Medieval Society: The Villagers 1976
Depicts life in the Middle Ages, showing medieval villagers, including a reeve and a serf, explaining something of their life and work.
Depicts life in the Middle Ages, showing medieval villagers, including a reeve and a serf, explaining something of their life and work.
Phil, a student who recently transferred into his high school, keeps to himself a lot, spending time in his basement building radios and record players. His dad notices that he has no friends, and tells him that, like the electronic parts he assembles, "you have to fit in with all hte other parts." Realizing that the reason he has no friends is because he's not one of the "crowd," Phil studies the most popular kids at school, in order to see what traits they admire most, so he can be like them and fit in.
This short featuring "Mr. Bungle", a puppet, instructs children on how to best behave in a lunchroom situation.
Chuck, a young loner, is invited by a neighbor to a dinner party, but turns it down. He finds himself visited by "Chuck of the future"--himself at age 21. "Chuck of the future" knows the reason the current Chuck doesn't want to go to the party--he's embarrassed over his poor table manners. "Chuck of the future" decides to give "Chuck of the present" some tips on proper table etiquette.
Tom Thumb ends up in the court of King Arthur.
In this educational short film, tips are given on proper nourishment.
Dating Do's and Don'ts is a 1949 instructional film designed for American high schools, to teach teens basic dating skills.
Three teenage girls decide to throw a party to introduce their college-student friend Steve to the crowd.
Introduces the English countryside, life in London, and examples of English institutions and values, with the typical experiences a boy and girl have in traveling from their village and in visiting London.
Dick York plays a high-school track star whose running lags because of his lack of sleep.
Marty wants a spot in the School play, but is undone by nerves
Teens share their problems through home movies
Joey is a withdrawn little boy who prefers to be by himself than go out and make friends. His mother, deciding that it's not healthy for him to by alone so much, sets out to teach Joey how to make friends with people.
This instructional film reveals the decisive role that water has played and is still playing in the emergence and survival of life on earth.
Geographic features of a great frontier land, including scenes of the exciting new capital, Brasilia.
A third edition of the motion picture Food That Builds Good Health. Uses animation to discuss nutrients, basic food groups and balanced meals. Explains what calories and empty calories are and stresses the importance of checking labels for sugar and other additives that a body's cells don't need at all.
Describes the Quakers' struggle for religious freedom and the founding of the Pennsylvania colony, under the leadership of William Penn. Describes the colony's belief in freedom of speech and religion, and in the equality of all. Explains why Pennsylvania prospered.
Mr. Taylor, the school principal, explains to his students how rules in school are meant to help everyone, and that people who want exceptions made to the rules aren't being fair to other people, and "spoil the game."
Two eighth graders doing an assembly on cleanliness and neatness seek underclassmen. A look into Don and Mildred's hygienic endeavors.
Features experiments in an aquarium, illustrating the food chain as a continuous cycle. Shows how each type of living thing depends on the other, when the cycle is properly balanced.