2051. Vicky's and Beth's Birthdays 1970 (06:09)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, Naomi Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Julius Weil, Helen Kahn Weil
Summary:
Home movie of casual birthday celebrations over breakfast for Vicki and Beth at their home. The family is gathered around the kitchen table, where Beth is given cinnamon rolls with birthday candles. Beth opens her presents and is ecstatic to receive a new watch and comedy records. The film then shows Beth at a more formal gathering with extended Weil family receiving a birthday cake (possibly in conjunction with Rosh Hashanah dinner). On another day, Vicki receives a birthday cake and opens presents during breakfast as the family watches. Ends with brief footage of a party with friends.

2052. Dad's Birthday: June 26, 1974 (11:08)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Harold S. Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, George H. Feil, George Feil, Naomi Feil, Leslie Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, Ellen Feil, Susan Hellerstein, Amy Feil, Daniel Hellerstein, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Betsy Feil
Summary:
Home movie of a birthday party for Harold Feil, father of Ed Feil. Shows Harold blowing out the candles on a cake that reads "Happy Birthday Poppa" as the family gathers around the dining room table and the cake is served. The film then shows a bicycle race and cyclists passing by Eddie and Kenny watching. Ends with George Feil with all 5 of his children and Harold in a garden.

2058. Vicky (03:58)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin
Summary:
Home movie of a teenaged Vicki appearing in a play. Briefly shows Beth playing with a fencing sword.

2061. Where Life Still Means Living (1:17:01)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Helen Watkins, Samuel Golden, Leroy Kendis, Edward Feil Productions
Summary:
Describes the inner emotional world of an aged couple who are frightened by chronic illness and mental disease and suffer from feelings of rejection and helplessness. Tells about their ultimate admission to a home for the aged where rehabilitative therapies help to lead them into a life that is meaningful.

2062. Lakewood, Ohio (02:10)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Nellie Feil
Summary:
Begins in the Harold Feil home, where Nellie sits reading the paper in the living room. Follows with footage taken from a moving car driving through the town of Lakewood, Ohio.

2065. Vicki's Cat Play (02:48)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Beth Rubin, Vicki Rubin
Summary:
Shows a group of children (including Vicki and Beth) wearing costumes outside in the Feil's yard. Naomi directs them as they perform. The group then performs for a classroom of younger children.

2066. India (1:05:10)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:

2067. Maple Festival at [Chardiu] - Spring 1941 (05:18)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Nellie Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, George Feil
Summary:
Ed Feil and family attending the Maple Festival, an annual street festival in Chardon, Ohio. Shows Ed, his siblings, and Nellie enjoying food and activities at the festival. The film then shows Ed visiting the Cleveland Museum of Art and views of a frozen Lake Erie.

2073. The Art and Beauty of Cashmere (1:27:59)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Nelson Stern, Edward Feil Productions
Summary:
Sponsored film made for Dalton of America, a cashmere maker headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Describes the cashmere making process, beginning with cultivation of fleece from the cashmere goat to design, production, and sales. Emphasizes the luxury, quality, and glamour of Dalton cashmere garments.

2074. Raplock (07:42)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Silent footage in and around The Montefiore Home in Cleveland, Ohio. Naomi Feil, who grew up at the Montefiore Home for the Aged, where her father was the administrator and her mother was head of the social services department, can be seen in the opening sequence.

2075. Sahker Nature Center - July 12, 1970 (03:11)

Date:
1970-07-12
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Ken Feil, Edward G. Feil, Naomi Feil
Summary:
Naomi and the boys at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. Shows the boys at a petting zoo, having a picnic, and walking around the Nature Center.

2085. How we know the Earth's shape (10:45)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Explains that a globe is the best model to represent the shape of the earth. Discusses the change in man's ideas about the shape of the earth from flat, to curved to round to flattened and bulging to pear shaped. Explains the value of rockets and satellites in helping us to learn more about the shape of the earth.

2086. The house fly (16:31)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Describes the houselfy as a carrier of germs and diseases. Shows the structure of the housefly through microscopic photography and animation. Depicts the life cycle of the fly and its breeding places. Discusses sanitation procedures necessary to control the housefly menace.

2087. Heat as radiant energy (13:23)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Diagrams the position of radiant energy on the electromagnetic spectrum and describes several means of detecting radiant energy. Explains the operation of a radiometer, and illustrates the use of a thermister, thermocouple, and thermophile in detection of radiant energy.

2088. How green plants make food (13:48)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Uses animation, microphotography, and live action to show how green plants make food in the process of photosynthesis. Explains that as scientists study the processes involved in photosynthesis they may some day be able to duplicate the work of plants and make more efficient use of plants.

2089. Helen Tamiris in her Negro spirituals (16:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Illustrates modern dance as exemplified by Negro spirituals. Miss Tamiris creates her dances to the familiar spirituals Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Go Down Moses, and Get on Board Lil' Children.

2090. How seeds are scattered (10:27)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Illustrates and explains the many different ways in which seeds are dispersed--by animals, by the wind, and by water. Points out that only a very few live to grow into plants.

2091. Hormonal coordination 2 : the thyroid and parathyroid (30:31)

Date:
1962
Summary:
A credit course in The New Biology, a presentation of Learning Resources Institute, Columbia Broadcasting Systems, in conjunction with the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The course is planned to include the results of recent research findings in the biological sciences and to reflect the recommendations of professional organization interested in biology education. This installment discusses the thyroid and parathyroid glands.

2092. How machines help us (13:02)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Introduces basic principles of the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw, and shows common usage of each. Shows the crowbar as a lever, and shows a doorknob as an example of a wheel and axle. Pictures the raising of the flag to illustrate the use of a pulley. Shows stairs as an example of an inclined plane, pictures carpenters driving nails as wedges, and presents the operation of an auto jack as an example of a screw.

2093. Home cookery of fish (11:31)

Date:
1946
Summary:
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.

2094. High temperature research (18:24)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Describes various phases of high temperature research, giving examples of compounds being used, goals of the research, and some results to date. Discusses procedures being used, with emphasis on procedures with titanium sulfide.

2100. Vienna '46 (18:07)

Date:
1946
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil
Summary:
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.