FILM NUMBER: 11770
ANNOTATION: A STORY ABOUT A YOUNG BOY AND HIS MOTHER WHO MOVE FROM THE CITY INTO A COUNTRY HOUSE WHICH IS HAUNTED BY A WITCH. BASED ON WENDE DEVLIN'S BOOK, OLD BLACK WITCH.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, HOLIDAYS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 09345
ANNOTATION: REENACTS WITCHCRAFT TRIALS OF THE SALEM COLONY IN 1772. EXPLORES THE POLITICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS OF THE ERA AND EXAMINES THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PURITAN WAY OF LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGIONS, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1600-1775,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 35
FILM NUMBER: 11660
ANNOTATION: REENACTS WITCHCRAFT TRIALS OF THE SALEM COLONY IN 1772. EXPLORES THE POLITICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS OF THE ERA AND EXAMINES THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PURITAN WAY OF LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1600-1775,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 34
FILM NUMBER: 10501
ANNOTATION: REVIEWS THE GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND, AND GERMANY. EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOCAL DIALECTS, AND THE STANDARD "HIGH GERMAN" SPOKEN BY MOST PEOPLE.
SUBJECT(S): GERMAN LANGUAGE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 11277
ANNOTATION: IN ANCIENT EGYPT THE WOMAN'S PLACE WAS IN THE HOME BUT HER STATUS WAS OTHERWISE HONORABLE. CEREMONIES SURROUNDING CHILDBIRTH SHOW RECREATION OF RITES SIMULATING CREATION OF THE WORLD WHICH WERE PERFORMED EACH MORNING AT EGYPTIAN TEMPLES.
SUBJECT(S): EGYPT, EGYPT - ANTIQUITIES, WOMEN - HISTORY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 10367
ANNOTATION: THIS PROGRAM DOCUMENTS THE TRADITIONAL EXPECTA- TIONS OF AFRICAN WOMEN AND THEIR SLOWLY EVOLVING OPPORTUNITIES IN BUSINESS AND EDUCATION.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, WOMEN
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 07344
ANNOTATION: SHOWS BEGINNING LEVEL CLASS III COMPULSORY JR. OLYMPIC ROUTINES: FLOOR EXERCISE, SQUAT FLIGHT VAULT, BALANCE BEAM, AND UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS.
SUBJECT(S): GYMNASTICS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 09900
ANNOTATION: WONDER CAT DISCOVERS THAT CLOUDS AND FOGS ARE THE SAME. HE LEARNS HOW WATER EVAPORATES, THEN CONDENSES TO FORM CLOUDS, AND HOW CLOUDS PRODUCE RAIN OR SNOW.
SUBJECT(S): ATMOSPHERE, RAIN AND RAINFALL, WATER, WEATHER
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 8
FILM NUMBER: 05058
ANNOTATION: EXPLAINS HOW GRAVITY, WATER, LAND AND AIR, AND THE SUN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE OUR WEATHER.
SUBJECT(S): WEATHER
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 09950
ANNOTATION: USING CHILDREN PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK, FILM EX- PLAINS THE MANY SOURCES OF LIGHT, HOW A SHADOW TAKES SHAPE, WHY LIGHT IS NEEDED TO SEE, AND HOW LIGHT IS REFLECTED.
SUBJECT(S): LIGHT
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 9
FILM NUMBER: 09951
ANNOTATION: MEMBERS OF A ROCK BAND EXPLAIN IN SONG JUST WHAT SOUND IS AND HOW WE HEAR IT. FILM EXPLORES VIBBRA- TION AND SOUND WAVES, VISITS A SCHOOL AND A FARM TO SHOW THE WORLD OF SOUNDS AROUND US.
SUBJECT(S): SOUND
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 07414
ANNOTATION: HIGH INTEREST EXPLORATION OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION WITH EXCELLENT SOUND TRACK AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
SUBJECT(S): ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 31
FILM NUMBER: 09895
ANNOTATION: PORTRAYS THE LIFE OF A CHIPPEWA FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA BEFORE THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN. SHOWS HOME, FOODS, AND ACTIVITIES IN PREPARATION FOR WINTER.
SUBJECT(S): INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11165
ANNOTATION: AMERICA'S WOODLANDS ARE A SANCTUARY FOR A MAJORITY OF OUR WILDLIFE SPECIES. THE FORESTS PROVIDE AN ESCAPE TO MANY URBAN DWELLERS BUT ARE GREATLY CHANGED FROM THE DAYS OF EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT.
SUBJECT(S): FOREST ANIMALS, WILDLIFE
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10894
ANNOTATION: ANIMATED CAVEMAN DEMONSTRATES THAT THINGS WHICH CHANGE ENERGY FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER ARE CALLED APPLIANCES. EXPLAINS FFICIENCY OF APPLIANCES. USES HUMAN BODY AND LIGHT BULBS FOR DEMONSTRATIONS
SUBJECT(S): ENERGY RESOURCES, FORCE AND ENERGY, MACHINERY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 10895
ANNOTATION: ANIMATED CAVEMAN DEMONSTRATES THAT FORCE IS SOMETHING THAT PUSHES OR PULLS ON SOMETHING ELSE AND THAT WORK IS A FORCE MOVING AN OBJECT OVER A DISTANCE.. GRAVITY AND FRICTION ARE EXPLAINED.
SUBJECT(S): ENERGY RESOURCES, FORCE AND ENERGY, MACHINERY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11172
ANNOTATION: BEING ON TIME, DRESSING APPROPRIATELY, HAVING A GOOD ATTIUTUDE, FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS, BEING DE- PENDABLE, TAKING THE JOB SERIOUSLY, KEEPING BUSY, GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS, LEARNING TO TAKE CRITI- CISM & MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL DEMEANOR.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS, BUSINESS EDUCATION, JOBS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 10022
ANNOTATION: CONTENT COVERS THE TREATY OF PARIS NEGOTIATIONS IN DETAIL THROUGH A PROFILE OF FRANKLIN ADAMS. TREATY NEGOTIATION, DIPLOMACY, AND STATEMANSHIP ARE WELL ILLUSTRATED.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - FOREIGN RELATIONS, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1775-1783,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09970
ANNOTATION: DESCRIBES THE OPERATION OF THE HEART, THE CONSTANTLY PUMPING POWER SOURCE OF OUR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. ANIMATED FOOTAGE DETAILS THE PARTS OF THE HEART AND ITS RELATION TO THE LUNGS, ARTERIES, AND VEINS.
SUBJECT(S): PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 21
FILM NUMBER: 09782
ANNOTATION: STUDIES THE FUNCTIONS & RELATIONSHIP OF THE MAJOR PARTS OF THE KIDNEYS, & DESCRIBES PHYSIO- LOGICAL MECHANISMS BY WHICH KIDNEYS CONTROL VOLUME AND COMPOSITION OF BODY FLUIDS.
SUBJECT(S): PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 09359
ANNOTATION: DRAMATIZES A HECTIC DAY IN A TYPING POOL TO SHOW THAT COOPERATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN OFFICE WORK.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS EDUCATION, OCCUPATIONS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 10767
ANNOTATION: SETS STAGE FOR HOW SKILLS, ESPECIALLY LISTENING, SOCIABILITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING, APPLY IN THE WORKPLACE. STARTS AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD OF BUSINESS THEN SHOWS HOW TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE, AND HOW GREATER SKILLS CAN LEAD TO ADVANCEMENT.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS EDUCATION, DECISION MAKING, WORK ETHIC
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 38
FILM NUMBER: 11803
ANNOTATION: FRANCE'S SUPPORT OF THE COLONISTS CAUSED SPAIN TO DECLARE WAR ON BRITAIN JOHN SULLIVAN AND GEORGE ROGERS CLARK JOINED WASHINGTON IN THE WAR AGAINST INDIANS AND BRITAIN.
SUBJECT(S): REVOLUTION, AMERICAN, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1775-1783,, VALLEY FORGE
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 50
FILM NUMBER: 09385
ANNOTATION: PORTRAYS THE DELICATE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF THE UNDERWATER WORLD.
SUBJECT(S): ECOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 10321
ANNOTATION: WORLD DRUMS IS COLLABORATION OF 250 OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PERCUSSIONISTS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY COMPOSER JOHN WYRE. PERFORMERS RANGE FROM MILITARY DRUM CORPS, AND AFRICAN TRIBAL DRUMMERS TO ROCK DRUMMER STEVE GADEL.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 57
FILM NUMBER: 00984
ANNOTATION: PHYSICAL RESOURCES MAY BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE WORLD JUST AS WE WITHDRAW MONEY FROM A BANK. SOME MATERIALS CAN BE REPLACED BUT OTHERS - OIL, GAS, COAL - CANNOT.
SUBJECT(S): CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, POLLUTION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 10925
ANNOTATION: DOCU-DRAMA ON ANNE FRANK AND THE HOLOCAUST. DRAMATIC RECREATIONS FROM ANNE'S DIARY, INTERS- PERSED WITH RARE FILM FOOTAGE, PHOTOGRAPHS AND INTERVIEWS WITH ANNE'S FATHER AND THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO HIDE THE FRANK FAMILY.
SUBJECT(S): FRANK, ANNE, GERMANY - HISTORY, HOLOCAUST, JEWISH (1933-1945)
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 10857
ANNOTATION: A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY TV SPECIAL WHICH EXAMINES A VARIETY OF CREATURES, INCLUDING BATS, OWLS AND A BLIND LIZARD, THAT LIVES AND HUNT IN DARKNESS.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 10527
ANNOTATION: DIVERSITY AND ADAPTATIONS OF INSECTS ARE EXPLORED, ALONG WITH THE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS INSECTS SHARE AND THEIR USEFULNESS OR NUISANCE VALUE TO MAN.
SUBJECT(S): INSECTS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 11271
ANNOTATION: FIRST IN SERIES INTRODUCES SIMPLE MUSICAL SOUNDS, SHOWING MUSIC IS ALL AROUND US. PLAYS A GAME TO TEST VIEWERS' ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND IDENTIFY DIFFERENT SOUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 07377
ANNOTATION: DIFFERENT TYPES OF NATURAL COMMUNITIES- FOREST, DESERT, OCEAN, AND GRASSLANDS- ARE EXPLORED TO ILLUSTRATE HOW ALL LIVING THINGS DEPEND ON ONE ANOTHER FOR FOOD AND SHELTER.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, DESERTS, ECOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, PLANTS
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 09327
ANNOTATION: DIFFERENT TYPES OF NATURAL COMMUNITIES- FOREST, DESERT, OCEAN, AND GRASSLANDS- ARE EXPLORED TO ILLUSTRATE HOW ALL LIVING THINGS DEPEND ON ONE ANOTHER FOR FOOD AND SHELTER.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, DESERTS, ECOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, PLANTS
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 10667
ANNOTATION: ALTHOUGH APPEARING IN A VARIETY OF FORMS, ALL PROTOZA CONDUCT LIFE PROCESSES IN A SINGLE CELL. AMOEBAS AND PARAMECIA ARE USED TO DISCUSS THEIR PHYSICAL FEATURES, MOVEMENT, AND REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES.
SUBJECT(S): BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 07177
ANNOTATION: AUTHENTIC COSTUMES AND SETS ENHANCE THE ATMOSPHERE OF A PLAY IN WHICH SPIRITS WALK THE EARTH AND A POWER-HUNGRY PRINCE AND HIS RUTHLESS WIFE CONSPIRE TO SEIZE THE SCOTTISH THRONE.
SUBJECT(S): DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 36
FILM NUMBER: 10574
ANNOTATION: THIS FILM ILLUSTRATES THE PERSECUTION AND HARD- SHIPS OF AMERICAN LOYALISTS AS THEY FLED TO A NEW LIFE IN CANADA. AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
SUBJECT(S): CANADA, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1775-1783,
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 09996
ANNOTATION: DESCRIBES, THROUGH DOCUMENTARY SCENES THE EVENTS WHCIH LED THE U.S. INTO WAR, THE COURSE OF THE WAR, AND WILSON'S ROLE AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,, WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 07452
ANNOTATION: ACTUAL FILM FOOTAGE AND DRAMATIC NARRATIVE TRACE THE EVENTS BETWEEN SARAJEVO AND THE ACTUAL WAR, EMPHASIZING THE ROLE THE PERSONALITIES OF THE LEADERS PLAYED IN LEADING THE WORLD TO WAR.
SUBJECT(S): WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 11308
ANNOTATION: ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE EXPLORES THE POLITICAL & SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPE. SIGNIFICANCE OF MILITARY, P ROMINENCE OF ROYALTY, PERSUASIVENESS OF NATIONALIS M. ORIGINS OF WAR IN BALKANS, KAISER WILHELM, CZA R NICHOLAS, EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH & KING GEORGE
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,, WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 09450
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THE STAGES THROUGH WHICH AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION PASSED AS THE EVENTS IN EUROPE TOOK PLACE. FOLLOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD CONFLICT, FROM JAPAN'S INVASION OF MANCHURIA TO THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,, WORLD WAR, 1939-1945
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 10952
ANNOTATION: STORY OF 95 YEAR OLD AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN'S LONG JOURNEY TO BUY MEDICINE IN MISSISSIPPI IN 1940 FOR HER AILING GRANDSON. INTERVIEW WITH EUDORA WELTY-AUTHOR.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS, LITERATURE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10499
ANNOTATION: THIS ANIMATED PROGRAM ALLOWS VIEWERS TO SEE HOW THE WRIGHT BROTHERS DEVELOPED THEIR CONCEPTS OF AERODYNAMICS. THE BROTHERS' FIRST FLIGHT IS RE-ENACTED.
SUBJECT(S): INVENTIONS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 11421
ANNOTATION: RUSSELL FREEDMAN'S BOOK RECOUNTING THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS CHILDHOOD, PRINTING PRESS, CYCLE COMPANY-BICYCLE BUILDING & REPAIR SHOP. ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE, PHOTOGRAPHS AND LETTERS PROVIDE GOOD HISTORY.
SUBJECT(S): AIRPLANES, INVENTIONS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 40
FILM NUMBER: 09938
ANNOTATION: PETER AND MICHAEL DECIDE TO ENTER A WRITING CON- TEST TO FIGHT OFF WINTER BOREDOM. THEY ARE HELPED BY THEIR FRIEND MR. SIMMS, WHO EXPLAINS PLOT, CHARACTERS, AND POINT OF VIEW.
SUBJECT(S): RHETORIC
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 10492
ANNOTATION: USING A YOUTH'S EFFORTS TO WRITE AN EDITORIAL ESSAY, VIEWERS LEARN ABOUT THE FOUR TYPES OF ESSAYS AND HOW TO WRITE EACH TYPE.
SUBJECT(S): ENGLISH LANGUAGE - STUDY AND TEACHING, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 10783
ANNOTATION: CHINESE WRITER LU XUN AND JAPANESE PHILOSOPHER KITA IKKI-MEN WHO SOUGHT TO CHANGE THEIR COUNTRIES THROUGH THE POWER OF WORLDS AND IDEAS. SHOW TOTAL TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR COUNTRIES.
SUBJECT(S): CHINA, CHINA - HISTORY -1912-1949, JAPAN, PACIFIC RIM
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09244
ANNOTATION: A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST AND 2 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TACKLE THE SAME WRITING ASSIGNMENT. FILM COMPARES APPROACHES USED BY EACH WRITER, SUCH AS THE USE OF INQUIRY, SPECULATION AND INTERPRETATION (FIRST PROGRAM IN SERIES).
SUBJECT(S): AUTHORS, COMMUNICATION, ENGLISH LANGUAGE - STUDY AND TEACHING, JOURNALISM, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09243
ANNOTATION: FINAL PROGRAM IN THE SERIES. EMPHASIS IS ON THE FINAL (AND OFTEN PAINFUL) DECISIONS WHICH MUST BE MADE AS TO HOW PIECES OF INFORMATION MUST BE RESHAPED, ABBREVIATED, OR DELETED TO COMPLETE THE PUZZLE.
SUBJECT(S): AUTHORS, COMMUNICATION, ENGLISH LANGUAGE - STUDY AND TEACHING, JOURNALISM, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 09235
ANNOTATION: FOLLOWS A FEATURE WRITER'S STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE MATERIAL SHE IS WRITING MORE MEANINGFUL AND INTERESTING. SECOND PROGRAM IN SERIES.
SUBJECT(S): AUTHORS, COMMUNICATION, ENGLISH LANGUAGE - STUDY AND TEACHING, JOURNALISM, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 10269
ANNOTATION: WITH THE HELP OF FIGMENT, TWO CHILDREN ENDEAVOR TO RETURN ALICE TO HER PROPER PLACE IN LEWIS CARROLL'S FAMOUS BOOK. THE AUDIENCE IS INTRODUCED TO THE IMAGINATION AND TECHNIQUES USED TO BRING A STORY TO LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): ENGLISH LANGUAGE - STUDY AND TEACHING, LANGUAGE ARTS, STORYTELLING
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 09779
ANNOTATION: 1ST LESSON IN SERIES WHICH DEALS WITH THE BASIC COMPONENTS IN LEARNING TO WRITE WELL. DEMONSTRATES HOW TO GATHER AND DEVELOP IDEAS BEFORE STARTING TO WRITE.
SUBJECT(S): ENGLISH LANGUAGE - STUDY AND TEACHING, RHETORIC
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 8