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SACRAMENTS: CELEBRATIONS OF GOD'S LIFE (VHS) 2002. 48 min. sd. color. #67460 Presents the seven rites of the Catholic sacraments. Especially helpful for those who have not had the experience of being present at some of the sacramental celebrations.

SACRED BUFFALO PEOPLE (VHS) 1992. 58 min. sd. color. #60880 Opens with the legend of the creation of the Indian people and their relationship with the buffalo. Indians of different tribes tell the meaning and importance of buffalo to their people.

SALES PROMOTION (VHS) 1991. 20 min. sd. color. #58670 Discusses the goals of sales promotional activities, where they fit into the promotional mix, and why marketers have shifted funds from advertising to sales promotion. Covers sales promotions aimed at consumers such as premiums, rebates, contests and sweepstakes, price-offs, and combination offers. Covers sales promotions aimed at the trade such as stocking allowances, slotting allowances, trade deals, advertising allowances, display allowances, and the industry trade show.

SALMAN RUSHDIE: SATANIC VERSES (VHS) 1989. 40 min. sd. color. #20270 A discussion which covers background to The Satanic Verses; themes of divided selves; the irony of an Indian being viewed as representative of English culture; the nature of the city as metaphor; writing dialogue; writing from the experience of duality of uprootedness; and Black voices "describing back" in their literature. With W. L. Webb.

SALOME (VHS) 1990. 109 min. sd. color. #50140 An electrifying live production of Strauss' one-act graphic opera. In German with English subtitles.

SALT OF THE EARTH (MEMORIAS DE SAL) (VHS) 1953. 94 min. sd. b&w. #60640 A semidocumentary of the year-long labor struggle by Mexican American zinc miners in 1950 in New Mexico. When an injunction is issued against the workers, the wives take up the battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. Produced independently by blacklisted filmmakers.

SALUT COUSIN (VHS) 1997. 92 min. sd. color. #60220 Merzak Allouache's realistic tale of the other Paris - the poor tenements of the 18th arrondissement. Alilo, just off the plane from Algiers, hooks up with his cousin, a would-be rap star who is also a pathological liar and his guide to the Paris underground scene. In French and Arabic with English subtitles.

SANDSTORM IN THE GULF (VHS) 1991. 30 min. sd. color. #32020 Provides a critical perspective on the evolution of the Gulf War and examines its long-term consequences.

SANFORD MEISNER: THE THEATER'S BEST-KEPT SECRET (VHS) 1984. 56 min. sd. color. #23190 Meisner is one of the most brilliant and creative acting teachers America has had - praising, bullying and forcing the best out of such actors as Gregory Peck, Tony Randall, Grace Kelly, Steve McQueen, Jon Voight, Peter Falk, Robert Duvall, and Frances Sternhagen. Here we see Meisner at work, helping actors reach inside themselves for their best. Interviews with some of Meisner's students reveal what the master gave them.

SANSKRIT DRAMA (VHS) 1986. 14 min. sd. color. #53030  (Also available on DVD #71940)  Mrinalini Sarabhai re-creates the classical Indian dance forms of Sanskrit theater. Footage of rehearsals with American actors and a performance of The Vision of Vasavadatta by Bhasa introduce Indian movements, costuming and makeup.

SARTRE BY HIMSELF, PART ONE (1905-40) (VHS) 1984. 90 min. sd. color. #01980 Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was the dominant intellectual figure of post-World War II Europe and the leading proponent of the philosophy of existentialism. In Part 1, the years 1905-1940 are covered, from Sartre's birth until the Fall of France in World War II. Rare newsreel clips of World War I, the Soviet Union in the 30's, and Germany's transition to Fascism are skillfully combined with Sartre's recollections.

SARTRE BY HIMSELF, PART TWO (1940-80) (VHS) 1984. 102 min. sd. color. #01990 In Part 2, the years 1940 to Sartre's death in 1980 are covered in penetrating interviews, interwoven with dramatic newsreel footage of the events which shaped the post-war world.

SAVAGE SKIES: FIRE AND RAIN (VHS) 1996. 55 min. sd. color/b&w. #51820 Examines the closed water system that surrounds Earth. Explores the deceptive disguises worn by rain and the effects it has on people around the globe, from the Mississippi Valley where seasonal torrential downpours destroy homes, towns and livelihoods, to Bombay, where the people pray for and rejoice in the cooling monsoon rains.

SAVAGE SKIES: MONSTERS OF THE DEEP (VHS) 1996. 57 min. sd. color/b&w. #51830 Hurricanes produce as much energy as an atomic bomb. Visit with survivors of Hurricane Andrew, the United States' costliest natural disaster. This program also examines the ocean effects that create hurricanes and delves into the phenomenon known as "El Nino," a current in the Pacific Ocean.

SAVAGE SKIES: RIDERS ON THE STORM (VHS) 1996. 59 min. sd. color/b&w. #51840 This program follows scientists, lightning photographers and thrill-seeking "storm chasers" who hunt for twisters and storms, attempting to predict their behavior either to divert disaster or to capture some of the excitement and natural beauty. Combines rare video and eyewitness reports to recreate a harrowing spring afternoon in 1991 when a family of tornadoes ripped through Kansas.

SAVAGE SKIES: THE WINTER'S TALE (VHS) 1996. 58 min. sd. color/b&w. #51850 This program demonstrates the manner in which humans have come to adapt their lifestyles to the rigorous demands of winter. Also looks back at some of history's biggest blizzards, and uses state-of-the-art 3D sequences to journey inside the crystalline structure of the snowflake.

SAVE THE EARTH: A HOW-TO VIDEO (VHS) 1990. 60 min. sd. color. #26850 Acid rain, ozone depletion, rain forests, water conservation, recycling, toxic waste, the greenhouse effect...Join the "Save the Earth Brigade" in combing the globe exploring solutions to these serious environmental problems.

SAY NO AND MEAN IT (VHS) 1991. 17 min. sd. color. #32440 Using pressure-filled situations viewers can easily relate to, lively songs, and age-appropriate discussion questions, this program teaches four easy-to-learn assertiveness techniques.

SCANDINAVIA (VHS) 1986. 43 min. sd. color. #14130 Travelogue exploring the wonder and beauty of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Includes narration and background music.

SCARED SILENT (VHS) 1992. 50 min. sd. color. #28820 Hosted by Oprah Winfrey, this network television documentary helped victims and perpetrators break their silence and get help. Profiles six true stories of sexual, physical and emotional child abuse told by the offenders and their victims. Traces how child abuse starts and how it can be stopped.

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (VHS) 1975. 120 min. sd. color. #16632 Richard Sheridan's play about the morals and manners of 18th Century England. Performed at the Guthrie Theatre for "Theater in America".

SCHWARZKOPF: HOW THE WAR WAS WON (VHS) 1991. 60 min. sd. color. #24000 "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf predicted, back in 1983, that there would be a war in the Middle East. At that time, Schwarzkopf set out on his own to develop a plan in the event that a hostile nation would invade one of its neighbors. The plan became the groundwork for Operation Desert Shield. This program contains the now famous military briefing, in its entirety, in which General Schwarzkopf explains the military tactics that led to the conclusion of the war. Presented by Peter Jennings.

SCIENCE AND GENDER WITH EVELYN FOX KELLER (VHS) 1990. 30 min. sd. color. #23050 When Evelyn Fox Keller set out in the 1950's to be a scientist, she discovered it was a man's world, not only because most scientists were men, but because the language of science itself reflected masculine metaphors and values. In this episode, Keller discusses how gender plays a significant role in the language that scientists use to describe their work.

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: FUTURE QUEST (VHS) 1994. 46 min. sd. color. #53410 An introduction to science, technology and society issues. How serious are toxic wastes, acid rain and the greenhouse effect? Are natural resources limited or unlimited? Will there be enough energy? Are we overpopulated in the United States, in the world? Uses video interviews with leading scientists and environmentalists to give a broad overview of major science and society issues today.

SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION IN THE RENAISSANCE (VHS) 1986. 52 min. sd. color. #27620 Startling changes grew out of the study by Europeans of Arab optics - the discovery of perspective geometry, new painting and architectural techniques, the ability to measure at a distance and map the world, and the confidence to cross oceans. Also explores how this new knowledge led to a new individualism. From the series "The Day the Universe Changed."

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD (VHS) 1988. 23 min. sd. color. #55080 Tracing the evolution of the scientific method, this program shows the three-step process of observing, developing a hypothesis and testing it through experimentation. It presents examples of how the scientific method is applied in the classroom and in professional research.

SCULPTURE AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS (VHS) 29 min sd. color. #33850 Explores the creative process of the sculpture of Dale Lamphere. See the artist in his studio as he develops his ideas into three dimensional form with thumbnail sketches in clay then makes the maquette and the armature and sculpts the finished work. Also discusses important considerations for anyone looking at a career as a sculptor. Provides an overview of the lost wax casting process as we follow each step from coating the sculpture with latex to pouring the bronze, and finishing with patina.

SEAMUS HEANEY: LOOKING BACK (VHS) 1991. 52 min. sd. color. #63100 Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has been judged by Robert Lowell to be the most important Irish poet since Yeats. This classic program looks back over Heaney's career at the time his best-selling collection Seeing Things - a return to the rural childhood territory of his very first book - was published, offering a rare opportunity to hear the poet read and discuss his work. Through poems including "Death of a Naturalist," "The Toome Road," "Wheels Within Wheels," "The Strand at Lough Beg" and "Seeing Things," he describes his efforts to balance losses with life's marvels, the lyrical with the elegiac, and social responsibility with creative freedom in a society divided by religion and politics.

THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS (VHS) 1979. 169 min. sd. color. #13182 Nine programs are presented to spark curiosity and promote interest in the various fields of science. The programs include: Investigation, Modeling, Adaptation, Context, Trial and Error, Evidence, Patterns, Theory, and Predictions. Narrated by Stacy Keach.

THE SEARCHERS (VHS) 1956. 144 min. sd. color. #31640 (Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.) A hard-hearted frontiersman doggedly pursues for years the child of a friend kidnapped by Indians. A simple Western structure supports John Ford's most moving, mysterious, complex film. With John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter and Vera Miles.

SEASONS OF LIFE: CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #40590 Examines the problems of teenagers and how they cope with biological and social changes in their own lives.

SEASONS OF LIFE: EARLY ADULTHOOD (VHS) 1990. 60 min. sd. color. #40600 Looks at the developmental "clocks" of early adulthood, particularly the social one which urges the acquiring of a job, mate, and family, and the biological one in this fertile period in one's life.

SEASONS OF LIFE: INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #40580 Examines infancy and the influence on infants of the biological, social and psychological clock.

SEASONS OF LIFE: MIDDLE ADULTHOOD (VHS) 1990. 60 min. sd. color. #40610 Looks at the developmental "clocks" of middle adulthood, particularly the biological one that signals middle age and the psychological one in which a person is in personal and social command or whose life is taking on new directions.

SEASONS OF LIFE: LATE ADULTHOOD (VHS) 1990. 60 min. sd. color. #40620 Looks at the developmental "clocks" of late adulthood, a stage in which there has been a twenty-five-year increase in life expectancy and in which age alone has become a poor predictor of activity, but in which retirement enters the picture, as does a review of one's life.

SEASONS OF THE NAVAJO (VHS) 1984. 60 min. sd. color. #26540 The Navajo heritage of sacred songs, ceremonies and oral tradition comes alive in this program as viewers meet Chauncey and Dorothy Neboyia, grandparents to an extended family of two generations. This documentary captures the traditional lifestyles of the Navajo family and features striking photography of Arizona's ancient Anasazi ruins and the spectacular Monument Valley.

THE SECOND SHEPHERD'S PLAY (VHS) 1975. 55 min. sd. color. #14140 The viewer sees "Quen Quaeritis" performed as it might have been in the sanctuary of the Church; "Abraham and Isaac" enacted from a wagon; and finally, the Wakefield Master's "Second Shepherd's Play" with its combination of humor and religion, linking the comic subplot of Mak and Gill with the solemn story of Christ's nativity.

THE SECRET GOVERNMENT: THE CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS (VHS) 1988. 90 min. sd. color. #19910 This program puts the Iran/Contra controversy into an historical perspective and examines the role covert activity has played in the United States government over the last forty years. It traces the roots of covert activity back to the end of World War II when the United States emerged as the most powerful nation on earth, the Soviets occupied Eastern Europe, and President Truman signed the National Security Act into being. In this documentary, Bill Moyers explores this passion for secrecy.

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN EPISODE 1: THE BABY'S BRAIN: WIDER THAN THE SKY (VHS) 2001. 60 min. sd. color. #63490 (Closed captioned.) Less than a month after conception, brain cells are developing at the astonishing rate of 500,000 per minute. The brain will ultimately comprise billions of cells linked by trillions of connections, the most complex thing in the universe. How does it organize itself? What are the roles of genetics and environment in brain development? The first hour traces the formation of the infant brain through the age of one, the period during which it is most open to molding through external influence and experience.

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN EPISODE 2: THE CHILD'S BRAIN: SYLLABLE FROM SOUND(VHS) 2001. 60 min. sd. color. #63500 (Closed captioned.) The explosion of language in young children provides one of the most dramatic illustrations of the young brain at work. How do we learn to talk? How do we learn to read? Unlike adults, in whose brains most linguistic activity is restricted to the left hemisphere, very young children respond to language with the entire brain. But what happens when the brain is physically compromised? And what are the physical roots of language disorders such as dyslexia?

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN EPISODE 4: THE ADULT BRAIN: TO THINK BY FEELING (VHS) 2001. 60 min. sd. color. #63520 (Closed captioned.) The brain is the seat of both intellect and emotion, and this episode chronicles the critical balance between these processes and explores what happens when the balance is lost. Scientists draw insight from the stories of a stroke victim and a sufferer of post-traumatic stress disorder, and break new ground in the struggle to understand and treat depression.

THE SECRET OF LIFE PROGRAM ONE: THE IMMORTAL THREAD & PROGRAM TWO: ACCIDENTS OF CREATION (VHS) 1993. Each program 60 min. sd. color. #31910 Program one introduces viewers to the extraordinary chemistry of the DNA molecule. By studying DNA, scientists hope to obtain a total understanding of life's mechanisms. Program two explores the wonderful variety of life rooted in the accumulation of tiny errors in DNA. Such mistakes can be deadly, but they also lead to the critical genetic diversity that allows organisms to adapt to changing conditions. Were it not for these mistakes, life would never have advanced beyond its primitive beginnings.

THE SECRET OF LIFE PROGRAM THREE: BIRTH, SEX AND DEATH & PROGRAM FOUR: CONQUERING CANCER (VHS) 1993. Each program 60 min. sd. color. #31920 Program three asks the question: If every cell in an organism has the same genes, why are some cells different? Genes seem to know how to make an arm or a leg, a girl or a boy, and how to put all the pieces in the right places. Determining how genes function means studying the rare cases where they have gone seriously awry. Program four probes the new understanding of the molecular machinery that causes cells to turn cancerous. The search for treatments for some types of cancer, such as inheritable breast cancer, has become a high-stakes hunt for a type of gene that is prone to become malignant. Once identified, such "oncogenes" are expected to point the way to cures.

THE SECRET OF LIFE PROGRAM PROGRAM FIVE: THE MOUSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG & PROGRAM SIX: CELL WARS (VHS) 1993. Each program 60 min. sd. color. #31930 Program five covers the controversial trend of genetically engineering sheep, pigs, mice, tomatoes, and other life forms for human benefit. Drugs, low-cholesterol milk, bruiseless tomatoes, human hemoglobin, and even human organs are some of the genetically engineered products that, if not already available, may soon be. Program six looks at a powerful search-and-destroy mechanism that can defeat almost any invader - the immune system. When the immune system fails, vaccines can sometimes intervene. Gene technology offers the hope of vastly extending the ability to tailor vaccines to such incurable diseases as AIDS.

THE SECRET TO BETTER SELLING-THE SALE BEFORE THE SALE (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color. #26480 Jules Marine presents the secrets of "professional" selling and persuasion. Examines how to sell yourself to others, sell benefits instead of features, and how to read yourself to success.

SECRETS OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE (VHS) 1996. 50 min. sd. color. #53100 The Aztec Empire flourished until the 16th century when Spain's Hernan Cortes came dancing across the water and -appalled by the Aztec's practice of human sacrifice-conquered the native people.

SECRETS OF THE TITANIC (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14150 This National Geographic program highlights the century's most celebrated underwater expedition. After years of research and exploration, Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a team of researchers located the final resting place of the ill-fated S. S. Titanic, nearly two-and-one half miles beneath the surface of the icy Atlantic. Armed with sophisticated equipment, including the submersible deep-sea craft Alvin and a myriad of remote video cameras, Dr. Ballard and his team became the first humans to see and photograph the Titanic since it sank.

SECURITY: EMPLOYEE AWARENESS AND PROBLEM PREVENTION (VHS) 1987. 16 min. sd. color. #30760 Explains security awareness by all hotel/motel employees, providing security to guests, being alert to problems, handling unwelcome visitors and reporting problems.

SEEING INFANTS WITH NEW EYES (VHS) 1984. 26 min. sd. color. #27130 Magda Gerber's exemplary program dramatically illustrates how adult interactions with infants can make a difference.

SEEING THE SOUL (VHS) 1988. 30 min. sd. color. #51710 Psychic abilities are a natural function of your soul and spirit, while intellect is a natural function of your ego. Carol Dryer is a psychic consultant whose clients include many well-known figures in entertainment, publishing, psychology, science and the arts.

SEIZURES (VHS) 1987. 19 min. sd. color. #15390 This program explains how epilepsy, which affects over one million Americans, is diagnosed. Also presented are descriptions of available treatments, how an EEG measures the electrical activity of the brain, and how CAT and RMI scans take pictures of the brain. Profiling a controlled epileptic, the program discusses some of the misconceptions about epilepsy, discusses the available drug therapies and surgical treatments, and shows what to do for someone experiencing a seizure.

SELECTION AND ADAPTATION (VHS) 1985. 20 min. sd. color. #29270 Illustrates the selection by environmental constraints of the more favorable variations in a population and the inheritance of these variations; shows that selection eventually results in a population of plants and animals most of which are improved in their adaptation to their particular environment; shows the development of unique characteristics and adaptive structures that promote survival in particular environments; and demonstrates the dynamic nature of environmental processes and their effect on the process of natural selection.

SELF-DISCIPLINE AND EMOTIONAL CONTROL (VHS) 1994. 286 min. sd. color. #51114 This four volume program, based on rational-emotive therapy, will help change negative behaviors permanently. Tom Miller presents strategies which will help handle crises and reduce stress, and techniques to remain in control and ease pressure.

SELLING MULTI-TRACK RECORDING (VHS) 1985. 180 min. sd. color. #12210 Three educational seminars taped live at the 1985 Winter Market of the National Association of Music Merchants, prepared by CAMEO (Creative Audio & Music Electronics Organization). Describes the new market of multi-track recordings and provides guidelines and information about merchandising and selling multi-track recording systems.

SENTINELS OF SILENCE (VHS) 1990. 18 min. sd. color. #22390 Filmed almost entirely from a helicopter, this film presents spectacular views of seven of the most important archaeological sites in Mexico: Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, Mitla, Tulum, Palenque, Chichen Itza and Uxmal. Narrated by Orson Welles, the film conveys a spiritual and aesthetic impression of the lost civilizations of Ancient Mexico.

SET IN STONE (VHS) 1995. 24 min. sd. color. #53560 Explores the international controversy over physical access to the Stonehenge site. Balancing the increasing demand for access to the past with the need for preserving the site has proven to be a complex and difficult task for British authorities. Archaeologists, advertisers, modern-day druids, and more than 10,000 tourists each day are battling over access to Stonehenge, even as it continues to deteriorate owing to environmental stresses and pollution. This is a unique and insightful case study of a problem facing most of the world's artistic and cultural monuments.

SETTING THE STAGE (VHS) 1988. 26 min. sd. color. #28830 Theatrical scenery has been transformed over the years from a painted backdrop with a few props to a dazzling show-within-a-show. This program examines the technology behind this theatrical artistry, looking behind the scenes at the Broadway musical Starlight Express to see the latest in computerized lighting, stereo sound, and video projection. The program also spotlights Robert Wilson, who helped create a whole new kind of theatre by blending high technology with non-traditional performance; included in the program are rehearsal scenes from Wilson's The Civil Wars and excerpts from other productions.

SEURAT: POINT, COUNTERPOINT (VHS) 1979. 75 min. sd. color. #27590 Defines the life and work of Georges Seurat, one of the most influential artists of the Post-Impressionist generation. Highlighted by conversations with artists Henry Moore and Bridger Riley, the program provides a close look at the creator of the pointillist technique.

THE SEVEN AGES OF THE BRAIN (VHS) 1995. 58 min. sd. color. #54870 Focuses on how a brain grows from a fertilized egg and how our brains change, right up to old age. The establishment of connections between brain cells occurs not only in the womb, but also after birth. These connections can be modified, or even abolished, in accordance with certain changes in the environment.

SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (VHS) 1991. 60 min. sd. color. #27060 Philo of Byzantium, approximately 2000 years ago, compiled a list consisting of two statues, a temple, a roof-top garden, two tombs, and a lighthouse. Ancient Romans considered these to be the seven wonders of the world. Only the Great Pyramid of Giza still stands in its original form, and is the oldest wonder, built around 2560 B.C. This fascinating video reveals the story behind each wonder, built around 2560 B. C. This fascinating video reveals the story behind each wonder, and the people responsible for the construction and function of each.

THE SEVENTH SEAL (VHS) 1956. 96 min. black & white. #15600 A medieval knight agrees to play a game of chess with "Death" as the plague sweeps through Europe. Swedish with English subtitles.

SEX AND GENDER (VHS) 1991. 30 min. sd. color. #30950 Examines the lives of three women of different generations. It shows how they have been treated differently as women depending upon the generation in which they were raised. The effects of sex ratios and gender-related norms are analyzed. The program investigates sociological perspective on gender-based social stratification, as well as the social changes that have occurred as a result of the Women's Movement.

SEX AND SELFHOOD: NEW ISSUES FOR MEN OF CONSCIENCE ISSUE 1: SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION (VHS) 1992. 20 min. sd. color. #30590 Why do men feel the need to treat another person's body like a thing - or like an object - in order to feel sexually aroused? Is there another way to feel attracted to someone?

SEX AND SELFHOOD: NEW ISSUES FOR MEN OF CONSCIENCE ISSUE 2: MALE BONDING (VHS) 1992. 20 min. sd. color. #30600 How do men act together in order to assure each other that they're "real men"? How does that affect men? And how does that affect women?

SEX AND SELFHOOD: NEW ISSUES FOR MEN OF CONSCIENCE ISSUE 3: HOMOPHOBIA (VHS) 1992. 20 min. sd. color. #30610 How does cultural homophobia protect men? And how does internalized homophobia actually hurt men?

SEX AND SELFHOOD: NEW ISSUES FOR MEN OF CONSCIENCE ISSUE 4: PORNOGRAPHY (VHS) 1992. 20 min. sd. color. #30620 What makes pornography "sexy"? And why do men give pornography so much power over their sexual lives?

SEX EDUCATION FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED (VHS) 1989. 28 min. sd. color. #22240 This specially adapted Phil Donahue show, in which the special issues involved in educating mentally handicapped people about their bodies and about sex and relationships, features specialists in the area of sex education and mental retardation as well as actor Larry Drake, who plays Benny in "L. A. Law", and Heidi Hennessey, who plays his love interest in the show and is, in fact, mentally handicapped.

SEX EQUITY IN THE CLASSROOM (ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY) (VHS) 1984. 27 min. sd. color. #51580 Four scenarios are played out demonstrating four areas of classroom interaction: active teaching attention, classroom discipline, verbal evaluation of academic work, and classroom integration on the basis of sex. Each scenario shows teachers who demonstrate inequitable as well as equitable teaching behaviors in the four areas listed above. (Microteaching Skills notebook and Observer's Manual for INTERSECT available upon request.)

SEX EQUITY IN THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM (VHS) 1984. 27 min. sd. color. #51590 Analyzes subtle classroom sex bias through interviews with college students and national educational leaders. Actual scenes from college classrooms demonstrate the nature of sex bias between student and teacher. Includes a brief history of women in higher education and directions for improving equitable teaching. Focuses on the college classroom, yet also reports research at the elementary and secondary school level.

SEXISM IN LANGUAGE (VHS) 1991. 26 min. sd. color. #40920 Shows how sexism and antisexism may be contained in language - in song lyrics, everyday conversation, newspaper reports, written conventions, and satire. In many cases, gender bias in language is extremely subtle; but this subtlety does not detract from its ability to influence the thoughts and perceptions of speakers and listeners. Indeed, bias that is never consciously recognized may be the most damaging.

SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARASSMENT: CAUSES, PREVENTION...COPING (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #20732 Alerts viewers to the wide range of inappropriate behavior that can be considered sexual harassment - from an unwanted intimate touch to a subtle sexual joke or innuendo. A revealing interview with an incest survivor shows the long-term effects of such abuse and the painful and lengthy healing process.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT: BUILDING AWARENESS ON CAMPUS (VHS) 1995. 30 min. sd. color. #51010 Jean Kilbourne presents a comprehensive, non-threatening approach to discussing sexual harassment which addresses both men and women. This video emphasizes psychological, legal and communication perspectives, and features interviews with students as well as experts. It addresses how to stop sexual harassment before it becomes a problem.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT: ITıS NOT ACADEMIC (VHS) 1985. 34 min. sd. color. #12370 By alternating vignettes depicting possible incidents of sexual harassment with scenes of a college class discussing the incidents, this video raises the level of awareness and understanding of this sensitive topic.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION (DVD) 2007. 39 min. sd. color. #72100  (Captioned)  Two gay couples who are co-parenting biological children they conceived together are interviewed in this program. The four discuss their homosexuality, the issues they face as couples, their children and the parenting experience. In addition, an overview on HIV/AIDS given by a healthcare professional distinguishes the virus from the syndrome and explains how HIV is contracted and transmitted. 

THE SHADOW CATCHER (VHS) 1975. 88 min. sd. color. #18800 A program about photographer-anthropologist Edward Curtis and the Indian people he worked with from 1895-1930. Includes all of Curtis' recoverable film footage of life among the Kwakiutl, Hopi and Navaho Indians.

SHADOWLANDS (VHS) 1985. 96 min. sd. color. #24240 C. S. Lewis' life as a confirmed bachelor is rudely interrupted when he meets Joy - a Jewish, formerly communist, divorcee who becomes a Christian through reading Lewis' books. Joy becomes ill and eventually dies. Grief-stricken, Lewis' Christian beliefs, magnificently communicated in his many books, are called into serious doubt.

SHAKESPEARE: A DAY AT THE GLOBE (VHS) 1977. 28 min. sd. color. #23780 After a brief overview of early drama and of 17th-century England, viewers are introduced to the Globe Theater and its operations, architecture, stage design and galleries. This program, which utilizes still visual images, explains how actors, artisans and other company members prepared for performances. It also presents dramatic readings, period costumes, music and sound effects, helping students to envision how Shakespearean drama actually looked.

SHAKESPEARE AND HIS STAGE: APPROACHES TO HAMLET (VHS) 1975. 46 min. sd. color. #20640 Recreates the theatre of Shakespeare's day through the staging of scenes from Hamlet in an Elizabethan courtyard near Stratford, England. Contrasts styles of Shakespearean role-playing with excerpts from performances by Sir Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Nicol Williamson, and John Barrymore. Includes views of landmarks in London, Stratford and Warwick which shaped Shakespeare's approach to theatrical practice.

SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE: PARTS 1- 4 (VHS) 1983. 120 min. sd. color. #14180

SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE: PARTS 5 - 8 (VHS) 1983. 120 min. sd. color. #14190

SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE: PARTS 9 - 12 (VHS) 1983. 120 min. sd. color. #14200

SHARING BOOKS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN (VHS) 1986. 25 min. sd. color. #19040 Features Betsy Hearne, Assistant Professor of Library Science, University of Chicago, talking about creating and developing the love of books in pre-school children and reading aloud during a story hour at the University of Chicago Laboratory School. Hearne evaluates book illustration and narrative, describes storytelling and reading aloud skills and discusses the levels of children's involvement with and comprehension of books.

SHANGHAI: THE NEW CHINESE WAY (VHS) 2000. 52 min. sd. color. #65680 A beneficiary of post-Maoist economic reform, Shanghai has been modernizing at a remarkable rate as foreign investment pours into that venerable city. This program tracks the progress of Shanghai's makeover through the diverse voices of its citizens - children of modernity, swept up in the economic revolution, and elders who have witnessed the evolution of Chinese communism over the course of the 20th century.

SHARING THE DREAM: BRIAN LANKER PHOTOGRAPHS BLACK WOMEN WHO CHANGED AMERICA (VHS) 1989. 45 min. sd. color. #29660 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Lanker shares the elements of his two-year project photographing 75 great Black women. The program details how he obtained grant funding, gained access to his subjects and guided the work into both a book, I Dream a World, and an internationally touring exhibition.

SHARING THE JOY OF NATURE (VHS) 1991. 40 min. sd. color. #26580 A guide to teaching children awareness of and involvement with nature, featuring majestic footage of the High Sierras and Yosemite National Park.

SHELTER BOY (VHS) 1990. 15 min. sd. color. #24280 Examines the plight of the Metcalf family who lost their home in Omaha in a tornado. After moving to San Francisco, the father discovered the job he thought he had was not available to him. The Metcalfs became homeless when their resources were exhausted. The story focuses on 12-year-old Richard Metcalf who describes what it is like to live in a shelter and to be ostracized by schoolmates because of his predicament.

SHINTO FESTIVAL MUSIC (VHS) 1994. 30 min. sd. color. #54380 Filmed in Tokyo at the 1993 Sanja Matsuri in the Asakusa District, and at the Sumiyoshi, Hachiman, and Meiji Shrines. Explains the variety of musical traditions in Shinto festivals and discusses the use of musical instruments. Introduces the rituals of Shinto and the rich tradition of Japanese mythology. Witness the colorful parade of neighborhood villagers who carry huge portable shrines known as "omikoshi." The celebrated Hayashi ensemble led by Taneo Wakayama performs festival music with driving rhythms to accompany elaborate theatricals of mime and dance.

SHINTO - NATURE, GODS AND MAN IN JAPAN (VHS) 1977. 48 min. sd. color. #51630 Introduces the fundamental philosophical, ethical and aesthetic beliefs of the Shinto tradition. Takes the viewer to ancient ritual sites, shrines, prehistoric ceremonies still performed today, local festivals and seasonal celebrations.

THE SHOCK OF FUTURISM (VHS) 1992. 23 min. sd. color. #33720 Probably the least known of the early 20th century Avant-Garde movements, Italian Futurism played a major role in bringing about the decisive innovations of modern art. This video features the works of Boccioni, Balla, Carra, and Severini, whose ideas and artistic principles were followed by most Avant-Garde programs from Dada to Pop-Art. The legacy of futurism continues to inspire the contemporary debate on the role and function of art.

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW PART ONE: THE MECHANICAL PARADISE (VHS) 1980. 52 min. sd. color. #52230 The period 1870-1914 was one of the hinge points in Western culture. Its emblem, the Eiffel Tower, symbolized the reign of the engineer, the inventor.

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW PART TWO: THE POWERS THAT BE (VHS) 1980. 52 min. sd. color. #52240 Dada and Expressionism were set against the collapse of Germany after World War I. The avant-garde's energies were about to be used in service of real political revolutions.

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW PART THREE: THE LANDSCAPE OF PLEASURE (VHS) 1980. 52 min. sd. color. #52250 The south of France and the Mediterranean became a generator of color-filled images of well-being that permeated the work of Monet, Cezanne and other Impressionists.

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW PART FOUR: TROUBLE IN UTOPIA (VHS) 1980. 52 min. sd. color. #52260 The glass palaces of German architects gave way to the functionalists. Concern for social programs, culminating in the town plans of le Corbusier, the speculations of Buckminster Fuller and the strange wasteland of Brasilia.

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW PART FIVE: THE THRESHOLD OF LIBERTY (VHS) 1980. 52 min. sd. color. #52270 Surrealism was the last revolutionary art movement of the 20th century, much like a religion. Dali, Miro, and Magritte were striving to liberate the unconscious mind through fantasy/reality.

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW PART SIX. THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE (VHS) 1980. 52 min. sd. color. #52280 Figurative Expressionism was ruined by the realities of the Nazi death camps whose horrors surpassed distortions of the human body an artist could imagine.

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW PART SEVEN: CULTURE AS NATURE (VHS) 1980. 52 min. sd. color. #52290 In the mid-20th century, symbols of modern culture reflecting the power of mass media, advertising, radio and television, became subjects for artists. Pop art exploded onto the scene.

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW PART EIGHT: THE FUTURE THAT WAS (VHS) 1980. 52 min. sd. color. #52300 The new age of Modernism that began with this century is now the establishment, as are it's consequences.

SHOOTING FOR SUCCESS (VHS) 1989. 22 min. sd. color. #19610 Portrays the remarkable success of NEA member Jaime Escalante and his students at Garfield High in East Los Angeles. Depicts Escalante's determination to teach Advancement Placement Calculus to inner city students whose past successes in learning basic math skills were minimal.

SHORTCHANGING GIRLS, SHORTCHANGING AMERICA (VHS) 1991. 19 min. sd. color. #51800 A dramatic look at the inequities girls face in school. Features education experts and public policy leaders, AAUW poll results, as well as the compelling voices and faces of American girls.

SHOW BOAT (VHS) 1951. 108 min. sd. color. #59990 Closed captioned. Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler. With Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner and Howard Keel.

SHOW ME THE RHYTHMS FOR BONGOS (VHS) 1998. 50 min. sd. color. #64510 Kalani demonstrates ten traditional and popular rhythms for the bongo drums.

SHOW ME THE RHYTHMS FOR CONGAS (VHS) 1998. 50 min. sd. color. #64500 Kalani demonstrates ten traditional and popular rhythms for the conga drums.

SHOW ME THE RHYTHMS FOR JEMBE VOLUMES 1 - 4 (VHS) 2001. Each tape 45 min. sd. color. #64524 Volume 1 shows: Kassa, Foli, Dansa and Dununba. Volume 2 shows: Sunu, Komo, Yankadi and Macuru. Volume 3 shows: Toro, Sofa, Mamaya and Tiriba. Volume 4 shows: Tonsole, Liberte, Soli and Mendiani.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON (VHS) 1989. 26 min. sd. color. #23170 Looks at the health hazards associated with the performing arts, examining current research into the biomechanics of performance; the facilities and capabilities of arts medicine and performance medicine clinics; and the neurological analysis of musical performance.

SICK AROUND THE WORLD (DVD)  2008. 60 min. sd. color. #72480  (Captioned)  Four in five Americans say the U.S. health care system needs fundamental change. Can the United States learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health care system, or are these nations so culturally different from us that their solutions would simply not be acceptable to Americans? This program examines the health care systems of other advanced capitalist democracies, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Taiwan, to see what tried and tested ideas might help us reform our broken health care system.

SIENA: CHRONICLES OF A MEDIEVAL COMMUNE (VHS) 1988. 29 min. sd. color. #32540 Renowned for its merchants, artists, and saints, the city of Siena was one of the major centers of medieval and Renaissance culture. Based in large part on contemporary sources and shot on location in Tuscany, this program focuses on the civic and religious institutions of the city - the municipal government, the cathedral, the Hospital of the Scala - and captures Sienese life and society during its golden age.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHILDREN SERIES (VHS) 1994. Each tape 40 - 45 min. sd. color. These videos provide on-the-scene details of early childhood care and education around the world. Preschools, kindergartens, child care centers, family day care homes, and children's own homes are included. Two to four typical settings are portrayed in each of 15 countries spanning Asia, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe, and the United States. The videos dramatically expand our understanding of how themes and resources influence preschool children's behavior and activities. Shows not only elaborate equipment and settings that some communities provide for their children, but also the resourcefulness and caring with which adults serve children even under difficult conditions.

United States #55050

THE SILENCE (VHS) 95 min. sd. b&w. #27420 The third in Bergman's crisis-of-faith trilogy, "The Silence" is a brutal, enigmatic allegory about two sisters, one a nymphomaniac, the other a violently frustrated lesbian, traveling with the former's young son to an unnamed country beset by war. In Swedish with English subtitles.

SILENCES OF THE PALACE (VHS) 1996. 127 min. sd. color. #60230 This film is a rare work by a woman filmmaker working in an Arab country, as well as an emotionally powerful look at the role of women in a changing world. Set in Tunisia in the 1950s, Tlatli tells the personal story of servant women living through the last days of French colonial rule, virtual prisoners in the palace of "the beys." In Arabic and French with English subtitles.

THE SILENT SCREAM (VHS) 1994. 30 min. sd. color. #66770 In adulthood, the Kavanagh sisters found the strength to prosecute their father for his sexual abuse of them as children. Painful stories of their repeated abuse are interwoven with poems and drawings of other sexually abused children.

THE SILK ROAD: GLORIES OF ANCIENT CHANG-AN PART ONE(VHS) 1990. 55 min. sd. color. #26240 Visit the starting point of the Silk Road, the world's largest city in the 7th century. Thrill to the sculptures of the world's largest tomb. Climb the Great Wall. Enter China's most hallowed Buddhist temple and more.

THE SILK ROAD: A THOUSAND KILOMETERS BEYOND THE YELLOW RIVER PART TWO (VHS) 55 min. sd. color. #26270 Cross the Yellow River on a goat-skin raft and gaze in awe at a giant Buddha before entering secret caves never before filmed by a TV crew. You can even walk the same streets that Marco Polo walked in the 14th century.

THE SILK ROAD: THE ART GALLERY IN THE DESERT PART THREE (VHS) 55 min. sd. color. #26280 Tour the world famous Ma-gao Caves - over 500 caves, more than 30 miles in length, with 3,000 murals and statues - in the middle of the Gobi desert! Dating from 366 AD, these caves are a tour-de-force.

THE SILK ROAD: THE DARK CASTLE PART FOUR (VHS) 55 min. sd. color. #26290 Embark on a Mongol camel journey, cross the Gobi desert, and encounter a ghost castle, obliterated by Genghis Khan, who exterminated the people who built it. Then, enter the castle gates - alone!

THE SILK ROAD: IN SEARCH OF LOU LAN PART FIVE (VHS) 1990. 55 min. sd. color. #26250 Discover a lost kingdom which vanished into the desert! You will uncover Silk Road relics buried over a millennium ago, including a mummy preserved in a secret grave for more than 2000 years.

THE SILK ROAD: ACROSS THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT PART SIX (VHS) 55 min. sd. color. #26260 Be the first foreign visitors in more than 75 years to an ancient Buddhist city, before attempting to cross the Taklamakan Desert, which means "The place from which nothing returns!"

SIMILAR DIFFERENCES: BETYE AND ALISON SAAR (VHS) 1990. 10 min. sd. color. #53850 Mother and daughter artists, Betye and Alison Saar's work encompasses multicultural, racial, generational and religious symbols, elements and concerns. Produced in consort with their collaborative national touring exhibition, this film offers a glimpse into the similarities and differences of these two unique individuals.

SIMILE AND METAPHOR: THE MARK OF GENIUS (VHS) 1987. 29 min. sd. color. #40530 Introduces students to the meaning and power of similes and illustrates how to use them in writing.

SIMON OF THE DESERT (VHS) 1965. 42 min. sd. b&w. #13130 Luis Bunuel's story of St. Simon Stylites, who chose to stand on a pillar in the desert to do penance in serving God. He is tempted by the doubting religious and laity as well as Satan, in the guise of an attractive girl. Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.

SIMULATED PSYCHIATRIC PROFILES, PART I: ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS: ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS (VHS) 1987. 41 min. sd. color. #25100 Presents two vignettes that dramatize aspects of adjustment disorders in adults and adolescents. The first part focuses on the first session of group therapy with three adult co-workers. The second part presents the first therapy session of a young boy brought into the emergency room after threatening suicide.

SIMULATED PSYCHIATRIC PROFILES, PART II: AFFECTIVE DISORDERS: MANIA AND DEPRESSION (VHS) 1987. 51 min. sd. color. #25110 Patients who have either bipolar illness or major depression are presented in these six vignettes. The first three simulate part of the first therapy session with patients who exhibit manic-depressive behavior. The second half presents three patients with major depression.

SIMULATED PSYCHIATRIC PROFILES, PART III: ANXIETY DISORDERS: GENERALIZED ANXIETY, AGORAPHOBIA, AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE ANXIETY (VHS) 1987. 60 min. sd. color. #25120 Three of the five vignettes in this video deal with generalized anxiety. One patient has been worried, irritable, and unable to concentrate. Another patient's anxiety is related to his feelings for his girlfriend. The third simulation of generalized anxiety involves a woman and her roommate. Obsessive-compulsive anxiety is illustrated by a young man who believes he has caused several accidents in which others were harmed. The patient with agoraphobia complains of being nervous much of the time and has become afraid to leave her home.

SIMULATED PSYCHIATRIC PROFILES, PART IV: PERSONALITY DISORDERS: ANTISOCIAL, HISTRIONIC, SCHIZOTYPAL BEHAVIORS (VHS) 1987. 31 min. sd. color. #25130 In the first vignette, which addresses antisocial behavior, a woman is recommended for psychiatric evaluation after being arrested for attempting to cash a forged check. Histrionic behavior is portrayed by a man who was recommended for psychiatric evaluation after repeatedly presenting with stomach cramps of unknown origin. His responses to the therapist's questions are highly dramatic and often convoluted. The vignette that illustrates schizotypal behavior begins with the interview in progress. Paranoid delusions creep into the patient's discussions of his job, relationships with co-workers, and his view of himself.

SIMULATED PSYCHIATRIC PROFILES, PART V: SCHIZOPHRENIA AND UNSPECIFIED PSYCHOSIS (VHS) 1987. 21 min. sd. color. #25140 The woman in this video who demonstrates schizophrenic behavior has delusions that this session with the clinician is actually an interview for a job at the hospital. Disordered associations, loss of contact with reality, and preference for fantasy are apparent in the patient. Unspecified psychosis is illustrated in the second vignette by a young man who is unresponsive at first, perhaps even catatonic. As he opens up, he reveals himself as a gifted student whose studies in physics and philosophy have created a pronounced sense of futility.

THE SINGER'S VOICE: BREATH (VHS) 1992. 22 min. sd. color. #31360 This videotape on breath is most helpful because it presents the basic concepts visually. Each of the major parts, the lungs, diaphragm, ribs and intercostals, the four abdominal muscles are presented individually. Each part is described and shown how it functions and how it is important for understanding breathing for singing.

THE SINGER'S VOICE: RESONANCE (VHS) 1995. 42 min. sd. color. #35870 Explores a number of the basic concepts relating to the acoustics of the vocal tract. Examines the underlying reasons why solid pedagogical technics produce the results they do, as well as point toward more efficient methods for teaching.

THE SINGER'S VOICE: THE VOCAL TRACT (VHS) 1993. 23 min. sd. color. #31730 Focuses on each of the parts that shape the air column - the movable parts (the tongue, jaw, velum, cheeks, larynx, head, walls of the pharynx, etc.) and the non-movable parts (the bony structures, hard palette, etc.). It offers a clear description of the many ways a singer can "tune" the resonator. Animation, MRI, and X-rays offer an opportunity to see the fine workings of the vocal tract and its impact on vocal technic.

THE SINGER'S VOICE: VOCAL FOLDS (PART TWO LABELED - A FIBEROPTIC VIEW OF VOCAL FOLDS) (VHS) 1992. 45 min. sd. color. #31372 Shows by use of animation how the vocal folds work followed by scenes of the real vocal folds videotaped with a fiber-optic endoscope. The functions of this complex part of singing become easy to assimilate by animating each part separately, and then together with other individual parts. Once the anatomical groundwork is presented, the implications for pitch, volume, and registration are discussed and animated, providing a solid basis for further pedagogy. Topics such as the Bernoulli Effect, the Myoelastic Aerodynamic Principles, the Cartileges, Vocal Folds, Intrinsic Muscles, Vocal Fold Adjustments, Adduction, and Abduction are all animated for optimum clarity.

SINGLE MOTHERS: LIVING ON THE EDGE (VHS) 1989. 29 min. sd. color. #20490 Three single mothers of different ages and background tell of their ongoing attempts to provide for their families, and the frustration of dead-end jobs, male/female wage inequality, lack of child care, insufficient child support payments and inadequate and demeaning social services. Experts identify and clarify issues which must be resolved so that single women and their children can lead secure, productive lives.

SIR EDWARD EVANS-PRITCHARD: STRANGE BELIEFS (VHS) 1990. 52 min. sd. color. #60610 Edward Evans-Pritchard was the first trained anthropologist to do work in Africa, where he lived among the Azande and studied their belief in witchcraft. Later, he worked with the Nuer in the Sudan. His work on witchcraft caused philosophers to ask how rational thinking could be defined; his study of tribal organization intrigued political theorists; and his attention to the sophisticated religious sentiments of so-called primitive peoples has strongly influenced theologians. 

SISTERS OF '77 (VHS) 2003. 55 min. sd. color. #68310 (Closed captioned.) Tells the story of the first federally-funded National Women's Conference which brought 20,000 women from around the United States to Houston, Texas in 1977 to work out an agenda for women's rights. Using archival footage and interviews, the film captures an historical event that changed the Women's Movement forever.

SIXTY MINUTES: RACIAL TRACKING (VHS) 1995. 15 min. sd. color. #50690 Separate but equal was ruled unconstitutional years ago, and schools in Calhoun County, Georgia, have been integrated for many years. But through a system of racial tracking, the majority of black students are placed in slower classes while white students are placed in more advanced classes. A former teacher becomes superintendent and works to rectify the problem. White people, opposed to the restructuring, are moving out of the community.

SKATING AND STRIDING: CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING IN AMERICA (VHS) 198?. 29 min. sd. color. #14210 Explains how training methods and ski techniques have changed drastically in the last twenty years and that cross-country is a sport for all ages.

SKIING WITH JEAN CLAUDE KILLY (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #17100 Presents a video demonstration of downhill skiing techniques with musical background. (Available upon request - four audio cassettes and an instructional manual.)

THE SKULL ANATOMY SERIES: NASAL CAVITIES (VHS) 1982. 13 min. sd. color. #66350 The nasal cavities are located within the skull, and their relationship to surrouding structures are pointed out. The bones that make up the walls of the nasal cavities are identified, and the specific contribution of each bone is shown. The boundaries of the nasal cavities are demonstated, with emphasis on the specific location of each, with respect to the various walls of the cavities, and in relation to the paranasal air sinuses.

THE SKULL ANATOMY SERIES: THE ORAL CAVITY (VHS) 1982. 12 min. sd. color. #66360 Defines, demonstrates and identifies the bones and bony features of the skull's oral cavity.

THE SKY IS GRAY (VHS) 1980. 46 min. sd. color. #15880 Ernest J. Gaines' short story about a boy who struggles between his mother's insistence on dignity and self-reliance, and the realities of prejudice and poverty.

SKYLINE (VHS) 1984. 84 min. sd. color. #14220 Wittily depicts the adventures and misadventures of a Spanish photographer who comes to Manhattan seeking fame and fortune in the Big Apple. In Spanish and English with subtitles.

SKYSCRAPER: COPPER AND DIAMOND (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #25030 As the last piece of high steel goes up, the construction managers hold a topping-out ceremony, granting a Mohawk ironworker, Pete Marquis, the honor of putting the final piece of steel into place. There is confusion among the project's workers when Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide decides it doesn't want to use either "3" or "13" in numbering its floors. The project faces further delays when a problem with the complicated roof design means the copper panels must be hoisted by hand and the floor reinforced to support the weight of the building's mechanical systems. Presents a tour of the finished building.

SKYSCRAPER: HIGHER AND HIGHER (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #25040 Chronicles the evolution of the American skyscraper over the last century and speculates on the skyscraper of the future. Asks some of America's most famous architects, engineers, and developers to speculate on just how high buildings might go in the future, and what the ramifications for their residents - and the cities around them - might be.

SKYSCRAPER: ROCK AND PAPER (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #25000 Introduces the major players in the Worldwide Plaza project, including developer William Zeckendorf, Jr., architect David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), and construction manager Dominic Fonti of HRH Construction. In early 1985, at the New York offices of SOM, Childs and his team of architects and engineers prepare preliminary design drawings, create scale models of the building, and use sophisticated computer imaging to explore different ideas for the structure. In May, 1987, the first steel pieces begin to arrive at the construction site from Houston, and ironworkers swing into action to erect the building's frame.

SKYSCRAPER: STEEL AND STONE (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #25020 Time-lapse photography dramatizes the skills of the project's ironworkers as they assemble the steel framework in one corner of the building. Other workers are responsible for "plumbing up" - keeping the building vertical - and fireproofing the steel. The project runs into problems when the company subcontracted to provide steel trusses for the structure's granite facade falls far behind schedule. At that point, NBC's David Letterman visits the site for some comic relief. Developer William Zeckendorf, Jr., receives the bad news about the late fees he will have to pay Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide if they cannot move in on schedule due to delays with the stonework.

SKYSCRAPER: TIME AND MONEY (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #25010 Construction manager Dominic Fonti of HRH Construction travels to Florida to observe critically important tests of air infiltration, wind resistance, and water penetration on a mock-up of Worldwide Plaza's exterior wall. First tenant Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, granted the right to customize its space, demands design changes that affect the construction schedule and budget of the entire project. A conflict between the architects and the developers over the color of the exterior's brick nearly deadlocks the project. A visit to Glen Gery, a Pennsylvania brickworks, shows how the nearly 1.25 million bricks for Worldwide Plaza are manufactured.

SLAVERY'S BURIED PAST (VHS) 1996. 60 min. sd. color. #52070 While digging a foundation for a skyscraper, New York City construction workers unearthed a centuries-old slave graveyard containing 427 bodies. This program documents the fascinating archaeological dig and research that followed this amazing find. Scientists learned that slaves not only built New York but were literally worked to death. African-American historical archaeologists discuss how America's system of slavery was designed to rob Africans of their identity - and how slaves held on to their traditions despite the cruel system.

SLAYING THE DRAGON (VHS) 1988. 58 min. sd. color. #51280 Chronicles Hollywood's recycling of inaccurate, one-dimensional images of Asian American women through film clips and interviews with media critics and Asian American actresses. Today's images simply represent updated versions of the "evil" Dragon Lady, the "seductive" Suzy Wong, and the "subservient" Geisha Girl. Shows the impact these stereotypes have on Asian American women, both socially and psychologically.

SLIM HOPES: ADVERTISING AND THE OBSESSION WITH THINNESS (VHS) 1995. 30 min. sd. color. #50170 (Second VHS copy available #56380) Jean Kilbourne offers an in-depth analysis of the role female bodies play in advertising imagery and the resulting devastating effects on women's health. Addressing the relationship between these images and the obsession of girls and women with dieting and thinness, this program offers a new way to think about life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, and it provides a well-documented critical perspective on the social impact of advertising.

SLIP CASTING (VHS) 37 min. sd. color. #22310 Slip cast moldmaking and slip casting techniques; demonstrates making an original piece of pottery and then preparing it for multiple reproduction, including the complete process of making pottery from slip cast molds. Wendy Lopez, ceramicist.

SMALL HAPPINESS: WOMEN OF A CHINESE VILLAGE (VHS) 1985. 58 min. sd. color. #22600 A look at the lives of women in rural China, and their attitudes toward the sexual repression still in existence, from footbinding to nationally instituted birth control policy.

SMOKE SIGNALS (VHS) 1998. 89 min. sd. color. #62150 (Closed captioned.) Billed as the first feature film written and directed by Native Americans, Smoke Signals is a modest, winning drama that explores a heritage of struggles in the context of a road movie. Adam Beach and Evan Adams play two young men who leave life on the reservation behind on a journey to confront their past. Screenwriter Sherman Alexie adapted his own book, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

SMOKING: EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED TO KNOW (VHS) 1988. 30 min. sd. color. #58780 (Closed captioned.) This program coincides with the 25th anniversary of the first surgeon general's report on the dangers of smoking. Provides facts that smokers may want to deny, but deserve to know. Points out that tobacco smoking kills more Americans than AIDS, heroin, crack, cocaine, alcohol, car accidents, fire and murder combined.

SOCCER: ON THE ATTACK (VHS) 1987. 190 min. sd. color. #17693 Frans Van Balkom leads players through individual and group attack skills, taking them from practice to game applications. Gives in-depth instructions of sixty skills. In three parts: Part One, Dribbling; Part Two, Fast Foot Work and Feinting; and Part Three, Shooting and Heading.

SOCCER: THE ATTACK (VHS) 1985. 60 min. sd. color. #17120 Coach Charles Hughes explains the most important techniques of attack, including positioning, passing, cross-over plays and dribbling.

SOFT PATHS: HOW TO ENJOY THE WILDERNESS WITHOUT HARMING IT (VHS) 1990. 16 min. sd. color. #32060 Describes how just a moment of carelessness in the wilderness can destroy what nature took centuries to create. Reviews Forest Service rules and regulations for camping, backpacking and hiking. Discusses the fragile environment and suggests six ways to protect it. Based on the book Soft Paths by Bruce Hampton and David Cole.

THE SOIL SCIENCE SERIES (2-DVD set) 2003. 73 min. sd. color. #66460 Disk 1 includes "Soil Forming Factors" which introduces students to the forces and factors that influence soil development; and "The Properties of Soil" which helps viewers understand the physical properties of soil texture, structure, water, slope, depth and color, and the natural processes that influence them. Disk 2 includes "Soil Biology" which, with the help of clear narration, effective use of graphics, and microphotography brings into focus the many life forms in the soil of our farms and landscapes.

SOILS: PROFILES AND PROCESSES (VHS) 1982. 20 min. sd. color. #61240 This program looks at the way soils can vary even within a small area of a forest. A well-developed podzol is examined in detail, with samples taken from the center of each horizon and then analyzed for organic content, soil acidity, mineral content, and particle size distribution. The measurements and analyses demonstrate why three soil profiles can be so very different in closely contiguous areas, with the same underlying sand, the same climate, and similar if not identical vegetation. The differences are due not to soil types, but to different processes at work.

SOLDIERS: FIGHTING SPIRIT (VHS) 1986. 50 min. sd. color. #14460 No one is a born soldier. This program examines the mixture of persuasion and coercion used to convert raw recruits into a fighting force. Each must gain a mastery of his job and be welded into a military organization. A hierarchical structure backed by the sanctions of discipline and by tradition, distinctive uniforms, comradeship, and esprit de corps all work to that end.

SOLDIER'S HOME (VHS) 1976. 42 min. sd. color. #15770 Ernest Hemingway's disquieting tale of a young soldier who returns home after World War I only to find himself out of step with his community and his family. From the American Short Story Collection.

SOLERI'S CITIES: ARCHITECTURE FOR PLANET EARTH AND BEYOND (VHS) 1993. 30 min. sd. color. #34540 Cities around the world are in crisis. Architect Paolo Soleri proposes a new type of city merging ecological principles and architecture. Explores the possible impact of the architect's revolutionary ideas. Will Soleri's cities be the future habitats for humanity or will they remain the blueprints of a visionary 20th century designer?

SOLITUDES: LOON COUNTRY BY CANOE (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #17930 A visual wilderness experience with natural sounds only - no music or narrative.

SOME APPLICATIONS OF GROUP REPRESENTATIONS (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color. #25680 An investigation into the interface between algebra and analysis.