14901. Technique (30:29)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Documents Ansel Adams as he discusses light, interpretation, the use of different filters, exposures, ranges, and magnification, illustrating each from his own vast collection of photographs. The p...

14902. Techniques of colonialism : Britain and France (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents an historical survey of colonialism as practiced by Britain and France. Discusses the methods of rule and the phases of colonization of each. Uses film clips, phots and charts to show how ...

14904. Texaco Service "Transportation Then and Now" (01:17)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Texaco Service
Summary:
An advertisement for Texaco Service petroleum products in which a narrator describes a historical shift in demand from kerosene to gas and how the company adapted to this change. Submitted for Clio...

14905. The '29 boom and 30's depression (13:43)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Recreates the 1929 boom and '30's depression with special attention to the factors which led to the depression. Details government regulations designed to end the depression and help prevent future...

14906. The American image abroad (59:51)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Guests: Denis W. Brogan, professor of political science at Cambridge University, England; Harlan Cleveland, Dean of the Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse Universit...

14907. The animal kingdom (29:33)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Using mythological conceptions of the man-beast, Dr. O’Doherty traces the artistic conception of the animal and the combination of animal and man from ancient Greece to the Orient. He discusses the...

14908. The Architecture of Life (29:28)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The basic unit of life –the cell –could not be studied in detail until recently. The electron microscope first enabled man actually to see its delicate construction. This program deals with a detai...

14909. The classical achievement (29:38)

Date:
1960
Summary:
This program is a summation of the first development of the symphony as conceived by Haydn, Mozart and the early Beethoven. The examples used to show this development include the Minuet and Trio of...

14910. The classical first movement (29:38)

Date:
1960
Summary:
To begin a series on the symphony, states Professor Woodworth, one must start at the beginning, with the first movement of the piece. In the classical symphony, the first movement introduces all th...

14911. The colonial mind : part I (29:45)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses present day attitudes toward colonialism and how they differ from the colonial ideal of the past. Sir Andrew Cohen, ex-colonial official in Africa, answers questions concerning the making...

14912. The colonial mind : part II (29:45)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Stoessinger analyzes the modern colonial mind in a time when “Colonial Official” has become a bad word phrase. He interviews French and Belgian colonial officials in an attempt to show the changing...

14913. The corn farmer (second edition) (14:03)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Describes the life and work of a family living on a highly mechanized farm in the corn belt, and interrelates the problems of hog and cattle raising which provide a more profitable commondity than ...

14914. The development of musical ideas (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Professor Woodworth uses this program to introduce some general principles of musical composition, illustrating his remarks by examples from Haydn's Symphony Number 102. He explains how musical ide...

14916. The family (29:49)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the changes taking place in the structure of the American family. Dr. Margaret Mead and Dr. Bertram Beck are questioned on the effect of cultural pressures on family life and the changing...

14917. The flaming sky (28:29)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A study of auroral displays. Presents current theories on the nature of auroras and their relationship to events on the sun and to phenomena in and about the earth. Describes the coordinated activi...

14918. The Force Of Gravity (28:08)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Discusses the relation of gravity to cosmology and to geophysics. Traces the history of ideas about gravity; discusses new instruments and new viewpoints on gravitation.

14919. The fuel of life (29:31)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The energy expended in thinking or talking or moving or simply living must be supplied by fuel; this program outlines the kinds of fuel which a living being needs, and describes how this fuel is us...

14920. The future of democracy abroad (59:55)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt hosts this program and discusses solutions to the Congo crisis with several guests including Adlai Stevenson, US Ambassador to the United Nation and G. Mennen Williams, Assis...

14921. The grand plan (29:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
"The understanding of music consists in the responding to music in its own terms." This quotation from music critic Thomas Serret is the keynote not only to this program but also to the whole serie...

14922. The hidden Earth (27:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Illustrates, using animation and live-action photography, man's efforts to learn more about the structure of the earth through study of deep mine shafts, deep wells, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Des...

14923. The high arctic biome (22:36)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Shows the simple forms of plant life that appear upon retreat of the glaciers and the role of these plants in preparing the earth's surface for other plant and animal life. "Forests" of the high Ar...

14924. The hormones: small but mighty (28:48)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The word hormone is derived from the Greek word hormone, meaning to excite or arouse. This is, briefly, the function of the hormone in the body –those chemical molecules produced in very small quan...

14925. The Inconstant Air (27:57)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Traces the history of man's attempt to understand climate and weather, explaining how meterological data is collected. Explains the meteorologist's use of balloons, rockets and satellites in his st...

14926. The Minerals of Life (29:31)

Date:
1960
Summary:
In addition to organic elements, living beings are necessarily composed also of inorganic elements such as calcium, iron and cooper. This program analyzes the ways in which these inorganic substanc...

14927. The Navajo : part I (29:43)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents a visit to a Navajo reservation to discover the values held by this indigenous community. Questions are put to an Indian family to find out each member's duties, responsibilities, and priv...

14928. The Navajo : part II (30:16)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Presents a visit to Windowrock, Arizona, to interview members of the Navaho Tribes Council. Discusses the problems of working within the tribal organizational patterns and of the continuing force o...

14929. The nearest star (28:22)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Jim Scott; Gian-Franco Romagnoli; Robert Gaffney
Summary:
Portrays the unique and critical role of the sun in the drama of our own planet. Traces the history of man's study of the sun, and explains how solar towers, rockets, and balloons are used in the s...

14931. The new colonialism : the Soviet Union (29:20)

Date:
1960
Summary:
In this program, Stoessinger points out the continuity of imperialism from Czarist Russia to Russia today, Russia’s attitude toward nationalism being that it should be ruthlessly crushed. The Sovie...

14932. The new nationalism (29:44)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Stoessinger suggest that the rise of the new nationalism may characterize this era more than the East-West struggle. He discusses the two trends today; new nations and new unified supra-states, and...

14933. The ocean of air (13:55)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Uses animation and live-action photography to portray the importance of air to life on earth. Shows the composition and describes the physical properties of air. Indicates the role of air in suppor...

14934. The orchestra expanded (29:46)

Date:
1960
Summary:
The Cambridge Festival Orchestra joins Professor Woodworth in a consideration of the romantic expansion of the orchestra. The brass choir in Beethoven's hands developed tremendously, and this was p...

14935. The plantation South (16:16)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Ray Billington, Ph.D. Northwestern University; James D. Sage
Summary:
Reviews the development of the agriculture and economics of the pre-Civil War South, and traces this growth from the early Virginia colonies. Shows present soil conditions in the south, views of so...

14936. The poet (1:00:03)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Mr. Hartzell interviews three American poets to find out why they are writing poetry in a mechanical age. Is being a poet a real job? Or is a poet essentially a non-productive member of society? Sh...

14937. The portrait of Charles Dickens (29:25)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Charles Dickens, using sketches pictures, lithographs, and etchings to illustrate times and places important to the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from David Copp...

14938. The portrait of George Gordon, Lord Byron (29:00)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Born into the British nobility in 1788, George Gordon, Lord Byron, managed to crowd into the thirty-six years of his life enough travels, adventures, and romances to make him the most famous, and n...

14939. The portrait of John Milton (29:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of John Milton, using drawings, etchings, lithographs and photographs to illustrate times and places important to the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from "L Allegro,...

14940. The portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne (29:30)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne, using etchings, photographs, paintings and lithographs to illustrate the places and events connected with the author. Interprets his writings with excerpts...

14941. The portrait of Oliver Goldsmith (32:00)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Oliver Goldsmith, using drawings, etchings, and lithographs to illustrate the events connected with the author. Interprets his writing with excepts from "The Deserted Village, ...

14942. The portrait of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (29:23)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, using etchings, drawings and lithographs to illustrate the events and places connected with the author. Interprets his writing with complete readings of...

14943. The portrait of Victor Hugo (29:24)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Reviews the life of Victor Hugo, using drawings, etchings, and lithographs to illustrate the places and events connected with the author. Interprets his writing with excerpts from Les Miserables, N...

14944. The psychodynamic approach (29:05)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Summarizes early methods of treating the mentally ill, culminating in the discoveries of Freud in the field of psychology and psychiatry. Defines psychodynamic and organic analysis, psychologist an...

14945. The realm of the galaxies (19:17)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Inquiry into the farthest reaches of the universe and the awesome beauty of distant galaxies are illustrated by Dr. Sandage’s study of the galaxy M33 in the constellation of Triangulum. The purpose...

14946. The Shape of the Earth (28:28)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Traces the development of maps and of geodetic ideas from pre-scientific guesses to the present. Discusses the size, shape, and rotation of the earth and the position of the earth relative to its a...

14947. The southern Negro : part I (29:16)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Interviews members of the black community in York, South Carolina. Questions are answered concerning the equality, method of achieving equality, education, and voting rights. Opinions are also off...

14948. The southern Negro : part II (29:22)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Continuing the interview in York, South Carolina, with members of the black community, Mr. Hartzell and Dr. Patrick inquire about the employment or professional ambitions of African-Americans in th...

14949. The stuff of life (30:05)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dr. C. Arthur Knight, featured on this program, introduces his topic with a brief description of properties which characterize living things, and then explains to what degree viruses do or do not h...

14950. The stuff of life (29:32)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Despite its microscopic size, a cell may contain several thousand highly complex chemicals. Nonetheless, molecules of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and nucleic acids consistently form part of the s...