FILM NUMBER: 10691
ANNOTATION: THE "NEW" RUSSIA IS EXAMINED THROUGH THE EYES OF A MOSCOW TEENAGER. THE MANY CHANGES OF RUSSIA AS AN INDEPEDNENT NATION, AS WELL AS THE BASIC HIS- TORY AND GEOGRAPHY AND THE LIFESTYLE OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE IS PRESENTED.
SUBJECT(S): SOVIET UNION
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 19
FILM NUMBER: 09361
ANNOTATION: THIS IS THE STORY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION FROM ITS OUTBREAK IN FEBRUARY OF 1917 TO NOVEMBER OF 1920, WHEN THE LAST OF THE COUNTERREVOLUTION- ARY FORCES WERE DEFEATED. EVENTS FROM 1914 TO THE ACTUAL OUTBREAK OF WAR ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
SUBJECT(S): COMMUNISM, SOVIET UNION - HISTORY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09611
ANNOTATION: CONSISTS OF INTERVIEWS RECORDED IN THE USSR BY FILMMAKERS WHO STOPPED PEOPLE ON THE STREET IN 6 RUSSIAN CITIES & ASKED PERMISSION TO SPEAK WITH THEM ON CAMERA. FOOTAGE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNTRY.
SUBJECT(S): SOVIET UNION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 10683
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES HOW THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE LIVE IN THE POST-COMMUNIST SOCIETY. WE LEARN ABOUT THEIR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE AND THEIR FRUSTRATIONS WITH PRESENT. VISITS TO IVANOVO, ST. PETERSBURG AND SIBERIA ILLUSTRATE THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE IN RUSSIA.
SUBJECT(S): EUROPE, SOVIET UNION
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 09781
ANNOTATION: USES RUSSIAN & WESTERN FILM FOOTAGE TO PRESENT THE EVENTS OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION, FROM THE DE- FEAT OF THE CZARIST ARMIES & FAMINE IN RUSSIA TO THE OVERTHROW OF NICHOLAS AND THE ACCESSION TO POWER OF THE COMMUNISTS.
SUBJECT(S): COMMUNISM, SOVIET UNION - HISTORY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 52
FILM NUMBER: 10733
ANNOTATION: INTIMATE LOOK AT RUSSIAN LIFE TODAY. TERMS ARE DEFINED, HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND CULTURAL ASPECTS, CATHEDRALS, PALACES AND HISTORIC SITES, FARM AND FAMILY LIFE, EDUCATION, WORK AND FUN WITH FAMILY.
SUBJECT(S): RUSSIA, SOVIET UNION
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 09344
ANNOTATION: REALISTIC PORTRAIT OF URBAN LIFE IN THE SOVIET UNION. WORKING CONDITIONS, HOUSING, TRANSPOR- TATION, EDUCATION, CULTURE, RECREATION, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF METROPOLITAN LIVING ARE EXPLORED.
SUBJECT(S): COMMUNISM, SOVIET UNION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09343
ANNOTATION: LOOKS AT ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ASPECTS OF SOVIET SOCIETY. SHOWS LIFE ON COLLECTIVE FARMS IN BYELORUSSIA, IN THE KUBAN, AND ON THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SIBERIAN FRONTIER.
SUBJECT(S): COMMUNISM, SOVIET UNION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 01155
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF MODERN PARIS, INCLUDING THE BUSTLE OF PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC, THE CITY'S QUIET PARKS, AND THE SHOPS AND BOUTIQUES IN THE LATIN QUARTER.
SUBJECT(S): FRANCE, FRENCH LANGUAGE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 9
FILM NUMBER: 10249
ANNOTATION: SACAJAWEA COMES ALIVE AS THE VIEWER FOLLOWS HER FROM HER CHILDHOOD, INTO CAPTIVITY, OVER THE WILDERNESS INTO AMERICA, AND INTO AMERICAN HISTORY.
SUBJECT(S): AMERICA - EXPLORATION, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1783-1861
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 11832
ANNOTATION: SACAJAWEA RECOUNTS THE EVENTS PRIOR TO THE SIGHTING OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN 1805. TELLS OF THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE THE MISSOURI RIVER CROSS ING, ENCOUNTERS WITH WILD ANIMALS & THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT FALLS.
SUBJECT(S): INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA, LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, SACAGAWEA, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1783-1861
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 10792
ANNOTATION: ROLE OF POETRY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE CULTURE SUGGESTED IN VISUAL ESSAYS. INTERVIEW WITH JAMES DICKEY "PERFORMANCE" AND "LIFEGUARD".
SUBJECT(S): POETRY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10301
ANNOTATION: A POWERFUL, STORY OF A YOUNG JAPANESE GIRL WHO DEVELOPS LEUKEMIA SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, JAPAN, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09394
ANNOTATION: ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVING COMMON RULES FOR SAFETY WHILE COMING TO SCHOOL.
SUBJECT(S): SAFETY EDUCATION, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 09469
ANNOTATION: COVERS BASIC SAFETY PRINCIPLES TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN USING ELECTRIC AND GAS ENERGY IN THE HOME. DESIGNED FOR YOUNG STUDENTS. MAY BE USED WITH 3RD GRADE UNIT ON ELECTRICITY.
SUBJECT(S): ELECTRICITY, SAFETY EDUCATION
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 7
FILM NUMBER: 11664
ANNOTATION: THE STORY OF WINDWAGON SMITH WHO SET OUT FROM A KANSAS TOWN TO CROSS THE PLAINS IN A PRAIRIE SCHOONER OUTFITTED WITH MAST, SAILS AND OTHER SEAGOING EQUIPMENT, BUT WAS SWALLOWED UP IN A KANSAS TWISTER.
SUBJECT(S): FOLKLORE, FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 11939
ANNOTATION: DESERT NOMADS AND A PEOPLE OF DYNAMIC CHANGE AND ADAPTATION. THEY LIVE, WORK, HUNT AND SURVIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT. LEARN THEIR CUSTOMS AND RITUALS (SUCH AS THE RITE OF THE TEA) OF THEIR BATTLES AND LIFESTYLES.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, SAHARA
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11678
ANNOTATION: RECOUNTS THE MYTHICAL TALE OF ST. GEORGE, THE COURAGEOUS RED CROSS KNIGHT, AND HIS QUEST TO SLAY A TERRORIZING DRAGON. REINFORCES TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S VIDEO, HODGES, MARGARET
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 11571
ANNOTATION: SALEM, MASS. ERUPTED IN 1692 WITH ACCUSATIONS OF WITCHCRAFT & DEVIL WORSHIP. BEFORE THE FEAR & HYSTERIA EBBED, DOZENS OF WOMEN HAD BEEN TRIED & EXECUTED. DID WITCHES EXIST OR WAS THIS AN EX PRESSION OF THE FEARS & UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE ?
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1600-1775,
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 11101
ANNOTATION: DANCE MUSIC OF THE LATINO COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK, EASTERN CITIES IN THE USA, PUERTO RICO AND CUBA. CELIA CRUZ, TITO PUENTE, REUBENS BLADES, CH ARLIE PALMIERI, RAY BARRETTO PERFORM. LATIN WAY OF WALKING, TALKING AND DANCING.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, SOUTH AMERICA
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09861
ANNOTATION: CALDECOTT AWARD-WINNING PICTURE BOOK BY EVALINE NESS. USED AS JUNIOR NOVEL IN FIRST GRADE. SHOULD NOT BE SHOWN BELOW THIS LEVEL.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 10921
ANNOTATION: THIS PROGRAM EXPLAINS THREE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS EMPLOYED BY GEOGRAPHERS WHEN SAMPLING: AVERAGE, PERCENT AND DENSITY.
SUBJECT(S): GEOGRAPHY, MAPS, SAMPLING (STATISTICS)
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 01213
ANNOTATION: ROTE-GAMES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD PLAYING POSITION AND CONTROL OF THE BOW.
SUBJECT(S): MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: K-12
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 01214
ANNOTATION: ROTE-GAMES TO STRENGTHEN AND DEVELOP FACILITY FOR BOTH HANDS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: K-12
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 01215
ANNOTATION: ROTE-EXERCISES TO DEVELOP AN ORDERLY MIND FOR RHYTHM, SIGHT, READING AND INTONATION.
SUBJECT(S): MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: K-12
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 10500
ANNOTATION: THIS ANIMATED PRODUCTION TRACES CONTRIBUTIONS OF SAMUEL MORSE TO THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM AND MORSE CODE.
SUBJECT(S): INVENTIONS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 11134
ANNOTATION: COURTNEY LIVES IN THE MOST UNUSUAL CITY IN THE WORLD, SAN FRANCISCO. ALL THE STREETS ARE VERY HILLY AND MOST HOUSES ARE MADE OF WOOD AND ARE HIGHLY PAINTED. COURTNEY AND HER FRIEND ARE GOING FOR A WALK AROUND THE CITY.
SUBJECT(S): CITIES AND TOWNS, UNITED STATES
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 11605
ANNOTATION: NEWBERY AWARD WINNER-IN THE YEAR 1910, NEW ENGLANDER SARAH WHEATON ANSWERS AN AD FOR A MAIL ORDER BRIDE PLACED BY A KANSAS FARMER JACOB WITTIG A WIDOWER WITH TWO CHILDREN.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S VIDEO, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 98
FILM NUMBER: 09184
ANNOTATION: A YOUNG GIRL TELLS THE STORY OF HER LIFE IN 17TH CENTURY MARYLAND. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS ON THE HOME SHE LIVED IN, HER DAILY ACTIVITIES, AND THE FAMILY CROP, TOBACCO, ECONOMIC MAINSTAY OF THE AREA.
SUBJECT(S): BIOGRAPHY, COMMUNITY LIFE, MARYLAND - HISTORY, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1600-1775,
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 10357
ANNOTATION: A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT'S POSED BY THE EXTENSIVE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, AND OVER POPULATION.
SUBJECT(S): CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ECOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 10543
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS THE HAZARDS OF SMOKING AN WARNS OF CIGARETTE ADVERTISING AIMED AT YOUNG ADULTS. USES A RAP MUSIC PRESENTATION OF "CAMEL JOE"
SUBJECT(S): HEALTH, SMOKING
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 8
FILM NUMBER: 07416
ANNOTATION: YOUNG WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL DECISION REGARDING SEXUALITY, HOW THEY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES. DISCUSSES DAN- GERS OF UNWANTED PREGNANCY AND VENEREAL DISEASE.
SUBJECT(S): FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11124
ANNOTATION: TONALITY: SCALE, MAJOR, MINOR, PENTATONIC, TONIC; TONE: TIMBRE, PITCH, LOUDNESS-MAJOR & PENTATONIC SCALES BY PERFORMING, LISTENING, & COMPOSING; TONIC OF PITCH IN SONG OR MAJOR SCALE; IDENTIFY KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 29
FILM NUMBER: 11552
ANNOTATION: PRODUCTION OF VARYING DEGREES OF LOUDNESS ON HARPSICHORDS & SPINETS, ENGINEERING OF MODERN PIANO, ORIGIN OF SCALES, SYNTHESIZERS, DIGITAL SOUND & MUSIQUE CONCRETE-PARTNERSHIP OF MUSIC & SCIENCE.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SCIENCE, SYNTHESIZERS (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 10390
ANNOTATION: TWENTY SCENES BRING CHARLES DICKENS' NOVEL "GREAT EXPECTATONS" TO LIFE, WHETTING THE AUD- IENCE'S APPETITE FOR MORE.
SUBJECT(S): DICKENS, CHARLES, LANGUAGE ARTS, LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10309
ANNOTATION: A CHILD'S STRUGGLE WITH AUTISM REVEALS THE SEVERITY OF THE HANDICAP AND THE REALITIES OF MAINSTREAMING.
SUBJECT(S): EDUCATION, EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 55
FILM NUMBER: 10120
ANNOTATION: A MODERN CREE INDIAN FAMILY SHOWS HUNTING, BUILDING AND SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES IN THE NORTHERN BUSHLANDS IN CONTRAST TO THE FORMAL EDUCATION UNDERTAKEN AWAY FROM HOME.
SUBJECT(S): EDUCATION, INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 00537
ANNOTATION: FOLLOWING A LIVELY SQUIRREL, WE WATCH MRS. BRAUN'S CLASS HAVING A WONDERFUL TRIP TO THE ZOO, UNTIL JIMMY FORGETS TO STAY WITH THE GROUP. THEN EVERYONE FINDS OUT IT'S MUCH MORE FUN WHEN YOU STICK TO THE RULES.
SUBJECT(S): SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, SCHOOLS, ZOOS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 09281
ANNOTATION: 4-15 MIN. PROGRAMS WHICH TAKE STUDENTS THROUGH THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF WORKING ON A SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT. STUDENTS ARE SHOWN HOW TO PLAN, RESEARCH, AND APPLY LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEIR PROJECTS. (NOTE FORMAT)
SUBJECT(S): COMMUNITY LIFE, SCIENCE - METHODOLOGY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 00336
ANNOTATION: EXPLAINS HOW TELEPHONIC TRANSMISSION IS RELATED TO THE SOUND CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN SPEECH. DISCUSSES THE SPECTROGRAPH WHICH MAKES ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SPEECH VISIBLE AND AVAILABLE FOR EXAMI- NATION, COMPARISON, AND EXPERIMENTATION.
SUBJECT(S): COMMUNICATION, PHYSICS, PUBLIC SPEAKING
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 8
FILM NUMBER: 11205
ANNOTATION: DISCOVER CAUSES OF OUR WEATHER SYSTEM, ITS SPATIAL & TEMPORAL VARIATIONS, & EFFECTS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT-CHANGES IN GLOBAL CLIMATE, PAST & PRESENT AND FORECASTING METHODS.
SUBJECT(S): CLIMATE, WEATHER
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 11734
ANNOTATION: SCIENCE SCREEN REPORT. EXAMINES THE SUN FROM THE INSIDE OUT. EXPLAINS THE LATEST THEORIES BEHIND THE RAGING NUCLEAR REACTIONS INSIDE AND HOW SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO MEASURE THEM.
SUBJECT(S): SOLAR SYSTEM
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 10154
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES THE MAJOR THEMES AND LITERARY FORM OF SCIENCE FICTION. IT'S DEVELOPMENTING OUR CENTURY AND WHY SCIENCE FICTION HAS BEEN, AND CONTINUES TO BE, SO POPULAR IS ALSO EXPLORED.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11454
ANNOTATION: CHILDREN TALK ABOUT WHAT EXPLORERS DO & HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT DREAMING & PLANNING FOR THEIR NEXT ADVENTURE. WILL STEGER & JULIE HANSON'S EXPLORATIONS OF THE ARCTIC & THE SCHOOL COLLABORATION WITH THIS EXPLORATION ARE SHOWN.
SUBJECT(S): EXPLORATIONS, HANSON, JULIE, SCIENCE - METHODOLOGY, STEGER, WILL
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11553
ANNOTATION: 2 GROUPS OF INSTRUMENTS USE STRINGS-LYRES,LUTES, HARPS & GUITARS (PLUCKING) & THE DERIVATIVES OF VIOLS (BOWED STRINGS). LASER INTERFEROMETRY REVEALS HOW INSTRUMENTS BEHAVE.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SCIENCE, STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09772
ANNOTATION: THE LITHOSPHERE, OR OUTER SHELL, OF THE EARTH IS MADE UP OF ABOUT A DOZEN RIGID PLATES THAT ARE CREATED AT MID-OCEAN BY UPWELLING OR COOLING OF MAGMA.
SUBJECT(S): GEOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 11387
ANNOTATION: USE THIS VIDEOTAPE IN IN-SERVICE FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE GIVING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND WHO NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SCORE THESE ASSESSMENTS.
SUBJECT(S): ASESSMENT, EVALUATION (STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT), MSPAP
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 10365
ANNOTATION: EVIL SPIRITS AND STRANGE OCCURRENCES ARE ALL PART OF A YOUNG GIRL'S AVERAGE DAY. UNFORTUNATELY, HER "BOY WHO CRIED WOLF" REPUTATION GETS IN THE WAY WHEN SHE TRULY DISCOVERS SOMETHING STRANGER THAN FICTION.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 10013
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE OCEAN AND THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
SUBJECT(S): OCEANOGRAPHY
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 10529
ANNOTATION: THE FASCINATING AND AUTHENTIC STORY OF THE MAG- NIFICENT FUR-BEARING SEALS WHICH, EACH SEASON, REPEAT THEIR DRAMA OF LIFE AGAINST THE RUGGED BACKGROUND OF THE MISTY PROBILOP ISLANDS.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, ISLANDS
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 27