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An advertisement for Sprite in which two statue heads in a park discuss how bells go off each time someone opens a bottle of Sprite. A female voice sings a jingle over images of Sprite bottles in a cooler of ice. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Sprite in which two head bust statues in a museum try to talk to a bottle of Sprite sitting on display next to them. A female voice sings a jingle over images of Sprite being poured into a glass of ice. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Sprite in which offscreen narration and a jingle about the tart and crackly qualities of the product play over winter scenes of young people skiing, tobogganing, and sledding. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Sprite in which a jingle plays over close-ups of the product being poured into and served from a party punch bowl. An offscreen male narrator describes the tart and tingling qualities of new Sprite & Spice flavor varieties. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
"Safer Together 2023" made by Srikar Devulapalli, was selected as runner up winning video in "Safety Together: An Archival Remix Contest" organized by Indiana University Libraries.
In Spring 2023, IU Libraries launched its first ever archival remix contest with support from the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive Collections. In response to the alarming number of bike and pedestrian accidents and deaths, participants were invited to create a short, compelling video using archival footage to raise awareness about street safety.
All videos were judged by a Review Board in categories of originality, quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of raising awareness around street safety.
As a runner-up, Srikar received a prize of $500!
Full website: https://libraries.indiana.edu/safer-together
An advertisement for St. John's packaged bread in which a narrator traces the history of schwarzbrot to the brand's product. Submitted for Clio Awards category Baked Goods.
An advertisement for Esso (Standard Oil) Kerosene in which a narrator describes culture and labor in Holland and how Esso kerosene affects these aspects of Dutch life. Submitted for Clio Awards category Corporate.
An advertisement for Standard Oil company in which a narrator describes the history of the company's development. Submitted for Clio Awards category Corporate.
An advertisement for Standard Oil in which a narrator describes the company's commitment to drilling for oil across the globe over an animation of a person searching for these reserves. Submitted for Clio Awards category Corporate.
An advertisement for Standard Oil products in which a narrator describes the company's endless search for oil resources across the globe over an animation. Submitted for Clio Awards category Corporate.
An advertisement for Standard Oil petroleum products in which a narrator describes how Standard Oil laborers develop and test the petroleum used in cleaning detergents. Submitted for Clio Awards category Corporate.
An advertisement for Standard Oil products in which a narrator describes the way oil affects American life over an animation of wheels turning using oil. Submitted for Clio Awards category Corporate.
An advertisement for State Farm automobile insurance featuring clown Emmett Kelly's Weary Willie character going through a car wash in a car without a protective hood. An offscreen male narrator describes the benefits of State Farm policies. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for State Farm automobile insurance in which a company agent drives to work as a jingle plays. State Farm marketing appears in increasingly absurd places along his drive, including traffic lights, trains, people's shirts, and on a dog. A skywriter pilot speaks to the agent and apologizes for oversleeping. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for State Farm automobile insurance in which two parking attendants discuss the benefits of the company's policies. An aerial shot reveals that the attendants have arranged the cars in the lot to resemble the State Farm logo. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for State Farm automobile insurance where shots of cars on the road are edited to up tempo music. An offscreen male narrator describes the savings available for State Farm customers and a jingle plays. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for State Farm homeowners insurance in which two construction workers discuss the benefits of State Farm's plans while on the job. The final shot revels that the workers has been building a giant wooden State Farm display logo. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for State Farm Insurance in which an offscreen male narrator describes how every State Farm sign on roadways across the country represents a local company agent. The narrator explains the benefits of State Farm's nationwide network over an image of a map of the U.S. populated by company branches. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
Starring Lt. James Stewart, this WWII recruitment film shows jobs, training and education provided to men between the ages of 18 and 26 who enlist in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
An advertisement for Straw Hat Pizza Palace in California in which an offscreen male narrator urges the viewer to notice the employee uniforms and decor of a Straw Hat restaurant over a close-up time-lapse shot of a pizza baking in an oven. The narrator states that the viewer is only seeing the pizza because Straw Hat is "really in business for only one reason." One of the winners of the 1976 Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Stroehmann packaged bread in which a man and girl look into the window of a house to find a family eating the brand's bread for lunch. Submitted for Clio Awards category Baked Goods.
An advertisement for Stroh's Beer in which a group of young people, riding a tandem bike, cycle to a park to play various sports. A male voice sings a jingle about the Stroh's beer. A man talk to the camera about the product and pours a beer.
An advertisement for Stroh's Beer in which a male voice, accompanied by music, sings a jingle while a group of young people go sledding in a toboggan. Then the young people are in a ski lodge as a man speaks to the camera about the product's fine flavor as a result of fire brewing.
An advertisement for Stroh's Beer in which a group of people enjoy outdoor water sports, like water skiing. A male voice sings a jingle, then a man standing behind a boat pour himself a beer and talks about the product.
Dramatizes an open-ended case study in abnormal behavior by portraying Otto as a middle-aged man suffering from real and imagined pressures at home and work. Explains that Otto feels overburdened and insecure in his job as senior book editor and observes him trying to relate calmly to his secretary, his assistant, and his boss. Pictures Otto at home, where his wife complains that he never listens to her and never tells her about his feelings and watches Otto suffering from insomnia and becoming increasingly withdrawn and anxious.
Strout, Ben (Director and Editor), Strout, Toby (Associate Producer and Assistant Editor) Arnove, Robert (Producer)
Summary:
Examines the emergence and operation of alternative public schools in six U.S. cities. Focuses on the magnet schools and their programs in Boston and Houston, the federally funded Experimental Schools Program in Berkeley and Minneapolis, and exemplary school programs in Cambridge and St. Paul. Includes interviews with educators and critics, such as Mario Fantini, Robert Barr, and Herb Kohl, as well as local community leaders, parents, and students.
Strout, Ben (Director and Editor), Strout, Toby (Associate Producer and Assistant Editor) Arnove, Robert (Producer)
Summary:
Examines the emergence and operation of alternative public schools in six U.S. cities. Focuses on the magnet schools and their programs in Boston and Houston, the federally funded Experimental Schools Program in Berkeley and Minneapolis, and exemplary school programs in Cambridge and St. Paul. Includes interviews with educators and critics, such as Mario Fantini, Robert Barr, and Herb Kohl, as well as local community leaders, parents, and students.
Follows a variety of activities by a high school filmmaking class involved in creating super 8mm motion pictures. Shows students participating in the following processes: scratching images directly on film, storyboarding and scripting, camera operations, basic lighting techniques, simple animation, pixillation, macrophotography, kinestasis, editing and splicing, adding sound, and critiquing finished film. Emphasizes how communication skills are enhanced by the experiences and includes samples of student productions.
This film shows a typical day at the Exchange Home near the Speech and Hearing Center at Indiana University. Founded in 1938, it is named after the Exchange Clubs of Indiana, which provided funding for the home. The Exchange Home is a two story residence that includes a kitchen, dining rooms, laundry room, play room, TV lounge, and bedrooms for 25 children. A house mother and students majoring in speech and hearing live in the Exchange Home with the children.
Uses a fictionalized story with college students to explain different methods of contraception, their advantages, and their disadvantages. Promotes discussion of contraception between partners and shared responsibility for using contraception.
Designed to serve as a stimulus for discussion, this film shows the various steps in determining whether a student will be placed in a special education class. Demonstrates the following procedural steps used by school officials to determine whether Fred will be transferred to a special education class: appointing the case conference committee, sharing information, initiation of individual educational plan, placement review, and revised program. Records Fred's parents being told that his cognitive, verbal, and perceptual progress is below normal for his grade level and shows their disapproval for transferring Fred to a special education class. Indicates that they will request a hearing to determine Fred's status.
Examines some of the processes and people involved in nuclear physics through an experiment conducted at the renowned cyclotron facility at Indiana University, Bloomington. A team of four physicists sets out to test the validity of a commonly held theory on particle movement. Viewers get to know them and their work during the four-day experiment, sharing in their frustrations and their findings. The complex workings of the cyclotron and the intricacies of particle movement are also carefully detailed.
Strout, Toby (Writer, Producer); Schwibs, Susanne (script); Sumpter, Wally (Director); Arnove, Robert (Producer); Michael Luhan(Producer);
Summary:
Documents the political issues and diverse views of the people of Nicaragua during the period surrounding the elections of 1984; the first elections held since the overthrow of the Somoza regime. Sampling the campaigns of seven contending political parties, several major issues surface repeatedly and dominate debate: the direction of national reconstruction, changing social roles and responsiblities (particularly of women and young people), the war with the Contras, economic conditions, the makeup of the electoral process, and the conduct of the election itself.
Stuart Novins, Arturo Frondizi, Ned Calmer, Michael J. Marlow, Robert Quinn
Summary:
Argentinian president Arturo Frondizi is interviewed about Argentina political landscape. Some of the topics addressed in the interviewed include the role of students in politics, the political situation of Latin America, and the rise and fall of Perón. Following the Washington Conversation episode is the show Ned Calmer with the News.
An advertisement for the Studebaker Lark automobile in which a narrator guides a Chaplin-esque silent performer through the model's functionalities. Submitted for Clio Awards category Autos.
Studebaker’s Gran Turismo Hawk is presented as America’s gift to Italy for all the classical arts and fashion Italy has given to the world. After fashionably dressed women reveal the Hawk, a couple show the Hawk fitting in with classical Roman architecture and the Italian environment.
Six astronauts are comfortably seated in a Studebaker Lark to show the large interior space inside the car and trunk despite the small frame of the car.
An advertisement for Sunbeam electric appliances in which a narrator describes several of the brand's products like kitchen appliances and heated blankets. Submitted for Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Sunbeam packaged bread in which a boy plays in the woods and his mother serves him a sandwich made with the bread. Submitted for Clio Awards category Baked Goods.
An advertisement for Super Shell gasoline in which a male narrator explains a car race, called the Shell 4000 Rally, across Canada. Starting in Vancouver and ending in Montreal, two white cars and two black cars are pictured racing with a superimposed map showing their progress. In the end the white cars with Super Shell arrive in Montreal before the other cars.
An advertisement for Swans Down cream puff and eclair mix in which an offscreen narrator describes the product over close-up shots of cream puffs and eclairs being baked and covered with chocolate and vanilla toppings. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
A pair of slippers walk from a bedroom to a bathtub. When the slippers arrive at their destination the scene transitions to a woman taking a bath with Sweet Heart soap. A narrator talks about the benefits of using Sweet Heart soap.
A woman baths with Sweetheart Soap as a narrator explains the benefits of using the soap. The narrator also mentions Sweetheart Soap is either Lilac or Lemon scented.
An advertisement for Swift Canadian Bacon in which two tins of meat are talking to each other filmed in stop motion. Then a male narrator talks about a variety of different meals that can be made with Swift bacon. A boy is pictured smelling bacon and floats up in the air and down into a chair at a kitchen table where he is served eggs and bacon. Dialogue and narration are in French.
An advertisement for Tareyton cigarettes in which a man who is buying a suit describes the product's dual filter with activated charcoal. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.
An advertisement for Tareyton cigarettes in which a narrator describes the flavor of the product and its dual filter. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.
An advertisement for Tareyton cigarettes in which a couple plays carnival games and a jingle plays describing Tareyton's dual filter. Submitted for Clio Awards category Tobacco Products and Supplies.
An advertisement for Taubmans Gaylon silicone-based enamel paint in which an Australian drill sergeant is dismayed by a worker's use of the product to paint the rooms and weapons in the barracks in vibrant colors. Submitted for the Clio Awards International category.
An advertisement for Taystee packaged bread in which a man runs to the supermarket to buy fresh Taystee bread in the morning and a tie salesman tells him that he need not rush because the brand's bread stays fresh all day. Submitted for Clio Awards category Baked Goods.
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television episode, "The Great Gamble" (season 3, episode 1), which first aired October 12th, 1954 on ABC-TV. Presents the work of Cyrus W. Field in organizing and directing the project to establish a system of rapid communications between Europe and America by means of the Trans Atlantic Cable, and his courageous perseverance to succeed in spite of several unsuccessful attempts.
An advertisement for Dupont Telar Anti-freeze in which a male narrator talks about the product while an animation of a car drives around and gets filled up with Telar. A jingle is heard announcing, "never, never, never again drain anti-freeze from your car again!"
An advertisement for Telar anti-freeze in which an animated couple drive their car around while trying to remember a slogan for Dupont Telar anti-freeze. They drive past various signs advertising Telar before finally remembering the slogan. Finally, a male narrator speak about the product.
Cartoon characters inform the viewer of the benefits commercials provide to the consumer. A narrator state how if a viewer sees a commercial with a National Association of Broadcaster seal it means that the television station follows the National Association of Broadcaster principal guidelines for commercials.
Tennessee Valley Authority, National Defense Advisory Committee
Summary:
Narration introduces this report as "the story of the development of the Tennessee River," showing ongoing construction of major public works projects conducted under the Tennessee Valley Authority, including dams and hydroelectric plants. Touts the harnessing of waterpower to generate electricity for industry and farmers. Lists the improvements to quality of life in the region brought by electricity, including home amenities, pumped water for irrigation, and community refrigeration for food storage. Emphasizes the development of fertilizer manufacturing, as well as munitions and aluminum for defense industries. Includes footage of Wilson dam, Norris dam, Wheeler dam, Pickwick Landing dam, Guntersville dam, Chickamauga dam, and Watts Bar dam and generating station.
An advertisement for Tetley tea bags in which an animated man stands on a live-action table and describes the perforations in each tea bag. A group of other animated men perform a folk dance around a kettle while holding bags of tea. One of the winners of the 1976 Clio Awards.
A man with a broken-down car is barraged with automotive suggestions of how to fix his car from the gathered crowd. The man ends up fixing his card by taking it to a Texaco service station.
An advertisement for Texaco Service petroleum products in which a narrator describes a historical shift in demand from kerosene to gas and how the company adapted to this change. Submitted for Clio Awards category Corporate.
This short nonfiction film depicts the intensive testing that goes into developing and producing aircraft propellers. It opens with the whirring or propeller blades. Animated diagrams show how the bite of the propeller moves it through the air and how the pitch determines the size of the bite. A trip through an airplane factory shows the manufacture of a satisfactory alloy. The rest of the process is painstaking hand work interspersed with dozens of careful inspections. The operation of the variable pitch mechanism and its use in taking off and cruising is shown. Then the propeller is assembled the complete job is tested for balance.
A small woman struggles to find clothing in her size that is also fashionable. Her problems are solved when she went to the 5-7-9 store which had fashionable clothes in her size
An advertisement for The Coca-Cola Company accompanied by the jingle "Things Go Better with Coke," which is sung by The Limelighters. The scene depicts young adults enjoying Coke while doing various activities on the beach.
A French woman states how her husband thinks she is a good cook because she comes from France but it is actually because she uses Escoffier Sauce. She then shows how to make a baked fish recipe with Escoffier Sauce.
People wearing Gap jeans perform various tasks in late 1970s America such as dancing, painting, and moving furniture. A song about Gap is sung in the background.
An advertisement for The Hartford insurance in which an insurance agent talks about compensation with a business owner after a fire damages his bakery. The ad concludes with the bakery reopening for business one week later, with an offscreen narrator explaining how Hartford helped the baker cover repairs and profit losses. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for The Hartford insurance group in which an insurance agent talks to a woman following a burglary in her house. The ad concludes with an offscreen narrator describing how the homeowner was able to purchase replacements of her stolen items with her insurance compensation. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for The Hartford insurance group in which an offscreen male narrator describes the benefits of various insurance plans over scenes of a family spending time together outdoors in their yard. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for The Hartford insurance group in which a man narrates how Hartford's home, car, health, and life insurance plans make him feel protected. Footage plays of the man talking with his insurance agent about a tree branch that damaged his home awning. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Mutual of New York (MONY) life insurance in which a woman describes needing to sell her cabin following her husband's death. An offscreen male narrator talks about the importance of discussing life insurance options as the woman wanders around the emptied cabin. One of the winners of the 1975 Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Phoenix Companies life insurance policies in which a man at a desk tries to resist the temptation to smoke a cigarette. An offscreen male narrator describes how the Phoenix Companies offer discounts on life insurance plans for clients who stop smoking or never smoke. One of the winners of the 1971 Clio Awards.
Reports on the capture of Munda and Rendova in the Solomon Islands. The role of medical instruments and supplies as a kind of weapon in these battles is emphasized, as well as their primary role in the battle against death by wound and infection. Shows the "heroes" at home who donate blood plasma and prepare medical supplies for the front lines. "The camera record of the opening attack against Rendova and Munda, the Japanese counterattack, and the magnificent job done in evacuating American wounded and saving their lives. In these front-line scenes is vividly shown how medical supplies from America meant the difference between life and death of our fighters" (September 1945 Supplement to Indiana University Extension Division Visual Aids Catalog of October 1943, 44).
The Signal Corps : produced by ; Combat film units of Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Third issue of the Film Communique series. Composed of five short segments:
Hitting the Beach features the LST tank landing craft, shows the unloading of supplies on a captured beachhead. Concludes with footage of LST under attack by enemy bombers.
Dog Fight shows U.S. P-47 fighter planes accompanying bombing runs over Europe. Preparation and takeoff from British airfields, footage captured by wing-mounted cameras of dogfight with German aircraft.
Sunday Morning a religious service given on a tropical beach on Guadalcanal Island, without commentary.
Casey Jones Goes G.I. Depicts the destruction of Axis railroad trains, stations and road beds. Explains that occupying Allied forces must repair the railroads for their own use. Recognizes the role of Army railroad men, depicting the assembly of a steam locomotive that had been shipped to Europe in pieces.
Hitting The Silk Shows General MacArthur preparing for the invasion of Lei Island by paratroops. Details preparation of large invasion force, footage of parachuting over Japanese-held island. Narration concludes: "one of these days they'll be landing in a field just outside Tokyo."
The Signal Corps : produced by, Combat film units of Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Second issue of the Film Communique series. Includes two short segments:
A Day With the A-36's Follows through a day with the A-36 a lightweight attack bomber - adapted from the P-51 Mustang. Shows glimpses of the ground life of the men who service and fly the planes. Footage shot from plane-mounted cameras on a bombing mission against Nazi targets in Sicily.
Report From Berlin Excerpts of a captured German newsreel, showing Nazi rallies and government ceremonies. Reports on war industry exceeding production goals, with scenes from factories, shipyards and munitions production. Narrated commentary presents the film to U.S. war workers in order that they see the face and production capabilities of the enemy, spoken English translation follows German newsreel narration.
The Signal Corps : produced by, Combat film units of Marines, Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Addressed to "the men and women of American Industry," the Film Communique series reports on military accomplishments to an audience of domestic workers producing materials for war. Comprised of four short segments:
Has Anybody Seen Kelly? Reports on the return of decorated war hero Chuck Kelly to his home in Pittsburgh. Follows Chuck around his neighborhood, visiting with old acquaintances and giving his account of the war, narration concludes "two years of war changed Kelly, two years of war changed Pittsburgh."
Task Force 58 tells of the secret naval task force sent to attack Saipan. Combat footage of the naval fleet attacked by Japanese fighter planes states that 428 enemy planes were shot down in a single day.
Treasure Hunt depicts salvage operations going on behind front lines in Italy, showing the reclamation of any material that can be restored or reused, the repairing of uniforms and equipment.
Quiet Cities shows the bombed cities of Normandy, France, quiet after fighting has ended - then returning to combat footage of the battles at the same sites, using gun sight camera footage and images of captured and surrendering German soldiers.
The Signal Corps : produced by, Combat film units of Marines, Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Addressed to "the men and women of American Industry," the Film Communique series reports on military accomplishments to an audience of domestic workers producing materials for war. Composed of three short segments:
Aerial Techniques details the U.S. bombing of Japanese targets in Hansa Bay, Wewak and Rabaul. Explains the parachute fragmentation or "ParaFrag" bombing techniques used. Footage of fighter-plane combat in the Pacific theater taken from gun sight aiming point cameras (titled GSAP cameras). Narration gives tallies of Japanese planes, ships and soldiers destroyed.
Roll of Honor praises the work of an African-American unit, the "men of Munda," using heavy machinery to repair an airfield at Point Munda in the Solomon Islands.
Fifth Army shows General Mark Clark leading the Fifth Army advance from Salerno, Italy, across the Volturno River, toward Rome.
The Signal Corps : produced by, Combat film units of Marines, Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Addressed to "the men and women of American Industry," the Film Communique series reports on military accomplishments to an audience of domestic workers producing materials for war. Comprised of six short segments:
This Isn't War … It's Murder! Reports on the island conquering campaigns in the Pacific theater, using combat footage to illustrate the contributions of "the silent partners in this combined operation" - those of the industrial workforce at home.
General Mud gives an account of the struggle against severely muddy conditions in Italy; shows the necessity to construct new roads before armies can advance.
Grasshopper profiles the super-lightweight reconnaissance airplanes used to direct artillery fire to enemy targets. The narrator states "they're the controlling might that gives precision for our war weapons equal to the precision with which our workers forge them at home, they're the grasshoppers that make the American eagle free."
Yankee Rope Trick profiles the resourcefulness of American soldiers in the successful rescue of a grounded transport ship.
Pipes Of War shows the construction of oil pipelines across Italy to bring fuel from tanker ships to the front lines quickly and efficiently. Documents the vast consumption of fuel to keep the invasion of Europe advancing.
Stella tells the story of an American bomber that lost 3 of its 4 engines on its mission but still managed to limp back to England. After the bomber has undergone complete repair, commentary states "every month 500 other battle damaged planes like Stella climb back into the air."
An advertisement for the British newspaper The Sunday Times in which residents of an elder care facility begin partying and dancing after visitors leave. Submitted for the Clio Awards International category.
An advertisement for Travelers home insurance in which an offscreen male narrator describes homeowner insurance options over scenes of a home engulfed in a fire and a family rebuilding their house afterward. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Travelers insurance in which an offscreen male narrator describes the benefits of a family protection plan over scenes of a family on a fishing trip. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Travelers insurance in which an onscreen narrator describes the benefits of Travelers services at a Masters golf tournament. An animated umbrella hangs over people as they walk, symbolizing how they are protected under Travelers policies. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for the Union Central Life Insurance Company in which a male narrator talks about the dangers of procrastinating too long on buying insurance policies. The narrator describes the role of risk in beginning insurance over scenes of a busy city street and a couple discussing insurance options with a Union Central agent. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today saves his money at this organization. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today uses the bank to finance home improvement. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today uses the bank's checking accounts to manage business transactions. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.
An advertisement for the United States National Bank of Omaha in which a narrator compares a bank user to early pioneers, and says that the pioneer of today uses the bank to keep his money safe. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.