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Tells the story of disarmament: past attempts at world disarmament and the present state of the current UN disarmament talks. Includes film clips of the devastation caused during World War II in Wa...
Film features the Jeep audio visual unit, a vehicle equipped to provide complete sound and picture projection, regardless of road conditions or weather. Follows the vehicle as it used in an educati...
A line supervisor discusses with a foreman his problem in supervising the women in his department. The fact is brought out that the same rules apply in supervising both men and women, but that wome...
A film record of the expedition led by Dr. Walter Munk of the Scripps Oceanographic Institute which tracked a family of ocean waves from their birth in the turbulent waters of the Antarctic to thei...
Discusses the special problems confronting the child with physical handicaps. Points out the importance of early diagnosis, counseling, and special services. Explains the difficulties in solving th...
A film describing sorority life at IU, the benefits of joining a sorority, their traditions, and the function of IU's Panhellenic Association. Shows how sorority life offers potential for personal ...
Discusses the psychological difference between knowledge and opinion, and describes the skeptic point of view. Compares knowledge and opinion in relation to truth, and states that most of the thin...
Charles Malik, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations and ambassador from Lebanon discusses criticism and truth in world diplomacy. He is joined by Dr. Richard Cottam, Department o...
The excitement of the Gold Rush is in this show; the feverish travel across the country to find treasure, and the life of the prospectors. Bash shows the methods of mining with rocker and with gold...
An account of a canoe trip in the Quetico-Superior wilderness area of Northern Minnesota and Canada. Emphasizes the importance of keeping wilderness areas green, beautiful, and intact. Includes vie...
Shows how Springfield, Massachusetts, offers an inspiring plan to other communities for combating racial and religious intolerance, and shows how any school and any town can deal with the causes of...
Shows the actual training and activities of Air Transport Command personnel with routines of briefing, radio communications, and other precautionary measures during World War II.
Clever Elsie really isn't very clever at all. Marionettes tell the story of Clever Elsie who sweeps with the broom upside down to keep from wearing out the straw. One day, Clever Elsie goes to the ...
A filmed presentation of the many facets of theatrical director Tyrone Guthrie, his ideas, and his methods of working. Guthrie is seen at his home in Ireland, conducting a rehearsal in New York, an...
Reviews the rise of Hitler to power, his broken promises, the invasion of Germany's neighbors, Germany's eventual defeat, and the Allied occupation of Germany, with its many problems which are aggr...
Shows the organization of the The New York Times and the vast interrelationship of the numerous departments. Then illustrates the methods for giving up-to-the-minute news, and stresses the need fo...
This older film is directed to young girls. Using diagrams, it helps them learn about menstruation and gives them a healthy understanding of the physical and emotional changes that occur in growing...
This film, designed primarily for members of the medical, nursing and allied hospital professions, portrays an experiment in maternity care which is being conducted in the obstretical division of S...
This episode of CBS Washington Report covers the Civil Right Movement and showdown between Governor Wallace and the Kennedy administration over the implementation of desegregation at the University...
Traces the history of motion pictures from its early, one-minute format which astounded its audiences, to the elaborate productions of the l940s. Includes film footage of such early motion picture ...
The Good Years is based on the book written by Walter Lord which is about the time period from 1900 to the first World War. The show stars Lucile Ball, Henry Fonda, Mort Sahl and provides a histori...
A documentary about Hawaii. The show covers the unification of the Hawaiian islands under King Kamehameha I as well as traditional Hawaiian dances and music.
Traces the evolution of a useful object such as a spoon, a shovel, or a steam shovel. Compares handcraft with machine methods and looks at the art of product design.
Examines various ways in which artists depict their fellow human beings, and tells how these depictions reveal personal and social concepts and attitudes.
Examines modern and ancient solutions to the problems of chair design, looking at the relationship of design to materials, purpose, comfort, and style.
Remembering what he was like as a boy, David wistfully recalls the crush he had on his teacher, Miss Simpson. "I thought she was the prettiest lady in the world." His fantasies come back to him-how...
The world of Donna Pugh is different, but not strange. Because she is blind, Donna bas to learn to be herself as well as she can in spite of being unable to do some things that sighted children tak...
Episode 3 from the Agency for Instructional Television series The Heart of Teaching. Dramatizations are designed to help teachers deal with problems - frustration, anger, isolation, change and pres...
Adrian is a new boy in the school, and an outstanding student. Frankie, who is not good at school work, increasingly resents him, and as Adrian returns to his desk after starring in a math quiz, Fr...
Episode 7 from the series Self Incorporated, a 15-program television/film series. Self Incorporated is designed to stimulate classroom discussion of critical issues and problems of early adolescenc...
Episode 3 from Bread and Butterflies, a project in career development for nine-to-twelve-year-olds. Based on two years of planning by educators and broadcasters, the project included 15-minute colo...
Episode 14 from Bread and Butterflies, a project in career development for nine-to-twelve-year-olds. Based on two years of planning by educators and broadcasters, the project included 15-minute col...
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Television series The Heart of Teaching. Dramatizations are designed to help teachers deal with problems - frustration, anger, isolation, change and pres...
Linda comes home from school to find her parents saddened and subdued. They tell her that her grandmother, who had suffered a stroke, had died during the day. Throughout the next few days Linda exp...
Becky's parents are separated, uncertain of what will become of their marriage and their lives.
On the day that her father is flying into town to see them for the weekend, Becky's mother drives her...
Episode 13 from the series Self Incorporated, a 15-program television/film series. Self Incorporated is designed to stimulate classroom discussion of critical issues and problems of early adolescen...
Eddie's parents are so angrily involved in their own conflicts that they neglect him emotionally and verbally abuse him. Steve comes from a loving family whose high standards and strict discipline ...
Episode 36 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...
Episode 35 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...
Per Jenny Bass: Beach Haven, NJ was a family vacation spot with friends. Aline and Jack Lange, Nancy and Ed Benswanger are the names of the couples in addition to the Basses in this film.
Depicted here are scenes of Japan, most likely shot by members of the United States Armed Forces. Some of the film was shot in Osaka. This film was shot circa 1939.
Depicted here are mostly scenes of life in Thailand; some highlights include shots from an airplane of islands, a demonstration with snakes, a Muay Thai match, and traditional Thai dances.
Depicted here are random scenes of Japanese life that was likely shot by a United States Armed Forces soldier. Some of the film was shot in Osaka. Some highlights include a trip to the horse racing...
The first half of the reel depicts random scenes capturing Japanese life, followed by US soldiers leaving Japan and arriving at the Army Transportation Corps Port of Embarkation in Seattle, Washing...
Per Jenny Bass: Beach Haven, NJ was a family vacation spot with friends. Aline and Jack Lange, Claire and Jerry Hahn are the names of the couples in addition to the Basses in this film. Wilner (no ...
Per Jenny Bass: Beach Haven, NJ was a family vacation spot with friends. Aline and Jack Lange, Nancy and Ed Benswanger are the names of the couples in addition to the Basses in this film.
Daily activities of a secretary are compared with those of a stenographer, to show the added duties and responsibilities of the secretary. She is shown handling callers, appointments, telephone cal...
Illustrates the practices and procedures in taking dictation in a modern business office. Pictures the routine and special duties of a secretary as compared with those of stenographer or clerk. E...
This documentary captures the music and environments of prominent blues singers, including J.D. Short, Pink Anderson, Furry Lewis, Baby Tate, Memphis Willie B., Gus Cannon, and Sleepy John Estes, i...
Shows several youngsters finding shelter upon hearing an air raid alert. Then portrays Ted and Sue, at home when the alert sounds, taking the necessary precautions against an atomic bomb. They cove...
Discusses expressionism as an attempt of the artist to express himself, his emotions, in the way he chooses. Stresses the importance of line by which an artist may be identified when one looks at a...
Discusses art and artists most influenced by the mechanization of the Industrial Revolution, with emphasis on the work of Leger. Illustrates reflex action in animals and humans. (WGBH-TV) Kinescope.
Explores some of the motivations which gave rise to primitivism and shows many works done by the primitives or having qualities of the primitive. Reviews the preceding eleven motion pictures of the...
Shows and discusses some of the works of Rouault and explains how they are expressive of the artist himself. Tells of Rouault's Celtic background, his temperament, his interests, and of the influe...
Expands the popular definition of "primitive"--one who is self-taught--to include artists who reject academic or conventional expression, subject matter, or technique. Shows and discusses various ...
Discusses the relationship of mental illness to criminal behavior, and describes the functional disorders of schizophrenia, paranoia, and manic-depressive psychoses. Shows an interview with a schiz...
Introduces life in Colombia from a geographic, social, and economic viewpoint. Presents family life in the home of one of Bogota's foremost families, and a garden party attended by notables of poli...
Uses simple animation and photomicrography to explore the process that makes a person grow, explaining how food is digested in the mouth, stomach, intestine ; how the digested food is carried by th...
Follows two pioneer families along the difficult and dangerous Wilderness Road to the Kentucky frontier fort at Harrod's Station. Describes the hardships encountered in establishing a new home in ...
This series, designed for a general audience, presents information about common eye problems such as cataracts, glaucoma, corneal damage, and retinal detachments. Many of these conditions can resu...
Provides an overview of all the ways to ensure proper eye care, including adequate lighting when reading, good nutrition, and regular eye examinations. Discusses eye drops, identifying eye difficul...
One in a series, this film takes a look at creativity as it is exhibited by children with hearing deficits. Each child reads a set of instructions for a creative activity, and each child interprets...
Explains, using live photography and animation, the potential dangers that may result from an open fracture and the steps to follow in treating a patient with an open fracture. Points out the dange...
Points out potential sources of ignition of flammable anesthetics and impresses upon hospital personnel the need for constant vigilance to eliminate such hazards.
Demonstrates the method of making a bunk and a bed, adjusting a bed, ways of raising the patient's head and knees, keeping the weight of the cover off the patient's feet, and the use of a fracture ...
Develops a general understanding of the nature, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Portrays conditions under which individuals are first infected, and describes, by me...
Tells the dramatic story of two young people whose lives are interrupted and threatened by tuberculosis. Shows modern tuberculosis case-finding, diagnosis, hospitalization, and rehabilitation afte...
Albert V. Baez, Ph.D.; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Larry Yust
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Uses a variety of indirect evidence to show the existence of molecules and atoms. A series of experiments in molecular motion and formation of crystals are demonstrated. Views of crystal structure ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.; Paul R. Hanna; Milan Herzog
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Follows the journey of a freight train from Kansas City to Chicago. Describes the assembling of the train, shows the number of people involved in its operations, and explains why freight trains are...
Describes a journey on a streamlined Diesel-electric passenger train from a large city through a picturesque countryside. Depicts the duties of the engineer, the conductor, the cooks, and the pull...
Shows toy trains as they journey from round house and yards, into stations and out, through countryside and village, and on to their destination. All characters, architecture, and objects with whic...
Shows how the early American need for transportation started the use of waterways to move people and goods and, where natural barriers existed, canals were built. Depicts the growth of the waterwa...
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Ralph E. Turner; Hal Kopel
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Highlights important developments in steam-powered transportation in America. Combines scenes of authentic prints, museum pieces, and dramatization to trace the development of transportation from t...
Discusses recent drug discoveries such as sulfa, penicillin, and streptomycin; increased opportunities for medical students from all parts of the world to study in this country such problems as the...
Home movie from 1939-1940. Begins with New York City footage overlooking Central Park, focus on Chrysler building, skyscrapers, St. Patrick's cathedral, and Rockefeller Plaza. Also shows the city a...
Home movie of the Municipal Finance Officers Association (MFOA - now known as Government Finance Officers Association) annual meeting held in June 1968 at the Jung Hotel in New Orleans. Begins with...
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 a...
Presents Dr. Gary Stollak of Michigan State University as he interprets the Otto case study film from the phenomenological perspective. Explains that Dr. Stollak does not believe that Otto necessar...
Presents Dr. Richard Price of the University of Michigan as he interprets the Otto case study film from the social perspective. Explains that Dr. Price states that the world is making unreasonable...