15591. History (29:05)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the historical development of nuclear fission. Stresses the contributions of Chadwick, Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Otto Frisch, Niels Bohr, and Albert Einstein. Retells the story of the ini...

15592. Home is where you find it (29:33)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Visits the Brookfield Zoo to show how climate, geographical catastrophes, and an animal's adaptation to its environment makes it impossible to live elsewhere. Tells the story with filmed sequences ...

15593. How can one nation help another? (29:13)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Four students from the Middle East -Turkey, Israel, United Arab Republic, and Iran -discuss politics and policies in their home area in the following terms: What is the economic position of each co...

15594. How Does Responsibility Grow? (30:14)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Lee Wilcox speaks with Dr. Maria Piers about how responsibility grows in children, and if independence is a "curse" or a "blessing." Features a "Peanuts" cartoon by Charles Schultz.

15595. How Good Are Our Schools? Dr. Conant Reports (28:19)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Uses two comprehensive high schools--one in Oakland, California, and the other in Labette County, Kansas--to show what every secondary school should be equipped to do. Shows various classroom situ...

15596. How to splice film (08:51)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Demonstrates in detail, film splicing procedure and uses music to illustrate certain instructions.

15597. How We Know What We Know (29:49)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Hayakawa develops the idea that what we know of the objective world is a product of our nervous system and, hence, an abstraction from sensory data. Alfred Korzynski’s “structural differential”...

15598. Hunt's Catsup [no title] (01:02)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Hunt's
Summary:
The different ingredients of the catsup are shown before switching to a family eating different foods with catsup on it.

15599. Inbreeding and heterosis (29:48)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the effect of various levels of inbreeding (self-fertilization, sib matings, half-sib matings, cousin marriages) upon making heterozygous genes homozygous with the consequent loss of vigo...

15600. Independent Segregation (30:03)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Demonstrates independent segregation by different pairs of genes using Mendel's data. Emphasizes the chromosomal activities during meiosis which are responsible for independent segregation. Descri...