15271. Branch Rickey : baseball : the game (29:53)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Branch Rickey discusses the development of baseball during his lifetime. He explains his viewpoint toward amateur and professional status in sports, and eligibility rules in college athletics; trac...

15272. Branch Rickey : baseball : the men (29:48)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Branch Rickey discusses some of the men he has known as a result of his career in baseball. With him during this discussion are sportswriter Arthur Mann, Rickey's biographer, and Kenneth Blackburn,...

15273. British Keystone (29:28)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the story of Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island, Michigan and its role in the War of 1812. Explains how the island got its name. Outlines the events which led to the War of 1812 and its mutuall...

15275. Bullet Capitol (29:25)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the early history of the lead industry in what is now Dubuque, Iowa. Talks about location and distribution of other mineral resources in the Old Northwest Territory. Explains how Julien Dubuq...

15277. Cattle (15:10)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Bash Kennett visits a mountain roundup and tells the story of cattle from the few which the early settlers had to the great herds which roamed the Great Plains. The importance of cattle in the hist...

15278. Children Who Draw Pictures (37:48)

Date:
1959
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Summary:
Through free expression art activities, a teacher shows how children think, feel, and develop in a year at a Japanese school. Selects pupils from a first-grade class and traces their personality gr...

15279. Chronic medical disorder (1:00:57)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses the special problems confronting the child with a chronic disorder such as hemophilia. Explains various types of chronic disorders and points out how social and emotional growth is compli...

15280. Clubs or Gangs? (29:35)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Why do children form clubs? Is this a step toward delinquency? Dr. Maria Piers describes children's needs to belong to group and how they learn about democracy from belonging to these smaller group...