16041. The distinction of work, play and leisure (28:49)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Distinguishes between work and play and work and leisure, and discusses the meaning of chores. Explains that work is that which we have to do for subsistence. Presents a derivation of the word "l...

16042. The Earth Satellite: Part 1 (14:04)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains centrifugal force and its relationship to the establishment of an earth satellite. Shows the three-stage missile and the part it might play in the formation of a satellite. Outlines variou...

16043. The Earth Satellite: Part 2 (14:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses some of the problems related to the recovery of a multi-stage rocket used to establish and maintain an earth satellite. Describes the recovery, by parachute or glider technique, of the fi...

16044. The Elements of Art (29:41)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the basic elements of painting--line, form, color, and texture--as well as those of music and poetry. Clarifies the meaning of these elements with charcoal drawings, musical selections, a...

16045. The exceptional child. [The auditorially-handicapped child: the deaf] (29:08)

Alternative title:
Auditorially-handicapped chil...; Deaf; Exceptional child
Date:
1957
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Examines the challenges faced by children who are deaf and defines deafness as the inability to hear speech. This episode presents film sequences, demonstrations, and interviews that illustrate tea...

16046. The fine arts (27:38)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Defines fine art and distinguishes between the terms liberal and servile as applied to the arts. Points out that a work of fine art has individuality, originality, and says something. Depicts moder...

16047. The forms of government (57:54)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Outlines and explains the various forms of government, pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. Describes government by one man, by a few men, and by the populace, and discusses governments in...

16048. The gang (28:53)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses delinquency as a group phenomenon and contrasts the boys' gang and the boys' club. Reveals typical gang behavior and activities through an interview and in film sequences. Examines the ...

16049. The Green Giants--The Story of Plants (1:00:26)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Today beneath our feet we find dwarf plants which once were green giants of the Coal Age. We may hold a fossil in our hands of a plant that live 250,000,000 years ago, yet looked very much like a f...

16050. The heretic king (29:09)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the revolutionary reign of King Akhnaton in Egypt, 1400 B.C. Emphasizes his attempt to establish monotheism and to direct Egyptian death. Considers, also, the change in painting and sculp...

16051. The holy city of Greece (28:29)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Uses pictures, models, art objects, and discussion to describe ancient Delphi and the structures on MT. Parnassus. Explains the uses and unusual features of Apollo's temple, the amphitheater, and t...

16052. The Homelands of the Conquistadors (29:13)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the world from which the conquistadors came. Describes their lands of origin on the Iberian Peninsula and traces their ancestral antecedents. Appraises these Europeans who first establish...

16053. The illustration and the text (29:50)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the collaboration between authors and illustrators in illustrating a text. Describes the problems involved and stresses the importance of the illustrator and the author working together....

16055. The justice of law (29:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Defines "justice of law," and discusses the relation of natural to just and unjust law. Explains the equality of justice, and illustrates how man-made laws have been evolving toward natural laws. ...

16056. The kinds of art (30:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Describes various kinds of art and their distinct differences. Distinguishes between the productive and the cooperative arts, and states that the latter consists only of farming, healing, and teach...

16057. The kinds of law (28:26)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Divides laws into three categories--human, natural (moral), and divine--and discusses the nature of each. Suggests two ways of identifying the different laws, and explains how natural laws are dis...

16059. The Large and the Small (30:01)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows how man has learned to measure quantities beyond his sight and grasp. Uses diagrams to explain how the size of the earth was discovered in classical times. Examines modern problems of extre...

16060. The Latin Colonials (29:40)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Points out and discusses the various groups or classes of colonial society--the whites, the mixed breeds, and the pure breed. Considers the religious, intellectual, and artistic life of these grou...