18241. World Series 1937: New York Yankees vs. New York Giants (2:29:08)

Date:
October 10, 1937
Main contributors:
Elson, Bob, 1904-1981; New York Yankees (Baseball team); New York Giants (Baseball team)
Summary:
Game Five of World Series. New York Yankees - 4; New York Giants - 2. Joe DiMaggio homers @ Polo Grounds - Bob Elson - World Series Game 5 Inning 3 [AI-Generated Summary] On October 10, 1937, t...

18242. World Series 1937: New York Yankees vs. New York Giants (2:41:22)

Date:
October 10, 1937
Main contributors:
Manning, Tom; New York Giants (Baseball team); New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Summary:
"Mel Ott homers to tie game @ Polo Grounds - Tom Manning (NBC) - World Series Game 5 - Inning 3" [AI-Generated Summary] On October 10, 1937, the New York Yankees clinched their second consecutive ...

18243. World Series 1937: New York Yankees vs. New York Giants (2:30:06)

Date:
October 10, 1937
Main contributors:
Elson, Bob, 1904-1981; New York Yankees (Baseball team); New York Giants (Baseball team)
Summary:
Game Five of World Series. New York Yankees - 4; New York Giants - 2. Game 5 (F) - Joe DiMaggio homer in 3rd - Bob Elson Game 5 (F) - Mel Ott HR - Tom Manning [AI-Generated Summary] On October 1...

18245. A backward civilization (the Berbers of Northern Africa) (21:00)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; Ellsworth Huntington, Ph.D. Yale University
Summary:
Presents study of economic and social conditions in a society isolated from the rest of the world by almost impenetrable natural barriers. Discloses representative aspects of the daily life of supe...

18246. Animals in modern life (10:41)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Shows how domesticated animals are used throughout the world for power, clothing, materials, and food. Shows how about 50 of the 500,000 known species of animals have been domesticated. Junior and ...

18247. Body defenses against disease (10:28)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Demonstrates through animated drawings and cinemicrography the three lines of defense against infection--the skin and mucous membranes, the lymphatic system, and the circulatory system including li...

18248. Electrons (10:59)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films, inc.; Harvey B. Lemon
Summary:
Through animated drawings and photography explains the hypothesis that electricity consists of unit elementary charges. Demonstrates the conduction of electricity through solutions, gases, and vacu...

18249. Exploring the universe (10:53)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Walter Bartky
Summary:
Illustrates dynamic aspects of stars within our galaxy and of galaxies themselves by use of animated drawings. Includes changes in the Dipper, binary stars, eclipsing variables, trinary stars, mot...

18250. Future stars (09:05)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Mass exercise, tumbling, acrobatics, horseback riding, soapbox derbies, rowing, swimming and flying miniature airplanes.

18251. Heart and circulation (10:26)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
Carlson, Anton J. (Anton Julius), 1875-1956.; Erpi Picture Consultants, Incorporated
Summary:
Portrays how heart and blood vessels circulate blood throughout the body. Animated drawings depict the nature of the circulatory system and muscular and valvular heart action. Reveals factors affec...

18252. Hydrotherapy Pool at Riley Hospital for Children (00:59)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
United States Work Projects Administration
Summary:
A 1937 U.S. Works Projects Administration (WPA) newsreel, "Work Pays America," featured Riley Hospital's hydrotherapy pool (dedicated on October 7, 1935) used for therapy for children with polio an...

18253. Parabola (08:45)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Presents a rhythmical development and elaboration of parabolic curves synchronized with the Darius Milhaud ballet suite "La Creation du Monde."

18256. Shelter (11:08)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; Wallace W. Atwood
Summary:
Shows the major concepts in the evolution of shelter, starting with primitive shelter construction from materials close at hand. Traces man's growing ability to change the form of these materials a...

18257. The nervous system (09:47)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Shows the structure of the nervous system, together with its pathways and connections; the nature of a nerve impulse; conditions for setting up impulses; their passage from cell to cell; their disc...

18258. The romance of Robert Burns (16:12)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Presents a fictionized story woven about episodes in the life of Robert Burns. Includes Burns's trip to Edinburgh to visit wealthy patrons and his ill-treatment at their hands. He recites to them...

18259. 1936 All-Star Baseball Game: National League vs American League (2:36:18)

Date:
July 7, 1936
Main contributors:
Laux, France; Dyer, Bill; McDonald, Arch, 1901-1960
Summary:
1936 All-Star Baseball Game: National League - 4; American League - 3; Game played at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts; Disc 1 1. Pre-Game 2. First Inning 3. Second Inning 4. Third Inning 5....

18260. Alaska's silver millions (30:55)

Date:
1936
Summary:
This informative short film narrated by Father Bernard Hubbard 'The Glacier Priest' shows in detail the large and lucrative salmon fishing industry in Alaska, from the catching of the fish to their...