601. Chemical Hall of Fame (29:39)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The progress of sciences such as chemistry is due to the work of many great men. These men have made their mark in science by their curiosity and their efforts to understand natural laws. Some of t...

602. Chemical Reactions (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Changes in nature are classed as either physical or chemical changes. Examples of both types of changes are shown. Simple chemical reactions such as the burning of magnesium and phosphorous are dem...

603. Chicken Little (31:01)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The tale of the foolish little chicken who is hit on the head by an acorn and thinks the world is falling in is told by Poindexter and his friends. How "Chicken Little" nearly starts a panic among ...

604. 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...

605. Child Rearing Practices (29:53)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Summarizes discussions in previous UNDERSTANDING THE CHILD films dealing with patterns and measurements of growth in children. Indicates the need for scientific knowledge in child rearing practices...

606. Children in spring (10:57)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows two children observing the signs of spring through a series of personal experiences. On a picnic in the woods they enjoy the blossoming trees and wild flowers, find tadpoles in a stream, and ...

608. Children's emotions (21:04)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Discusses the child's major emotions such as fear, curiosity, anger, jealousy, and joy, and points out the principal characteristics of each.

609. Children's play (26:27)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Shows that play is an important activity for children and that it has common patterns at different ages. Considers play activities of children between the ages of five and twelve years and explains...

610. China : shadow on the summit (59:26)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Charles O. Porter, Blair Fraser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Saville Davis and Eleanor Roosevelt consider the inclusion of China in disarmament talks, the future of Chinese-Soviet relations, and possi...

611. Chinese firecrackers (10:00)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
In China, the land of their birth, no festivity or celebration is complete without firecrackers. Following a brief explanation of their history, the types of firecrackers are mentioned and their c...

613. Choosing for happiness (13:48)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Points out character traits that are important to look for when evaluating a marriage partner. Stresses the importance of self-analysis, the possibility of making certain changes in oneself and fe...

614. Choosing the running mate (29:12)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the influence of the president in picking vice-presidential nominees and the difficulties in getting able men to accept this nomination. Points out that candidates are most often selected...

615. Christian Huyghens (1629 to 1695) (29:25)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Huyghens (HY-gunz) discovery that Saturn is surrounded by rings which look different on earth at different times led to considerable speculation as to the nature of the rings. Some scientists beli...

616. Christianity I : Jesus the annointed (29:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses Christianity not only as ideology, but also as a historical religion, focusing upon Jesus. Surveys the human aspects of Jesus, and contrasts standards of values in the world with the teac...

617. Christianity II : the good news (29:31)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Reviews the early years of the church when the gospel was spread by a group of ex-fishermen and tentsmen. Points out that "the good news" was not an example of the ethical teachings of Jesus, but w...

618. Christianity III : the vine and the branches (30:13)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains the three basic symbols of Christianity--the church, the vine and branches, and the body. Diagrams the spread of the three largest Christian groups--Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Greek O...

619. Christmas 1961 (16:08)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Begins with handmade title card that reads "The day before Christmas 1961". Shows Lori in front of a lit Christmas tree covered in tinsel. She plays on a rocking horse and with a new doll. Members ...

620. Christmas rhapsody (11:01)

Date:
1948
Summary:
The story of the littlest fir tree in the forest, which is chosen to be decorated as a Christmas tree by a family living in the mountains. Includes familiar Christmas carols.

621. Chronic medical disorder (1:00:57)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the special problems confronting the child with a chronic disorder such as hemophilia. Explains various types of chronic disorders and points out how social and emotional growth is compli...

622. Cinderella (15:09)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Ella's new stepmother discharges all the servants and forces Ella to wait on her and her two stepsisters and to sleep on the cinders. Ella's name is then changed to Cinder-Ella. When the Prince has...

623. Citizens Committee to Keep NYC Clean (00:31)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Advertisement for Citizens Committee to Keep NYC Clean, using an older woman to demonstrate two different scenarios that would cause trash to accumulate in the streets of New York City.

624. City bus driver (10:52)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows from the point-of-view of a bus driver on the job what happens during a day's run in a well-equipped city bus. Covers all aspects of the driver's job, including his preparations of the trip,...

625. City Driving (29:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Deals with the complexities that result from increased traffic conditions such as turns, clearing intersections, choosing proper lanes, and pedestrian problems. Explains the effectiveness of court...

626. City fire fighters (09:54)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Shows the importance of organized fire-fighting activities in a city. Includes a visit to a city fire house, the equipment there and in action at a fire, simple precautions against fires, and how t...

627. City life in the new Japan (29:56)

Date:
1961
Summary:
A companion-piece to Program No. 3, this program introduces two Japanese city families and explores their lives and ideas. A modern and very Westernized “new” family and a traditional “old” family ...

628. City pets : fun and responsibility (10:49)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Illustrates the need of pets for adequate care, urges children to care for their city pets and shows by example how such care is administered. Portrays the kinds of pets that are conveniently kept ...

629. Civil Rights Movement : the personal view (24:47)

Date:
1963
Summary:
An excerpt of the NBC News presentation "The American Revolution of 1963." Contains imagery of the Ku Klux Klan which may be offensive. Gives a general overview of social conditions as they exist f...

631. Classical Ballet (1:32:05)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The strict rules of classical ballet have been developed over the past five hundred years, and in this program Miss Myers demonstrates some of the basic principles, and the final applications of th...

632. Classical orchestra : complete (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A continuation of the discussion of sonority, in which a full orchestra—strings, wind instruments and tympani—displays the musical effects which can be produced by various instruments. The Cambridg...

633. Classification and segregation in prisons (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, film sequences illustrate the steps in the prison separation and analysis technique, and an inmate tells of his experience with the classification system. Criminologist Joseph D. L...

634. Clean-Up Man Almost Misses Party (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Brushy, Susie-Q and Linda leave so much litter when they play in the park that the clean-up man has to stay late to tidy up after them. When the children realize that they are keeping him from a pa...

635. Clever Elsie (15:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Clever Elsie really isn't very clever at all. Marionettes tell the story of Clever Elsie who sweeps with the broom upside down to keep from wearing out the straw. One day, Clever Elsie goes to the ...

636. Clifford Clam's Sore Foot (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dora shows the audience how to make a clam and a bird puppet. Dora and Fignewton put on a play about Clifford the Clam who gets a sore foot from jumping too high.

637. Climate (29:39)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the weather of the United States and its effect on human comfort. Points out the nature of the country's agriculture as valuable bequests from our land. Shows how our climate differs from...

638. Clinical psychology and hypnosis (15:29)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Portrays the use of various diagnostic tests and measurements, the induction of hypnosis, post-hypnotic suggestion, hypno-analysis, and short-term psychotherapy. Shows the use of the Bellevue, pic...

639. Clinton Golden : part 1 (29:33)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Golden reviews the historical development of worker organizations, the role of labor unions in society, and the general structure of union organizations. Examines and evaluates labor's concern ...

640. Clinton Golden : part 3 (29:51)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dynamics of Industrial Philosophy (1942), by Mr. Golden, is evaluated for use in the area of labor relations today. “How has militant unionism affected the acceptance of labor organizations?” “Are ...

641. Clinton Golden : part 4 (29:41)

Date:
1957
Summary:
“The Responsibility of Unions in our Democracy,” “the choosing and training of labor leaders,” “educating the public to labor philosophies and policies,” and “the opportunities for growth and coope...

642. Clocks and time (15:06)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells us that there were no clocks or watches aboard the Mayflower and that the watch was invented after the first settlers in America had landed. The history of mechanical methods to tell tim...

643. Clubs or Gangs? (29:35)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Why do children form clubs? Is this a step toward delinquency? Dr. Maria Piers describes children's needs to belong to group and how they learn about democracy from belonging to these smaller group...

644. Co-operative work in the South (15:21)

Date:
1958
Summary:
The neighborliness of people in the South gives rise to many stories of help to others living nearby. The assistance with plowing, picking of crops and helping “catch up on work” is told, then the ...

645. Coal and iron ore (29:53)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the supply of coal and iron ore in the United States. States that America has 4000 years supply of coal--this in spite of the fact that the U.S. produces thirty per cent of the world's su...

646. Coal gas (08:17)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Animation is used to present the story of the Bagley family, who do not use their furnace correctly. When Mr. Bagley over-fires the furnace, the narrator, who is a gnome, and cutaway diagrams of t...

648. Collision stations (29:45)

Alternative title:
Collision stations
Date:
1959
Summary:
What happens when a rocket ship in space is struck and damaged by a meteor? Capt. Gell, a Navy expert on crew equipment, demonstrates the Navy’s full-pressure space suit for emergency escape from ...

649. Colombia : crossroads of the Americas (26:45)

Date:
1942
Summary:
Introduces life in Colombia from a geographic, social, and economic viewpoint. Presents family life in the home of one of Bogota's foremost families, and a garden party attended by notables of poli...

650. Colonists and their countries (14:58)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Describes the various groups of settlers that came to this country and founded colonies. Tells of the first French, English, Dutch, Swedish, and Spanish settlers. Discusses their lives, homes, an...

651. Color and light no. 1 (09:33)

Date:
1950
Summary:
As multicolored plastic abstractions swing and revolve, lights create changing, fantastic patterns of colored shadow. Has an original piano score. Made by the American artist in plastics, Jim Davis.

652. Color lithography : an art medium (31:44)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Shows the preparation of a lithographic stone and methods of drawing on stone with crayons and Tusche liquid. Demonstrates the processes needed for three-color printing and presents and discusses e...

653. Color on a stone (12:26)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Explores the possiblities of creating color lithography and explains methods of visualization, transfer and simple registry. Shows Patrick Dullantry, an American printmaker who works over progressi...

654. Colorforms : operation safety (05:58)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Two advertisements for Colorforms, a toy brand that produces thin, colorful, geometric shapes that can be adhered to a plastic laminated background. Colorforms : Operation Safety, is a young people...

655. Colors in Music (29:35)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains the use of the tone colors of an instrument or groups of instruments to achieve desired musical effects. Concentrates on the winds and the brasses as a number of musicians display the tona...

656. Combustion & Combustion Products (29:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to demonstrate the process of combustion and the by-products produced. Explains how combustion depends on fuel, air, and heat. Illustrates combustion with liquid and s...

657. Coming home (15:42)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Home movie of Ed Feil's return trip to the United States at the end of his military service. Beginning on a train, he travels to Camp Phillip Morris in Le Havre before sailing to New York on the Fl...

658. Common animals of the woods (North America) (11:24)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Includes the squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, porcupine, otter, mink, beaver, opossum, skunk, ad woodchuck. In each instance the distinguishing characteristics of the animal are shown, such as the abilit...

660. Communism in the U.S. (29:48)

Date:
1961
Summary:
This program traces the history of the Communist Party in the United States. The dramatic sequences feature a re-enactment of the Bridgeman Convention in 1921 and show how the Communist Party of th...

661. Communist blueprint for conquest (32:26)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This film was used to train American soldiers at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Produced during the height of the Cold War, this example of U.S. propaganda explains the reasons for American involvemen...

664. Computers and Human Behavior (29:13)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Discusses research being conducted at the Carnegie Institute of Technology to evolve new theories about mental processes. Shows Dr. Bert Green demonstrating his computer experiments with the percep...

668. Conflict (17:30)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Examines a series of routine conflict situations faced by a college student. Defines and analyzes emotional conflict according to four general classifications: approach-approach, avoidance-avoidanc...

669. Conflicts (30:26)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses conflicts, and suggests effective ways of handling them. Identifies the various characteristics of a conflict as: the opposition forces, the vacillation, the inability to reach a decision...

670. Confronted (1:00:32)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Shows the confrontation of several Northern communities with the issue of Negro integration in schools, jobs, and housing. Shows Negroes demonstrating for jobs in construction work in Queens, a New...

671. Confucianism : the code of the gentleman (29:22)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes the life of Confucius as being that of a teacher and a statesman. Explains that Confucianism grew out of a question concerning how men could learn to live together without destroying each...

672. Congressional Clinic: Issues and Trends (29:30)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Presents a discussion of the 85th congress and the issues to come before it. Examines the political make-up of Congress. Outlines the criteria by which to judge what's happening in politics. Uses c...

673. Congressional hearings : the drug debate (31:52)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
This film shows excerpts from the three-day subcommittee hearings on patent medicine, antitrust, and prescription drug laws. The bill before Congress, number S-1552, Drug Industry Antitrust Act, is...

674. Conservatism in America (29:18)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses Conservationism in America by Clinton Rossiter. Outlines the contents, clarifies terms, and assesses the author's position. Considers the techniques used and appraises the historical and ...

675. Conspiracy in Kyoto (20:48)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Uses scenes from Japanese narrative scrolls of the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries to tell the story of an innocent man, unjustly accused of a capital crime, who wins his vindication. The spoken te...

676. Constitution of the United States (22:10)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Depicts the events and conditions leading to the writing of the U.S. Constitution, the formulation of the Great Compromise between the small and large states, the struggle for ratification, and the...

677. Contemporary Hawaii (56:14)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Travelogue documenting Bailey's trip to Hawaii in 1960. Features extensive footage of Hawaii's scenic oceans, beaches, hills, and flowers. Shots of several landmarks, including Aloha Tower, ʻIolani...

678. Continent of the sun (53:45)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Pan American Airways promotional tourism film for South America. Highlights include Panama Canal, European influence in Ecuador, Inca history of Peru, Machu Pichu, Bolivian farmland, Chilean vineya...

679. Control of Inmates (28:13)

Date:
1965
Summary:
A training film for the Dept. of Justice, showing how an escape from a maximum security penitentiary was made possible by the failure of custodial officers to carry out their orders consistently an...

680. Controversy, freedom of speech, and majority rule (29:26)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Outlines the obligations of the average person with respect to controversy and controversial matters, the relationship of freedom of discussion to the shifting of opinion, and the role of minority ...

681. Convention management (29:46)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Describes convention management in relation to the four committees of all political conventions. Explains the seating of these four committees--rules, platform, credentials, and permanent organizat...

682. Conventions at work (29:15)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the sequence of events that takes place when the national political convention is underway. Includes consideration of the role of the contemporary chairman, the "keynoter", general speech...

684. Copernicus (1473-1543) (29:28)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Indicates that the problem of getting to Mars of Venus, heretofore a concern only to science fiction writers and afficionados, has now become an international obsession. Shows that the strides bein...

686. Copper mining and smelting (11:03)

Date:
1949
Summary:
"An open-pit copper mine in operation illustrates the main steps in extracting pure copper from ore. We see the processes of blasting, loading and disposing of waste rock, loading ore on railroad c...

687. Copy-cats : unusual similarities among animals (30:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Visits the Brookfield Zoo to discover those animals which look and live alike but are unrelated. Explains that copy-cats occur in the plant, bird, and animal, worlds, and tells why. Uses film clips...

688. Cornell - Beth's Hockey Matches-177 (08:34)

Date:
1977
Summary:
Home movie footage of Vicki, Naomi, Eddie, and Ken watching Beth play collegiate ice hockey for Cornell at Lynah Rink on January 8, 1977. Cornell (in white jerseys) defeats St. Lawrence University ...

689. Cosmic ray studies (15:04)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discuses the problem of harmful effects on the human body caused by extended exposure to cosmic radiation. Describes how these effects have been studied by exposing animals, insects, eggs, and seed...

690. Cosmic rays (27:32)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A study of cosmic rays, how they were discovered, how they are measured, and how they affect research, especially in the fields of atomic and nuclear physics. Includes views of the atomic accelerat...

691. Costume Design (04:44)

Date:
October 25, 2019
Summary:
The Sample: Costume design is an important element to bringing a story to life. It brings out the personality of characters and lets the audience immerse themselves into a whole new world. This wee...

692. Costumes of Our Country (15:11)

Date:
1958
Summary:
How the clothes of people living in this country have changed is shown by Bash, in pictures and in living pictorial groups. From the early Spanish peaked helmet and bloomers, through the Cavaliers,...

693. Cotton farm (15:17)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of the development of the great cotton farms. Describes the planting, harvesting, and packing of cotton.

694. Country fairs (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash starts at the earliest meetings of groups of people, the church festival, and traces the development of gatherings on through the country fairs. The camp meetings of the Methodists give rise t...

695. County and community recreation in action (29:09)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Presents the case histories of three county-wide recreation programs in Indiana as observed by an interested group. Outlines the various arrangements of financing a recreation program, shows the m...

696. Courtesy for beginners (10:22)

Date:
1952
Summary:
A third-grade class decides who will be the week's host, shows one youngsters pretending she is a visitor while another acts out the part of the host. Pictures children making introductions, and u...

697. Covered Bridges (14:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells the romance crossing streams and takes a film trip to see some historic covered bridges which are still in use. Covered bridges had many unusual features including the special toll charg...

698. Covered Wagon Trip (15:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of an imaginary cross-country trip in a covered wagon. Explains the preparation for the trip. Describes the difficulties encountered on such a journey. (KQED) Kinescope.

699. Cow in the house (15:04)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Marionettes present the story of a man and wife who think their house is too small for visiting relatives. Promising to follow the advice of their wise friend, Mr. Wiseman, they bring a rooster, a ...

700. Cowboy small (15:02)

Date:
1955
Summary:
The Friendly Giant reads the book, Cowboy Small, by Lois Lenski, published by the Oxford University Press, to Jerome the giraffe. Then he tries to find a ten-gallon hat for Jerome. (WHA-TV) Kinesc...