14001. The diversity of plants, no. 4 : the lower fungi (25:52)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Describes the classification of the true fungi. Illustrates examples and characteristics of the phycomycetes and illustrates their life cycle. Discusses the slime molds. Shows several methods of co...

14002. The dynamics of leadership. [Anatomy of a group] (29:09)

Alternative title:
Anatomy of a group; Dynamics of leadership
Date:
1961
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Summary:
Illustrates the structure of a group, the goals to be achieved during meetings, participation patterns, the quality of communication, group standards, and group procedures. Discusses the difference...

14003. The dynamics of leadership. Individual motivation and behavior (29:03)

Alternative title:
Individual motivation and beh...; Behavior in groups; Dynamics of leadership
Date:
1961
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Summary:
Professor Knowles deals with individual motivation and behavior in groups, explaining why people join groups and why some members block or dominate group action. Presents a demonstration and discus...

14004. The dynamics of leadership. Roadblocks to communication (29:03)

Alternative title:
Roadblocks to communication; Dynamics of leadership
Date:
1961
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Summary:
Professor Knowles examines reasons for poor communication in group discussions and lecture presentations, and explains the functions of a watchdog panel, a reaction panel, and an audience panel. Di...

14005. The Earth in change : the Earth's crust (16:01)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Donald. A. Boyer, Ph.D. Science Consultant, Winnetka, Illinois, Public Schools; Laurence H. Nobels, Ph.D. Professor of Geology, Northwestern University
Summary:
Portrays the many ways in which our planet is constantly undergoing changes. Shows how ice, wind, and water act to wear away the earth's surface. Illustrates its build-up by volcanic action, earthq...

14006. The first priority (29:24)

Date:
1961
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Summary:
Explains the global food problem and the work of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's Freedom from Hunger Campaign to build long-term food production capacity through science and ...

14007. The four religions (59:02)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents Arnold Toynbee, an historian, and James Beveridge, the film producer, discussing the common bonds of the four major faiths: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. Toynbee and Presents...

14008. The Good Years (1:30:34)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Lucille Ball; Henry Fonda; Mort Sahl
Summary:
The Good Years is based on the book written by Walter Lord which is about the time period from 1900 to the first World War. The show stars Lucile Ball, Henry Fonda, Mort Sahl and provides a histori...

14009. The great design (29:46)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Covers the period between Lenin's seizure of power and his death in 1924. Analyzes Lenin's peace treaty with Germany. Describes the reasons for the opposition to it which brought Russia to the ver...

14010. The Khrushchev era (29:04)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the Khrushchev era and interprets the policies of his regime. Provides details of Khrushchev's ascension to power and describes the differences between him and Stalin. Features special gu...

14011. The Language of the Camera Eye (30:29)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Depicts Ansel Adams and Beaumont Newhall, director of Eastman House in Rochester, New York, as they analyze the photographs of such distinguished artists as Edward Weston, Cartier-Bresson, Edward S...

14012. The movies (28:55)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Examines the movies of the twentieth century for clues to the changes and constancies in American taste. Indicates that by the 20s the sentimental melodrama had given way to a new wave of frenetic ...

14013. The myth exploded (29:59)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Features significant excerpts from the preceding 12 programs and lists the many myths of communism. These include (1) freedom for the working man, (2) communism as a genuine expression of the desi...

14014. The organization of language (33:48)

Date:
1961
Summary:
The third film in a five-film series, this film illustrates how pre-school children use the forms and arrangements of the words of their language to convey meaning. This is the grammar of the lang...

14015. The overthrow of social democracy (30:04)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Immediately after the overthrow of the Czar in 1917 the Kerensky government was formed, the short-lived and only democratic national government Russia has ever known. Dr. Sworakowski provides a det...

14016. 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...

14017. The return of Prometheus (29:38)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the question, "Is science good or bad for man?" Presents a banquet in honor of a famed scientist at which his lifelong friend delivers an accolage to science in general and a tribute to t...

14018. The Riddle of the City (29:35)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Cities are growing at an explosive rate; more and more people come to cities to liv, to work, to raise their families where there are the greatest number of opportunities for jobs, education, and r...

14019. The seven wives of Bahram Gur (38:45)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Illustrates several sequences from the life of the legendary Persian hero Bahram Gur using for illustrations Persian miniatures from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New Yor...

14020. The Truman years (20:27)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians release which utilizes newsreel footage to present an overview of the administrations of President Harry S. Truman. Opens with scenes of the conclusion of World War II. Rel...