16103. The Pony Trail (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the Pony Express and its significance to the people living west of the Missouri River.

16105. The portrait of Charles Dickens (29:25)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Charles Dickens, using sketches pictures, lithographs, and etchings to illustrate times and places important to the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from David Copp...

16106. The portrait of George Gordon, Lord Byron (29:00)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Born into the British nobility in 1788, George Gordon, Lord Byron, managed to crowd into the thirty-six years of his life enough travels, adventures, and romances to make him the most famous, and n...

16107. The portrait of John Milton (29:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of John Milton, using drawings, etchings, lithographs and photographs to illustrate times and places important to the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from "L Allegro,...

16108. The portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne (29:30)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne, using etchings, photographs, paintings and lithographs to illustrate the places and events connected with the author. Interprets his writings with excerpts...

16109. The portrait of Oliver Goldsmith (32:00)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Oliver Goldsmith, using drawings, etchings, and lithographs to illustrate the events connected with the author. Interprets his writing with excepts from "The Deserted Village, ...

16110. The portrait of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (29:23)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, using etchings, drawings and lithographs to illustrate the events and places connected with the author. Interprets his writing with complete readings of...

16111. The portrait of Victor Hugo (29:24)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Victor Hugo, using drawings, etchings, and lithographs to illustrate the places and events connected with the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from Les Miserables, N...

16112. The Poster Contest (15:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Skip and Susie-Q make posters about health rules for a class project. When the teacher finds she likes them both so well, she decides they must both have a prize.

16116. The Power of Wonder with Lisa Sideris (24:05)

Date:
February 21, 2022
Main contributors:
Sideris, Lisa; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? In this epi...

16117. The Power Station and the Public (29:43)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the history and development of the first commercial atomic power station at Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Explains its inception, selection of the site, how it was built, and its contributi...

16118. The powers of government (27:18)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the powers a government should have and how they should be limited. Identifies two basic problems--the power of men in government and the power of the government itself. Quotes Thomas J...

16120. The presidency (10:31)

Date:
1949
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Traces the position of the Presidency from its constitutional beginnings to the present status of the office. Explains the effect of the development of the implied powers, and discusses the unique...

16121. The President (16:55)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Pendleton Herring; John T. Bobbitt
Summary:
Presents and dramatizes the major historical events which resulted in the emergence of the present power and influence of the Presidency. Shows the influence of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Ted...

16122. The price of freedom (14:52)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Keech, Kelvin, 1895-1977
Summary:
This film "outlines the role that industry is playing in our war effort. Production of munitions and the operation of the payroll withdrawal plan for War Bonds are among the subjects treated." (Fre...

16123. The price of victory (14:20)

Date:
1942
Summary:
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace narrates a patriotic, propaganda short designed to boost morale in the the early days of World War II. This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Document...

16124. The primary cell : electricity from chemical action (10:57)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.; Morris Meister
Summary:
Clarifies dry cell operation in terms of electron action. Animated drawings and regular photography develop the theme by demonstrating the ionization of an electrolyte, electron flow, action at the...

16125. The princess who could not cry (14:46)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The Princess is a loveable lion cub who laughs constantly. Her father, a lion with raised eyebrows, decrees that a reward will be given to the one who can make his daughter cry. Many try but finall...

16126. The prison population (29:41)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, an inmate describes fellow prisoners whom he has known and tells of the prisoners’ caste system, based on the inmates’ offenses. Criminologist Joseph D. Lohman discusses the prison...

16127. The problem of drag (29:40)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates the problem of drag created by friction and turbulence. Explains the need for a high ratio of lift to drag' to produce an aircraft with good performance characteristics. ...

16128. The Problem of Water (33:57)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg discusses the conditions in desert regions where little or no water is available, focusing on Californ...

16129. The professional criminal (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, host Lohman describes the professional criminal, a special type of inmate who is found at all levels of the penal system. The “Professional” is the product of a career in crime. Pa...

16130. The Promise of the City (29:55)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Two hundred years ago Samuel Johnson wrote: “When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” People move into cities because there they can find...

16131. The psychodynamic approach (29:05)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Summarizes early methods of treating the mentally ill, culminating in the discoveries of Freud in the field of psychology and psychiatry. Defines psychodynamic and organic analysis, psychologist an...

16133. The psychology of (climate) change (45:33)

Date:
May 8, 2020
Main contributors:
Lertzman, Renée; Attari, Shahzeen; Frank, Robert
Summary:
Listeners, we have a question. How are you feeling about climate change, about the environment? You can let us know by emailing us at itcpod@indiana.edu. In this episode, we examine just that—the ...

16134. The Psychology of Risk (1:19:39)

Date:
December 14, 2016
Main contributors:
Slovic, Paul
Summary:
Studies of risk perception examine the judgments people make when they are asked to characterize and evaluate hazardous activities and technologies. This research aims to aid risk analysis and poli...

16135. The puppeteer (15:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the puppeteer in early America. Explains how they travelled and worked. Relates how the Town Crier became the first advertiser of show business.

16136. The Puritans (15:13)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash begins with the story of the Puritans living in Holland, and their sorrow that their children are not growing up to speak English nor learning English customs. She tells of the elders’ trip to...

16141. The railroad builders (14:12)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Uses live-action photography, illustrations, and art work of the period to present an account of the building of the first transcontinental railroad and emphasizes the role of the railroad builders...

16142. The rainbow of stone (21:59)

Date:
1949
Summary:
An excerpt from the 1949 MGM documentary "A tale of the Navajos." "It is the story of two boys and of the legends and sacred chants that led them on a great quest through this land of turquoise sk...

16144. The Real Me (Peer pressure and support) (17:35)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 3 of Just For Me, a program designed to help teachers and parents aid children in dealing with the peer pressures of drugs and alcohol use.

16145. The Real Me (Peer Pressure and Support) [Spanish] (16:45)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 3 of Just For Me, a program designed to help teachers and parents aid children in dealing with the peer pressures of drugs and alcohol use.