Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

9701. Jumps and pole vaults (11:16)

Date:
1938
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Demonstrates in actual competition the running high jump; running broad jump; hop, step, and jump; and pole vault. Champions are pictured in slow motion photography.

9702. Livestock and Mankind (10:58)

Date:
1938
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry
Summary:
An address given by Dr. John R. Mohler, Chief of the USDA Bureau of Animal Industry, provides narration for this film reporting on the work of the Bureau. "Animal husbandry and veterinary science i...

9703. Manchukuo (11:26)

Date:
1938
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Summary:
Depicts the Japanese occupation of Manchukuo. Describes the mechanization of industry. Includes scenes showing coal and iron mines, steel mills, railroads, government buildings, new housing, native...

9704. Navajo children (11:42)

Date:
1938
Summary:
Shows the experiences of a Navajo boy and girl in moving with their family, household effects, pets, horses, sheep and goats from their winter quarters to their summer home. As they journey by wag...

9706. The wheat farmer (11:19)

Date:
1938
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; Herbert B. Hartwig
Summary:
A view of life on a typical Kansas wheat farm. Shows how members of an average farm family spend their time, how the land is cared for, and how the winter wheat is planted, harvested, and stored in...

9707. The woodwind choir (11:26)

Date:
1938
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Summary:
Reveals the appearance, tonal qualities, and functions of various instruments of the woodwind choir--piccolos, flutes, clarinets, oboes, English horns, bassoons, and contrabassoons. Uses close-up p...

9708. Thermodynamics (08:39)

Date:
1938
Summary:
Discusses the chemical reactions that create heat and how we harness heat to generate power.

9709. Velocity of chemical reactions (10:58)

Date:
1938
Summary:
Reveals how the nature, concentration, and temperature of reacting substances affect the velocity of chemical reactions. Through laboratory experiments and animated drawings demonstrates and explai...

9710. 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...

9711. 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 ...

9712. 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...

9713. 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...

9714. 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...

9715. Future stars (09:05)

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

9716. 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...

9717. 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."

9719. 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...

9720. 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...

9721. 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...

9722. 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...

9723. Land of cotton (09:09)

Date:
1936
Summary:
This segment of the journalistic series, photographed in part by Walker Evans, looks at the exploited sharecropper in a one-crop economy. Predicting the breakdown of the South's single-crop system,...

9724. The solar family (11:04)

Date:
1936
Summary:
Presents an introductory study of the planets--their evolution, motions, sizes, and satellites. Shows, through animated drawings, the evolution of the solar system according to planetesimal hypothe...

9725. With the Yangtze patrol (09:17)

Date:
1936
Summary:
The United States Naval fleet in Chinese waters, showing commerce on the Yangtze River. Bluejackets visiting ashore in interior China.

9726. David Copperfield : the boy (42:01)

Date:
1935
Summary:
Abridged from the first half of the feature film based on Dickens' novel. Includes his infancy, his visit to the seaside with Peggotty, his difficulties in his stepfather's home, his experiences in...

9727. Safety on the Highway (05:41)

Date:
1935
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Summary:
A report on the writing and results of an article in Readers Digest entitled "And Sudden Death."

9728. Safety on the highway (05:41)

Date:
1935
Summary:
A report on the writing and results of an article in Readers Digest entitled "And Sudden Death."

9729. The grey armada (09:20)

Date:
1935
Summary:
The United States Naval fleet in action. Film captures launching of planes and firing broadsides of big guns.

9730. The work of rivers (10:11)

Date:
1935
Summary:
Portrays running water as the most powerful of all forces tending to alter the earth's surface. Describes the water cycle, and through stream table demonstrations, animated drawings, and natural ...

9731. Little cheezer (09:35)

Date:
1934
Summary:
A Pictoreels cartoon. Cheezer the mouse is tired of being treated like a little kid. Instead of going to bed like his mother told him, he follows his inner demon into the kitchen. Despite the inter...

9732. Little dutch mill (08:41)

Date:
1934
Main contributors:
National Cinema Service
Summary:
In this Max Fleischer classic, two Dutch children find themselves in trouble with a menacing miser. 3-D animation.

9733. Map reading, parts I & II (43:22)

Date:
1934
Summary:
Emphasizes the importance of understanding maps. Shows how to measure distances, calculate directions and coordinates, and how to read elevation, logical contours, slopes, proifle and possible visi...

9734. Sky fleets of the Navy (08:15)

Date:
1934
Summary:
This film shows planes taking off aircraft carriers and from bases ashore, firing torpedoes and dropping bombs. Thrilling scenes of a sham battle at sea.

9735. Street Safety and Primary Grades (07:37)

Date:
1934
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Summary:
Uses a police dog to teach primary-grade children the various steps to follow while crossing the street. Explains how to wait for a policeman's signal or for a light signal, and how to cross the s...

9737. Views of a decorticate dog (08:16)

Date:
1934
Summary:
Demonstrates the actions of a dog from which the cortex of the brain has been surgically removed. Shows changes in posture, walking, obstacle-meeting, eating, reactivity to stimuli, and conditione...

9738. Industrial Britain (21:52)

Date:
1933
Summary:
"Grierson had always admired the documentary work of American filmmaker Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North) and hired him to make Industrial Britain, though he and his staff ultimately had to com...

9739. Knight duty (21:44)

Date:
1933
Summary:
Features Harry Langdon, the great baby-faced comedian, as a meek little man trapped in a wax museum. Shows how he has hilarious encounters with cops, wax figures, and jewel thieves.

9740. Sawdust sidelights (10:20)

Date:
1933
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians release of a Lyman H. Howe Films Co., short film. Presents the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows at their Sarasota, FL winter quarters, in transit, and in p...

9741. The little king : Christmas night (07:55)

Date:
1933
Summary:
Presents a cartoon movie of Soglow's Little King. On Christmas Eve, the Little King sneaks two tramps into the castle. The next morning, the three men are thrilled by the presents Santa left behind.

9742. When in Rome (10:00)

Date:
1932
Summary:
A travelogue of Rome. Captures ancient sites of the city, Roman society, the Fascist population, and intimate scenes of Benito Mussolini at home with his children.

9744. Good Foods: Drink of Water (08:53)

Date:
1931
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Summary:
A horse, a dog, cows, ducks, and a moose are shown drinking water. Children at school and at play drink rom water fountains or paper cups and learn to drink water before breakfast.

9745. Plant traps (10:25)

Date:
1931
Summary:
Pictures carnivorous plants, which have the unusual characteristic of entrapping and digesting insects and other small animals. Shows how the pitcher plant lures insects to its trap, where they dr...

9746. Roots of plants (11:10)

Date:
1931
Summary:
Describes tap, fascicled, and fibrous roots, and explains how they not only hold the plant in place but also absorb food elements from the soil. Time-lapse photography, microcinematography, animate...

9747. Seed dispersal (10:55)

Date:
1931
Summary:
Shows ways in which seeds of plants are scattered in order to insure propagation of the species: dispersal by wind, transportation by animals, and forceful propulsion from the seed case. Describe...

9748. Oh darling! (17:13)

Date:
1930
Main contributors:
Stephen Roberts; Jack White; Al Thompson
Summary:
Series: Jack White talking comedy

9749. Tin (17:05)

Date:
1930
Summary:
Shows opencast mining, sluicing, and bucket dredging in tin mines in the Malay States; tin as it is shipped to the United States; and the processes of making tin plate, tin cans for food containers...

9750. Finding his voice (10:41)

Date:
1929
Main contributors:
F. Lyle Goldman; Max Fleischer; W.E. Erpi
Summary:
Animated film demonstrating with the comic cartoon characters how sound is reproduced in talking pictures.

9751. Glass Blowing Technique (16:59)

Date:
1929
Summary:
Shows the correct procedure and manipulations for elementary glass blowing with Pyrex glass, the technique employed for joining tubes of unequal diameters, and the method of forming bulbs.

9752. From tree to newspaper (16:58)

Date:
1928
Summary:
Shows the steps involved in felling a tree, getting out logs, floating them to the pulp mill, making wood pulp, and making paper ready for printing in a newspaper plant. Also describes life in a lo...

9753. Purifying Water (16:04)

Date:
1928
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Summary:
Stresses the need for purifying water for the various uses of a community, and shows methods of aerating, filtrating, disinfecting, and testing a city's water supply. Illustrates the complexity of...

9754. The grand canyon (14:53)

Date:
1927
Summary:
Features Native Americans performing a variety of dance rituals and beautiful vistas within the Grand Canyon.

9755. Through life's windows (16:18)

Date:
1927
Summary:
An educational film on eyesight which shows headaches, inefficiency in work and accidents to be results of defective vision. By animation and models, the mechanics of the eye are shown and the comp...

9756. Anemic cinema (04:56)

Date:
1926
Main contributors:
Marcel Duchamp
Summary:
Marcel Duchamp's only film is an example of "graphic cinema." It wittingly demonstrates the intertwining of the visual and verbal responses to viewing a film. The title itself- "anemic" is an anagr...

9757. Getting in Dutch! (15:52)

Date:
1926
Summary:
A silent animated cartoon about the United States Navy featuring two pilots and a dog.

9758. Fifth Avenue models (1:09:52)

Alternative title:
5th Avenue models
Date:
1925
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Isobel Ludant, a model working in a high-end clothing shop, becomes embroiled in a quarrel, resulting in a ruined gown. To pay for the dress, she turns to her father, an artist, who gets entangled ...

9760. Bringing it home (12:20)

Date:
1922
Main contributors:
National Motion Picture Company Indianapolis and “produced under the auspices of the New York State Department of Health”
Summary:
An educational film about social work for babies in Indiana, during a time when better health services for American families was becoming a critical need.

9762. The Blazing Trail (1:20:51)

Date:
1921
Main contributors:
Thornby, Robert, 1889-1953; Philbin, Mary.; Rich, Lillian, 1900-1954
Summary:
Young doctor Bradley Yates has been trying to come up with a serum to counteract blood poisoning, with no results. Exhausted, he takes a rest in the Blue Ridge Mountains and stays in a small mounta...

9765. A movie star (31:28)

Date:
1916
Summary:
Just as the local movie theater is about to begin showing a picture, the star of the film arrives and comes to see the movie himself. On screen, the star must rescue his girl from danger. In the th...

9768. The great train robbery (19:27)

Date:
1903
Summary:
A presentation of two of the first feature films in history, with the addition of sound. Bandits tie up the station master, stop the train, rob the mail car, take the passenger's valuables, and the...

9769. Americans All (16:39)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
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...

9770. Canadian Boom (27:04)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Shows the gradual development of a balanced economy in Canada through the growth of industry in the various provinces. Includes views of wheat harvesting, logging, tourist attractions, the transpor...

9771. Cancer: Its Cure and Prevention (06:53)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Shows the work of medical researchers in their efforts to discover the causes of and cure for cancer, and the work of organizations in combating popular ignorance and fear of cancer. Famous physici...

9772. Child Labor Amendments (07:16)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
The condition of America's working children and the issues involved in the fight over the Child Labor Amenments.

9773. Disorders of coordination (44:53)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
E. Herz; T. J. Putnam
Summary:
Demonstrates a number of tests for disorders of coordination and discusses the causes of the various types of disorders.

9775. Formosa Story (10:37)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Tells how the island of Formosa has been helped to become economically self-sufficient through the help of ECA and the Joint Committee on Rural Reconstruction. Explains that through the cooperatio...

9776. Formosa-Island of Promise (17:27)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Shows the problems of Formosa, an island which doubled in population through the arrival of Chinese Nationalist refugees. Tells how, with assistance from ECA and the Joint Committee on Rural Recons...

9777. Heart Disease (07:33)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
The reasons for the increase of heart trouble in recent years and methods of treatment.

9778. Hogarth the Satirist (15:39)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Presents Hogarth's most remarkable engravings, emphasizing his illustration of the Rake's Progress. (RTF) Film.

9779. Indonesia, an Empire's Problem (18:44)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
The problems of both the Netherlands and Indonesia are presented in the question of Indonesian independence. Describes Holland's need to rebuild her empire after World War II, and shows Indonesia'...

9780. International Munitions Ring (04:48)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
A study of the activities of the late Sir Basil Zaharoff, mutations, salesman, and the U.S. reaction to the armaments trade.

9782. Japan's War in China (13:39)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
A brief view of early events of Japan's war against China showing the consequences to the advancement of civilization in China.

9783. Juvenile Delinquency (09:33)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
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Summary:
How young criminals are made and the measures that are being taken to reduce the number of criminals in the present generation.

9784. Life with Grandpa (16:30)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
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...

9785. Life with Junior (18:47)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Outlines a typical day in the life of a ten-year-old boy, stressing the need for the development of his individual aptitudes, abilities, and personality pattern. Pictures the anxieties of parents ...

9786. Malaya -the Fight Against the Unseen Enemy (25:17)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Describes the political, economic, and social problems of Malaya and the fight against communist infiltration. Portrays the life of a rubber plantation owner as he combats communist guerrilla acti...

9787. New Frontiers in Space (26:17)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Describes man's interest in the world of space and portrays some of his exploratory efforts. Shows how the Hayden Planetarium conducts an imaginary trip to the moon, describes Mount Palomar Observ...

9788. Problem Drinkers (19:10)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Presents the problem of the habitual alcoholic and the programs of various organizations fighting the effects of alcoholism. Emphasizes the work of Alcoholics Anonymous.

9789. Problems of Relief (06:34)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
A contrast between the meaning of relief to politicians and to relief recipients.

9790. Problems of Working Girls (08:42)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
The problem of out-of-town girls of little experience finding satisfactory jobs in large cities and living on the money they earn.

9791. Progressive Education (09:14)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
A picture of the progressive school system at work; some familiar arguments for and against it. A contrast between learning by memory drill and the new method of learning through individual projec...

9792. Seurat's Parisian Sundays (15:44)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Uses paintings by Seurat to a theme about Parisian Sundays. Provides a general introduction to the series. (RTF) Film.

9793. Soil Erosion (06:22)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Surveys conditions which brought on the great dust storm of recent years and tell of some measures taken to correct them.

9795. The Contest For North America (30:12)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Traces the eighteenth century struggle for control of North America. Discusses the English-French rivalry and the French defeat. Considers England's pause to consolidate her position before attacki...

9797. This Is Indiana (29:02)

Date:
0000
Summary:
Presents the importance of farming and farm life in Indiana and shows how mechanized methods have improved products and brought better economic conditions to the farmers. Explains what the Farm Bu...

9799. Youth in Crisis (19:04)

Date:
0000
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Summary:
Presents the problem of juvenile delinquency during World War II and the war's effect on the youth of the United States. Shows some of the temptations which beset wartime youth and discloses the w...

9800. #2 May 1959 Hayward Wisconsin (16:22)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Home movie footage of a fishing trip. Also shows a black lab playing fetch. Much of the footage is light and overexposed.