13901. 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 ...

13902. 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...

13903. Art : what is it? why is it? (29:28)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Discusses man's relationship to art and describes how art has helped us better understand life. Introduces prehistoric art; contrasts the cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome as expressed in their a...

13904. Asi viven los huerfanos (09:26)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Film depicts life at an orphanage for boys in Mexico - their chores (husking corn, milking cows) their pets, their daily routine, their games. Sentences of the Spanish narration are nearly all decl...

13905. Athens : the golden age (30:30)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Arda Mandikian; Charles Kahn; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Summary:
Outlines the major aspects of Athenian life which contributed to the "Golden Age." Describes these aspects as the energy and intelligence of the people; the outstanding leadership and popular gover...

13906. Atomic furnaces (29:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Describes the operation, principles, and scientific use of reactors. Shows types of research reactors make possible. Describes the Gamma Ray Spectrometer, the Neutron Chopper, and the new Janus rea...

13907. Autolite "Close-Up" (01:02)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Autolite
Summary:
A group sings a jingle explaining the benefits of Autolite Sparkplugs. Different illustrations and animations provide visual representation of the jingle lyrics.

13908. Avon Fragrance Line "Somewhere" (01:04)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Avon
Summary:
An advertisement for Avon's Somewhere fragrance in which a female narrator, accompanied by music, describes the product as it is displayed by a woman in a cloud setting. The advertisement ends with...

13909. Baker's Angel-Flake Coconut [no title] (01:00)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Baker's
Summary:
A coconut is cracked open with a machete. The narrator states that the only way to get fresher coconut flakes. Then the film shows coconut flakes being used on a variety of desserts.

13910. Baker's Fine-Grated Coconut [no title] (01:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Baker's
Summary:
Shows a woman grating a coconut by hand as the narrator states, "that's just about the only way you can by grated coconut fresher than Baker's Fine Grated Coconut." The narrator encourages the audi...

13911. Ballantine "A Day Begins" (01:00)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Ballantine
Summary:
An advertisement for Ballantine Beer in which a male narrator, accompanied by music, speaks about the product. Ballantine beer is poured into glasses in front of images of waving fields of grain. A...

13912. Ballantine "Crawl" (01:05)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Ballantine
Summary:
An advertisement for Ballantine Beer in which a male narrator speak about the product, accompanied by music. Farm equipment is shown harvesting in fields of grain as farm workers tend the fields. B...

13913. Ballantine "Fishing" (00:22)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Ballantine
Summary:
An advertisement for Ballantine Beer in which a jingle is sung while a man and woman are out fishing.

13914. Ballantine "Little Man--No Beer" (01:05)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Ballantine
Summary:
An advertisement for Ballantine Beer in which an animated family man returns into the house after working outdoors. He sing a little bit as he searches for a Ballantine been in the refrigerator. He...

13915. Ballantine "Mitch Miller--Square Dance" (01:04)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Ballantine
Summary:
An advertisement for Ballantine Beer in which a male narrator invites viewers to a "golden harvest ball, western style." Country music plays as people square dance to a jingle about Ballantine Beer.

13916. Ballantine Ale "Eugene Burdick-Rev." (01:02)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Ballantine
Summary:
An advertisement for Ballantine Beer in which a male voice sings a jingle asking, "Who is the Ale Man?" A man is pictured underwater diving and then shown sitting at his desk pouring a Ballantine B...

13917. Betsy McCall [unknown title] (01:03)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
American Toys
Summary:
An advertisement for Betsy McCall dolls in which a jingle plays as images of the doll in various settings frame the outline of a dancing woman. A teenage girl addresses the camera about the many fa...

13918. Billy the Bounce [unknown title] (01:00)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
American Transistor Toy Corporation
Summary:
An advertisement for Billy the Bounce toys in which an offscreen narrator enthusiastically describes the uses for the product over sped-up footage of two kids bouncing, playing, swimming, and balan...

13920. Black Label "Baseball" (01:02)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Black Label
Summary:
An advertisement for Carling's Black Label Lager Beer in which male voices sing a jingle, accompanied by music, while a group of men watch baseball and cheer their team, often whistling and saying ...