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EADWEARD
MUYBRIDGE: MOTION STUDIES
(VHS) 1990. 30 min. sd. b&w. #53880
In an era when a photographer had to be a chemist and an inventor,
Muybridge established a reputation for not only technical ability but
artistic excellence. His studies in the 1880's of animal and human
motion still stand as preeminent, and a presentation of his work from
the collection of the Addison Gallery allows a unique close study of
his work.![]()
THE
EAGLE HAS LANDED - THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 11
(VHS) 1969. 28 min. sd. color. #21680
Highlights the mission events of the historic landing on the moon in
July 1969 from the launch through the post-recovery activities of
Astronauts Aldrin and Collins.![]()
EARLY
MISGIVINGS: A FILM ON CHILD ABUSE
(VHS) 1986. 29 min. sd. color. #14350
Examines the related issues of family stability and foster care and
shows the relation between child abuse and subsequent anti-social
behavior, including juvenile delinquency and crime. Includes interviews
with parents, doctors, counselors and other professionals stressing the
need for an interdisciplinary approach to a problem that should be of
concern not just to those personally involved, but also to society at
large.![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: A RENAISSANCE OF MONTEVERDI (VHS)
1981. 29 min. sd. color. #21750
Explains the cultural, political, and historical background to a
courtly madrigal by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). Scenes of rehearsal
and preparation lead to a fully staged production of a Ballo from the
Madrigals of Love and War, performed by tenor Nigel Rogers,
harpsichordist Colin Tilney, dancer Victoria Leigh and the Oklahoma
Collegium Musicum, directed by Eugene Enrico. ![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: AND THEY SANG A NEW SONG
(VHS) 1989. 29 min. sd. color. #21690
Employs art history and music history to discover the meaning of the 24
Elders of the Apocalypse carved in the late twelfth century Portico de
la Gloria of the Pilgrimage Church at Santiago de Compostela. Examines
the musical instruments held by the 24 Elders, while exploring their
meaning within the complex iconography of the sculpted portals of the
Portico.![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: BUNRAKU
(VHS) 1991. 28 min. sd. color. #264780
This program allows the viewer to experience the exotic drama of
Bunraku, the puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. It
explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique
paintings and prints. The plot deals with the search for a stolen sword
that once unsheathed must draw blood. ![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: GAGAKU - THE COURT MUSIC OF JAPAN
(VHS) 1989. 57 min. sd. color. #21710
Allows the viewer to experience the haunting sounds of the Japanese
Court Orchestra and to see the magnificent costumes and masks of its
stately dances. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm, Professor
of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan, who introduces the
instruments of Gagaku and the musicians who play them. Ancient
paintings and drawings illustrate the history of Gagaku and its role in
Japanese society.![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: HANDEL'S MESSIAH, A COMMEMORATION (VHS)
1984. 29 min. sd. color. #21720
Allows Dr. Charles Burney, the 18th Century music historian and critic,
to explain his mixed feelings about the "grandscale" performances of
"Messiah" at Westminster Abbey in 1874. The script, written by Kerry S.
Grant, Eugene Enrico, and James Yoch, draws from Burney's letters,
memoirs, and publications to tell his story in his own words. Dr.
Charles Burney is played by John Casey. Excerpts from "Messiah" are
performed by the Ars Musica Baroque Orchestra and the Oklahoma
Collegium Musicum.![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: MUSIC OF ANTONIO VIVALDI
(VHS) 1987. 29 min. sd. color. #21730
Allows the charming but asthmatic composer to introduce his music and
to explain the variety of professional opportunities available to a
musician in Venice during the early 18th century. Vivaldi details his
duties as General Superintendent of Music at the Conservatory of the
Pieta, as free-lance composer, and as producer of commercial operas.
Jeffrey Coussens plays Vivaldi with both style and humor.![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: MUSIC OF THOMAS MORLEY
(VHS) 1987. 29 min. sd. color. #21740
This program is a set of music-videos selected to illustrate the
principal styles of Morley's music. An aggressive television journalist
introduces the videos by asking the composer to defend himself against
accusations of plagiarism, extortion, and even espionage, all based on
historic information. Morley, played by James Slaughter, pleads his
case with grace and eloquence. Dance and comedy in the Renaissance
style enliven musical performances by the Oklahoma Collegium Musicum.![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: THE FESTINO OF ADRIANO BANCHIERI
(VHS) 1987. 29 min. sd. color. #21700
Presents a fully staged recreation of the madrigal comedy "Festino",
performed according to the composer's directions. Played with energy
and flair by Ted Herstand, the composer Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634)
expounds his progressive philosophies of literature and art, and
explains how his music shows the influence of Commedia del Arte and the
new experiments in opera.![]()
EARLY
MUSIC TELEVISION: WEDDING CANTATA
(VHS) 1982. 29 min. sd. color. #21760
Presents a living portrait of composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier
(1634-1704), who explains the history of his "Epithalamium" (Greek for
"just outside the bedroom" and a type of composition performed at
weddings). The entire production is beautifully performed, informative,
witty, interesting and entertaining. John Casey plays a dual role as
Charpentier and a modern musician who sings his music. The
"Epithalamium" is performed by the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble and the
Oklahoma Collegium Musicum. ![]()
EARLY STONE
TOOLS (VHS) 1967. 20
min. sd. color. #29480
Demonstrates percussion-flaking techniques used by early humans and
their predecessors to make a variety of tools. These range from simple
pebble choppers and hand axes to more sophisticated Neanderthal
scrapers, points, and other tools. Shows actual prehistoric tools and
explains their relationship to human evolution.![]()
EARTH,
FIRE, WATER AND WIND: THE CERAMICS OF OTTO NATZLER
(VHS) 1992. 26 min. sd. color. #28400
The ceramist speaks about his introduction to ceramics through Gertrude
Natzler, and their move to the United States following the Nazi
invasion of Austria. This program focuses on Natzler's pioneering work
with glazes and his ceramics of the last ten years. ![]()
THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER (PART I) 1988. 50 min. sd. color. #60800 Anthropologist and psychologist Peter Elsass studied two Indian tribes in Colombia and Venezuela over a sixteen-year period. Part one examines how the Motilon Indians in the lowland of Venezuela gave up their traditional ways and became dependent on the Catholic missionaries who converted them. They became spritually and economically impoverished. The Arhuaco Indians, in the mountains of northern Colombia, threw out the missionaries and maintained their cultural integrity.
THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER (PART II): THE JOURNEY BACK (VHS) 1999. 50 min. sd. color. #60810 Part II documents how the two tribes differed in their response to the encroachment of the whites. Focuses on the Arhuaco who continue to maintain their strong spiritual and cultural identity in the face of wide ranging attempts to grab their land, torment their spiritual leaders, and make their independent life style untenable. Gives voice to the ravages of their colonial history and captures the difficulty of reaching across the cultural chasm in trying to help an indigenous people.
EASTER ISLAND IN CONTEXT: FROM PARADISE TO CALAMITY (VHS) 2002. 51 min. sd. color. #64290 When Dutch sailors landed on Easter Island, they found a warlike people recovering from anarchy and cannibalism. What had gone wrong with a civilization that had lived in peace for nearly a thousand years? In this program, Claudio Cristino, the island's resident archaeologist; William Liller, of the Easter Island Foundation; Patricia Vargas Casanova, of the Easter Island Studies Institute at the University of Chile; and others offer their views on moai, rongorongo tablets, the Birdman Cult, and the devastating effects of overpopulation, to provide a captivating glimpse of a complex culture driven to the brink of extinction. Images of artifacts, 3-D computer graphics, and artwork enhance the program.
EATING
DISORDERS: THE SLENDER TRAP
(VHS) 1986. 21 min. sd. color. #17310
Describes the various disorders and gives concrete advice on how to
avoid the afflictions, how to notice preliminary signs of problems in
oneself and others, and how to halt them once they've begun. Examines
the variety of reasons people fall prey to these diseases and the role
the victim's family plays.
EATING
FOR LIFE: THE NUTRITION PYRAMID
(VHS) 1994. 22 min. sd. color. #34810
Learn how to construct a "pyramid based diet" to replace one overloaded
with fat, cholesterol and foods with low nutrient density. Follow
Christine, a college student, as she changes from a typically
unbalanced diet to one guided by the pyramid's recommendations. Her
balanced diet is a hearty mix of foods, far from the low calorie
starvation many mistakenly believe is healthy. Christine overcomes
problems of limited cafeteria selections, vending machines, and fast
food in her nutritional makeover. ![]()
EBOLA:
THE PLAGUE FIGHTERS
(VHS) 1996. 60 min. sd. color. #52750
[Closed captioned.]
The Ebola plague kills a very high percentage of its victims (77% in
Zaire in May, 1995), often by dissolving their internal organs and
connective tissue. Learn how disease specialists traced the origins of
the outbreak by compiling a complete "chain of death" of the epidemic,
and why they fear a mutation of Ebola will emerge that is even more
difficult to contain.![]()
ECOLOGY
CONCEPTS I & II
(VHS) 1977. Each part 29 min. sd. color. #55412
Part one presents an overview on photosynthesis, energy conversion,
organization in the ecosphere, laws of thermodynamics, food chains, and
food webs. Part two explains the effects of ecological checks and
balances on population growth, population dynamics, biogeochemical
cycles, biomes and succession.![]()
ECONOMICS USA
LESSON 1: WHAT IS ECONOMICS ALL ABOUT?
(VHS) 1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18290
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 2, 3, and 4) Illustrates how
unlimited wants and scarce resources lead to trade-offs and choices.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 2: MARKETS AND PRICES
(VHS) 1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18290
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 1, 3, and 4) Examines a
well-functioning free-market system.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 3: WHAT IS THE GNP? (VHS) 1986.
28 min. sd. color. #18290
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 1, 2, and 4)
Introductory lesson in the macroeconomics sequence which examines how
the gross national product of the U.S. is measured.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 4: THE BUSINESS CYCLE
(VHS) 1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18290
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 1, 2, and 3)
Introduces the concepts of aggregate supply and aggregate demand in
relationships to the business cycle.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 5: KEYNES - THE GREAT DEPRESSION
(VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18300 (Mounted on cassette with lessons 6, 7,
and 8) Analyzes the Depression in terms of the interaction of
consumption spending and investment spending, and shows how this
analysis differs from classical theory.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 6: FISCAL POLICY (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18300
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 5, 7, and 8) A government can use tax
and spending policies to reduce the severity of business cycle
fluctuations.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 7: INFLATION (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color.
#18300
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 5, 6, and 8) Examines the causes of
the inflation of the late 1960's, its impact on the economy and the
difficulties of fighting it.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 8: THE BANKING SYSTEM
(VHS) 1986. 28 min.
sd. color. #18300
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 5, 6, and 7) Shows how banks operate
and how the FDIC (by insuring deposits) and the Federal Reserve Bank
(by acting as a lender of the last resort) keep bank failures from
becoming banking crises.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 9: THE FEDERAL RESERVE
(VHS) 1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18310
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 10, 11, & 12)
Examines how the Fed controls the money supply and influences the level
of interest rates and inflation.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 10: STAGFLATION (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18310
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 9, 11, & 12) Shows how
inflation and unemployment can rise simultaneously.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 11: PRODUCTIVITY (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18310
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 9, 10, & 12) Explains the
factors that affect productivity growth.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 12: FEDERAL DEFICITS
(VHS) 1986. 28 min.
sd. color. #18310
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 9, 10, & 11) Illustrates how
deficits can be either helpful or harmful depending on other conditions.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 13: MONETARY POLICY
(VHS) 1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18320
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 14, 15, & 16) Examines how
the money supply affects economic growth and inflation.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 14: STABILIZATION POLICY
(VHS) 1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18320
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 13, 15, & 16) Arguments for
and against government policies to stabilize the economy.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 15: THE FIRM (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color.
#18320
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 13, 14, & 16) Introductory
lesson
in the microeconomics sequence which explains the concept of the
production function.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 16: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
(VHS) 1986. 28 min.
sd. color. #18320
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 13, 14, & 15) Explanation of
the
factors that determine the quantity of goods demanded by consumers, and
the factors that determine the quantity of goods supplied.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 17: PERFECT COMPETITION
(VHS) 1986. 28 min.
sd. color. #18330
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 18, 19, & 20) Illustrates the
concepts of perfect competition and the elasticity of supply and demand.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 18: ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
(VHS) 1986. 28 min.
sd. color. #18330
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 17, 19, & 20) There is a
definite
cost to interfering with free-market prices, but there are
circumstances that justify interference with the free market.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 19: MONOPOLY (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color.
#18330
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 17, 18, & 20) The degree to
which
a firm controls the market affects prices and economic efficiency.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 20: OLIGOPOLIES (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18330
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 17, 18, & 19) Examines how
oligopolies try to avoid price competition.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 21: POLLUTION (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18340
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 22, 23, & 24) This gives a
definition of the concept of "external diseconomy".![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 22: LABOR AND MANAGEMENT
(VHS) 1986. 28
min. sd. color. #18340
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 21, 23, & 24) The demand for
labor depends on the marginal value product and the real wage rate.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 23: PROFITS AND INTEREST
(VHS) 1986. 28
min. sd. color. #18340
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 21, 22, & 24) There are
economic
reasons for payments of interest and normal profits. Examines the
causes of "windfall" profits.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 24: REDUCING POVERTY
(VHS) 1986. 28 min.
sd. color. #18340
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 21, 22, & 23) Examines the
causes
of income inequality and analyzes government policies to reduce poverty.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 25: ECONOMIC GROWTH
(VHS) 1986. 28 min. sd.
color. #18350
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 26, 27, & 28) Examines two of
the
major determinants of the economy's growth in the 20th century.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 26: PUBLIC GOODS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES (VHS)
1986. 28 min. sd. color. #18350
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 25, 27, & 28) Defines "public
goods" and shows that a perfectly competitive market will not
automatically result in the production of the proper amount of goods.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 27: INTERNATIONAL TRADE
(VHS) 1986. 28 min.
sd. color. #18350
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 25, 26, & 28) Illustrates the
concepts of specialization and comparative advantage, and shows how
trade may hurt certain groups but benefit society as a whole.![]()
ECONOMICS USA LESSON 28: EXCHANGE RATES
(VHS) 1986. 28 min. sd.
color. #18350
(Mounted on cassette with lessons 25, 26, & 27) Final lesson
shows
the effect of exchange rates on trade, domestic economic growth and
inflation.![]()
EDGAR
DEGAS: THE UNQUIET SPIRIT
(VHS) 1980. 65 min. sd. color. #23460
Explores the life and work of a complex man and an unorthodox artist.
Includes many original paintings, drawings and prints to show Degas'
favorite settings - the ballet class, racecourse, railway - and to
explain his innovative use of the camera.![]()
EDIBLE WILD PLANTS
(VHS) 1988.
60 min. sd. color. #26590
Botanists Dr. Jim Duke and Jim Meuninck take the viewer afield,
foraging for useful wild botanicals and identifying 100 edible plants.
Includes recipes, Amerindian and folk uses, and identifies several
poisonous plants.![]()
THE
EDITOR'S JOB: HOW HAS IT CHANGED?
(VHS) 1989. 48 min. sd. color. #22410
American Society of Newspaper Editors annual meeting (April 14, 1989)
featuring Burl Osborne, Thomas Winship, Linda Grist Cunningham, Eugene
Patterson, James Hoge and Michael Fancher. A C-SPAN broadcast.![]()
EDUCATION AS
INQUIRY (VHS)
1990. 29 min. sd. color. #23330
Demonstrates what process approach to reading and writing books looks
like when used as a framework for organizing curriculum in the content
areas. Teachers new and seasoned to whole language will find valuable
information as how to improve their content area teaching. ![]()
EDUCATIONAL
TESTING VIDEOTAPES: A PARENT'S GUIDE TO STANDARDIZED TESTING
(VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd. color. #20620
Features easily understood information to help parents learn what
standardized tests are, appropriate and inappropriate uses of such
tests, and two common score-reporting schemes (percentiles and grade
equivalents). ![]()
EDUCATIONAL
TESTING VIDEOTAPES: CRITERION-REFERENCED MEASUREMENT-TODAY'S
ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL TESTING
(VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd. color. #20610
Describes criterion-referenced measurement - a form of testing that
constitutes a genuine alternative to traditional methods of educational
testing. Viewers learn what criterion-referenced tests are, how they're
constructed, and how they're used.![]()
EDUCATIONAL
TESTING VIDEOTAPES: MAKING SENSE OUT OF STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES
(VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd. color. #20590
Designed to help educators master important ways of interpreting the
scores that students earn on standardized tests. Educators learn about
percentiles, grade-equivalents and scale scores.![]()
EDUCATIONAL
TESTING VIDEOTAPES: NORM REFERENCED TESTS - USES AND MISUSES
(VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd. color. #20600
Describes the origins and nature of norm-referenced standardized
achievements tests, then identifies appropriate and inappropriate uses
of such tests. Viewers are shown how the inappropriate uses of
standardized tests can lead to unsound educational decisions. ![]()
EDUCATIONAL
TESTING VIDEOTAPES: TEACHING AND TESTING - A CONVERSATION WITH MADELINE
HUNTER
(VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd. color. #20580
Features an interview with Dr. Madeline Hunter, one of the nation's
foremost authorities on effective teaching. The educationally
significant relationships between teaching and testing are explored.![]()
EDWARD
SAID WITH SALMAN RUSHDIE
(VHS) 1989. 50 min. sd. color. #24040
Edward Said, through much of his work, is concerned with the identity
of a dispersed and dispossessed people attempting to come to terms with
their exile: The Palestinians. Professor of English and Comparative
Literature at Columbia University, Edward Said's publications include
Covering Islam, Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography,
Literature and Society, Orientalism, The Question of Palestine and The
World, The Test and the Critic. ![]()
EFFECTIVE
CRISIS PLANNING (VHS). 1990. 55 min. sd. color.
#26180
An overview of organizational preparedness for crisis planning.![]()
EFFECTIVE
SCHOOLS: PREMISES, CONCEPTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
(VHS) 1987. 52 min. sd. color. #25510
Presents a synthesis of the assumptions and the research base of the
effective schools model.![]()
EFFECTIVE
SCHOOLS: THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS (VHS) 1987.
52 min. sd. color. #25520
Outlines the implementation strategies used to create more effective
schools.![]()
EFFECTIVE
TEACHING FOR HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT
(VHS) 1982. 99 min. sd. color. #20052
The program outlines characteristics of effective teaching. Researchers
who collected data for the program explain how they arrived at their
conclusions. A section on organizing the classroom discusses preventive
methods of teaching. How teacher expectations influence teacher
performance are also covered.![]()
EFFICIENT
ALGORITHMS IN NUMBER THEORY (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd.
color. #25230
Presents a lecture by Hendrik W. Lenstra, an excellent source of
information on computational number theory. ![]()
1877:
THE GRAND ARMY OF STARVATION
(VHS) 1985. 30 min. sd. color. #14770
For two weeks in the summer of 1877 the United States was brought to a
standstill. A nationwide rebellion quickly spread along the country's
railroad lines. Eighty thousand railroad workers walked out, joined by
hundreds of thousands of Americans - white and black, native- and
foreign-born, employed and unemployed - all outraged by the excesses of
the giant railroad companies and the misery of a four-year economic
depression. ![]()
EL AMOR BRUJO (VHS)
1986. 100 min.
sd. color. #17670
Carlos Saura's last part of his trilogy, interpreting famous Spanish
works in flamenco. Saura was inspired by the work of Manuel de Falla,
with Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos and Laura del Sol delivering
stunning flamenco performances in the story of two ill-fated lovers.
Spanish with English subtitles. ![]()
EL COCHECITO
(VHS) 1960. 90 min. sd.
b&w. #17880
Black comedy about an old man who wants a motorized wheelchair so he
can ride through town with his crippled friends. Spanish with English
subtitles.
EL
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EN TLAXCALA VOLUME I: ENGLISH/SPANISH
(VHS) 1995. 43 min. sd. color. #52050
A look at how the Day of the Dead is celebrated in the city of Tlaxcala
in central Mexico. The video follows a student from Mexico City as he
gathers material to write a report for his anthropology class. The
story runs once with the voice-over in English and a second time in
present tense Spanish. ![]()
EL
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EN TLAXCALA VOLUME II: SPANISH PAST TENSE
(VHS) 1995. 43 min. sd. color. #52060
Volume II has the same introduction as Volume I but the story is told
the first time in past tense Spanish with text on the screen. The
preterit verbs are highlighted in orange and the imperfect verbs in
green. Then the story runs again without text on the screen so students
can focus on just their listening skills. ![]()
EL GRECO
(VHS) 19982. 31 min. sd. color.
#32520
Recreates not only the artist's career, but also the pressures and
emotions of the Counter-Reformation, which inspired his work. Greco's
art is explored in masterpieces from great churches and museums from
Madrid to New York. ![]()
EL INMIGRANTE
LATINO (VHS)
1980. 89 min. sd. color. #17190
A delightful comedy about a Colombian musician, Gordo Lopez, who is
dreaming about coming to America to seek fame and fortune, and the
trouble he encounters upon arriving in New York. In Spanish with
English subtitles.
EL
MUERTO (THE DEAD MAN) (VHS) 1975. 103
min. sd. color. #17640
Based on a short story of the same name by Jorge-Luis Borges, this film
traces the life of Benjamin Otalora, in l9th century South America.
Otalora, a fugitive, meets the leader of a smuggling ring upon his
arrival in Montevideo. The smuggler takes him under his wings, yet when
the aging gang leader takes sick, Otalora covertly attempts to claim
power within this ring. Spanish dialog with English subtitles. ![]()
ELAINE
PAGELS PARTS I and II
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #25650
Elaine Pagels is an author and professor of religion. In Part I, Pagels
explores the implications of the story of Adam and Eve on modern views
of sexuality, politics, and the roles of men and women in western
society. In Part II, Pagels examines our culture's relationship to
suffering and guilt.
ELDER
ABUSE: FIVE CASE STUDIES
(VHS) 40 min. sd. color. #26050
Thousands of older Americans are subjected to repeated physical and
emotional abuse by a spouse or an adult child. This video explores this
issue very personally from the point of view of five different victims.
Their candor in telling about their situations gives insight into the
ambivalent feelings of abused individuals as they try to find a
resolution to their pain. ![]()
THE
ELECTRONIC STORYTELLER
(VHS) 1997. 32 min. sd. color. #54800
Drawing upon the path-breaking research of the Cultural Indicators
Project, George Gerbner outlines in a comprehensive and clear fashion
the way in which the universal storytelling function of human societies
has been colonized by corporate media in the modern world. Making a
distinction between "effect" and his own theory of "Cultivation," he
explains the role that the media environment plays in how we think
about ourselves and the way the world works. Through a concrete focus
on the stories of gender, class and race, Gerbner provides us with an
analytical framework to understand what is at stake in the debates
about the media.
THE ELIZABETHAN AGE
(VHS)
1977. 30 min. sd. color. #23790
Presents passages written by William Shakespeare, John Davies and other
historical figures to depict major events and the resurgence of
enthusiasm for the arts and letters that swept 17th-century England. It
examines major events and cultural trends during the reign of Elizabeth
I.
EMBRACING OUR
SEXUALITY
(VHS) 1993. 45 min. sd. color. #51040
A compelling look into the conversations of nine women who gather
together for a weekend retreat to talk about sexuality. The women range
in age from their 20's to their 70's and come from different
racial/ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientation. Both serious and
humorous, the wide range of experiences these women share offers a
unique opportunity for all viewers to talk about their sexuality. ![]()
EMERGENCY ACTION
(THE LIFESAVING FIRST AID VIDEO FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY)
(VHS) 1988. 30 min. sd. color. #22480
(Second VHS copy available #30830)
Created to show the audience what to do while waiting for medical help
to arrive. Step-by-step, the procedures are made easy for children and
adults, with demonstrations that show how to practice these procedures.
Covers CPR, the Heimlich maneuver, mouth to mouth resuscitation, severe
bleeding, heat and chemical burns, poisoning or drug overdose,
frostbite, and how to stay alive if trapped in a fire. ![]()
EMERGENCY
CARE FOR THE POISONED PATIENT
(VHS) 1987. 15 min. sd. color. #15370
This program focuses on some of the most common types of poisoning
involving medications, petroleum products, cosmetics and pesticides. It
shows the appropriate emergency care and explains what kind of
information should be made available to the hospital when the victim is
admitted.
EMERGENCY:
THE FIRST AID VIDEOTAPE LIBRARY VOL. 1 & 2
(VHS) 1989. 120 min. sd. color. #25602
These tapes discuss in detail the most common medical emergencies that
occur anywhere when you least expect it. Learn what to do in each
situation, with step-by-step instructions so you can act quickly and
effectively to help someone in trouble.
THE EMIGRANTS (VHS)
1971. 151 min.
sd. color. #33350
Max von Sydow and Liv Ullman play a married couple who pull up roots
and join fellow Swedes in a quest that tests their determination and
faith. In the end, they reach a lake-dotted woodland where the rich
topsoil is two feet deep. It's called Minnesota...and it seems like
Eden. A powerful saga about the experience of our country's immigrant
ancestors. Dubbed in English.
EMIL NOLDE
(VHS) 1968. 15 min. sd.
color. #17070
Scarlet poppies on a purple sky; a primitive family huddling against a
hot yellow jungle; a ravaged couple in a Berlin nightclub frozen in
violet boredom. This Expressionist's palette has sympathy for them all.
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EMMANUEL
EN CONCIERTO (VHS) 1987. 40 min. sd. color. #15910
Jesus Emmanuel Acha Martinez, better known as Emmanuel, sings popular
Latin love songs in a live concert. Spanish dialog. ![]()
EMOTION AND PAIN: UNDERSTANDING SELF-INJURY (VHS) 2002. 24 min. sd. color. #66680 A compelling and in-depth look at the phenomenon of "cutting", a disorder whereby people harm themselves to relieve stress from abuse, trauma, and other unmanageable emotions. Though the majority of sufferers are women, millions of people throughout the world cut themselves to feel some control over their lives. Recently, a number of celebrities have come forward about their own struggles with self-injury. Given the growing amount of attention paid to the subject by the popular media and the medical community, this program demystifies this largely misunderstood disorder and encourages those suffering to seek help. The film features personal stories and interviews with cutters and their families.
THE EMPEROR JONES (VHS) 1933. 72 min. sd. b/w. #57210 Dudley Murphy's adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about the personal transformation of Brutus Jones (Paul Robeson), an anonymous man catapulted from a socially insignificant train porter and escaped prisoner to the emperor of a Caribbean island. With Dudley Digges, Frank Wilson and Fredi Washington. On the same video is the award-winning documentary short, Paul Robeson: Tribute To an Artist (1979, 29 minutes).
THE EMPEROR'S EYE: ART AND POWER IN IMPERIAL CHINA (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #55940 This film brings to light the priceless treasures of China's imperial art collection, relating them to the political climate of their time. It is an unforgettable glimpse into another culture and another age. It's also the tale of a passionate collector, Emperor Chienlung, whose quest to create the greatest art collection in the world was actually a bid for his own immortality. Shows the precious art works - jade dragons, landscape painting, delicate porcelains, ancient bronze urns - that so few Westerners are privileged to see.
ENCAPSULATION
AND INHERITANCE IN C++: MARK LINTON
(VHS) 1994. 46 min. sd. color. #40340
C++ provides a variety of features, but knowing when and how to use
these features is difficult. This talk draws on experience to
illustrate how to use encapsulation and inheritance in the development
of class libraries and applications. Encapsulating the interface to a
group of C++ classes requires indirect object creation to hide
implementation-dependent classes. Inheritance is both powerful and
dangerous, so one must be careful to weigh alternatives such as
composition, delegation and wiring, before using either single or
multiple inheritance.
ENDGAME
(VHS) 1992.
96 min. sd. color. #33120
This interpretation of the legendary play is based on Beckett's
original staging and is directed by his associate Walter D. Asmus in
collaboration with the University of Maryland and the San Quentin Drama
Workshop. ![]()
ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: SOLAR (VHS) 1989. 26 min. sd. color. #29280
Explores the developments that promise to make solar energy an
economical alternative in the reasonable future, and explains why, in
too many cases, solar energy costs too much to compete in the market
place today.
ENERGY FOR THE
FUTURE (VHS)
1974. 17 min. sd. color. #14360
Examines energy alternatives for the future, including processed coal,
shale oil, geothermal heat, nuclear fission and fusion, and wind and
solar heat. Many of these sources already supply part of our country's
energy needs, but some have accompanying social and environmental
consequences.
ENHANCING
THE COMMUNICATION ABILITIES OF INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES
THROUGH PARENT PROGRAMMING
(VHS) 105 min. sd. color. #40300
Discusses the communicatively handicapped child, traditional
therapeutic approaches, and the need to focus on the particular
behaviors of the "partners" in facilitating communicative development
and to measure enhancement.
ENJOYING
THE WRITING PROCESS
(VHS) 1994. 25 min. sd. color. #51300
Students who like to write often have higher writing proficiency than
their peers who do not. This video shows teachers techniques for
improving students' informative, persuasive, and personal writing,
while helping students enjoy the writing process. Also reviews the
findings of NAEP and demonstrates different ways to evaluate writing in
elementary school. ![]()
ENTERPRISE:
ANATOMY OF AN EMBARGO
(VHS) 1986. 29 min. sd. color. #17420
Examines the political viability of economic sanctions. An evaluation
of the embargo placed on U.S. banana imports from Nicaragua in 1985
illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of imposing economic
restrictions. ![]()
ENTERPRISE:
THE BUCK STOPS IN BRAZIL
(VHS) 1983. 29 min. sd. color. #17410
Why do the world's largest banks continue to invest in Brazil, a
country that already owes $70 billion it can never hope to repay - even
as its export revenue to debt ratio widens? A surprising look at
international banking and the specter of default. ![]()
ENTERPRISE:
THE COLONEL COMES TO JAPAN
(VHS) 1982. 30 min. sd. color. #14010
When an American company sets up shop abroad, particularly in a culture
as different from our own as Japan's, special considerations must come
into play - as evidenced by this chronicle of Kentucky Fried Chicken's
entry into the Japanese fast-food market. Hosted by Eric Sevareid.
ENTERPRISE:
THE KYOCERA EXPERIMENT
(VHS) 1982. 30 min. sd. color. #14070
"Theory Z" comes alive in the U.S. as the American employees of San
Diego's Kyocera Company productively adapt to the owners' thoroughly
Japanese brand of management. But there is tension, particularly
between Japanese managers and American salesmen, whose styles are very
different. ![]()
ENTERPRISE:
WILDCATTER
(VHS) 1981. 30 min. sd. color. #17400
Small oil and gas prospectors are playing an increasingly vital role in
America's search for energy. This is the story of one such risk-taker,
Bill Brodnax, of Taurus Petroleum in Louisiana, who is drilling a well
in hopes of the big payoff. ![]()
ENTRE NOUS
(VHS) 1983. 110 min. sd.
color. #18650
Two attractive young French mothers find in each other the fulfillment
their husbands cannot provide. Starring Isabelle Huppert and Miou-Miou.
French dialogue with English subtitles. ![]()
ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMUNICATIONS: DEALING WITH SCIENTIFIC ISSUES IN AN EMOTIONAL ARENA
(VHS) 1994. 58 min. sd. color. #35050
World-class experts focus on the burgeoning field of environmental
communications: what makes it tick and the role it will play in the
near future. ![]()
EPILEPSY
(VHS) 1993. 28 min. sd. color.
#52790
Epileptic seizures can be as mild as staring episodes and as severe as
major convulsions. This program explores the range and looks at new
surgical techniques that can help patients who in the past would have
had to live with crippling seizures. It follows a woman through
surgery, visits a young boy after his operation, and interviews Dr.
Peter Williamson of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dr. Gregory
Holmes of the Epilepsy Foundation of America.
EPISODES
IN KITCHEN SAFETY
(VHS) 1991. 52 min. sd. color. #31003
Helps students understand how to reduce employee injuries, accidents,
and related costs; keep a fully functioning staff; and decrease
equipment maintenance expenses by promoting proper use. Features six
safety episodes that parody popular TV-show formats. Covers important
tips for preventing kitchen burns, cuts, fires, falls, strains due to
lifting and machine injuries. ![]()
EQUUS (VHS)
1977. 145 min. sd. color. #15320
A psychiatrist undertakes the most challenging case in his career when
he tries to figure out why a boy blinded horses with a metal stick.
Based upon the play by Peter Schaffer. Starring Richard Burton.
ERNEST
HEMINGWAY: A FAREWELL TO ARMS
(VHS) 1988. 78 min. sd. color. #16200
The great Hemingway story of an English nurse and an American ambulance
lieutenant, published in 1929 and drawn from the author's own
experiences during World War I. With Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper.
ERROR-CORRECTING
CODES FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
(VHS) 1989. 48 min. sd. color. #21770
The Reed-Solomon code, the most important code for communication and
magnetic storage systems, is described as an application of the
discrete Fourier transform. Decoding algorithms are described from the
perspective of digital signal processing. ![]()
ESTABLISHING
A CHILD-CARE ENTERPRISE
(VHS) 1991. 18 min. sd. color. #29840
Provides a step-by-step plan that teaches viewers how to set up a
child-care business. It covers start-up costs and examines different
kinds of child-care businesses. ![]()
ETHICS IN
AMERICA PART ONE: DO UNTO OTHERS
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32550
Must we house the homeless or report a child abuser? A distinguished
panel including Surgeon General Everett Koop, Faye Wattleton of Planned
Parenthood, and Willard Gaylin of the Hastings Center discuss the
question of community responsibility.
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART TWO: TO DEFEND A KILLER
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32560
What rights do the guilty have? Ethical dilemmas of our criminal
justice system are discussed by U. S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia, defense attorney Jack Littman, and philosopher John Smith of
Yale. ![]()
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART THREE: PUBLIC TRUST, PRIVATE INTERESTS
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32570
Jeane Kirkpatrick, Joseph A. Califano Jr., Senator Alan Simpson, Peter
Jennings, and others address the problems of trust - within government,
between one public official and another, and between the government and
the public. ![]()
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART FOUR: DOES DOCTOR KNOW BEST?
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32580
Should you save the mother at the risk of losing the baby? Doctors from
the National Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center discuss controversies created by modern medicine with C. Everett
Koop, journalist Ellen Goodman and others. ![]()
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART FIVE: ANATOMY OF A CORPORATE TAKEOVER
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32590
Merger mania presents an alarming array of ethical problems. Debating
the issues are T. Boone Pickens; chief executives from Borg-Warner,
Goodyear, and Berkshire Hathaway; economist Lester Thurow; and Senator
Tim Wirth.
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART SIX: UNDER ORDERS, UNDER FIRE PART 1
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32600
How do we wage war when the enemy dresses as civilians and children
throw bombs? Generals William Westmoreland, David Jones, and Brent
Scowcroft, correspondents Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace, and others
question the duty to follow orders and a commander's obligation to
protect soldiers.
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART SEVEN: UNDER ORDERS, UNDER FIRE PART 2
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32610
The carnage of My Lai raises the issue of confidentiality between the
soldier, his religious confessor, and military justice. Generals debate
the clash between military tribunals and the right of confidentiality
with Chaplain Timothy Tatum of the U.S. Army War College, the Reverend
J. Bryan Hehir of the U. S. Catholic Conference, and others.
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART EIGHT: TRUTH ON TRIAL
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32620
Is an attorney's first obligation to the court, the client, the public?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge Robert Merhige, attorneys
Floyd Abrams and Stanley Chesley, philosopher John Smith and others
debate civil litigation's ethical dilemmas. ![]()
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART NINE: THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32630
Does finding a cure justify putting test subjects at risk? C. Everett
Koop is joined by Dr. Arnold Relman, editor of the New England Journal
of Medicine, and other distinguished panelists in a discussion of the
medical research field.
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART TEN: POLITICS, PRIVACY AND THE PRESS
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #32640
What conduct on the part of a public official is relevant to "the
public's right to know?" Panelists from both sides - including
Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, Peter Jennings, Mike
Wallace, and Geraldine Ferraro - debate this issue.
ETHICS
IN AMERICA PART ELEVEN: THE POLITICS OF PRIVACY
(VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color. #22980
The 1988 race for the presidency has focused more visibly than ever
before on the personal lives of the candidates. Delves further into
politics and privacy. ![]()
ETHNIC NOTIONS
(VHS) 1986. 56 min.
sd. color. #19620
(Second VHS copy available #64350)
Traces the evolution of racial stereotypes in America, illustrating the
dynamic panorama of race relations through the lens of popular art and
entertainment. The documentary interweaves minstrel shows, greeting
cards, advertisements, popular songs, cartoons, films and household
artifacts showing hideously caricatured blacks with woolly hair,
swollen lips and bulging eyes, shuffling, dancing and attending to
whites with grateful servility. The program links each stereotype to
the dominant white society's shifting needs to justify black
oppression.
ETHNICITY AND COUNSELING: MULTICULTURAL APPROACHES (VHS) 1995/96. sd. color. (See individual film numbers below) A series of four videotaped sessions with clients of different ethnicities: Mexican, Vietnamese, African American and Native American. Each counseling session is conducted by a counselor from the same ethnic group to provide insight into culturally sensitive techniques. Each tape contains an introduction, an actual counseling session, a summary of the main points, and a post-session interview with the counselor outlining her or his philosophy and techniques.
Counseling the Mexican Client (#54560) 43 min. Counseling the Vietnamese Client (#54570) 69 min. Counseling the African American Client (#54580) 57 min.Counseling the Native American Client (#54590) 88 min.
EURIPIDES:
IPHIGENIA (VHS)
1979. 127 min. sd. color. #14570
Greek myth drama of the father who sacrifices his daughter so that a
fair wind will speed him and his army toward the Trojan War. With Irene
Papas, Tatiana Papamoskou and Costa Kazakos. English subtitles. ![]()
EUROPE
IN THE MIDDLE AGES #1: THE BIRTH OF THE MIDDLE AGES
(VHS) 1989. 43 min. sd. color. #53780
An introduction to medieval Europe, showing surviving traces to provide
a feel of medieval style and practice, and tracing the roots of the
fall of civilization and the onset of darkness. ![]()
EUROPE
IN THE MIDDLE AGES #2: THE CITY OF GOD
(VHS) 1989. 39 min. sd. color. #53790
Covers the Church resurgent, filling the vacuum left by the collapse of
civil government and changing to meet its new obligations and fill its
new role in society. Also covers the creation of the Vulgate Bible,
mass conversions, the rule of Pope Gregory the Great, monastic life,
Romanesque architecture, and the role of the pilgrimage in medieval
society. ![]()
EUROPE
IN THE MIDDLE AGES #3: CHARLEMAGNE AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
(VHS) 1989. 31 min. sd. color. #53800
Covers the antecedents and the life of Charlemagne, shows life at the
court, life of the courtiers and of the peasants, recounts the battle
of Roncevaux, and counterpoints the glories of the Carolingian
Renaissance with the everyday realities of hunger, plague, and constant
violence. ![]()
EUROPE
IN THE MIDDLE AGES #4: THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
(VHS) 1989. 36 min. sd. color. #53810
Covers the social and economic organization of Europe in the Middle
Ages: life in a farming hamlet; roles of the feudal lord, tenant
farmers, and serfs; construction of the medieval castle; the medieval
social organization; the role of the Church and clergy; courtly love
and other literary inventions. ![]()
EUROPE
IN THE MIDDLE AGES #5: CHRISTIANS, JEWS, AND MOSLEMS IN MEDIEVAL SPAIN
(VHS) 1989. 33 min. sd. color. #53820
Describes the history of Spain from 711 to 1492, a period of Arab
domination and intellectual ferment. ![]()
EUROPE
IN THE MIDDLE AGES #6: BYZANTIUM, FROM SPLENDOR TO RUIN
(VHS) 1989. 43 min. sd. color. #53830
Describes the history, art, and religious significance of Byzantium,
its attempts to restore the Roman Empire, its influence in the West,
and its heritage. ![]()
EUROPE
IN THE MIDDLE AGES #7: VIKINGS AND NORMANS
(VHS) 1989. 37 min. sd. color. #53840
Covers the Viking sea prowess, Viking influences in England and
Scotland, Viking explorations, trade with the Far East, the discovery
of America, and the Viking presence as far as the Black Sea. ![]()
EVALUATION
OF SPECIFIC MOTOR SPEECH DISORDERS
(VHS) 100 min. sd. color. #31860
A discussion and review of the relationship of communication breakdown
to specific neuroanatomic systems. This information is followed by
presentation of three patients, each exhibiting a particular speech
disorder. The pathogenesis, clinical signs/symptoms and management
strategies for each are discussed. ![]()
EVALUATION
OF THE ADULT VOICE USING VIDEOSTROBOSCOPY
(VHS) 1993. 104 min. sd. color. #34590
Melissa A. Allen, speech pathologist at the Indiana University Medical
Center, presents a history of videostroboscopy and its usefulness in
treatment.
AN
EVENING WITH THE ROYAL BALLET
(VHS) 1963. 87 min. sd. color. #13680
Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn along with Britain's Royal
Ballet perform excerpts from timeless favorites including "The Sleeping
Beauty" and "Les Sylphides".
EVERYBODY RIDES THE
CAROUSEL (VHS) 1976. 72 min. sd. color. #20660
The film accurately and amusingly illustrates the eight stages of life
as defined by the noted psychologist Erik Erikson. ![]()
EVERYDAY
MANDARIN VIDEO COURSE
(VHS) 1984. 300 min. sd. color. #53693
A basic video course in Mandarin for beginners. Consists of sixty
5-minute units and is accompanied by a self-study manual and two audio
cassettes. The spoken dialogs are shown on the video screen in pinyin
transliteration, English translation, and Chinese characters. The tone
value of each word is indicated. ![]()
EVERYTHING'S
COOL (DVD) 2007. 89 min. sd. color. #72120 (Captioned)
A film about America finally "getting" global warming in the
wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific
understanding and political action. A group of global warming
messengers are on a quest to help the public understand the urgency of
the problem and create the political will necessary to push for a new
energy economy as soon as possible. ![]()
EVIDENCE 1
(VHS) 1998. 23 min. sd.
color. #67090
Focuses on circumstantial evidence against the backdrop of a fictional
murder set in Court TV's studios. A police detective and forensic
scientist from Yonkers, New York come to the scene of the crime and
demonstrate how evidence is processed, using both high-tech and
traditional techniques. Visits a crime lab in Westchester, New York, to
see how scientists there process the evidence (blood, shoe prints,
drugs and body parts) and prepare it for courtroom presentation. (From
Justice factory 2. Vol. 2) ![]()
EVIDENCE 2
(VHS) 1998. 23 min. sd.
color. #67100 Focuses on direct/eyewitness evidence against the
backdrop of a fictional murder set in Court TV's studios. A Hawthorne,
NY police detective goes through the process of getting and processing
eyewitness and other witness evidence, and identifying and interviewing
a suspect. Includes a visit to a police sketch artist who renders from
verbal description alone an uncannily accurate portrait of the fake
murder suspect. (From Justice factory 2. Vol. 3)
EVITA:
THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MYTH
(VHS) 1996. 50 min. sd. color. #57800 In this A&E biography,
rare
photographs and films and accounts from close aides and bitter enemies
offer insight into the life of Eva Duarte de Peron, a woman whose
political power and prestige nearly eclipsed that of her husband,
Argentine president Juan Peron. ![]()
EVOLUTION
(VHS) 1994. 38 min. sd. color.
#53400
Teaches the basic science of modern evolution theory. Includes a
history of how evolution was discovered and how the theory of evolution
by natural selection was developed. ![]()
THE
EVOLUTION OF CHILE: PROSPERITY FOR SOME
(VHS) 1998. 30 min. sd. color. #62230 In just 25 years, Chile has gone
from a Marxist state to a dictatorship to a democracy. The transition
has strengthened Chile's economy, but not all Chilean citizens have
shared in the prosperity. In fact, the divisions between rich and poor
have widened, causing critics to question whether democratic capitalism
is the right solution. As the scenario unfolds, so do the moral issues
surrounding the economic path Chile has chosen. Using Chile as a case
study, this program examines these issues, and the difficulties
experienced by other Third World nations also riding the tidal wave of
post-Cold War economic reforms. ![]()
EXCERPTS FROM ARISTOPHANES' THE BIRDS (VHS) 1991. 43 min. sd. color. #62270 These excerpts from Aristophanes' delightful masterpiece are designed to capture the lyricism and spirit of the original utopian satire. Actors perform with masks and colorful costumes, and scenes are conceived in a manner that allows viewers to envision how Greeks may have seen the play.
THE EXPERIENCE
CHART (VHS)
1986. 50 min. sd. color. #18860
Taking dictation from a first grade is demonstrated. What to say - what
to write - how to lead from drafting a chart for the day into a writing
session is shown. ![]()
EXPLORING
BROADCAST TELEVISION
(VHS) 1994. 25 min. sd. color. #53090
Examines the wide range of career opportunities available in the
broadcast industry. Helps viewers to understand the expertise required
for nightly news broadcasts, including the technical aspects of
broadcast television, such as the work done by engineers, camera
operators and lighting crews. ![]()
EXPLORING THE WORLD OF MUSIC PART 1: SOUND, MUSIC, AND THE ENVIRONMENT (VHS) 1998. 30 min. sd. color. #67590 (Closed captioned.) Considers what is meant by music and explores the definition of music from the scientific sine wave to poetic metaphor. Examines the impact of the cultural environment on music as different as Bosnian ganga and becarac singing, Tuvan throat singing, Irish, West African, Trinidadian, and Japanese music, and Western chamber music, jazz, and rock.
EXPLORING THE WORLD OF MUSIC PART 4: TRANSMISSION: LEARNING MUSIC (VHS) 1998. 30 min. sd. color. #67600 (Closed captioned.) How we learn musical traditions and how we maintain, modify, notate, teach, and perform them for a new younger audience is exemplified here in Indian classical music, African village drumming, and modern jazz and gospel.
EXPLOSIONS
IN THE MIND
(VHS) 1980. 50 min. sd. color. #11580
A stroke, the disruption of the brain's blood supply, can cause
paralysis or death. Study of stroke victims allows neurologists to
visualize the workings of the brain and to locate the centers
controlling movement, speech, vision and spatial perception.
EYE OF THE STORM
(VHS) 1971. 25
min. sd. color. #5830 (Also available on DVD #71670)
Shows how a teacher in Riceville, Iowa, introduced her children to the
realities of prejudice by using the color of eyes as the criterion of
superiority. Explains that the results of the experiment were
indicative of the situation throughout the United States. ![]()
EYES
ON THE PRIZE: AWAKENINGS (1954-1956)
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. comb. #13770
(Closed captioned)
Episode 1: Tells the story of two events that helped to focus the
nation's attention on the rights of black Americans: the 1955 lynching
in Mississippi of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the 1955-56 Montgomery,
Alabama boycott that forced the desegregation of public buses.
EYES
ON THE PRIZE: FIGHTING BACK (1957-1962)
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. comb. #13780
(Closed captioned)
Episode 2: Examines the law both as a tool for change and resistance to
change, particularly as it relates to education. Covers the court cases
of the late 1940s that led to the 1954 Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of
Education decision, the stories of nine black teenagers who integrated
Little Rock's Central High School in 1957, and James Meredith's 1962
enrollment at the University of Mississippi.
EYES
ON THE PRIZE: AIN'T SCARED OF YOUR JAILS (1960-1962)
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. comb. #13790
(Closed captioned)
Episode 3: Depicts the changing focus of black protest during the early
1960s from legal challenges to specific laws to personal and group
challenges to a broad range of racial and economic inequities. Links
four related stories of the period: the lunch counter sit-ins, the
formation of SNCC by students who led the sit-ins, the impact of the
sit-ins on the 1960 presidential campaign, and the freedom rides.
EYES ON
THE PRIZE: NO EASY WALK (1962-1966)
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. comb. #13800
(Closed captioned)
Episode 4: Examines three cities that are indelibly linked with the
civil rights movement: Albany, GA, where Police Chief Laurie Pritchett
and Martin Luther King Jr. each tested out the strategy of nonviolence
in their own way; Birmingham, AL, where children marched against Bull
Connor's fire hoses and filled the jails; and Washington, D.C., where
black and white, young and old, north and south, came together to march
on the nation's capital.
EYES
ON THE PRIZE: MISSISSIPPI: IS THIS AMERICA (1962-1964)
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. comb. #13810
(Closed captioned)
Episode 5: Black citizens who had been denied the right to vote stepped
forward and demanded a place in the political process. But before the
summer was over, a complete delegation of the newly formed Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party would challenge the 1964 Democratic Party
Convention in Atlantic City. ![]()
EYES
ON THE PRIZE: BRIDGE TO FREEDOM (1965)
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. comb. #13820
(Closed captioned )
Episode 6: Ten years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a
white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus and nearly twenty years after
the Supreme Court decreed that "separate but equal" was
unconstitutional, black Americans were still fighting for equality. But
millions had now joined the movement, and in Selma, Alabama, thousands
of blacks and whites came together to march fifty miles for freedom.
EYES
ON THE PRIZE II PROGRAM 1: THE TIME HAS COME (1964-66)
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21050
(Closed captioned)
During the decade of civil rights protest in the south, a sense of
urgency and anger emerges from the black communities in the north. This
urgency is best articulated by Malcolm X, then National Minister of the
Nation of Islam. Explores his influence on the staff of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee as they issue the call for "Black
Power" during the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi. ![]()
EYES
ON THE PRIZE II PROGRAM 2: TWO SOCIETIES (1965-68)
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21060
(Closed captioned)
Against the backdrop of the long hot summers of the mid-60's, Martin
Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference travel
to Chicago in an attempt to apply southern movement tactics to the
urban north. A year later, in Detroit, frustration and anger build to
urban violence as blacks and law officers clash on city streets and
America appears to be a nation out of control.
EYES
ON THE PRIZE II PROGRAM 3: POWER (1967-68)
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21070
(Closed captioned)
Blacks look for new ways to take control of their communities; the
ballot box, the street and the schools become the dominant platforms.
Among the events profiled: Carl Stokes, in an historic victory, becomes
the first black mayor of Cleveland; in Oakland, young blacks form the
Black Panther Party in an effort to quell continuing police harassment.
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EYES
ON THE PRIZE II PROGRAM 4: THE PROMISED LAND (1967-68)
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21080
(Closed captioned)
In the final year of Martin Luther King's life, he and his staff begin
to organize a Poor People's Campaign, a march of the poor to
Washington, D.C. In the midst of the campaign, Dr. King is called away
to help black sanitation workers on strike in Memphis. On April 4,
1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated.
EYES
ON THE PRIZE II PROGRAM 5: AIN'T GONNA SHUFFLE NO MORE (1964-72)
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21090
(Closed captioned)
An awareness and sense of pride emerge through the struggle of World
Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay to be called by his new Islamic name,
Muhammed Ali. No longer content to use the mainstream culture as their
standard and rejecting images which traditionally stereotyped them as
servile and inferior, a new generation of African Americans begins to
redefine itself. ![]()
EYES
ON THE PRIZE II PROGRAM 6: A NATION OF LAW (1968-71)
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21100
(Closed captioned)
In Chicago, Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are killed
during an early morning raid by police. During the same period, inmates
at New York's Attica prison take over the prison in an effort to
attract national attention to intolerable conditions. A subsequent
police assault ends the takeover but not before several inmates and
guards are killed. These events come to symbolize the violence of a
hardened political regime.
EYES
ON THE PRIZE II PROGRAM 7: THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM (1974-80)
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21110
(Closed captioned)
Examines the relationship between law and grassroots political struggle
as it chronicles black efforts to inject substance into promises of
equality. The movement's focus is on the keys to the kingdom: jobs and
education.
EYES
ON THE PRIZE II PROGRAM 8: BACK TO THE MOVEMENT (1979-mid 80s)
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21120
(Closed captioned)
The series concludes with an examination of the political and economic
changes experienced concurrently by two cities in the north and south:
Chicago and Miami, and ends with a retrospective of the people who made
this movement a force for change in America. ![]()