1001. 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...

1003. 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...

1004. A Leader in Pediatric Heart Surgery (08:35)

Date:
2024
Main contributors:
Riley Children's Health
Summary:
Riley Hospital for Children is one of the top pediatric hospitals in the nation, according to US News & World Report. In Riley Children’s first century, the hospital achieved a variety of “firsts,”...

1005. 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...

1007. 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.

1008. 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 ...

1013. 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...

1014. 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.

1015. 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 ...

1016. 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...

1017. 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...

1019. A Mother's Instinct -Sharon Hauss on Family Advocacy (08:35)

Date:
November 8, 2016
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"Let's wait and see what he can do," is what doctors told Sharon after the birth of her son in the 1980s. Fortunately, Sharon didn't wait around. She searched out services for him and as he got old...

1023. 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...

1024. 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...

1026. 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.

1028. 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...

1030. A new life for Rose (26:30)

Date:
1976
Summary:
Designed to help the community at large to recognize the capacities of older people, and provide opportunities for self-expression through housing that provides an outlet for social needs. This awa...

1031. A new supervisor takes a look at his job (12:36)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
A machine tool operator is made a group leader and his plant superintendent explains to him, through dramatized illustrations, the meaning of working with people instead of machines.

1032. A newspaper serves its community (14:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Describes the ways in which a newspaper brings information and service to a community and traces a news story and advertisement from their beginnings to their publication in the paper. Follows the ...

1033. A party is to elect (29:23)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the performance of necessary functions by our political parties. Explains why we have the two-party system. Mentions party factions and splinter groups. (KETC) Kinescope.

1034. A Perro Pepe le duele un diente (34:05)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 27 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Amigos. The goals of this series, in order of priority, are: To expose children to basic Spanish; to introduce children to Hispanic cul...

1038. A plus B squared (10:29)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Uses animation to demonstrate the meaning of (a + b)² in a way intended to convey to students the idea that algebraic statements have concrete meaning and visual form.

1042. A Protestant philosophy of education (29:27)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Explains that diversity is part of the Protestant tradition and belief. States that although there is no single Protestant view, it is the Protestant heritage to drive toward excellence in educatio...

1043. A Question of Values (1:13:11)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Edward Feil Productions; Robert M. Bilenker; Samuel Gorovitz
Summary:
Describes Down's syndrome and some of the moral problems it raises. Presents three infants and three children, ranging in age from five to twenty one years, with their families. Includes informatio...

1045. A Rice Basket: Basketmaking in a Baiku Yao Community (15:01)

Date:
October 21, 2019
Main contributors:
Jon Kay
Summary:
This is a documentary short about a rice basketmaker in Nandan County in Guangxi, China. Born in 1957, Li Guicai makes baskets in Huaili Village, a Baiku Yao community. As a teen, he split bamboo f...

1047. A Roman Catholic View Of Education (29:19)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In a Catholic school the realities of God and Christ, the guidance, teaching and influences of the Church, the Christian ideals are presupposed and within this framework all physical and intellectu...

1048. A Safe Shop (12:09)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes the many safety rules applicable to the industrial arts shop. Shows such measures as the use of proper clothing, goggles, and shields; the spacing of work areas; the use of tools; the di...

1049. A sane nuclear policy (29:38)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses methods of controlling nuclear testing. Outlines the obligation of the United States in assuming leadership in the control of such testing. Points out possible effects of continued tests....

1052. A settler's day (14:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash compares the chores children have today with those children had a few generations ago as members of a pioneer family. She describes a typical day and tells of the work the family members do an...

1053. A Sign of Hope (30:46)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
Schreiner, Richard L.
Summary:
A Sign of Hope was produced in 1979 by the Riley Hospital for Children's Department of Neonatology through a grant from the March of Dimes National Foundation. The video was given to each hospital ...

1054. A strand breaks (16:26)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
The Conservation Foundation; New York Zoological Society; John H. Storer
Summary:
The second in the "Web of Life" series. Discusses the competition for survival among all living things and the causes and effects of an unbalance in nature. Shows how a whole community may be des...

1055. A study in choreography for camera (02:37)

Date:
1945
Summary:
In this film the cinematographic space becomes itself an active element of the dance rather than being an area in which the dance takes place. The dancer shares with the camera and the cutting a co...

1057. A tale of the fiords (a story to see and hear) (12:44)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Aktiebolaget Svensk Filmindustri; Paul Witty; Arne Sucksdorff
Summary:
The story of a Norwegian girl who escapes from her everyday tasks to explore the rugged beauty of her mountain hom. Depicts the life of a Norwegian farm family.

1061. A Time to Dance (1:00:37)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dance is a universal experience, and Miss Myers introduces the series with paintings, sculptures and film clips showing ethnic dances throughout history and the world. Following this, she presents ...

1062. A time to grow : the Louisiana Territory (20:31)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of an episode of the DuPont sponsored Cavalcade of America television series (season 2, episode 6), "A Time to Grow", which aired November 3, 195...

1063. A Tip: Calm Your Jitters! (16:17)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 34 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 ...

1064. A Tip: Find Your Guide (15:24)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 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 r...

1065. A Tip: Get Ahead with Goals (15:19)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 43 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 ...

1066. A Tip: Make a Deal with Yourself (15:31)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 49 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 ...

1067. A Tip: Practice for Success (14:31)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 31 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 ...

1068. A Tip: There Are Many Ways to Go (15:37)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 23 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 ...

1069. A Tip: There Are Ways to Remember (22:39)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 19 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 ...

1070. A Tip: You Can Remember (15:20)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 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 r...

1071. A tree is born (28:59)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the techniques Forest Service researchers employ to produce hybrid pines through controlled pollination and through the selection of superior pines and use of their natural seed. Shows a pine...

1074. A universe of numbers (28:55)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Traces the history of computer development from the first mechanical calculators to ENIAC, the first electronic computer. Explains in lay terms how a modern digital computer stores both data and in...

1076. A visit with Carl Sandburg (29:57)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Carl Sandburg; Edward Stanley; Tom Priestley
Summary:
In this program, the animated 75-years old author, poet and musician expounds on his hometown of Galesburg, Illinois, Republicans, and hangings, discusses his arrest for riding the rails, reads fro...

1077. A visit with cowboys (11:01)

Date:
1949
Summary:
A city boy visits a real western ranch for the first time and sees cowboys rounding up, roping, and riding horses; watches cowmen roping and branding calves; meets a fence rider at work; helps to s...

1082. A World to Perceive (1:01:59)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Demonstrates the role of perception in handling the processing information from the environment and the way in which our personalities affect our perception. Reviews the research of Dr. Herman Witk...

1083. A.C. Filters "Engine Rhythm" (01:04)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
A.C. Filters
Summary:
An advertisement for AC Oil Filters in which a male narrator, accompanied by music, talks about the oil AC "triple trapper" filters over animated images illustrating the various buts of debris and ...

1084. A.C. Sparkplugs "4 Wheels" (01:02)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
A.C. Sparkplugs
Summary:
An advertisement for AC Spark Plugs in which a jingle is sung by a male voice in a rock n roll style. The singers sings a song describing AC spark plugs over images of various animated cars and spa...

1086. A.M.S. Virginia Mac Watters (04:09)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
MacWatters, Virginia, 1912-2005
Summary:
Soprano Virginia MacWatters was known not only for her impressive operatic career during which she performed in opera houses throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, but also for he...

1087. A1 Steak Sauce [no title] (01:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
A1
Summary:
A woman narrator encourages other women to use A1 steak sauce the next time their husbands barbecue and play cook.

1088. AAA of Michigan "Travels of Charlie" (01:01)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
AAA
Summary:
An advertisement for AAA life insurance in which a man reads aloud from a newspaper about the new insurance plans as he wanders distractedly through a construction site, barely avoiding various obs...

1089. AAAMC Speaks with Dr. Tyron Cooper (29:27)

Date:
February 23, 2021
Main contributors:
Cooper, Tyron; Shanahan, James
Summary:
IU Archives of African American Music and Culture Director Tyron Cooper has an insider’s view of Black music and the culture behind it, much of which goes back to the Black church. He says that’s ...

1091. ABC-TV : 1972 Summer Olympics (01:03)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
ABC-TV
Summary:
An advertisement for ABC's television broadcast of the 1972 Summer Olympics spotlighting athletes performing various kinds of sports in front of a stark black background. An offscreen male narrator...

1093. Abe Lincoln, Part 1 (31:43)

Date:
November 8, 1973
Main contributors:
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012; Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
Summary:
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane on Abraham Lincoln and his stance on slavery. This session, the first of two episodes on Abraham Lincoln, describes Lincoln’s early years ...

1094. ABFE (3:59:21)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
ABFE
Summary:
Video recordings from the ABFE Connecting Leaders Fellowship Program: Inaugural Leadership Summit, 2005-2006

1096. Abner Mikva Interview, Part 1 of 2 (52:33)

Date:
2015
Main contributors:
Mikva, Abner J.
Summary:
The first part of Abner Mikva's account of his relation to the 18-year-old vote movement and ultimate lowering of the voting age.

1097. Abner Mikva Interview, Part 2 of 2 (52:49)

Date:
2015
Main contributors:
Mikva, Abner J.
Summary:
The second part of Abner Mikva's account of his relation to the 18-year-old vote movement and ultimate lowering of the voting age

1098. Abortion (38:58)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Discusses in detail the most common types of abortion procedures, aimed particularly at the woman who has already made the decision to have an abortion. Focuses on the need for post-abortion follo...