11421. The American flag : the story of Old Glory (revised edition) (13:35)

Date:
1956
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, Bruce Catton, Nicholas Dancy
Summary:
Traces the history of flags in the United States from the time of Columbus, through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Enacts the Betsy Ross legend and the story of Francis Scott Key, and discusses the place of the flag in such democratic institutions as the polls, the courts, and the schools.

11422. The first many-celled animals : sponges (16:30)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Ralph Buchsbaum, John Walker, William Kay, William Peltz
Summary:
Shows through animation, microcinematrography, and time-lapse photography the basic differences between single-celled organisms and the colony of several cell types that compose the body of the sponge. Explains the need for and advantages of the multicell-type of life through a demonstration of surface area to volume relationships. Animates the functioning of the cells within the sponge and uses live-action photography to illustrate sexual and asexual reproductive methods. Concludes that the 5,000 species are grouped according to their skeletons. | . Models, animated drawings, laboratory demonstrations, and photomicrography are combined to illustrate the structure, the reproductive processes, the motility, and the adaptation of sponges.

11423. The humanities : what they are and what they do (30:09)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Clifton Fadiman, Massachusetts Council for the Humanities, Juilliard String Quartet, David Glazer, Wilbur de Paris and his New Orleans Jazz, John Barnes, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, C. Walter Hodges, Michael Livesey, Robert Johnson, Fred Lasse
Summary:
Clifton Fadiman discusses what the humanities are and why they are studied, using examples of literature, photography, and music. Points out the dissimilarities and complimentary features of the humanities and the sciences.

11424. The development of transportation (second edition) (11:27)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Ralph E. Turner, Hal Kopel
Summary:
Surveys the rapid growth of transportation in the United States from the times when the world's peoples were kept apart by great natural barriers to the present day when jet aircraft span the continent in a few hours. Reviews the development of the vast network of railroads, highways, and air routes in the United States, and describes the economic and social significance of modern transportation facilities.

11425. The fireman (second edition) (10:45)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Ernest Horn, Milan Herzog
Summary:
Jim Briggs, a fireman, shows how he cares for equipment and participates in drills and testing of trucks, hose, ladders, and life-saving devices in typical settings. Affords an opportunity to observe the firemen answering the alarm and extinguishing an actual home fire. Second Edition.

11426. The golden axe (08:19)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
W. Lee Wilder
Summary:
Tells a story adapted from Aesop's "Mercury and the Woodsman." When a woodcutter loses his axe, a little man offers him a silver one, and later a golden one. When the woodcutter refuses to claim them as his, he is given both axes as a reward for his honesty. The greedy neighbor who tries to outwit the little man soon learns that honesty is the best policy.

11427. Actua tilt (11:22)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Portrays man's callousness towards war and violence by viewing unemotional and noncommunicative men who press triggers on pinball machines in a Parisian bistro and cause real battleships to sink, airplanes to explode, and cannons to blow out the wall.

11428. Woodwinds and brass (12:07)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Eugene Kash, Gudrun Parker, Denis Gillson, Joseph Champagne, Eldon Rathburn, Thomas Daly, Guy Glover, Peter Jones, Margaret Ellis, National Film Board
Summary:
The various instruments of the wood-wind and brass sections of an orchestra are characterized as to appearance, tone, and use during a children's concert conducted by Eugene Kash, Canadian violinist. Then demonstrates the effect of both sections combined.

11429. Housing (30:14)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Sutton, Percy E., Wood, Jack E., Murray, Thomas F., Taylor, H. Ralph (Harold Ralph), 1918-, Horne, Frank Smith, 1899-1974, Elliott, Osborn
Summary:
Moderator: Percy Sutton (President, Borough of Manhattan). Panelists: Jack E. Wood (executive Co-Director, National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing); Thomas F. Murray (Vice-President, Equitable Life Assurance Company); H. Ralph Taylor (Assistant Secretary for Model Cities and Government Relations, HUD); Dr. Frank Horne (Assist Administrator for Equal Opportunities, New York City Housing and Development Administration); Osborn Elliott (Editor, Newsweek).