16162. The Fifth Annual Little 500, 1955 (21:45)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Highlight reel of activities surrounding the 1955 Little 500 bicycle race. Activities include qualifiers, the filming of an NBC telecast (featuring the Marching Hundred and Mini 500 tricycles), and...

16163. The Fight for Opportunity (30:15)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Traces development in Big Business, supported by the Republican Party, which led to efforts by the farmers and by labor to protect their share of opportunity. Discusses the growth of the Granger mo...

16164. The film laboratory (19:19)

Date:
1974
Summary:
Discusses and demonstrates the laboratory procedures involved in the production of a 16mm, color, sound film. Follows the camera original film and a quarter inch audio tape through the following p...

16165. The film makers : King Vidor (28:53)

Alternative title:
King Vidor
Date:
1970
Main contributors:
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Summary:
King Vidor, Hollywood director of The big parade, War and peace, Solomon and Sheba, and the silent film Our daily bread, recalls Hollywood landmarks of a bygone era and talks about his directing te...

16166. The fine arts (27:38)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Defines fine art and distinguishes between the terms liberal and servile as applied to the arts. Points out that a work of fine art has individuality, originality, and says something. Depicts moder...

16167. The fire season is far from over (45:05)

Date:
January 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Douglas, Arabella; Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Part 1 In our first episode covering this season's Australian bushfires, we speak with Arabella Douglas. She is a traditional owner who belongs to the Currie family of the Yugambeh and Bundjalung ...

16168. The fireman (second edition) (10:45)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Ernest Horn; Milan Herzog
Summary:
Jim Briggs, a fireman, shows how he cares for equipment and participates in drills and testing of trucks, hose, ladders, and life-saving devices in typical settings. Affords an opportunity to obse...

16170. The First English Translation of the Ebers Papyrus (55:32)

Date:
March 1, 2023
Main contributors:
Halverson, Colin M.E.; Hartsock, Jane A.
Summary:
Lecture delivered by Colin Halverson, PhD (Faculty Investigator, Indiana University Center for Bioethics) and Jane Hartsock, JD, MA (Director of the Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics...

16172. The First Immigrants to America (29:45)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Considers the earliest peoples to come to America, namely, Vikings, Chinese, and much earlier, the American Indian. Studies these early civilizations and reviews the relationships between the Indi...

16173. The first many-celled animals : sponges (16:30)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Ralph Buchsbaum; John Walker
Summary:
Shows through animation, microcinematrography, and time-lapse photography the basic differences between single-celled organisms and the colony of several cell types that compose the body of the spo...

16174. The first priority (29:24)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Explains the global food problem and the work of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's Freedom from Hunger Campaign to build long-term food production capacity through science and ...

16175. The First Visit to the Doctor (30:07)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Discusses the initial visit to the doctor after pregnancy is suspected. Indicates some of the physiological changes which are indications of pregnancy and outlines some of the procedures in the do...

16178. The Fish Hatchery (15:08)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Bash takes a film expedition to a fish hatchery and shows the pools where fish are raised. She shows close-ups of a giant rainbow trout and goes with the hatchery truck to plant fish in the river. ...

16179. The fish that turned gold (1:07:40)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Presents the story of a goldfish from spawning until the goldfish is sold to a child. Begins at the world's largest goldfish hatchery. Introduces the main character, Goldey, developing inside a gol...

16180. The flaming sky (28:29)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A study of auroral displays. Presents current theories on the nature of auroras and their relationship to events on the sun and to phenomena in and about the earth. Describes the coordinated activi...