Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

1581. 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.

1582. 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...

1583. Light Perception (30:19)

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

1584. 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...

1585. 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.

1587. 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...

1588. 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...

1589. 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...

1590. 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...

1595. 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...

1596. 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...

1597. 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.

1598. 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...

1599. 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.

1600. 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...