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9721. Writers of today. Frank O'Connor (28:39)

Alternative title:
Frank O'Connor
Date:
195X
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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, ...

9722. Writers of today. Isak Dinesen (22:45)

Alternative title:
Isak Dinesen
Date:
1959
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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...

9723. Writers of today. Nadine Gordimer (29:13)

Alternative title:
Nadine Gordimer
Date:
1961
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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...

9724. 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.

9725. 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...

9726. 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...

9727. 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 ...

9728. 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...

9729. 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.

9733. 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...

9736. 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...

9738. 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...

9739. 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...

9740. 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...