14901. Delinquency areas (29:24)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Dietrich Reitzes, associate professor of social psychology at the University of Indiana and a member of the US Selective Service in Felon Studies, joins Sheriff Lohman for a study of the relati...

14902. The delinquent self (29:10)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Outlines the ways in which an individual develops a concept of himself as delinquent or criminal. Pictures typical episodes from the record of a delinquent and presents an interview with a delinqu...

14903. And so they live (24:16)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Documents the tragic poverty of families in the southern mountains, the poor land, the lack of proper diet, inadequate housing, absence of sanitation, and the complete lack of adaptation of the sch...

14904. [John A. Robb Reels 20-21] (38:03)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Reel 20- 1958: Vacation Nebraska Wyoming Reel 21- 1958: November - Alfred; Christmas; 1959: Elizabeth's birthday; Easter; Kentucky trip; Aunt Sis; Lake - June, Browns

14905. Maple Festival at [Chardiu] - Spring 1941 (05:18)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Nellie Feil; Mary Feil Hellerstein
Summary:
Ed Feil and family attending the Maple Festival, an annual street festival in Chardon, Ohio. Shows Ed, his siblings, and Nellie enjoying food and activities at the festival. The film then shows Ed ...

14906. [John A. Robb Reels 30-31] (34:47)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Reel 30- Peoga fishing trips: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 - double exposure, 1965 - no movies, 1966 Reel 31- 1965: Kentucky trip April, Jess? & Ellie; St. Louis Zoo; Freemont NE; 1966: Martin House up; ...

14907. The southeastern states (11:00)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; Howard W. Odum
Summary:
Delineates the variety of living patterns in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, with a brief historical ...

14908. Interview with Jack Lockhart_07 (1:02:41)

Date:
December 14, 1983 to April 11, 1984
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Jack, R. Lockhart (Robert Lockhart); Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

14909. Interview with Jane Howard Perkins_02 (18:23)

Date:
December 14, 1983
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Perkins, Jane Howard; Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

14910. Interview with Jane Howard Perkins_01 (18:22)

Date:
December 14, 1983
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Perkins, Jane Howar; Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

14911. Interview with Jane Howard Perkins_03 (1:02:40)

Date:
December 14, 1983
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Perkins, Jane Howard; Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

14923. Interview with Jack Lockhart_06 (1:02:41)

Date:
December 14, 1983 to April 11, 1984
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Jack, R. Lockhart (Robert Lockhart); Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

14925. Group training in basic skills (29:22)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Employs dance routines and originally scored music to portray cultural differences in training children for group participation. Emphasizes motivating interests, specific skills taught, and the fi...

14929. Interview with Stew (52:54)

Date:
November 12, 2009
Main contributors:
Stew; Hollinden, Andy
Summary:
Andy Hollinden interviews Stew during the AAAMC conference, "Reclaiming the Right to Rock: Black Experiences in Rock Music."

14934. Interview with Naoma Lowensohn_07 (1:02:41)

Date:
November 22, 1983
Main contributors:
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964; Lowensohn, Naoma; Gray, Richard
Summary:
The Roy Howard Archive Oral History Collection. Interviewer Richard Gray.

14940. 2025 Hymn Camp (27:52)

Date:
July 2025
Main contributors:
Alisa Clapp-Itnyre
Summary:
HYMN CAMP held June 24th & 25th, 2025. Performances held at Central United Methodist Church and Wayne County 4-H Fair.

14943. Camping : a key to conservation (23:19)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Illustrates various camping activities and points out methods of campsite conservation. Pictures loading of supplies, selection of a campsite, camp activities, and breaking camp. Indicates conserva...

14944. Civil Rights Movement : the personal view (24:47)

Date:
1963
Summary:
An excerpt of the NBC News presentation "The American Revolution of 1963." Contains imagery of the Ku Klux Klan which may be offensive. Gives a general overview of social conditions as they exist f...

14945. All the way home (30:03)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Examines the confused reaction in a community when a black family stops in front of a house with a "for sale" sign. Explores the contagion of unreason and the feelings of guilt which militate again...

14948. Skipper learns a lesson (10:08)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
Paul Burnford
Summary:
When Susan, who is about eight years old, moves to a new neighborhood, the children invite her to play with them; however her dog Skipper refuses to go along, because he does not like the looks of ...

14949. Views of a decorticate dog (08:16)

Date:
1934
Summary:
Demonstrates the actions of a dog from which the cortex of the brain has been surgically removed. Shows changes in posture, walking, obstacle-meeting, eating, reactivity to stimuli, and conditione...

14950. Democracy and politics (30:05)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Presents a political history of Japan from its early autocracy to the formation of its democratic government under the direction of the U. S. in 1945. Explains how Japan operates on two levels poli...

14951. Figure (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Mr. Mikami teaches the art of drawing a human figure using the Japanese equivalent of a “baby sitter” as an example. The figure he draws is a young Japanese girl carrying a small baby on her back. ...

14952. Ama-no-Iwato or the celestial cave (29:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is a legend about the sun goddess – on whom the world depends for light – who became angered and hid in a celestial cave and refused to shed her light on the world. A rooster’s crow, a fire an...

14953. Answering the child's why (13:55)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.; Lawrence K. Frank
Summary:
Contrasts the various parental attitudes toward children's questions, and shows the effects on a child's personality of interest and concern about his questions, or a negative, rejecting attitude o...

14955. [Eco original time lapse, 1984] (10:18)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Time lapse film showing the movement of clouds and fog, as well as the growth of flowers. Footage was shot between May and June of 1984.

14958. Home electrical appliances (11:05)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Animated drawings explain the principles involved in the operation of the electric iron, fluorescent lighting, and the refrigerator. Alternating current is used in all scenes involving the flow of...

14959. Discipline: Giving Orders (13:49)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Navy, Division of Personnel Supervision and Management; United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Atlas Educational Film Company
Summary:
U.S. Navy training film intended to instruct managers how to maintain workplace discipline effectively. Dramatic scenarios contrast ineffective managerial styles with better approaches. Stresses th...

14960. Steering, wheels, front and rear axles (19:27)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows how to check for play in the steering wheel; how to check the front end assembly for excessive play; how to make a rough test for wheel balance; how to correct wheel runout; how to make a toe...

14961. Trampoline fundamentals (11:42)

Date:
1960
Summary:
An instructor and a group of high school boys and girls demonstrate the basic fundamentals of trampolining, showing in detail the landing positions, aerial positions, front and back flips, and comb...

14962. Ratio and proportion in mathematics (11:10)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Shows that ratio expresses a relationship between two numbers. Points out that equal ratios form a proportion, which may be used in solving problems, stressing that the units must be the same in fi...

14963. Locating and repairing leaks (17:04)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Shows how to use the gage manifold in building leak-testing pressures in a domestic refrigerator; how to test for sulphur dioxide and methyl chloride leaks; how to use the halide torch to locate fr...

14966. A new supervisor takes a look at his job (12:36)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
A machine tool operator is made a group leader and his plant superintendent explains to him, through dramatized illustrations, the meaning of working with people instead of machines.

14967. Film Communique: Eighth Issue (20:34)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. War Department; 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 fiv...

14968. Our teeth : their growth and structure (11:56)

Date:
1947
Summary:
Stresses the importance of teeth in the digestive system, identifies and explains the purposes of the different teeth, and shows tooth development from infancy, the structure of teeth, how tooth de...

14969. Testing the I.Q. (16:18)

Date:
1942
Summary:
Demonstrates the administration of the revised Stanford-Binet intelligence test and the calculation of the I.Q. Gives a brief explanation of principles, and shows the administration of form L to a ...

14970. The sculpture IV (29:34)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Continues the modeling from SCULPTURE: PART 3. Presents a review of the materials and work completed in the preceding programs. Explains the three general parts into which the head is divided. S...

14971. The medical witness (35:04)

Date:
1956
Summary:
This film, in vivid, dramatic scenes, shows the examples of two physicians, the right way and the wrong way, to offer medical testimony on which the plaintiff's suit depends.

14972. A bridge across the channel (29:50)

Date:
1962
Summary:
When Britain applied for membership in the Common Market, the move represented a dramatic change in Britain's traditional concept of world politics. This program explores the implications of this r...

14973. Fundamentals of photography : the basic camera (15:00)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
United States Navy
Summary:
Traces the historical development of the camera, discussing the reasons for subsequent changes from the original camera obscura of 1553. Demonstrates finally that every camera, whatever its make, c...

14974. The great gamble: Cyrus W. Field (20:00)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Teaching Film Custodians
Summary:
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...

14975. The gardens of victory (08:00)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Associated Sales Co.
Summary:
Shows the wartime need for vegetable gardens in every American community.

14976. Heritage (15:42)

Date:
1939
Main contributors:
Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau
Summary:
History of the settlement of the western Canadian prairie lands, from pioneers in covered wagons to the booming wheat industry of the early 20th century. Shows that the prosperity brought by wheat ...

14977. V.1. (08:35)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Crown Film Unit; British Ministry of Information
Summary:
"Here is the first photographic report on the robot bomb since the censorship was lifted. In this nine-minute capsule of buzz-bomb terror, 'V-1' brings to the screen in 16 mm sound-on-film a subje...

14978. What to do on a date (10:57)

Date:
1951
Main contributors:
Coronet Instructional Films
Summary:
Suggests suitable dating activities for teen-agers by showing how Nick and Kay make a double date out of preparing for a scavenger sale. Discusses the social value of group participation in "coming...

14979. High Over The Borders (19:35)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
New York Zoological Society; National Film Board of Canada
Summary:
In their routes of migration, birds "mock the man-made lines by which nations separate themselves," as the narrator states in this film intended to foster goodwill between the nations of the Americ...

14980. Film Communique: Fourth Issue (20:25)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
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 thr...

14981. Stacking and Firing (10:41)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Indiana U Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
[motion picture] A skilled potter demonstrates the correct stacking of both green and glazed pottery in a small kiln as the narrator explains the factors involved. The potter then shows each step i...

14982. Into the blue (10:39)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Catling, Darrel, 1909-1991
Summary:
Shows how young airmen are trained by the R.A.F. Not only is the standard training such as solo flying shown, but also learning Morse code, navigation lectures, and special bombardier and fighter p...

14983. Scraping flat surfaces (13:20)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education
Summary:
Shows how surface plates are used to check the flatness of surfaces, types of scrapers, how to remove high spots, and how to determine when a surface is scraped flat.

14984. T.V.A. (20:01)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
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...

14985. The Soviet School Child (24:07)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
British Ministry of Information; Soviet War News Film Agency; Central News Reel Studios, Moscow
Summary:
A Soviet-British co-production reporting to the Allied nations on the lives of children in the Soviet Union, providing "a glimpse of the Soviet child from infancy to high school." Portrays an idyll...

14986. Survival of the fittest (16:41)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Grashin, Mauri
Summary:
Shows the function of the physical training program of the Army Air Forces during World War II. Starts by celebrating the exploits of Army Air Force war heroes. The main story is a fictional story ...

14987. You Can't Eat Tobacco (13:18)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Mary L. DeGive; Margaret T. Cussler
Summary:
A social issue film directed at the problems of public health and malnutrition among rural southern tenant-farming communities. The film points directly to exploitative practices of the tobacco ind...

14988. The Airplane Changes Our World Map (10:48)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
ERPI Classroom Films, Inc.; Encyclopaedia Britannica
Summary:
Traces the history of mapmaking and representation of the globe on two-dimensional surfaces. Considers early problems of distortion in map projection, and reviews the projections of Mercator, Mollw...

14989. Pan-American Bazaar (08:54)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; R.H. Macy and Company, Inc.
Summary:
A Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs film reporting on a marketplace of goods from Latin American nations held at Macy's Department store in New York City's Herald Square. Promoting more than co...

14990. The Forest Ranger (30:45)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
Summary:
Shows the work of the U.S.D.A Forest Service forest rangers across the nation's 161 national forests. Narration lists the forest ranger's duty to "manage the vast American woodland to produce more ...

14991. Wings up (21:33)

Alternative title:
Sustineo alas
Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Army Air Forces. Motion Picture Unit, 1st
Summary:
The story of the twelve weeks of discipline, concentrated study and hard work leading to graduation from the Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Forces and the rank of second lieutenant.

14992. This Is Ecuador (17:52)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; Borge Hansen-Moller : produced and directed by; Kenneth Richter : camera
Summary:
A Coordinator of Inter-American affairs film intended to foster alliance and educate U.S. audiences about the Ecuadoran nation. "All who live in our hemisphere know that it must be kept as a place ...

14993. These are the men (12:16)

Alternative title:
Into battle
Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Osbiston, Alan
Summary:
Takes Leni Riefenstahl's footage from the Nüremberg speeches of the Nazi Leaders and superimposes English "translations" over a set of orations in English "in which Hitler, Goebbels, Göering, Strei...

14994. Indiana, Our Indiana (22:32)

Date:
1950
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
An Indiana University student shows a prospective student's parents the campus and explains the counseling system. Includes academic and extracurricular activities, the extension centers, and many...

14995. Indianapolis attacks its slums (28:43)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Contains aerial photography, animation, and charts to show methods used by Indianapolis to effect slum clearance. Pictures city officials as they cite the need for rebuilding slum areas and tells o...

14996. Reconditioning a Mower, part 1 (cutter bar) (21:10)

Date:
1943
Summary:
Shows how to check, recondition, and repair the cutter and adjust the knife clips and bar mechanism; how to remove and replace worn sections in the sickle and sharpen the sickle section; how to rep...

14997. Words for battle (07:54)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
Summary:
Laurence Olivier's reading of passages from Milton, William Blake, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and Abraham Lincoln accompany scenes of daily life in wartime Britain. The texts selected emphasi...

14998. Youth farm volunteers (04:57)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
Summary:
Shows how the Extension Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture helped recruit and place young people from towns and cities on farms during World War II to combat farm labor shortage.

14999. Target for tonight (48:28)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Watt, Harry, 1906-1987
Summary:
Presents an account of an actual air raid by the Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force. Aerial photographs disclose the objective to be raided. Then staff planning, routine preparations, and the te...

15000. Gordon S. Williams post-screening Q&A (42:57)

Date:
February 11, 2025
Main contributors:
London, Essence; Williams, Gordon S.
Summary:
Q&A session following screenings of Gordon Williams's films The Example (2016) and They Will Talk About Us: The Charlton-Pollard Story (2021), held in the Phyllis Klotman classroom at the Black Fil...