15201. How many stars (11:07)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Emphasizes the vastness of space and the extremely large numbers of stars in known galaxies. Uses drawings and photographs to compare the sizes of the sun and planets and to discuss the distance o...

15202. How to meet the threat of Communist aggression (28:18)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
The problem of communist aggression is discussed by representatives of India, the Philippines, Korea, and Norway. This discussion concerns itself mostly with the situation in the East, since three ...

15204. It's Everybody's Business (20:14)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Uses animation to describe the economic principles underlying our private, competitive economy. Identifies the major forces that threaten its efficient operation and shows the close interrelations...

15205. Legislative Process (28:40)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Uses the General Assembly of Indiana to portray a state legislature in action as it passes a bill through the various steps to become a law. Includes animated sequences to chart th...

15206. Man of glass (26:27)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians release of a "Cavalcade of America" television series episode, "Man of Glass" (season 2, episode 16), which originally aired January 26th, 1954 on ABC-TV. Traces the histo...

15207. Mental Growth and Achievement (29:14)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses intelligence and achievement and the methods of testing intelligence. Points out the necessity for appreciating the difference between intelligence and achievement. Four children help i...

15208. Monkey tale (08:50)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
New Zealand National Film Unit; Marquis the chimpanzee
Summary:
Shows Charlie, the chimpanzee, as he learns a lesson about bicycle safety. As Charlie rides to school on his bicycle, he breaks many safety rules, such as riding the bicycle on a walk and across t...

15209. New Orleans 1954 (01:50)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Brief travelogue taken in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, 1954. Primarily focuses on costumed people on a crowded street. Includes traditional Mardi Gras costumes of clowns, Native Americans, and me...

15213. Ordeal in Burma (26:11)

Date:
1954
Summary:
An episode of the DuPont sponsored Cavalcade of America television series (season 3, episode 7), which first aired November 30th, 1954 on ABC-TV. The story of Ann and Adoniram Judson, American mis...

15214. Oriental brushwork (17:06)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Tyrus Wong; Chiura Obata; John Bessor
Summary:
Uses a variety of oriental paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to depict the characteristics of oriental art and shows a Chinese and a Japanese artist demonstrating orienta...

15215. Physical Development (30:03)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses the physical growth of children, emphasizing that parents should realize that each child grows at his own rate. Also deals with appetite, sleep, communicable diseases, and accident preven...

15217. Railroad rhythms (10:25)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Records the activities and sounds in a freight yard upon the arrival of a freight train. Portrays a turntable in operation, a steam locomotive in a roundhouse for servicing, a diesel engine moving ...

15218. Rumor (06:13)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
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15219. Simple Molds (10:26)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Shows a skilled ceramist demonstrating the step-by-step process of making simple molds of three types: slipcasting, drape, and press molds. Portrays the process from pattern-makin...

15220. Simple molds (45:30)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Shows a skilled ceramist demonstrating the step-by-step process of making simple molds of three types: slipcasting, drape, and press molds. Portrays the process from pattern-making to the complete...

15221. Skiing In Cleveland (08:40)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Home movie of Ed Feil and a group of friends skiing in winter. The group hits the slopes at nighttime, then warms up by the fire inside a ski lodge. Also shows the group skiing at Boyne Mountain in...

15223. Smyrna incident (26:08)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Smyrna Incident" (season 2, episode 15) which originally aired January 19th, 1954 on ABC-TV...

15224. Social Relations (30:18)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses how growth can be looked upon as a process which enables the infant to move away from the home. Emphasizes the importance of encouraging this kind of growth which takes him from the crib...

15225. Take a little peek (10:41)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Teaches the square dance figure "Take a Little Peek," with synchronous music and action. Presents live and animated demonstrations of the dance at regular speed and in slow motion, and explains the...

15226. The benefits of student exchange (27:43)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Students representing Spain, Burma, Denmark, France and Egypt evaluate their visit to the United States. Most of the discussion is concerned with the students' reaction to life in the United States...

15227. The Child as a Whole (29:37)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Discusses the importance of measuring a child's capabilities by his organismic age rather than his calender age. Explains how organismic age is figured. (University of Michigan Television) Kinescope.

15228. The great gamble: Cyrus W. Field (20:00)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Teaching Film Custodians
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television episode, "The Great Gamble" (season 3, episode 1), which first aired October 12th, 1954 on ABC-TV. Presents...

15229. The head of the house (40:01)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Depicts the emotional problems of a young boy, his rebellion against parental controls, particularly his father's repressive discipline, and his gradual development into a potential juvenile delinq...

15230. The magnificent Canada goose (10:07)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Major flyways, breeding grounds, wildlife refuges, and work of conservation departments to bring back the almost extinct Canada goose.

15231. The splendid dream : William Penn (20:46)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Jack Chertok; Charles Larson; William J. Thiele
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television episode, "The Splendid Dream" (season 2, episode 21), which first aired March 16th, 1954 on ABC-TV. William...

15232. The truck farmer (second edition) (10:59)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Points out the chief truck farming areas of the United States and gives a detailed picture of the activities on a truck farm in the Rio Grande Delta. Portrays the planting, irrigation, spraying, h...

15233. The United States As Others See It (28:26)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
The reactions of the countries of the free world to American foreign policy along with the reactions of the panelists to the American people are discussed on this program. Taking part are students ...

15234. Tiger Shikar in India (11:15)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Frank Ferrin; Ellis R. Duncan; John M. Foley
Summary:
Warning: This film contains graphic footage of hunting that some viewers may find distressing. Frank Ferrin filmed and narrated his experience hunting tigers in India.

15235. Tobacco and the Human Body (15:17)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows how scientists determine the content of the cigarette smoke entering the mouth and its effect on rabbits and humans. Shows how tars and nicotine from cigarette smoke are collected in a labora...

15236. Tribute to the Alumni (19:26)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Presents a tribute by Herman B. Wells, President of Indiana University, to past students on the 100th anniversary of the Alumni Association. Pictures scenes of the campus and student activities th...

15238. Wales, United Kingdom 1954 (18:33)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Alexander McRobbie
Summary:
McRobbie-Gair Family Home Movies Collection: This home movie captures part of a visit that Chancellor McRobbie’s parents, Alexander and Joyce McRobbie (Joyce was the older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ...

15239. Water Ski (02:50)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
Home movie of Ed Feil with a group of friends at a lake. Shows the group boating, skiing, and grilling on the beach. Looks to be the same trip as Boating (barcode 30000149840054).

15240. Wedding march (25:52)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Arlene Dahl; Larry Parks; James Craig
Summary:
Series: The Ford television theatre

15241. Wet-Mounting Pictorial Materials (11:43)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] Explains the advantages of wet mounting paper materials on cloth, and then demonstrates the wet-mounting process in detail. Also shows methods of displaying wet-mounted posters, ch...

15242. 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...

15243. 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...

15244. Your friend the water : clean-or-dirty (06:33)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
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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...

15245. 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...

15246. World Series 1953: New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers (1:00:34)

Date:
October 2, 1953
Main contributors:
Kelly, Gene
Summary:
1953 World Series: New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Game 3: Yankees - 2; Dodgers - 3. In Game 3, Carl Erskine sets strikeout record. Yankees won the series, 4-2. Radio call from Gene Kelly an...

15248. World Series: New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Game 3 (1:43:00)

Date:
October 2, 1953
Main contributors:
Bauer, Hank, 1922-2007; Martin, Billy, 1928-1989; Snider, Duke, 1926-2011
Summary:
New York Yankees - 2; Brooklyn Dodgers - 3 Game played at Ebbets Field in New York City, New York. In the 1955 World Series, pitcher Carl Erskine achieved a remarkable feat by setting a new Serie...

15249. Sept. 1953 (01:40)

Date:
September 13, 1953
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Kathryn Hellerstein; Leslie Feil
Summary:
Black and white home movie showing baby Leslie in a bassinet and one-year-old Kathy up and toddling about. Maren holds up Leslie for the camera. Harold holds Kathy in his lap and plays with her.