901. Egypt : a country in transition (10:34)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Shows the response of today's Egyptians to new ideas of progress and change amidst a way of life unchanged for centuries. Discusses methods of agriculture, the importance of the Nile River, develop...

903. Eleanor Roosevelt : part 2 (29:39)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program Mrs. Roosevelt tells of her first meeting with FDR, his personality as a young man, their wedding, FDR’s political beginnings, his mother and Louis Howe. She then tells of his illne...

904. Eleanor Roosevelt : part 3 (29:38)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt discusses her life after the death of her husband. She tells of her transition to the official duties at the United Nations, answers questions about Senator Mccarthy, th...

905. Eleanor Roosevelt : part 4 (29:53)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, Mrs. Roosevelt talks of her husband and his philosophy, religion, friendships and courage. She tells of D-Day in the White House, Pearl Harbor Day, and FDR’s moments of relaxation....

906. 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...

907. Electricity from Chemicals (29:16)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Uses laboratory experiments to illustrate how chemicals liberate energy in the form of electricity. Explains the part Italians Galvani and Volta played in discovering the principle of electricity ...

908. Electricity: Measurement (12:14)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Develops concepts of electrical pressure, current, and resistance, and establishes the need for the measurement of electricity. Demonstrates the measurement of electrical pressure and current flow,...

909. Elements of electrical circuits (10:46)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Demonstrates the concept that electric current is a flow of electrons controlled by circuits. Describes have electrical circuits. Describes home electrical circuits and illustrates a short circuit ...

910. Elites and classes in america (29:37)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Max Lerner and five Brandeis students discuss: Who really owns America? What are the chances of moving from one society to another? Do the elites really run America? Is the dictatorship of the elit...

915. Embarrassing Questions (29:36)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses problems arising when children become curious about sex and birth. Explains how parents can prepare themselves for this time, why questions must be answered, and how to proceed for mutua...

916. Emergency vehicle operations course (17:22)

Date:
1963
Summary:
The correct techniques of high-speed pursuit driving. Filmed on the emergency vehicle operations course of the California Highway Patrol Academy.

919. Emotional health (20:19)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Designed for use with a health text on the college level. Shows interviews of a college student with a physician and then with a psychiatrist, who uncovers his fears and helps him become emotionall...

921. Energy (29:52)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains why energy is necessary, where it is obtained and why more energy is needed. Defines and gives examples of kinetic and potential energy. Uses charts and diagrams to show how energy is use...

922. Energy from the Sun (16:16)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Explains how living things use energy provided by the Sun. Plants and animals alike rely on solar energy. Demonstrates how different kinds of energy are converted to different forms.

923. Energy from the sun (10:58)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Explains how most of the energy on earth is derived from the sun. Points out that light and heat from the sun are forms of energy traveling at different wave lengths. Indicates the role of the sun ...

924. Engine at the door (29:31)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Considers the question, "Will machines ever run man?" Concludes that although the computer is the machine most like man himself, it is not the machine but man who determines what is to be done.

925. Englishmen Found an Empire (29:51)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Presents the story of the English settlements along the Atlantic seaboard--first in Virginia, then in New England, Maryland, and the Carolinas. Explains how England later consolidated her holdings ...

926. Episodic Form, pt. II (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Continues the discussion of episodic form from the preceding program, "Episodic Form: Part 1". Illustrates the use of episodic form in the funeral march and other independent pieces unrelated to mi...

927. Episodic Form: Part 1 (29:40)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses episodic form and its use. of the principle of contrast. Illustrates the structural scheme of episodic form in which an opening binary or ternary segment is followed by a contrasting bina...

928. Episodic Forms (29:39)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Here, Dr. Jones defines the episodic principle as the simple rondo-form combining the two principles of repetition and contrast and illustrates the principle with a selection from Haydn. Concluding...

929. Equality and the Democratic Process (30:07)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In what sense can Americans be equal? Not in looks, or in talents, but in opportunity, decide Dr. Wriston, Mr. Canham, and Martin S. Ochs, editor of the Chattanooga Times. Equality of opportunity, ...

930. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 1 (29:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Maestro Dohnanyi and his guests discuss his early days as a composer. He plays two of his own selections: “Intermezzo, Opus No. 2” and “F Minor Rhapsody.”

931. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 2 (30:18)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Maestro Dohnanyi and his guests discuss his days as a composer in Vienna. He plays parts of “Winterigen,” “Humoresque,” and the entire “Minute” from his own composition “Suite, Opus No. 24.”

932. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 3 (29:58)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Dohnanyi and his guests discuss the compositions which the Maestro wrote in Budapest. The numbers he plays on this program are “Variations on Hungarian Folk Songs,” “Ruralia Hungarica,” and “Pastor...

933. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 4 (29:50)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Presented on this program in its entirety is Dohnanyi’s composition for two pianos: “Suite en Valse, Opus 41.” It is played by Dohnanyi and Kalenyi.

934. Erosion (29:29)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Harbaugh describes the work of water, the most important agent at work in forming the finer features of the face of the Earth. He describes the hydrologic cycle: the round trip that water takes...

935. Essentials of good speech : colors 1 (11:00)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Discusses a well-known system for practicing pronunciation: articulation of consonants and enunciation of vowels. Emphasizes again more "parts" which are to be applied to "wholes." Shows how sound...

936. Essentials of good speech : colors, 3 (11:10)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Discusses shaping the pronunciation of vowels and consonants. Depicts the teacher helping the pupil combine voiced and nasal consonants with long vowels. Also presents more difficult sound combinat...

937. Essentials of good speech : colors, 4 (13:16)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Demonstrates one pupil's accomplishment of the early goals of color work: pronunciation of vowel and consonant combinations. Depicts a pupil producing the majority of speech sounds on request, and...

938. Essentials of good speech : duration 1 (13:11)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Explains the contents of the Essentials of Good Speech. Discusses duration as an aspect of voice production and how it refers to the length of sound. Illustrates a lesson on duration at the "Prese...

939. Essentials of good speech : duration 2 (13:46)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents a lesson at the "Imitation Stage" on duration, covering the "part" that will later be applied to a "whole" word or words. Depicts the shaping of the pupil's duration of vowels, using thre...

940. Essentials of good speech : duration 3 (12:17)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents a lesson at the "Production Stage" on duration, an aspect of voice production. Depicts the pupil producing vowels of long or short duration on request. Points out how the knowledge and s...

941. Essentials of good speech : loudness 1 (13:35)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Discusses loudness as an aspect of voice production and how it refers to the relative strength of sounds. Emphasizes loudness as "part" learning which will be applied to a "whole" word or words. ...

942. Essentials of good speech : loudness, 2 (13:11)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents a lesson at the "Imitation Stage" on loudness. Demonstrates how to help a pupil correctly imitate loud and soft vowels through the process of shaping only one ingredient at a time.

943. Essentials of good speech : loudness, 3 (15:20)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Demonstrates the production of vowels using requested loudness on first trials. Depicts the pupil applying her "part" learning, loudness, to get proper accent on the word "mama" through verbal req...

944. Essentials of good speech : pitch 2 (12:00)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents a second lesson on pitch at the "Presentation Stage." Introduces hand signals used in association with extremes of pitch to help the pupil imitate extremes; these signals will be used late...

945. Essentials of good speech : pitch 3 (10:01)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Demonstrates the guiding of a pupil to consciously produce the desired pitch of vowels through reinforcement of his correct imitations. Depicts the teacher assessing the pupil's natural pitch for t...

946. Essentials of good speech : pitch 5 (10:22)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents four lesson segments demonstrating advanced stages of pitch learning. Demonstrates, in the first segment, the production of vowels which move from low to high or high to low, and the prod...

947. Essentials of good speech : pitch, 1 (13:25)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Discusses pitch as an aspect of voice production, and how it refers to the degree of highness or lowness of sound. Emphasizes pitch as a "part" which will be applied to "wholes." Presents a child...

948. Essentials of good speech : pitch, 4 (12:13)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Presents a pupil working at the "Imitation Stage" on pitch. Shows the pupil developing high vowels (ä) and (ē) from one naturally high vowel, (ü). Depicts a pupil being taught to sustain high vow...

949. Essentials of Painting (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Miss Pearson shows how paint is a medium: water color, poster paint, and oil. She illustrates how it works, how it mixes, textures and application. Examples of works of art in these paint media are...

950. Ethnic dance : round-trip to Trinidad (30:48)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Explores the significance of ethnic dance in the field of formal dance. Presents a variety of West Indian dances. Explains their derivations and movements. Includes Bele, a West Indian adaptation o...

951. Ethnic Dance--Roundtrip to Trinidad (32:36)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Explores the significance of ethnic dance in the field of formal dance. Presents a variety of West Indian dances. Explains their derivations and movements. Includes Bele, a West Indian adaptation...

954. Eugene Ormandy : the evolution of the conductor (29:38)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Mr. Ormandy discusses working out musical interpretation and technical aspects, the evolution of conducting and its relationship to the development of the modern symphony orchestra, domination of t...

955. Eugene Ormandy : the trends in music in our time (30:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Mr. Ormandy discusses a serious musician’s views of rock and roll music, how to interest young people in good music, opera in English, how high orchestral performance standards are maintained, and ...

958. Evaporation and humidity (29:35)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Evaporation is shown to be a cooling process. The degree of evaporation of water illustrates humidity. Evaporation of water and other liquids is shown. Alcohol and acetone evaporate more readily th...

959. Evening care (07:08)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Stresses that the obligation of each hospital corpsman in the Navy is to be cheerful and make each patient comfortable. Demonstrates an alcohol rub which will prevent pressure sores.

960. Everett Ross Clinchy : part III (29:50)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dr. Clinchy discusses the problems involved in educating individuals for tolerance, including such questions as: Where do you meet strangers? What good may come out of a meeting of strangers, if su...

961. Everybody's Dreamhouse (29:37)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses architecture as a clue to cultural change. Shows how, in the early 1900s, architects sought inspiration in traditional European styles, and a melange of modified Greek Revival, Italian Re...

963. Excerpt: IUSB: Realizing the Vision (03:06)

Date:
February 15, 1993
Summary:
Excerpts from "IUSB: Realizing the Vision," a 1993 development and fundraising video produced by the Edie Haskin Agency. The slate title reads "Development; Visionary." The on-screen title reads "I...

964. Exercise and health (10:26)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Demonstrates how various exercises and participation in athletics helped three adolescents to overcome particular difficulties common to many students. Points out the value of exercise for physical...

965. Expansion and Empire Building (29:15)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Traces the history of imperialism from the 15th Century to the present, Explains the reasons which lead to empire building by nation states. Discusses the geographical, economic, and political chan...

966. Experience as give and take (28:16)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses the nature of perception and knowing. Illustrates how experiences involve a transaction between perceiver and the thing of event perceived. Demonstrates the "trapezoid window" illusion cr...

970. Experiments in the revival of organisms (19:52)

Date:
1946
Summary:
Presents a record of the successful experiments in resuscitating dead animals conducted at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy at Veronezh, U.S.S.R., by Dr. S. S. Bryukhonenko. Th...

971. Exploring the human nervous system (22:50)

Date:
1963
Summary:
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 center...

972. Exploring the night sky (10:30)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Describes constellations and how they got their names, nebulae and other star phenomena, the setting and rising of stars, and how the stars affected the making of the calendar. Includes animation ...

973. Exploring your growth (11:19)

Date:
1956
Summary:
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...

974. Expo 67 (30:10)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Home movie of a trip to Expo 67 in Montreal. The Pollack family is traveling in a camper van with a group of others. First stop is a visit to Niagara Falls. In Montreal, footage shows the inside of...

975. Expressionism as handwriting (29:29)

Date:
1956
Summary:
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...

976. Extension of the Phrase (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses methods used by composers to create variety in their musical sentence structure, or extend originally "regular'' phrases to longer proportions. Illustrates the following methods of extens...

977. Eye accidents (29:59)

Date:
1959
Summary:
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...

978. Eye care (30:01)

Date:
1959
Summary:
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...

979. Ezekiel Mphahletle (28:22)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Presents an interview with exiled South African essayist and short story writer, Mphahlele, who discusses the advantages and disadvantages of a writer in exile. Reveals that he feels he has absorbe...

980. Fabricantes mexicanos de ollas (09:24)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Shows how the Indians in the Mayo village off Ubalama live, how they make and use ollas, and how they trade them for the necessities of life. Explains why primitive industry of making ollas has ret...

981. Face of excellence (28:52)

Date:
1966
Summary:
Portrays some of the learning of both students and instructors at the Harvard Medical School. Presents discussions of an instructor's first lecture, the meaning of academic freedom, and the reason...

982. Face of the Earth (12:22)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Portrays, by animation and photography of real and contrived situations, the forces that have created the present condition of the earth's surface. Presents the theory of the creation of the earth...

983. Face of the world (28:51)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Discusses the earth as a whole and man's attempts to expand his own knowledge and use of the planet's geography. Traces the geographic growth of man's first movements in search of food, his inventi...

984. Facets of primitivism (29:27)

Date:
1956
Summary:
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...

992. Fairs and Dramas (14:52)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash traces the development of drama and entertainment from the medieval days of acrobats at fairs, to the present. She demonstrates use of early puppets and marionettes, speaks of the troubadours ...

995. Fallout and disarmament (1:00:12)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Presents a debate on the problem of radioactive fallout from nuclear tests and the advisability of nuclear disarmament. Debates such pertinent questions as : "Does radioactive fallout from nuclear ...

997. Family Butcher (08:06)

Summary:
The title is possibly meant to be "Bucher" - referring to Lori's mother's family. Shows a group of people eating a meal at a long table. An unknown woman celebrates a birthday with a cake and unwra...

998. Family In Tokyo (15:48)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Shows home life of a typical Japanese family in Tokyo, pointing out customs that are similar to, and different from, those in America. Stresses the warm relationship between parents and children.

999. Family of free China (22:11)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Describes through the narration of Wang Shen, a teen-age boy of the village of Pingtung, Taiwan, his home life, educational system, improved farming techniques, village commerce and industries and ...

1000. Family portrait (25:02)

Date:
1951
Summary:
Documents some of the characteristics of Britain from which the Festival of Britain drew its inspiration. Presents a kaleidoscopic view of Britain and her people, emphasizing how the deeply rooted...