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Main Street USA Today : A Story of Progress Through Research in Steel

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:54:58 +0000

A look at how progress in the steel manufacturing process helped the United States growth.

Rumpelstiltskin (1949)

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:29:20 +0000

Marionette puppet version of the tale about a little man who grants a miller’s daughter the gift of spinning straw into gold. She learns that such a gift comes at a high price.

Sense Perception

Internet Archive - Collection: avgeeks — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:30:00 +0000

Irwin Moon hosts this one about the senses. A lecture demonstration in which Dr Moon presents evidences of the limited range of man's senses, discusses the narrow band of the electronic spectrum visible to man, demonstrates the existence of ultrasonic waves, and shows how odor influences our sense of smell

[NC Dixie Land Minstrels 1950]

Internet Archive - Collection: avgeeks — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:25:41 +0000

Elizabeth City school children dance to various musical numbers.

Pride the Saddle Horse (2ed)

Internet Archive - Collection: avgeeks — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:04:16 +0000

Illustrates various roles of the horse in modern life, and traces the development and training of a colt until he becomes a prize saddle horse at three years of age.

In focus

Internet Archive - Collection: avgeeks — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:16:59 +0000

Program is about television broadcasting and the uses of television in one community, that of Binghamton, New York. Interviewed about television are an aviation plant technician, a dairy farmer, a housewife, a librarian, a teacher and a museum director. Excerpts featured in this documentary include a program on fighter pilots flying in formation, narrated by Walter Cronkite; a program about the music and dance of India; sports and news programming highlights; a live brain surgery operation narrated by Eric Sevareid; an interview with a drug addict; an interview by Edward R. Murrow with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru; a telecast of "Sleeping Beauty"; a children's science program, with Frank Baxter; and an educational program, with Chet Huntley speaking about nuclear energy.

Helping Johnny Remember

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:29:20 +0000

Surreal social guidance film showing the problems of a boy rejected by other children because he is selfish, uncooperative and domineering. (while the clip is in color, we only have a b&w copy).

Life In Hot, Wet Lands – The Congo Basin (1949)

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:10:37 +0000

Shows how life is influenced by climate. Attention is focused on a village in the Congo Basin on the shores of the Ubangi River.

Circus Animals (1947)

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:19:53 +0000

COLE BROS. CIRCUS scenes. Shows the life of circus elephants,
camels, ponies, horses & several other animals behind the scenes.
Includes how they travel, their training, their general
characteristics, &, as in the case of the elephants, how they help
w/ the work.

00:26:19:00 B/W 1947
MS Elephants getting off train.

00:27:07:00 B/W 1947
MS Pony getting off train.

00:27:22:00 B/W 1947
MS Show horses getting off train.

00:27:29:00 B/W 1947
MS 13 elephants walking down suburban street.

00:26:56:00 B/W 1947
MS Procession down street includes oxen, camels, llamas, zebra

00:27:58:00 B/W 1947
MS Jumbo the Elephant unloading tents from wagon, unrolling tent.

00:28:45:00 B/W 1947
MS 2 elephants pulling wagon.

00:29:06:00 B/W 1947
MS Elephant eating hay.

00:29:33:00 B/W 1947
CU Elephants drinking water.

00:30:07:00 B/W 1947
MS Trainer putting show blanket on elephant.

00:30:55:00 B/W 1947
MS Trainer putting show blankets on camels.

00:31:42:00 B/W 1947
CU Camels drinking, eating hay.

00:32:06:00 B/W 1947
MS Ponies eating hay.

00:32:22:00 B/W 1947
MS Children watching horses eat.

00:32:26:00 B/W 1947
MS Trainers teaching horses to dance & rear.

00:32:45:00 B/W 1947
CU Palomino being washed by trainer.

00:33:08:00 B/W 1947
MS Horse being brushed & dressed for show.

00:33:37:00 B/W 1947
MS Man brushing dog.

00:34:02:00 B/W 1947
MS Policeman clown walking dog.

00:34:12:00 B/W 1947
MS Seal gets on horse.

00:34:31:00 B/W 1947
AV Elephants filing into big top followed by other animals.

00:34:40:00 B/W 1947
MS Elephant lifts girl onto its back w/ its trunk.

Growing Girls (1949)

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:13:41 +0000

British puberty film for girls.
A charmingly straightforward discussion, primarily for a young female audience. Occasionally dated discussion of activities and management of menses. Approved activities include washing hair, bathing, bicycling. Narration includes numerous warnings to “avoid chill, “ suggests avoiding swimming and getting wet feet.

Live action scenes of young girl just beginning her menstrual cycle: choosing correct size and purchasing pads in plain brown wrappers and sanitary belt at chemist’s shop (or drugstore.) Scene of good nutrition uses basic in camera special effects: foods “appear” and girl is surprised.
Several scenes of swimming at a lake, with a concrete embankment. Mostly juveniles, one early scene with adult and young adult woman, to show body differences. Scenes of large groups of adolescent children, mostly female. Some scenes of school, “tea” shows girls in uniform standing around doorway, all with large white mugs, and playing field hockey.

Animation of menstrual cycle and gestation is about half the film.

keywords
adolescent, menses, menstruation, puberty, school, athletics, swimming, hygiene, eating, girls, 1940 1950s, b&w, girls,

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Your Family Budget (1949)

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:49:46 +0000

Explains the purpose, importance and operation of the family budget, and outlines a planned budget and methods of preparation.

Watch Mr Wizard

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:33:12 +0000

A promotional film for the TV show Watch Mr Wizard (starring Don Herbert as Mr Wizard) sponsored by the Cereal Institute.