16001. How Britain Votes (18:21)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Shows the British system of conducting an election. Explains some of the laws governing elections, and pictures the many activities of a campaign. Shows voting day and the counting and announcing ...

16003. How the ear functions (12:26)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Diagrams and photographs show the external, middle, and inner ear and their component parts. Illustrates the auditory canal, ear drum, malleus, labyrinth, stapes, semicircular canals, vestibule, c...

16004. The Republic of Peru (10:46)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses Peru's geography, mentioning some of the chief products. Then gives a brief review of its history, from pre-Incan times to its independence. Shows Peru's seaports, the Pan American Highw...

16006. Home cookery of fish (11:31)

Date:
1946
Summary:
With close-up photography of cod fillet, habibut steak, and whole dressed white fish, demonstrates three basic methods for cooking fish at home, boiling, and baking. Illustrates the use of garnishe...

16007. The woodwind choir (11:26)

Date:
1938
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Reveals the appearance, tonal qualities, and functions of various instruments of the woodwind choir--piccolos, flutes, clarinets, oboes, English horns, bassoons, and contrabassoons. Uses close-up p...

16008. The Pioneer Blacksmith (36:40)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows the pioneer blacksmith at work using the tools, materials, and techniques of his trade. Explains the importance of the blacksmith shop in filling the pioneers' needs for the manufacture and ...

16009. The house fly (16:31)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Describes the houselfy as a carrier of germs and diseases. Shows the structure of the housefly through microscopic photography and animation. Depicts the life cycle of the fly and its breeding plac...

16010. Into the blue (10:39)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Catling, Darrel, 1909-1991
Summary:
Shows how young airmen are trained by the R.A.F. Not only is the standard training such as solo flying shown, but also learning Morse code, navigation lectures, and special bombardier and fighter p...

16011. The medical witness (35:04)

Date:
1956
Summary:
This film, in vivid, dramatic scenes, shows the examples of two physicians, the right way and the wrong way, to offer medical testimony on which the plaintiff's suit depends.

16012. India: The Land and the People (10:52)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Surveys the geography and people of India. Includes the topography; the effects of the monsoon winds and the other climatic factors; India's ancient cultural heritage; the village life and primitiv...

16013. Pig Projects Make Profits (13:26)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Duroc Record Association; Frank Oberkoetter Studios
Summary:
Addressed to members of 4-H or FFA clubs interested in learning to raise pigs, stating "thousands of boys and girls choose swine for their livestock project work." Provides instruction and guidance...

16014. Play is our business (19:26)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Contrasts the crowded play conditions in most cities with those of rural areas, and discusses what the Play Schools Association is doing to remedy the urban problem. Shows typical Play School setti...

16015. Design of American public education (14:58)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
United Productions of America; Howard T. Batchelder
Summary:
Through animation, the film compares and contrasts the "assembly line" kind of educational process with one that is tailored to meet young people's needs. Shows how in the former little or no cons...

16016. Defense of the Western hemisphere (16:56)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Traces the development of the Good Neighbor Policy, the Rio Treaty against aggression, and the Organization of American States set up at Bogota. Describes the importance to the Western Hemisphere o...

16019. The story with two endings (09:09)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Discusses the possible inflation and unemployment to come after World War II as happened after World War I. Emphasizes rationing and thrift as weapons to combat inflation before it occurs.

16020. Digestion, part 1 [mechanical] (17:48)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Winifred Cullis; Gaumont-British Instructional Ltd.; Beryl Denman Lacey
Summary:
Uses animation to show the mechanical and muscular processes involved in the digestion of food. Includes the absorption of digested food, water, and salts into the blood and the function of the liver.

16021. The Earth : our planet (19:57)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Describes the formation of our solar system according to the cosmic theory of creation, and explains the changes on the surfaces of the earth and the moon in terms of volcanic action. Illustrates t...

16022. Tariffs (29:43)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Seeks a point of view on the United States tariff policy through interviews with a subject expert and three opinion representatives. Explains popular misconceptions of the tariff problem and fundam...

16023. The Chicago Historical Society (10:03)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows scenes in the Chicago Historical Society Museum which help give an understanding of the past by exhibiting possessions which touched the lives of some of those who have shaped United States h...

16024. Victory bond song (02:29)

Date:
1941
Summary:
The establishment of the payroll savings plan in a large industrial plant, and motivation of the purchase of bonds and stamps by visualizing the things we are fighting to maintain.

16026. University air cadet (17:41)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Depicts the nature of the training program of the Air Force ROTC for the university undergraduate student. Shows scenes of classroom instruction, drill training, extracurricular activities, experi...

16027. Lorna Doone "Fly to the Moon" (01:01)

Date:
1960 to 1961
Main contributors:
Lorna Doone
Summary:
An advertisement for Nabisco Lorna Doone packaged cookies in which an animated pirate and his parrot fly to the moon on the back of a fish where they eat the product together. Submitted for Clio Aw...

16028. Somewhere in India (13:52)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Indian Government in a cooperative project to control malaria in the Terai district of India. Foreign specialists work with Indian teams making...

16029. The solar family (11:04)

Date:
1936
Summary:
Presents an introductory study of the planets--their evolution, motions, sizes, and satellites. Shows, through animated drawings, the evolution of the solar system according to planetesimal hypothe...

16030. Lessons in Living (21:39)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Brandon Films, Inc
Summary:
Shows the community of Lantzville, British Columbia, a cross-section of nationalities and industrial groups, with a drab and neglected school. The interest of a school inspector inspires a complete...

16031. Farm petroleum safety (26:18)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Demonstrates safe handling and storage of petroleum products on the farm and ranch; emphasizes danger of using kerosene, gasoline, cleaning fluids and other everyday items improperly.

16032. In The Wake Of The Armies... (16:31)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Briefly explains the purpose of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and shows President Roosevelt signing the agreement that led to its formation. Through scenes of ...

16033. Building birdhouses (05:48)

Date:
1952
Summary:
Shows, through the interest of a boy and girl in birdhouses, the construction of different types of houses for different birds. Tells what materials to choose and how they can be used most effecti...

16034. Arteries of life (09:52)

Date:
1948
Summary:
The third in the "Living Earth" series. Shows the interrelationship of water and forests in supplying life-giving moisture to topsoil. Pictures what happens when forests are destroyed and water i...

16035. Wings to the Bahamas (19:02)

Date:
1961
Summary:
This Pan Am travelogue about the Bahamas shows everything the breathtaking islands have to offer, including swimming, boating, shopping, and culture. Every visit offers a different variety of activ...

16036. Tippecanoe and Tyler too (12:51)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Presents profiles of President William Henry Harrison and John Tyler with emphasis upon the presidential campaign of 1840. Uses maps, period illustrations, and photographs to highlight their childh...

16037. Actua tilt (11:22)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Portrays man's callousness towards war and violence by viewing unemotional and noncommunicative men who press triggers on pinball machines in a Parisian bistro and cause real battleships to sink, a...

16038. The mental hospital volunteer : someone who cares (28:24)

Alternative title:
Someone who cares
Date:
1955
Summary:
Depicts the role and influence of the mental hospital volunteer in the lives of hospitalized mental patients. Alludes to the scope of the problem of mental illness, and describes some of the undes...

16039. The Rocky Mountain area : backbone of the nation (15:15)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Examines the importance of the Rocky Mountains to the development of the Western States. Shows the dependence of agriculture and industry upon the water resources from the mountains. Discusses the ...

16040. Nuclear Radiation in Earth Studies (15:19)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Depicts the use of instruments employing radiation detectors in modern prospecting and through the use of animation, the underlying principles of radiation theory. Outlines atomic theory, defines r...

16041. The inner city dweller : health care (22:43)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Records the red tape, long periods of waiting, and dehumanizing procedures a young mother from an inner city must contend with to receive routine medical treatment for her child through welfare. S...

16042. Skip to my lou (05:29)

Date:
1951
Summary:
A group of fifth-grade children demonstrates the singing game "Skip to My Lou." After the introduction, the words are shown by animation. The boys and girls then demonstrate the action of the game ...

16043. 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 ...

16044. I.U. Goes to War (20:19)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[film] Filmed principally on the campus of Indiana University, this film depicts the activities of various organizations and classes as they contribute to the war effort. Shows President Wells meet...

16045. Day of the killer tornadoes (15:35)

Date:
1978
Summary:
Documents the series of 147 tornadoes which struck the South and Midwest sections of the United States in April 1974. Includes extensive footage of the tornadoes in Xenia and Cincinnati, Ohio and i...

16046. Meiosis (12:01)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Uses animation to show the mechanism of meiosis, the chromosome halving cell division preceding the formation of sperm and egg cells and forming the basis of genetics.

16047. The glass wall (30:53)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dramatizes episodes in the lives of four people to show that they need help with a hearing problem. Urges those with a hearing loss to seek professional help and reviews the agencies of the commun...

16048. Tuberculosis (third edition) (10:34)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses causes of the spread of tuberculosis in the United States and stresses the need for community action in combatting the disease. Dramatizes the case history of a young woman patient, showi...

16049. 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...

16050. Development of Inherited Pattern, 3--Organ Formation (29:52)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Dr. Ray Koppelman, University of Chicago; American Institute of Biological Sciences
Summary:
The transmission of patterns –Mendelian inheritance, the chromosome theory, linkage and crossover; the gene; heredity and environment; development of the inherited patterns with emphasis on vertebr...

16051. Germfree animals in medical research (19:22)

Date:
1960
Summary:
**WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES OF LAB TEST ANIMALS** Illustrates the basic techniques of obtaining germfree environment, germfree animals, and methods of germfree miantenance. Demonstrates the...

16052. Three deep (07:01)

Date:
1951
Summary:
A group of fourth-grade children play Three Deep under their teacher's supervision. They demonstrate forming a double circle, running and chasing, and two variations of the original game.

16053. Essentials of good speech : loudness, 2 (13:11)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents a lesson at the "Imitation Stage" on loudness. Demonstrates how to help a pupil correctly imitate loud and soft vowels through the process of shaping only one ingredient at a time.

16054. The Stanford-Binet test (20:18)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Explains and illustrates the use of the Stanford-Binet test in the context of a school guidance program; indicates its accuracy of measurement; and how the results may be properly used. Gives the a...

16055. Ratio and proportion (13:20)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Uses such situations as computing a baseball player's batting average and adapting a recipe to illustrate the principles and uses of ratio and proportion. Explains the terms used, the difference b...

16058. Rivers of the Pacific Slope (11:07)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Compares the Columbia, Colorado, and Sacramento-San Joaquin river systems to show what man has done to utilize each to his advantage. Illustrates the adaptation of the rivers to diverse uses--as av...

16059. RAF and 8th Air Force report from Britain (06:59)

Date:
1944
Summary:
"Includes a report from Britain showing the RAF and the 8th Air Force on a hedgehopping bomber flight over France and Germany, and the 5th Air Force report from New Guinea." ("News and Notes," Educ...

16060. Target invisible (08:32)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990
Summary:
Illustrates the use of radar on a bombing mission over Japan, and explains the work of the radar operator in the bomber's crew.

16061. Venture adventure (07:43)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Hasse, Charles, 1904-2002
Summary:
Short film on the Air Training Corps of the British Royal Air Force, showing recruiting, enlistment and training.

16062. View of the Soviet world. (11:59)

Alternative title:
Report from Moscow
Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987
Summary:
Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and reporter, interviewed before leaving Moscow, briefly tells of the civilian defense work he witnessed. Scenes showing how the Russians are carrying out their ...

16063. Time of the horn (06:04)

Date:
1964
Summary:
A small boy retrieves a discarded trumpet and loses himself in a jazz fantasy of his own imagining. Musical background is a Duke Ellington composition interpreted by Jonah Jones. No narrative is used.

16064. Peace comes to America (10:46)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Summary:
Asserts that although World War II is over, Americans still have responsibility for their government and veterans of the war. Features appearances by President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Tre...

16065. Fetal Pig Anatomy (17:46)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Features the internal anatomy of fresh fetal pig specimens by systems, to illustrate techniques of dissection for studying the anatomy of a mammal. Shows fetal pigs within a uteru...

16066. Belo Horizonte (18:13)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Relates the story of Brazil's "planned city with a plan." Explains the unique way in which Belo-Horizonte, city of more than 200,000 inhabitants, was completely planned less than fifty years ago be...

16067. Learning from class discussion (10:24)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Analyzes the elements of a good discussion; stresses the value of properly phrased questions that stimulate thought and lead to new avenues of discussion within the major question; and shows how di...

16068. The nation's resources (29:06)

Alternative title:
American business system
Date:
1963
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Explains the role of the nation's productive resources, including land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial or managerial talent, in the production of goods and services. Uses examples from South C...

16070. 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...

16071. Plants Obtain Food (48:03)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Asks questions about food sources for plants, and uses coleus to illustrate foodmaking in green plants. Uses cinephotomicrography and animation to show the process of photosynthesis. The phenomen...

16073. The bright young newcomer (06:58)

Date:
1958
Summary:
An in-service business management film demonstrating the problems which develop when a supervisor fails to properly channel the initiative of a new worker thus creating resistance to new ideas.

16074. Major area of speech : consonant : SH 9 (08:53)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents the teacher collecting evidence of correct automatic production of all five nuclei words in general speech situations. Transfers skills learned on Face A to all words containing "SH" at F...

16075. Grassy shires (15:55)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Pictures farming in Leicestershire, England, and show the changes the war made in agriculture. Used only for cattle pasturage before, now the region produces as many cattle as before, plus a culti...

16076. Essentials of good speech : pitch 2 (12:00)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents a second lesson on pitch at the "Presentation Stage." Introduces hand signals used in association with extremes of pitch to help the pupil imitate extremes; these signals will be used late...

16077. Exploring your growth (11:19)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Uses simple animation and photomicrography to explore the process that makes a person grow, explaining how food is digested in the mouth, stomach, intestine ; how the digested food is carried by th...

16078. Importance of goals (17:32)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Designed to be used with an educational psychology text. Shows, through the story of Tommy, the importance of goals in learning. His natural curiosity thwarted in school, he seems bored. By contr...

16079. Ionization and ionic equilibrium (16:09)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Uses animation and laboratory demonstrations to explain the formation of ions in ionization and the effects ions produce. Presents hydrochloric acid as a typical electrolyte that ionizes in water p...

16080. Development of our decimal numeration system (27:26)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Joseph Moray; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; John M. Davidson
Summary:
Delineates interesting facets of the development of our decimal system. Compares the additive, subtractive, multiplicative, and positional notation aspects of the Chinese, Babylonian, Egyptian, and...

16081. They Do Come Back (16:38)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Tells the dramatic story of two young people whose lives are interrupted and threatened by tuberculosis. Shows modern tuberculosis case-finding, diagnosis, hospitalization, and rehabilitation afte...

16082. Hamburg, die hansestadt (09:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
A map is used to locate Hamburg, Germany. Then tours the harbor section of the city and the business and shopping districts. Visits a typical middle-income home during a family gathering, the inner...

16083. 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...

16084. Family of free China (22:11)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Describes through the narration of Wang Shen, a teen-age boy of the village of Pingtung, Taiwan, his home life, educational system, improved farming techniques, village commerce and industries and ...

16085. Your children's play (20:26)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Shows, through the play activities of children of different age levels, how they learn and gain physical growth. Presents the infant as needing few toys, the small child as wanting to help at home...

16087. Arctic borderlands in winter (10:58)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Shows the adaptation of animal and plant life to the rigors of winter around Hudson Bay, where evergreen forests give way to treeless tundra. Includes Indians, their sled dogs, their homes, birds, ...

16088. New England Sea Community (1:32:42)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Depicts the daily life in a seacoast town in 1845 as it is seen by Chris, a boy of thirteen, who is completing school and must choose his future occupation. Pictures the work of the town tradesmen-...

16089. Japs bomb U.S.A.! (10:23)

Date:
1942
Summary:
"Newsreel pictures of the attack of Dec. 7, 1941, on Pearl Harbor. Closes with America's ringing answer to the enemy challenge." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, Fe...

16091. The lower depths (20:53)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents two excerpts from Maxim Gorki's play The Lower Depths, as played by the Moscow Art Theater. One scene shows a group of social outcasts telling stories of former wealth and grandeur and an...

16092. Whales and whalermen (21:54)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Depicts a whale hunt in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa. Shows life on board the whaler and events preparatory to the finding and killing of these mammals. Explains that whaling is a...

16093. The drawings and the shop (14:58)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Pathescope; Charles J. Vierck; Charles D. Cooper
Summary:
Designed to be used with an engineering drawing text. Describes the relationship between the making of a drawing and various production operations in shop and factory. Then shows representative op...

16094. To hear your banjo play (16:26)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Pictures American folk singers in various parts of the country and discusses briefly the development of folk music here. Peter Seeger is shown singing and playing his banjo in a city setting, and t...

16095. Children Who Draw Pictures (37:48)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Through free expression art activities, a teacher shows how children think, feel, and develop in a year at a Japanese school. Selects pupils from a first-grade class and traces their personality gr...

16096. Hopi horizons (20:42)

Date:
1946
Main contributors:
Mary L. De Give; Margaret Cussler; Social Documentary Films
Summary:
Shows the Hopi Indian as a farmer, herder, craftsman, and trader. Pictures how difficult it is for him to live on the desert, especially with some of the government controls. Gives the Indian a ch...

16097. Distributive education (16:00)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Portrays the nature and the role of the Distributive Education Program in the state of Virginia in preparing students for possible future jobs. Shows ow personality traits of an individual provide ...

16098. Getting ready physically (10:50)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Fifth in the "Are You Ready for Service?" series. Illustrates the great demands on physical strength and endurance in the service, and recommends that young men in high school consider how much tim...

16099. Welcome soldier! (14:35)

Alternative title:
Getting the most out of a film
Date:
1944
Main contributors:
McInnes, Graham, 1912-1970
Summary:
Presents two films. Welcome soldier! outlines the various government plans created to help Canadian World War II veterans return to civilian life in the workplace and at home. In the companion film...

16100. Congressional hearings : the drug debate (31:52)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
This film shows excerpts from the three-day subcommittee hearings on patent medicine, antitrust, and prescription drug laws. The bill before Congress, number S-1552, Drug Industry Antitrust Act, is...