Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

9701. Words and music (48:28)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Peter Ustinov; Roger Englander
Summary:
Series: New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts

9702. Words for battle (07:54)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
Summary:
Laurence Olivier's reading of passages from Milton, William Blake, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and Abraham Lincoln accompany scenes of daily life in wartime Britain. The texts selected emphasi...

9703. Words that don't inform (28:58)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the use of pre-symbolic language in furthering communication. Defines and illustrates the function of social language. Shows how social conversation enlarges the possibility of friendship...

9704. Work (22:37)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Watch Your Language. Uses on-camera narration and a dramatic episode to teach new vocabulary and word analysis skills. In this episode ...

9705. Work (29:32)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Shows how to choose a job by first knowing one's self as revealed by performance in intelligence, aptitude, and personality tests, by learning the characteristics of different jobs, and by fitting ...

9706. Work and energy (29:29)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
The principle of work is introduced and the different systems of units commonly used for measuring work done are compared. Potential energy and kinetic energy are defined, and visual aids are used ...

9707. Work in Fluid Systems [outtakes] (14:34)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited audio segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Principles of Technology.

9708. Work in Mechanical Systems [outtakes] (22:04)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited audio segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Principles of Technology.

9709. Work Means...(Why People Work) (33:46)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 from Bread and Butterflies, a project in career development for nine-to-twelve-year-olds. Based on two years of planning by educators and broadcasters, the project included 15-minute colo...

9710. Work of the kidneys (11:06)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.; A. J. Carlson; H. G. Swann
Summary:
Describes the structure and function of the renal system, and explains how the kidneys maintain uniformity in blood and tissues. Demonstrates, with animated drawings and laboratory experiments, the...

9712. Working Dogs (15:04)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett tells some unusual anecdotes about dogs in our history and then visits various places to watch today’s sheep herding dog, a retriever and a pointer. She visits a dog who can spell. Son...

9713. Working safely in the shop (11:04)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Emphasizes safety precautions in a shop. Shows how to maximize safety at such power tools as the grinding wheel and power and band saws and cautions that hand tools should also be used carefully.

9714. Working Together (Specialization and the Division of Labor) (22:59)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 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...

9715. Working Together (Specialization and the Division of Labor) (20:01)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 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...

9716. Working With Other Supervisors (07:20)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids; United States. Federal Security Agency; Mode-Art Pictures, Inc.
Summary:
Dramatized scenarios in a machine shop workplace illustrate common problems arising between supervisors. "Larry Daniels fails as a supervisor because he does not recognize the importance of working...

9717. Working with radiation (29:35)

Date:
1962
Summary:
When properly handled in the laboratory, radioactive materials constitute little danger. This program shows the precautions used in working with radiation as well as the research carried on at Argo...

9718. Workshop #2 [outtakes] (31:14)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited production footage from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Every Child Can Succeed.

9719. World Book Encyclopedia "Untitled" (02:01)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
World Book Encyclopedia
Summary:
An advertisement for World Book Encyclopedia that is narrated by a man. The scene depicts eleven eggs that have the faces of historical figures painted on them, such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Joe...

9720. World Enough and Time (29:49)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses World Enough and Time by Robert Penn Warren. Outlines the plot, briefly sketches the characters, and appraises the literary form of this novel. Identifies and examines ides embodied in th...

9721. World of a girl (20:12)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Girls from all over the United States tell how they feel about menstruation and how it has affected their lives. Emphasizes that menstruation is natural and healthy.

9722. World of plenty (44:42)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Rotha, Paul, 1907-1984.
Summary:
Uses found footage and animated diagrams to discuss the production, distribution, and consumption of food; the pre-war problems of overproduction and the anomaly of glutted markets and hungry peopl...

9723. World Series '54 - Outside Stadium (02:38)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Home movie documenting the massive crowds at Cleveland Stadium attending the 1954 World Series (New York Giants vs. Cleveland Indians). Exclusively shows the area outside the stadium and surroundin...

9725. World War II prologue, U.S.A. (28:29)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Reviews, through documentary scenes taken from the National Archives, the historic events which led to the entry of the United States into World War II. Records the failure of the League of Nations...

9726. Worrywart (Worry) (30:55)

Date:
1996
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Program 14 of Looking From The Inside/Out series examines why we worry. Distinguishes between realistic and unrealistic worries. Develops strategies for using worry in a positive way. Promotes deci...

9727. Worst of Farm Disasters (06:23)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Rural Electrification Administration; Kendall Foss
Summary:
Worst of Farm Disasters was produced alongside the USDA's Rural Electrification Administration (REA) films Power and the Land and Bip Goes To Town. All three films document the life of an Ohio far...

9728. Would an Example Help? (22:36)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Television series In Other Words. In this television program focusing on communication skills, host Stephanie Edwards provides on-camera commentary for s...

9729. Would you rather be an American? (29:56)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Teenagers from Greece, Malaya, Egypt, and Thailand tell why they prefer not to be Americans. Discusses relations between children and parents. Presents first impressions and reactions to life in t...

9731. Wrappings and Trappings (20:18)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
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 ...

9732. Wrigley's "Green Giant Sweet Potatoes" (00:32)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
Wrigley's
Summary:
A salesman tells the audience the result of competition amongst supermarket has cause Wrigley to sell Green Giant cans at the low price of 9 cents. He concludes by saying the consumer is the real w...

9733. Wrigley's "Libby's Peas & Corn" (00:33)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
Wrigley's
Summary:
A salesman tells the audience the result of competition amongst supermarket has cause Wrigley to sell Libby’s can corn and peas at the low price of 13 cents. He concludes by saying the consumer is ...

9734. Wrigley's : 65 ¢/lb. ham (00:36)

Date:
1972
Main contributors:
Wrigley's
Summary:
A narrator tells the audience of the 65 cent per pound hams available at Wrigley’s. Close up footage of a ham slowly roasting is shown while the narrator speaks.

9735. Writers of today. Allen Curnow (29:12)

Alternative title:
Allen Curnow
Date:
1961
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Professor Joel Climenhaga interviews New Zealand poet, Allen Curnow. Includes a discussion of Curnow's poetry, which reveals the character, history, and folklore of New Zealand. Presents his views ...

9736. Writers of today. Archibald MacLeish (28:40)

Alternative title:
Archibald MacLeish
Date:
1955
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Walter Kerr, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune interviews distinguished American poet, Archibald MacLeish. Mr. MacLeish outlines his ideas on what poetry is and should be, including idea...

9737. Writers of today. Frank O'Connor (28:39)

Alternative title:
Frank O'Connor
Date:
195X
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Walter Kerr, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune, interviews noted Irish author Frank O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor contrasts the novel and the short story in relation to characterization, plot, ...

9738. Writers of today. Isak Dinesen (22:45)

Alternative title:
Isak Dinesen
Date:
1959
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Robert Richman interviews the famous Danish author of Seven Gothic Tales and Out of Africa. Features her comments on the similarities and differences...

9739. Writers of today. Nadine Gordimer (29:13)

Alternative title:
Nadine Gordimer
Date:
1961
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Literary critic and lecturer on South African affairs, John Barkham interviews the distinguished South African author, Nadine Gordimer. Deals with subjects ranging from the effect of South Africa o...

9740. Writing forceful sentences : part 1 (28:54)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This is the first lesson on how to write a clear and forceful sentence, whether in a lyric poem or in a technical report. Examples of good sentences are read from Poe, Conrad, Lamb and others.

9741. Writing forceful sentences : part 2 (28:55)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses five devices for putting power into sentences. Includes (1) arranging words in order of importance, (2) keeping the main idea in the main clause, (3) keeping the minor clause at the begin...

9742. WSBK-TV Boston "Keep Your Sox On" (01:00)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
WSBK-TV
Summary:
An advertisement for the WSBK-TV station in Boston in which shots of workers preparing a baseball stadium, viewers turning on their TV sets, and TV production teams getting ready in their studios a...

9743. Xerox 3103 "Untitled" (00:32)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Xerox
Summary:
An advertisement for Xerox 3103 copy machines in which an orchestra conductor uses the product to make copies of sheet music for his musicians. Narration in Japanese. Submitted for the Clio Awards ...

9744. Xerox 9200 : monks (01:31)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
Xerox
Summary:
An advertisement for the Xerox 9200 copy machine in which a monk is shown painstakingly duplicating a manuscript by hand. When he is ordered to produce 500 more copies of the manuscript, the monk t...

9745. Xmas '70 (01:04)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Edward G. Feil; Ken Feil
Summary:
Shows Eddie and Kenny racing Hot Wheels on a loop-de-loop track. Also includes a brief shot of magazine covers from 1970.

9749. Yale Graduation (03:37)

Date:
1949
Main contributors:
Harold S. Feil; Edward R. Feil; Mary Feil Hellerstein
Summary:
Home movie of Ed Feil's 1949 Yale graduation ceremony. Begins with blurry footage of a procession with a marching band, faculty, and students. Brief shots of graduates receiving their diplomas. Sho...

9752. Yale Winter 1942 (04:56)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Home movie shot by Ed Feil during his time as a student at Yale. Primarily shows 2 football games from Fall 1942: Yale vs. Dartmouth and Yale vs. Brown. Also shows the Yale campus with focus on Nat...

9754. Yamaha Motorcycle "Birthday" (01:02)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Yamaha
Summary:
An advertisement for Yamaha motorcycles in which an older woman receives a motorcycle from her husband and sons for her birthday. The woman initially appears skeptical, but eventually rides the new...

9755. Yankee trader abroad (29:27)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Describes and compares the extent and variety of American business with other countries. Appraises the importance of imports to the American economy and of our exports to the economies of other co...

9756. Year of division : 1947 (25:27)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from a Paramount Pictures newsreel. A documentary presentation of the split between East and West as Russia attempted to dominate impoverished n...

9758. Yellow Pages : bed (00:11)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Yellow Pages
Summary:
An advertisement for Yellow Pages phone book in which a dog jumps on a bed and collapses it, and a narrator says to look in the Yellow Pages for a solution. Submitted for Clio Awards category Short...

9759. Yes and no (29:53)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Maria Piers delves into the question of how children learn to talk and think logically. Some of the topics she covers are: What do the “no’s” mean? When does “no-ism” begin? Is there too much o...

9760. Yesterday's worlds. [More honorable than gold] (29:12)

Alternative title:
More honorable than gold; Yesterday's worlds
Date:
1957
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
This episode focuses on the art of the Etruscans, renowned for their skill in terra-cotta sculpture, particularly in creating larger-than-life figures. It highlights a display of such sculptures, i...

9761. Yonder come day (27:48)

Date:
1975
Summary:
An anthology of slave culture revealing its Afro-American origins as expressed through the songs and words of a fascinating woman, Bessie Jones. This 72-year-old folk singer, the grandchild of slav...

9762. You and Your Feelings (22:58)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 26 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...

9763. You and your work (10:29)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Shows how a vocational guidance counselor helps a young man who has just lost his job to change his attitude and achieve success when allowed a second chance. The young man takes a job at a shoe st...

9764. You Are Special (16:55)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from 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).

9765. You can't eat tobacco (13:52)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Deals with the evils of the one-crop system throughout the tobacco country of the South; then illustrates some of the ways in which the impoverished tobacco farmer can improve his lot by devoting s...

9766. You Can't Eat Tobacco (13:18)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Mary L. DeGive; Margaret T. Cussler
Summary:
A social issue film directed at the problems of public health and malnutrition among rural southern tenant-farming communities. The film points directly to exploitative practices of the tobacco ind...

9767. You cannot know the unknowable (29:49)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dr. Joel Hildebrand discusses the limits of predictability. Illustrates the nature of what is knowable and unknowable with the use of a swinging compound pendulum and an explanation of various prop...

9769. You're It (15:46)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Eight seven-year-olds enjoy a unique visit to the National Collection of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C. The surprising tour be-gins with a warm-up in which the children rela...

9770. You're the Judge Part 2 (28:45)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Reviews our use of labels to classify people when these labels actually refer to but one characteristic of a single person. Points out the way in which we tack many other ideas onto these labels an...

9771. You're the Judge, Pt. I (30:02)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how prejudice might affect our actions, and points out that it is one of the most important of all the false impressions that occur within us. Demonstrates, with a group of students, how ...

9772. You, the Beholder (29:38)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses various levels of understanding of art in terms of visual, historical, and esthetics elements. Explains such terms as abstraction, cubism, futurism, and shows examples of each. Demonstra...

9773. Young Hand Lotion "Angel Skin" (01:03)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Young Hand Lotion
Summary:
A man and a woman caress as a phone rings in the background. The narrator states how angel skin hand lotion will make young hands which are more fun and attractive.

9776. Your Busy Brain (22:27)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 14 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...

9777. Your Child Goes to the Hospital (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Maria Piers discusses different ways parents can keep a child's fears of hospitals, doctors and nurses to a minimum. She talks about different coping methods for parents and children while a ch...

9778. Your children's eyes (19:29)

Date:
1945
Summary:
By means of models and diagrams, explains the structure of the eyes, and discusses common defects, diseases, and injuries and their treatments.

9779. Your children's play (20:26)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Shows, through the play activities of children of different age levels, how they learn and gain physical growth. Presents the infant as needing few toys, the small child as wanting to help at home...

9780. Your children's teeth (14:24)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Discusses the importance of prenatal care of mothers and the eating of proper foods in helping children to develop good teeth. The structure of teeth, the progress of tooth formation, and the proce...

9781. Your Choice Our Chance voiceover (12:58)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Outtakes from voiceover by "Kim" for the Agency for Instructional Technology series Your Choice Our Chance.

9782. Your daughter at I.U. (06:56)

Alternative title:
Your daughter at Indiana Univ...
Date:
1953
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center.
Summary:
Discusses the varied reasons for college education for women, and describes many educational opportunities for women available through degree programs at Indiana University. Points out that IU has ...

9783. Your Daughter at I.U. (07:16)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Discusses the varied reasons for college education for women, and describes many educational opportunities for women available through degree programs at Indiana University. Points out that IU has ...

9784. Your friend the forest : save it or destroy it! (06:56)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
The Conservation Foundation
Summary:
Uses animation and live photography to show several benefits of good forests and some of the undesirable consequences of forest destruction. A boy and an animated piece of lumber discover that som...

9785. Your friend the water : clean-or-dirty (06:33)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
Uses animation and live photography to show several benefits of clean water and some of the undesirable consequences of dirty water. An animated waterdrop and a small boy travel through water pipe...

9789. Your Indiana state parks (20:31)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Shows scenes of Indiana state parks during the various seasons. Stresses the facilities available for camping, boating, fishing, hiking, studying nature, horseback riding, picnicking, and participa...

9790. Your Movie Camera and How to Use It (10:57)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Shows Charley, who uses the booklet with his camera, as he successfully takes his first pictures. Then explains focusing, setting the diaphragm for the correct amount of light, good scene composit...

9791. Your National Bank [unknown title 1] (00:12)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Your National Bank
Summary:
An advertisement for Your National Bank in which an animated father contemplates taking out a loan to purchase a new television after being crowded by his children. Submitted for Clio Awards catego...

9792. Your National Bank [unknown title 2] (00:13)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Your National Bank
Summary:
An advertisement or Your National Bank in which an animated boy takes his piggy bank to the bank teller and it winks at him. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.

9793. Your National Bank [unknown title 3] (00:14)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Your National Bank
Summary:
An advertisement for Your National Bank in which an animated couple stands near an art sculpture and wonders what the figure thinks is the greatest time saver in history, to which the narrator repl...

9794. Your National Bank [unknown title 4] (00:14)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Your National Bank
Summary:
An advertisement for Your National Bank in which an animated woman asks her husband why they don't have a car like the neighbors and he considers a loan for a new vehicle. Submitted for Clio Awards...

9795. Your National Bank [unknown title 5] (00:14)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Your National Bank
Summary:
An advertisement for Your National Bank in which an animated couple sits in a freezing car they consider a loan for a new vehicle. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.

9796. Your table manners (10:41)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Uses an attractive home situation to put across its message - that eating together is more fun when everyone remembers his table manners.

9797. Yours for a Song (21:03)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Presents twenty-four different species of birds as they are attracted to a yard that provides their three necessities of life--food, water, and shelter. Shows the various kinds of shelters that acc...

9798. Youth and the Law (39:12)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The nature of juvenile law. The role of the police officer as he works with other community organizations to guide youth into constructive channels and to prevent delinquency.

9799. Youth farm volunteers (04:57)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
Summary:
Shows how the Extension Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture helped recruit and place young people from towns and cities on farms during World War II to combat farm labor shortage.

9800. Youth in Crisis (19:04)

Date:
0000
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
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...