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Title | CATALOGUE NUMBER, DURATION, YEAR | DESCRIPTION |
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WORLD OF PETS:DOGS | M30-499 16 min 1985 | Follows a dog's development from birth through maturity. Lists factors to consider when choosing a dog and explains the responsibilities accepted when becoming a pet owner. |
WORSHIP OF NATURE | L13-174 and 175 | N/A |
WRITE ON | M30-497 and 498 14 min 1976 | Encourages children to discover for themselves the pleasure of writing. |
WRITING THROUGH THE AGES | S30-1023 10 min 1950 | Provides a chronological history of writing, analyzing features of early Chinese, Mesopotamian and Egyptian writings. |
WRITING WELL:PARAGRAPHS | M30-500 and 501 16 min 1985 | Covers topic sentences,vivid descriptive words,organizing sentences in loqical order,omitting extraneous ideas and using sentences of varying lengths and construction. |
WRITING WELL:SHARING | S30-1024 11 min 1984 | Demonstrates the post writing process of positive comments and constructive criticism within small groups before the writer begins to rewrite. |
YES AND NO | M31-1025 and 1026 7 min 1975 | Tired of hearing everyone say no,a boy travels to yesland,where everyone can do whatever they want.He quickly learns limits of personal freedom and necessity of self-discipline. |
YES-NO STOP-GO | M30-502 M31-503 13 min 1972 | Offers a visual interpretation of the words yes,no,stop and go.Helps the child relate the sights and sounds of these words. |
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK | S30-1027 11min 1945 | Shows the famous Yosemite Valley in both summer and winter,beginning at the south gate and following the Merced River. |
YOU AND MACHINES | M31-505 14 min 1961 | Discusses importance of machines, explaining how energy is controlled and directed to do work. lllustrates two basic machines,lever and inclined plane, and describes their use in complex machines. |
YOU AND YOUR EYES | S30-1028 and 1031 8min 1958 | Jiminy Cricket explains the structure and anatomy of the eye by comparing it with a camera.Stresses the safety features designed by nature to protect the eyes and gives rules for their care. |
YOU AND YOUR FIVE SENSES | S30-1029 8min 1956 | Discusses man's five senses.Explains that some are more highly developed than others and that man compensates accordingly. |
YOU AND YOUR FOOD | S30-1030 8min 1959 | Jiminy Cricket stresses the value of foods which are necessary to good health. Uses the analogy of the construction of an automobile to point out that proper foods must be eaten to build a strong body. |
YOU ARE THERE:GALILEO AND HIS UNIVERSE | M31-506 22 min 1972 | News correspondent Walter Cronkite serves as anchorman while other top correspondents conduct interviews during a reenactment of this significant event in history. |
YOU ARE THERE:PAUL REVERE'S RIDE | M31-506 22 min 1971 | News correspondent Walter Cronkite serves as anchorman while other top correspondents conduct interviews during a reenactment of this significant event in history. |
YOU ARE THERE:THE SIEGE OF THE ALAMO | M31-507 21 min 1971 | News correspondent Walter Cronkite serves as anchorman while other top correspondents conduct interviews during a reenactment of this significant event in history. |
YOU: A DENTAL DROPOUT | M31-504 | N/A |
YOUR BICYCLE AND YOU | M31-508 | N/A |
YOUR FRIEND THE FOREST | M31-1033 and M31-1034 | N/A |
YOUR JOB: YOU AND YOUR BOSS | M31-509 | N/A |
YOURS IS THE LAND | M31-510 | N/A |
ZOO,THE(2ND ED) | M31-511 11 min 1979 | Children visiting a zoo learn about the special talents of the people who maintain the operation and their efforts to protect vanishing species by creating naturalistic surroundings. |
WATER,WATER EVERYWHERE | S27-990 10 min 1974 | Depicts the beauty and balance of nature's water ovcle by showing how water travels from the sea,to the sky, to the land and back to the sea. |
WATER:A PRECIOUS RESOURCE | L13-151 23 min 1980 | Shows where water comes from, demonstrates how it is endlessly recycled and examines some of the many ways it is used and abused. |
WE EXPLORE OCEAN LIFE | S28-992 11 min 1962 | Explores the coral reef and the ocean floor showing sea anemones,squids and jellyfish.Explains their dependence upon one another,how they get their food and how they protect themselves. |
WE EXPLORE THE DESERT | S28-993 11 min 1967 | Steve and Cathy observe desert plants and how they are adapted to the desert conditions.In the desert museum,they learn about nocturnal animals. |
WE MAKE BUTTER | S28-994 and 995 11 min 1949 | Two children visit a farm and help to make butter. |
WE,THE PEOPLE:STORY OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | M29-483 and 484 16min 1967 | Examines our federal qovernment and explains how it has worked for alrost two hundred years to serve the people. |
WEATHER | S28-996 14 min 1987 | Basic experiments and animated graphics illustrate the concepts of convection, energy,the causes of wind,thunder and lightning and the condensation of water into rain,fog,snow or sleet. |
WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A MEXICAN STUDENT,A | M29-485 and 486 23 min 1986 | Presents an overview of a week in the life of a fourteen-year-old high school student; his job before school,his classes,and his picnics and parties after school. |
WEST AFRICA:A TALE OF TWO CITIZENS | L13-152 218 min 1991 | Proqram shows two young entrepreneurs ways of surviving in the tough environments of the city of Adijan, capital city of the Ivory Coast.It also deals with the problem of the urban population explosion in West Africa. |
WESTWARD WAGONS | L13-153 25 min 1973 | A story of the hardships of a family traveling west and the different places and things they encountered on the way. |
WHAT "LIBERTY AND JUSTICE” MEANS | M29-488 17 min 1979 | Film shows children discovering what "liberty and justice for all" means.They find that each person's liberty is safest when there is justice for all. |
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO OUR WORLD? | L13-154 | description N/A |
WHAT DO FATHERS DO? | S28-997 and 998 11 min 1958 | Shows how a boy learns about the specialized work that many men do when he watches his father on a construction job.Points out how the father's income is used for the family expenses. |
WHAT DOES OUR FLAG MEAN? | S28-999 11 min 1967 | The story of a family ofnaturalized American citizens is used to explain the meaning of the flag,its changes through the years,and the proper way of displaying it. |
WHAT IS A REPTILE? | M29-487 18 min 1961 | Describes four orders of reptiles and discusses physical characteristics, reproductive processes and evolutionary development. Discusses reasons for reptile's successful evolution and survival. |
WHAT MAKES DAY AND NIGHT? | S28-1000 8 min 1947 | Shows why we have alternation of day and night as well as the reason why the sun can shine only on one-half of the earth at a time. |
WHAT SHOULD I DO?-THE FIGHT | S28-1001 8 min, 1969 | Shows children how to deal with others who want to start fights. |
WHAT TIME IS IT? | S28-1002 11 min 1972 | Jses animated clocks to help students earn about the 24 hour day.Quarter and nalf hours and counting minutes by fives. |
WHERE DOES TIME FLY? | M30-489 17 min 1989 | Uses live action and animation to explore the power and fun of words and literature. |
WHERE SHOULD A SQUIRREL LIVE? | S28-1003 11min 1971 | Presents the story of a squirrel's experiences in two contrasting environments-it is raised in a human's home and then released to find a home in the natural world. |
WHITE SEAL,THE | L13-147 and 148 26 min 1976 | Story about a white seal named Kotick who learns how to get along in his arctic environment during his herd's migration. |
WHO KILLED LAKE ERIE? Pt. 1 and 2 | L13-149 and 150 | N/A |
WHO'S WHO IN THE ZOO? | S28-1004 11 min 1974 | Provides students with an awareness of some of the various career fields represented in a zoo. |
WHY DO ANIMALS LOOK LIKE THEY DO? | S29-1005 11 min 1978 | Explains that the wide variations in the way animals look is dependent upon the environmental surroundings of the different types of species. |
WHY DO CATS HAVE WHISKERS? | S29-1006 11 min 1986 | Uses the inquisitive nature of a small kitten to introduce to children the purpose of the senses in animals and how these senses,with the assistance of whiskers,can help both predator and prey. |
WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MOUNTAINS? | L11-146 20 min 1964 | Discusses the nature ot mountains and the geological concepts dealing with weathering and erosion and with the formation of the earth's crust. |
WHY WE HAVE LAWS:SHIVER,GOBBLE, AND SNORE | S29-1007 and 1008 11 min 1970 | Concludes that no one can live peacefully without rules,and that if people help make their own laws they will usually make fair ones. |
WHY WE TELL THE TRUTH | S29-1009 12 min 1979 | From the story by Susan Horowitz,this film shows the chaos that is caused when the master of lies disrupts the land of straight talk.Animated. |
WILD ANIMALS CATCH FISH | S29-1011 9 min 1975 | Presents the purple gallinule,the brown pelican,the sea otter,the alligator,the anhinga and the osprey in their natural surroundings and shows their techniques for catching fish. |
WILD SWANS,THE | S29-1012 9 min 1977 | Story of young girl's courage and devotion to save herself and her eleven brothers who are turned into swans. |
WINDOWS WIDE | S29-1013 | N/A |
WINNIE THE POOH AND THE HONEY TREE | L13-170 26 min 1981 | Follows Winnie The Pooh through a series of funny misadventures brought about by his fondness for sticky treats. |
WINNIE THE POOH AND THE HONEY TREE | M30-490 26 min 1981 | Follows Winnie The Pooh through a series of funny misadventures brought about by his fondness for sticky treats. |
WINNIE THE POOH DISCOVERS THE SEASONS | S29-1014 8 min 1981 | Explores each season of the year by following the happy-go-lucky adventures of Winnie the Pooh. |
WINSTON CHURCHILL | S29-1015 | N/A |
WINTER OF THE WITCH | L13-177 22 min 1970 | A story of a young boy and his mother who move into a country house that is haunted by a witch.Shows how they get acquainted with the not-so-wicked witch and learn her recipe for "Happiness Pancakes." |
WINTER OF THE WITCH | S29-1016 and 1017 22 min 1970 | A story of a young boy and his mother who move into a country house that is haunted by a witch.Shows how they get acquainted with the not-so-wicked witch and learn her recipe for "Happiness Pancakes." |
WIZARD OF NO,THE | M30-491 19 min 1984 | After being coerced into smoking a cigarette, a young boy learns that resisting negative peer pressure and sticking up for yourself isn't always easy,but it's worth it. |
WOMAN’S PLACE | L13-171 | N/A |
WOMEN IN POLITICS:THE UPHILL STRUGGLE | M30-492 14min 1981 | A pictorial cavalcade of the people, places and events that have given impetus and leadership to the changing role of women in politics. |
WONDER HOUSE | M30-493 | N/A |
WONDERFUL WALKING STICK...A BULGARIAN FAIRY TALE | S30-1018 10min 1980 | Tells the story of a young boy who is given a magic stick by a kind witch.With the stick the boy is able to turn anger into laughter,calm dangerous dragons and stop a war that threatens his city. |
WONDERS IN A COUNTRY STREAM | M30-494 13 min 1977 | Shows children near a quiet stream as they discover tadpoles,frogs,damsel flies,newts,water striders and a turtle. |
WOODPECKER GETS READY FOR WINTER | S30-1019 and 1020 9min 1958 | Shows the unique way the El Carpentero woodpecker storos acorns for winter. Shows the interrelationship between animals and plants of the forest. |
WOOLY,THE LAMB:BACKGROUND FOR READING AND EXPRESSION | S30-1021 11 min 1956 A | lonely lamb leaves his valley to search for a playmate,Finding none among the cows,pigs,turkeys and dog that live on the farm,he returns home to discover a playmate,a new baby lamb. |
WORDLY WISE | M30-495 4 min 1976 | Uses montage,rhyme,music,and verbal play to introduce children to the magic of words |
WORK | L13-172 | N/A |
WORK,TIME,AND POWER | M30-496 14min 1961 | Discusses work and meaning of power as the rate of doing work.Describes the progress which man has made in the development of fuels,machines and engines which permit more work to be done in less time. |
WORLD OF JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU | L13-173 52min 1966 | Records the day-by-day events in the lives of six aquanauts who pioneered an inner space expedition 328 feet below the surface of the Mediterranean for 27 days. |
WORLD OF MOLECULES | S30-1022 | N/A |
THE CATTLEMEN | M4-227 | N/A |
THE CELL | L3-39 | N/A |
THE CRIMINAL LAW SERIES | L4-46 | N/A |
THE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OF SOUND | S8-720 | description N/A |
THE FACE OF LINCOLN - | M10-290 | N/A |
THE FORT WORTH STORY | M13-309 | N/A |
THE LONG VOWEL SOUND | M18-363 | N/A |
THE SOVIET UNION - THE LAND | M28 - 467 (2) | N/A |
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING - PT 1and2 | L11-144 and 145 | description N/A |
THERMOMETERS AND HOW THEY WORK | S26-964 10 min 1963 | Demonstrates thermometers made with liquids,those made with gases and those made with solids. |
THIS IS POLAND | M28-469 | N/A |
THOMAS EDISON | L10-24 min 1974 | Explores the home and personal treasures of this qreat qonius of technology,whose inventions, creations and scientific experiments led to the unparalleled advancement of society. |
TIERRA MEXICANA | M28-470 | N/A |
TILLIE,THE UNHAPPY HIPPOPOTAMU | S S26-965, 966, and 967 12 min 1979 | Tale of a hippopotamus who lives a happy life until she overhears a man describe hippos as"ugly,thick skinned grunters." Shows her search to try and become beautiful and the lesson she finally learns. |
TIN CAN CRAFT | M28-471 | N/A |
TINNING TUNA | S26-968 | N/A |
TITAN II | L10-32 | N/A |
TO LIVE AND LEARN | L10-133 | N/A |
TOMORROW'S QUAKE | M28-474 16min 1977 | Explores the feasibility of earthquake prediction.Uses live action and animation to explain continental drift,dilatancy, plate tectonics,earthquake waves and seismic velocity changes. |
TOOTHBRUSHES | S26-969 6 min 1970 | A tour of a toothbrush factory where one of the machines turns out enough toothbrushes in one hour to last a family of four 68 years. |
TORNADO | M28-468 (2) 14min 1973 | Shows the breath-taking odyssey of a tornado as it destroys a small town and threatens the lives of three people caught in the open. |
TORTOISE | S25-970 5min 1983 | A humorous but accurate portrayal of the basic needs and daily routines of this animal. |
TOY MAKER | L10-135 | N/A |
TROUBLED CITIES | L10-136 | N/A |
TROUBLED LADN: THE CONGO | S26-971 | N/A |
TRUCK SONG | M28-475 17 min 1988 | Uses a lively country-western tune to celebrate and define the specialness of trucks and their drivers.Based on the book by Diane Siebert. |
TRUE STORY OF AN ELECTION | L10-138 | N/A |
TURKEY: STRATEGIC LAND AND ITS PEOPLE | S26-972 | N/A |
U.S. IS RESOURCES | M28-477 | N/A |
UNARCHIVED PARTS (Pt.2) | M28-476 | N/A |
UNDERSTANDING OUR EARTH:SOIL | S26-973 12 min 1953 | Describes the four layers of the earth's crust.Explains the importance of topsoil to the maintenance of plant life. |
UNICORN IN THE GARDEN,A | S26-974 7min 1969 | An animated version of James Thurber's "Fable For Our Time."Reminds us that other people do not necessarily see things as we do. |
UNION IN EUROPE: THE COMMON MARKET | S26-975 | N/A |
URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS | S26-976 and S27-977 and 978 | N/A |
USING AND CARING FOR MATERIALS IN ART CLASS | S27-979 11min 1973 | Shows children how to care properly for a variety of art materials,and to use the proper methods. |
USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD | S27-980 11 min 1952 | Presents the use of scientific methods in solving everyday problems.Begins with the definition of the problem and shows the steps in the procedure,thru collection of information,and formation of a hypothesis. |
VAMOS AL PERU LIMA | S27-981 | N/A |
VERBS AND ADVERBS | S27-982 9min 1976 | Comic situations are used to point out verbs and illustrate ways in which adding adverbs make the verbs more expressive and fun to use. |
VERY SPECIAL DAY,A | M29-478 19min 1966 | Tells the story of a young boy who, although ridiculed by his friends,feels obligated to help a girl who is lost. Designed to encourage discussion concerning responsibility and the value of friendship. |
VIKINGS,THE-LIFE AND CONQUESTS | M29-479 17 min 1960 | Surveys the period of history known as the Viking age.Shows the cultural exchange between the Northmen and the Christians of Europe. |
VIOLENT EARTH,THE(2) | M29-480 52 min 1973 | Before man the surface developed on this violent earth,and is still going on now. Tells of two expeditions into volcanoes, one at Mount Etna,Sicily and one in Africa. |
VIOLIN | L10-137 | N/A |
VISIT TO A CONTAINER PORT,A | S27-983 12 min 1983 | Two children learn about the workings of a sea port terminal and the methods of freighting goods around the world. |
VISIT TO A DAIRY FARM,A | S27-984 and 985 12 min 1983 | A young girl is introduced to a family run dairy farm.She sees how a dairy farm operates,learns how dairy products are produced and attends a district agricultural show. |
VOLCANOES IN ACTION | S27-986 | N/A |
VOWELS AND THEIR SOUNDS | S27-987 11 min 1984 | Designed to develop children's auditory discrimination and to help them discover the short and long vowel sounds. |
WASHING,FEEL GOOD MOVIE,THE | S27-988 6 min 1974 | Through pictures,voices and songs viewer is shown how much fun getting dirty as well as getting clean can be.Designed to impress the fact there are particular health reasons for personal cleanliness. |
WASHINGTON D.C.-HEART OF A NATION | M29-481 21 min 1990 | Chronicles the planning and design of the city,introduces the people that stood at the center of events,and links the past and present through an examination of some of its more famous buildings. |
WATER AND WHAT IT DOES | M29-482 11min 1982 | Shows that wator is composed of tny. constantly moving particlos,and oxta in throo statos--solid,liquid and ges. Demonstratos dissolving evaporation, condensation,freezing and expansion. |
WATER POWER | - S27-989 | N/A |
SCIENCE FOR BEGINNERS | S23-934 11 min 1964 | Mike finds mold on a piece of bread and discovers conditions needed for mold to grow by conducting experiments and observing the phenomena. |
SCIENTIFIC METHOD | S23-935 | N/A |
SEAL ISLAND | L12-167 27 min 1949 | Scenes of the life of the seal colony which each year during May and June inhabits the rocky shores of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. |
SEAT BELTS ARE FOR KIDS TOO | S23-936 10 min 1987 | Safety Frog'shows some of his puppet friends that their unsafe riding habits are endangering their lives without even knowing it.Teaches children to make buckling up their 'number one habit'. |
SELFISH GIANT,THE | L12-168 27 min 1972 | An animated version of Oscar Wilde's story about a giant who learns an important lesson in loving and sharing after he builds a wall around his garden to keep children from playing there. |
SEVEN RAVENS,THE | L12-165 and 166 21 min 1971 | Tells story of a peasant family,whose seven sons are turned into ravens after a spell had been cast on them by a wicked old woman.Sister sets out to free her brothers from this spell. |
SEVENTH MASTER OF THE HOUSE, | M26-447 12 min 1968 | The story of a traveler seoking food and lodqing.Shows the necessity of assuming responsibility. |
SHAKESPEARE-SELECTION FOR CHILDREN | S23-937 6 min 1965 | Maurice Evans reads the 'All The World’s A Stage'passage from the Shakespearean comedy 'As You Like It' and two songs from 'Love's Labour Lost'. |
SHELTER | S23-938 11 min 1989 | Uses animation and live action to explain the form and function of shelter,to show how homes are constructed and to illustrate the importance of shelter to safety,solitude,family and happiness. |
SHOES | S23-939 | N/A |
SHRIMP PLEASE | M26-448 | N/A |
SIMPLE MACHINES:INCLINED PLANES | S24-94 12 min 1984 | Animated prehistoric characters highlight the distinction between stationary and moving inclined planes and shows how the slope of an inclined plane affects the amount of force and its direction. |
SLEEPY HEADS(REVISED) | S24-941 and 942 10min 1964 | Emphasizes the importance of sleep in relation to good health.Encourages children to develop wholesome sleeping habits.Shows some of the different and intereSsNtiOngWsWleeHpITinEg:AhaLbEiStsSoOfNanINimals. |
SMALL ANIMALS OF THE PLAINS | M26-449 15 min 1963 | Shows such animals as the prairie dog and pocket gopher in their daily struggle against attacks from predators. |
SMOKING AND HEALTH:A REPORT TO YOUTH | M27-450 and 464 13 min 1970 | Shows how the trachea,bronchi,and lungs function,and how they are affected by smoking. Presents evidence against smoking. |
SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION | M27-451 and 465 15 min 1963 | Tells the story of the American Revolution through the experience of an ordinary soldier.Depicts the oppressions leading to the uprising of the colonies, and the hardship at Valley Forge. |
SOME LIKE IT COLD-READING AND WORD PLAY | S24-946 11 min 1976 | Action and songs show multiple use of words from Dolch liat:eat,drink,hot, cold,good,best,open. |
SOOPER GOOP(SHORT VERSION) | M27-452 10 min 1988 | Features a fast-paced animated story in which two irreverent characters concoct a TV commercial.Reveals the selling techniques and commercialism behind the product. |
SOUND:A FIRST FILM | S24-945 10 min 1985 | Demonstrates that all sounds,whether pleasant or unpleasant,are created by vibrations. Also covers the various conductors of sound and the function of the ear. |
SOUTHEASTERN STATES | S24-947 | N/A |
SOUTHWESTERN BRAZIL - | M27-453 and 466 | N/A |
SOUTHWESTERN STATES | S24-948 | N/A |
SOVIET UNION - LAND AND ITS PEOPLE | M27-454 | N/A |
SPACE RESEARCH DISCARD | S24-949 | N/A |
SPANISH TEXAS | S25-950 | N/A |
SPOTTY-STORY OF A FAWN | S25-951 11 min 1950 | Presents the adventures of a wild fawn filmed against the authentic background of the north woods. |
SQUIRRELS ARE UP,SQUIRRELS ARE DOWN | S25-952 10 min 1972 | Designed to show the student how language works,and that reading can be fun as well as useful. |
STAR SEEKERS,THE | S25-953 10 min 1966 | Uses animation to show different theories of the universe from Greek to modern times. Theories include Babylonian, Copernican,Pythagorean,Kantian and current interpretations. |
STAR SPANGLED BANNER,THE | S25-954 11min 1971 | Instructs young students in the words, music and importance of our national anthem.Provides a better understanding of the'Star Spangled Banner'. |
STARS THROUGH THE SEASONS | M27-455 14 min 1970 | Shows seasonal changes in stars and how they relate to various locations.Explains the solar and sidereal day. |
STEPHEN CRANE'S THREE MIRACULOUS SOLDIERS | M27-456 21 min 1976 | Presents Crane's Civil War story in which the viewer sees the irony of war through the eyes of a young girl. |
STOP,LOOK AND THINK | S25-955 12min 1978 | Uses live action and animation to show children how to cross streets safely. Driving demonstrations show reaction time, braking distance,and stopping distance for children when walking and running. |
STORY OF TEXAS:POST CIVIL WAR TO MODERN TEXAS | M27-457 23 min 1985 | Features the progress and development of Texas after the Civil War to the twentieth century.Covers the Capitol. branches of government,and major cities and their locations. |
STORY OF TEXAS:SPANISH,FRENCH AND MISSION ERA | M27-458 19 min 1985 | Discusses the expeditions and contributions of the major Spanish and French explorers that claimed the lands of Texas.Covers also the beginning of the Spanish mission building period. |
STRESS.....LEARNING TO HANDLE IT | M27-459 23 min 1984 | Explains the causes of stress and how our bodies react to it.Looks at a group of teenagers as they learn to recognize and handle stress in their lives. |
STUDY MAKES THE GRADE | M27-460 15 min 1984 | Fat Albert gives one of the Cosby kids some good tips on how to study and helps him keep his integrity by refusing to cheat.Animated. |
SUBTRACTION | S25-956 14 min 1973 | Explains that subtraction does not have commutative or associative property. Defines place value,expanded numbers, regrouping,and the role of zero in subtraction. |
SUDAMERICA | M27-461 | N/A |
TADPOLE TALES | M27-462 14min 1967 | The story of a young boy and his attempts to bring a tadpole into his environment.Features photography of the various stages in the maturation of the frog. |
TAKE A CAN OF SALMON | M27-463 14min 1960 | Tells how a can of salmon can be made into many different meals.Visits six typical American.cities and demonstrates the preparation of a favorite recipe of each city. |
TELEZONIA | L10-143 27 min 1974 | A fantasy character named Telly demonstrates the basics of telephoning to a group of young children. |
TEMBO,THE BABY ELEPHANT | S25-959 10 min 1957 | Tells about the habits of an elephant family in Africa.Shows other animals that live close to the elephants. |
TENNIS BALLS | S25-960 4min 1970 | Follows the construction of a tennis ball. From its crude rubber beginnings to its outer fuzzy cover. |
TERMITES:ARCHITECTS OF THE UNDERGROUND | S25-961 9 min 1973 | Observes the physical characteristics and special functions of each of the three classes of termites in their social structure and subterranean life-flow. |
TEXAS HISTORY:CIVIL WAR PERIOD TO MODERN TEXAS | S25-962 and S30-963 20 min 1973 | Through the use of paintings,diagrams and museum articles,the history of Texas is shown from the Civil War period to modern times. |
TEXAS: THE BEGINNINGS (PT. 2) | L10-142 | N/A |
TEXAS:MORE THAN A STATE OF MIND | L10-139 and 140 26 min 1974 | Pictorial survey of the land called Texas. Narrator uses the ten Texas tourist trails to describe both the heritage and natural resources of the state as well as the people in each of the regions. |
TEXAS:SPURS TO SPINDLETOP(2) | L10-141 52 min 1976 | Traces the rise of the cattle' industry and cites the senseless slaughter of the buffalo and the eventual demise of the Indian.Shows the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and finally spectacular Spindletop. |
THAT’S OUR BABY | M28-468 | N/A |
The Ascent of Man Generation upon Generation | L2-23 | examines the complex code of human inheritance from the experiments of Gregor Mendel to the discoveries of today.Beginning with the discoveries of the monk Gregor Mendel,Jacob Bronowski traces the science of genetics and the develoApFmTeEnRt ToHf tEheOdUoCuHble-helix model |
POLAND FOREVER | M24-422 | N/A |
POLICE OFFICER | M25-423 16 min 1981 | Shows the services performed by the police in a communlty and erphasizes thal the principal responsibility of a police department is to enforce the law. |
PONY | S22-914 5min 1983 | A humorous but accurate portrayal of the basic needs and daily routines of this animal. |
POSTAL SERVICE | M25-425 16 min 1977 | Follows letter through postal system,showing many jobs workers and machinery perform. |
POWERFUL COLUMBIA | S22-915 | N/A |
PRESIDENT, THE | M25-426 17 min 1955 | Examines the growth in scope and responsibilities of the office of the president. Dramatizes the major historical events during which presidential power was increased.Includes White House scenes. |
PRESIDENTIAL CABINET | S22-916 | N/A |
PRIMATIVE AMERICA | S22-917 | N/A |
PRODIGAL FATHERS | S22-918 | N/A |
PROFILES IN COURAGE: MARY S. MCDOWELL (Pt. 1) | L12-157 | N/A |
PROTIST KINGDOM,THE | M25-428 | Discusses protists,one-celled animals or plants,which scientists have divided into six major groups-sarcodina,ciliates flagellates,slime mold,sporozoa and bacteria. |
PROTISTA:PROTOZOA AND ALGAE | M25-429 14 min 1981 | Uses high magnification photography to show both the higher-order and lower- order of these single celled organisms. |
PUPFISH OF THE DESERT | M25-430 10mn 1975 | Explains how desert pupfish adapted to environmental changes over a thousand years. |
PUPPY'S AMAZING RESCUE,THE | M25-431 23 min 1980 | An avalanche begins a new series of adventures for puppies Petey and Dolly as they set out to rescue their friends from a perilous mountain ledge. |
PUPPY'S GREAT ADVENTURE,THE | L12-158 24 min 1979 | Traces the adventures of Petey the puppy as he leaves the orphanage to search for his friend,Tommy. |
PURITAN FAMILY OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND | S22-919 11min 1955 | Depicts the daily activities of a family in a small New England coast village. |
PUT THE KETTLE ON-READING AND WORD PLAY | S22-920 11min 1976 | Action and songs show multiple use of words from Dolch list:get,find,put,on, off,help. |
PUT THEM TOGETHER | S22-921 11 min 1972 | Basic reading course dealing with the phrases. |
QUARRELING BOOK,THE | M25-432 17 min 1989 | A film version of Charlotte Zolotow’s book in which an unsettling but humorous chain of events propels a good-natured family into confrontation with each other and their friends. |
RABBIT WHO WANTED RED WINGS, | M25-433 15min 1971 | Story of a little rabbit who was always wishing he looked like the other animals in the forest.When one of his wishos came true,however,he then realized how much better off he was just being himself. |
RAIN,RAIN GO AWAY | S23-922 11min 1976 | Action and songs show multiple use of words from Dolch list:work,play,hands, feet,big,little. |
RAINSHOWER(REV) | M25-434 15 min 1985 | Presents the sights and sounds and the beauty and rhythm of rain as it falls on plants and animals.Without narration. |
RANSOM OF RED CHIEF,THE | L12-155 27 min 1978 | Based on O.Henry's short story about the Ransom kidnapping of a banker's son, the havoc he creates for his captors and the rwist of events when his father demands payment before taking his son back. |
READING IS.......... | L12-164 25 min 1983 | Shows the excitement and pleasure a young girl discovers when she starts reading books. |
READING MAGIC WITH FIGMENT AND PETER PAN | M25-435 16 min 1989 | Incorporates live action and animation to show how books can open up new worlds for readers. |
REPTILES:A FIRST FILM | M25-436 12 min 1983 | Describes the characteristics of five types of reptiles and shows us the important part they play in the animal world. |
RESTLESS EARTH: PLATE TECHTONICS | L12-159 | N/A |
REWARDS | M26-441 | N/A |
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