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Illustrates the structure of a group, the goals to be achieved during meetings, participation patterns, the quality of communication, group standards, and group procedures. Discusses the difference...
"Recognize and Refer," made by Deo Akiode, was selected as the first place winning video in "Safety Together: An Archival Remix Contest" organized by Indiana University Libraries.
In Spring 2025, ...
"Support Is Here," made by Miranda Kress, was selected as a runner up winning video in "Safety Together: An Archival Remix Contest" organized by Indiana University Libraries.
In Spring 2025, IU Li...
"Pace Yourself," made by Kierra Willis, was selected as a runner up winning video in "Safety Together: An Archival Remix Contest" organized by Indiana University Libraries.
In Spring 2025, IU Libr...
"You Are Not Alone," made by Jack Bassett, was selected as a runner up winning video in "Safety Together: An Archival Remix Contest" organized by Indiana University Libraries.
In Spring 2025, IU L...
This episode illustrates global conflict zones in 1949 and the role of the United Nations in addressing them. It explains the structure and functions of key U.N. bodies, including the General Assem...
Discusses man's use of planned outdoor spaces in art and architecture, emphasizing that people need more well-planned, attractive, open spaces in cities. Compares spaces in such paintings as Mondri...
In his final program, John Dodds poses a startling question: “Are Americans civilized?” Undoubtedly, he says, most Americans will reply without hesitation. “Of course, we are!” Yet, Dr. Dodds point...
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; O. W. Eshbach; Warren P. Everote
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Develops the law of falling bodies and credits Galileo for his work in this area. Shows by experiment and slow motion photography that all bodies fall at the same rate of speed and uses the inclin...
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Interviews objectivist poet Louis Zukofsky as to the form and philosophy underlying his poetry, the circumstances under which his first poem was published, and several unique aspects of his poetry....
Describes the importance of industrial research in satisfying consumer needs and meeting competition. Shows through animation the large expenditure of time and money that has gone into the develop...
Illustrates modern dance as exemplified by Negro spirituals. Miss Tamiris creates her dances to the familiar spirituals Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Go Down Moses, and Get on Board Lil' Children.
Compares two dairy farms--one in Southeastern Wisconsin and the other in Central New York State. Shows the land use and cultural practices which reflect adaptation to such elements of the physical ...
Discusses fraternal love, and differentiates it from sexual love. Explains Aristotle's idea of human association based on utility, pleasure, and excellence. Distinguishes between justice and love,...
Shows graphically that people live longer now because of modern medical developments. Discusses the problem of how these people should be supported by pension plans such as social security. Expla...
A comparison of family life in France, Japan, India, and Canada. How each family treats and cares for a year-old baby. Mother-child relationships, feeding and bathing the child. Anthropologist Marg...
Episode 4 from Understanding Taxes. Uses dramatizations to highlight teenagers' firsthand experiences with the effects of taxation and to explain the reasons for taxes.
The development of life, from a cell to a man, from a seed to a tree, is the subject of this program. Film clips are used, showing the self-duplication of molecules and cells and the fertilization ...
"Safer Together 2023" made by Srikar Devulapalli, was selected as runner up winning video in "Safety Together: An Archival Remix Contest" organized by Indiana University Libraries.
In Spring 2023...
Based on Stefan Zweig’s book, Twenty Four Hours In a Woman's Life was a CBS movie special sponsored by Revlon, starring Ingrid Bergman and Rip Torn. In the movie a wealthy girl, Helen, wants to run...
Unedited production footage from Thanks But No Thanks (Peer Pressure), episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.
Describes the organization structure of the Boy Scouts and how scouts move through the ranks, from starting as a Cub at age 9 to Rover at age 19. Emphasizes how the Boy Scouts of America provide co...
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Brings together four prominent Negro leaders who discuss American Negroes' movement for racial and social equality, and their own motivations, doctrines, methods and goals. Features Negro leaders J...
Describes the polygraph or lie detector. Actual tests are made with graduate students posing as subjects. Some of the uses of the device in criminal detection, industrial and security work are expl...
Dr. St. Clair Drake states that the middle class is not only based on the economy, but is a way of life. Black middle and upper classes parallel those of the whites, yet he is "still a brother" and...
Describes the economic, religious, and social characteristics of life in Bangkok, Thailand. Includes views of the temples, the old Palace of Kings, the King and the Queen at a state function, the ...
Uses common everyday examples of the effects of humidity to introduce and explain this idea. Shows Kay, an attractive teenager, and her adventures with a violin, a stuck drawer, and drying off at t...
Shows how one small Turkish village profits by the acquisition of a tractor imported through the Marshall Plan, and benefits from mechanical training provided young farmers as part of Turkey's reco...
Examines a variety of playthings and play equipment, focusing, particularly on objects that reveal the custom, skill, and whimsy of their makers. Considers the emotional responses to toys and the ...
Explores the wonders of the natural world as depicted by artists, considering how man has changed the natural environment through industry, farming, land development, and his own habits.
Examines the images artists create to portray the happy, exciting, or tender moments of an earlier day. Considers how art preserves the scenes of people enjoying and cherishing life.
Explores the majesty and mystery of the sea, man's fascination with and reliance on the sea, and how it has been a source of mystery for artists in all times and cultures.
Focuses on manufactured objects used for daily tasks in homes, offices, and industry. Examines the qualities of form in these objects in relation to their functions and the preferences of their use...
Considers the organization and characteristics of planned spaces for community living in a study of the functional and aesthetic problems in the design of spaces for living.
Shows how people in various cultures have made and used costumes, masks, and headdress for ceremonies and other special occasions. Considers how a person can use clothing to create a special image ...
Considers ways in which people communicate, examining some of the media of communications and the artistic forms used to transmit various kinds of messages.
Explores forms of birds, bees, and bugs, showing how their shapes, colors, textures, and movements have served as sources of ideas for artists and designers.
Reflects on the relationships between expressive architectural design and religious philosophies and liturgies in a survey of a variety of structures that have been designed as houses of worship.
Explores the interaction of people as a source of imagery for artists, showing how artists capture and preserve the varying moods of small and large groups of people.
Theodore Kautzky demonstrates techniques in drawing a scene with pencil. Emphasizes the following points: general design, thumbnail sketching, preparation of the pencil point, drawing sharp lines,...
Reviews the Greek and Roman periods of influence, the Moslem invasion, the growth and development under Attaturk, and the present struggle toward progress. Shows the geographical and strategic impo...
Presents ballad singers singing three authentic American folk songs: "Strawberry Roan," "Grey Goose," and "John Henry." The background for the singers is a farmhouse kitchenyard after the noonday m...
A biography of Helen Keller, tracing her life from birth until 76 years of age, showing in detail how this blind, deaf, and mute woman has overcome her handicaps. Consists of still photographs, ear...
By means of animated lines, figures, and scenes, film illustrates through everyday happenings how "a line may be many things" and "a line is only an idea." Makes a plea for tolerance and a breaking...
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.”
Features a W.C. Fields type cartoon character who gives hints for responsible drinking, clears up common misconceptions and myths about drinking, and points out possible consequences of irresponsib...
An advertisement for Marx's Great Garloo remote control action figure in which the toy is depicted rampaging through a miniature cityscape. An offscreen narrator describes the features of the toy o...
Huyghens (HY-gunz) discovery that Saturn is surrounded by rings which look different on earth at different times led to considerable speculation as to the nature of the rings. Some scientists beli...
Shows many of the kitchen appliances of tomorrow. Takes the viewer inside the experimental laboratories of General Motors to see such advanced aids to cooking as an automatic recipe viewer, heatle...
Portrays the psychology at work in the use of alcohol by adolescents. A documentary approach is taken in presenting the origin, development, and results of an actual research project, "A Study of t...
This is a tale of two famous Japanese clans who were bitter enemies. During the battle of Yashima in 1845, one clan was challenged to pierce a fan with a bow and arrow from a great distance. Artist...
Former US Surgeon General Dr. Thomas Parran discusses his history as a medical doctor working for the United States department of health. Included are stories on his family background, experiences ...
Discusses the conditions and effects of drug addiction among young people. Reveals how an individual may be enticed to use narcotics. Outlines some of the causes of addiction and considers the po...
"Stridently anti-Japanese film that attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy so that the U.S. may more readily defeat its enemy. Depicts the Japanese as "primitive, murde...
Episode 10 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 s...
Tells the story of disarmament: past attempts at world disarmament and the present state of the current UN disarmament talks. Includes film clips of the devastation caused during World War II in Wa...
Film features the Jeep audio visual unit, a vehicle equipped to provide complete sound and picture projection, regardless of road conditions or weather. Follows the vehicle as it used in an educati...
A line supervisor discusses with a foreman his problem in supervising the women in his department. The fact is brought out that the same rules apply in supervising both men and women, but that wome...
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...
Discusses the special problems confronting the child with physical handicaps. Points out the importance of early diagnosis, counseling, and special services. Explains the difficulties in solving th...
A film describing sorority life at IU, the benefits of joining a sorority, their traditions, and the function of IU's Panhellenic Association. Shows how sorority life offers potential for personal ...
Discusses the psychological difference between knowledge and opinion, and describes the skeptic point of view. Compares knowledge and opinion in relation to truth, and states that most of the thin...
Charles Malik, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations and ambassador from Lebanon discusses criticism and truth in world diplomacy. He is joined by Dr. Richard Cottam, Department o...
The excitement of the Gold Rush is in this show; the feverish travel across the country to find treasure, and the life of the prospectors. Bash shows the methods of mining with rocker and with gold...
An account of a canoe trip in the Quetico-Superior wilderness area of Northern Minnesota and Canada. Emphasizes the importance of keeping wilderness areas green, beautiful, and intact. Includes vie...
Shows how Springfield, Massachusetts, offers an inspiring plan to other communities for combating racial and religious intolerance, and shows how any school and any town can deal with the causes of...
Shows the actual training and activities of Air Transport Command personnel with routines of briefing, radio communications, and other precautionary measures during World War II.
Clever Elsie really isn't very clever at all. Marionettes tell the story of Clever Elsie who sweeps with the broom upside down to keep from wearing out the straw. One day, Clever Elsie goes to the ...
A filmed presentation of the many facets of theatrical director Tyrone Guthrie, his ideas, and his methods of working. Guthrie is seen at his home in Ireland, conducting a rehearsal in New York, an...
Reviews the rise of Hitler to power, his broken promises, the invasion of Germany's neighbors, Germany's eventual defeat, and the Allied occupation of Germany, with its many problems which are aggr...
Shows the organization of the The New York Times and the vast interrelationship of the numerous departments. Then illustrates the methods for giving up-to-the-minute news, and stresses the need fo...
This older film is directed to young girls. Using diagrams, it helps them learn about menstruation and gives them a healthy understanding of the physical and emotional changes that occur in growing...
This film, designed primarily for members of the medical, nursing and allied hospital professions, portrays an experiment in maternity care which is being conducted in the obstretical division of S...
This episode of CBS Washington Report covers the Civil Right Movement and showdown between Governor Wallace and the Kennedy administration over the implementation of desegregation at the University...
Traces the history of motion pictures from its early, one-minute format which astounded its audiences, to the elaborate productions of the l940s. Includes film footage of such early motion picture ...