16001. Jerry Springer Documentary Interview (2:44:00)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Springer, Jerry
Summary:
Jerry Springer recounts his involvement with the youth-led effort to lower the voting age in Ohio, his testimony before Congress, and youth political attitudes then and now.

16002. The scout trail to citizenship (24:51)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Describes the organization structure of the Boy Scouts and how scouts move through the ranks, from starting as a Cub at age 9 to Rover at age 19. Emphasizes how the Boy Scouts of America provide co...

16003. Uses and Abuses of Environmental Memory (1:27:12)

Date:
April 20, 2010
Main contributors:
Lawrence Buell
Summary:
How can the arts of memory counteract the inertial effects of what psychologist Peter Kahn, Jr. has called “intergenerational environmental amnesia”? The lecture seeks to offer a series of general ...

16004. The Negro and the American Promise (59:39)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Brings together four prominent Negro leaders who discuss American Negroes' movement for racial and social equality, and their own motivations, doctrines, methods and goals. Features Negro leaders J...

16005. Lie detector (28:56)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Describes the polygraph or lie detector. Actual tests are made with graduate students posing as subjects. Some of the uses of the device in criminal detection, industrial and security work are expl...

16007. Windows to the Future (19:31)

Alternative title:
Window to the future (new med...
Date:
May 3, 1989
Main contributors:
Indiana University School of Medicine. Medical Educational Resources Program
Summary:
A tour of Indiana University School of Medicine's new Medical Research and Library Building on the Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. An abbreviated version of a long...

16008. The indomitable blacksmith : Thomas Davenport (20:54)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Indomitable Blacksmith: Thomas Davenport" (season 1, episode 14), which originally aire...

16009. Still a brother : inside the Negro middle class (1:31:05)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Dr. St. Clair Drake states that the middle class is not only based on the economy, but is a way of life. Black middle and upper classes parallel those of the whites, yet he is "still a brother" and...

16010. Bangkok Oasis on a Troubled Continent (25:37)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Describes the economic, religious, and social characteristics of life in Bangkok, Thailand. Includes views of the temples, the old Palace of Kings, the King and the Queen at a state function, the ...

16011. "It's the humidity" (13:04)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Uses common everyday examples of the effects of humidity to introduce and explain this idea. Shows Kay, an attractive teenager, and her adventures with a violin, a stuck drawer, and drying off at t...

16012. The village tractor (21:22)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Shows how one small Turkish village profits by the acquisition of a tractor imported through the Marshall Plan, and benefits from mechanical training provided young farmers as part of Turkey's reco...

16016. Anne Frank (2:43:00)

Alternative title:
Indiana University Opera Thea...
Date:
2023
Main contributors:
Ran, Shulamit, 1949-

16017. Play's The Thing (20:30)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines a variety of playthings and play equip­ment, focusing, particularly on objects that reveal the custom, skill, and whimsy of their makers. Considers the emotional responses to toys and the ...

16018. Man: Friend and Enemy of Nature (22:36)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the wonders of the natural world as depicted by artists, considering how man has changed the natural environment through industry, farming, land development, and his own habits.

16019. Remembering Happy Times (22:29)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines the images artists create to portray the happy, exciting, or tender moments of an earlier day. Considers how art preserves the scenes of people enjoying and cherishing life.

16020. Sea Images (22:21)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the majesty and mystery of the sea, man's fascination with and reliance on the sea, and how it has been a source of mystery for artists in all times and cultures.