1301. Alcoa "Pilfer Proof Caps" (01:31)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Alcoa
Summary:
Wine bottles with Alcoa’s pilfer proof caps are open at a dinner, beach, train, and ski resort. A narrator explains how the caps keeps the beverages fresh for consumption.

1302. Alcoa "Schoolhouse" (01:21)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Alcoa
Summary:
An advertisement for Alcoa aluminum in which a narrator sells a book commissioned by the company called "Schoolhouse," describing how education administrators can use Alcoa products to build new sc...

1303. Alcoa "untitled" (01:00)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Alcoa
Summary:
The narrator explains to baby Mary Ann, how Alcoa aluminum caps are the best way to keep food fresh.

1304. Alcoa [unknown title] (00:13)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Alcoa
Summary:
An advertisement for Alcoa aluminum in which a jingle plays over a short animation. Submitted for Clio Awards category Short Spots.

1305. Alcoa [unknown title] (01:19)

Date:
1961
Summary:
A female narrator forecasts a bright future for aluminum as she lists recently developed products that contain aluminum. The commercial concludes with another narrator asking the viewers to choose ...

1306. Alcohol and Drugs (29:20)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains the effect of alcohol and drugs on the driver. Points out the necessity of severe punishment for the driver who drinks and what can be done to improve the situation. Discusses the social ...

1307. Alcohol and the human body (13:46)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Describes graphically the content of alcoholic beverages and defines fermentation and distillation. Then illustrates diagrammatically the effects of alcohol on the liver and brain. Dramatizes the ...

1308. Alcoholism (21:41)

Date:
1951
Summary:
The film portrays alcoholism as a mental health problem and as an illness that can respond to treatment. Demonstrates that the causes of this illness are imbedded personality difficulties often rel...

1311. Aldermen Strategy (09:06)

Date:
August 9, 2022
Main contributors:
Rena Enis; Joan Mown; Gregory Mown
Summary:
Community members discussed their participation in city politics, area level governance with alderman and police precinct captains, and the ways they experience the city working--and not working--f...

1313. Alexander Hamilton (18:00)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
John Allen Krout
Summary:
Presents Alexander Hamilton as a boy-businessman in the West Indies, a student at King's College, the author of the Federalist Papers, the first Secretary of the Treasury, a reformer of the nationa...

1315. Alexander's "Store" (00:38)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Alexander's
Summary:
A woman in a red coat sings about how welcoming Alexander's is and their's wide selection.

1318. Algae (17:14)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Depicts the five major groups of algae, showing growth, movement, reproduction, and nutritional patterns. Describes the tremendous size range of algae from the giant kelp to the minute forms found ...

1319. Algebra in everyday life (10:42)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Jim shows Grace how she can use algebra to find out the quantities of red and yellow paint she needs to make enough orange paint to complete some stage scenery. Demonstrates the algebraic steps of ...

1321. Alice Ginott Cohn Oral History Recordings (7:55:34)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Ginott, Alice
Summary:
In this oral history conducted by her granddaughter Allegra Kaough in 2006, Cohn talks about her life in general but also about her time at Indiana University. Cohn passed away in 2015. Alice dis...

1322. Alice in Numberland (14:22)

Date:
1962
Summary:
A fantasy which shows the housewife that the farmer, the processor, the transporter, and the retailer must know "how much" and "how many" before they can make foods and other products available to ...

1324. Alimentary Tract (10:46)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; A. J. Carlson; H. G. Swann
Summary:
Explains the actions of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and colon to move food and waste materials through the body. Reveals normal and stimulated stomach reactions such as hypermotility,...

1327. Alive With Arts (22:53)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Arts Alive. The program addresses the power and universal appeal of the arts, presenting four examples of students, who, through positi...

1328. Alka-Seltzer "Henry" (00:36)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Alka-Seltzer
Summary:
An advertisement for Alka-Seltzer in which a woman gives King Henry VIII the product to relieve an upset stomach following a wedding banquet. An offscreen male narrator describes the relieving prop...

1329. All About Understanding Taxes (07:42)

Date:
1993
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Information and promotional spots for Understanding Taxes, a program that uses dramatizations to highlight teenagers' firsthand experiences with the effects of taxation and to explain the reasons f...

1330. All By Myself (16:13)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Susie wants to bake a birthday cake for her four-week-old puppies all by herself. With her mother standing by as assistant chef,Susie measures, mixes, sifts, squeezes and s...

1331. All flesh is grass (29:38)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dr. Paul Saltman, University of Southern California, lecture discussing the molecular components of photosynthesis.

1332. All I Want for Christmas (05:46)

Date:
December 7, 2018
Main contributors:
Coffman, Andrew
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, Abbie and Emily try to figure out why so many students can't get enough of a 1994 holiday tune. Photo by Drew Coffman on Unsplash.

1333. All in a summer's day (15:10)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Rain does not always evaporate immediately after falling. Dora tells a story of some raindrops with the help of Mr. Robinson's illustrations of some raindrops who had a series of adventures on thei...

1334. 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.

1335. All the way home (30:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Examines the confused reaction in a community when a black family stops in front of a house with a "for sale" sign. Explores the contagion of unreason and the feelings of guilt which militate again...

1336. All's Wells that Ends Well (12:21)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Eleanor and Newell Long; Indiana University Foundation
Summary:
Recording of musical written by Professors Newell and Eleanor Long for the retirement of Indiana University President Herman B Wells. Performed by IU faculty and administrators. Recording published...

1337. All-Star Game 1954 (3:14:28)

Date:
July 13, 1954
Main contributors:
Dudley, Jimmy (James R.), 1909-1999; Rosen, Al; Ford, Whitey, 1928-
Summary:
1954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: American League - 11; National League - 9. Call by Jimmy Dudley for Mutual Network, radio. Played at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.

1342. Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlingetti (29:17)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Features Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlingetti, outspoken contemporary poets, and studies their poetic engagement and direct involvement with events in the contemporary world. Depicts the two poe...

1343. Allen Jeffries' Hall of Fame Video Bio (04:03)

Date:
2012
Main contributors:
Jeffries, Allen
Summary:
Video bio of Allen Jeffries, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2012. Producer/Narrator: Reid Duffy; Production: DreamVision Media; Allen Jeffries was a prominent news broadc...

1345. Allerest "Animals" (01:01)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Allerest
Summary:
An advertisement for Allerest allergy tablets and time capsules presented by a man. The scene depicts various things, animals, and animal products that make you sneeze; each encounter is punctuated...

1346. Allerest "Animals" (01:02)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Allerest
Summary:
A man sneezes when animals, dust, and ragweed are presented before him. A spokesman diagnoses the man with allergies and encourages the man and the audience to take Allerest to alleviate their alle...

1349. Allstate Home Insurance "Angleton, Texas" (02:06)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Allstate
Summary:
An advertisement for Allstate homeowners insurance in which a narrator stands among the wreckage of a Texas house destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961 and interviews the owner of the house, Ben Har...

1351. Aloha Hawaii (33:56)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 16 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg focuses on the geographical features and long cultural history of Hawaii. Discusses the migration of t...

1352. Alone in a Crowd (Loneliness) (20:51)

Date:
1996
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Program 7 of Looking From The Inside/Out series illustrates difficulties in making new friends and what it is like to be the "new kid." Shows how loneliness often leads to shutting yourself off fro...

1353. Alpine Cigarettes "Untitled" (01:04)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Alpine Cigarettes
Summary:
A man and a woman go for a car ride in the mountains before they pull off to the side to relax and smoke Alpine Cigarettes.

1354. Alpine Cigarettes [unknown title] (01:02)

Date:
1958 to 1965
Main contributors:
Alpine
Summary:
An advertisement for Alpine cigarettes in which a narrator describes a man named Joe who is watching cigarette commercials and has trouble deciding which product he likes, until he sees an Alpine c...

1356. Alternate Route (Thinking) (15:33)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 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...

1357. Alternative Food Media as Site of Radical Praxis (03:30)

Date:
April 14, 2023
Main contributors:
Mallika Khanna
Summary:
In 2012, before beginning an overhaul of its public communications service that produced LinkNYC, the City of New York relied on 13 telecom companies to provide service to its network of public pay...

1358. Alternative Public Schools (1:00:13)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
Strout, Ben (Director and Editor), Strout, Toby (Associate Producer and Assistant Editor) Arnove, Robert (Producer)
Summary:
Examines the emergence and operation of alternative public schools in six U.S. cities. Focuses on the magnet schools and their programs in Boston and Houston, the federally funded Experimental Sch...

1359. Alternative Public Schools (1:00:13)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
Strout, Ben (Director and Editor), Strout, Toby (Associate Producer and Assistant Editor) Arnove, Robert (Producer)
Summary:
Examines the emergence and operation of alternative public schools in six U.S. cities. Focuses on the magnet schools and their programs in Boston and Houston, the federally funded Experimental Sch...

1360. Alternative Schools (32:26)

Date:
May 16, 1974
Main contributors:
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012; Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
Summary:
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on alternative schooling for Black students. Fr. Hardin addresses the need for more Black students in graduate school, which can...

1361. Altgeld Residents and Alumni Story Circle (1:49:46)

Date:
August 9, 2022
Main contributors:
Rena Enis; Joan Mown; Gregory Mown
Summary:
This story circle was facilitated by Nia Cunningham. At the time of recording, Nia was an undergraduate and community garden member at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Farmer’s Apprentice w...

1362. Aluminum Ltd. "Food" (03:01)

Date:
1961
Summary:
A chef shows the audience that he is able keep his food fresh and preserved by using aluminum cans and packaging. The chef also mentions how aluminum is used in agricultural and transportation indu...

1363. Aluminum Ltd. "Transportation" (03:05)

Date:
1961
Summary:
A narrator talks about the vital role aluminum plays in the transportation industry. Footage of aluminum vehicles are shown. The narrator talks about how Aluminum Ltd. supplies the majority of the ...

1368. Alvin Brown (Boo) at Old Timers Picnic, Part 1 (08:56)

Date:
August 20, 2023
Main contributors:
Alvin Brown; Angela Tillges (facilitator)
Summary:
In this social story, recorded at the Old Timers' Picnic, Alvin Brown described his experience growing up on block 7. Alvin spent his adolescence playing sports, fishing and swimming, and otherwise...

1369. Alvin Brown (Boo) at Old Timers Picnic, Part 2 (01:56)

Date:
August 20, 2023
Main contributors:
Alvin Brown; Angela Tillges (facilitator)
Summary:
In this social story, recorded at the Old Timers' Picnic, Alvin Brown described his experience growing up on block 7. Alvin spent his adolescence playing sports, fishing and swimming, and otherwise...

1373. Am I Getting Through? (34:20)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 from the Agency for Instructional Television series In Other Words. In this television program focusing on communication skills, host Stephanie Edwards provides on-camera commentary for ...

1374. Ama-no-Iwato or the celestial cave (29:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is a legend about the sun goddess – on whom the world depends for light – who became angered and hid in a celestial cave and refused to shed her light on the world. A rooster’s crow, a fire an...

1375. Amana Electric Appliances [unknown title 1] (01:31)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Amana
Summary:
An advertisement for Amana Electric Appliances in which a narrator describes the brand's freezer and refrigerator manufacturing products. Submitted for Clio Awards.

1377. Amazing "Wolf Man" (00:59)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Amazing
Summary:
A werewolf flees from an angry village mob. The werewolf is able to escape by using Amazing razor lubricant to get a clean shave and disguises himself as a regular human.

1382. Ambush and Guilt (02:11)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Tim O'Brien tells the story of an ambush and his reflective question of guilt.

1383. AMC Pacer "Shell" (01:02)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
American Motors
Summary:
An advertisement for the AMC Pacer in which an offscreen male narrator describes how the vehicle is wide despite being small. The car's wideness is demonstrated when a full Chevy Nova is shown fitt...

1384. Amer. Machine & Foundry Co. "Hands" (02:02)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Pictures of human hands are shown as a narrator explains how fragile and worn out human hands can be. The commercial then transitions to footage of American Machine & Foundry's automatic machines a...

1385. Amer. Machine & Foundry Co. "Sounds of A.M.F." (02:01)

Date:
1961
Summary:
A boy wakes up to find a new jet bike waiting for him. He then goes to fly model airplanes with his dad. As the boy goes home, he notices water skiers, scuba divers, and bowlers. In each scene and ...

1386. America Goes Back To Europe (29:35)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Friction in the Old World led to war. The USA tried to maintain neutrality, but with each passing month the problems created became more and more thorny. Finally, the nation was drawn into the conf...

1387. America Looks Abroad: Brazil (29:01)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Discusses the political history of Brazil and her relations with the U.S. Considers Brazilian art, economic problems and potentialities, and the role of U.S. business in Brazil. A photo series pre...

1388. America's Energy Gamble with Shanti Gamper-Rabindran (30:45)

Date:
July 27, 2022
Main contributors:
Gamper-Rabindran, Shanti; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
We do have the technology," Shanti tells Jim in this interview. "What we need to do now is to put in place the policy to enable reaching these goals." Shanti Gamper-Rabindran is the author of Amer...

1390. America's world role (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Max Lerner and five Brandeis students consider the following: Who makes the decisions now in the United States? Is our foreign policy a rigid one? How can our foreign policy be changed so that we c...

1391. American Business "Tools & Profits" (02:08)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
American Business
Summary:
A narrator explains the values of having tools. He uses the example of how Henry VIII adopted the use of fork to show how tools improve life. The narrator concludes by telling the viewer that the g...

1392. American Cancer Society "PSA" (00:59)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
American Cancer Society
Summary:
A public service announcement for the American Cancer Society in which a doctor walks down a hospital corridor while addressing the camera about how money raised for cancer research is being spent....

1393. American Cancer Society [unknown title] (00:59)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
American Cancer Society
Summary:
A public service announcement from the American Cancer Society in which a man buying cigarettes from a vending machine is juxtaposed with shots of casino games, rolling dice, and a horse race. The ...

1394. American Cancer Society, New York Division "PSA" (00:59)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
American Cancer Society, New York Division
Summary:
A public service announcement from the American Cancer Society in which a woman takes a shower while an offscreen female narrator urges viewers to give themselves a monthly breast self-examination....

1400. American influence in my country (29:18)

Date:
1957
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
This series, aired from 1954 through 1958, is built around the annual New York Herald Tribune World Youth Forum, which hosts approximately thirty foreign high school students from around the world ...