Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

8351. Spaces to Live In (22:27)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Considers the organization and characteristics of planned spaces for community living in a study of the functional and aesthetic problems in the design of spaces for living.

8352. Signs of the Times (22:39)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Traces the development of signs and symbols in other times and cultures, studying their forms and their effect on contemporary behavior.

8353. Wrappings and Trappings (20:18)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Shows how people in various cultures have made and used costumes, masks, and headdress for ceremonies and other special occasions. Considers how a person can use clothing to create a special image ...

8354. Devils, Monsters and Dragons (22:32)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Reveals how people in different societies have imaginatively depicted their conceptions of evil to ward off harm and destruction.

8355. Faces of Nature (32:09)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Studies the aesthetic qualities of natural phenomena and the qualities of the art images that have their origins in nature.

8356. Getting the Message (22:27)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Considers ways in which people communicate, examining some of the media of communications and the artistic forms used to transmit various kinds of messages.

8357. Birds, Bees & Bugs (22:31)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores forms of birds, bees, and bugs, showing how their shapes, colors, textures, and movements have served as sources of ideas for artists and designers.

8358. Changing Your Looks (22:13)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Shows various ways and reasons why people in different times and cultures have used body decoration and adornment to change their looks.

8359. All Kinds of Houses (21:51)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines old and new domestic buildings in considering various architectural solutions to problems of providing human shelter.

8360. Houses for Worship (22:42)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Reflects on the relationships between expressive architectural design and religious philosophies and liturgies in a survey of a variety of structures that have been designed as houses of worship.

8361. Groups of People (22:25)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the interaction of people as a source of imagery for artists, showing how artists capture and preserve the varying moods of small and large groups of people.

8362. Dreams and Fantasy (22:08)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the imaginative ways in which art is used to depict the inner world of man, awake or asleep.

8363. Drawing with pencil (10:48)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Theodore Kautzky; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Summary:
Theodore Kautzky demonstrates techniques in drawing a scene with pencil. Emphasizes the following points: general design, thumbnail sketching, preparation of the pencil point, drawing sharp lines,...

8364. Turkey : emergence of a modern nation (17:11)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Reviews the Greek and Roman periods of influence, the Moslem invasion, the growth and development under Attaturk, and the present struggle toward progress. Shows the geographical and strategic impo...

8365. Tall Tales (09:41)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Presents ballad singers singing three authentic American folk songs: "Strawberry Roan," "Grey Goose," and "John Henry." The background for the singers is a farmhouse kitchenyard after the noonday m...

8366. Helen Keller in her story (48:34)

Date:
1953
Summary:
A biography of Helen Keller, tracing her life from birth until 76 years of age, showing in detail how this blind, deaf, and mute woman has overcome her handicaps. Consists of still photographs, ear...

8367. Boundary lines (11:11)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Phillip Stapp; Tony Kraler; Nathan Sobel
Summary:
By means of animated lines, figures, and scenes, film illustrates through everyday happenings how "a line may be many things" and "a line is only an idea." Makes a plea for tolerance and a breaking...

8368. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 1 (29:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Maestro Dohnanyi and his guests discuss his early days as a composer. He plays two of his own selections: “Intermezzo, Opus No. 2” and “F Minor Rhapsody.”

8369. Library 356 (1:02:21)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
WSJV News
Summary:
Raw and unedited segments from the WSJV News Library.

8370. Booze and yous (14:07)

Date:
1977
Summary:
Features a W.C. Fields type cartoon character who gives hints for responsible drinking, clears up common misconceptions and myths about drinking, and points out possible consequences of irresponsib...

8371. Marx Great Garloo Action Figure "Garloo" (01:01)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Marx
Summary:
An advertisement for Marx's Great Garloo remote control action figure in which the toy is depicted rampaging through a miniature cityscape. An offscreen narrator describes the features of the toy o...

8372. Christian Huyghens (1629 to 1695) (29:25)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Huyghens (HY-gunz) discovery that Saturn is surrounded by rings which look different on earth at different times led to considerable speculation as to the nature of the rings. Some scientists beli...

8373. 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...

8374. Adolescence and Alcohol (56:53)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Portrays the psychology at work in the use of alcohol by adolescents. A documentary approach is taken in presenting the origin, development, and results of an actual research project, "A Study of t...

8375. Ogi-no-Mato or The Fan Target (29:50)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is a tale of two famous Japanese clans who were bitter enemies. During the battle of Yashima in 1845, one clan was challenged to pierce a fan with a bow and arrow from a great distance. Artist...

8376. Library 366 (1:02:48)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
WSJV News
Summary:
Raw and unedited segments from the WSJV News Library.

8377. Dr. Thomas Parran : the past and the future (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Former US Surgeon General Dr. Thomas Parran discusses his history as a medical doctor working for the United States department of health. Included are stories on his family background, experiences ...

8378. Addiction among teenagers (29:28)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the conditions and effects of drug addiction among young people. Reveals how an individual may be enticed to use narcotics. Outlines some of the causes of addiction and considers the po...

8379. Our enemy-- the Japanese (20:53)

Alternative title:
Enemy Japan
Date:
1943
Main contributors:
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Summary:
"Stridently anti-Japanese film that attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy so that the U.S. may more readily defeat its enemy. Depicts the Japanese as "primitive, murde...

8380. Child Labor Amendments (07:16)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
The condition of America's working children and the issues involved in the fight over the Child Labor Amenments.

8382. To Buy or Not to Buy (Buyers and Market Demand) (22:35)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 of Trade-offs, a series in economic education for nine to thirteen year-olds that consists of fifteen 20-minute television/film programs and related materials. Using dramatizations and s...

8384. Operating the 'Jeep' audio visual unit (14:47)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Film features the Jeep audio visual unit, a vehicle equipped to provide complete sound and picture projection, regardless of road conditions or weather. Follows the vehicle as it used in an educati...

8385. Lib #126 (1:02:36)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
WSJV News
Summary:
Raw and unedited segments from the WSJV News Library.

8386. Supervising women workers (11:19)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A line supervisor discusses with a foreman his problem in supervising the women in his department. The fact is brought out that the same rules apply in supervising both men and women, but that wome...

8387. Waves across the Pacific (31:37)

Date:
1966
Summary:
A film record of the expedition led by Dr. Walter Munk of the Scripps Oceanographic Institute which tracked a family of ocean waves from their birth in the turbulent waters of the Antarctic to thei...

8388. The crippled child (29:18)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the special problems confronting the child with physical handicaps. Points out the importance of early diagnosis, counseling, and special services. Explains the difficulties in solving th...

8389. More than a place to live (20:01)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Alfred R. Edyvean, Jr.
Summary:
A film describing sorority life at IU, the benefits of joining a sorority, their traditions, and the function of IU's Panhellenic Association. Shows how sorority life offers potential for personal ...

8390. The difference between knowledge and opinion (30:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the psychological difference between knowledge and opinion, and describes the skeptic point of view. Compares knowledge and opinion in relation to truth, and states that most of the thin...

8391. Charles Malik : part 4 (29:44)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Charles Malik, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations and ambassador from Lebanon discusses criticism and truth in world diplomacy. He is joined by Dr. Richard Cottam, Department o...

8392. 49-er gold mining (14:54)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The excitement of the Gold Rush is in this show; the feverish travel across the country to find treasure, and the life of the prospectors. Bash shows the methods of mining with rocker and with gold...

8393. Wilderness day (27:14)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
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Summary:
An account of a canoe trip in the Quetico-Superior wilderness area of Northern Minnesota and Canada. Emphasizes the importance of keeping wilderness areas green, beautiful, and intact. Includes vie...

8394. Americans All (16:39)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows how Springfield, Massachusetts, offers an inspiring plan to other communities for combating racial and religious intolerance, and shows how any school and any town can deal with the causes of...

8395. Airways of the Future (12:20)

Date:
1946
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the actual training and activities of Air Transport Command personnel with routines of briefing, radio communications, and other precautionary measures during World War II.

8396. Clever Elsie (15:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Clever Elsie really isn't very clever at all. Marionettes tell the story of Clever Elsie who sweeps with the broom upside down to keep from wearing out the straw. One day, Clever Elsie goes to the ...

8397. Tyrone Guthrie (29:07)

Date:
1967
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A filmed presentation of the many facets of theatrical director Tyrone Guthrie, his ideas, and his methods of working. Guthrie is seen at his home in Ireland, conducting a rehearsal in New York, an...

8398. Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany (18:17)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Reviews the rise of Hitler to power, his broken promises, the invasion of Germany's neighbors, Germany's eventual defeat, and the Allied occupation of Germany, with its many problems which are aggr...

8399. Democracy's diary (16:11)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
Jay Bonafield; Larry O'Reilly; Phil Reisman, Jr.
Summary:
Shows the organization of the The New York Times and the vast interrelationship of the numerous departments. Then illustrates the methods for giving up-to-the-minute news, and stresses the need fo...

8400. It's wonderful being a girl (20:06)

Date:
1966
Summary:
This older film is directed to young girls. Using diagrams, it helps them learn about menstruation and gives them a healthy understanding of the physical and emotional changes that occur in growing...