16061. Coca-Cola : waves (01:05)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Coca-Cola
Summary:
An advertisement for Coca-Cola in which a surfer walks along a beach of crashing ocean waves. A series of kaleidoscopic close-ups show the waves crashing, as a psychedelic soundtrack plays and an o...

16062. The age of Andrew Jackson (30:10)

Date:
1955
Summary:
It was in the decades of the 1820’s and the 1830’s, often referred to rather broadly as the “Age of Jackson,” that sectional differences began to complicate national life. The Missouri Compromise ...

16063. Manifest destiny in high gear (30:08)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses the mid-nineteenth century push to the Pacific. Characterizes the period as one of adolescent optimism, cockiness, and self-assurance, idealism, and disregard for other's rights and feeli...

16064. The war between the states (30:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program addresses the Civil War; even before Lincoln took office, the retreat from the Union had begun. He did not want war but was determined that, if the preservation of the Union demanded ...

16065. Maturity (29:40)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses and illustrates mature and immature behavior of people, and shows what can be done to promote maturity. Presents people with mature traits in some relationships but immature traits in oth...

16066. Music Contest Opens (15:09)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Fignewton’s second contest deals with music and the first half of this contest find the children guessing the types of musical instruments and later identifying the instruments by the sounds they h...

16067. Pontiac [unknown title] (03:22)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Pontiac
Summary:
An advertisement for a Pontiac Bonneville convertible starring Sir Cedric Hardwicke in which the stage actor orchestrates a scene for the car appealing to an upper class, when a hobo clown characte...

16068. To market, to market (29:43)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Uses a trip to a grocery store to explain who gets the money that is represented by the spread between farmers and consumers. Questions are answered by a store manager, businessmen at a civic club ...

16069. The little red hen (14:30)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
This episode of The tales of Poindexter explores the fable The little red hen.

16070. Chemical Clock Reactions (29:51)

Date:
1958
Summary:
While most chemical reactions take place almost immediately, there are some which can be made to occur after a timed delay. These are the so-called clock reactions. By varying the temperature or co...

16071. The American Heritage (29:37)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Reviews U.S. history from its beginnings, with emphasis on the heritage of freedom and the basic principles of the Declaration of Independence which together account for the nation's greatness. (K...

16072. Expressionism as handwriting (29:29)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses expressionism as an attempt of the artist to express himself, his emotions, in the way he chooses. Stresses the importance of line by which an artist may be identified when one looks at a...

16073. The Hartford "Burglary" (01:02)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
The Hartford
Summary:
An advertisement for The Hartford insurance group in which an insurance agent talks to a woman following a burglary in her house. The ad concludes with an offscreen narrator describing how the home...

16074. Games (15:41)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash tells why more games are played in the United States than any other country in the world. She says this is because immigrants brought the games of their native lands with them when they migrat...

16075. Meaning and learning (29:13)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains how learning is aided by the meaningfulness of the material to be learned. Points out how rhyme, rhythm, and symbolism are aids to learning. Conducts an experiment to show the relationsh...

16076. Haggar Slacks "Tourney Model" (01:03)

Date:
1962 to 1964
Main contributors:
Haggar
Summary:
An advertisement for Haggar Slacks apparel in which men model the "tourney" style on a golf course. Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.

16077. Basic research in marine biology (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Explains what marine biologists do and the procedures used in solving the problems they choose to investigate. Illustrates questions that marine biologists are investigating including cellular biol...

16078. Measuring Time and Distance (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses natural and artificial means of measuring time and distance. Explains how the three natural divisions of time--day, month, and year--come from the motions of the earth and the moon. Tell...

16079. Dove Soap "Renata" (01:00)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Dove
Summary:
An advertisement for Dove soap in which a woman wearing a mink coat and a diamond tiara has a date night in Paris. An offscreen female narrator describes the qualities of Dove beauty bars, emphasiz...

16080. Pacquin Silk 'n Satin Hand Lotion "Vacation Hands" (01:01)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Pacquin
Summary:
An advertisement for Silk 'n Satin hand lotion by Pacquin in which an offscreen male narrator asks a woman if she wants to give her hands a vacation away from housework. The narrator describes the ...