16041. Wrappings and Trappings (20:18)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Shows how people in various cultures have made and used costumes, masks, and headdress for ceremonies and other special occasions. Considers how a person can use clothing to create a special image ...

16042. Devils, Monsters and Dragons (22:32)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Reveals how people in different societies have imaginatively depicted their conceptions of evil to ward off harm and destruction.

16043. Faces of Nature (32:09)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Studies the aesthetic qualities of natural phenomena and the qualities of the art images that have their origins in nature.

16044. Getting the Message (22:27)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Considers ways in which people communicate, examining some of the media of communications and the artistic forms used to transmit various kinds of messages.

16045. Birds, Bees & Bugs (22:31)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores forms of birds, bees, and bugs, showing how their shapes, colors, textures, and movements have served as sources of ideas for artists and designers.

16046. Changing Your Looks (22:13)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Shows various ways and reasons why people in different times and cultures have used body decoration and adornment to change their looks.

16047. All Kinds of Houses (21:51)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines old and new domestic buildings in considering various architectural solutions to problems of providing human shelter.

16048. Houses for Worship (22:42)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Reflects on the relationships between expressive architectural design and religious philosophies and liturgies in a survey of a variety of structures that have been designed as houses of worship.

16049. Groups of People (22:25)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the interaction of people as a source of imagery for artists, showing how artists capture and preserve the varying moods of small and large groups of people.

16050. Dreams and Fantasy (22:08)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the imaginative ways in which art is used to depict the inner world of man, awake or asleep.

16052. Drawing with pencil (10:48)

Date:
1947
Main contributors:
Theodore Kautzky; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Summary:
Theodore Kautzky demonstrates techniques in drawing a scene with pencil. Emphasizes the following points: general design, thumbnail sketching, preparation of the pencil point, drawing sharp lines,...

16053. Little 500 - 1987 (1:36:22)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
Indiana University Student Foundation
Summary:
Recording of the 1987 Little 500 bicycle race, including pre-race activities. There are some gaps in the coverage of the race, but the end of the race is included.

16054. #612: George Reedy I, President and Press (30:05)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Poynter Center
Summary:
The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics & American Institutions was an endowed ethics research center established in 1972 at Indiana University Bloomington. Through its programming, the Poynter ...

16055. Turkey : emergence of a modern nation (17:11)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Reviews the Greek and Roman periods of influence, the Moslem invasion, the growth and development under Attaturk, and the present struggle toward progress. Shows the geographical and strategic impo...

16056. Tall Tales (09:41)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Presents ballad singers singing three authentic American folk songs: "Strawberry Roan," "Grey Goose," and "John Henry." The background for the singers is a farmhouse kitchenyard after the noonday m...

16057. Helen Keller in her story (48:34)

Date:
1953
Summary:
A biography of Helen Keller, tracing her life from birth until 76 years of age, showing in detail how this blind, deaf, and mute woman has overcome her handicaps. Consists of still photographs, ear...

16058. Boundary lines (11:11)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Phillip Stapp; Tony Kraler; Nathan Sobel
Summary:
By means of animated lines, figures, and scenes, film illustrates through everyday happenings how "a line may be many things" and "a line is only an idea." Makes a plea for tolerance and a breaking...

16060. Ernst Von Dohnanyi : part 1 (29:55)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Maestro Dohnanyi and his guests discuss his early days as a composer. He plays two of his own selections: “Intermezzo, Opus No. 2” and “F Minor Rhapsody.”