Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

551. A day of Thanksgiving (12:34)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
Centron Corporation
Summary:
Tells the story of a typical American family, and how they use Thanksgiving Day as the occasion to review the freedoms and privileges which they enjoy in their everyday living under the American wa...

552. A day without numbers (09:06)

Date:
1953
Summary:
A second-grader's experiences during a day without numbers cause him to want to study arithmetic and to realize the value of numbers in his everyday living. All the class but Bob enjoy arithmetic....

553. A definition of language (29:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., explains the relationship between language and culture. He points out that there is no such thing as a “primitive” language; all languages have the same amount of ...

555. A Faculty Feeling (22:41)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Television series The Heart of Teaching. Dramatizations are designed to help teachers deal with problems - frustration, anger, isolation, change and pres...

556. A few ounces a day (06:39)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Alexander, Donald, 1913-1993
Summary:
This film uses diagrams to illustrate the importance of salvaging common everyday items in an effort to reuse important raw materials for building ships. The film asserts that one day's salvage by ...

558. A Fifth Army report from the beachhead (09:55)

Alternative title:
Report from the beachhead
Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Summary:
Shows the fighting and casualties involved in securing Anzio beachhead during World War II.

559. A final examination (29:49)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program is a summary and conclusion of the course. Dr. Smith first briefly hits highlights of the major religions. Then he discusses some of the attitudinal changes that may have resulted from...

561. A Friend Indeed (Responsibility) (34:06)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 of Your Choice Our Chance, a series of drug abuse prevention programs to be viewed by students and community members in an effort to educate and prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol, marij...

562. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 32, DAP #9] (31:16)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

563. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 33, DAP #9] (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

564. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 36, DAP #9] (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

565. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 37, DAP #9] (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

566. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 38, DAP #9] (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

567. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 39, DAP #9] (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

568. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 40, DAP #9] (31:12)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

569. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 41, DAP #9] (31:06)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

571. A girl grows up (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Maria Piers presents some of the biological and practical changes that occur as a girl matures, and the emotional problems that occur.

572. A glimpse of the past : prehistoric American Indians (09:34)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
Roland J. Faust; Robert L. Gobrecht ; Hugh N. Davis, Jr.
Summary:
Presents phases of prehistoric Native American life as revealed by archaeologists who study the features of early village sites and materials obtained from exploring them. Describes the structure o...

574. A Grandmother for the Orphelines (34:20)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story by Natalie Savage Carlson about Josine, the littlest orphan in an old French castle, who wants a grandmother so much that she locks up a...

576. A Helping Hand (Caring) (21:12)

Date:
1996
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Program 8 of Looking From The Inside/Out series presents caring as a very important emotion, identifies how you care about many people in your life in different ways. Shows how caring is mutually b...

577. A home away from home (06:33)

Date:
1953
Summary:
This film demonstrates the many ways in which Indiana University is a home away from home for the thousands of students that attend each year. The introduction to IU begins with informational pamph...

578. A journey into time (14:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
An introductory study of the probable development of our earth from the earliest days of our planet, showing many of the creatures who lived before us. Animated sequences.

579. A Key to Productivity: Human Capital (22:35)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

580. A kitchen cavalcade (14:26)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Shows many of the kitchen appliances of tomorrow. Takes the viewer inside the experimental laboratories of General Motors to see such advanced aids to cooking as an automatic recipe viewer, heatle...

581. A Lake Erie Story (25:34)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward Feil Productions; Bill McGaw; Ohio Commercial Fisherman's Association
Summary:
Discusses the characteristics of Lake Erie that contribute to its thriving commercial fishing industry. Describes the process of tagging fish by the Ohio Division of Wildlife as well as the harvest...

582. A letter from Bataan (14:21)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Shane, Maxwell, 1905-1983
Summary:
A Hollywood short aiding the war effort, emphasizing the need for preparedness and conservation of materials, i.e. rubber, metal, shellac. An American soldier writes home from Bataan, and while his...

583. 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.

584. A Little Help From My Friends (Friendship) (15:12)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard ...

589. 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...

590. A Matter of Priority (1:44:45)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Patrick J. Henry; Linwood J. Smith; Earl Cochran
Summary:
Discusses safe housing in Cleveland and the city's Neighborhood Preservation Strategy.

591. A Matter of Time (Solving Problems) (22:37)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 57 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

592. 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...

596. 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...

597. A musical partnership (29:53)

Date:
1956
Summary:
The French horn, capable of producing melody, and the piano, a percussion instrument able to produce symphonic effects, are instruments which contrast with each other and blend exquisitely. To illu...

599. A national cultural center (30:15)

Date:
1959
Summary:
An interview with Frank Lloyd Wright discussing the proposed new National Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. Aired in 1959, the year Wright died.

600. A new fire bomb (08:46)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Civilian Defense
Summary:
Describes and provides information about methods of defense regarding a recently developed type of German explosive fire bomb. In dramatic reenactments, wardens and civilians are warned to keep awa...