Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

7701. The Supervisor As Leader [part 2] (13:00)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids ; United States. Federal Security Agency; Caravel Films, Inc.
Summary:
Narration asks, and answers, the question: "what does a man need to have, outside of experience, to be a good leader?" Experienced supervisors discuss the qualities of good leadership with dramatiz...

7702. The Surprise Party (15:07)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) tell the story of "The Surpise Party" using felt cut-outs. In the story, flowers host a surprise party where they and all of their guests (others flowers a...

7703. The swimmers (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Uses underwater photography to show how fish and other marine animals are adapted to move in varying environments. Illustrates how body shapes and fin types vary. Includes scenes of the giant tuna,...

7705. The Tale of the Ryoben-Cedar (29:35)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the Japanese legend about a cedar tree which stands in front of the temple in Nara, Japan. The tree is said to be the spot where an old and grieving mother found her grow son who had been car...

7706. The Tarahumara (22:35)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 of the Agency for Instructional Television series Across Cultures. Examines the society and culture of the Tarahumara Indians in Chihuahua, Mexico. Shows how their isolation in mountain v...

7707. The task of the listener (28:40)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the relationship between personality and communication. Explains human behavior in terms of the self-concept. Defines self and shows how it differs from the self-concept. Illustrates the ...

7708. The teacher and technology (49:35)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Traces the beginnings and history of the impact of technology on education. Illustrates some of the ways in which technology is being used to meet the dual problems of masses of students and the ne...

7709. The teachers' crisis (17:07)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Presents several reasons for the crisis in the teacher supply in 1947, including low salaries, lack of training, overcrowded conditions, and social restrictions.

7710. The Technology Spiral (33:33)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 3 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series You, Me, and Technology. Describes with humorous results what would happen if transistors, vacuum tubes, Thomas Edison, wheels, petrole...

7711. The teenage boy (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Presents a question and answer session with three teen-age boys. Opinions are expressed concerning their education, ambitions, personal development, and hopes for the future.

7712. The teenage girl (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Presents a question and answer session with three teenage girls. Opinions are expressed concerning their education, ambitions, marriage plans, and the problem of integration in their schools.

7713. The television picture tube (20:21)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Construction of the television picture tube and how its components operate. How the tube transforms the TV signal into a moving picture. (animated)

7714. The tell tale heart (07:49)

Date:
1953
Summary:
The plot focuses on a murderer whose increasing guilt leads him to believe he can hear his victim's heart still beating beneath the floorboards where he buried him. Seen through the eyes of the nam...

7715. The tenderfoot : Theodore Roosevelt (20:45)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Tenderfoot" (season 1, episode 20), which first aired June 24th, 1953 on NBC-TV. 27-ye...

7717. The Theater: A Fine Art (29:25)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses three major aspects of expression in the fine arts: medium, subject, and form. Studies these aspects of theater as a fine art. Compares theater art with other art forms. Presents speci...

7718. The thousand days (21:20)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Describes the Canadian effort in World War II including news footage of Churchill addressing the Canadian Parliament, the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway, and Canadian tank and aircraft produ...

7719. The thousand days (21:16)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Norrish, B. E. (Bernard Easterbrook), 1885-1961
Summary:
Describes the Canadian effort in World War II including news footage of Churchill addressing the Canadian Parliament, the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway, and Canadian tank and aircraft produ...

7720. The Threat of Freedom (29:51)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Presents the story of the rise of totalitarianism and the failure of the democracies to produce effective answers to world problems. Discusses the American attitudes towards Fascism, Nazism, and C...

7722. The three R's -- New Deal version (29:46)

Date:
1955
Summary:
There was an overwhelming decision in November 1932 to change leadership. Early New Deal legislation sought to accomplish the first two R’s, Relief and Recovery. The later years of the New Deal wer...

7723. The three spinners (15:13)

Date:
1957
Summary:
This is the story of a young girl who didn't want to spin. Her mother beats her and when the Queen asks why, tells her that Maria will not stop spinning.The Queen takes Maria to her castle and prom...

7724. The three wishes (15:09)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Hand puppets are used to tell the story of husband and wife who are visited by the Fairy Princess, disguised as an old woman. The husband and wife refuse to feed the Old Woman because their cupboar...

7726. The Toddler (28:56)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Describes the child in his second and third years. Stresses importance of play, vocabulary development, the nap and bed-time ritual, and the development of possessiveness and self-assertion. Shows...

7727. The Tortoise and the Hare (31:01)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Poindexter and his friends tells the story of the hare who boasts he can run faster than anyone. The tortoise, who is slow but sure, takes the challenge. Certain he can win, the hare takes a nap du...

7728. The town (13:11)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows life in an American town, Madison, Indiana, and explains the democratic characteristics of the social and civic life of the people.

7729. The toy telephone truck (10:57)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Traces the manufacture, distribution, and final sale of a toy truck; and illustrates how many people contribute to make the things that we enjoy. Shows Skipper's mother buying the toy truck for her...

7730. The Training of a Diplomat (29:25)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the training of the men who represent the U.S. overseas. Describes the embassies and the men we have abroad, the history of our diplomatic service, and its present organization and budget...

7731. The trapper (15:19)

Date:
1959
Summary:
One of the most exciting figures in our history was the trapper and Bash tells of his life and visits some animals who were his forest companions. She sings “Three Jolly Huntsmen” and “Wooly Boogie...

7732. The trial of Billy Budd, sailor (22:20)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1962 Allied Artists release feature film, “Billy Budd”, based on the novella "Billy Budd Foretopman" written by Herman Melville. Billy ...

7733. The Trial--The Case for the Plaintiff (29:36)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Documents and dramatizes a civil lawsuit based on an automobile injury case. Dramatizes the beginning of the trial, showing how prospective jurors are chosen and questioned to determine possible bi...

7734. The tribe that hides from man (1:02:26)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Warning: This film contains nudity and close up images of corpses. Focuses on Brazilian explorers Orlando and Claudio Villas Boas who, with the aid of the disc-lipped Tchukahmei, search the Amazon...

7735. The Trimbles of Maple Street (15:10)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Dick, Sheldon
Summary:
Dramatizes the conservation of war materials by residents of a typical town. Explains how the war effort is helped by sharing rides and collecting tin cans and other salvage. Explains the organizat...

7736. The troubled cities (59:49)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Probes, in documentary style, the attempts which are made to solve the problems which have been brought about by the urban population explosion. Cites slum areas, racial unbalance in the schools, a...

7737. The truck farmer (second edition) (10:59)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Points out the chief truck farming areas of the United States and gives a detailed picture of the activities on a truck farm in the Rio Grande Delta. Portrays the planting, irrigation, spraying, h...

7738. The True Criminal (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Defines the characteristics of the psychopathic criminal, using film clips and tape recordings to provide examples of the true criminal. Shows three typical and less violent prototypes: the con man...

7739. The Truman years (20:27)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians release which utilizes newsreel footage to present an overview of the administrations of President Harry S. Truman. Opens with scenes of the conclusion of World War II. Rel...

7741. The Turkey (15:19)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells how the Indian boys practiced hunting and stalking the wild turkey and how thy used its feathers to fletch arrows, the spurs to tip them and the meat for feasts. She traces the d...

7743. The twelve months (15:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes in beautiful costumes and settings, tell the story of Marushka who is sent to the mountain in the winter to bring first violets, than strawberries and finally apples to her mother and s...

7744. The Two-Way Street: Quick Facts About Lend-Lease (07:41)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States Government Office of War Information; War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry; Army Service Forces, Signal Corps Photographic Center, Western Division
Summary:
A short informational film asking "what benefits should the U.S. seek for the aid they have given to our allies?" Gives an account of how the Lend-Lease program of mutual aid between allied nations...

7750. The U.S. in a revolutionary world (29:03)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the debates in the United States since World War I over the issues of isolation versus involvement in world affairs. Concludes that the U.S. is permanently involved in world affairs but t...

7751. The unfinished search (29:31)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains the research efforts of marine scientists in conserving the natural resources of the sea, increasing the productivity of the sea, and discovering new facts about the sea and the life withi...

7752. The Union Central Life Insurance Company "Procrastination" (02:25)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
The Union Central Life Insurance Company
Summary:
An advertisement for the Union Central Life Insurance Company in which a male narrator talks about the dangers of procrastinating too long on buying insurance policies. The narrator describes the r...

7753. The union man (31:53)

Date:
1965
Summary:
Examines trade unionism in Australia, England, and the United States and pursues in its comparative study what trade unionism has come to mean to Australins.

7754. The United States and Japan (29:59)

Date:
1961
Summary:
When the United States subdued and began the occupation of Japan in 1945, it marked the first time in fifteen hundred years that the country has been defeated and occupied by a foreign power. The o...

7755. The United States As Others See It (28:26)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
The reactions of the countries of the free world to American foreign policy along with the reactions of the panelists to the American people are discussed on this program. Taking part are students ...

7756. The United States National Bank of Omaha [unknown title 1] (01:07)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
The United States National Bank of Omaha
Summary:
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today saves his money at this organization. Su...

7757. The United States National Bank of Omaha [unknown title 2] (01:02)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
The United States National Bank of Omaha
Summary:
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today uses the bank to finance home improvemen...

7758. The United States National Bank of Omaha [unknown title 3] (01:07)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
The United States National Bank of Omaha
Summary:
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today uses the bank's checking accounts to man...

7759. The United States National Bank of Omaha [unknown title 4] (00:25)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
The United States National Bank of Omaha
Summary:
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today uses the bank to keep his money safe. Su...

7760. The United States National Bank of Omaha [unknown title 5] (00:25)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
The United States National Bank of Omaha
Summary:
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today uses the bank to finance home improvemen...

7761. The United States National Bank of Omaha [unknown title 6] (00:27)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
The United States National Bank of Omaha
Summary:
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today uses the bank's checking accounts to man...

7762. The Unity of Life (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the biomechanical processes presented in the preceding programs. Relates these concepts to the way in which all forms of life are linked and resembles each other. Concludes by offering an a...

7763. The unity of science (29:59)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Physicists and biophysicists find common ground in interpreting the oscillation of a suspended spring. It is a simple piece of coiled metal which pulses over a small pool of mercury. The spring and...

7764. The Universal Machine (28:50)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Comments on the fact that the computer revolution represents a fundamentally different kind of advance because, unlike past industrial advances, the computer manipulates processed information at in...

7765. The universe (29:55)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Dr. Otto Struve, director of the Leuscher Observatory in Berkeley and the first man to prove that stars rotate on their axes, is Dr. Seaborg’s guest on this program. Hydrogen is rare and helium is...

7766. The Universe from Palomar (29:12)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Presents a history of the Hale Telescope and the contributions it has made to our knowledge of the universe. Shows transportation and construction of the 200-inch mirror. Illustrates recent discove...

7767. The unlucky traveler (29:43)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Professor Kraemer reads from an illustrated account by an Egyptian envoy, written in 1200 BC, who traveled to Syria at a time when law and order within the Egyptian empire were in a state of corrup...

7768. The Unsubstantial Flesh (29:18)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This program goes into the peculiar problem of weightlessness, which is typical of space flight, when the speed of the vehicle on an elliptical orbit around the earth counteracts the attraction of ...

7770. The USA, World Power (29:08)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Imperialism was in the air as the nineteenth century ran toward its close. The USA proved not to be immune. A new “manifest destiny” took hold of American minds; expansion beyond continental limits...

7771. The use of philosophy (29:55)

Date:
1957
Summary:
This is the first of a series of four discussions on philosophy. In it, Dr. Adler defines philosophy and discusses the relationship of philosophy to science and religion. He also answers the quest...

7772. The V-2 (14:50)

Date:
1957
Summary:
The V-2 was called the A-4 by the Germans and as such should have been the fourth in the A series of missiles. Actually it was the fifth since the A-5 was predecessor to the V-2. The A-4 incorporat...

7773. The Vann School: A History of Success in Pittsburgh (31:08)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 1 in the sub series "Successful Schools" from the program Every Child Can Succeed, a series of video programs with facilitators' guides that are designed to show schools how to help disadva...

7774. The Viking (15:12)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows fueling operation, static firing, and the actual firing of the Viking missile. Pictures the recovery of the rocket after it has fallen, and explains that upper air information may be obtained...

7775. The village tractor (21:22)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Shows how one small Turkish village profits by the acquisition of a tractor imported through the Marshall Plan, and benefits from mechanical training provided young farmers as part of Turkey's reco...

7776. The voices of a string quartet (24:07)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Introduces the instruments of the string quartet and indicates their similarities and differences. Presents selections in a variety of moods, including musical imitations of brasses, organ and harp...

7777. The Wallace collection (31:10)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This is the presentation of art at its best as one reviewer puts it. The BBC cameras follow a guide, Bernard Braden, as he tours Hartford House wherein is housed one of the world’s finest collecti...

7778. The war (29:49)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Deals with the prelude to and the events of the Revolution of 1917. Discusses the relations between Lenin and the German government. Presents re-enactments of Lenin's return to Russia from Germany...

7779. The war between the states (30:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program addresses the Civil War; even before Lincoln took office, the retreat from the Union had begun. He did not want war but was determined that, if the preservation of the Union demanded ...

7780. The Warren years : the great decisions (23:07)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Examines Supreme Court rulings regarding civil rights, reapportionment, and criminal procedure in the light of subsequent consequences of these decisions. Interviews allies and critics of the Warre...

7781. The way it is (1:00:05)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Warning: This film contains dated language regarding race. Documents the chaos of a "ghetto" school and what is being done in one particular school to remedy this situation. Focuses on Junior Hig...

7782. The way of ants (29:22)

Date:
1957
Summary:
The ants are social insects with a fascinating story of division of labor and social organization. Their history of how this social structure developed from very simple beginnings to more complica...

7783. The Way We Live (Lifestyles) (22:28)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from Bread and Butterflies, a project in career development for nine-to-twelve-year-olds. Based on two years of planning by educators and broadcasters, the project included 15-minute colo...

7784. The weapons revolution (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explores the world of weapons with emphasis on the revolutionary changes since World War I. Uses film clips to show the destructive potential of air power, rocket and missile power, and nuclear fis...

7785. The weeks after birth (29:22)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Discusses the care of the mother after delivery and demonstrates exercises designed to aid the mother in rapid and thorough recovery. Points out the changes which occur in the mother's body and em...

7787. The welfare revolt (1:00:19)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Documents the complaints of welfare recipients and their attempts to change the system by organizing a local union. Relates the union's goal as one of forcing a change by means of pressure and desc...

7789. The wheat farmer (11:19)

Date:
1938
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; Herbert B. Hartwig
Summary:
A view of life on a typical Kansas wheat farm. Shows how members of an average farm family spend their time, how the land is cared for, and how the winter wheat is planted, harvested, and stored in...

7790. The wheat farmer (second edition) (13:35)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Shows the raising and harvesting of a crop of wheat by a family in Kansas. Pictures plowing, harrowing, and planting in the late summer along with a variety of activities in which the wheat farmer ...

7791. The white South : two views (59:51)

Date:
1963
Summary:
During this hour-long program, NET continues its examination of the civil rights issue by presenting two separately produced half-hour segments which probe the attitudes of white southerners whose ...

7792. The whole world is watching (52:55)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Presents reporters David Brinkley and Walter Cronkite with critics John Fischer and Senator John O. Pastore probing the question of bias in television newscasting. Discusses topics such as the 1968...

7793. The why of national goals (30:18)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Dr. Wriston and Erwin D. Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, explore the reasons for the President’s Commission on National Goals. They quickly make the point that Americans set their ...

7794. The wife of Kazutoyo Yamanouchi (29:49)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is the tale of the historical Japanese figure, Lord Nobunaga Oda, an impoverished Samurai. The Samurai’s clever wife finds a way to help her husband obtain a beautiful stallion. Mr. Mikami dem...

7796. The Willow Tree (England/China) (34:32)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from England and China about a girl who defies her greedy father and elopes with the gardener's son rather than submit t...

7797. The wind band in the classical orchestra (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Professor Woodworth demonstrates the importance to the composer of the various kinds of sounds made by different musical instruments. He uses the wind instruments as examples, drawing on members of...

7799. The Winged Bequest (1:30:46)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Edward Feil Productions
Summary:
Shows how the librarians at the Cleveland Public Library select and distribute books to "shut-ins" in their area. Librarians are followed as they visit persons confined to their homes or residing i...

7800. The winged scourge (malaria) (10:34)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Shows various methods of combatting and eliminating the anopheles mosquito. Animated cartoon featuring the Seven Dwarfs.