1155. Life, time and change : life on other planets (28:34)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Points out that there are possibly 30,000 solar systems which have conditions suitable for life. Illustrates how the spectroscope can determine the temperature, composition, and other information a...

1156. Lipstick and dynamite (07:57)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Sterling Films
Summary:
Features furious femmes Mildred Burke and Mae Weston battling it out for the Women’s Wrestling Championship of the World in 1949.

1158. Long distance toll promotion (04:16)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Long distance calling commercials. Advertisement tags featured, "Did you know, long distance rates are very low" and "Each night past six, please don't forget, long distance rates are lower yet."

1163. Lou Cannon: Ronald Reagan and the 1982 Elections (1:02:52)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Poynter Center
Summary:
The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics & American Institutions was an endowed ethics research center established in 1972 at Indiana University Bloomington. Through its programming, the Poynter ...

1164. Louis Allis Co. Jan. 1961 (06:04)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Home movie documenting Louis Allis Motor Company factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Shows exterior of industrial buildings in winter and auto parts manufacturing equipment in a factory setting.

1168. Mac Watters (09:56)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
MacWatters, Virginia, 1912-2005
Summary:
Soprano Virginia MacWatters was known not only for her impressive operatic career during which she performed in opera houses throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, but also for he...

1169. Magic Show (03:10)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Edward G. Feil; Ken Feil
Summary:
Home movie of a professional magic show where a magician makes doves appear. The film then shows the boys and a friend visiting Santa Claus at a department store. Cuts to a woman performing with ma...

1172. Making Federal Tax Laws (18:46)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 3 from Understanding Taxes. Uses dramatizations to highlight teenagers' firsthand experiences with the effects of taxation and to explain the reasons for taxes.

1175. Maps : an introduction (12:39)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Describes how maps are made by picturing a class constructing a map from a model of the community. Shows the use of a legend and how a scale is derived in order that distance may be measured on the...

1177. Mardi Gras (01:03)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Footage of people celebrating Mardi Gras in the streets of New Orleans. Primarily shows people in costumes dancing in a crowded street. Early 1950's era.

1181. Mary Lou Melloy - "Find Her a Job" (02:46)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“We were afraid as parents, and they started talking about doing away with the workshop.” Mary Lou and her husband didn't like the idea of their daughter Cindy getting a job in the community. In th...

1184. Measuring hearing (11:45)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Examines procedures employed in measuring the capacity of the auditory system of the learning impaired child which vary according to the age of the child, the stimulus presented and the response an...

1187. Meg Greenfield It's About Time (30:37)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Poynter Center
Summary:
The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics & American Institutions was an endowed ethics research center established in 1972 at Indiana University Bloomington. Through its programming, the Poynter ...

1188. Miami (11:41)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Home movie capturing a trip to Miami. Primarily shows footage taken from a car driving through downtown (mainly focusing on hotel exteriors), the ocean, and neon signs of more hotels and clubs take...