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An account of a canoe trip in the Quetico-Superior wilderness area of Northern Minnesota and Canada. Emphasizes the importance of keeping wilderness areas green, beautiful, and intact. Includes views of wildlife and wild flowers.
Traces the history of the black American's participation in the armed forces of the United States, from the Revolutionary War to the war in Vietnam. Reveals little known facts about blacks such as segregation in the military prior to 1947, the first soldier to fall in the Revolutionary War was black, black soldiers were the first to receive the Croix de Guerre in World War I, and over 1,000,000 Negroes served in World War II. Points out that black soldiers have served in the American wars, whether they were accepted socially or not.
Discusses the life of Durer and the pivotal point he represented in connecting the artistic development of Italy and Northern Europe. Presents examples of his work that show his passage from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Develops the idea that through a study of his work the fusing of his Gothic inheritance and the organic Renaissance can be observed.
Illustrates the detrimental effects of rumors through the experience of Jean, a newcomer in a high school, who becomes the victim of a malicious rumor started by Jack, her first date. After suffering considerable unhappiness, she is again accepted by her friends when her parents and the principal get Jack to confess and to tell the facts.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., Wright Adams, Hal Kopel
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Explains what happens when the human heart ceases to function normally. Photographs of an actual heart, X-ray photographs, and animated drawings are used to explain high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, and rheumatic fever. Describes the progress that is being made to combat these diseases.
Explains the basic principles of gravitational attraction that relate to the earth, and other planets, and the sun. Relates these principles to flights of rockets and artificial satellites and includes the experiments on weightlessness that is encountered by astronauts. Gives a number of practical examples from everyday life and explains the role of gravity in these situations. Concludes with three questions for children to solve.
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.
Discusses recent drug discoveries such as sulfa, penicillin, and streptomycin; increased opportunities for medical students from all parts of the world to study in this country such problems as the Rh blood factor and malnutrition; and progress in the control of heart disease, cancer, and rheumatic fever up to 1948.
McRobbie-Gair Family Home Movies Collection: This home movie captures part of a visit that Chancellor McRobbie’s parents, Alexander and Joyce McRobbie (Joyce was the older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gair), took to the United Kingdom in 1954 with Michael and his younger sister Pamela, then young children. This home movie was not shot by Mr. Gair but some sequences were likely shot by Mr. McRobbie. Most of the movie is shot in Wales at a holiday resort called Tan-y-Bryn in Colway Bay, Wales, a favorite destination in Wales for the Gair family.
Other locations include Sydney, Australia, with shots of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Martin Place via Macquarie St. (shot taken approximately 3 blocks away on Castlereagh St.).There is extensive footage of flower beds and landscape vistas. Footage consists of a combination of color and black and white film stock with title cards for new locations or sites.
McRobbie-Gair Family Home Movies Collection: This home movie contains mainly footage of a large military parade in Melbourne, Australia. It is most likely of an ANZAC day parade. ANZAC day is one of the major public holidays in Australia and is held annually on April 25. It commemorates the first landings of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at Gallipoli, Turkey, on April 25, 1915. The year of this particular parade is not yet clear though it is probably in the early 40s. But the footage of the event is particularly important as it features shots of numerous senior Australian politicians and military officers, including former Australian Prime Ministers, William Hughes and John Curtin. There is additional footage of other military parades and school sporting events very typical of the time.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Doyle, Pat
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane and Pat Doyle on the Battle of the Crater and the 13th Amendment. Fr. Hardin begins by describing a recent visit to the Battle of the Crater site and gives the history of the event. The group discusses their thoughts on it before moving into a discussion of the ratification of the 13th Amendment. They discuss its negative reception in Indiana, as well as reactions from Black people at the time including Moses Broyles.
Dr. Gould and Dr. Odishaw discuss the idea of the IGY. They trace the idea from the suggestions that was a Third International Polar Year (1882-83, 1932-33) through its expansion into the largest international scientific effort in the history of the world. They present general observations on the geographic and scientific “unknowns” in Antarctica and some of the larger questions to which the IGY hopes to find answers in its exploration of this continent.
Uses film sequences of the second Byrd expedition, 1933-34, and recent film footage to show how technological advances have improved the work of the scientist. Explains how Antarctica scientists face problems and make adjustments unknown elsewhere in the world. Compares the two expeditions in transportation, building construction, living conditions, equipment, and food. Features Dr. Laurence M. Gould.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. Footage taken from a window of a plane taking off. Glaciers are visible as the plane flies over the Arctic Ocean. Shows Bailey and Ritchie disembarking in Iceland.
Uses photographs to tell about Alaska, America's 49th state and the continent's last frontier. Describes the history of Alaska from the dreams of Peter the Great to its admission as a state in the United States. Includes views of the people, of the cities, and of the countryside from the frozen arctic tundra to the flower filled Matunuska Valley.
Shows some of the animals that are found in each of four environments--deciduous forest, evergreen forest, desert, and arctic tundra. Presents the habitats of such animals as sidewinder snake, timber rattlesnake, white-tailed deer, beaver, prairie dog, pronghorn antelope, bison, chipmunk, marten, black bear, and bighorn sheep.
Shows the actual training and activities of Air Transport Command personnel with routines of briefing, radio communications, and other precautionary measures during World War II.
Gullah speech and song from the Sea Islands. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.
Describes the culture of the people and the unusual climate of northern Norway. Explains that the northern third of the country is within the Arctic Circle but that the climate is much modified by the Gulf Stream. Depicts the splitting of the country into two distinct climates by a central mountain range. Views many of the geographic features peculiar to Norway.
Shows the simple forms of plant life that appear upon retreat of the glaciers and the role of these plants in preparing the earth's surface for other plant and animal life. "Forests" of the high Arctic are shown to be only inches high though many years old. The struggle for life existing among plant forms and animal forms in this harsh environment is depicted as the variety of species in the region are surveyed.
Sally Lied documents her time as a VISTA in Newnan, Georgia in a verbal diary format. The recordings take place over her first week with the program. She discusses the goal of the work, the family she stayed with, their material conditions, other members of her VISTA group and her experience in sessions with them, as well as her day to day activities while a participant in VISTA (going to the movies, going out for dinner, taking the bus, etc.). The recording is segmented by the day that Lied recorded, then further segmented by the day that she is recalling, since often she would skip several days then catch up all at once. Additionally, any noteworthy moments were segmented by topic.
For a more thorough reflection and analysis of her time as a VISTA where she dissects racial tension and class issues, please review "Sally Lied - Experiences in Vista, March 4, 1969 (1:40:06)."
Hilltop Garden and Nature Center (Bloomington, Ind.)
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Founded in 1948, the Hilltop Garden and Nature Center was designed to promote community gardening at Indiana University. From the beginning, Hilltop was jointly sponsored by IU, the city of Bloomington's Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Bloomington Garden Club.
In this recording, environmentalist Paul Brandwein discusses the importance an individual's environment and their connection with their environment has in learning, and how true environmentalism values humans, animals, and the natural world equally.
Consists of the papers and correspondence of film critic and author Pauline Kael, 1919-2001. Included in the collection are personal letters from colleagues and friends, those relating to her writings, and many fan letters. Very few copies of Kael's own letters are present. Includes also notes taken by Kael during film screenings, typescript or holograph drafts of articles by Kael and others, and related materials such as press kits, stills, and clippings. The Writings section includes holograph drafts, typescripts and notes for her articles and books, as well as research and production materials, and advertisements. Files concerning her stint at the radio station KPFA and tear sheets of most of her "Current Cinema" columns are also present. Collection includes also screenplays and play scripts submitted for her perusal, clippings of articles from magazines and newspapers, as well as Kael's awards, certificates and diplomas, programs from various film festivals and photographs, and various audiovisual tapes.
Shows the adaptation of animal and plant life to the rigors of winter around Hudson Bay, where evergreen forests give way to treeless tundra. Includes Indians, their sled dogs, their homes, birds, and animals such as caribou and otters.
Conversion of external stimuli (light, sound, odor, touch, and taste) into nerve impulses by one or more sensory receptors in the body is shown through animation. Explains how these receptors provide information about the state of the inner organs.
Deals with the geography and climate of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic through a one-year cycle and pictures life among its flora and fauna. Reconstructs the climatic history of the region from reports of early explorers and documents evidence of an early tropical climate in coal seams and fossil finds. Surveys the plant and animal life. Highlights the vigorous and intense growth of plants and young animals during the brief summer and emphasizes the delicate balance which exists among all plants and animals. Disproves some of the misconceptions about the Arctic and theorizes about the origin and development of the ice-cap. Explains the possibilities of colonization of the region.
Illustrates movement in nature with scenes of stars and splashing water. Then shows motion in space and time, using stop-motion and speed-up photography. Deals with motion as an art form by showing paintings by Kandinsky and Van Gogh, mobiles by Calder and Usher, and an abstract film by Decker. Summarizes the main concepts and relates them to one another.
Two boys, both between the ages of four and five, are subjects in a study of aggressive and destructive impulses. The film shows how differently two children, but a few months apart in age and from similar backgrounds, respond to a graduated series of opportunities and invitations to break balloons. Demonstration film of a projective technique developed by L. Joseph Stone.
Presents a view of the guidance process and indicates the great number of individuals involved. urges efforts to estimate the potential of each individual, to interpret to him and his parents the opportunities available to him, and to provide him with educational experiences which will assures his best development.
Tells the story of Mrs. Pat Dobson, a young wife and mother who becomes mentally ill. In tracing her progress from the time of her admission to her departure from the hospital, it provides a good look at the kind of care and treatment a first-rate facility can offer and shows how each member of the mental health team contributes to her improvement.
Introduces the campus, buildings, and programs at Indiana University, focusing almost exclusively on the School of Business, with Arthur M. Weimer, dean. Shows the Business and Economics Building and the Business Library it contains. Mentions programs for undergraduates and graduates, special curricula for women, the degrees offered in commercial science, the placement and publications programs, and the Indiana Executive Development Program. Sponsored by the Phillips Petroleum Company.
Portrays the use of various diagnostic tests and measurements, the induction of hypnosis, post-hypnotic suggestion, hypno-analysis, and short-term psychotherapy. Shows the use of the Bellevue, picture, manipulative, and inkblot tests and an aptitude profile obtained from general, clinical, and diagnostic tests. The subject is then hypnotized and carries out post-hypnotic suggestions.
Documents the state-wide services available to sufferers of poor mental health. Shows the professional staffs and actual patients in a full program of prevention, treatment, after-care and rehabilitation.
Discusses some of the more common misconceptions about mental illness. Explains why they are incorrect and what the correct version should be. Features Dr. Charles Feuss, Jr., Superintendant of Longview Hospital in Ohio, and Dr. Harry Lederer and Dr. Harold Hiatt, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati. [kinescope]
A re-enactment of an actual case history, tracing the genetic development of a neurotic depression by examining the ideational content and emotional significance of a series of experiences in the life of one individual from infancy to adutlhood. For graduate students and specialists in psychiatry, psychoanalysis, clinical psychology, and psychiatric social work; medical students, patients in group therapy; lay audiences interested in the field of mental hygiene.
Discusses rational and irrational fears with illustrations from real-life situations. Distinguishes between these two types of fears, and suggests ways of controlling them through a system of unlearning the original fear by gradually making it pleasant. (KOMO-TV) Kinescope.
When Marv Baker does not make the basketball team, he begins to worry. When he finds out that his sister Alice's sickness is caused by worry and learns from her doctor three rules to insure health, he thinks through what the doctor has said and applies the three rules to his own problem.
Compares various systems of the human body with their machine analogs. Discusses the interrelationship of the muscular and skeletal systems and the digestive and nervous systems. Shows how the human body is superior in many ways to machines man has invented. Contends that no man-made machine can equal this work of God.
Uses simple terms and illustrations to explain and discuss the water cycle, evaporation, and condensation. Shows the phenomenon of a rainbow and the effects of wind, cloud formations, and sunshine on evaporation.
Huston Smith visits Dr. F.C. Redlich in Princeton, NJ, and Dr. Erich Fromm in New York City, and explores some problems of mental health with them. What is mental illness? Is it increasing? Do we know how to treat it? Can the layman do anything to help the mentally disturbed? Is the problem becoming too large to cope with?
Depicts events in the daily life of a Black family living on Palmour Street in Gainesville, Georgia. Illustrates basic concepts on mental health, and points out the influences, both negative and positive, that parents can have upon the mental and emotional development of their children.
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center, Indiana University. Sesquicentennial Committee
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Celebrates the 1820-1970 sesquicentennial of Indiana University by surveying its history and current programs. Points out the admission of women and students from other countries. Covers the development of the schools of music, medicine, education, business, and law, as well as the growth of the College of Arts and Sciences. Features brief scenes of the five regional campuses and of various athletic programs. Includes footage of Chancellor Herman B Wells, former President Elvis J. Stahr, and current President Joseph Sutton.
