1101. A Tip: You Can Remember (15:20)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and r...

1102. A tree is born (28:59)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the techniques Forest Service researchers employ to produce hybrid pines through controlled pollination and through the selection of superior pines and use of their natural seed. Shows a pine...

1105. A universe of numbers (28:55)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Traces the history of computer development from the first mechanical calculators to ENIAC, the first electronic computer. Explains in lay terms how a modern digital computer stores both data and in...

1107. A visit with Carl Sandburg (29:57)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Carl Sandburg; Edward Stanley; Tom Priestley
Summary:
In this program, the animated 75-years old author, poet and musician expounds on his hometown of Galesburg, Illinois, Republicans, and hangings, discusses his arrest for riding the rails, reads fro...

1108. A visit with cowboys (11:01)

Date:
1949
Summary:
A city boy visits a real western ranch for the first time and sees cowboys rounding up, roping, and riding horses; watches cowmen roping and branding calves; meets a fence rider at work; helps to s...

1113. A World to Perceive (1:01:59)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Demonstrates the role of perception in handling the processing information from the environment and the way in which our personalities affect our perception. Reviews the research of Dr. Herman Witk...

1114. A.C. Filters "Engine Rhythm" (01:04)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
A.C. Filters
Summary:
An advertisement for AC Oil Filters in which a male narrator, accompanied by music, talks about the oil AC "triple trapper" filters over animated images illustrating the various buts of debris and ...

1115. A.C. Sparkplugs "4 Wheels" (01:02)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
A.C. Sparkplugs
Summary:
An advertisement for AC Spark Plugs in which a jingle is sung by a male voice in a rock n roll style. The singers sings a song describing AC spark plugs over images of various animated cars and spa...

1117. A.M.S. Virginia Mac Watters (04:09)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
MacWatters, Virginia, 1912-2005
Summary:
Soprano Virginia MacWatters was known not only for her impressive operatic career during which she performed in opera houses throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, but also for he...

1118. A1 Steak Sauce [no title] (01:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
A1
Summary:
A woman narrator encourages other women to use A1 steak sauce the next time their husbands barbecue and play cook.

1119. AAA of Michigan "Travels of Charlie" (01:01)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
AAA
Summary:
An advertisement for AAA life insurance in which a man reads aloud from a newspaper about the new insurance plans as he wanders distractedly through a construction site, barely avoiding various obs...

1120. AAAMC Speaks with Dr. Tyron Cooper (29:27)

Date:
February 23, 2021
Main contributors:
Cooper, Tyron; Shanahan, James
Summary:
IU Archives of African American Music and Culture Director Tyron Cooper has an insider’s view of Black music and the culture behind it, much of which goes back to the Black church. He says that’s ...

1122. ABC-TV : 1972 Summer Olympics (01:03)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
ABC-TV
Summary:
An advertisement for ABC's television broadcast of the 1972 Summer Olympics spotlighting athletes performing various kinds of sports in front of a stark black background. An offscreen male narrator...

1124. Abe Lincoln, Part 1 (31:43)

Date:
November 8, 1973
Main contributors:
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012; Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
Summary:
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane on Abraham Lincoln and his stance on slavery. This session, the first of two episodes on Abraham Lincoln, describes Lincoln’s early years ...

1125. ABFE (3:59:21)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
ABFE
Summary:
Video recordings from the ABFE Connecting Leaders Fellowship Program: Inaugural Leadership Summit, 2005-2006

1127. Abner Mikva Interview, Part 1 of 2 (52:33)

Date:
2015
Main contributors:
Mikva, Abner J.
Summary:
The first part of Abner Mikva's account of his relation to the 18-year-old vote movement and ultimate lowering of the voting age.

1128. Abner Mikva Interview, Part 2 of 2 (52:49)

Date:
2015
Main contributors:
Mikva, Abner J.
Summary:
The second part of Abner Mikva's account of his relation to the 18-year-old vote movement and ultimate lowering of the voting age

1131. About Applied Communication (14:53)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Informational video and educators guide for the Agency for Instructional Technology series Applied Communication.

1132. About Global Geography (17:50)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Informational overview of the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography. The program is a joint project of the National Council for Geographic Education, the Association of Americ...

1133. About Principles of Technology (22:34)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Information program about the Agency for Instructional Technology series Principles of Technology. The series provides a two-year course in the fundamental principles of technology. Covers the basi...

1134. About Principles of Technology [outtakes] (27:09)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited audio segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Principles of Technology.

1135. About Tax Whys (19:07)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Orientation to Tax Whys a program that uses dramatizations to highlight teenagers' firsthand experiences with the effects of taxation and to explain the reasons for taxes.

1136. About Thinkabout (32:32)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Teacher's introduction to Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and re...

1137. About Trade-Offs (13:21)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Promotional overview of Trade-offs, a series in economic education for nine to thirteen year-olds that consists of fifteen 20-minute television/film programs and related materials. Using dramatizat...

1138. About Your Choice Our Chance (31:06)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Promotional overview of Your Choice Our Chance, a series of drug abuse prevention programs to be viewed by students and community members in an effort to educate and prevent the use of tobacco, alc...

1139. Abraham & Straus "Companion Shop" (00:29)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
Abraham & Straus
Summary:
The couple from an earlier A&S ad return. The man is standing by a pillar with glasses reading a newspaper with a trench coat. He asks a question and the woman pops out from behind the other side o...

1140. Abraham & Straus "Female Logic" (00:30)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
Abraham & Straus
Summary:
A man sits in a high-backed chair reading the newspaper. He puts it down once his wife excitedly enters the room. She has one bag and one package in her hand and is talking about all of the things ...

1143. Abstract Art, Part 1 (29:11)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses abstract art and the elements in a machine society which have furthered its development. Discusses the influences of Cezanne, the cubists, and the futurists. Uses charcoal drawings to dis...

1144. Abstract Art: Part 2 (29:32)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Continues the discussion of abstract art begun in ABSTRACT ART: PART 1. Discusses inspiration, technique, and communication in abstract painting. Features Stuart Davis, American abstract painter, a...

1146. Academic Libraries; Mapping; Public Engagement; Public Participation (1:30:02)

Date:
November 20, 2019
Main contributors:
Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities; Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Summary:
Working in public, and with the public, can enable scholars to build vital, sustainable research communities, both within their fields, with other scholars in different fields, and with folks off-c...

1150. Accent: Hawaii (39:21)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
John Ciardi; Iolani Luahine; Kaupena Wong
Summary:
A documentary about Hawaii. The show covers the unification of the Hawaiian islands under King Kamehameha I as well as traditional Hawaiian dances and music.

1153. Accident Scene (09:25)

Date:
1962
Summary:
What can happen when drivers of automobiles have questionable mental attitudes. Includes realistic and stark sequences of crash scenes

1155. ACFRE2 (1:09:33)

Date:
October 2022
Main contributors:
Patrick M. Roone; ACFRE2
Summary:
An interactive public discussion about women in philanthropy, 10/2022

1157. Across These Borders: Nato (29:21)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the purpose, successes, and failures of NATO, the prospects for extending its economic functions, and ways of making it more effective. Gives the history of NATO's formation and explains ...

1158. Across These Borders: The Afro-Asian Bloc (29:46)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the formation of the Afro-Asian bloc, the declaration issued by it, and the possible influences this organization may have in world politics. Considers official United States reaction to...

1159. Across These Borders: European Federation (29:43)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses attempts, from the Roman Empire to the present, at European unification. Examines the progress in economic unification through the Schuman Plan. Appraises the effects on the United Stat...

1160. Across These Borders; International Exchange (29:42)

Date:
1957
Summary:
resents the scope of international exchange programs now in process. Explains the various types of exchange. Discusses the Fulbright scholarships and shows a film on the experiment in internationa...

1161. Act II (05:19)

Date:
2009
Main contributors:
Lasater, Michael (artist)
Summary:
Geometric slashes of white accent a spattered abstract image of yellows, golds and blues. In the foreground an animated wire swings in a narrow arc. In the audio, a mixture of indistinct, abstracte...

1167. Acting in the twentieth century (29:10)

Alternative title:
Acting: the twentieth century; Plays and players
Date:
1960
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Explores the differences between American and European actors and the challenges of teaching acting in a liberal arts college. Arnold Moss is joined by a panel of theater educators and practitioner...

1168. Action + Agency: Storytelling + Filmmaking (13:30)

Date:
2025
Summary:
Camera-less film made by participants at an event 'Action + Agency: Storytelling + Filmmaking' held at the Grunwald Gallery of Art on Thursday March 6, 2025. This multi-faceted event featured live...

1169. Action Figures (22:28)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 21 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

1170. Activating human potential (29:45)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents a synthesizing of many aspects of education as discussed in the preceding programs. Points out how education can be used most effectively in activating man's potential. Features Mr. Frank...

1171. Active Listening (34:26)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Television series In Other Words. In this television program focusing on communication skills, host Stephanie Edwards provides on-camera commentary for s...

1173. Activity group therapy (53:56)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Activity group therapy as developed at the Jewish Board of Guardians, New York City, by S.R. Slavson, Director of Group Therapy. Shows socially-maladjusted children 10 to 11 years old being benefit...

1174. Actua tilt (11:22)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Portrays man's callousness towards war and violence by viewing unemotional and noncommunicative men who press triggers on pinball machines in a Parisian bistro and cause real battleships to sink, a...

1175. AD-Land Revisited (1:00:54)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Analyzes advertising in twentieth century America, and its dual function as mirror and molder of our culture. Demonstrates that admen have long been fluent with the familiar slogan, jingle, testimo...

1177. Adams, Michael, Author (45:14)

Date:
August 14, 2016
Main contributors:
Adams, Michael; Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week, we’ll hear from Michael Adams, Provost Professor of English at Indiana University, and author of “In Praise of Profanity” (Oxford University Press, 2016). Adams sees “In Praise of Profa...

1178. Adaptation (29:24)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dozens of marine animals are shown in action in the natural habitats as Dr. John F. Storr explains the wonderful adaptations of sea creatures to their environment. With dramatic emphasis on devices...

1179. Adaptation in plants (17:21)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Illustrates the variety of environments in which plants survive, and shows adaptations developed by various plants for survival and reproduction within their own environment. The role of man as a ...

1180. Adaptation in plants (17:47)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Illustrates the variety of environments in which plants survive, and shows adaptations developed by various plants for survival and reproduction within their own environment. The role of man as a ...

1181. Adaptation Strategies: A Poor Man's Solution? (1:06:43)

Date:
October 12, 2010
Main contributors:
Jean Palutikof
Summary:
This presentation looks at what we must do to adapt to climate change-the size of the threat, and what we can do. It attempts to answer two fundamental questions: first, how must our lifestyle chan...

1182. Adaptive equipment (26:37)

Date:
2003
Main contributors:
Austin, David R., 1941-
Summary:
Demonstrates different types and uses of adaptive equipment, and how functional independence can be enhanced with adaptive equipment.

1183. Addiction among teenagers (29:28)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the conditions and effects of drug addiction among young people. Reveals how an individual may be enticed to use narcotics. Outlines some of the causes of addiction and considers the po...

1185. Adding Context to NSSE with FSSE (47:38)

Date:
January 12, 2016
Main contributors:
Allison Brckalorenz; Bridget Yuhas
Summary:
This webinar will review how to use FSSE with NSSE results to compare student and faculty perspectives, to search for reasons for high or low student results, and to develop strategies to increase ...

1188. Addressing Intensifying Storms With Marshall Shepherd (37:57)

Date:
September 17, 2021
Main contributors:
Shepherd, Marshall; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this conversation with researcher, meteorologist, and science communicator Dr. Marshall Shepherd, we cover a lot of ground, connecting inequities in academia to environmental injustices associat...

1189. Adeles Laughing Song (01:54)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Soprano Virginia MacWatters was known not only for her impressive operatic career during which she performed in opera houses throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, but also for he...

1190. Adella Bass Lawson and Mother Linda Interview (51:27)

Date:
July 28, 2024
Main contributors:
Linda Porter; Adella Bass- Lawson (facilitator); Angela Tillges (facilitator)
Summary:
Ms. Adella Bass-Lawson and her mother Linda's discussed their experiences growing up and raising children (respectively) in Altgeld Gardens. They shared memories of neighbors, the education and men...

1191. Adella Bass Lawson and Mother Linda Interview (Cut 1) (03:02)

Date:
July 28, 2024
Main contributors:
Linda Porter; Adella Bass- Lawson (facilitator); Angela Tillges (facilitator)
Summary:
Ms. Adella Bass-Lawson reminisce about her experience growing up in the gardens. Participating in camps and programs like the cycling voyagers. The influences from her youth brought her to the comm...

1194. Adjustments of the scientist (28:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Uses film sequences of the second Byrd expedition, 1933-34, and recent film footage to show how technological advances have improved the work of the scientist. Explains how Antarctica scientists fa...

1198. Adolescence and alcohol (28:32)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Portrays the psychology at work in the use of alcohol by adolescents. A documentary approach is taken in presenting the origin, development, and results of an actual research project, "A Study of t...

1199. Adolescence and Alcohol (56:53)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Portrays the psychology at work in the use of alcohol by adolescents. A documentary approach is taken in presenting the origin, development, and results of an actual research project, "A Study of t...

1200. Adolph's Meat Tenderizer "Paris Hamburger" (01:03)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Adolph's
Summary:
Bradley Field, a reporter in Paris, visits famous French chef, Monsieur La Gran to see his new recipe. La Gran reveals that his new hamburger recipe is the result of using Adolph's Meat Tenderizer.