15501. Journeys on wing : bird migration (29:25)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses how and why birds migrate. Shows ways in which the movements of birds is studied. Describes and illustrates the use of the mist net in capturing birds for banding. Outlines the results...

15502. The justice of law (29:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Defines "justice of law," and discusses the relation of natural to just and unjust law. Explains the equality of justice, and illustrates how man-made laws have been evolving toward natural laws. ...

15503. Many long years ago (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the odd-toed, hoofed mammals at the Brookfield Zoo. Explains how they have changed from their distant ancestors. Uses filmed sequences of the rhinoceros, zebras, tapirs, and horses.

15504. Subject Matter and Content in American Art Today (29:34)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Defines and discusses subject matter and content on art. Illustrates these concepts with pictures, prints, sketches, and selections from literature. Includes a brief discussion of art forms in whic...

15505. The crippled child (29:18)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the special problems confronting the child with physical handicaps. Points out the importance of early diagnosis, counseling, and special services. Explains the difficulties in solving th...

15506. Everett Ross Clinchy : part III (29:50)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dr. Clinchy discusses the problems involved in educating individuals for tolerance, including such questions as: Where do you meet strangers? What good may come out of a meeting of strangers, if su...

15507. The difference between knowledge and opinion (30:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the psychological difference between knowledge and opinion, and describes the skeptic point of view. Compares knowledge and opinion in relation to truth, and states that most of the thin...

15508. The heartmakers (58:53)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Develops the need for a artificial hearts while arguing for cautious human experimentation. Interviews Dr. Denton Cooley, who made the first artificial heart insertion, and Dr. Michael DeBakey, who...

15510. The nature of human learning (29:52)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses intellectual learning and the role of the teacher. Shows how learning is only a small part of education, and mentions briefly some theories of learning. Points out that the learner must ...

15512. Our Place To Live (29:36)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Fifteen million families’ move each year – and three-fourths of them merely change addresses within the same county. They move because they want a better place to live; they need not only houses or...

15513. Hansel and Gretel (14:34)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Presents the familiar children's fantasy. Shows how they outwit their stepmother's attempt to get rid of them. Uses live actors in costume to enact the story.

15515. Talking ourselves into trouble (28:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the area of general semantics. Develops the idea that one's language determines the limits of one's world. Illustrates the way in which undifferentiated reactions to words leads to a comm...

15516. Archeological news from Russia (29:41)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the present status of archaeology in Russia. Shows and discusses objects, found in Russia, formerly owned by Scythians and buried with them. Stresses the vast quantity of these objects an...

15517. Our Differences from Others (29:33)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Shows the differences among individuals in age, sex, race, size, aptitude, interests, attitudes, and achievement, and illustrates graphically how these traits are distributed into a bell-shaped cu...

15518. Man's aspirations and his freedom to attain them (29:37)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents a discussion of the philosophic atmosphere in which scientists are doing their thinking. Questions man's freedom to do anything. Dr. Arthur H. Compton, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Was...

15519. The trapper (15:19)

Date:
1959
Summary:
One of the most exciting figures in our history was the trapper and Bash tells of his life and visits some animals who were his forest companions. She sings “Three Jolly Huntsmen” and “Wooly Boogie...

15520. Love, Part 2 (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds continues the exploration of the theme of love as treated in literature. Includes readings from Shakespeare's plays and the poems of Matthew Arnold, Tennyson, and Robert and Eliz...

15522. Oliver Loses His Dignity (15:07)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton Frog (puppet) and Dora (person) tell a story about "Oliver and his Dignity." Oliver is an otter, and this episode features shadow puppet theater.

15523. Phrases and Sentences (29:39)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses and illustrates two-phrase or duple sentences in musical composition. Defines the phrases as a rhythmic entity, culminating in some form of cadence, and carrying a certain amount of musi...

15524. TV: Family Friend or Foe? (29:34)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Asks why children like TV so much and debates the effects of TV on children's behavior. Dr. Maria Piers offers answers to these questions and suggests how TV can be of help to a busy mother.

15525. Art as a common human possession (28:47)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the nature of art and its role in human life. Points out the difference in science, art, and prudence, and compares the way in which all things come into being--natural generation, artist...

15526. Industry Uses Chemistry (29:24)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to illustrate the application of chemistry for industrial purposes. Explains the electric arc process, flotation, smoke elimination, electroplating, and the recovery of...

15527. More Complex Sentences and 'Irregular' Phrases (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Professor Jones illustrates sentences of three (triple) and four (quadruple) phrases and their common internal relationships. After which, since it would be a gross misrepresentation to leave the l...

15528. Size of penal institutions (29:30)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, host Lohman examines the development of large prisons and the treatment of inmates in this type of institution. Film clips illustrate the masses of inmates confined and a prisoner ...

15529. Sculpture I (29:46)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Describes and discusses the materials and tools used in modeling a portrait bust from clay. Shows the steps in applying clay to the armature. Illustrates how the sculptor proceeds to develop essen...

15530. Family Welfare (29:33)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses jealousy and fighting for attention among brothers and sisters. Tells what parents can do to overcome sibling rivalry. Answers questions concerning acceptance of only one brother and sist...

15531. Hacienda life (15:09)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells of the Spanish soldiers who came here on duty during the Spanish rule over California and decided to stay on, living on large ranchers in adobe haciendas. Bash takes a film trip ...

15532. Figureheads (15:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells about the art of craving the figureheads which graced the prow of sailing vessels in the past. She shows figureheads of all types and sings “Pretty Kitty” and “Wanderin.”

15533. Population and the earth's resources (29:32)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Examines the resources of the earth and their ability to support man. Discusses the expansion of population in relation to resources. Points out the possibility of birth control to curb the danger...

15534. Narcotics traffic among teens (30:30)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Outlines some of the factors contributing to the narcotics traffic. Suggests possible ways to prevent drug addiction and to treat addicts. Shows how drugs are distributed and used. Features and in...

15535. Episodic Form, pt. II (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Continues the discussion of episodic form from the preceding program, "Episodic Form: Part 1". Illustrates the use of episodic form in the funeral march and other independent pieces unrelated to mi...

15536. The Lighthouse (14:58)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Form the earliest time men ventured out on the open seas, lighthouses have saved him from the dangers of the coast. In this program, staring with the ancient lighthouse, which was a fire built on a...

15537. Onions and Potatoes (15:10)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is the story of the plants we eat and how some of the things we eat were brought her by the first settlers. Bash Kennett tells the history of some of our fruits and vegetables and the Lillian ...

15538. The entrepreneur : part II (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Continues the examination of the entrepreneur from The Entrepreneur, Part 1. Mr. Sunnen of Sunnen Products Company describes his early failures. Mr. McDonnell of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation expl...

15539. The Farmer's Tools (15:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett takes a trip to show the crude wooden tools used by the pioneer and tells the story of tools from the plow, combine and steam tractor to modern farm equipment. The use of primitive far...

15540. Economic precautions for preventing war (29:38)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the use of western capital for the industrial development of the under-developed areas of the world. Presents an analysis of long range foreign aid policy to help secure peace. Features D...

15541. The history of early flight (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
"Dr. Lippisch's theme is the historical development of the flying machine. He begins his lecture with a short demonstration of Penaud's model. He shows how the invention of the cambered wing led to...

15542. The discovery of dynamic lift (29:39)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The Wright Brothers solved three problems with their first plane: lift, control, and propulsion. The problem of lift was the one which caused the most controversial opinions between scientists and ...

15543. Robert Duncan and John Wieners (29:08)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Studies the return of romanticism to contemporary poetry through the poetry of Robert Duncan and John Wieners. Presents Duncan reading several poems, including "The Architecture," and excerpts from...

15545. Nuclear forces (30:00)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Examines the various means of delivering nuclear weapons to distant targets and protecting these delivery systems from surprise attack. Discusses how the vulnerability of bombers to nuclear attack ...

15547. Making ideas available to people (29:36)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the needs of education, federal aid, teacher and classroom shortages. Points out how individuals should be educated to make more valuable use of leisure time. Features Dr. Clarence Faust,...

15548. The Sounds of Language (1:31:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., explains how linguists analyze and classify significant sounds of language. He discusses phonetics and phonemics, the science of speech sounds and the study of vary...

15549. Episodic Form: Part 1 (29:40)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses episodic form and its use. of the principle of contrast. Illustrates the structural scheme of episodic form in which an opening binary or ternary segment is followed by a contrasting bina...

15550. Jasper Johns (28:44)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
. Presents the pop artist Jasper Johns in an interview in which he discusses his ideas about art; interspersed with scenes in which he is working on various works. Shows some of the flag paintings ...

15551. Leathercraft and summing up (30:14)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Conant and Shari Lewis gives a summary of the series, pointing out that man’s hands are the greatest tool of creative activity, that they have served to fulfill his basic needs and that these n...

15552. Loyalties (29:26)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents one view of loyalty and its importance in the measure of a man. Considers martyrdom, the relationship of loyalty to prejudice, and loyalty as self-protection. Questions which loyalties ar...

15553. Ornaments and beauty (30:16)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Once man had created the articles he needed for survival and comfort, he launched himself on a campaign to make himself more attractive physically. It is conceivable that, in his vanity, he turned...

15554. Water pressure (14:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This program deals with water pressure. Uncle Wonder shows the various experiments that water has weight and that water exerts pressure in all directions. He shows why there is more water pressure ...

15555. John Crowe Ransom, part II (29:28)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Galway Kinnell, former NYU Professor who taught at the University of Teheran in Iran and John Crowe Ransom discuss the merits of poetry which the poet admits is “archaic and obscure.” Ransom reads ...

15556. Japan: Answer In The Orient (EditedNarration) (30:27)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
How the interest of large Japanese industries in abortion and fertility control measures, legalized abortion, and the trend among Japanese people to marry at a later age in life, had helped the Jap...

15557. Sun and Richard Lippold (29:06)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Examines Richard Lippold's approach to the relationship between the artist's experience and the way in which he shapes it into its own organic form. Presents Lippod, a musician as well as sculptor...

15558. Character Contrast and the Episodic Principle (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Illustrates tempo and character contrast between movements of cyclic forms like the sonata and suite with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and C-Sharp Minor Piano Sonata. Examples of the episodic princi...

15559. Doctors in space. Living room in the void (29:15)

Alternative title:
Living room in the void
Date:
1958
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Discusses protective devices for flyers in space. Demonstrates the Air Force partial pressure suit. Explains the effects of "explosive decompression." Presents a design for a three-stage rocket veh...

15560. The Personality of Music (29:01)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains that the personality of music is determined by the composer's style and by the use of various musical effects. Demonstrates and contrasts styles through selections played at the piano. Inc...

15561. Friction: II (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Illustrates with the principle of streamlining. Tells why friction is desirable in certain instances and undesirable in others. (WCET) Kinescope.

15562. Introduction to the series (28:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Gould and Dr. Odishaw discuss the idea of the IGY. They trace the idea from the suggestions that was a Third International Polar Year (1882-83, 1932-33) through its expansion into the largest i...

15563. Summary of humor (29:46)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Dr. Feinberg summarizes his previous lectures and adds some interesting observations on various aspects of humor. A “drunk” routine, a device used so frequently by comedians, is presented and analy...

15564. Introducing the Brasses (23:19)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Presents each member of the New York Brass Quintet as he introduces his instrument and plays illustrative excerpts. Two trumpets begin with a duet. With the addition of the trombone, the French ho...

15565. Rain (15:11)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Explains how rain if formed. Demonstrates how water vapor gets into the air, collects as clouds, and drops as rain. (WCET) Kinescope.

15566. Love, Part 1 (29:26)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. John W. Dodds explores the various approaches writers have taken toward the theme of love. Includes readings from the love poetry of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Raleigh, Donne, Suckling, Burns, Brid...

15567. Lightning and electricity (15:02)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Explains lighting and its characteristics. Tells why lightning is first seen then followed by thunder. Demonstrates how lightning produces sound waves. (WCET) Kinescope.

15569. Tonalities Old and New (29:28)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Again Dr. Jones uses Beethoven’s music as an illustration, explaining the composer’s humorous interplay of major and minor tonalities more fully. He also treats briefly the traditional tonal system...

15570. The Threat of Freedom (29:51)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Presents the story of the rise of totalitarianism and the failure of the democracies to produce effective answers to world problems. Discusses the American attitudes towards Fascism, Nazism, and C...

15571. Charles Malik : part 2 (29:27)

Date:
1960
Summary:
What problems are posed by the underdeveloped countries to the rest of the world? Mr. Malik begins by describing the standard of living, and what independence from colonial status has meant for the...

15572. Robert Erickson (30:01)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Provides a close look at the works and creative philosophy of Robert Erickson, a composer and inventor of musical instruments. Illustrates Erickson composing an original composition, '9 1/2 for Hen...

15573. What Is Art? (29:18)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Defines art by discussing its distinguishing qualities. Differentiates between art and artifact. Shows a variety of art objects and paintings and contrasts art and artifact by playing two musica...

15574. The Awakening Social Consciousness (30:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the early twentieth century change from the laissez-faire attitude in government to one of regulation of big business to help protect the American public. Considers the efforts of reforme...

15575. Chicken little, count to ten (14:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
The Friendly Giant reads the book, Chicken Little, Count-to-ten, by Margaret Friskey, illustrated by Katherine Evans, and published by the Children's Press. After the story, Rusty shows how chicken...

15576. Japan: the changing years. The occupation (28:44)

Alternative title:
Occupation; Occupation of Japan; Japan: the changing years
Date:
1961
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
This episode examines the U.S. occupation of Japan, from its planning in 1943 through its implementation between 1945 and 1952. Using Army film footage, it considers both the successes and failures...

15578. Prairie Utopia (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The visions of America as a religious sanctuary attracted many thousands to the New World. The settlement by the Rappites and the later settlement by the Owenites in New Harmony were symbolic of th...

15579. British Keystone (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island, Michigan and its role in the War of 1812. Explains how the island got its name. Outlines the events which led to the War of 1812 and its mutuall...

15580. Sculpture in the world of art (29:41)

Date:
1957
Summary:
In this program, Mr. Fitzpatrick presents a historical review of sculpturing, emphasizing the materials and techniques employed in creating this art form. Discusses sculptural masterpieces from Egy...

15581. You're the Judge, Pt. I (30:02)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how prejudice might affect our actions, and points out that it is one of the most important of all the false impressions that occur within us. Demonstrates, with a group of students, how ...

15582. Writers of today. Isak Dinesen (22:45)

Alternative title:
Isak Dinesen
Date:
1959
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Robert Richman interviews the famous Danish author of Seven Gothic Tales and Out of Africa. Features her comments on the similarities and differences...

15583. The whole world is watching (52:55)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Presents reporters David Brinkley and Walter Cronkite with critics John Fischer and Senator John O. Pastore probing the question of bias in television newscasting. Discusses topics such as the 1968...

15584. Block Printing (29:54)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains the materials, tools and techniques of linoleum block printing. Shows how they are made and used. Illustrates with examples of block prints.

15585. Venezuela : the making of a government (59:23)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Records highlights of the emergence of democratic government in Venezuela. Shows that the Venezuelan election of December 2 1963, allowed for the first transfer of office from one democratic admini...

15586. In search of space (29:01)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Ralph J. Tangney
Summary:
Tells how three boys write a report titled Doomsday 2000 after they lose their ballfield to an apartment project. Analyzes problems of air and water pollution, expanding population, and lack of rec...

15589. Horses (29:42)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Illustrates the techniques involved in painting horses. Poses them in different stages of motion: running, trotting, and feeding. Tells why horses are a favorite subject for Japanese paintings. (KQ...

15590. Thornton Wilder (29:00)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Presents the biography of Thornton Wilder by tracing his life and family background. Provides excerpts from his speeches and quotations from his writings and film clips. Analyzes, for their social ...

15591. Puerto Rico (29:36)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Surveys the political and economic evolution of Puerto Rico. Explains Puerto Rico's new political association with the U.S. Describes present Puerto Rican efforts to realize economic benefits throu...

15592. Our food : eggs and dairy products (27:25)

Date:
196X
Summary:
William C. “Bill” Smith of Oregon Educational Broadcasting, who hosts and narrates this group of programs, takes youngsters on a day’s jaunt to an Oregon “egg factory,” a dairy farm and a dairy man...

15595. The life of a tree (29:36)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Uses the cross section of a tree stump to explain the events in the life of a tree. Tells how insects, weather, hurricanes, and urbanization effect the life of a tree. Describes the function of t...

15596. The Burn Center (26:55)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Discusses burn injuries in general and new techniques and materials used by the medical researchers to treat burns. Shows patients in various stages of recovery from effects of serious burns. Shows...

15597. The problem of drag (29:40)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates the problem of drag created by friction and turbulence. Explains the need for a high ratio of lift to drag' to produce an aircraft with good performance characteristics. ...

15599. Why do things differ? (29:35)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dramatizes the questions raised in Darwin's mind on his return to England from his famous voyage. Discusses why animals differ when found in different locations, why and how species arise, and if ...