15581. 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, ...

15582. 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...

15583. 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.

15584. Rhythm and percussion (11:24)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Eugene Kash; Gudrun Parker; Denis Gillson
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 ...

15585. Rome--city eternal (11:10)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
F. W. Keller; E. S. Keller; Jack Cardiff
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...

15586. 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 Berges...

15587. 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 hab...

15588. Seed Dispersal (14:50)

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

15589. Stacking and Firing (10:41)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] A skilled potter demonstrates the correct stacking of both green and glazed pottery in a small kiln as the narrator explains the factors involved. The potter then shows each step i...

15590. Taliesin-West (10:22)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Scenes of Frank Lloyd Wright's home near Phoenix, Ariz., illustrating his basic principle that buildings should blend with their natural surroundings. This home is built of boulders and redwood tru...

15591. Teeth Are to Keep (11:15)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows Roger Smith watching the day-to-day development of his baby brother's teeth. Roger then recognizes in the dentist his friend of yesterday who had presented him with a four-leaf clover. Show...

15592. Testing intelligence with the Stanford-Binet (18:12)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows excerpts from four tests: two six-year olds (I.Q.s 104 and 156) and two ten-year-olds (I.Q.s 100 and 80). Indicates techniques of rapport and standardized administration. Concepts and computa...

15593. The beaver (11:22)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows activities of the beaver in its natural environment. Illustrates ways in which the beaver's teeth, feet, and tail help him in swimming, eating, felling trees, and repairing a broken dam. Re...

15594. The Berlin Airlift (23:28)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1950 20th Century-Fox feature film, "The Big Lift". Incorporating newsreel and Air Force film footage, this film illustrates the resul...

15595. The Chicago Historical Society (10:03)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Shows scenes in the Chicago Historical Society Museum which help give an understanding of the past by exhibiting possessions which touched the lives of some of those who have shaped United States h...

15597. The Moor's pavane (15:59)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Jos Limon and his troupe perform a suite of dances based on Shakespeare's "Othello" with lines spoken by Bram Nossem. Using the structure of a court dance, this interpretation captures the tragedy ...

15598. The Pacific : discovery and development (11:29)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Portrays and explains, by means of animation, the role played by the Pacific Ocean in international affairs. Shows the growth of man's knowledge of the Pacific through the voyages of the early expl...

15599. The screen writer (20:15)

Date:
1950
Summary:
One in a series of twelve, one-reel films designed to present behind-the scenes activities of the motion picture industry. This film pictures a typical screen writer and analyzes his job. The task...

15600. The soundman (10:25)

Date:
1950
Summary:
One in a series of twelve, one-reel films designed to present behind-the scenes activities of the motion picture industry. This film traces the use of sound in motion pictures as it progressed from...