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Begins with exterior and garden of Valencia Apartments, Bailey's residence in St. Augustine with her second husband, George W. McCord. Bailey and McCord kiss for the camera, then she and her friends walk around the garden.
Animated experimental film of the painting 'Isle of the dead' by nineteenth century painter Arnold Böcklin. The ghost-like island wakes to mysterious life, flickers momentarily in a corpse-candle light and fades into darkness.
Animated experimental film of the painting 'Isle of the dead' by nineteenth century painter Arnold Böcklin. The ghost-like island wakes to mysterious life, flickers momentarily in a corpse-candle light and fades into darkness.
Shows the actual training and activities of Air Transport Command personnel with routines of briefing, radio communications, and other precautionary measures during World War II.
Includes scenes of performing seals, underwater basketball, cliff diving, water skiing, canoeing in rapids, motor boat feats, and synchronized swimming.
Explains, with animation, atomic structure and the basic concepts of atomic energy. Distinguishes between electronic or chemical energy and nuclear energy. Explains the three known forms of atomic energy release: natural radioactivity, nuclear synthesis, and nuclear fission. Illustrates the relationship between atomic energy from the sun and chemical energy stored and released in photosynthesis and combustion.
Gives a pictorial exposition of the relationship of England to her colonies, protectorates, and mandates and highlights the outstanding characteristics of the free and self-governing dominions; then presents an analysis of the British people. Depicts England's struggle to restore herself to strength and prosperity immediately following World War II.
An animated cartoon which explains that there are no basic differences between the races of the world. Uses small green demons to caricature prejudice and racial hatred. Relates the history of mankind to point out that dissimilarities in peoples result from superficial environmental influences. Based on "Races of Mankind" pamphlet by Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish.
Animated drawings review man's dependence upon water for life. Describes the sources of city water supply--wells, rivers, lakes, and watersheds; water-borne diseases; and methods of water distribution. Specifically traces New York City's water supply. Also depicts water tunnels, aqueducts, and modern methods of filtration and chlorination to insure purity.
Home movie of Ed Feil's return trip to the United States at the end of his military service. Beginning on a train, he travels to Camp Phillip Morris in Le Havre before sailing to New York on the Florence Nightingale. Shows footage of soldiers and military personnel (including women) aboard the ship and Ed Feil's certificate of honorable discharge. Ends with Ed back in Cleveland with Mary and his parents. He visits the Cleveland Art Museum.
Explains that spoon feeding is a more complex behavior than feeding from a cup, and points out that the spoon is a complicated tool requiring fine manipulative skills for its efficient use. Describes the baby's development of these skills which take years to perfect.
Historical Summary:
Shows the early difficulties which the baby faces in getting food from a spoon, his increasing skill in receiving food, his desire to play with an empty spoon while being fed, early and generally unsuccessful attempts at self-feeding with a spoon, and gradual improvement in skills to the age of five.
Analyzes defensive footwork action in basketball by first demonstrating the correct stance. Slow motion and close-up photography then portray the two basic defensive moves: the parallel movement, which governs lateral guarding motions, and the stride, which governs advancing and retreating motions. Emphasis is placed on the correlation of arm movement with footwork, turning, pivoting, and getting into position for taking the ball on the rebound.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., Wilbur Johns, Norman Sper
Summary:
Analyzes defensive footwork action in basketball by first demonstrating the correct stance. Slow motion and close-up photography then portray the two basic defensive moves: the parallel movement, which governs lateral guarding motions, and the stride, which governs advancing and retreating motions. Emphasis is placed on the correlation of arm movement with footwork, turning, pivoting, and getting into position for taking the ball on the rebound.
Presents technical developments in the preservation and transportation of foods, the economic problems involved, and the world flow of foods. Depicts how such developments have increased the possibilities of distributing perishable foods on a world basis. Shows the problem of family income, maintaining flow of food from producer to consumer, the problem of tariffs, and the intercontinental movement of major foods on an animated map background.
Presents a record of the successful experiments in resuscitating dead animals conducted at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy at Veronezh, U.S.S.R., by Dr. S. S. Bryukhonenko. The Institute makes use of apparatus called the "autojector" to carry out the functions of the heart and lungs, and years of pioneering in the technique of resuscitation are climaxed in the sequence showing reanimation of a dog that has been killed. Recommended for use only by individuals or groups professionally concerned with the advancement of science.
Contains scenes of the destitution left in the wake of World War II and of the famine and exposure from which so many thousands died. Discusses also the economic importance of food.
Shows how the government has acted to protect our woodlands by enacting laws and establishing the Forest Service. Forest Rangers protect forests against fire, administer game laws, control the number of cattle grazing on the lands, supervise logging, and select trees to be cut and those to be left standing. Other jobs in this vocation are logger, lumberjack, lumber mill sawyer, grader, kiln-dryer, and trimmer. Shows a log after it is cut and the various operations it goes through until it is a finished piece of lumber. Many different jobs are shown and explained.
Shows how freedom was prized during World War II despite its high cost in desolation and hunger and how more fortunate peoples helped liberate Europe by fighting the threat of famine.
With close-up photography of cod fillet, habibut steak, and whole dressed white fish, demonstrates three basic methods for cooking fish at home, boiling, and baking. Illustrates the use of garnishes to give eye-appeal and added nutritive qualities to fish when it is served.
Mary L. De Give, Margaret Cussler, Social Documentary Films
Summary:
Shows the Hopi Indian as a farmer, herder, craftsman, and trader. Pictures how difficult it is for him to live on the desert, especially with some of the government controls. Gives the Indian a chance to speak about his problems in education, place in American society, and means of making a living.
Henry S. Commager, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.
Summary:
Unfolds the story of immigration into the U.S. from colonial times. Through animated maps and photography explains where various groups of immigrants came from, where they settled, and why they left their homes to come to America. Dramatizes the immigrants' entry in to the U.S., and points out that many later apply for American citizenship.
Dick Thomas, Mitchell Ayres and his Fashions in Music Orchestra, Minoco Productions, Inc., Mary Ann Mercer, Tommy Taylor
Summary:
Dick Thomas performs "Jingle Jangle Jingle" from the Paramount Picture "Forest Rangers."
Mitchell Ayres and his Fashions in Music Orchestra perform "You're a lucky fellow Mr. Smith."
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., Isabel B. Wingate
Summary:
Demonstrates each step in the manufacture of a child's cotton dress in a modern clothing factory. Reveals how the original is designed, and then portrays simple making, pattern making, cutting, sewing, finishing, pressing, and packing. Emphasizes the economy of mass-production methods. An instructional film.
Headlines: Pacific Typhoon. Carrier "Enterprise" fights off Kamikazi attack during action off Kyoshu last May. Final Victory. Japan Surrenders. Atomic bombing of Nagasaki. War Heroes come home. The Proximity Fuse. Radar. Jet-Propelled Aircraft. Navy Day 1945.
Discusses the problems involved in adopting children today. Shows acceptable procedures of adoption, the precautions taken to insure future happiness, the dangers of black-market adoptions, and the problem of older children who are less frequently adopted.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., Lawrence E. Briggs
Summary:
Teaches good health habits and encourages wholesome social relationships by depicting the activities of three small children on several cold, winter days in a New England town. Bill, Nell, and Charlie build a snowman, make snowballs, play "fox and geese," and go coasting and skiing. The children practice rules of safety and good sportsmanship. An Erpi classroom film.
Deals with the technology and geography of food production by depicting the role of land in production, the methods employed in the production of plant and animal products, and the relation of animal food production to plant foods. Problems concerning the increase in world production of foods are posed and possible solutions suggested.
Through slow motion and stop motion photography and close-ups of game shots, the film shows the fundamentals of basketball shooting, concentrating on the set-shot. Stance, the action of the throw, aim, trajectory, and finger-tip control are demonstrated. Special attention is given to the fine coordination of all parts of the body required for accurate shooting.
Explains and illustrates in detail simple stunts for strength, stunts for skill, and stunts with sticks. Demonstrates the techniques and benefits of stunt variations, and emphasizes safety precautions.
In this film, impairment of skilled acts by disorders of coordination is demonstrated. Also shown are cases of paresis or paralysis of participating muscles; hemiplegia; ataxia in multiple sclerosis; parkinsonism with akinesia and rigidity, and apraxia. Film 6 in Columbia University educational films teaching collection.
Shows camera highlights of the Indiana state basketball tournament and the state track meet. Should be of interest from the point of view of studying accomplishments and techniques as demonstrated.
Calls attention to the disastrous floods, dust storms, insect plagues, and drought that have harassed the American farmer during the last few decades. Reviews legislative and political issues that have affected the farmer since World War I. Emphasizes the need for farmers to help insure their own security by putting aside substantial financial reserves in the form of savings bonds.
Describes the organization structure of the Boy Scouts and how scouts move through the ranks, from starting as a Cub at age 9 to Rover at age 19. Emphasizes how the Boy Scouts of America provide constructive activities, give moral guidance, and cultivate desirable qualities in boys and young men, forming them into responsible and engaged citizens.
This gun safety film takes a humorous approach to demonstrate how some gun owners endanger others while handling a firearm. If a bad practice exists while handling a firearm then Harry is certain to exhibit it.
Home movie taken during Ed Feil's military service in World War II. Begins in Allied-occupied Austria, where Ed visits the composer statues in the Stadtpark. Portaits of Lenin and Stalin hang on buildings near the Austrian Parliament. Shows lots of footage taken from a moving train as the men travel through Steyr and western Germany on their way to Le Havre. Extensive shots of rubble and the bombed out landscape across Austria and Germany as well as soldiers on the train.
Army Cadets - 48; Notre Dame Fighting Irish - 0.
"Army 48 Notre Dame 0 - Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis lead the Cadets to a big win in a battle of unbeaten powerhouses at Yankee Stadium - Bill Stern on SAW (:55) - have original recordings"
Notre Dame - 6; Navy - 6.
Battle to a 6-6 Deadlock.
Game played in Cleveland, Ohio.
Disc 1:
1. Pre-Game + First Quarter
2. Second Quarter + Half
Disc 2:
1. Half + Third Quarter
2. Fourth Quarter + Post-Game
Sugar Ray Robinson won this ten-round fight by unanimous decision over Jake LaMotta, in Madison Square Garden in New York.
This was the fourth matchup between Robinson and LaMotta, and their final 10-round fight against each other.
"Sugar Ray Robinson decisions Jake Lamotta in a ten-round bout - Bill Corum
and Don Dunphy (no talk in between rounds) on SAW (:32)"
West - 13; East - 7.
1945 East-West Shrine, a post-season college football game featuring players from schools in the Eastern half of the United States against players from schools in the Western part.
"West 13 East 7 - Bob Waterfield leads the victors from behind in the 4th quarter; 1st half action only - have original recordings on SAW (07:12)."
In this film the cinematographic space becomes itself an active element of the dance rather than being an area in which the dance takes place. The dancer shares with the camera and the cutting a collaborative responsibility for the movements themselves. Recommended for use only by groups interested in the cinematographical element of the dance.
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).
