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Presents an overview of best sellers of the 20th century and analyzes the continuities and contrasts in the literary tastes of the American public. Notes the persistency of "how-to" books, from those describing short-cuts to financial success to those on religious topics. Examines the concept of reading for escape and the ways in which it has changed over the years.
Edward R. Feil, Beth Rubin, Naomi Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil
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Home movie taken at Weehawkin Day Camp in Aurora, Ohio. Shows Beth Rubin swimming with other children as Naomi, Eddie, and Kenny watch from a small dock. Also shows horses in a stable at the camp. At her cabin, Beth puts on a costume of a fur coat and makeshift mask made of a paper bag. She and other costumed children participate in a skit.
Edward R. Feil, Beth Hellerstein, Beth Rubin, Vicki Rubin, Ellen Feil, Amy Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Nellie Feil, Harold S. Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein
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Home movie of Beth Hellerstein's 2nd birthday at the Harold Feil home, January 1965. Shows Beth opening gifts with the assistance of her older cousins and siblings. Kathy and Mary then help Beth blow out the candles on her birthday cake.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Beth Rubin, Leslie Feil, Betsy Feil, Ellen Feil, Amy Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, David Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Susan Hellerstein, Vicki Rubin, Julius Weil, Helen Kahn Weil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, Nellie Feil, Harold. S. Feil, Herman Hellerstein
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Compilation reel of home movies.
Circa 1975: Beth, Naomi, Eddie, and Kenny performing a skit, presumably set in 1936 (based on newspaper date at beginning showing news of Edward VIII’s abdication). Followed by close up images of one of the boys drawings: Opa and Oma, Mrs. Schnurmann, Oma at work, etc. Then shows still black and white photos of Naomi, including her first wedding and baby photos of Vicki and Beth (cut with a clip from "Where Life Still Means Living").
1963: Wedding reception for Ed and Naomi at the Harold Feil home. Naomi wears a light blue dress with matching veil. Ed and Naomi cut a wedding cake.
1965: Black and white footage of a Hanukkah celebration with the Weils.
Shows Beth boarding a plane to go to New York. Naomi and Kenny walk her to her seat and Beth kisses them both goodbye. They then watch the plane take off.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Beth Rubin, Ken Feil, Edward G. Feil
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Home movie of Beth's birthday party with her friends at the Ed Feil home. Naomi presents Beth with a birthday cake, then she and her friends eat cake at the table. All of the party guests are wearing costumes to represent different countries from around the world. The girls then dance in the living room.
Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Naomi Feil, Beth Rubin, Vicki Rubin
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Home movie of the Feil family eating at the kitchen table. The girls wear nightgowns while Ed, wearing a suit, steps out from behind the camera to join the family. Baby Eddie sits on Naomi's lap. The film cuts to Naomi, Beth, and Vicki eating breakfast on a different day. Another cut shows Naomi reading the newspaper in the living room. The film ends with Eddie being fed in a high chair. 1965 or 1966.
Edward R. Feil, Betsy Feil, David Hellerstein, Ellen Feil, Amy Feil, Leslie Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, Susan Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein, Nellie Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Harold S. Feil, Beth Hellerstein
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Home movie of a birthday celebration for Betsy Feil at the Harold Feil home. The children sit at a separate table to eat dinner before Betsy is presented with a birthday cake. Harold holds baby Beth (Hellerstein) in his lap. The Feil children (now in different outfits) climb trees in the yard.
There are different types of pollen. Bees gather pollen. Mr. Robinson provides sketches of Betsy, a honeybee, who gets hay fever from one kind of pollen. She gathers pollen from another source and becomes the best pollen gathering bee in a contest.
An advertisement for Betsy McCall dolls in which a jingle plays as images of the doll in various settings frame the outline of a dancing woman. A teenage girl addresses the camera about the many fashion accessories available for the doll line. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
Describes various uses of the bulletin board. Shows how to locate and maintain a bulletin board for both instructional and reference purposes, describes the materials from which bulletin boards can be constructed, and explains how to select materials so as to maintain interest in the display.
A mother takes cares of her son’s cut and toothache but is unaware of his poor eyesight. A narrator informs parents about the importance of having their children receive regular eye care.
An advertisement for Betty Crocker packaged foods in which two business men discuss how to market instant mashed potatoes only to use the secretary's slogan and claim it as their own. Submitted for Clio Awards category Packaged Foods.
An advertisement for Betty Crocker's marble cake and frosting mixes, in which an offscreen male narrator extols the products over close-up shots of cake being prepared and served under a theatrical spotlight. A jingle plays about how "it's so nice to have a cake around the house." Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Betty Crocker cake mix in which angel food cake is prepared and served on a table beside a candelabra. An offscreen male narrator describes the taste and texture of the cake over close-up shots of it being mixed and cut. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Betty Crocker milk chocolate and toasted coconut cake mixes in which an offscreen narrator describes the taste and texture of the cakes over shots of the finished cakes sitting next to chocolate bars and coconut shavings. An offscreen chorus sings a jingle about how "it's so nice to have a cake around the house." Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Betty Crocker cake mixes in which a woman, identified by an offscreen narrator as Betty Crocker, addresses the camera about the moist and fresh qualities of the company's new country kitchen style products. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Betty Crocker velvet cream cake mix in which both an offscreen male narrator and a female narrator identified as Betty Crocker discuss the product over scenes of cakes being prepared. An offscreen chorus sings a jingle about how "it's so nice to have a cake around the house." Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Betty Crocker buttermilk pancake mix in which a western country ballad plays over a scene of a triangle dinner bell being rung and a family gathering to eat pancakes outdoors. An offscreen male narrator describes the product over close-up shots of pancakes being prepared and served. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
Footage is shown of a festival in Valencia, Spain and a Valencian chef cooking a traditional rice dish. A narrator then states how the viewer can try the same Valencian rice dish by buying a Betty Crocker’ Rice with Valenciana Sauce box.
An advertisement for "Betty Crocker Rice with Valenciana Sauce" narrated by a woman accompanied by Spanish style music. The scene depicts a major fiesta in Valencia, Spain and a chef making Spanish style rice, and ends with a close-up of the product.
Opens with a shot of the Egyptian Sphinx and the statement that safflower oil has been handed down through the centuries. The narrator states how safflower oil has unsaturated fat instead of saturated fats.
Shows how various viruses fit between the largest non-living molecule and the smallest unit of life. Uses models to explain the organization of various kinds of molecules and viruses. Reviews the first experiment in which a virus was isolated, purified, and crystallized. Concludes with a discussion on the importance of viruses in the understanding of all living matter.
Discusses the Louisiana Purchase and the westward movement which resulted from it. Reviews the role of men such as Lewis and Clark, Pike, Long, and others in the exploratory process. (KETC) Kinescope.
Episode 10 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from Italy about the evil Shamina who pushes Bianchinetta into the sea and then masquerades as the beautiful girl in order to gain entrance to the prince's palace. Includes music and sound effects combined with illustrations by Rae Owings.
An advertisement for Bic banana pens in which a mother unsuccessfully attempts to write a letter to her son using various types of fruit before finally using a Bic pen. An offscreen male narrator describes the product and makes humorous commentary about the mother's efforts to write with fruit. One of the winners of the 1973 Clio Awards.
Max Lerner and five Brandeis students air the questions: Has the big media in America been cheapened by its manipulation to the lowest common denominator? Is the media limited to the sensational and the exploited? Have the people be molded by publishers into holding these values? Is there a difference between the big media and how that media is used? How can we be sure that the potential of the media will be realized?
Explores the method man has developed to simplify the repesentation of both large and small numbers. Explains that scientific notation, using exponents, enable one to express any number, large or small, as the product of a number between one and ten and a power of ten.
A story of land economy and one man, Bill Bailey of Clarksville, Tennessee, through whose foresight and untiring effort the Four Pillars of Income were established in Montgomery County, Tennessee (adapted from the Reader's Digest story of the same name by J. P. McEvoy).
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., Alpheus T. Mason, John T. Bobbitt
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Explains the first ten amendments of the constitution as the specific guarantees which history, contemporary events, and the temper of men's minds had marked as vital safeguards of personal freedom.
An advertisement for Billy the Bounce toys in which an offscreen narrator enthusiastically describes the uses for the product over sped-up footage of two kids bouncing, playing, swimming, and balancing atop the toys. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Binaca breath spray in which a jingle plays over close-up shots of various people using the product and reacting with delight. An offscreen male narrator notes that the product also comes in drops and frosty mint flavor. One of the winners of the 1973 Clio Awards.
Discusses Garrod's work on inborn errors in the metabolism of alcapton and melanin. Shows how chemical pathways in metabolism can be worked out using genetic defects as tools. Discusses the metabolic diseases phenylketonuria and galactosemia and points out that medical treatment causes the retention, and therefore the build-up of defective genes in the population. Presents the one geneone enzyme hypothesis and describes the procedure for testing the hypothesis in question with mutants of Neurospora requiring Vitamin B1 (thiamin). Lecture given by Dr. G. W. Beadle.
Traces early development of the camera: how first efforts of March in France, Muybridge in U.S. came about as a result of movements of animals and humans. How subsequent development by Lumiere and Edison brought about the modern motion picture camera and projector.
Relates the history of man's effort to photograph and reproduce living movement. Includes the first scientific study of movement, involving 24 cameras stationed at intervals along a horse's path, Thomas Edison's work, and Lumiere's commercial projector for large audiences.
Glimpses at the origin of the motion picture, the contribution of Muybridge, Edison, and Lumiere, and fragments of the screen's first "epics." | Glimpses at the origin of the motion picture, the contribution of Muybridge, Edison, and Lumiere, and fragments of the screen's first "epics."
Dr. Gould introduces Oscar, his stuffed Emperor penguin, which he brought home from the first Byrd Expedition in 1930. Using Oscar as an example, Eklund discusses Antarctic penguins. Eklund, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Skua, a special type of Antarctic bird, narrates films of his work with this bird. Lastly, the two men discuss seals and show films of seal branding in Antarctica. It is noted that a biology program has been added to the sciences to be explored under the scientific program USARP (US Antarctic Research Project), which is, on a limited scale, continuing the scientific exploration of Antarctica, following the completion of IGY.
Shows many fish-eating birds and indicates how the characteristics of each, although different, enable them to catch and eat fish. Emphasizes such characteristics as the long neck, a strong bill, long legs, toes that are sometimes webbed, and the ability to swim and dive underwater.
Explains how the physical structure of birds is adapted to the kind of food they eat, and points out characteristics of birds that eat insects. Draws attention to the strong wings and wide bills of birds that chase insects in the air; the small size and agility of birds that hunt in bushes; and the strong chisel-shaped bill of woodpeckers. Shows the swallow, nighthawk, kingbird, chestnut-sided warbler, black-billed cuckoo.
Shows that birds that eat seeds have strong bills. Includes shots of the canary, evening grosbeak, junco, indigo bunting, goldfinch, white-crowned sparrow, song sparrow, cardinal, cross bill, and cedar waxwing.
Episode 23 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Images and Things. 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.
An advertisement for Birdseye packaged foods in which a narrator describes the brand's frozen peas with pearl onions. Submitted for Clio Awards category Short Spots.
An advertisement for Birdseye packaged foods in which a a narrator describes the American origin of the brand's french fries despite the name. Submitted for Clio Awards category Packaged Foods.
An advertisement for Birdseye packaged foods in which a narrator describes how the brand makes their frozen green beans. Submitted for Clio Awards category Packaged Foods.
Edward R. Feil, Betsy Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, Ellen Feil, Naomi Feil, Nellie Feil, Beth Hellerstein, Mary Feil Hellerstein, George Feil, Herman Hellerstein, Ken Feil, Harold S. Feil, Julius Weil, Amy Feil, Susan Hellerstein, Beth Rubin, George H. Feil, Edward G. Feil
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A birthday celebration for Betsy Feil and Ed Feil at the Ed Feil home. Begins with Maren, Naomi, and others in the kitchen preparing food for the party. Beth presents birthday cakes to Betsy and Ed, who blow out the candles while the family watches. Betsy and Ed then open gifts.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein, Harold S. Feil, Nellie Feil, Beth Rubin, Vicki Rubin, Maren Mansberger Feil, George H. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Jonathan Hellerstein, Amy Feil, Ken Feil, Susan Hellerstein, Betsy Feil, David Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein
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Home movie of a joint birthday party for summer and fall birthdays, including Eddie, Naomi, Vicki, Beth, George H. Feil, Maren, and Jonathan Hellerstein. The Feil and Hellerstein cousins gather around the Ed Feil home. All those with birthdays are presented with a portion of cake with candles cut off from a larger roll.
Depicts a typical day in the life of the Indian musician, Bismillah Khan. Shows him in meditation on the banks of the Ganges, shopping in the market, worshiping, relaxing with his family at home, and performing on the shehnai, a classical reed instrument formerly restricted to court and temple ceremonies.
An advertisement for Bisquick baking mixes in which a woman in an apron describes and prepares pancake mix while in front of a large background projection of a stack of syrupy pancakes. A jingle plays over shots of animated pixie dust dancing between pancakes and other breakfast foods on a table. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Bisquick baking mixes in which a woman in an apron describes and prepares a shortcake mix while in front of a large background projection of strawberry shortcake. A jingle plays over shots of shortcakes on a table. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
Describes Project WILL, a plan designed to promote racial understanding between black and white high school students in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Relates how one staff member becomes disillusioned during the federally sponsored project conducted in two six-week sessions, and challenges the premise of the experiment. Indicates that although the students were supposed to be making their own decisions, they actually had no control over the project.
An advertisement for Carling's Black Label Lager Beer in which male voices sing a jingle, accompanied by music, while a group of men watch baseball and cheer their team, often whistling and saying "MABEL!"
An interviewer tries to interview a man that uses Yardley Black Label products. The interview is hinder because the man is swamped by women seeking his affection.
Shows how to set up rotary shears, make test cuts, and operate the shears; and how to set up high-speed shears, make test cuts, and operate the shears.
An advertisement for Blatz Beer in which animated three musketeers dressed as a bottle, a can, and a keg, sword fight as a male narrator recites a riddle. The advertisement ends with a jingle.
An advertisement for Blatz Beer featuring actor Bert Lahr as an archaeologist reading hieroglyphic illustrations of beer on a pyramid wall. The illustrations become animated and sing a jingle. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
Discusses new explorations by the American Museum of Natural History; indicates that important finds have opened up the early history of the area of Afghanistan, Baluchistan, and the Indus Valley.
United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
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Introduced as "the story of cattle grazing in the national forest," the film depicts cooperation between the Forest Service and local ranchers to manage the grazing of herds on public land. Original USDA catalog entry states: "Range management in the western national forests. Shows how to perpetuate grazing lands by protecting them from overuse by livestock and thus insure the income of ranchers and communities dependent on the livestock and grazing industry for a living" (Motion Pictures of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1945, 41). Depicts rounding up, branding and inoculating cattle in preparation for driving from private range land to National Forest. Shows duties of Forest Rangers, including monitoring fences and health of grasses. Cutting, raking and stacking of hay using mostly horse-drawn implements is shown. Concludes by showing that U.S. Forest Service range management has helped western "cow towns" to prosper and grow.
United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
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A presentation of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine's code for the prevention of termite infestation. Using animated diagrams and detailed photography of actual termite infestations, the film educates builders and homeowners in inspection, remediation and prevention methods. Poor construction practices invite the ravages of these devastating insects. The film shows how buildings can be protected from further damage and points to be observed undertaking new construction. "It costs us 50 million dollars a year to feed the termites, it costs far less to block them," concludes the narrator.
Episode 3 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.
Surveys the development of blood transfusion in international medical history from Landsteiner's discovery of the four blood groups in 1901. Shows the setting up of various blood donor and blood bank systems in England and the United States. | Surveys the development of blood transfusion in international medical history from Landsteiner's discovery of the four blood groups in 1901. Shows the setting up of various blood donor and blood bank systems in England and the United States.
Breezes can move boats across water, lift kits to the sky and dry clothes. Dora tells a story, illustrated by shadow puppets of a little breeze called Blower who didn't want to play with his bigger rough friends. Instead, he sets out to make friends of his own, by drying clothes, taking a boy's kite into the air and by sailing some boats across a pond.
An advertisement for vision plans from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Northeast Ohio in which two people with poor vision struggle to get through a dinner date together. An offscreen male narrator describes the benefits of the plans. One of the winners of the 1973 Clio Awards.
Episode 1 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces two stories by Daniel M. Pinkwater about a blue moose. In the first story, the moose moves in with a man who runs a restaurant and becomes the head waiter. In the second story, the moose turns life upside down by writing a best seller. Designed to encourage students to read the books.
An advertisement for Blue Seal packaged bread in which a cashier delightfully squeezes the bread in a supermarket while customers watch in shock. Submitted for Clio Awards category Short Spots.
An advertisement for Blue Seal packaged bread in which a woman delightfully squeezes the bread in a supermarket. Submitted for Clio Awards category Short Spots.