15601. The mass production worker (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Examines the values of three men engaged in automobile production. Questions are answered concerning work on the assembly line, the importance of salary, relations with foremen, and differences bet...

15602. Robert Creeley (28:47)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Robert Creeley; Richard Moore; Philip Greene
Summary:
Provides a candid view of poet Robert Creeley in his home and introduces his poetry. Presents him describing the influences of other literary figures on his works and explaining his own method of w...

15603. Where are we going? (29:04)

Date:
1968
Summary:
Presents Indian spiritual leader, writer and lecturer Krishnamurti's views of the world crisis which has developed because the old traditions and values are no longer acceptable. States that the gr...

15604. The role of Congress (29:54)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the duties of Congress including legislative and law. Points out the necessity for bureaucracy. Presents a brief history of Congress. Questions the current role of congress and how it h...

15605. Blower Makes Friends (15:05)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Breezes can move boats across water, lift kits to the sky and dry clothes. Dora tells a story, illustrated by shadow puppets of a little breeze called Blower who didn't want to play with his bigger...

15606. Rapunzel (14:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Marionettes are used to tell the story of a wife who longed for some rapunzels (cross turnips and rutabagas) which grow in a witch's yard. The husband agrees to give the witch his first child in ex...

15607. Plain Dirt (29:18)

Date:
1959
Summary:
A pile of dirt and a granite boulder seems as different as day and night, yet the dirt is produced form the granite. In this program, Dr. Harbaugh and his guest, Dr. Kurt Sarvos, demonstrates the p...

15608. Educating on the sub-verbal level (29:37)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Examines the potentiality of education on the sub-verbal level. Discusses the training of the special senses such as vision and the autonomic nervous system. Points out the need for research and ap...

15609. Modern Development of Rocketry (14:50)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Traces the history of the development of the liquid-fuel missile by groups in Germany and the U.S. Views the development of the White Sands Proving Grounds and a parallel development of rocketry b...

15610. Folk sayings (15:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Host Bash Kennett tells the story behind many of the sayings we use today. Explains the events and circumstances leading to use of such phrases as: to pull up stakes; in the knick of time; lock, st...

15611. Population, resources and fulfillment (29:37)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Presents a look at the rapid growth in world population as a result of scientific advances in control of disease. Discusses the question of the expanding population with respect to economic and ag...

15613. The Nature of Man (29:50)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Presents Eric Hoffer in an extended dialogue on man's weaknesses and how they relate to the total process of learning to become human. Describes human nature as highly unnatural in comparison with...

15614. Wagner : part II (29:33)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the later works of Wagner and the conditions under which various of his operas were written. Describes the process of writing the Ring, ending with four complete works--Das Rheingold, Di...

15615. The European Experience (Edited version) (29:25)

Date:
19XX
Summary:
Examines what has happened in Europe to check the threat of a menancing population growth. Traces the growth of population in Europe from the Middle Ages and suggests that the small-family concept,...

15616. The Speed of Sound (15:24)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains that a major problem of jet propulsion is increasing the speed of the expanding gas in the jet engine. Shows how the speed is increased by the addition of heat, more gas,and heavier molecu...

15617. New possibilities for co-existence (58:51)

Date:
1959
Summary:
The group will examine in depth the implications of coexistence between the Communist and the non-Communist worlds. What are the possibilities for lifting the Iron Curtain, increased trade? How irr...

15618. Stop or go : an experiment in genetics (28:41)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Bert Shapiro; David Prowitt; Vilma Bautista
Summary:
Shows an experiment which successfully analyzed the genetic code of a mutant virus. Portrays Dr. Norton Zinder and his colleagues at Rockefeller University as they separate the mutant virus from no...

15619. The Universe from Palomar (29:12)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Presents a history of the Hale Telescope and the contributions it has made to our knowledge of the universe. Shows transportation and construction of the 200-inch mirror. Illustrates recent discove...

15620. The V-2 (14:50)

Date:
1957
Summary:
The V-2 was called the A-4 by the Germans and as such should have been the fourth in the A series of missiles. Actually it was the fifth since the A-5 was predecessor to the V-2. The A-4 incorporat...