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201. 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.

202. A little phantasy on a nineteenth century painting (04:10)

Date:: 1946
Summary:: Animated experimental film of the painting 'Isle of the dead' by nineteenth century painter Arnold Böcklin. The ghost-like island wakes to mysterious life, flickers momentarily in a corpse-candle l...

203. A long time to grow part 1 : two and three year olds in nursery school (37:21)

Date:: 1954
Summary:: Presents two- and three-year-old children in their daily activities at a nursery school. Shows them imitating adults in their play, expressing hostility, responding to rhythm, learning to wash and ...

204. A long time to grow part 2 : four and five year olds in school (36:36)

Date:: 1954
Summary:: Presents the spontaneous activities of four- and five-year-old children and what they find interesting in their world. Shows the four-year-olds mastering their familiar world through vigorous group...

205. A long time to grow part 3 : six, seven, and eight year olds-society of children (28:55)

Date:: 1959
Summary:: Observes six-, seven-, and eight-year old children at play and in school and emphasizes that children's play activities with their adherence to the rules, rituals, and regulations which have been e...

206. A matter of acceptable risk (28:57)

Date:: 1967
Summary:: Illustrates aircraft control in the crowded air lanes between New York and London. Explains the development of mathematical formulas to evaluate the present risk of collision between aircraft and t...

207. A message from Garcia (20:56)

Date:: unknown
Summary:: Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of 'The Cavalcade of America' television series episode, "A Message From Garcia", which originally aired January 18th, 1955 on ABC-TV. This film...

208. A million times a day (12:02)

Date:: 1949
Summary:: Describes the vast telephone network, equipment and personnel involved in the completion of a long distance call. Shows how telephone lines and cables run all over the United States, through desert...

209. A motion picture study of Martha Graham from her dance, Lamentation (11:41)

Date:: 1943
Summary:: This 1943 film of "Lamentation" is introduced by John Martin, dance critic of The New York Times.

210. A movie star (31:28)

Date:: 1916
Summary:: Just as the local movie theater is about to begin showing a picture, the star of the film arrives and comes to see the movie himself. On screen, the star must rescue his girl from danger. In the th...