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Reviews the civil strife between religious groups during the first days of Free India. Stresses the fact that with the assassination of Gandhi much of the civil war stopped, and now Nehru is attempting to weld the country into a democratic state. Shows present-day India's industry, people, religion, and agriculture.
Introduces educator Welthy Fisher, her philosophy of education, and the environment in India where she works. Shows Indian teachers, trained in institutes founded by Mrs. Fisher, teaching in various villages with lectures, books, puppet shows, and opportunities for pupils to practice agricultural skills.
Discusses and demonstrates the laboratory procedures involved in the production of a 16mm, color, sound film. Follows the camera original film and a quarter inch audio tape through the following procedures: processing the original, dubbing the sound to 16mm magnetic film, making a work print, and edge numbering the original and the work print. Observes the edited work print and magnetic sound track going through the processes of conforming, transferring to optical sound, and color balancing in order to make the composite answer print.
World War II film showing the horror of the Pacific war with extensive coverage of the care and treatment of the wounded. Created in support of the 7th War Loan drive, the film encourages the general public to purchase war bonds to aid the recovery of wounded servicemen.
Part three in the "Artists at Work" series, this film spotlights three east coast painters, working in their studios.
Jack Tworkov, born in Poland in 1900, and a teacher for 15 years, was recently appointed head of Yale University Art School. Painting in his studios in New York and Provincetown, Cape Cod, he is shown embarking on his largest painting yet, talking about the painter's attitude toward the empty canvas.
Hans Hofmann, born in Germany in 1880, has taught for nearly 50 years, opening his school in Provincetown in 1934. Considered the dean of abstract expressionism, and initially inspired by cubist work, he talks about his paintings as based on color.
Milton Avery, born in upstate New York in 1893 and raised in Connecticut, now paints in Manhattan, with inspiration and sketches done along the coast. The narrator references three paintings made in Provincetown, and addresses Avery's work as lyrical, with paint flat and thin, and shapes wich are bold and interlocked.
"Grierson had always admired the documentary work of American filmmaker Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North) and hired him to make Industrial Britain, though he and his staff ultimately had to complete the film when money ran out. As with other Grierson influenced documentaries of the mid-1930's, its frequent low angle close-ups heroicize the workers, their patience and their toil. The skills of glass blowers, machinists and other craftsmen are, the narration suggests, the bedrock of England's industrial might and the ability to sustain the British Empire"--Videodisc sleeve.
Presents a simple introduction to the study of earth materials. Shows in step-by-step sequences how the land evolved from the great mass of rock and water that was the early planet. Illustrates how the pounding action of the surf, freezing temperatures, shifting winds, and simple plants combined with the force of gravity to break up rocks into sand, and to form soil.
A portrait of the renowned American photographer. Adams reflects on his life, demonstrates his darkroom techniques, talks about the development of photography as an art form, and is shown teaching his annual photography workshop. Examples of his work are presented throughout the film.
This film follows the Chinese-American artist, Dong Kingman, as he carries a single painting through various stages to its completion. It introduces Kingman's finished work and explores the broader aspects of his background and his approach to art.
Explains the concept of light years to address the distance between galaxies. Addresses the existence of millions of galaxies like the Milky Way, featuring photographs of some of them, along with some of the observatories which astonomers use to study and document distant galaxies.
This film was used to train American soldiers at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Produced during the height of the Cold War, this example of U.S. propaganda explains the reasons for American involvement in the Vietnam War and the threat of communism to the region. Describes the methods and techniques used by the Communists to seize power and shows how the party gains control of local and central governments; how it moves against other political parties, landowners, big business, the middle class, professional groups, workers, and churches; and describes the party attitude towards the individual in relation to the state.
Documentary on modern applications of atomic energy. Explains, using cartoons, the chain reaction and heat production resulting from the fission of the atom. Shows the use of this energy in agriculture, industry and medicine. Compares the state of research in this area in the United States, the USSR, Germany, India, Japan, Canada and other countries.
Describes the classification of the true fungi. Illustrates examples and characteristics of the phycomycetes and illustrates their life cycle. Discusses the slime molds. Shows several methods of collecting aquatic fungi.
