Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

8201. Vitality Shoes "Untitled" (00:50)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Vitality Shoes
Summary:
An advertisement for Vitality shoes in which various men stop and gaze upon a woman wearing the shoes as she walks around town and goes on a date. An offscreen female voice sings a jingle and a mal...

8202. Vladimir Nabokov (29:23)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
. Interview with Nabokov as he talks about his life and work, his opinion as to what the American literary masterpieces are, what he thinks of American writing, his system of using index cards to c...

8203. Vladimir Nabokov (28:57)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Presents several interviews with Vladimir Nabokov, during which he talks freely about his life and work, his feelings about what the literary masterpieces of this country are, and what he thinks of...

8204. Voici la France (28:24)

Date:
1957
Summary:
This stunning Pan Am Airlines travelogue of Paris and France was directed by Harry L. Coleman, and features images of the "City of Lights" from the late 1950s. These include standard tourist fare ...

8205. Volkswagen "Butler" (00:59)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
An older butler delivers tea to a workman in overalls. The workman sips the tea and toasts his Volkswagen which is displayed in the middle of a lavish living room. The butler smiles at the vehicle ...

8206. Volkswagen "Car Wash" (01:00)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
A Volkswagen goes through a carwash. A narrator states that no one can tell the difference between a new and old Volkswagen as long as you wash it occasionally.

8207. Volkswagen "Karman Ghia" (00:59)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
The car is driving in the dark and all we see at first are the headlights. As it drives there are flashes of light that display more of it. It begins to rain and the car drives on unencumbered. An ...

8208. Volkswagen "Search"| Renault Dauphine "Last Word" (02:03)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Volkswagen; Renault Dauphine
Summary:
Volkswagen "Search" - Someone is walking up stairs very heavy footed with dramatic music accompanying the ascent. The announcer talks about how if you are looking for a car that can hold nine peopl...

8209. Volkswagen "Snowplow" (01:00)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
A man drives a Volkswagen through snowy rural roads so that he can get to his snowplow truck and plow the roads.

8210. Volkswagen "Spotlight" (01:00)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
A spotlight shines on a Volkswagen as an announcer reveals that the Volkswagen appearance has remain unchanged for ten years while internally it has been constantly improved.

8211. Volkswagen "Volkswagen Pick Up" (01:01)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
An advertisement for a Volkswagen pick up in which the vehicle drives in circles around a town's main street. Submitted for Clio Awards category Autos.

8212. Volkswagen [unknown title] (01:00)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
An advertisement for Volkswagen narrated by a man. The scene depicts a snowplow driver driving his Volkswagen Beetle through a dark, snowy morning on unplowed roads to reach his snowplow.

8213. Volkswagen [unknown title] (00:59)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
An advertisement for a Volkswagen sedan in which a narrator describes why a woman loves her Volkswagen. Submitted for Clio Awards category Autos.

8214. Volkswagen of Canada "My Daddy" (00:51)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
An advertisement for1965 Volkswagen car in which a male child narrator describes his father's new car with bigger windows as a hand drawn animation of the car moves around.

8216. Volkswagen Truck "Desert" (01:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Volkswagen
Summary:
A Volkswagen truck drives through a deserted desert. The narrator explains that the Volkswagen doesn’t overheat because of its air cool engine.

8220. Volumes of cubes, prisms, and cylinders (18:42)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Delta Films; E. H. C. Hildebrandt; Robert Pruitt
Summary:
Uses examples of everyday objects to develop the basic formula V=Bh for computing the volumes of cubes, prisms, and cylinders. Builds each concept, formula, or definition through use of live action...

8221. Volumes of pyramids, cones, and spheres (17:12)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Falcon Films; E. H. C. Hildebrandt; Robert Pruitt
Summary:
Uses a combination of animation and live-action photography to logically develop the formulas for determining the volume of pyramids, cones, and spheres. After reviewing the formulas for the volume...

8222. Volvo (01:00)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
Volvo
Summary:
An advertisement for Volvo in which a man sitting inside a Volvo car addresses the camera and discusses the strength of the vehicle's steel pillars. The man exits the car to show a stack of other c...

8223. Volvo "Untitled" (01:02)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
Volvo
Summary:
A cartoon car turns into a vicious beast that starts to eat the car owner’s home and cost the owner more money in repairs. The man trades in his beast car for a Volvo which doesn’t need repairs. Th...

8224. Voodoo Drums (07:54)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Louis W. Kellman; Brian Cartoons, Inc.; Young Productions, Inc.
Summary:
Baron Barracude and Trigger are alarmed by a mysterious repetitive sound. They follow the sound and discover a beatnik catfish, Gill Espy, playing the drums inside a cave, where the noise echoes.

8225. Voyage to recovery (05:09)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Navy
Summary:
Wounded Americans, back from battlefields and task forces all over the world gave rise to the Navy's most important postwar mission--get them well and send them home.

8226. Wabash Foothold (29:32)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of George Rogers Clark and his defeat of the British at Vincennes in 1778. Uses cartoons, maps, and photographs to illustrate conditions, fort locations, and how the British were co...

8227. Wagner : part I (29:37)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Dr. Popper bares the life and works of another great composer, Wagner, as he continues on his journey through opera for the layman. Several vocal illustrations are included, and Dr. Popper again sp...

8228. Wagner : part II (29:33)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the later works of Wagner and the conditions under which various of his operas were written. Describes the process of writing the Ring, ending with four complete works--Das Rheingold, Di...

8229. Wales, United Kingdom 1954 (18:33)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Alexander McRobbie
Summary:
McRobbie-Gair Family Home Movies Collection: This home movie captures part of a visit that Chancellor McRobbie’s parents, Alexander and Joyce McRobbie (Joyce was the older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ...

8230. Walk and Run (22:30)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Wordsmith. This popular series is based on contemporary concepts of vocabulary and linguistic theory. Each program centers on a themes like food, size, or communication. But from th...

8231. Walk and Run | Water | Time | Cutting (1:02:45)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Wordsmith. This popular series is based on contemporary concepts of vocabulary and linguistic theory. Each program centers on a themes like food, size, or communication. But from th...

8232. Wall's Fizz Bang Lollipop "FizzBang" (00:33)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Wall's
Summary:
An advertisement for Wall's Fizz Bang fizzy lollipops in which a jingle plays over various slapstick shots of children dancing, running, and eating lollipops in an early 20th-century urban environm...

8233. Walls come tumbling down (29:14)

Date:
1962
Summary:
In mid-December 1961, the Council of Ministers, the highest authority in the Common Market, gathered in Brussels for the most momentous of its periodic meetings. Four years had elapsed since the ac...

8234. Walter Allen, Amos Tutuola, Ulli Beier (29:32)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Mr. Nkosi begins his survey of African writers in London where he talks to Walter Allen, English critic who has reviewed a number of African books for the British Press. Next the viewer is taken to...

8235. Walter Piston, Symphony no. 3 (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A third kind of American musical composition is the subject of this program. Contrasted with the strongly emotional and nationalistic music of Harris, or the attempts at a resolution of the nationa...

8237. Wanda Landowska at home (29:02)

Date:
1958
Summary:
An interview with famous, Polish harpsichordist, Wanda Landowska, in her home in Lakeville, Connecticut.

8238. Wanderers on the fringe (29:42)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Curator Wilkinson returns on this program to present the story of the Nomad Scythians who ranged the Russian plains during the Sixth Century BC. Exhibits include examples of Scythian metal work, wh...

8239. War on wheels (21:37)

Date:
1943
Summary:
The story of an American truck convoy ambushed by German tanks and rescued by a group of United States medium tanks. Graphically illustrates the importance of war production during World War II. Bi...

8240. War, religion and recent history (30:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The Central Algonquians, who lived along the short of the Great Lakes and Mississippi, were first discovered by white men when Robert LaSalle and Pere Jacques Marquette journeyed down the St. Lawre...

8241. Warner's "Stretch Bra" (01:01)

Date:
1962 to 1964
Main contributors:
Warner's
Summary:
An advertisement for Warner's bras in which the product is shown to stretch in various ways. Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.

8242. Washington Conversation: Alf Landon (50:52)

Date:
December 17, 1961
Main contributors:
Alf Landon; Paul Niven
Summary:
In this interview former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican presidential candidate Alf Landon reflects on his political career and the presidential election of 1936.

8243. Washington Conversation: Arthur Goldberg & newscast (32:33)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Paul Niven; Arthur Goldberg; Michael J. Marlow
Summary:
Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg, discussed labor disputes in the steel industry and his role in settling other labor disputes in the United States. Other topics in the interview include the rig...

8244. Washington Conversation: Arturo Frondizi & WCBS news (35:10)

Date:
October 8, 1961
Main contributors:
Paul Niven ; Arturo Frondizi; Ned Calmer
Summary:
Argentinian president Arturo Frondizi is interviewed about Argentina political landscape. Some of the topics addressed in the interviewed include the role of students in politics, the political sit...

8245. Washington Conversation: Arturo Frondizi & WCBS news (34:25)

Date:
October 8, 1961
Main contributors:
Stuart Novins; Arturo Frondizi; Ned Calmer
Summary:
Argentinian president Arturo Frondizi is interviewed about Argentina political landscape. Some of the topics addressed in the interviewed include the role of students in politics, the political sit...

8246. Washington Conversation: Carl Hayden (25:05)

Date:
February 18, 1962
Main contributors:
Paul Niven; Carl Hayden; Michael J. Marlow
Summary:
Senator Carl Hayden is interviewed about his life and his political career. Hayden recounts his time serving as a sheriff in Arizona and how Congress had changed since he first arrived in Washington.

8247. Washington Conversation: Chester Bowles (31:00)

Date:
April 7, 1961
Main contributors:
Paul Niven ; Chester Bowles
Summary:
Chester Bowles discussed his advertising business and his transition into politics. Bowles shared his experience as Director of the Office of Price Administration during the World War II, governor ...

8248. Washington Conversation: Martin Luther King (26:01)

Date:
May 20, 1962
Main contributors:
CBS; WTOP-TV; Paul Niven
Summary:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is interviewed by CBS news correspondent Paul Niven about his goals and reflections on the Civil Rights Movement. Some of the topics MLKJ addressed in the interview are i...

8249. Washington Conversation: Senator John C. Stennis (25:11)

Date:
May 27, 1962
Main contributors:
Paul Niven; John C. Stennis; Michael J. Marlow
Summary:
In this interview John C. Stennis, the senator of Mississippi, discusses the civil right bills being brought forth before Congress and how he considers them to be unconstitutional. Stennis explains...

8250. Washington Conversation: Stewart Udall (32:00)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Paul Niven; Stewart Udall; Michael J. Marlow
Summary:
In this interview Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall, discussed issues relating to his role as Secretary of the Interior. He shared his desire to implement conservation policies in the Easter...

8251. Washington Conversation: Walter W. Heller (26:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Paul Niven; Walter W. Heller; Bill Linden
Summary:
Walter W. Heller, the Chairman of Economic Advisors, is interviewed about his entrance into economics and public service . Heller talks about the progress in the field of economics and how the Kenn...

8252. Washington D.C. (12:04)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Home movie travelogue of a trip to Washington, D.C. Features the following landmarks: Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Capitol building, Supreme Court building, Arlington Cemetery...

8253. Washington in war time (09:46)

Alternative title:
Washington in wartime; Washington in war times
Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Castle, Eugene W.
Summary:
A review of life in our nation's capital operating under the stress of war. Reports on the sudden increase in the city's population during wartime. Shows President Roosevelt and Secretary of State ...

8255. Washington, D.C.: Tour of the Capitol, Pt II (25:55)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
WNET/13
Summary:
[motion picture] Covers a tour of the Capitol by fifth and sixth graders. Includes the Rotunda, with its statues and fresco on the ceiling and walls, the Senate chamber and gallery, the President's...

8256. Washington, D.C.: Tour of the Capitol, Pt. I (24:03)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Shows a group of fifth and sixth graders touring Washington, D.C. Includes a visit to the Capitol building where they tour the Statuary Hall, the Rotunda, the House chamber within the Capitol build...

8257. Washington, DC 1972 (02:46)

Date:
1972
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Home movie of the Feils trip to Washington DC. Footage of driving by the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, and visiting the John F. Kennedy eternal flame at nighttime. Much of the film is very dar...

8258. Wastage of human resources (11:19)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.; Lawrence K. Frank
Summary:
Emphasizing the needless loss of life through a hotel fire, the film discusses various causes of the wastage of human resources at different age levels, such as disease, accidents, juvenile delinqu...

8259. Watch Out! (22:30)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 24 of the Agency for Instructional Television Series All About You, an elementary course in health education designed for children to help them understand basic human anatomy, physiology, a...

8260. Watchtower over tomorrow (13:19)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Cromwell, John, 1888-1979
Summary:
"Beginning with a prologue by Secretary of State Stettinius, who points out that our Government under the leadership of President Roosevelt has been working to avoid future wars, the film proceeds ...

8261. Water (22:27)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Wordsmith. This popular series is based on contemporary concepts of vocabulary and linguistic theory. Each program centers on a themes like food, size, or communication. But from th...

8262. Water : sculptor of the land (29:25)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Wind, heat, cold, and rain combine to weather the rocks and break them down. But the face of our earth is molded and the decayed rock carried away from one place and deposited in another mainly b...

8263. Water and What It Does (11:05)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Discusses the properties of water and how they affect its use. Shows that water is compsed of tiny particles which are always in motion, and that its exists in three states--solid, liquid, and gas...

8264. Water color painting in the world of art (30:12)

Date:
1957
Summary:
In this program, Mr. Fitzpatrick discusses water color, which, because of its spontaneous, lucid quality, is intriguing both to the artist and the layman alike. Watercolor paintings by well-known p...

8266. Water pressure (14:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This program deals with water pressure. Uncle Wonder shows the various experiments that water has weight and that water exerts pressure in all directions. He shows why there is more water pressure ...

8267. Water Ski (02:50)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Home movie of Ed Feil with a group of friends at a lake. Shows the group boating, skiing, and grilling on the beach. Looks to be the same trip as Boating (barcode 30000149840054).

8269. Watts Towers theatre workshop (28:14)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Introduces the Watts Towers Theatre Workshop consisting of black teenagers from the Los Angeles Watts neighborhood. Relates that the group was founded in 1963 by Stephen Kyle Kent as a Join the Art...

8270. Wausau Homes "Custom Built" (01:05)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Wausau Homes
Summary:
A man talks about the different types of suburban homes that Wausau can make. Wausau can also build a family a home that reflects their needs and price.

8271. Wausau Homes "Looks" (00:33)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Wausau Homes
Summary:
A man explains that Wausau homes are built with quality products and are priced fairly.

8272. Waves across the Pacific (31:37)

Date:
1966
Summary:
A film record of the expedition led by Dr. Walter Munk of the Scripps Oceanographic Institute which tracked a family of ocean waves from their birth in the turbulent waters of the Antarctic to thei...

8274. We Choose: Scarcity & Social Decision Making (22:23)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

8275. We Decide (Social Decision Making) (20:26)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 of Trade-offs, a series in economic education for nine to thirteen year-olds that consists of fifteen 20-minute television/film programs and related materials. Using dramatizations and sp...

8276. We Make Anything (34:10)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg shows the mass production of bicycles and automobiles in order to foster an understanding of the import...

8278. Wealth of the Andes (16:36)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Pictures a train trip to the Cero de Pasco mining district deep in the Peruvian Andes. Shows that copper and lead constitute the "wealth of the Andes". Discusses the construction problems that made...

8279. Weather Maps, Calendars, and Crime (29:02)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses folklore connected with crime, pointing out that a slight correlation may exist between criminality and the weather, phase of the moon, fire, darkness, and light. Uses vignettes to show ...

8280. Weaving and man's dress (30:20)

Date:
1958
Summary:
When man faced the elements of nature, it was through his ingenuity and the use of his hands that he was able to weave clothing for protection. This took varying forms, from the weaving of blanket...

8281. Webs and Their Weavers (29:46)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Many people fear all spiders to such an extent that they have never explored this interesting world of living things. Only a few spiders are harmful to human beings, and the other thousands of kind...

8285. Wedding Best (04:46)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Mary Feil Hellerstein; Herman Hellerstein
Summary:
Footage from Mary and Herman's wedding, followed by a reception at the Harold Feil home. Shows Mary and Herman cutting their wedding cake and Mary tossing her bouquet. Ends with footage of Herman a...

8286. Wedding march (25:52)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Arlene Dahl; Larry Parks; James Craig
Summary:
Series: The Ford television theatre

8288. Weighing air (14:29)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program Uncle Wonder uses a gram scale and weighs the air in a basketball. He also shows that air has weight by balancing two balloons, one at each end of a stick, and breaking one of them,...

8289. Weight training : basic exercises (09:37)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Chuck Coker; P. Leonard Klassen; Educational Horizons
Summary:
Training with weights is a valuable addition to any physical education program. Nine basic exercises are demonstrated and explained. Correct techniques are emphasized and the body areas that benefi...

8291. Weight Watchers "Compliments" (00:31)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Weight Watchers
Summary:
Family members, friends and coworkers compliment a person for looking thin and in shape.

8293. Weil Award Lunch ' 72 (02:37)

Date:
1972
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Helen Kahn Weil; Julius Weil
Summary:
Helen speaking at a podium during an awards ceremony at the Cleveland Sheraton. There are several banquet tables on both sides of the podium and a banner that reads "Senior Citizens". This footage ...

8295. Welcome soldier! (14:35)

Alternative title:
Getting the most out of a film
Date:
1944
Main contributors:
McInnes, Graham, 1912-1970
Summary:
Presents two films. Welcome soldier! outlines the various government plans created to help Canadian World War II veterans return to civilian life in the workplace and at home. In the companion film...

8296. Welcome to Indiana University (13:25)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Introduces the campus, buildings, and programs at Indiana University, focusing almost exclusively on the School of Business, with Arthur M. Weimer, dean. Shows the Business and Economics Building ...

8297. Wellmet House (29:30)

Date:
19XX
Summary:
Explains that Wellmet House attempts to rehabilitate the mentally ill not by gaining conforming behavior but by helping them relate to other people in natural and unstructured ways. Points out that...

8298. Wellness | Go, Grow, Glow | Food Power | Clean Power (1:02:36)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Part of a series of fifteen programs called Well, Well, Well that focuses on health and wellness for children in kindergarten and the primary grades. Hosted by Slim Goodbody (John Burstein).

8299. Welthy Fisher (29:48)

Date:
1967
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Introduces educator Welthy Fisher, her philosophy of education, and the environment in India where she works. Shows Indian teachers, trained in institutes founded by Mrs. Fisher, teaching in vario...

8300. Wembley Ties "Muted Hues" (01:00)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Wembley
Summary:
An advertisement for Wembley ties in which a jingle plays as a man tries on the product and a woman stands intrigued next to him. A male narrator addresses the camera about Wembley's new "muted hue...