1501. Thornton Wilder (29:00)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Presents the biography of Thornton Wilder by tracing his life and family background. Provides excerpts from his speeches and quotations from his writings and film clips. Analyzes, for their social ...

1507. The tribe that hides from man (1:02:26)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Warning: This film contains nudity and close up images of corpses. Focuses on Brazilian explorers Orlando and Claudio Villas Boas who, with the aid of the disc-lipped Tchukahmei, search the Amazon...

1512. Fresh Deodorant "Southern Town" (00:59)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Fresh Deodorant
Summary:
A narrator states that if you live in a place that gets very hot you need Fresh deodorant. As the narrator talks, footage is shown of people sweating in the heat.

1514. Weighting for Polls and Samples (1:19:00)

Date:
November 4, 2022
Main contributors:
Franklin, Charles
Summary:
Charles Franklin is a nationally-recognized government scholar and pollster. He has been director of the Marquette Law School Poll since its inception in 2012 and became a full-time member of the f...

1516. Sound recording and reproduction (sound on film) (11:03)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.
Summary:
Through animated drawings explains the principles of recording and reproducing sound on film. Through demonstrations reveals the functions of the microphone and the light valve and shows how the mo...

1517. Corning Centura Ware "Bull" (01:02)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Corning Centura Ware
Summary:
A bull walks through a China-Ceramic store. As the bull rampages through the store the Centura dishes did not break when the bull knocked them over or walked on them.

1518. Empathy through environmental music (58:30)

Date:
February 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Newcomer, Carrie; Schricker, George; Dirksen, Rebecca
Summary:
Part 1 For thousands of generations, people have connected with their environments through music. They've developed ecological empathy, communicated with the divine, and passed their understanding...

1520. Buick "Prestige" (02:00)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Buick
Summary:
We see each decade of Buick car with the same man driving it who has a period-specific suit and facial hair to fit the car. The announcer talks about how each period had a specific use and innovati...

1522. Advertising Council "Think Factory" (01:02)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Advertising Council
Summary:
A narrator informs the audience that the future of America is tied to the development of computers. The narrator proclaims the computer as a thinking factory that will lead to new developments and ...

1524. Four teachers (58:03)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Compares the daily activities of four elementary teachers from Japan, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Presents facts about each teacher's personality, classroom techniques, facilities available fo...

1525. Pampers "Untitled" (01:02)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A mother explains how useful pamper diapers are because she can take them wherever she goes, and they are absorbent as well as disposable.

1529. Land Defenders: The producers of Barú (49:48)

Date:
August 21, 2020
Main contributors:
Wilcox, Marvin; Shapiro, Adam; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In the second episode of our land defender series, we talk with land defender Marvin Wilcox and Front Line Defenders representative Adam Shapiro. They walk us through Marvin's story, in which agric...

1530. Cracker Jack "Untitled" (01:01)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
Cracker Jack
Summary:
An advertisement for Cracker Jack snack food that depicts two people in a train sleeper car, who can't see one another, passing "The Big Pass Around Pack" across the hall. A male passenger who is w...

1531. Remington Electric Shavers "Fraternity" (00:49)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Remington
Summary:
An entire college fraternity is given Remington Electric Shavers. The entire fraternity begins to shave with the electric shaver and the narrator states that only five members wanted to go back to ...

1532. Lux Soap "Glasses" (00:30)

Date:
1967
Main contributors:
Lux
Summary:
A woman removes her glasses and applies Lux Soap for 10 seconds to soften her skin.

1533. Operation reentry (29:07)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Demonstrates the successful rehabilitation of mental health patients in Palo Alto Veterans Hospital. Explains that they are given tokens for rewards, trained in sheltered workshops, and finally re-...

1534. Ford "Double Value" (01:31)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Ford
Summary:
A couple in stop motion photo stills do a routine as they talk about looking for the right car for them. They have very expressive faces as they go through the process of describing their likes and...

1537. Krema "Untitled" (00:47)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
Kerma
Summary:
In this French commercial, a group of men fail to protect the Krema candy from a herd of children in a grocery store. Later a boy taking pity shares some of his candy with the defeated men.

1538. Expanding Collaboration with Ravi Naidu (33:24)

Date:
March 30, 2022
Main contributors:
Naidu, Ravi ; Shanahan, James; Filippelli, Gabriel
Summary:
In this episode, host Gabe Filippelli talks with Laurate Professor Ravi Naidu at the University of Newcastle about environmental contamination, emerging issues, and how to work with industries in a...

1539. Alcoa "Pilfer Proof Caps" (01:31)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Alcoa
Summary:
Wine bottles with Alcoa’s pilfer proof caps are open at a dinner, beach, train, and ski resort. A narrator explains how the caps keeps the beverages fresh for consumption.

1541. Domestic Shortening "Untitled" (01:00)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Domestic Shortening
Summary:
Various pies and cakes that were baked with Domestic Shorting are shown as a jingle is sung in the background.

1543. Pillsbury Golden Yellow "Party" (01:05)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Pillsbury Golden Yellow
Summary:
The commercial switches between footage of a children birthday party and a person making a birthday cake. A male narrator praises Pillsbury cake mix.

1545. The change has not been delicate (25:49)

Date:
January 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Alexander, Edward; Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In the new year, we're returning to our first episode, "How the Arctic caught fire." But this time, we focus in on the Gwich'in perspective. Edward Alexander, co-chair of the Gwich'in Council Inter...

1546. Manufacturers Hanover Trust "Untitled" (01:01)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Summary:
An advertisement for Manufacturers Hanover Trust bank narrated by a man. The scene depicts a defeated man named Mr. Bender driving his jalopy into a mechanics shop; he has been there so often that ...

1547. Score Hair Cream "Dragoti & Friends" (00:59)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Score
Summary:
A narrator explains how Score hair gel can be use by anyone for any hair style. As the narrator speaks shots of men with different hair styles are shown.

1548. Bulls, bears, and chimpanzees (30:04)

Date:
1965
Summary:
The circus is a glorious mixture of many different acts, and the circus crowd is a glorious mixture of many different kinds of people with greatly varied taste. For some, the antics of the clowns a...

1549. Spiritual Ecology: Anishinaabe knowledge with Deborah McGregor (35:32)

Date:
December 11, 2020
Main contributors:
McGregor, Deborah; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Spiritual Ecology: Anishinaabe knowledge with Deborah McGregor In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with...

1550. How to Community Garden: Faith Farms (29:18)

Date:
June 15, 2022
Main contributors:
Whittaker, Curtis
Summary:
Wrapping up our tour of community gardens, Curtis Whittaker tells us the story of Faith Farms in the Emerson neighborhood of Gary, Indiana. Over the past nine years, a team from Progressive Communi...

1551. Transitions : conversations with Wendell Castle (31:03)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Presents Wendell Castle, a sculptor who likes plastic and rugged woods better than materials which are traditionally used. Explains that Castle creates forms which are both beautiful and functional...

1553. Cheerios "Testimonial" (01:02)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Cheerios
Summary:
A woman gives a testimony about how Cheerios help alleviates her headaches. A spokesperson then steps in a corrects the woman that Cheerios do not help headaches. The spokesperson further informs t...

1555. Dove Soap "Man & Woman" (01:00)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Dove
Summary:
A couple walks along a beach before the commercial transitions to the woman washing herself with Dove Soap.

1556. Air Check: new SAB chair John Graham (19:20)

Date:
November 11, 2020
Main contributors:
McCabe, Janet; Graham, John D.; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In this Air Check, host Janet McCabe talks with IU professor and recently-named chair of the EPA's Science Advisory Board John D. Graham about his experience in the SAB and what he foresees for the...

1557. IU NewsNet (17:10)

Date:
September 21, 2023
Main contributors:
Ryder, Anne
Summary:
IU NewsNet weekly newscasts

1558. Gillette's The Spoiler "Shopper" (01:00)

Date:
1967
Main contributors:
Gillette
Summary:
A wife buys her husband some razorblades. The husband informs her that he no longer uses that brand because he been spoiled with Gillette razorblades. The wife accuses him of being brainwash which ...

1559. Collaborative leadership with Laura Calandrella (25:48)

Date:
April 14, 2021
Main contributors:
Calandrella, Laura; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
When you hear the word leadership, you may think about hierarchy. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode, Laura Calandrella, author of Our Next Evolution: Transforming Collaborative L...

1560. Old Spice Lime After Shave "Tree" (00:29)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Old Spice
Summary:
A man and woman embrace in a palm tree as a narrator explains the benefits of using Old Spice Lime Aftershave.

1562. Jerry Harkness' Hall of Fame Video Bio (02:36)

Date:
2022
Main contributors:
Harkness, Jerry
Summary:
Jerry Harkness was the first African American sportscaster in Indiana at WTHR, Indianapolis. He was a two-time All American at Loyola of Chicago and played professionally for the NBA New York Knick...

1566. The Piecemakers : Master quilters from Vanderburgh County (12:50)

Date:
January 8, 2016
Main contributors:
The Piecemakers, Jon Kay, Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
In 1982, Minnie Marchant visited the Indiana State Fair's Pioneer Village and saw that no one was demonstrating quilting. She quickly volunteered her home quilt group to fill this void. Ever since,...

1570. 2010 Indiana State Fair Master: Wayne and Helen Drake, Hog Breeders (Wayne County) (05:35)

Date:
August 1, 2017
Main contributors:
Wayne and Helen Drake (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Joe Martinez (Videographer), The Woodstove Flapjacks (Music) Thomas G. Richardson (Project Coordinator), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Starting with only 30 sows, Wayne and Helen Drake built what would become a multi-generational family hog breeding business now involving thousands of pigs. Far from being an isolated practice,...

1571. Uncle Stanly 80th [Birthday] (03:11)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil; Edward G. Feil; Ken Feil
Summary:
Home movie of a joint birthday part for Stanley Feil (brother of Harold Feil). Stanley is presented with a birthday cake and the children assist him in blowing out the candles. Amy shows off an AAU...

1573. 2017 Indiana State Fair Master: Bill Bailey (08:58)

Date:
July 23, 2017
Main contributors:
Bill Bailey (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Geoff Davis and Bill Bailey (Music), The Hayloft Gang (Archival Photographs), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
A fixture at the Indiana State Fair for many years, Bill Bailey coordinates the entertainment in the Pioneer Village, inviting musicians, storytellers, and other entertainers from around the state ...

1574. 2009 IN STATE FAIR MASTER: Patti Light, Master Baton Twirler (Boone County) (04:46)

Date:
August 1, 2017
Main contributors:
Patti Light (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Ben Schreiner (Videographer), Pete Schreiner (Music),
Summary:
As a small girl, Patti Light saw a baton twirler in a local parade, which ignited her lifelong passion for the baton. Having twirled for most of her life, she continues to be active in this sport a...

1575. 2013 Indiana State Fair Masters: Mary Schwartz, Master Needlepoint Artist (08:10)

Date:
August 1, 2017
Main contributors:
Mary Schwartz (Master), Jon Kay (Director), William Winchester Claytor (Videographer and Editor), Nathan Vollmar (Sound Recording), Kelly Totten (Production Coordinator), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
2013 marks Mary Schwartz’s 50th consecutive year of exhibiting at the Indiana State Fair. Active in 4-H as a girl, Mary started embroidering as a compromise with her mother: she could continue ...

1576. 2019 Indiana State Fair Master: Rodnie Bryant (Musician and Gospel Day Coordinator) (05:43)

Date:
July 12, 2022
Main contributors:
Rodnie Bryant (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Channel 40-WHMB Family Broadcasting Corporation (Gospel Day Video),Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana State Fair
Summary:
Rodnie Bryant was raised in a “very religious” and musical home. In his youth, he learned music theory alongside his older sister at the Wurlitzer Music Company and later took private lessons. His ...

1577. 2015 Indiana State Fair Master: Mauri Williamson (09:29)

Date:
August 22, 2015
Main contributors:
Mauri Williamson (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Shaun Williams (Production and Editing), Geoff Guernsey and Olivia Smiley (Music), Andrew Wei (Recorder of Music), Jessy Yancey and Mark Evans (Additional Footage),Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Thanks to Mauri Williamson, the Pioneer Village has become one of the most popular and beloved activities of the Indiana State Fair. The Village celebrates Indiana’s agricultural heritage through d...

1578. Schmidt's : party (01:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Schmidt's
Summary:
An advertisement for Schmidt’s beer in which a simple animation of a four beers being poured into four glasses. Then a male narrator says, "Schmidts's and people, put em together." Then people are ...

1579. Bill Harshbarger: Sheep Shearer Sharpener (State Fair Masters 2006) (07:57)

Date:
January 8, 2016
Main contributors:
Bill Harshbarger (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Kenny Stone (Music), Nicholas Blewett (Videographer), Buki Long (Assistant Editor), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
In 1952, Bill Harshbarger began showing sheep on the county and State Fair level, and continued to exhibit until the early 1960s. After going to shearing school in Warsaw, Indiana, he began shearin...

1580. The Huber Family: Master winemakers from Clark County (02:38)

Date:
January 8, 2016
Main contributors:
Carl and Gerald Huber (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Since 1843, the Huber family has worked a small homestead located in the Knobs of Clark County, Indiana. Originally from Baden Baden, Germany, the family brought a fruit-growing and winemaking trad...

1581. 2008 Indiana State Fair Master: Donna Jo Copeland, Spinner and Weaver (09:44)

Date:
August 1, 2017
Main contributors:
Donna Jo Copeland (Master), Jon Kay(Director), Ben Schreiner (Videographer), Paul Schreiner & Rick Watson (Music), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Donna Jo Copeland has exhibited textiles for forty years at the Indiana State Fair, winning numerous awards and gaining recognition for the distinct style of her creations. At the knee of her great...

1582. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse "Typical Alcoholic" (01:02)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
Summary:
An announcer describes people as they appear onscreen, they all look different. At the end they start walking as a group passing by the camera as he says that there are over 9 million alcoholics in...

1584. 2014 State Fair Master: Mary Alice Collins (09:23)

Date:
June 2, 2017
Main contributors:
Mary Alice Collins (Master), Hannah Davis (Director), Dave Walter (Videographer), Lewis Rogers and Dave Walter (Editing and Sound Design), Kara Barnard (Music), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Born March 7, 1939, Mary Alice Collins grew up in the kitchen. Learning how to cook and bake was just part of living on her family’s Hancock County farm. After finishing 10 years of 4-H and startin...

1585. Gerry and Ralph Dunkin: Master Miniature Donkey Breeders (Indiana State Fair Masters 2007) (11:19)

Date:
January 8, 2016
Main contributors:
Gerry and Ralph Dunkin (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Matt Stockwell (Videographer/Editor), Deborah Justice and Rachel Sprinkle (Music), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Gerry and Ralph Dunkin are largely responsible for the increased appreciation for miniature donkeys in the last two decades. They enjoy introducing people of all ages to these intelligent and compa...

1586. Dow Kingsbeer : untitled (01:01)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Dow Kingsbeer
Summary:
A young couple and their friend enjoy several seasonal outdoor activities while a jingle is sung in the background.

1587. Gerry Gray and the Family Reunion String Band (2008 Indiana State Fair Master) (12:11)

Date:
August 10, 2016
Main contributors:
Gerry Gray and the Family Reunion String Band (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Ben Schreiner (Videographer/Editor) Cynthia Hoye (Executive Director of the State Fair)
Summary:
Beginning in 1975 when Gerry Gray, known as the "Mother Hen" was asked to play dulcimer and talk to visitors at the State Fair Pioneer Village, the Family Reunion String Band has entertained fairg...

1589. Alcoholism (21:41)

Date:
1951
Summary:
The film portrays alcoholism as a mental health problem and as an illness that can respond to treatment. Demonstrates that the causes of this illness are imbedded personality difficulties often rel...

1590. Indiana State Fair Masters 2012- The Blessing Family, Dairy Farmers (08:59)

Date:
July 9, 2012
Main contributors:
Steve and Stan Blessing (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Nineteenth State LLC. (Production Services), William Winchester Claytor (Videographer and Editor), Nathan Vollmar (Sound Recording and Editor) Kelly Totten (Cover Design), Betsy Shepherd (Production Coordinator) Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
In 2012 we partnered with Traditional Arts Indiana to produce this short profile of Blessing Farms, a family dairy farm and cattle breeding operation outside of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The 800 acre far...

1591. Noble Melton, Old-time Fiddler (State Fair Master 2007) (05:30)

Date:
January 8, 2016
Main contributors:
Noble Melton (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Matt Stockwell (Videographer/Editor), Cynthia Hoye (Executive Director of the Indiana State Fair), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Noble Melton is a minister in Indianapolis, who earns the title of State Fair Master for his decades of commitment to the fiddler’s art and playing at the Fair. His musical education was informal,....

1593. JACK RODIBAUGH AND FAMILY, JASPER COUNTY (07:40)

Date:
January 8, 2016
Main contributors:
Jack Rodibaugh (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Cynthia Hoye (Executive Director of the State Fair), Kenny Stone (Music), Nicholas Blewett (Editor and Shooter), Buki Long (Assistant Editor), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Jack Rodibaugh and his family operate a hog business where they produce swine for breeding, market and 4-H youth. Rodibaugh's career began when his uncle gave him two piglets during the Depression....

1594. Little cheezer (09:35)

Date:
1934
Summary:
A Pictoreels cartoon. Cheezer the mouse is tired of being treated like a little kid. Instead of going to bed like his mother told him, he follows his inner demon into the kitchen. Despite the inter...

1595. William Harris Interview (2:03:58)

Date:
May 4, 2023
Main contributors:
William Harris; Vivianne Crowley; Michigan City Public Library
Summary:
"Getting There: Oral Histories about transportation in Michigan City" is a series of oral histories, focusing on the railroads and aviation in Michigan City. This project was initiated and adminis...

1596. George and Dorothy Verdos Interview (2:03:06)

Date:
May 3, 2023
Main contributors:
George Verdos; Dorothy Verdos; Stew McDonnell
Summary:
"Getting There: Oral Histories about transportation in Michigan City" is a series of oral histories, focusing on the railroads and aviation in Michigan City. This project was initiated and adminis...

1597. Barbara Murray (15:19)

Date:
1976
Summary:
Discusses pros and cons of alcohol. Uses animation to depict various cultural and religious customs regarding the use of alcohol. Depicts situations in which a teacher examines her attitudes toward...

1598. Betty Williams - Learning About the ADA (01:58)

Date:
June 5, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“I was learning something about that Title and how we could apply it to the community in which we lived in and how it can help people's lives.” When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed...

1599. Drinking and thinking (18:52)

Date:
1985
Summary:
A dramatization which compares responsible drinking with alcohol abuse. Intermixed with scenes from a party, a male and female participant each present facts about alcohol consumption and its effec...

1600. Steve Eldridge Interview (2:02:54)

Date:
April 3, 2023
Main contributors:
Steve Eldridge; Vivianne Crowley; Michigan City Public Library
Summary:
"Getting There: Oral Histories about transportation in Michigan City" is a series of oral histories, focusing on the railroads and aviation in Michigan City. This project was initiated and adminis...