ISU Audio/Visual Catalog
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SOMETHING SPECIAL 060766
Designed to encourage an increased enphasis on art education by show- ing students enthusiastically participating in painting, dance, music, photography and improvisational theater together with their comments on the value of studying such subjects, which are, in the words of one pupil, "something special." Points out that art can enrich the study of other subjects and can add deeper meaning to the now-and-future lives of students.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: AM. ASSN. OF HEALTH, PHYS. ED.
SON OF THE OCEAN 055113
Join the passengers and crew of the riverboat "East Is Red No.33" for a voyage down the mighty Yangtze River. The boat takes us through the very heart of China, 1,400 kilometers from Chungking to Wuhan, and we see a panorama of vast geographic, economic and cultural diversity.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: LEARNING CORPORATION OF AM.
SOUND OF MY OWN NAME, THE 060136
One third of adult Americans have less than a high school education, but there are programs for those that want to increase their poten- tial. How these programs have helped five people in typical situa- tions is shown.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: U. S. DEPT. OF HEALTH & WELF.
SOUND OR UNSOUND PART 08 050120
The post-war explosion of music, impelled by the LP, transistor radio and television, took Western music from early jazz into folk, rock and electronic music. Technology changed both the making and merchandising of music. We hear a Duke Ellington medley, Bing Crosby's crooning, st- eel drums, Elvis Presley's rock-and-roll, Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind," and punk rock. Interspersed are the musical contributions of Faure, Britten, Gagnon and Scriabin.
RENTAL FEE $ 25.00 57 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: TIME-LIFE VIDEO
SOUTH AFRICA AFTER APARTHEID 056790
Examines the political policy of apartheid - its origins, enforcement, and effect upon South Africa's people and economy - and considers the future of South Africa without apartheid.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 27 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
SOVIET UNION, THE: A STUDENT'S LIFE 030645
Nikolai Diachenko, a chemical engineering student at Moscow University tells about typical Soviet schooling and how it relates to life in his country. Scenes of university students at work indicate formality of the Soviet classroom and importance students place on their education, Sequences of youngsters in school give an idea of a Soviet citizen's early learning. The purposes and activities of youth organizations, such as the Young Pioneers and the Komsomol, are also described.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 21 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
SOVIET YOUTH 055303
This title deals with the problems of growing up in the Soviet Union, the Soviet educational system, and youth organizations. Special attention is given to juvenile behavior and delinquency.
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL: LANDS AND PEOPLES 030571
Compares and contrasts the two countries with special emphasis upon the diverse levels of development within each country. Shows farming, fishing, wine-making, sheep-raising and small, rural villages on the one hand and mining, heavy industry, shipping, big cities and the tourist trade on the other. Breifly traces the historical development of each country.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 11 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CORONET/MTI FILM & VIDEO
SPEAKING EFFECTIVELY....TO ONE OR ONE THOUSAND 060562
Speaking is a natural and integral part of daily life. Our fear of speaking is unnatural, learned behavior. If we can come to see that speaking to one or one thousand uses the same basic communication fac- tors, we can begin to incorporate those qualities that bring effective interpersonal communication into our speaking. This is not a public speaking film. It is a film that clearly and effectively demonstrates how to succinctly deliver your message to another.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 23 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CRM/MCGRAW-HILL FILMS
SPEAKING SHAKESPEAREAN VERSE 055612
Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company give a workshop on styles of speaking verse, discuss approaches to the problem of speaking verse in drama and end with a demonstration of how the RSC works on a text in rehearsal. Taking part are actors Ian McKellen, Alan Howard, Michael Pennington, Jane Lapotaire, David Suchet, and Patrick Stewart, working with Artistic Directors Trevor Nunn, John Barton, and Terry Hands.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 50 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FILMS FOR THE HUMANITIES, INC.
SPECIAL EDUCATION/SPECIAL NEEDS IN SCHOOLS I.B.M. 059883
RENTAL FEE $ .00 120 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: IDAHO SPEECH & HEARING ASSN.
SPECK OF THE FUTURE, THE 056807
Through firsthand accounts, students relive the rush for gold and other opportunities in the West and how westward migrations affected Native Americans. While students explore the adventures of the '49ers on the overland trails and witness the prosperity of the gold rush towns like San Francisco, they will also learn about broken treaties with the Plains Indians and the slaughter of Native American tribes in California.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 178 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPEED AND STRATEGIC CHOICE: HOW MANAGERS PART 3 OF 4 990815
RENTAL FEE $ .00 58 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNKNOWN TELECONFERENCE SOURCES
SPEEDBALL FOR GIRLS 010120
Explains the fundamentals of speedball as they are shown by diagrams and by a group of girls playing. Suggests drills for improving spe- cific techniques, and emphasizes the importance of game strategy.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 10 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CORONET/MTI FILM & VIDEO
SPIDER, THE 050211
The film follows the lives of several species of spider, pointing out the varied and unusual behavior patterns. We see the garden spider-- the largest and showiest of North America--busily spinning a beautiful web. Drawing on its assortment of different silken threads, the intri- cate pattern is spun out, ending in a zigzag band of silk running down the center. From the Hunting or Wolf Spider to the Black Widow this is a documentary on a species that has survived for 200 million years.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 18 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: TIME-LIFE VIDEO
SPIRIT 055875
Idaho is filled with theater groups, painters, sculptors, composers, writers, even cowboy poets and quilters. We look at Idaho through the eyes of its artists and assess both what they reflect and the quality of their reflections. Has Idaho been kind to her artists? Part 10 of 13
RENTAL FEE $ .00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: IDAHO EDUCATIONAL P. B. S.
SPIRIT PART 14 OF 15 056262
Students can learn about the history and culture of an area by looking at the art it has inspired. "Spirit" will show students how art has evolved in our state and will profile a number of art forms and artists. A teacher's guide is available.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 13 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: IDAHO EDUCATIONAL P. B. S.
SPIRIT OF AMERICA WITH CHARLES KURALT THE: 031303
Examines our American heritage by recreating famous moments in history
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 17 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: BFA EDUCATIONAL MEDIA
SPIRIT OF CRAZYHORSE 055709
One hundred years ago, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred Chief Big Foot and over 200 other unarmed Sioux men, women and children in the deep snow of Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. It was the most in- famousevent in a long string of broken treaties and separate acts of racism, greed and misguided efforts by whites to force the Indians to assimilate. FRONTLINE chronicles the history of the once indomitable nation of buffalo-hunting wariors, led by Crazy Horse, who called themselves Lakota, meaning "the Allies." Correspondent Milo Yellow Hair recounts the story of a native American people--from the lost battles for their land against the invading whites --to the radicalization of the American Indian Movement or AIM in the 1970's to the present day revival of the Sioux cultural pride and an attempt to
RENTAL FEE $ .00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPIRIT OF ETHNOGRAPHY 031049
A satire of the basic processes of data gathering in cultural anthro- pology. Chronicles the field research of a ficticious enthnographer embarking on his first field experience. Humorous view of anthropolo- gists making fun of themselves and some classic enthnographic films.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 18 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
SPIRIT OF ROMANTICISM, THE 080067
Dramatizations bring to life key events and personalities of the Ro- mantic movement in literature, art and music (1789-1838). Highlights include: Carlyle describing the French Revolution, the impact of the Revolution on Wordsworth, Delacroix painting "Liberty Leading the Peo- ple," Shelley as a young rebel, the friendship of Shelley and Byron, the unique contribution to music of Beethoven and Chopin. The spirit of Romanticism was filmed in Europe with dialog based on actual let- ters and documents of the period.
RENTAL FEE $ 11.00 27 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE 055378
This film illustrates the intellectual and artistic climate of Florence during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries by closely observing the daily life of a contemporary Florentine. The lives of three historical figures -- Petrarch, Alberti, and Leonardo da Vinci -- illustrate the several facets of the Renaissance that made it uni- que in religion, education, discovery, art, literature and politics. The invasion of Tuscany by French armies brought the Renaissance to an end. But the viewer is left with a challenging question: does the spirit of an age ever die?
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
SPIRITS GREAT AND SMALL PART 7 OF 8 056507
RENTAL FEE $ .00 58 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
SPORTS NUTRITION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ATHLETE 990348
Nutrition is an important part of athletic performance and general health. Many athletes experience physical problems that can be traced to insufficient understanding and implementation of proper nutrition. Although athletes often follow specific diet regimens while training for competitions, many of these regimens are useless or even harmful. Too many athletes are "taken in" by promises of enhanced performance by promoters of vitamin, protein and quick-energy supplements, crash diets, and fluid replacements. "Sports Nutrition for the High School and College Athlete" will communicate accurate sports nutrition info- rmation that will replace myths and misinformation.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 90 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
SPORTS TECHNOLOGY 055307
This film takes a look at the technology of skiing and its importance. Training effects of hyperbaric chambers and simpler oxygen deprivation techniques are looked at as well. Techniques of recording heart rates while exercising and methods for finding optimal bicycle settings for cyclists are briefly reviewed. The use of computers to analyze body movements is demonstrated as well as the possible benefits in weight training.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 15 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: BEACON FILMS
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF ARTHUR KOPIT 056350
One of America's most original playwrights. Author of "Nine," and "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mom's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling so Sad."
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF ARTHUR KOPIT 990070
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF ARTHUR MILLER 056351
One of the outstanding American playwrights of the 20th century --- author of "Death of a Salesman," "The Crucible," "A View from the Bridge," and "After the Fall."
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF ARTHUR MILLER 990071
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF AUGUST WILSON 056354
One of America's premier Black playwrights. Author of "Fences," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "The Piano Lesson," and "Joe Turner's Come and Gone."
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF AUGUST WILSON 990074
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF EDWARD ALBEE 056344
One of the most prominent post-war American playwrights. Known best for "Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf."
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF EDWARD ALBEE 990064
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF ELI WALLACH AND ANNE JACKSON 056353
Stars of stage, screen and television. Recently starred on Broadway in "Cafe Crow."
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF ELI WALLACH AND ANNE JACKSON 990073
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF GARSON KANIN 056349
Author of "Born Yesterday" and several works with his wife, the late Ruth Gordon. The two wrote such screen comedies as "Adam's Rib" and "Pat and Mike," both starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF GARSON KANIN 990069
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF GEORGE ABBOTT 056343
102 years old. The foremost American musical comedy director sinc the 30's revolutionized the American musical theater with shows like "Pal Joey," "The Pajama Game," "Damn Yankees," and "Yankees and Fiorello!"
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF GEORGE ABBOTT 990063
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF JEAN DALRYMPLE 056345
The Grande Dame of Broadway, Dalrymple has produced nearly 100 plays and is responsible for discovering such world-famous stars of stage and Cary Grant. Part 3 on tape #990066.
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF JEAN DALRYMPLE 990065
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF LANFORD WILSON 056355
Pulitzer Prize Winner for "Tally's Folly," and author of "Hot l Balt- imore," "Fifth of July" and many others.
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF LANFORD WILSON 990075
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF MARSHA NORMAN 056352
Author of Pulitzer Prize winning " 'night,Mother." One of America's premier women playwrights.
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 & 2 OF MARSHA NORMAN 990072
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 OF A.R. GURNEY / PT 1 OF ED ASNER 056348
Author of "The Cocktail Hour," "Love Letters," "The Dining Room," and "The Middle Ages."
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 OF A.R. GURNEY / PT 1 OF ED ASNER 990068
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 OF JOHN GUARE / PT 1 OF ROBERT LEWIS 056347
An inventive and provocative playwright who wrote "House of Blue Leaves" and the film "Atlantic City."
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 1 OF JOHN GUARE / PT 1 OF ROBERT LEWIS 990067
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 3 OF JEAN DALRYMPLE AND WENDY WASSERSTEIN 056346
See the description of 990065 for what the first part of this tape is. The second part of the tape is on Wendy Wasserstein, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Heidi Chronicles," and "Isn't It Romantic?"
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPOTLIGHT: PT 3 OF JEAN DALRYMPLE AND WENDY WASSERSTEIN 990066
RENTAL FEE $ 3.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
SPREAD THE WORD: TEENS TALK TO TEENS ABOUT AIDS 055681
Young people try to get the message about AIDS out to their contempor- aries using several mediums including rap music, signing by teens from the California School for the Deaf, role playing done in Spanish and the personal stories of teens already suffering from AIDS, including Ryan White.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: HUMAN RELATIONS MEDIA
SPREADING OCEANS 060592
Explores continental drift, the opening of oceans, and movement of tectonic plates, by showing poles of rotation and how ocean ridges and fracture zones relate to them. Hoops placed in various positions over a very large model of the earth to demonstrate the geometry of the Mid Atlantic Ridge and the relationships between fracture zones and pole- to-pole spreading. Another model shows tectonic plates three-dimen- sionally.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 24 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: MEDIA GUILD
SPREADING THE WORD 056579
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNKNOWN TELECONFERENCE SOURCES
SPSS*/ONLINE MODULE D: PROGRAM 12 055074
Demonstrates how to run all of the above procedures using SPSS/OnLine at an interactive computer terminal. Demonstrates on a computer screen how to enter control statements, edit or correct errors in control statements, generate different forms of output, store control state- ments, and create a new disk file after cleaning up the data.
RENTAL FEE $ 10.00 35 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: U. OF MINNESOTA, MEDIA DIST.
SSTMS OF LIN. INEQUALIT./ARITH. SEQS.& SERIES PTS 21&22 26 056211
Program 21: Systems of Linear Inequalities. This program sets up a problem, finds a solution, develops linear inequalities, graphs these solutions, and forms a region of feasible solutions. Program 22: Arithmetic Sequences and Series. Explores basic properties and formulas, emphasizing sums of arithmetic series and developing concepts.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
STACKING AND FIRING 010109
A skilled potter demonstrates the correct stacking of both green and glazed pottery in a small kiln as the narrator explains the factors involved. The potter then shows each step in firing the pieces.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 10 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: INDIANA UNIVERSITY
STAFF MEETING 039063
Shows a staff discussing problems involved in individualization, in- cluding grouping, inadequate materials and working with children with special learning problems. Featured is the principal, who not only assists teachers to think through their problems, but also cuts off discussion at one point when he feels strongly about the issue.
RENTAL FEE $ 10.00 11 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: INST. FOR DEVEL. OF ED. ACT.
STAGES OF GROUP GROWTH 039064
Four models of behavior that can occur as a group develops and matures.
RENTAL FEE $ 10.00 13 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
STALE ROLES AND TIGHT BUNS 056727
Presents a selection of images of men found in consumer advertising. Through these, we see the myths used to define and limit the American man. Generates new insights and a refreshed view of both men and advertising. Stimulates people to widen their views about the roles of men. Forces us to examine our definitions of "real men" and to think critically about the pressures that shape these ideals.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: O.A.S.I.S.
STALE ROLES AND TIGHT BUNS 200001
Presents a selection of images of men found in consumer advertising. Through these, we see the myths used to define and limit the Ameraican man. Generates new insights and a refreshed view of both men and ad- vertising. Stimulates people to widen their views about the roles of men. Forces us to examine our definitions of "real men" and to think critically about the pressures that shape these ideals.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: O.A.S.I.S.
STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD 056910
Shows how the FHA chapters can promote a positive chapter image, identify which chapter activities are newsworthy, develop a public relations plan, make friends with the media, and come out on top in today's information explosion.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 10 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA
STAR, THE PART 3 OF 13 056564
The motion picture star is one of the most familiar elements of film art, but what do stars really "mean" in cultural terms? Stars are America's idealized images, embodiments of our culture's desires and needs. Stars are also profoundly effective marketing tools, enabling audiences to know in broad but accurate terms what films are about be- fore they actually see them. Joan Crawford serves as a case study in the program, with other stars. Interviews with critics, scholars, and studio publicists round out the study of Hollywood stardom as a cult- ural phenomenon.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 56 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
STARDUST 055833
Explores the many mysteries surrounding the life and death of stars. Featured is professor Leo BLitz from the University of Maryland, an expert observer of star formation. Australian astronomers are shown sifting through the debris of the famous supernova explosion of 1987 in search of a pulsar--and the key to understanding the death of stars
RENTAL FEE $ .00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
STARRY MESSENGER, THE PART 06 050051
Opening on Easter Island with speculation about the sculptured heads, Dr. Bronowski continues on to Europe to review the work of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler. The telescope serves as the first instance of practical science.
RENTAL FEE $ 25.00 52 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: TIME-LIFE VIDEO
STARTING SCHOOL PART 5 OF 26 056360
Importance of setting the stage for the year - developing group and social learning, etc. sizing up classroom and students - doing school "rules" - suggestions for getting a good start.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
STARTING SCHOOL PART 5 OF 26 990623
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
STATE LEGISLATURE IN ACTION, THE 060403
Presents an inside view of state legislature, its people and activit- ies, and shows the many factors which affect a new bill from the time it faces committee hearings until it is enacted as law. Filmed in the state capitol at Albany with the full cooperation of the New York State Legislature.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 21 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CORONET/MTI FILM & VIDEO
STATISTICS PT 06/07 055326
Program 6: OVERVIEW This program explains how to understand what data is and how it is collected, organized, and analyzed so that the statistical conclusions can be valid and unbiased. Program 7: BEHIND THE HEADLINES Statisticians demonstrate the use of random sampling methods to avoid bias, and randomized comparative experiments to find cause-and-effect relationships.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
STATISTICS PT 08/09 055327
Program 8: PICTURE THIS Picturing data using graphs, histograms, and box plots reveals changes and subtle patterns that can then be examined in terms of mean, median, quartile, and outlier. Program 9: PLACE YOUR BETS Patterns in seemingly random situations are found by using the techniques of sampling distributions, normal curves, standard deviations, expected value, and the central limit theorem.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
STATISTICS PT 10 055328
Program 10: CONFIDENT CONCLUSIONS Can you be sure your results are accurate, and can you determine the possible percentage of error? This program explains statistical inference and how it is based on calculations of probability.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 30 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ANNENBERG/CPB COLLECTION
STATUS OF LATINA WOMEN, THE 056799
This program looks at the differences between the U.S. Latina and her Latin American and American counterparts. It also examines how Latino men regard successful, professional Latina women, and at the myths and mystique of machismo among Latinos in the age of two-income families and shared child-rearing responsibility. Finally, the program pro- files a Latina feminist, who has shown that activism is not just a Latino male's perogative.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 26 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FILMS FOR THE HUMANITIES, INC.
STAYING POWER 056582
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNKNOWN TELECONFERENCE SOURCES
STEPHEN BROOKFIELD 990201
RENTAL FEE $ .00 59 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
STEREO TAPE RECORDER, RD688AV 320601
RENTAL FEE $ .00 0 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: I.S.U. MEDIA CENTER
STEVE GADD....UP CLOSE 050206
An interview with drummer, Steve Gadd. The discussion deals with drum methods and the use of a trap set. It is geared to helping current percussionists in improving techniques.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 35 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: MUSIC VIDEO, INC.
STILLWELL ROAD PART 2 089104
Sequel to STILLWELL ROAD, film #89081.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 0 min.
DISTRIBUTOR:
STONES AND BONES: The Birth of Archaeology 057648
In the last 250 years, archaeologists have changed the basic under- standing of time and human existence. This program looks at the birth of modern archaeology, an event that stirred all of Europe's imagination: the unearthing of the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the 18th century.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 51 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FILMS FOR THE HUMANITIES, INC.
STOP THIEF!! 080049
Dramatizes the story of the American business/government thievery sur- rounding Boss Tweed and manipulation of public monies. Shows how inv- estigation of political cartoonist Thomas Nast aided in awareness and prosecution.
RENTAL FEE $ 11.00 32 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: BFA EDUCATIONAL MEDIA
STORIES OF EVA LUNA, THE 990616
Series host Lewis Lapham moderates a panel on the new short story col- lection "The Stories of Eva Luna," with its author, exiled Chilean journalist Isabel Allende, Alexander Coleman, critic and translator and Marjorie Agosin, poet and critic. Allende discusses her belief that the short story is a "whole, complete gift" in contrast with the novel. The panel compares Allende's use of the magical style of Cen - tral American literature with traditional United States realism.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 27 min.
DISTRIBUTOR:
STORIES OF EVA LUNA, THE PART 3 OF 10 056187
RENTAL FEE $ .00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.
STORMS: THE RESTLESS ATMOSPHERE 060432
In this study of thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes, the film examines the nature, structure, incidence and consequences of these storms. Next, the film examines the elaborate system of detection, data collection and interpretation that meteroroligists use to invest- igate storms. Highlights include a time-lapse buildup of cumulonimbus clouds, a weather satellite's view of the eye of a hurricane and a miniature tornado whirlwind demonstration.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 22 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
STORY OF CHAIM RUMKOWSKI AND THE JEWS OF LODZ, THE 090183
Presents the story of the man who was appointed by the Nazis as the Chairman of the Lodz Jewish Council and who was responsible for estab- lishing a vast bureaucracy to administer all social services in the Ghetto. Depicts conditions of daily life, the gradual disintegration of the ghetto and the deportations to the death camps.
RENTAL FEE $ 25.00 55 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CINEMA GUILD
STORY OF COLOR, THE 056874
Shows visuals for fashion merchandising, textiles, advertising and display, retailing, merchandising, marketing, fashion history, reference and careers.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 25 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: FAIRCHILD BOOKS AND VIDEOS
STORY OF COURDUROY 056954
Production to mass market, including newer developments in production.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 11 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CONE MILLS CORPORATION
STORY OF MODERN BEEF 056916
Lean meat cuts, healthier cuts and choices for a healthier life style. From beef on the hoof to the consumer.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 10 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNKNOWN TELECONFERENCE SOURCES
STORY OF OIL,THE: CHIEF ECONOMIC RESOURCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST 055403
The expansion of the Middle East's oil industry has sharply affected Western lifestyles in recent years, but the presence of vast supplies of oil has shaped Middle Eastern society from the beginning. This film assesses the role of oil in the development of the Middle East from ancient times to the present. In particular, the film traces the roots of Western involvement in the oil industry and discusses the current impact of oil wealth on relations among Middle Eastern states.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 25 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
STORY OF THE BLACK CATS 089010
The Navy's long range flying boats, "Cats," play the lead in this authentic film combat report from the South Pacific. The combat camera accompanies a group of Black Cats on an exciting operational flight against a Japanese convoy. Despite squally weather and the constant peril of interception by enemy night fighters, the "Cats" locate and attack the convoy, hitting three ships in their fierce assault.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 18 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: UNITED STATES NAVY
STORY WITH TWO ENDINGS 089082
This film tells the story of runaway prices after the armistice of World War I, and details graphically the results of allowing prices to get out of hand.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 10 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
STORYTELLING PART 5 OF 15 056253
The stories people tell give us an idea about how they lived and what they thought was important. Stories can explain nature or relate memories. "Storytelling" teaches students that they can learn about history through legends and true accounts. "Storytelling" also gives students an insight into how some Native Americans related to their world and the realities of a changing culture. A teacher's guide is available.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 13 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: IDAHO EDUCATIONAL P. B. S.
STORYTELLING WITH CAROLINE FELLER BAUER 055206
Caroline Bauer displays her repertoire of storytelling skills in front of a live audience of school-age children. Bauer's commentary, inter- spersed throughout, offers explanations of the techniques illustrated.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 28 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: H. W. WILSON CO.
STRADDLE AND SURFACE MILLING TO CLOSE TOLERANCES 060400
How to make surface and straddle milling cutter set-ups; surface mill four sides of a workpiece; machine a workpiece to a T shape by strad- dle milling.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 27 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: NATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL CENT.
STRADDLE MILLING 030625
Shows procedures followed when straddle milling a pair of connecting rods held in a fixture, function of fixtures in production work, use of a setting guage to check the cutter setup, use of coolant on the cutters, checking of each cut, advantages of the fixture and necessity for keeping the table and work free of chips and burrs.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 17 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: NATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL CENT.
STRANGE CASE OF THE COSMIC RAYS 055011
Live action, documentary excerpts, still pictures of cosmic tracks and Bill Baird marionettes representing Poe, Dickens and Dostoevski trans- form the history of research on cosmic rays into a science-detective story. Transmits a unique respect, both for what has been learned and for what is yet unknown.
RENTAL FEE $ 7.00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: SOUTHERBY PRODUCTIONS,INC
STRANGE SLEEP 080092
Artificial organs and transplants were spectacular developments in medical science. But these, and other modern-day miracles, would be of little use without a much older discovery; anesthesia. Nova explores the history of anesthesiology and provides extensive backgrounding material on the developments in this unique area of medicine. This film gives the viewer an appreciation of modern reserach and techno- logy. It futher points out that even such beneficial techniques as anesthesiology can dangerously tamper with the natural body processes.
RENTAL FEE $ 25.00 60 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: TIME-LIFE VIDEO
STRATEGIES OF SMALL-GROUP LEARNING 039009
Illustrates practical applications of the advantages of small-group discussion techniques by on-location filmings of elementary, middle and secondary school students. Indicates that improved performance is possible through various types of small-group instruction. Content based on the I/D/E/A technical manual "Learning in the Small Group."
RENTAL FEE $ 10.00 27 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: INST. FOR DEVEL. OF ED. ACT.
STRATIFIED FLOW 055432
The experiments in the tape show that density variations, together with gravity, make possible forces that can generate internal waves, inhibit turbulent diffusion, or create strong velocity gradients and jets.
RENTAL FEE $ 5.00 24 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: ENCYC. BRIT. ED. CORP.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE IN BIG APPLE CITY 060659
Uses animation to tell the story of Strawberry Shortcake as she com- petes against Purple Pieman to win a baking contest in Big Apple City. Follows her departure from familiar territory and friends to the unfamiliar life in the city. Illustrates her persistance and good spirit as she overcomes, with the help of new friends, Purple Pieman's acts of sabotage intended to keep her from winning the contest. Con- cludes with truth and justice and a great recipe prevailing as Straw- berry wins, her loyal friends return with her to Strawberryland and Purple Pieman earns his just reward.
RENTAL FEE $ 9.00 24 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: CORONET/MTI FILM & VIDEO
STRESS PROGRAM 2 OF 26 056409
This title discusses the nature, sources and effects of stress, including the relationship between stress and disease. Stress management techniques are explored.
RENTAL FEE $ .00 29 min.
DISTRIBUTOR: PBS ADULT LEARNING SAT. SERV.