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	"What in the World" #6 - WCAU TV (CBS, Philadelphia) All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. This film and all of the films in the Penn Museum collection are copyrighted by the Penn Museum, and are not in the public domain. Keywords: Game shows; Archaeology; Artifacts; Artifact identification; Rainey. Froelich; Lipschitz, Jacques; Kidder, Alfred; Eddinghausen, Robert Downloads: 844 Average rating: (1 review)
	News Dissector: Is Media Harming Democracy - WGBH Danny Schechter, executive editor, MediaChannel.org Danny Schechter explores the rapidly changing ways in which we receive our information. He believes that media, the field in which he has worked for four decades, is harming our democracy. Are the major news corporations doing more harm than good? Can independent media, empowered with the tools of a technological revolution, do any better? Danny Schechter, "The News Dissector", launched a media career in Boston on WBCN Radio... Keywords: media Downloads: 454 Average rating: (1 review)
	Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness - WGBH Tal Ben-Shahar, instructor, psychology, Harvard Tal Ben-Shahar discusses current research on the science of happiness and introduces ideas and tools that can actually make a difference in one's life. The study of happiness or of enhancing the quality of our lives, has been dominated by pop-psychology (much charisma, but relatively little substance) and academia (much substance, but isolated from most people's everyday lives)... Keywords: psychology Downloads: 2,233 Average rating: (1 review)
	Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself - TED.com After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them. Keywords: TEDTalks; TED; Talks; personal growth; self; storytelling; success; TEDGlobal 2010; 2010 Downloads: 38 Average rating: (1 review)
	Cosine Taylor Series at 0 (Maclaurin) Approximating f(x)=cos x using a Maclauren Series (special case of a Taylor series at x=0) Keywords: Salman Khan; Khan Academy Downloads: 929 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Seventh Wonder A 1960s sponsored film that highlights Chicago's water system as one of "the seven wonders of Modern American engineering." It includes scenes of Chicago's lake front, skyline and water facilities. Made by Cine-Graff Production for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD). From our Rhodes Patterson Collection. Keywords: Chicago; Water; Sponsored Films; 1960s Downloads: 102 Average rating: (1 review)
	Student Life at Loyola University Medical School Promotional film for Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine made circa 1955 by John A. Maurer, and assisted directed by Margaret Conneely. Narrator William B. Rich, M.D. takes the viewer on a tour of what student life is like, providing facts about the school over footage of the application process, student facilities, observation and hands on experience in the operating room. bedside learning, and graduation... Keywords: Chicago; Universities & colleges; Medicine; Sponsored Downloads: 124 Average rating: (1 review)
	upenn-f16-2028 Polynesians of Kapingamarangi - Goodenough, Ward Keywords: Kapingamarangi; Micronesia; Island life; Fishing Downloads: 528 Average rating: (1 review)
	Champion Papers Incorporated "Imagination 10" - Morton Goldsholl Associates Promotional film for a series of books published by Paper Division of Champion Papers Inc., describing how images in film are graphically translated and vibrantly reproduced on their paper. This particular book and film, Imagination 10, showcases the beauty and design of trains and attempts to capture the experience of traveling by train, describing the landscapes and city lights blurring by like moving paintings... Keywords: Chicago; Railroads; Transportation; Sponsored Films; Advertsing; 1960s Downloads: 70 Average rating: (1 review)
	Facts About Projection - Robert Edmonds An old-timey set-up & projection techniques film, set in a school classroom. This film teaches the young projectionist how to put on a good show, and not trip over the cord while doing so. Keywords: projector; 16mm; Bell & Howell Downloads: 2,634 Average rating: (1 review)
	How To Squeeze More Miles From Your Car - Walter J Klein Company Reveals some of the tricks motorists can use to increase their car mileage. Includes driving, car maintenance, and car buying hints. Downloads: 418 Average rating: (1 review)
	Iran - Claude Lelouch Far more than a travelogue with pretty pictures, this little-known film won six international awards shortly after its release. 'Iran' consists of spectacular geographical and archaeological footage interspersed with "slice of life" shots, evidencing best juxtapositional editing we've ever seen. This is a buried masterpiece from the director of 'A Man and a Woman,' 'Happy New Year,' and 'And Now My Love.' Lelouch reportedly shot six miles of footage to make this film, which apparently was sponso... Keywords: Persia, Petroleum, Qashqai, nomad, Islam, mosque Downloads: 23,048 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	How to Operate Your Brain Show A public access television show called How to Operate Your Brain, hosted by Timothy Leary from 1993, with Genesis P. Orridge. Keywords: philosophy; psychedelic; genesis p. orridge, 1993 Downloads: 2,711 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Timothy Leary's final visit with the Merry Pranksters in Colorado This is footage from Timothy Leary's final visit with the Merry Pranksters in Colorado in 1995. Keywords: Merry Pranksters; Ken Kesey; colorado Downloads: 1,740 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	A Conversation on LSD This is a video of a candid meeting at Leary's home with many notable figures of the early days of LSD research. Filmed in the 1970's or early 1980's. The conversation is on LSD. Keywords: LSD Downloads: 6,445 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories - Dorothy Fadiman, Daniel Meyers This Academy Award-nominated film features compelling first person accounts which reveal the physical, legal, and emotional consequences during the era when abortion was a criminal act. Remembrances include those of women who experienced illegal abortions, doctors who risked imprisonment and loss of their licenses for providing illegal abortions, and individuals who broke the law by helping women find safe abortions. Keywords: Dorothy Fadiman; Academy Award; Oscar; Concentric Media; reproductive rights; women; women's rights; abortion; abortion laws; abortion legislation; abortion rights; women's history; women's health; personal stories; interviews; reproductive health; reproductive choice; medical issues; health care; medical care; public policy; human rights; doctors; abortion doctors; clergy; back alleys; women's history; illegal abortions; abortionists; Erika Luckett Downloads: 22,737 Average rating: (40 reviews)
	Centinelas del Silencio - Robert Amran The real star here is the late aerial photographer James Freeman, whose breathtaking helicopter shots of Mayan and Aztec ruins at sunrise and sunset won an Academy Award for this film in 1971. Although the English version was narrated by Orson Welles, the Spanish version, narrated by Ricardo Montalban, is in better keeping with the ethnic aspect of the film, and no knowledge of Spanish is needed to appreciate his dramatic impact... Keywords: Maya; Aztec; helicopter Downloads: 4,601 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	And So They Live - John Ferno, Julian Roffman Stark, realistic documentary showing poorly educated "mountain peoples" living in poverty and stricken with disease. Their solace comes in strong family bonds and the prospect of improved educational opportunities. (Prelinger, Rick. "The Field Guide to Sponsored Films." San Francisco: NFPF, 2006) Keywords: Sponsored Film; Appalachian; Poverty Downloads: 6,065 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	War Film From Chicago Film Archives' Jack Behrend Collection, 1984, 16mm. Footage of a combat zone, the landscape barren and repeatedly torn apart by explosions. Includes various army vehicles in action, with tanks and fighter jets discharging their weapons. There are numerous takes, with some footage repeating. The filmmaker and particulars behind this film are unknown. Keywords: War; 1980s Downloads: 631 Average rating: (1 review)
	Frames of Reference - Richard Leacock This PSSC film utilizes a fascinating set consisting of a rotating table and furniture occupying surprisingly unpredictable spots within the viewing area. The fine cinematography by Abraham Morochnik, and funny narration by University of Toronto professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume is a wonderful example of the fun a creative team of filmmakers can have with a subject that other, less imaginative types might find pedestrian. Keywords: physics; science; PSSC Downloads: 50,600 Average rating: (6 reviews)
	Firing Line with William F. Buckley: The Practical Limits of Liberalism - Southern Educational Communications Association (SECA) Description: In this episode of William F. Buckley's Firing Line television show, Jerry Brown and several journalists join Buckley. Firing Line Program Catalog: Jerry Brown was Ronald Reagan's successor as governor; his father, Pat Brown, had been Reagan's predecessor. Governor Brown the younger would later become known as a flake, "Governor Moonbeam"; in this discussion, primarily of desegregation, he comes across as straightforward and well spoken... Keywords: californialightandsound; Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008; Brown, Jerry, 1938-; Valencia, Manuel; Keppel, Bruce; Sparrow, Glen; School integration -- California; Liberalism -- California; California Downloads: 511 Average rating: (1 review)
	Coulomb's Law - Richard Leacock Here, manic Princeton professor Eric Rogers hosts, continually removing and replacing his eyeglasses, ordering around lab assistants --- he forcefully breaks a glass test tube in the hands of an assistant to demonstrate the inelasticity of water --- and furiously pounds equations on a blackboard (Leacock says the scribblings must have lasted 45 minutes, in what must be one of the more necessary cuts in the history of educational film.) Rogers finally conducts an experiment with a young girl, pla... Keywords: Physics Downloads: 4,415 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	upenn-f16-2027 Polynesians of Kapingamarangi - Goodenough, Ward Keywords: Kapingamarangi; Micronesia; Island life; Fishing Downloads: 633 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Calculus: Derivatives 2 More intuition of what a derivative is. Using the derivative to find the slope at any point along f(x)=x^2 Keywords: Salman Khan; Khan Academy Downloads: 2,514 Average rating: (1 review)
	1953: Reel 4: Pakistan. - Watson Kintner All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. This film and all of the films in the Penn Museum collection are copyrighted by the Penn Museum, and are not in the public domain. Keywords: Pakistan; Lahore; Camel caravans Downloads: 585 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	How to operate your brain This is a series of video shorts produced by Retinalogic in the 1990's featuring two public service videos of Timothy Leary: "Think for yourself" and "How to operate your brain". Keywords: Consciousness; psychedelics; philosophy; retinalogic; how to operate your brain Downloads: 4,969 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Silent Snow, Secret Snow - Gene Kearney Alienation, angst, and schizophrenia are powerful themes addressed by Kearney in this forgotten masterpiece. From a story by Conrad Aiken. Keywords: schizophrenia; teen angst Downloads: 15,593 Average rating: (16 reviews)
	Pabst Brewing Company "Old Milwaukee" - Morton Goldsholl Associates A sponsored film made by Morton Goldsholl Associates for Pabst Brewing Company. Morton & Millie Goldsholl ran Morton Goldsholl Associates, one of Chicago's leading graphic design studios in the 1950s. The studio became recognized for their animations, progressive hiring practices and developing corporate branding packages for various companies. From our Mort & Millie Goldsholl Collection. Keywords: Chicago; Design; Sponsored Films; 1960s Downloads: 499 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Shopping Bag Lady - Bert Salzman Set In Manhattan's Central Park, this film is the poignant story of a teenage girl's encounter with a homeless old woman (movingly portrayed by distinguished actress Mildred Dunnock) who carries all her belongings around in shopping bags. This encounter eventually leads to the girl's understanding of the problems of aging and the dignity of all individuals, regardless of their place in society. Actress Mildred Dunnock, who plays the homeless woman, was a former schoolteacher who didn't begin act... Keywords: Bert Salzman; homeless; elderly Downloads: 8,935 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	Angel And Big Joe - Bert Salzman For most of his life, Angel has been a migrant worker, helping his family as they move from place to place picking crops. When a phone won't work, Angel enlists "Big Joe's" aid to repair it and from then on a friendship develops. Joe and the boy team up to start a rose-growing business. A call from Angel's father comes, the family must leave. Angel can stay with Joe and the promise of a future, or he can go with his family and continue in the uncertain lifestyle of his parents... Keywords: Bert Salzman; Academy Award Downloads: 2,412 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Music from Oil Drums - Toshi and Peter Seeger Long unavailable, this film presents Pete Seeger (who wrote a manual for playing steel drums) visiting steel drum makers and players in Trinidad. We found the process of tuning the pans particularly interesting. Keywords: calypso Downloads: 2,889 Average rating: (1 review)
	Motherhood By Choice, Not Chance - Dorothy Fadiman, Katie Peterson This riveting films brings alive the history of the struggle for womens reproductive rights in the US and the chilling facts about the current threat to those rights. Intimate interviews reveal the passion of people who moved abortion from the danger of the back alleys to a safe, legal choice. Keywords: Dorothy Fadiman; Power of Choice; Erika Luckett; Katie Peterson reproductive rights; women; womens rights; abortion; abortion laws; abortion legislation; abortion rights; womens history; womens health; pro-choice; pro-choice activism; sex education; sex ed; prochoice; choice; Roe v. Wade; access; abortion bans; reproductive health; reproductive choice; medical issues; health care; public policy; human rights; motherhood Downloads: 5,242 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	[Mona's Candle Light ca 1950s] Mona's Candle Light was discovered among reels of film that Geoff Alexander, of the Bay Area-based Academic Film Archive of North America, bought at a flea market in an unmarked box. There are no credits, so it is impossible to determine who shot it and for what purpose. The film is 1950s footage, probably amateur, of a well know lesbian club (which had opened in the 1930s), Mona's Candle Light, and it is an invaluable document of that underground scene... Keywords: drag king; lesbian nightclub Downloads: 1,571 Average rating: (1 review)
	Durango Mexico - J. Alden Mason Unedited travelogue/ethnographic film Mexico -- Durango All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. This film and all of the films in the Penn Museum collection are copyrighted by the Penn Museum, and are not in the public domain. Keywords: Durango; Mexico; Tepehua people; Xoconostle Downloads: 2,795 Average rating: (1 review)
	Cliché Family in Televisionland - MPO Productions This outrageous parody of the prototype 'commercial' family was apparently made as an in-house joke by one of the largest producers of television commercials. Their clients would have never seen this gem, which parodies products as well as the people that buy them. Keywords: parody; advertisement; asian Downloads: 30,677 Average rating: (14 reviews)
	Indonesia travelogue (untitled) Unedited travelogue footage from Indonesia. Specific locations unidentified. All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. This film and all of the films in the Penn Museum collection are copyrighted by the Penn Museum, and are not in the public domain. Keywords: Indonesia Downloads: 1,318 Average rating: (1 review)
	Why Do These Kids Love School? - Dorothy Fadiman with KTEH-TV (PBS) This award-winning film features nine unique schools, both public and private, California to East Harlem. In these unique schools relationship, creative thinking, and direct experience are valued above memorization of facts. As we struggle with issues of how to provide a quality education for all children, we might look to these successful schools where teachers, students, parents and administrators are involved in creating supportive educational environments. Keywords: Pyramid Films; Dorothy Fadiman; Tom Peters; PBS; KTEH; school; education; private school; public school; Peninsula School; teaching; learning; no child left behind; educational methods; learning theory; success; student-centered learning; direct experience; public education; alternative schools; progressive education Downloads: 10,100 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	WHOSE CHILDREN ARE THEY NOW? AIDS Orphans in Ethiopia - Dorothy Fadiman, Amy Hill The AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia has left more than one million children without parents. Compassionate groups and individuals have taken on the responsibility of raising them, including traditional orphanages, family members, and neighbors. This film explores the stories of these caregivers, and the young people for whom they are caring. Keywords: Children; orphans; orphanages; family; neighbors; community; responsibility; caring; compassion; extended family; social systems; HIV; AIDS; HIV/AIDS; Ethiopia; SEEDS of HOPE Downloads: 2,494 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Skippy and the 3 R's. - National Education Association and Affiliated State Education Associations Shows how a teacher, by helping a first-grade child to discover his need for learning, teachers him to read, write, and do arithmetic. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Downloads: 1,814 Average rating: (1 review)
	This Is A Test - Taxi, Rolling Stones - Nancy Cain and Tom Weinberg Philadelphia. Sept. 26 1981. Coverage of Rolling Stones fans waiting for concert. The Stones perform Under My Thumb. Cab drivers share their stories of celebrity fares. Every famous person in the world gives better tips to cab drivers than Mick Jagger. Keywords: Chicago Hello Downloads: 5,854 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Miguel: Up From Puerto Rico - Bert Salzman Miguel, a Puerto Rican boy has moved to New York City with his family. He finds his ability to speak English and Spanish puts him at an advantage in assisting his family in their new surroundings. Miguel later stretches his ingenuity to an extreme when, to put food on his family’s table, he goes fishing in the heavily polluted East River. A moving and amusing film with many suprises. Awards: Winner Columbus Film Festival; Best in Category Aired on CBS Childrens Film Festival Columbus Film Fest... Keywords: Bert Salzman Downloads: 1,819 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Meaning of Time In Science, The - Milan Herzog Examines the concepts of the entropy principle and of astronomical time, the relation of subjective and external time, and the definition of a second. Includes demonstrations of scientific timepieces and of the cyclotron. Features producer Milan Herzog in cameo role as the director of a space project. Keywords: afana; Herzog Downloads: 2,989 Average rating: (1 review)
	The signs and stages of anaesthesia No 1 - Wellcome Film A technical film (the first part of a series) apparently aimed at the inexperienced anaesthetist. Most of the film looks at the theory of the stages of anaesthesia using Guedel's chart. This is laboriously annotated with animations to illustrate every reflex present in anaesthesia using the inhalation method. There are four stages of anaesthesia the third stage is when surgery can commence (this is in turn subdivided into planes)... Keywords: Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd Pharmaceuticals Division; Anesthesia; Anesthesia -- history; Respiration; Medical equipment; Respiratory systems; Medical treatment; Anesthesia; Anesthesia -- history; Respiration; Medicine Downloads: 1,031 Average rating: (1 review)
	Journey to the Center of a Triangle - Bruce And Katharine Cornwell 'Journey to the Center of a Triangle' (1976) 8m, dir. Bruce & Katharine Cornwell. Another fabulous film by the Cornwells, created on the Tektronics 4051 Graphics Terminal. Presents a series of animated constructions that determine the center of a variety of triangles, including such centers as circumcenter, incenter, centroid and orthocenter. More on the Cornwells at http://www.afana.org/cornwell.htm Keywords: mathematics; science Downloads: 18,406 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The human factor - Wellcome Film This film is about how accidents in the workplace might occur. In the form of a semi-dramatic reconstruction, narrated by Maurice Denham, we see how a factory worker, Stan Berry, becomes the victim of a serious accident while at work. We arrive at the scene of the accident, an industrial work place with stacks of oil drums at the same time as the ambulance. The following sequences explore how the accident happened and who is to blame... Keywords: Accidents, Occupational; Health education; Medical sciences; Safety education; Occupational safety; Health services; Accidents, Occupational; Medical Downloads: 713 Average rating: (1 review)
	Everymans enemy-the housefly - Wellcome Film The life of the housefly is described, and its importance in the spread of disease, especially typhoid and dysentry. Control measures applicable to refuse sites, food processing factories and hospitals are discussed. 2 segments. Keywords: Disease Outbreaks; Houseflies; Pest Control; Insects; Pest control; Pests; Insects; Disease Outbreaks; Houseflies; Pest Control; Insects; Medical Downloads: 771 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Carrying the injured - Wellcome Film This film demonstrates various methods of carrying the injured. Blankets are used as stretchers with and without poles. The use of a chair for carrying is also demonstrated. 1 segment. Keywords: First Aid; Wounds and Injuries; Transportation of Patients; Medical sciences; First Aid; Wounds and Injuries; Transportation of Patients; Paramedical staff. First aiders Downloads: 121 Average rating: (1 review)
	Newspaper: Behind the Scenes - Carroll Films Shows the San Jose Mercury News of 1970 in all elements of production. Briefly shows the IBM 1130 mainframe computer (http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/1130/1130_intro.html) Keywords: publishing; media Downloads: 1,795 Average rating: (1 review)
	Congruent Triangles - Bruce and Katharine Cornwell Bruce and Katharine Cornwell are primarily known for a series of remarkable animated films on the subject of geometry. Created on the Tektronics 4051 Graphics Terminal, they are brilliant short films, tracing Klee-like geometric shapes to intriguing music, including the memorable 'Bach meets Third Steam Jazz' musical score in ‘Congruent Triangles.’ In this melding of art and science, the Cornwells create a quasi-hypnotic take on a mathematical construct... Keywords: mathematics, science Downloads: 17,415 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	From Danger To Dignity: The Fight For Safe Abortion - Dorothy Fadiman After more than a century of back-alley tragedies, a national movement to decriminalize abortion took root. FROM DANGER to DIGNITY combines rare archival footage with present-day interviews to weave together two parallel stories: the evolution of underground networks to help women find safe abortions outside the law and the intensive efforts of activists and legislators who broke the silence and changed the laws. Keywords: Dorothy Fadiman; Concentric Media; Emmy Award; reproductive rights; women; women's rights; abortion; abortion laws; abortion legislation; abortion rights; women's history; women's health; pro-choice; pro-choice activism; personal stories; reproductive health; reproductive choice; medical issues; health care; public policy; human rights; underground networks; back alleys; women's history; legislators; clergy; doctors; gynecology; the Janes; clergy consultation; Pat Maginnis; Sarah Weddington; Roe v. Wade; Erika Luckett Downloads: 3,432 Average rating: (12 reviews)