15921. Elementary particles (29:26)

Alternative title:
Physics for the atomic age
Date:
1958
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Summary:
A list of the known elementary atomic particles will be presented and along with them their various properties, mass, charge, and spin. Theoretical considerations of these various particles and the...

15922. Embarrassing Questions (29:36)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses problems arising when children become curious about sex and birth. Explains how parents can prepare themselves for this time, why questions must be answered, and how to proceed for mutua...

15923. Episodic Forms (29:39)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Here, Dr. Jones defines the episodic principle as the simple rondo-form combining the two principles of repetition and contrast and illustrates the principle with a selection from Haydn. Concluding...

15924. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 1 (29:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Maestro Dohnanyi and his guests discuss his early days as a composer. He plays two of his own selections: “Intermezzo, Opus No. 2” and “F Minor Rhapsody.”

15925. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 2 (30:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Maestro Dohnanyi and his guests discuss his days as a composer in Vienna. He plays parts of “Winterigen,” “Humoresque,” and the entire “Minute” from his own composition “Suite, Opus No. 24.”

15926. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 3 (29:58)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dohnanyi and his guests discuss the compositions which the Maestro wrote in Budapest. The numbers he plays on this program are “Variations on Hungarian Folk Songs,” “Ruralia Hungarica,” and “Pastor...

15927. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 4 (29:50)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Presented on this program in its entirety is Dohnanyi’s composition for two pianos: “Suite en Valse, Opus 41.” It is played by Dohnanyi and Kalenyi.

15928. Evaporation and humidity (29:35)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Evaporation is shown to be a cooling process. The degree of evaporation of water illustrates humidity. Evaporation of water and other liquids is shown. Alcohol and acetone evaporate more readily th...

15929. Experience as give and take (28:16)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the nature of perception and knowing. Illustrates how experiences involve a transaction between perceiver and the thing of event perceived. Demonstrates the "trapezoid window" illusion cr...

15930. Fairs and Dramas (14:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash traces the development of drama and entertainment from the medieval days of acrobats at fairs, to the present. She demonstrates use of early puppets and marionettes, speaks of the troubadours ...

15931. Fallout and disarmament (1:00:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Presents a debate on the problem of radioactive fallout from nuclear tests and the advisability of nuclear disarmament. Debates such pertinent questions as : "Does radioactive fallout from nuclear ...

15932. Family Welfare (29:33)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses jealousy and fighting for attention among brothers and sisters. Tells what parents can do to overcome sibling rivalry. Answers questions concerning acceptance of only one brother and sist...

15933. Farms (14:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Tells the story of farm life in early America. Explains how the farmer once raised his own animals and used them for the many things he needed. Visits a farm to see farm animals. (KQED) Kinescope.

15934. Fignewton's Newsaper: The First Prize Poem (15:05)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Brushy writes a prize-winning poem for the school safety contests: “It isn’t enough just to know every rule, You should practice them all, for real safety at school.”

15935. Fignewton's Newspaper: The Big Fight (15:06)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Sharing and taking turns with others can be the best way to play and Brushy and Susie-Q show us what happens when you don’t play this way. They never had any fun because they fought over things the...

15936. Fireboat (15:16)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett describes the danger of fire aboard the clipper ships. Visits the San Francisco Bay's "Phoenix" fire boat, which is shown docked next to the Hills Brothers Coffee Company, and pre...

15937. First Grade (29:31)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the problems which confront the child, the parents, and the teacher when the six-year-old starts out to school. Explains what school can mean to the child and his parents, how former habi...

15938. Fish (29:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Teaches the techniques of drawing fish. Demonstrates by painting fish swimming and jumping from water. Stresses the Japanese approach to composition using fish as an example. (KQED) Kinescope.

15939. Fish of the Sea (14:42)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells of fishing in New England, where the fishermen fished close to the shore at first and then went all the way to the Grand Banks in their small craft. Examples of the ways in which various...

15940. Fishermen (14:57)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash talks about the brave men who have sailed small boats into the open ocean in search of fish from earliest times. They risk their lives and gamble their fortunes in these ventures. Bash takes a...