. New possibilities for co-existence (58:51)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The group will examine in depth the implications of coexistence between the Communist and the non-Communist worlds. What are the possibilities for lifting the Iron Curtain, increased trade? How irr...

1789. New worlds for the book (29:41)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Describes how printers from many countries contributed to the art of printing. Tells how printing spread from Germany to other countries. Describes the significant printing done in Italy, Belgium,...

1790. New York Fair '64 (14:05)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Home movie of the Feil family attending the New York World's Fair in spring 1965. Shows Naomi, Beth, and Vicki visiting the Dinoland Pavilion, buying personalized hats, and riding a carousel. In th...

1791. News review of 1945 (10:56)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Headlines: Pacific Typhoon. Carrier "Enterprise" fights off Kamikazi attack during action off Kyoshu last May. Final Victory. Japan Surrenders. Atomic bombing of Nagasaki. War Heroes come home. The...

1792. Night Driving and Emergency Situations (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Emphasizes the difficulties of night driving and explains the steps necessary to lessen the accident danger. Gives detailed information concerning emergency situations and what to do when emergenc...

1793. No time to be lonely (33:20)

Date:
1962
Summary:
A variety entertainment show is developed and performed by senior citizens in boarding house in Missouri. Songs, dance numbers, and costumes are all extremely delightful.

1797. Non-objective space in the world of art (29:15)

Date:
1957
Summary:
In this program, Mr. Fitzpatrick discusses the vital and revolutionary change that the constructions of the modern engineer with new materials have upon our thinking in art, particularly in the fie...

1798. None of my business (31:52)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Part of episode 221 of PBL. Studies the widespread and often erroneous notions about welfare recipients. Presents the fallacy that many people on welfare could work if they wanted to. Reveals that ...

1800. Northeast corner (11:22)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Portrays life in the northeast corner of Scotland. The work of the fishermen and farmers and the industries and other activities of Aberdeen are described in some detail.