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Descusses the economic concepts related to land, climate, and major resources in the countries of Colombia, Venzuela, and the three Guianas. Includes scenes of the people and of their ways of life, shows the many modern developments which industrialization has brought, and describes the type of government of each country. Collaborator, Donald D. Brand.
Reviews Greek history by showing pieces of sculpture from each historical period from 300 B.C. to A.D. 300 and the related architecture. Sculpture proceeded from small animals buried in tombs to large animals and then to undraped youth. Shows the various tools used by the early Greeks in sculpture. Concludes with a non-narrative viewing of various works of sculpture.
Wounded Americans, back from battlefields and task forces all over the world gave rise to the Navy's most important postwar mission--get them well and send them home.
"Newsreel pictures of the attack of Dec. 7, 1941, on Pearl Harbor. Closes with America's ringing answer to the enemy challenge." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, February, 1943, 5). This American newsreel portrays the attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath of the strike. Includes footage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's December 8th "Infamy" speech in front of a joint session of Congress.
Shows the importance of accuracy in the information a warden collects at the scene of disaster and the exact manner in which he should transmit information to the control.
Discusses the use of the dance as a social commentary and relates it to the critical statements of artists in other fields. Presents a performance of "Caprichos" based on Goya's etchings of man's weaknesses. In contrast, an excerpt from Paeon is performed. Features choreographer Herbert Ross and his troupe.
United States. Department of Interior. Division of Motion Pictures
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Recounts the history of land ownership by small farmers in the U.S. Free land for farmers gradually disappeared as the west was settled through the 19th century, resulting in the necessity for farmers to buy land with mortgages. Describes the creation of the 1916 Federal Farm Loan Act and regional land bank systems to enable tenant farmers to become landowners. "Shows how the cooperative mortgage credit system works in the everyday lives of John and Mary Farmer, who are typical of the 600,000 members of national farm loan associations now using their own credit system to achieve the goal of owning debt-free farms" (Motion Pictures of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1945, 21).
War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry : distributed and exhibited by
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A short bulletin urging people to travel only when absolutely necessary in order that space can be saved for millions of troops and millions of essential civilian war workers. States that every non-essential traveler may be preventing a serviceman from joining his family during the holiday season. Civilians are told "on every highway and mainline, war has the right of way" and "we've got a battle of transportation to win here in the U.S., you can help to win it just by staying home."
An in-service business management film demonstrating the problems which develop when a supervisor fails to properly channel the initiative of a new worker thus creating resistance to new ideas.
Shows the techniques Forest Service researchers employ to produce hybrid pines through controlled pollination and through the selection of superior pines and use of their natural seed. Shows a pine cone opening and tree seeds germinating and growing through time-lapse photography.
Seven to twelve-year-old filmmakers are the stars in this film record of the activities of a film club. Narration is entirely by children who comment on the pleasures and problems of filmmaking. They experiment with drawing directly on clear film and they use paper cutout puppets to animate a story.
Presents to the educator a systematic approach to instruction based on decisions about the learner, learning, evaluation, and the learning development, using the subjects of tennis and music as examples.
Students from the Hinsdale South High School, Clarendon Hills, Illinois, and New Trier East High School, Winnetka, Illinois are shown in swimming contests and in demonstrations on techniques and rules applications. Covered are the backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, starting, relays, and diving. The roles of the finish judges and timers are also shown.
Contrasts the crowded play conditions in most cities with those of rural areas, and discusses what the Play Schools Association is doing to remedy the urban problem. Shows typical Play School settings in public schools, a settlement, and a housing project, where children from five through thirteen years, of all races and creeds, are provided with a wide range of enriching play activities for their after-school hours in winter and all day during summer vacations.
Features high school band members performing during the Marquette vs. Indiana football game on October 10, 1959. Band Day is an annual event that brings high school bands from across the state of Indiana on the field during half time for a joint show with the IU Marching Band.
Presents ballad singers singing three authentic American folk songs: "Strawberry Roan," "Grey Goose," and "John Henry." The background for the singers is a farmhouse kitchenyard after the noonday meal.
Relates the story of Brazil's "planned city with a plan." Explains the unique way in which Belo-Horizonte, city of more than 200,000 inhabitants, was completely planned less than fifty years ago before a single house or street was built. Describes Belo-Horizonte, in the heart of Brazil's mineral district, as one of the most modern and progressive cities in the world.
Shows Brazil's march of progress as exemplified in its southernmost area, the states of Parana, Santa Caterina, and Rio Grande do Sul. Pictures Brazil's great cattle country and its granary.
An American soldier, during his combat career, realizes the greatness of his country and determines to assume his share of the responsibilities of good citizenship upon his return to civilian life.
Beginning with an outdoor abstract sculpture in the courtyard of a new building in London, this film introduces artist and sculptor Barabara Hepworth and her work. Sculpting in wood, stone, metal, Ms. Hepworth is shown working in her home and studio in St. Ives, near Cornwall. Inspired by natural forms, though not imitating them, many of the artist's sculptures are shown in-studio and outdoors. Some of Ms. Hepworth's occasional realistic drawings and paintings are also shown.
Discusses the life of Durer and the pivotal point he represented in connecting the artistic development of Italy and Northern Europe. Presents examples of his work that show his passage from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Develops the idea that through a study of his work the fusing of his Gothic inheritance and the organic Renaissance can be observed.
Explains the basic principles of gravitational attraction that relate to the earth, and other planets, and the sun. Relates these principles to flights of rockets and artificial satellites and includes the experiments on weightlessness that is encountered by astronauts. Gives a number of practical examples from everyday life and explains the role of gravity in these situations. Concludes with three questions for children to solve.
Illustrates the detrimental effects of rumors through the experience of Jean, a newcomer in a high school, who becomes the victim of a malicious rumor started by Jack, her first date. After suffering considerable unhappiness, she is again accepted by her friends when her parents and the principal get Jack to confess and to tell the facts.
Shows how surface plates are used to check the flatness of surfaces, types of scrapers, how to remove high spots, and how to determine when a surface is scraped flat.
Describes the culture of the people and the unusual climate of northern Norway. Explains that the northern third of the country is within the Arctic Circle but that the climate is much modified by the Gulf Stream. Depicts the splitting of the country into two distinct climates by a central mountain range. Views many of the geographic features peculiar to Norway.
Conversion of external stimuli (light, sound, odor, touch, and taste) into nerve impulses by one or more sensory receptors in the body is shown through animation. Explains how these receptors provide information about the state of the inner organs.
Deals with the geography and climate of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic through a one-year cycle and pictures life among its flora and fauna. Reconstructs the climatic history of the region from reports of early explorers and documents evidence of an early tropical climate in coal seams and fossil finds. Surveys the plant and animal life. Highlights the vigorous and intense growth of plants and young animals during the brief summer and emphasizes the delicate balance which exists among all plants and animals. Disproves some of the misconceptions about the Arctic and theorizes about the origin and development of the ice-cap. Explains the possibilities of colonization of the region.
An account of a New England family's 78-day trip in an ox cart from Massachusetts to Illinois, their day-by-day progress and hardships endured. Animated map sequences show the route followed. Folk songs are included for background.
Presents some of the steps and procedures involved in conducting controlled breeding experiments and shows the results of some genetic crosses. Introduces three important areas of genetic research. Illustrates bombardment of fruit flies with X-ray and shows some of the obvious mutations produced in these fruit flies. Pictures a schematic model of the DNA molecule and presents questions concerning its structure, organization, and duplication. Uses animation to picture basic discoveries of inheritance.
Pictures the globe as a model of the earth and points out the representative shape and color of land and water areas. Identifies the continents and compares their sizes and locations. Uses animation to show the character of the ocean floor. Explains the poles and scales of latitude and compares various types of globes.
Shows methods used by archaeologists to discover, excavate, study, and interpret a buried prehistoric American Indian culture. Shows the workers digging the site, the uncovering of an artifact, sorting and cataloging of artifacts, the construction of an Indian stockade, and dioramas of various American Indian cultures. Explains how the study of the remains of charred foods, fish hooks, fish bones, jewelry fashioned from shells, and tools and weapons made from animal bones discloses the Indian's food habits. Filmed at the Angel Mound Site near Evansville, Indiana.
Discusses the individuality of artistic techniques. Follows Reginald Pollack as he attempts to find creative inspiration in nature. Shows the benefits of studying other artists' work.
Surveys the geography and people of India. Includes the topography; the effects of the monsoon winds and the other climatic factors; India's ancient cultural heritage; the village life and primitive farm economy of India; the religious beliefs of the three main groups: the Hindus, the Muslims and the Sikhs; typical cities such as Kanpui, an industrial city, Benares, a religious city, and New Delhi, the capital; and Mahatma Gandhi and his influence. Ends by pointing out some of the problems of the Indian nation.
Shot in Burma during the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition (1939), led by filmmaker Armand Denis and his wife Leila Roosevelt. In Rangoon, views of the Shive Dagon Pagoda and huge bamboo irrigation water wheels are seen, as well as the temples, pagodas and bas-reliefs featuring snake motifs at the Pegan ruins. The ornamentation and neck wraps of Karen women are shown. A survey of the teak industry follows, including the training of elephants for logging work. The final sequence focuses on a Burmese priestess (Shan) who must supplicate a king cobra to appease the snake God.
Film produced by Hobie Billingsley, IU Swimming and Diving coach from 1959-1989, that focuses on various national, world, and Olympic diving champions. Featuring Ken Sitzberger, Rick Gilbert, Win Young, Jim Henry, Luis Nino de Rivera, and Jon Hahnfeldt.
Hobie Billingsley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobie_Billingsley
Ken Sitzberger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Sitzberger
Rick Gilbert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Gilbert
Win Young: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Young
Jim Henry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henry_(diver)
Luis Nino de Rivera: https://honorsandawards.iu.edu/search-awards/honoree.shtml?honoreeID=3675
Shows how to remove blades from inserted-blade type cutter; how to off-hand grind individual teeth; how to reassemble and align cutter blades; how to circle grind; how to surface grind all tooth-relief angles; how to finish surfaces and edges by honing; and how to inspect resharpened cutters.
Division of Visual Aids, U.S. Office of Education (Producer), Federal Security Agency (Producer), Emerson Yorke Studio (Producer)
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Shows how to prepare the machine or the job; how to select and set up a back rest; how to adjust the back rest during grinding; how to rough- and finish-grind the long shaft; and how to check and adjust the taper.
Division of Visual Aids, United States Office of Education (Producer), Federal Security Agency (Producer), Emerson Yorke Studio (Producer)
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Shows how to mount and dress the wheels on the two-spindle grinder; how to prepare the diaphragm chuck; how to plunge-grind the bore and adjust for taper; and how to grind the shoulder and flange parallel at right angles to the bore.
A skilled potter demonstrates the four methods of glaze application: dipping, pouring, brushing, and spraying. Specific techniques and good craftsmanship are emphasized. Proper preparation of a piece for glazing and precise finishing before firing are shown.
Sixth in the "Are You Ready for Service?" series. Shows the emotional stresses that must be faced in military service because of homesickness, having to take orders and responsibilities, and having to learn to kill. Advises young men to prepare for the new experiences by taking school assignments as orders, doing jobs well without arguing, taking temporary jobs away from home, and going to church.
Shows the cutting action of a grinding wheel; how to select the correct grinding wheel; how to handle and mount the wheel on the collet; and how to true and balance the wheel.
Shows close-ups of the grouse as found in its wild state on the prairies and open farm lands of Missouri, including its habits and natural sounds. Shows a battle between two male grouse, then a courtship. Concludes with a plea to preserve nature's creatures in their proper balance.
Shows how to prepare the wheel for grinding; how to semi-finish and finish-grind a dull tool; how to rough-grind a chipped or broken tip; how to grind a newly brazed tool; and how to grind a chip breaker.
Harold Otwell, Karl Martz, Robert Gobrecht, George Fleetwood, Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
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Shows a skilled ceramist applying designs on several ceramic pieces prior to final firing. He uses the clay itself, a comb, a piece of burlap, or clay stamps to create textured designs. Other decoration methods illustrated include colored glazes, clay slip, "Mishima," sgraffito, and wax resist. Shows samples of representative pieces after decoration and firing.
Thomas F. Barton, Daisy M. Jones, Roger Niemeyer, James W. Taylor, Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
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Compares two dairy farms--one in Southeastern Wisconsin and the other in Central New York State. Shows the land use and cultural practices which reflect adaptation to such elements of the physical environment as topography, soil, precipitation, temperature, and length of growing season. Describes such man-made conditions that influence the marketing of milk as the proximity of farms to urban areas, sanitation requirements, and transportation and refrigeration facilities.
Shows how to set up a V-block to grind the ends and the V; how to rough- and finish-grind the ends; how to establish reference points for grinding the V to precision dimensions; and how to check the work for accuracy.
William J. Thiele, William Bruckner, Jack Chertok, Lee Van Cleef, Kenneth Tobey, Henry Morgan, Keith Richards, Lyle Talbot, Peter Hanson, Teaching Film Custodians
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Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of an episode of the Cavalcade of America television series, "Duel at the OK Corral" (season 2, episode 20), which originally aired March 9th, 1954 on ABC-TV. This film highlights the efforts of Marshall Wyatt Earp to free the West of dangerous armed gunmen. Earp's activities in Dodge City, Kansas, in Deadwood, South Dakota, and in Tombstone, Arizona are featured.
Presents Saki's story of an impoverished husband and wife who sacrifice their most prized possessions to provide Christmas gifts for each other. Introductory remarks are made by John Steinbeck. Excerpt from O. Henry's Full House.
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."
Tells the story of President Vargas' favorite project, the Marambaia Fishing School, located fifty miles south of Rio de Janeiro and facing on the Bay of Ilha Grande. Illustrates how the unique project trains Brazilian boys in such fishing arts as handling and building small boats, making and repairing nets, and catching all sorts of fish from sardines to sharks.
Points up scientific findings on the potency of the H-bomb danger by portraying the impact of a 10-megaton H-bomb on Los Angeles, Calilfornia. Uses animation, maps, charts and miniatures.
This informative short film narrated by Father Bernard Hubbard 'The Glacier Priest' shows in detail the large and lucrative salmon fishing industry in Alaska, from the catching of the fish to their canning.
A tour of the magnificent capital of Great Britain. The cameras have captured all the pageantry and color of England from the Thames bridges, Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, to the Trouping of the Colors ceremony.
Focuses on the sportsmanship of women, showing women participating in a variety of sports including rowing, tennis, golf, football, roller basketball, roller derby, boxing, synchronized swimming, and track sports.
Depicts the role and influence of the mental hospital volunteer in the lives of hospitalized mental patients. Alludes to the scope of the problem of mental illness, and describes some of the undesirable conditions in mental hospitals, the needs of mental patients, the varied activities of a volunteer program, and the process of orienting and training new volunteers. The longer version refers to the Indiana Mental Health Association and the nine mental hospitals in Indiana and includes a direct appeal for volunteers by a former patient.
A fairy tale character uses magic to help children learn good habits. She shows them how to clean and manicure fingernails, how to trim toenails, and how to shampoo and brush the hair. She lets them see some common diseases of the hair, and through animated drawings shows the structure of hair and nails and explains why their care is important.
Uses common everyday examples of the effects of humidity to introduce and explain this idea. Shows Kay, an attractive teenager, and her adventures with a violin, a stuck drawer, and drying off at the pool as these processes are influenced by the humidity. Animates an explanation of dew, relative humidity, and dew point. Shows and explains several weather instruments for measuring humidity.
Develops concepts of length, area, and volume of areas and objects. Shows how these concepts are related and develops an understanding of such units of measurement as the mile and the acre.
Piatigorsky plays "Bourees #1 and #2" from Suite in C Major, by Bach; "Slow Movement" from Cello Sonata, by Chopin; "Masques" from Romeo and Juliet, by Prokofief; "Romance," by Anton Rubinstein; "Waltz," by Tschaikowsky; and "Introduction, Theme and Variations," by Schubert-Piatigorsky.
Shows in detail how a plane is directed to landing by the ground controlled approach team. Illustrates the principles of operation of the system, and shows the members of the GCA team in action.
The methods of directing and using aggression in children are demonstrated in studies of the Americans of the continental United States, the Kwoma of New Guinea, and the Alorese of the Dutch East Indies. We move from the creation of frustration in children through the expression of aggressive responses to the various ways the aggressive responses are directed and utilized. Dr. Bullock’s narration is closely linked to dance action and original musical effects. The types of stimuli that frustrate children are explained. As each example is followed to its logical end of aggressive behavior, one can understand the hit-and-run tactics of the Kwoma, the competitive spirit of the American, and the inferior and helpless feeling of the Alorese. The battle scenes presented at the end of the Kwoma and Alorese groups throw our concept of war into a new mental perspective.
Explains the nature and importance of population genetics. Derives the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium principle for Mendelian (cross-breeding) populations. Points out that though the Hardy-Weinberg law produces a static gene pool when it applies, mutation, selection, random genetic drift, and migration upset this equilibrium and cause gene frequencies to shift-these factors being, therefore, the principal causes of evolution.
Primarily exterior footage of the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Campus buildings, Marching 100 band practicing and performing at a football game against Northwestern, and IU President Elvis J. Stahr Jr., in his office. Ronald Gregory, Marching Hundred director, is also briefly seen.
This Pan Am travelogue about the Bahamas shows everything the breathtaking islands have to offer, including swimming, boating, shopping, and culture. Every visit offers a different variety of activities for tourists, and keeps them coming back.
Shows that, although India is a land of villages and peasants, she ranks among the great industrial powers. Points out that the traditional handicrafts and the new industries are both essential to India's development and the well-being of her people.
Discusses the impact of Western social customs and scientific advance on Indian life in villages and cities. Shows department stores, night clubs, and factories in an industrialized India built upon an overwhelmingly agricultural India.
Introduces the advantages of using media to enhance an oral presentation and displays a variety of media formats available. Illustrates the characteristics of different media, pointing out the optimum circumstances for their use. Includes charts, graphs, photographs, presentation boards, overhead and opaque projectors, slides, filmstrips, 16mm and 8mm films, television, videotape, and audio.
Presents the principles to be followed in completing a medical verification of death. This film also demonstrates how diagnosis entered on the death certificate influences statistics commonly used in planning public health programs and medical research.
Examines a series of routine conflict situations faced by a college student. Defines and analyzes emotional conflict according to four general classifications: approach-approach, avoidance-avoidance, approach-avoidance, and double approach-avoidance. Uses white rats in a maze to illustrate these types of conflict and relates each type in terms of human behavior.
An advertisement for Dupont Dacron polyester suits with wool in which two men model different styles of the product in various work environments. Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.
An advertisement for Playtex Living Gloves in which an offscreen male narrator describes how women in a Good Housekeeping Institute demonstration are able to keep their hands softer while wearing the gloves during cleaning chores. A shot of someone wearing the gloves while playing piano demonstrates the product's flexibility. Finalist for the 1961 Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Colorforms "Annette Dress Designer Kit" movable picture graphics book, a tie-in promotion for Disney's 1961 film "Babes in Toyland." An offscreen narrator describes the product over shots of a hand moving around the graphics within the book and dressing images of the film's star Annette Funicello. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Boon Rawd Brewery beer in which shots of the product being poured into a glass are interspersed with shots of landscapes, clouds, and rainfall. Narration and text in Thai. Submitted for the Clio Awards International category.
Illustrates the variety of environments in which plants survive, and shows adaptations developed by various plants for survival and reproduction within their own environment. The role of man as a mediator of environment is shown as he modifies living conditions of plants, and then must provide protection for them. The viewer is encouraged to search for adaptations in the plant world around him.
Pictures the work of Dr. B. F. Skinner and his associates at Harvard University Psychology Laboratories in studying animal behavior and indicates the application of principles learned to the design of teaching machines to be used in increasing human learning efficiency.
Dr. B.F. Skinner and R.J. Herrnstein demonstrate how to measure the learning and conditioning process.
Compares the nervous systems of the hydra and earthworm with the complexity of the human nervous system. Details the physiology of the reflex arc and explains the activities of certain brain centers. Pictures laboratory experiments in which the encephalograph is used and explains its functions. Shows application of knowledge to actual techniques in brain surgery.
This program explores the man-machine relationship through the research of Paul Fitts, Julian Christiansen, and George Briggs. It examines how humans handle and process information, as well as the challenges of information feedback between people and machines. The program also looks at human behavior within complex man-machine systems and how insights from these studies have influenced the redesign of equipment to better match human capabilities. The research highlights the dynamic interaction and adjustment between human users and technological systems.
This film describes the origin and growth of glaciers; surveys the work of glaciologists in trying to understand the structure of ice and its importance in the study of climatology, meteorology, and geology. Included are scenes of glaciologists at work in Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska, Washington, and on Mt. Kenya.
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. Describes early theories of the earth's structure and the present world-wide efforts to discover more about its structure. Points out means scientists use to study earthquakes, how this study contributes to an explanation of the structure of the earth's interior, and the use of explosion seismology to produce artificial earthquakes. The intense heat of the earth's interior is evidenced in volcanic eruptions, geysers, and bubbling mud. The plan for placing a seismograph on the moon and the "Mohole Project'' are briefly discussed.
Emphasizes that the expert worrier should talk about his troubles to only two people--his doctor or his psychiatrist or psychologist. Notes that expert worriers are more intelligent than the average person, but they must be shown that manifestations of worry originate in themselves. (Explains the differences between a psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. Sums up the worry emotion in terms of physical activities, their causes, and means of correction. (Hofstra College & WPIX) Kinescope.
Discusses states' rights as a political issue in American politics, particularly in reference to the segregation problem in the south. Outlines the records of both parties on this issue. (KETC) Kinescope.
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 accommodate birds, the several types of water containers that will attract them, and the different kinds of food that they eat. States that attracting birds is educational and good conservation practice.
