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15263. Radio Broadcasting Today (19:03)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Examines the role of radio as a means of mass communication from its inception up to, and including, 1950. Includes many of the radio personalities of the late 1940s such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Fibber Magee and Molly, Edgar Bergen, Fred Allen, and Walter Winchell, and also contains film clips of game shows and soap operas being broadcast. Explores the role of advertising in the radio industry and looks at the responsibility sponsors have in developing good programming for their audiences.

15264. Reflections no. 11 (06:48)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Patterns of light reflected from variColored plastics dance and flicker, giving the impression of an abstract ballet. There is instrumental and vocal accompaniment. Made by Jim Davis, an American artist in plastics.

15265. Renaissance architecture (14:52)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Portrays the development of architectural form and line as illustrated in the Renaissance castles of the Loire Valley.

15266. Rhythm and percussion (11:24)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Eugene Kash, Gudrun Parker, Denis Gillson, Joseph Champagne, Eldon Rathburn, Thomas Daly, Guy Glover, Peter Jones, Margaret Ellis, Ottawa Children's Concert Committee, Separate School Board of Ottawa, Ottawa Public School Board, National Film Board of Canada
Summary:
Features Eugene Kash, Canadian violinist, conducting a children's concert and instructing the children about percussion instruments. Shows the children clapping in time to the rhythm and pictures a children's rhythm band composed of seven kinds of instruments. Demonstrates games that develop rhythm consciousness. Shows older children listening for percussion instruments as recorded music is played.

15267. Rome--city eternal (11:10)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
F. W. Keller, E. S. Keller, Jack Cardiff, Casper J. Kraemer
Summary:
A photographic survey of Rome: the Colosseum, St. Peter's Square, the art treasures of the Basilica of St. Peter, the fountains of the Villa d'Este and the Piazza Navona, the ruins of the Forum and Hadrian's villa, and views of the city as seen by the light of a traditional fireworks display. Historical Summary: Opens with aerial views of Rome's Colosseum, and then pictures the Apostle Paul's statue in St. Peter's Square and details of the Basilica of St. Peter. Shows details of the fountains of Rome, the ruins of the Forum, Hadrian's palace and large estate, and a brilliant fireworks display.

15268. Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) (15:19)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Uses regular photography and animation to present the physical characteristics, the people, and the natural resources of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Follows the activities of two men--John Bergesen, farmer and first officer of the freighter Arcturus, and Olaf Thorson, a typical industrial worker of Gothenburg, Sweden.

15269. Seashore life (11:10)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Studies inhabitants of the three kinds of seashores--the sandy beach, the rock pool, and the mud flat--beginning with the sea gull. Shows close-ups of sea weeds; then pictures in their natural habits the starfish, sea urchin, sea cucumber, butterfish, squid, razor clam, skate, and sea raven. Explains how they are adapted to their environment, and how they move, feed, and compete with other animals.

15270. Seed Dispersal (14:50)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Uses time-lapse photography to demonstrate the scattering of seeds by wind, water, humans, and animals.