Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
to
to
Exclude
Only includes titles with the selected topics
to
In minutes
to
1-50 of 129
- A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
- Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20, 1980 and ends with its eruption on May 18.
- Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. This causes quite a sensation on the island. A year later Johnny and his wife return for the first time since the marriage, and all find that something miraculous has occurred to Mahana. Johnny explains that by paying eight cows he proved that she was worth more to him than any other woman on the island. He gave her a great gift, that of self-worth.
- Asking to leave a school bus, Cliff, a young teenager, collapses and dies in the snow near the roadside. His math teacher is asked to notify the parents and then write a short obituary. This task is difficult, for although he was Cliff's favorite teacher and had the most interaction of any at the school, he barely knew him. In unraveling the mystery of the untimely death, he finds that Cliff was shy, lonely, and ostracized, being slowly reduced to nothing, a zero (cipher). He vows to not let this happen to others.
- This educational cartoon series tells a classic, well known fairy tale and then compares it to two similar lesser known fairy tales from different parts of the world.
- An introduction to Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist. A world poet-a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare.
- Educational short showing how you should never show any emotions at the dinner table.
- Short social guidance film teaches children that anger is a natural emotion and shows some of the negative reactions to it. It then teaches how to work out anger in positive, active ways without hurting others or making them angry.
- Educational film that shows, in the form of a "report from outer space," how the ways of mankind, and specially the contrast between the USA and more "primitive" cultures, might appear to visitors from another planet.
- The Pickle Family Jugglers share the essentials of juggling, including: Three Elements That Separate Juggling From Playing Catch, Throwing To The Imaginary Spot, and Keeping It Away From The Monkey In The Middle. An old-school optical printer (no digital effects!) reveals the mystery and danger of the Back-To-Back Triangle performed at the Pickle Family Circus.
- film attempts to analyze the Anti-Western sentiment in China from the American perspective during the Cold War.
- A look into the lives of a seventh-grade boy and girl as they go through their morning and evening routines...and why not keeping clean and neat brands them as losers!
- Marty Malone smokes pot and cuts his mouth on a Pepsi bottle. Then he starts on heroin and ends up in rehab.
- This 1969 film tells the tale of a young boy who discovers a pair of magic sneakers that allows him to create thunder and kick a ball really far.
- Contrary to most of the uninformed and silly reviews on this documentary, this movie "The Truck Farmer" is a serious educational piece intended to inform audiences of the 1950's where their food came from, how it's grown, by whom, and how it gets to their supermarkets and tables on the cold months when growing is impossible in Northern areas of the country. Yes, the film is stiff and dated by "modern" standards - kind of like how an episode of "Dragnet" might look to today's audience. This is quite typical of such documentaries. No, there's not a lot of clever dialog, stunts, special effects, or a laugh track, but this was intended as education designed to reach people where there were and to clue them on to things they likely never troubled themselves to think of. Unfortunately, consumers of today are likely even less informed on where their daily food comes from than audiences of the '50's were. The folks making the jokes about this documentary have missed the point. Categorize this one with "Hemp for Victory" and other informative shorts in the style of 60 years ago.
- Classroom training film that promotes the benefits of "healthy" eating for children.
- Old-timer Billy Slater organizes a rodeo for kids.
- This short explores the early planning innovations and the subsequent mistakes that resulted in developing urban sprawl, suburbia, and gentrification in modern day US cities as well as the effects it had on its populace and industry.
- Film shows the proper conduct and behavior that is expected in a modern office setting, and also gives examples of behavior that is not acceptable.
- This vintage short (produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films) follows a seemingly typical American family and their German Sheppard as they prepare for Halloween activities.
- Filmed on the farm of Gerald "Red" Markham, near Whitewater, Wisconsin, and narrated by Red's son Dale. He notes that Spring is a busy time of the year on a farm, but especially on a dairy farm that has many acres to be cultivated, fertilized, and planted in field corn as well as sweet corn. There are also trips to town, meetings of the LaGrange Four-H club, and a birthday party.
- As a demonstration of the effects of radioactivity, a rat is fed radioactive table sugar.
- Susan and Bob take a jet to join their parents in San Francisco. They enjoy their first jet flight. The flight attendant takes care of them along the way, bringing them delicious treats and showing them around the aircraft. After an exciting trip, they are met by their parents at the San Francisco airport.
- Abraham Lincoln was a tall man.
- This important film presents the American Indian speaking for himself ---discussing what he wants and how he feels. It features historically important Native Americans such as Chief Dan George and Lame Deer, and focuses on three American Indian tribes and how they are surviving. Reverend Cliff Hill describes how the Muskogee Creek are fighting to maintain their language, and the Ceremonial Stomp Dance is shown. Medicine Man Lame Deer (John Fire) addresses aspects of the Rosebud Sioux existence, the All-Indian Rodeo is shown, and the Wounded Knee massacre is discussed. Several members of Oregon's Nisqually tribe discuss the struggle to retain fishing rights, underscored by newsreel footage of tribe members fighting with federal authorities and being arrested. The film ends with shots of Native American steel workers building the Sears Tower, filmed by Tom Smith 86 stories high, accompanied by Caw Indian Jim Pepper's jazzy version of his composition "Witchi-Tai-To. The film was made in collaboration with Stan Steiner, author of "The New Indians."
- Shows family life on a modern farm in winter. Describes the care and feeding of livestock kept on a farm in winter. Here, farm life continues at a vigorous pace, in spite of restrictions of inclement weather, as a farm family complete the work of harvest and prepare for the renewal of the growing cycle in spring. The story is told in first person by the grandfather, at Gerald "Red" Markham's farm near the town of Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin. He tries to get the "snow buggy" working, brings in a veterinarian to treat a sick calf, etc. Tom Smith made four films in this series. Farm Family in Autumn, Farm Family in Spring, Farm Family in Summer, and Farm Family in Winter, all available to see in the Academic Film Archive of North America collection on the Internet Archive.
- A group of children visit a waterworks, to find out how it works.
- A young mountain girl becomes tired of her chores and goes in search of 'The valley of happiness', a wondrous place spoken of many times by her grandfather.
- A study of the crow, showing the crow's nest with the eggs, the hatched young crows, and finally the fledglings after they leave the nest.
- "Insects" is a 1953 short film documentary on insects.
- How freight trains are put together and how they travel to their destination.
- George, a teenaged boy who has never been on a date before, wants to ask out Mildred, who is also much taller than he is. Not sure of how to proceed, he asks his swimming coach for advice.
- Investigates the structure and composition of the solar system, describes the origin of the Sun and its planets, and surveys the major planetary bodies in the solar system.
- Susan needs glasses. We don't mean like, "Oh, it's hard for her to read a small font in a dark room." No, Susan appears to be legally blind. Somehow she has made it to eight years old without walking in front of a cement truck or mistaking a wolverine for her teddy bear. There's a decent chance Susan is actually a large naked mole rat. But fortunately she realizes she needs glasses, not when a concerned adult intervenes, but when she reads (somehow) a children's book about magical glasses. Thrill as Susan tries to mend all the social bridges she burned by finding a pair of glasses that don't make her look like naked mole rat Elton John.
- Presents a brief history of venereal disease, examines the symptoms of syphilis and gonorrhea and the microorganisms which cause these diseases, and emphasizes the importance and methods of treatment.
- Illustrates techniques for emergency treatment of choking victims. Techniques are shown for adults, children, infants, self, and unconscious victims.
- Shows the functions of plant life in catching and storing water and maintaining the topsoil.
- Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales?
- This short shows how important a good night's sleep and regular sleeping habits are to everyday living and your overall health, by giving your body a chance to rest and recharge itself.