13761. Sugar farm (15:19)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett discusses the history of sugar production. Early American methods of maple syrup making are described. The process of growing and refining sugar cane in Hawaii is summarized and s...

13762. Sunbeam Electric Appliances [unknown title] (01:03)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Sunbeam
Summary:
An advertisement for Sunbeam electric appliances in which a narrator describes several of the brand's products like kitchen appliances and heated blankets. Submitted for Clio Awards.

13763. Surface tension (29:23)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
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Summary:
In this episode, Eric Rogers demonstrates adhesion and cohesion, along with surface tension and the spheroidal state. A number of interesting demonstrations of change in surface tension are shown.

13766. Tanabata or the festival of the stars (29:40)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Each year on July 7, the seventh day of the seventh month – the festival of the stars is celebrated in Japan. Artist T. Mikami tells the history of this festival, which is based on the legend of Sh...

13767. Techniques of gravimetric analysis : part I (48:46)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Presents in detail step-by-step techniques used in gravimetric analysis and the preparation and use of both the Gooch crucible filter and regular filter paper in this type of chemical analysis. Par...

13768. Techniques of gravimetric analysis : part II (22:47)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the preparation of both the Gooch crucible filter and regular paper filters. Indicates the advantages and disadvantages of the Gooch crucible. Pictures its preparation, Gooch filtering techni...

13769. Television Directing Pt. 2 (1:02:27)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates both undesirable and desirable pre-camera or rehearsal procedures from the director's point of view. Traces the development of a program from its inception to camera time...

13770. Telling stories to children (27:49)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Presents the essentials of story telling techniques through observation of two experienced story tellers and the development of the skill in a young librarian. An observation of a skilled story pre...

13771. Texture and Color (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Miss Pearson explains texture and color in nature as in grass, rocks, sand, clouds, and water. Happy colors and sad colors can be used, she says, to create mood. She explains how to combine texture...

13772. The Adopted Child (29:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Maria Piers discusses how parents feel about the adopted child, how and when to tell a child he is adopted and does the adopted child have special problems.

13773. The American education system (28:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
“American education is easy, lazy, and noisy.” With this statement four panelists, from India, Greece, Union of South Africa, and England, begin their discussion of American education. What are th...

13774. The Baby's First Weeks (29:03)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Discusses the first weeks and months of a baby's life. Explains how the relationship of the parents to the infant affects his future development. Points out various pitfalls parents should be aware...

13775. The Broken Plain (29:29)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of John Deere's invention of the steel plough. Outlines the development of the plough in America and its significance to the growth of agriculture. Discusses the life of John Deere ...

13776. The buffalo (15:12)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the buffalo. Describes an Indian buffalo hunt. Discusses the buffalo's importance to the Indian and the settler. Explains how they provided food, clothing, and shelter.

13777. The Candlemaker (15:29)

Date:
1959
Summary:
After explaining the uses and preparations of candles in early times, Bash takes a film trip to a modern candle factory and compares techniques of the two ages. She sings “Dublin City” and “How Old...

13778. The case of the vanished toes... (29:51)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the Brookfield Zoo to solve the mystery of how a large group of animals lost their toes. Explains how hoofed animals developed from ancestors with toes. Uses film clips of the dik-dik, giant...

13779. The cerebral palsied child (1:00:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the special problems faced by the child with cerebral palsy and explains how physical disability, psychological problems, mental subnormality, and the great number of clinical types adds ...

13780. The community and the exceptional child (30:07)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this summary program, Dr. Cruickshank and Dr. Johnson review the aspects of exceptionality and emphasize that it is up to all of us as parents, neighbors and individual members of our total soci...