Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

1014. Fiestas of the hill (11:14)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Shows various religious festivals in Mexico. Included is the festival at Amecameca where dancers climb the trail to Sacramente, re-enacting part of a passion play. Also pictures Lenten pilgrims vis...

1016. Fignewton's Newsaper: The First Prize Poem (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Brushy writes a prize-winning poem for the school safety contests: “It isn’t enough just to know every rule, You should practice them all, for real safety at school.”

1017. Fignewton's Newspaper: The Big Fight (15:06)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Sharing and taking turns with others can be the best way to play and Brushy and Susie-Q show us what happens when you don’t play this way. They never had any fun because they fought over things the...

1018. Figure (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Mr. Mikami teaches the art of drawing a human figure using the Japanese equivalent of a “baby sitter” as an example. The figure he draws is a young Japanese girl carrying a small baby on her back. ...

1019. Figureheads (15:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells about the art of craving the figureheads which graced the prow of sailing vessels in the past. She shows figureheads of all types and sings “Pretty Kitty” and “Wanderin.”

1020. Figures in Action (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Joan Jockwig Pearson presents the elements of good design and its application to everyday living in buildings, clothing, furniture, and automobiles as well as in actual objects d’art.

1021. Final thaw (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dramatizes a situation in which four persons, faced with possible death, reexamine their personal philosophies. An intellectual whose god is pure reason begins to realize his basic loneliness. An A...

1022. Finale (29:42)

Date:
1960
Summary:
In this last program Professor Woodworth summarizes the points he has made in the course of the series. Then, as a climax to the study of the symphonic form, Professor Woodworth conducts the Cambri...

1023. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (28:56)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Explains the vital functions which a financial manager performs in the organization and capitalizing of a business enterprise. ; Explores the third aspect of management, the critical problem of fin...

1025. Finding out about rocks (14:03)

Date:
1960
Summary:
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...

1026. Finding your life work (20:52)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Opens with a picture of a boy fishing and quickly leads up to the fact that, in getting a job, the baits required are personality, training, and experience. Then follows a discussion of these poin...

1027. Fingerprints of the Stars (29:50)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the various instruments and methods used in gaining knowledge of stellar composition and in studying objects in space. Reviews the development of the telescope. Uses diagrams, photographs...

1028. Finishing ceramic sculpture (29:23)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses finishing techniques in ceramic sculpture. Explains how the finish must make the sculptured work permanent and at the same time enhance its feeling and form. Shows the method of firing ce...

1029. Fire and Flame (29:28)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses and explains the zones of a candle flame. Shows the differences between a candle and a burner flame. Uses experiments to illustrate and define air density and convection currents. (KQED) ...

1030. Fire's the enemy (11:10)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Relates the story of the Auxiliary Fire Service in Great Britain during World War II and shows men and equipment combating a real fire. Then describes the improvements in equipment since the war, ...

1031. Fireboat (15:16)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett describes the danger of fire aboard the clipper ships. Visits the San Francisco Bay's "Phoenix" fire boat, which is shown docked next to the Hills Brothers Coffee Company, and pre...

1033. First Grade (29:31)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the problems which confront the child, the parents, and the teacher when the six-year-old starts out to school. Explains what school can mean to the child and his parents, how former habi...

1034. First half of theater contest (15:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) hold a contest where children (puppets) have to guess the parts actors (also puppets) are playing based on their costumes. The children also have to guess ...

1035. Fish (29:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Teaches the techniques of drawing fish. Demonstrates by painting fish swimming and jumping from water. Stresses the Japanese approach to composition using fish as an example. (KQED) Kinescope.

1036. Fish of the Sea (14:42)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells of fishing in New England, where the fishermen fished close to the shore at first and then went all the way to the Grand Banks in their small craft. Examples of the ways in which various...

1037. Fishermen (14:57)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash talks about the brave men who have sailed small boats into the open ocean in search of fish from earliest times. They risk their lives and gamble their fortunes in these ventures. Bash takes a...

1038. Flashing figures (08:30)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Focuses on the sportsmanship of women, showing women participating in a variety of sports including rowing, tennis, golf, football, roller basketball, roller derby, boxing, synchronized swimming, a...

1039. Flicks #1 (27:43)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Defines movies as glorified shadow shows and traces the motion picture revolution from a simple shadow on a wall to modern movies. Presents a history of the development of the movie camera, film, a...

1040. Flight in nature (30:19)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Man seems to have surpassed nature as he can fly faster and higher than the natural flying creatures. But further study of the flying habits of birds and insects is still necessary. Dr. Lippisch pr...

1041. Flight Toward the Stars (29:38)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses high-altitude flying with particular attention to rocket craft. Relates this discussion to flight in space. Features Mr. William B. Bridgeman, test pilot, who presents an account of his ...

1042. Florida Buchers February, 1962 (09:12)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Home movie showing a family trip to Boca Raton, Florida. Begins with handmade title card that reads "Vacationing in Florida" ; "Whos in Florida" ; "The Buchers", which refers to Lori's mother's fam...

1043. Folk sayings (15:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett tells the story behind many of the sayings we use today. Explains the events and circumstances leading to use of such phrases as: to pull up stakes; in the knick of time; lock, st...

1047. Following too close (06:08)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Highlights the dangers of following another vehicle too closely and demonstrates the proper amount of distance a driver should maintain in order to avoid an accident.

1048. Food For Thought (18:55)

Date:
1980
Summary:
A detailed look at a centralized, integrated, food service which provides 50,000 meals each day on a large university campus. Includes information about scientific control of the storage environmen...

1049. Food, secret of the peace (18:04)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Contains scenes of the destitution left in the wake of World War II and of the famine and exposure from which so many thousands died. Discusses also the economic importance of food.

1050. For granted : the water we drink (16:56)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows the source, purification process, and testing of the culinary water supply of Gary, Indiana. Explains the use of chlorine and dry chemicals in purification and shows the function of settling...

1052. For Those Who Think Young (08:23)

Date:
2024
Summary:
Video essay from IU Libraries Moving Image Archive Jorgensen Fellow, Noni Ford. Noni utilizes research conducted in IULMIA's Clio Advertisement Collection, to present a video essay on the use of yo...

1053. Ford Galaxie "Galaxie Styling" | Pontiac "Jazz" (04:03)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Ford Galaxie "Galaxie Styling" : An advertisement for the Pontiac Galaxie in which a woman who likes modern art takes her reluctant husband to a gallery, where they discover the car and come to agr...

1054. Forest fires (14:58)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash describes the value and beauty of the timber of our country, and how it helps hold the soil, gives cover for the animals, and is a valuable crop. Then she goes on a film expedition to an actua...

1055. Forestry and forest industries (10:38)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Shows how the government has acted to protect our woodlands by enacting laws and establishing the Forest Service. Forest Rangers protect forests against fire, administer game laws, control the num...

1056. Forgetting (29:46)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Illustrates and discusses the chief causes of forgetting. Compares the theories of disuse and interference. Explains the part of retroactive inhibition and motivation in forgetting. Uses charts, d...

1057. Formosa: bastion of Chiang Kai-shek (29:52)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Mr. Albert Ravenholt, correspondent of the American Universities Field Staff and staff correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, and Dr. George A. Peek, Jr., assistant professor of political scienc...

1059. Foundations for the future (29:37)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Discusses the future in terms of the areas that now interest scientists at the Argonne National Laboratories. Indicates problems that are still to be solved concerning the effects of radiation, th...

1060. Four families (59:35)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A comparison of family life in France, Japan, India, and Canada. How each family treats and cares for a year-old baby. Mother-child relationships, feeding and bathing the child. Anthropologist Marg...

1061. Four Seasons (15:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The changes of season are described in terms of what the animals of the forest do during these times. Bash tells how each of the animals live during the four seasons. She sings “Saturday Night,” “M...

1062. Four teachers (58:03)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Compares the daily activities of four elementary teachers from Japan, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Presents facts about each teacher's personality, classroom techniques, facilities available fo...

1063. Francoise et son lapin (10:16)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Because it is raining, Françoise and her pet rabbit must spend the morning doing something indoors. Françoise draws a picture with crayons, and Hopper, her rabbit, helps her. Written for children...

1064. Frank tends the garden (06:43)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Shows how Frank and Jean Baxter enjoy watering their garden, and afterwards put on bathing suits and take showers under the hose. Penny, the dog, joins them, but Fluff, the kitten, watches from a ...

1065. Fraternity idea (22:46)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Pictures fraternity activities before, during, and after pledging. Emphasizes the pleasures and responsibilities of fraternity life and points out how all fraternities on a college campus cooperate...

1066. Freedom (30:01)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the concept of freedom as treated in literature. Includes readings from the works of Milton, Benet, Becker, Wordsworth, Perry, Browning, Whitman, Lowell, and Tennyson. ...

1067. Freedom and Famine (11:04)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Shows how freedom was prized during World War II despite its high cost in desolation and hunger and how more fortunate peoples helped liberate Europe by fighting the threat of famine.

1068. Freedom of the individual (29:37)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Rabi and Viereck join Louis Lyons to discuss the freedom of the individual with their emphasis on the scientist and the artist. They agree there is no great cause for concern over the freedom toda...

1069. Freezing, Melting, Boiling (29:30)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments with water to illustrate that all matter exists in three states: solid,liquid, and gas. Discusses distillation and condensation. Shows the power of frozen water when it ...

1070. French opera : part I (29:33)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes Paris in the early 19th century and the operas written there by various composers and the beginning of individual French Operatic styles. Describes FAUST and CARMEN as the better known be...

1071. French opera : part II (29:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes Paris in the early 19th century and the operas written there by various composers and the beginning of individual French Operatic styles. Describes FAUST and CARMEN as the better known be...

1073. Friction: II (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Illustrates with the principle of streamlining. Tells why friction is desirable in certain instances and undesirable in others. (WCET) Kinescope.

1074. Friends (29:48)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the benefits one receives from friends, and through interviews presents the values and bases of friendship. Presents reasons why some people are friendless and ways to help them acquire ...

1075. From A to F: The Report Card (29:23)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Why do the report cards of many children show such a wide range of achievement? Dr. Maria Pier’s points out that it is normal for a child’s report card to vary in quality. She discusses whether or ...

1076. From Doric to Gothic (19:08)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Uses animation, diagrams, plans, scale models, and scenes of representative buildings (particularly French cathedrals) to explain and illustrate the development of Gothic architecture in the 12th a...

1077. From Fish to Furs in the North (30:29)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Gives an overview of the French Empire in North America with emphasis on its beginnings in the fishing and fur trade, missionary affairs and rivalry with Native Americans.

1078. From Renoir to Picasso (31:26)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Presents several artists' works in the schools of sensualism, intellectualism, and emotionalism and describes the characteristics of Renoir's, Seurat's, and Picasso's styles of painting as represen...

1079. From sentences to paragraphs : part 1 (28:43)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how sentences are put together to form the "explaining paragraph." This paragraph structure begins with a generalization from which specific ideas are developed and is followed by a summa...

1080. From sentences to paragraphs : part 3 (28:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how generalities in a paragraph should be supported by evidence. List vague, technical specific, and descriptive detail as the three kinds of detail that a writer uses as evidence. Illu...

1081. From tree to newspaper (16:58)

Date:
1928
Summary:
Shows the steps involved in felling a tree, getting out logs, floating them to the pulp mill, making wood pulp, and making paper ready for printing in a newspaper plant. Also describes life in a lo...

1082. Frontier Campus (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of Oberlin College in Ohio which first offered opportunities for higher education on a co-educational bases. Describes the significance of this institution to education for women an...

1083. Frontier Expansion (29:43)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Reviews the penetration of later Latin Americans into the hinterlands of the several colonies. Points out that these frontier movements expanded the territory held and often set the boundaries of ...

1085. Frustration and fixation (19:04)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Documents Maier's thesis that frustration leads to fixation and other bizarre symptoms. Shows a modified Lashley jumping apparatus and describes the process of teaching rats to jump. Portrays the s...

1086. Fun on the playground (11:12)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Shows a group of children playing three types of games: those which they invent themselves, those learned under supervision but carried on alone, and those dramatic activities which grow out of sch...

1087. Future stars (09:05)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Mass exercise, tumbling, acrobatics, horseback riding, soapbox derbies, rowing, swimming and flying miniature airplanes.

1088. Gait and musculoskeletal disorders (34:15)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Illustrates abnormalities in gait caused by pain, structural defects and deformities, neuromuscular disorders, and a combination of these causes. Details technical symptoms of the gait and posture ...

1089. Galaxies and the Universe (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explores astronomy's present conception of the universe. Reviews the physical make-up of the Milky Way Galaxy and its rotation and motion through space, explains how galaxies are classified, and di...

1090. Games (15:41)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells why more games are played in the United States than any other country in the world. She says this is because immigrants brought the games of their native lands with them when they migrat...

1091. Gases and how they combine (22:01)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows some properties that distinguish gases. The volume of ammonia and hydrogen chloride that combine are measured quantitatively, and simple integer volume ratios are measured for the combination...

1093. General Electric Co. "GE In The Gershwin Years" (02:02)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In an episode of the General Electric Theater, a narrator reflects on the rapid expansion of technology during the Gershwin years and how General Electric enable this era of technological expansion.

1094. General Electric Co. "Importance of Progress" (03:06)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In this General Electric Theater, the narrator talks about the recent contribution General Electric has made to the aviation, law enforcement, lighting, medical, and cooking industries.

1095. General Electric Co. "Research Lab" (03:14)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In this episode of General Electric Theater, the General Electric research facility is showcase. Some of the project the facility is working on relate to gas, thermionic conversion, and hypersonic ...

1096. General Stores and Trading (14:56)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash describes the difference in the way people shopped in the early days, telling how traveling “Yankee Peddlers” brought things in their wagons from farm to farm, then how the old fashioned gener...

1097. Genetic activity and chromosome chemistry (29:24)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Reviews the contributions of Mendel, the Hertwigs, and Miescher to our understanding of modern genetics. Discusses chromosome chemistry in terms of the cytological distribution of nucleic acids, t...

1098. Genetic investigations (56:51)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents some of the steps and procedures involved in conducting controlled breeding experiments and shows the results of some genetic crosses. Introduces three important areas of genetic research....

1099. Genetic loads in Mendelian populations (28:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Portrays the frequency of mutants in the population gene pool as dependent upon their rate of origination and selection coefficient. Discusses the population fate of dominant lethals (retinoblasto...