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8341. How Children Grow (30:01)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses the concepts of maturation and nurture, and examines their relation to physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth. Two girls, ages 5 and 8, are used to demonstrate intellectual ...

8342. How many stars (11:07)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Emphasizes the vastness of space and the extremely large numbers of stars in known galaxies. Uses drawings and photographs to compare the sizes of the sun and planets and to discuss the distance o...

8343. How to meet the threat of Communist aggression (28:18)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
The problem of communist aggression is discussed by representatives of India, the Philippines, Korea, and Norway. This discussion concerns itself mostly with the situation in the East, since three ...

8345. It's Everybody's Business (20:14)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Uses animation to describe the economic principles underlying our private, competitive economy. Identifies the major forces that threaten its efficient operation and shows the close interrelations...

8346. Legislative Process (28:40)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Uses the General Assembly of Indiana to portray a state legislature in action as it passes a bill through the various steps to become a law. Includes animated sequences to chart th...

8347. Mental Growth and Achievement (29:14)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses intelligence and achievement and the methods of testing intelligence. Points out the necessity for appreciating the difference between intelligence and achievement. Four children help i...

8348. Monkey tale (08:50)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
New Zealand National Film Unit; Marquis the chimpanzee
Summary:
Shows Charlie, the chimpanzee, as he learns a lesson about bicycle safety. As Charlie rides to school on his bicycle, he breaks many safety rules, such as riding the bicycle on a walk and across t...

8349. New Orleans 1954 (01:50)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Brief travelogue taken in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, 1954. Primarily focuses on costumed people on a crowded street. Includes traditional Mardi Gras costumes of clowns, Native Americans, and me...

8353. Oriental brushwork (17:06)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Tyrus Wong; Chiura Obata; John Bessor
Summary:
Uses a variety of oriental paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to depict the characteristics of oriental art and shows a Chinese and a Japanese artist demonstrating orienta...

8354. Physical Development (30:03)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses the physical growth of children, emphasizing that parents should realize that each child grows at his own rate. Also deals with appetite, sleep, communicable diseases, and accident preven...

8356. Railroad rhythms (10:25)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Records the activities and sounds in a freight yard upon the arrival of a freight train. Portrays a turntable in operation, a steam locomotive in a roundhouse for servicing, a diesel engine moving ...

8357. Rumor (06:13)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
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8358. Simple Molds (10:26)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Shows a skilled ceramist demonstrating the step-by-step process of making simple molds of three types: slipcasting, drape, and press molds. Portrays the process from pattern-makin...

8359. Simple molds (45:30)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Shows a skilled ceramist demonstrating the step-by-step process of making simple molds of three types: slipcasting, drape, and press molds. Portrays the process from pattern-making to the complete...

8360. Skiing In Cleveland (08:40)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Home movie of Ed Feil and a group of friends skiing in winter. The group hits the slopes at nighttime, then warms up by the fire inside a ski lodge. Also shows the group skiing at Boyne Mountain in...