16041. House of science (14:44)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Glen Fleck, Professor Thomas S. Kuhn, Laurence Harvey, Elmer Bernstein, Dr. Abraham Kaplan, Dr. Helen Wright, Dr. Albert R. Hibbs, Parke Meek, Stanley Croner, Archer Goodwin, Bill Lightfield, Virgil Mirano, Annette Del Zoppo, George Spacek, Gordon Ashby, Deborah Sussman, Robert Nakamura
Summary:
Utilizes animation and multiple-image techniques to examine the historical development of the sciences. Includes also a consideration of science as it exists today. Presents the views of several contemporary scientists, their work, and their laboratories.

16042. Our world of science (10:27)

Date:
1956
Main contributors:
George G. Mallinson, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Hal Kopel
Summary:
Introduces and defines the words science and experiment, and demonstrates a simple experiment. Develops the idea of an orderly universe and shows a working procedure for problem solving in science.

16043. [United States, Sea Islands, Gullah, 1932-1933] (17:41:30)

Date:
1932
Main contributors:
Turner, Lorenzo Dow.
Summary:
Gullah speech and song from the Sea Islands. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

16044. "You Probably Haven't Seen This Before" Instagram Promotion (00:36)

Date:
2025-02-19
Main contributors:
Taylor Burnette, IU Libraries Railsback Fellow, Carmel Curtis, Moving Image Archive
Summary:
A short "reel" used on Instagram in February of 2025 to promote an exhibition at the Indiana University Grunwald Gallery curated by Carmel Curtis, the Interim Director of IU Libraries Moving Image Archive.

16045. Unsung Romance: A Conversation with Beverly Jenkins at the Lilly Library (1:00:00)

Date:
2025-02-13
Main contributors:
Rebecca Baumann, Head of Curatorial Services at the Lilly Library, Michelle Crowe, IU Libraries Assistant Dean for Engagement and Communication, Lindsey Schaffer, IU Libraries Events and Hospitality Coordinator
Summary:
A conversation between Beverly Jenkins and Lilly Library Curator of Modern Books Rebecca Baumann in celebration of the Lilly Library’s exhibition Love in the Library: The Romance Novel in English. Beverly Jenkins is an NAACP Image Award nominee and bestselling author of over 30 historical and contemporary romance novels. Her historical novels, including Indigo (1996), Topaz (1997), and the Women Who Dare series (2019–2022) center Black characters and Black history often overlooked in the romance genre, in American popular culture, and in history classes. Many of her novels are set in the post-Civil War era, a time in which Black Americans were building their lives, their identities, and legacies for generations to come. Jenkins also writes contemporary romances, including the 2021 romantic suspense novella Rare Danger, featuring a rare book dealer as heroine.

16046. Interview with Jack Howard (3:52:00)

Date:
1983-11-22/1983-12-14
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964, Howard, Jack R. (Jack Rohe), 1910-, Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

16049. Lines horizontal (06:04)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
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Summary:
An experimental film created by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart in which a sheaf of lines, constantly gyrating, group and regroup harmoniously in accord with music composed and played on wind and string instruments by folk musician Peter Seeger.

16050. [Stillman-IU cultural exchange c. 1964] (08:15)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Footage of the Stillman College-IU Cultural Exchange circa 1964. Footage features the IU delegation traveling by plane, the meet and greet between IU and Stillman College, Stillman College Orchestra practice, and music lessons provided to the Stillman College students.

16051. [Tribute to Undine Moore] (11:02)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
This film opens in a classroom, showing a music teacher working through a piece with a group of string musicians. He goes on to talk about an influential teacher he had at Virginia State College named Undine Moore. Quipped the "Dean of Black Women Composers," Undine Eliza Anna Smith Moore was a notable and prolific American composer and professor of music in the twentieth century. Much of her work was inspired by black spirituals and folk music. She was a renowned teacher, and once stated that she experienced “teaching itself as an art.” Towards the end of her life, she received many notable awards for her accomplishments as a music educator.

16052. A study in choreography for camera (02:37)

Date:
1945
Summary:
In this film the cinematographic space becomes itself an active element of the dance rather than being an area in which the dance takes place. The dancer shares with the camera and the cutting a collaborative responsibility for the movements themselves. Recommended for use only by groups interested in the cinematographical element of the dance.

16053. [Bolex and tripod set-up] (09:08)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Unknown man setting up a Bolex on a tripod in order to film the construction of a building, possibly the Stadium.

16054. Marian Anderson (25:49)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Describes Marian Anderson's life, from her early years in Philadelphia through her New York Town Hall recital, and presents her as a concert artist singing Begrüssung by Handel; the Negro spirituals Oh, what a beautiful city; He's got the whole world in His hand; Crucifixion; and Deep river; the traditional song Comin' through the rye; and Ave Maria by Schubert.

16055. Indianapolis attacks its slums (2:55:53)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Contains aerial photography, animation, and charts to show methods used by Indianapolis to effect slum clearance. Pictures city officials as they cite the need for rebuilding slum areas and tells of the founding in 1945 of the Indianapolis Redevelopment Commission outlining plans for future development as well as picturing results of past achievements. Points out the cooperative efforts of Flanner House as residents are assisted in the building of new homes, summarizes the accomplishments of the Commission, and views future plans for slum clearance.

16056. [Helga Winold Project - Print Roll #1] (21:43)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Helga Winold research footage studying the movement of cello players - both in real time and slowed down. Helga Winold is a concert cellist and former Professor of Music in the Jacobs School of Music. She was also the first IU student to receive her Doctorate of Music in the Cello (1967) and was appointed to the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music in 1969. She performed research into "the analysis of movement in string playing and the translation of thought into movement". With IU psychology professor Esther Thelen, Winold used computers to track and analyze students' movements as they played the cello resulting in better teaching methods and articles in scientific journals. She was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2008. Helga Winold IU biography: http://info.music.indiana.edu/news/page/normal/7812.html Helga Winold Website biography: https://www.winoldsmusic.com/about-us Helga Winold President's Award: https://honorsandawards.iu.edu/search-awards/honoree.shtml?honoreeID=4236 Esther Thelen Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Thelen Esther Thelen Obituary: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/adolph/publications/2005AdolphVereijken%20ThelenObit.pdf

16057. 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 artist in plastics.

16058. Alcina (1:52:00)

Date:
2025
Main contributors:
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Summary:

16059. As Our Boyhood Is (17:03)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the development of Negro education. Emphasizes that such a development was slow and difficult from the schoolhouse with broken windows and the teachers only a few steps ahead of the pupils to the modern school which spreads its influence beyond the confines of its four walls through training 9in home economics, machine shop, and handicrafts. Ends with shots of Negroes in universities, as surgeons and nurses in hospitals, and in the Army.

16060. Africa speaks (18:10)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Five African university students discuss present African leaders, African students, chances for African unity and Africa as a major power. An American tells of the problems of the Negro in the United States. The film stimulates class and audience discussion on problems of contemporary Africa. The students are from: Dahomey, Cameroun, and the Central African Republic.