ISU Audio/Visual Catalog
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NO EASY WALK (1962-1966) 055763
In Albany, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s strategy of nonviolence was tested by Police Chief Laurie Pritchett. In Birmingham, Alabama, school children filled the city's jails after they marched against Bull Connor's fire hoses. In the nation's capital, marchers captured national and international attention. This program places the civil rights phenomenon in a broad historical context, describing the grow- ing commitment of activists to nonviolent tactics. In the period between 1962 and 1966, the civil rights struggle became a "mass move- ment."
RENTAL FEE $ .00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
NO ROOM FOR WEEDS 060239
Shows how a weed-free agricultural community can be achieved through cooperative effort and the use of two new weapons: chemistry and mechanization. Explains why weeds are detrimental to food plants; shows how herbicides are developed and tested; and demonstrates their proper application.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
NO WAY! NOT ME 056700
Rosemary Brown, spirited human rights activist and educator, delivers a compelling lecture to high-school students defining the harsh realities and consequences of women and poverty. This video provides an eloquent warning: unless young women take control of their own lives and their own careers, they could face a bleak future of poverty and loneliness. Brown's talk also outlines the need for equality of males and females in the home and the workplace. The film is inter- woven with contemporary and historical images of "women and work," and concludes with a lively question-and -answer session with high- school students.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 29 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
NOAM CHOMSKY LANGUAGE AND MIND 057058
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he continues to teach within the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Chomsky is considered among the most important intellectual contributors to the study of language and mind. He has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosopy, and intellectual history.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 70 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: INTO THE CLASSROOM MEDIA
NOBODY'S USELESS 060785
With his knack for accomplishing seemingly impossible schemes and his tireless imagination, young Tom Fitzgerald--self-proclaimed "great brain" and all-around bamboozler--helps a young boy whose leg is ampu- tated realize that there are many ways people can use their natural talents and intelligence and that the challenge of overcoming a phys- ical handicap can be met with humor and courage.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 29 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
NOBODY'S VICTIM II 055021
Positive approach to women's self-protection. Gives the latest advice on personal preparedness.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 24 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: SOUTHERBY PRODUCTIONS,INC
NOMINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE 060393
A reenactment of the events surrounding the May, 1860, Republican Party nominating convention at the "Wigwam" in Chicago includes all the political horse-trading, hoopla and chicanery for which such con- ventions are noted. Follows the proceedings much as modern television does with CBS correspondents "reporting" and interviewing candidates and participants. Shows behind-the-scenes political dealing, organ- ized rooting sections, and tension of the actual balloting. Mary Lincoln is interviewed at the Lincoln home in Springfield and reads a privately written statement by Lincoln on slavery.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 22 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: BFA EDUCATIONAL MEDIA
NONINSECT ARTHROPODS AND ECHINODERMS 056227
Part 4 of a four part series on invertebrates. There is a transcript of the tape available upon request.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 31 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: INSIGHT VIDEO
NORMAL CALCULATIONS/TIME SERIES pt05/06 055503
Part 5: NORMAL CALCULATIONS Vehicle emission standards and medical studies of cholesterol give practical examples of normal calculations at work. Part 6: TIME SERIES Statistics can help identify patterns over time, answering ques- tions about stability and change. Trends in the stock market and studies of sleep cycles illustrate these concepts.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
NORMAL HAND DEVELOPMENT: BIRTH TO 15 MONTHS 057225
normal hand development in babies from birth to 15 months old.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 15 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ERHARDT DEVELOPMENTAL PRODUCTS
NORMAL INFANT REFLEXES AND DEVELOPMENT 057222
this video depicts normal primitive reflexes in the newborn and describes their development, as well as the equilibrium responses in the 12 to 15 month old baby.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 53 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: THERAPY SKILL BUILDERS
NORTH AMERICA: ITS COASTLINES 030714
Explores both coasts of North America (Atlantic and Pacific) to reveal a variey of land forms from the Arctic Ocean to the Panama Canal. Shows how coastlines form, and how they slowly emerge or submerge through the years. Also traces the role of coastlines in the explor- ation, settlement and economic development of the continent.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 12 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CORONET/MTI FILM & VIDEO
NORTH AMERICA: ITS RIVERS 030710
Rivers of North America have played a vital part in exploration and settlement of North America. Surveys nine great rivers of the conti- nent (Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Rio Grande, Colorado, Columbia, St. Lawrence, Mackenzie and Yukon) and discusses their contribution to the agriculture, recreation, transportation and hydroelectric power of the North American people.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 14 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CORONET/MTI FILM & VIDEO
NOT A BEDROOM WAR 056749
This program was filmed at the meeting of women leaders from around the world who gathered in Dublin in 1992 to discuss new visions of leadership. Ireland's President Mary Robinson, Friedan, and Utte Ranke-Heinemann are among the many charismatic speakers who debate the nature of power and empowerment- of religion, marriage, dreams, and achievements.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 52 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FILMS FOR THE HUMANITIES, INC.
NOT JUST SURVIVING: 057689
Only about twenty percent of all people with spinal cord injuries are women, and information about issues specific to them can be hard to come by.This new video brings together four women who have been living with SCI for fifteen, twenty, even thirty years. This video will also be a valuable tool to help sensitize healthcare students, professionals and rehabilitation staff to issues women confront after becoming disabled.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 40 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FANLIGHT PRODUCTIONS
NOT KNOT 056310
NOT KNOT is a guided tour into computer animated hyperbolic space. It proceeds from the world od knots to its complementary space, what's not a knot. Profound theorems of recent mathematics show that most knot complements carry the structure of hyperbolic geometry, a geo- metry in which the sum of three angles of a triangle is always less than 180 degrees and in which there is so much room that , with a unit of length of one meter, a hyperbolic hemispherical swimming pool 25 meters in diameter contains 23 times the (ordinary) volume of the earth.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 20 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: JONES & BARTLETT PUBLISHERS
NOT RECEIVED AS OF 6/25/93 PART 10 OG 10 056194
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
NOT RECEIVED AS OF 6/25/93 PART 7 OF 10 056191
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
NOT RECEIVED AS OF 6/25/93 PART 8 OF 10 056192
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
NOT RECEIVED AS OF 6/25/93 PART 9 OF 10 056193
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
NOT SO FAST SONGOLOLO 055660
Malusi, affectionately nicknamed Songololo by his grandmother Gogo, goes to the city shopping with her. The shopping trip is filled with all the delights of a special day, highlighted by the purchase of new "tackies" for Malusi. Set in So. Africa, Daly's warm text is enhanced by expressive illustrations that capture the warmth and tenderness shared by grandmother and child.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 8 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: WESTON FOODS
NOTHING IF NOT CRITICAL 990615
Series host Lewis Lapham discusses "Nothing if Not Critical," a col - lection of essays and reviews by Robert Hughes (from "Shock of the New") with its author, along with Kirk Varnedoe, director of the De - partment of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. They debate Hughes' contention that the eighties were the "worst de - cade in the history of modern art."
RENTAL FEE $ .00 27 min.
DISTRIBUTOR:
NOTHING IF NOT CRITICAL PART 2 OF 10 056186
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES: 1865 PART 4 OF4 056329
In the chilling conclusion of "Lincoln," we see how his enemies plot- ted their final revenge. The fanatical mania of assassin John Wilkes Booth mirrored the collective rage of those who thought the President had dishonored their heritage and traditions. The last days and hours of Lincoln's life are touchingly captured in "Now He Belongs to the Ages." It reveals how Lincoln's own dreams foreshadowed his impending death, and how his extraordinary series of public funerals across the land helped launch the legend that has only grown with time.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 56 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
NOW I CAN TALK: A FLUENCY-SHAPING PROGRAM FOR 060637
Traces the progress of a young man through Dr. Ronald Webester's acclaimed three-week program of speech reconstruction at Hollins Col- lege in Roanoke, Virginia. Through the use of interviews, animation and documentary footage, the film explains the structure and technique of the program, as well as the approach which focuses on the behav- ioral aspects of the speech problem.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 21 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: MTI TELEPROGRAMS
NOW OR NEVER 055845
Introduces individuals who are actively engaged in efforts to bring about critical environmental change at all levels. Encourages everyone whether ordinary citizen, or world leader, to play a part in global environmental action.
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
NUCLEAR POWER 055861
Very few issues have polarized the United Statees public as strongly as the issue of nuclear power. The first reactor was put on line in the late 1950's, but a dramatic cessation in nuclear power construc- tion has taken place since. Today, nuclear power provides one-fifth of the country's electricity. In this program, expers will discuss public opinion, hazardous waste disposal, utility demand projections, environmental impact, and the overall future for nuclear energy.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 150 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
NUCLEAR WASTE AND THE WEST 990390
The first program in this special package, "Nuclear Waste and the West," is new and features Gov. Cecil Andrus, John Barlett of the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Dan Reicher of the Nat. Resources Defense Fund and others. Host Hodding Carter leads the debate over what role the west- ern states have in controlling the federal government's efforts to store nuclear waste within their borders.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 197 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
NUIT ET BROUILLARD: NIGHT AND FOG (CLASSROOM USE ONLY) 055006
Alain Resnais' famous study of German concentration camps. In French, with English subtitles. Contains black and white footage.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 32 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: LISTENING LIBRARY, INC.
NURSE AND THE CRITICALLY ILL, THE 055063
Deals with the emotional needs of the patient and the common feelings of the nurse.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 14 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: TEACHING FILMS, INC.
NURSE AND THE CRITICALLY ILL, THE 055064
Discusses interpersonal communication skills and rewards of working with the critically ill and dying patient.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 14 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: TEACHING FILMS, INC.
NURSING IN AMERICA: THROUGH A FEMINIST LENS 056703
Women nurses discuss how, in their feminist point of view, nurses have evolved from the 19th century. Going from overworked and underpaid to a respectful supported profession.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING
NURSING PROCESS, THE 050244
Defines term "Nursing Process" and breaks it into four phases: (1) As- sessment (2) Planning (3) Implementation (4) Evaluation. An orderly, systematic manner of determining patient's problems, making plans to solve them, initiating the plan or assigning others to implement it and evaluating extent to which the plan was effective in solving the problem indentified.
RENTAL FEE $ 15.00 55 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FAIRVIEW GENERAL AUDIO-VISUALS
NUTRITION: EATING TO LIVE OR...... 055719
The first part of this program discusses how diet affects the body along with guidelines on how to make the right food choices. The sec- ond part of the video approaches the subject of obesity. One out of every four Americans is more than 15 pds. overweight. This program explores the relationship between obesity and disease and examines ways to cut down on calories.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
OBEDIENCE 090199
What does a person do when he is asked to carry out orders that con- flict with conscience? Illustrates Stanley Milgram's well known exper- iment on obedience to authority, based on candid footage shot at Yale University.
RENTAL FEE $ 10.00 44 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
OBJECTIVE SECURITY 089068
The story of a momentous experiment behind the battle lines. Here's the surprise story of thousands of Okinawa civilians who found out about American government from the members of the Army-Navy-Marine civil affairs team that hit the beach on D-Day.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 22 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
OCCUPATION 055744
During September 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded and partitioned Poland, wiping it once again off the European map. In the east, the Soviets nationalized land and industry, arresting and imprisoning any opposition. This program examines the atrocities perpetrated on Polish citizens during the German occupation of Poland. Special segments highlight the activities of the Polish Underground state, the creation of the Soviet-inspired communist resistance and the 280,000 members of the Home Army who led an attempted uprising against the Germans within Warsaw.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
OCCUPATIONAL AUDILOGY: NOISE AND HEARING LOSS 059901
RENTAL FEE $ .00 120 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: IDAHO SPEECH & HEARING ASSN.
OCCURENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE, AN 060325
In this Ambrose Bierce story of a man condemned to hang for sabotage during the civil war, we see a classic study of the strength of a man's aspirations and possibly his fulfillment.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 27 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: MCGRAW-HILL FILMS
OCTOPUS, THE 031058
The octopus is the most intelligent of all invertebrates, harmless to to man. It has evolved very sophisticated survival techniques. Most octopi are small, though some of them have been known to have a tenta- cle spread of thirty feet and weigh over l00 lbs. They are night-time hunters, feeding mostly on crabs and getting around the ocean floor by a combination of walking and swimming. Shows octopus behavior inclu- ding hunting, tending its eggs and their incredible changing skin.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 12 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: TIME-LIFE VIDEO
ODYSSEY, THE, PT 1: THE STRUCTURE OF THE EPIC 060485
Explains the structure of the epic, outlines the plot, discusses the main characters and describes the setting and use of flashbacks. Dramatizes a number of scenes and reviews the Trojan War and events which have occurred in Odysseus' home while he has been away. Describes the plot of the Odyssey as three interlocking tales: Odysseus' escape from the island where he has been cast away, Tele- machus' becoming a man, and the flashbacks to Odysseus' wanderings between the Trojan War and the time he was marooned.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 29 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
ODYSSEY, THE, PT 2: THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS 060486
Shows how Homer used the return of Odysseus and the hope of his event- ual victory as a focal point to get and hold the reader's interest throughout the epic. Reveals Odysseus' character through his actions. Dramatizes Odysseus' getting control of his powerful bow with the help of Telemchus, thus eliminating the unwanted suitors from his home.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 26 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
ODYSSEY, THE, PT 3: THE CENTRAL THEMES OF THE ODYSSEY 060487
Describes the roles of Odysseus, Telemachus and Penelope and discusses the contributions of each to the central themes of the epic. Summar- izes three central themes: Odysseus returning home, Telemachus ach- ieving manhood, and Odysseus wandering among the giants, monsters, witches and ghosts. Points out that these three themes reveal one theme; intelligence will win if combined with bravery and determina- tion.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
OF HOPSCOTCH AND LITTLE GIRLS: STOLEN CHILDHOOD 057229
hopscotch embodies the spirit of childhood, and little girls all over the world play it. but all too often, particularly in nonindustrial- ized nations, girls' childhoods are stolen, their dreams for the future shattered. often denied access to education, girls are far more likely to assume household responsibilities, be conscripted into the workforce, be pushed into early marriages, and endure sexual abuse and in some cases, mutilation. this provocative program features girls from around the globe who share their stories of abuse and neglect, and also their hopes and dreams, in a world that too often considers them second-class citizens.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 53 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FILMS FOR THE HUMANITIES, INC.
OFFICE SAFETY: THE THRILL SEEKERS 031188
An approach to dealing with "thrill seekers" who consider themselves too adventurous to heed prudent safety rules. They leave drawers open, drop packages and telephone cords where others may trip over them, run around corners at breakneck speed and, in general, seek out behavior to "liven up" the office--for better or worse.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 12 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CENTRON CORP.
OIL AGE, THE 055028
Invention of the internal combustion engine and resulting conversion of the world's navies to oil power changed the political and economic balance of power. Availability of cheap oil in the post World War II period led to considerable prosperity in the West--but quadrupling of the price of oil in 1973 by OPEC monopolies led to a shift in distrib- ution of world income to oil producers. Looks at effects oil-producing countries have had on international politics in this century, included is the role of foreign capital in the economies of major powers.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 26 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: JOURNAL FILMS
OIL SHALE....THE ROCK THAT BURNS 060518
Oil shale has been known as an energy source for over six hundred years, but it has also been known as an expensive source to process, and the ecological damage of mining it is yet to be determined.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 29 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
OKLAHOMA! (CLASSROOM USE ONLY) 055060
Based on the Broadway hit. A cowboy, his girlfriend and a hired hand in a love triangle that threatens tragedy. An Academy Award winner.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 145 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: LISTENING LIBRARY, INC.
OLD AGE: DO NOT GO GENTLE, PART 1 090151
Presents students with facts about old age that are too often hidden from view or obscured by myths. It portrays the human needs of the elderly and shows why well-intentioned social welfare programs fre- quently fail to meet them. It alerts students to the hardships many Americans inherit in old age, and prompts them to question what our culture owes its elderly citizens.
RENTAL FEE $ 18.00 52 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ABC WIDE WORLD OF LEARNING
OLD FRIENDS: AN INTERGENERATIONAL APPROACH TO DANCE 050187
Designed for anyone involved in teaching or planning activity programs for older adults. Introduces them to a variety of dance and expressive movement activities including dancing in chairs, circle and group dances and improvisational studies.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 23 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
OLD TRADITIONS & NEW TECHNIQUES 060537
Includes research of energy saving electric car, Chinese art of paper making, old Chinese painting repairment in National Palace Museum, acupuncture anesthesia, artificial breeding of eels, and artificial fish reef for more fish catch.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CHINESE INFORMATION SERVICE
OLD WORLD, NEW WOMEN 060510
Documents the life of women in the Republic of China on Taiwan, who combine the virtues of tradition with new accomplishments. Depicts the important role which women play in the nation's modernization under the spirit of equality and fair competition.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CHINESE INFORMATION SERVICE
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 055913
One of the more powerful grassroot Christian movements urges believers to become politically active in order to create a more Christian world This sect believe that the Bible is the basis for all government, laws and economic systems. The movement, called Christian Reconstruction, offers an all-encompassing view on how to run government, an economy and one's personal life. Unlike Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority or the religious right, who responded favorably to Ronald Reagan, this move- ment has not rushed into the national spotlight. They are attempting to build an influence from the ground up. Bill Moyers tracesthe devel- opment of this important new sect and suggests that Americans "will hear much in the years to come. These new 'Christian soldiers' have enlisted for a long campaign."
RENTAL FEE $ .00 59 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
ON PARENTING 056777
This program features Dr. Victor La Cerva, a public health official in charge of statewide programs in New Mexico. Dr. La Cerva specializes in treating victims of domestic volence, both women and children. In this program, he gives practical suggestions for better parenting and avoidance of violence in the home.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FILMS FOR THE HUMANITIES, INC.
ON SIZE AND SHAPE PT 16/17 055332
Program 16: OVERVIEW This program draws upon examples of geometric applications, from da Vinci's "window" to record proper linear perspective in art, to symmetry-based classification systems in archaeology. Program 17: HOW BIG IS TOO BIG Geometric similarity and scale help mathematically balance the tensile strength of the materials with the maximum size of the structure.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
ON SIZE AND SHAPE PT 18/19 055333
Program 18: IT GROWS AND GROWS We learn how population grows mathematically and why it is important to be able to calculate population growth. These same formulas can predict how money can increase in the bank or fish can multiply in the sea. Program 19: STAND UP CONIC Conic sections are a fundamental part of mechanical inventions. Here is a close look at the use and importance of conic sections in the design of important 20th century inventions.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
ON SIZE AND SHAPE PT 20 055334
Program 20: IT STARTED IN GREECE The mathematical tool of Euclidean geometry explains the congruence of triangles, the pythagorean theorem and similarity.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
ON THE OTHER HAND #101 056024
Through signing, animation, and storytelling, the programs in this series are an ideal way to learn basic sign language in order to fully fluently and responsibly communicate with the deaf. This series can be offered to students trying to meet a foreign language requirement, as a short course for non-credit classes, or as a continuing education program. For beginner students especially, this teaching series pro- vides a solid foundation in how to communicate with the hearing im- paired.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #102 056025
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 2 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #103 056026
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 3 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #104 056027
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 4 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #105 056028
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 5 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #106 056029
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 6 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #107 056030
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 7 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #108 056031
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 8 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #109 056032
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 9 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #110 056033
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 10 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #111 056034
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 11 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #112 056035
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 12 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #113 056036
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 13 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #114 056037
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 14 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #115 056038
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 15 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #116 056039
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 16 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #117 056040
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 17 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #118 056041
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 18 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #119 056042
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 19 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #120 056043
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 20 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #121 056044
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 21 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE OTHER HAND #122 056045
See the description of 056024 for more detail. Program 22 of 22.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ON THE RUN: GROWING UP WITH ALCOHOL 055579
Professionals working in the field realize that the problems children of alcoholics face don't go away as they grow up. In reality, the problems of adult children of alcoholics (ACAs) often become more ex- treme, resulting in severe depresson, stress and a variety of compul- sive disorders. Doug Smith, a 51-year-old ACA and former addict, is the focus of this program. As part of his treatment, Doug is lead to examine his early life and the years leading up to his drug abuse. The secrecy and shame surrounding his father's drunkenness and the anger and frustration of his mother filled him with feelings of guilt and worthlessness. Pressured to keep up the illusion of a happy, perfect family, Doug eventually turned to cocaine to block out the real world.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 20 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: AIMS MEDIA, INC.
ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS 055916
David Steadman, a research associate of the Smithsonian Institution ventures to hazardous places to unearth clues to the past. The program reveals Steadmans's work on Charles Darwin and the story of evolution and shows this special breed of scientist in the midst of various ex- peditions: on the Galapagos Islands and on an archaeological dig on the Polynesian Cook Islands.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 56 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: MAN IN SPACE 050179
Nutshell view of U.S. manned spaceflight from Astronaut Shepard to Skylab. This tape includes Apollo findings and Skylab areas of study.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 12 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: NATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL CENT.
ON THE STREETS AND IN THE JAILS PART 21 OF 24 056634
Women in prostitution and women in jails are a collective responsib- ility. This program explores how prostitution and the criminal justice system are influenced by attitudes toward gender, race and class and how to challenge these attitudes.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 59 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY
ON YOUR MARKS, PART 1 010022
Animated puctuation marks flit in and out of printed sentences to show their proper usage as averse narration explains what each mark does. Thus, the period, comma, question mark, colon, quotation marks, apos- trophe, exclamation point and hyphen are entertainingly presented. At the end of the film a "memory-jogging" exercise invites the viewer to supply the name of the mark missing from the rhymed couplet.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 7 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: COMMUNICATIONS GROUP WEST
ON YOUR MARKS, PART 2 010023
Explains the functions of the semicolon, underlining, parentheses, dash, asterisk, caret, brackets and ellipsis. Through original graphic animation and the narrator's playful verse, each punctuation mark is presented as a lively aid to written communication. In the final segment, the narrator omits the name of each mark from the rhymed couplet, so that the viewer will verbally insert it himself.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 7 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: COMMUNICATIONS GROUP WEST
ONCE UPON A TIME 055745
At the beginning of this century, Poland did not exist as a recognized nation. Its lands and people had been gradually dismantled and annexed over the years by Russia, Prussia and Austria-Hungary. A series of major events including WW I and the Bolshevik revolution provided an opportunity for independence. On November 11, 1918, Poland regained its status as a free nation and Josef Pilsudski was proclaimed its leader. But what were the boundaries of this new nation and who were its people? These events and issues are consid- ered in this program.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
ONE AT A TIME TOGETHER 060603
Presents the IGE (Individualized Guidance Education) system of teach- ing elementary students which eliminates grade levels and self-con- tained classrooms, replacing them with an individualized method of assessing the student's needs, grouping with students of similar interests, individualized learning activities and post-evaluation.
RENTAL FEE $ 15.00 21 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: INST. FOR DEVEL. OF ED. ACT.
ONE HUNDRED ENTERTAINMENTS 055111
Shows the Shensi Provincial Acrobatic Troupe in rehearsal and perfor- mance. We see the acrobats training, practicing and bringing their 2000-year-old art form to the audiences in cities and on communes.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: LEARNING CORPORATION OF AM.
ONE MORE YEAR ON THE FAMILY FARM 060405
An interview approach is used to expose viewers to the opinions and values of two families that exemplify the dramatic changes occuring in farming today. One family, beset by high taxes, land developers, gov- ernment regulations, and several obstacles that make expansions diffi- cult, decides that it's worth it to try to keep their small farm. In In contrast, another family explains the continuing success of their large, modernized farm.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 22 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CORONET/MTI FILM & VIDEO
ONE OF US: RICHARD NIXON AND THE AMERICAN DREAM 990612
Series host Lewis Lapham discusses "One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream" with its author, Tom Wicker, and Texas columnist Molly Ivins. The three debate Wicker's position that the traits that made Nixon both admirable and less that admirable are all quintessentially American traits. They also discuss two different biographical styles which are both utilized in Wicker's book: "looking at the record," and "analyzing the man."
RENTAL FEE $ .00 27 min.
DISTRIBUTOR:
ONE OF US: RICHARD NIXON AND THE AMERICAN DREAM PT 5 OF 10 056189
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ONE SKY ABOVE US 056812
Los Angeles steals its water supply, millions of Mexicans migrate North and Hollywood begins to shape the Wes and the nation's image of it. At the end of the 19th century, America celebrated the "closing" of the West, but differing historical accounts in this program help students learn how the West's story never ends, including its influ- ence on American life today.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 176 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
ONE THOUSAND DOZEN, THE 090191
David Rasmussen was certain he could sell eggs for five dollars a doz- en in Dawson. But, maneuvering 1,500 pounds of fragile cargo over forbidden passes, across stormy lakes and whitewater rivers nearly proves his undoing. His food supply exhausted, he plods obsessivley forward, refusing to nourish either himself or his starving trailmates with the enormous cache of eggs. He enters Dawson triumphant, his cargo intact. As the hungry prospectors eagerly part with outlandish quantities of gold dust in payment for the precious commodity, Rasmus- sen gleefully tallies his winnings. When some of the eggs are cracked into the frying pan in preparation for a feast, the story takes an un- expected turn.
RENTAL FEE $ 25.00 55 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
ONE WOMAN, ONE VOTE 056763
This program documents the dramatic battle American women undertook to win the right to vote. The program highlights 72 years of the suffrage movement, culminating in the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Itis a thrilling story of women working to win the rights of full American citizenship. Includes excerpts from diaries, speeches, and letters.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 120 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
ONE WORD OF TRUTH 050188
Based on the Nobel Prize acceptance speech which Solzhenitsyn was for- bidden to deliver in person. Using his own Soviet prison camp experi- ence as a point of departure, he moves rapidly, almost magically, out- ward to involve all of us--those who have suffered violence and those who have allowed others to suffer.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 29 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FILMS FOR THE HUMANITIES, INC.
ONGKA'S BIG MOKA 057200
ongha, a tribal leader of the kawelka tribe of highland new guinea, spent five years using all his skills to obtain valuable items to give away at a festive ceremony, a moka. in highland society, status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them, and a moka is the single most important ceremony. ongka's motives in planning his big moka are to gain influence over rivals and to win a sort of immor- tality for himself and his tribe in a changing world.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 55 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: SHANACHIE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
ONLY ONE ATMOSPHERE 055844
Warns of potential crises in the next century - violent storms, heat waves, coastal flooding, disruptions in food supplies, massive tides of ecological refugees - if steps are not taked now to slow down green house warming. Also explores the problem of chlorofluorocarbons and the depletion of the ozone layer.
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
ONLY RULE IS WIN, THE 055707
This program looks at the origins of the FBI and the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA. This brief his- tory considers several critical events that shaped the operating style of the agency. Viewers follow the intelligence reports and events leading up to the surprise attack that destroyed America's Navy at Pear Harbor.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
OPEN CITY (CLASSROOM USE ONLY) 055052
Roberto Rossellini directs. Start of the postwar "NeoRealist" cinema. An ultra-realistic portrayal of life in the conquered city of Rome. Not only started a whole new genre of film but inspired a new genera- tion of film-makers in Italy. In Italian, with English subtitles.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 102 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FILM ARCHIVES