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Date:: 1983
Main contributors:: Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:: Episode 5 of the Agency for Instructional Television series Across Cultures. Shows how the life-styles of different groups of people throughout the world are shaped by the physical environment. Looks at the Baoulé people in the village of Yrakrou, Ivory Coast, where the N'zi River supplies water for drinking, bathing, irrigation, and transportation, but also poses a threat because of seasonal flooding. In Chihuahua, Mexico, the Tarahumara's water supply is polluted and causes intestinal infections that are often fatal to children. The Japanese environment requires living in very limited space and adjusting to the constant threat of earthquakes.Hosted by John Robbins. Produced for Wisconsin Educational Television Network and Agency for Instructional Television by Positive Image Productions, Inc., in association with Academy for Research, Instruction and Educational Systems.

Date:: 1988
Main contributors:: Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:: Module 4 of Applied Communication interviews employees describing learning to communicate and solve problems when beginning a job. Offers demonstrations in specific occupations.

Date:: 1954
Summary:: A continuation of the footage from [Frankfurt, Germany 1954] and similar street scenes of the town center of Frankfurt am Main. Footage of rubble and ruins of buildings from World War II. Shows construction and rebuilding near the ruins. Notable landmarks include Alte Oper.

Date:: 1954
Summary:: Footage of Bailey's trip across Asia circa 1954. Features many street scenes capturing local culture in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Egypt. Highlights include attending a bean-throwing festival (Setsubun) in Kyoto, a visit to a women's college in Ceylon, the detailed sculptures at Tiger Balm Park, a cobra farm in Bangkok, a demonstration by a yoga practitioner in India, and a visit to the set of the film "The Purple Plain" (1954) starring Gregory Peck. Actress Win Man Than can be seen in close-up on set.

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Footage of Bailey's trip across the Soviet Empire in 1957 offering a rich depiction of life under Soviet rule. Features many street scenes capturing local culture in the former Soviet Union, Ukraine, Warsaw, and East Berlin. Numerous depictions of Lenin, in commemorative art, can be seen throughout. The film focuses both on large cities and rural landscapes, where women notably join men in performing hard labor in the fields. Bailey documented trips to many landmarks ; in Leningrad, this includes the Winter Palace, Admirality Tower, Senate Square, Alexander Column, and Peterhof Palace ; in Kiev, the National Opera, St. Sophia's Cathedral, and the Verkhovna Rada building ; in Moscow, the Bolshoi Theatre, Cathedral Square, Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral, the Grand Kremlin Palace, and many examples of Stalinist architecture ; in Warsaw, the Ghetto Heroes Monument and stone reliefs of workers on Marszałkowska street ; in Berlin, the ruins of the Reichstag, St. Hedwig's Cathedral, and a monument to Soviet soldiers in World War II. The specter of the war lingers throughout as many cities still sport heavy damage from bombing - particularly Berlin and Stalingrad.

Date:: 1988
Main contributors:: National Instructional Television
Summary:: Episode 4 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography. The program is a joint project of the National Council for Geographic Education, the Association of American Geographers, the American Geographical Society, and the National Geographic Society. Intended for grades 6-9.

Date:: 2011-04
Main contributors:: Scott A. Michael
Summary:: 3JUP10ORP: Animation of the evolution of midplane and meridional densities in logarithmic scale for the 3JUP10ORP simulation. The axes have units of AU and the time is given in ORPs in the upper right of each panel. The series starts at t = 10.54 ORPs and proceeds to the end of the simulation at approximately 21 ORPs. The black diamond in each of the panels indicates the location of the planet.

Date:: 2011-04
Main contributors:: Scott A. Michael
Summary:: 0.3JUP0ORP: Animation of the evolution of midplane and meridional densities in logarithmic scale for the 0.3JUP0ORP simulation. The axes have units of AU and the time is given in ORPs in the upper right of each panel. The series starts at t = 0.08 ORPs and proceeds to the end of the simulation at approximately 10 ORPs. The black diamond in each of the panels indicates the location of the planet.

Date:: 1939/1946
Main contributors:: Jay, John, 1918-2008, Jay, Hilda L., 1921-
Summary:: These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. This film has no sound; shows residential and campus life in Bloomington.

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