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5521. Oil (29:16)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the dependence of U.S. economy on oil. Points out that even though we produce one-half the world's supply, we must still import one million barrels of oil a day. Forecasts future problems...

5522. Coal and iron ore (29:53)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the supply of coal and iron ore in the United States. States that America has 4000 years supply of coal--this in spite of the fact that the U.S. produces thirty per cent of the world's su...

5523. Steel (29:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discussion of the manufacturing and production of steel in the United States as well as a brief discussion of other minerals, including zinc and aluminum.

5524. Electric power (29:14)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the production of electric power in the United States. States that a heritage of our land is our system of rivers and lakes, particular when this water power is harnessed to provide elect...

5527. Stephen Spender, part II (29:08)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Louis Simpson, a poet and teacher at the University of California at Berkeley, relates that Stephen Spender’s interest in the relationship between poetry and the subjects of war and politics goes b...

5528. Nature versus the laboratory (29:54)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Uses demonstrations of falling objects to explain how laboratory experiments help in understanding nature. Discusses the work of Galileo and Newton. Illustrates how basic laws of science are arri...

5539. Musical Words (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Demonstrates a composer's vocabulary, beginning with "two-letter words" and proceeding to three-, four-, five-, and six-letter words. Illustrates each of these with musical selections. Describes t...

5540. This vital Earth (10:06)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
John H. Storer; George E. Brewer, Jr.; John C. Gibbs
Summary:
The second in the "Living Earth" series. Shows with many examples the interdependence of plant and animal life and the dependence of the land upon past living forms for its productive power. Expl...