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A Dream Of Freedom

Documents the history of immigration to Canada from the United Kingdom.

1976 British Broadcasting Corp TV 52 min
A Feather In The Cap

Follows Fingermouse and his friends as they collect feathers in a farmyard.

1972 British Broadcasting Corp TV 14 min
A Firebell In The Night

Describes developments from early slave importation to present Southern shanty towns. Presents Alistair Cooke who sums…

1972 British Broadcasting Corp TV 52 min
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Garbage Dump

Features Athelstan Spilhaus, John Fremlin and other environmental experts discussing various methods of reusing and storing…

1970 British Broadcasting Corp TV 50 min
A God In Colchester

Explains why Claudius reluctantly permits the execution of the lascivious, ambitious Messalina.

1977 British Broadcasting Corp TV 60 min
A Grateful Peasantry

Focuses on Parliament's slavery debate in 1792, which concluded with the passage of an amendment…

1977 British Broadcasting Corp TV 56 min
A New Direction

Follows over a period of five weeks the progress of a class being introduced to practical…

1970 British Broadcasting Corp TV 30 min
A New Era

Details the emergence of the species Homo sapiens and explores some of the astonishing art man…

1982 British Broadcasting Corp TV 55 min
A New Town In England - Runcorn

Presents Runcorn, England, as an example of a new town with its own local authority being…

1973 British Broadcasting Corp TV 25 min
A New Town In Germany - Wulfen

Presents Wulfen, Germany, as a new community which can provide a number of interesting features for…

1973 British Broadcasting Corp TV 25 min
A Note Of Uncertainty - The Universe Tomorrow

Discusses the expansion of the universe and whether it will stop someday and contract upon itself.

1980 British Broadcasting Corp TV 28 min
A Pattern For Numbers

Explains that any number of things can be arranged in a line, but that most sets…

1967 British Broadcasting Corp TV 20 min Oddball Film and Video
A Picture In The Camera

Defines properties of light. Explains why a lens is needed in a camera and how an…

1967 British Broadcasting Corp TV 20 min
A Plague On Your Children

Investigates chemical and biological warfare, showing what the chemical and biological weapons are, what they can…

1969 British Broadcasting Corp TV 72 min
A Potter's World

Presents Bernard Leach at work in his studio and discussing the philosphy behind his work. Tells…

1967 British Broadcasting Corp TV 29 min
A Private Life Of A Kingfisher

Reviews the feeding habits, courtship rituals and family life of the European kingfisher.

1965 British Broadcasting Corp TV 26 min
A Question Of Loyalty

Describes the internment of Japanese-Americans in camps during World War II out of fear that…

1982 British Broadcasting Corp TV 50 min
A Question Of Survival - Go Play In The Nuclear Power Park

Discusses the use of nuclear energy as an alternative to energy from fossil fuels and electricity…

British Broadcasting Corp TV 52 min
A Search For Unity - A European Idea

Analyzes developments in Europe during the 1960's and 1970's. Describes the Soviet invasion of…

1976 British Broadcasting Corp TV 52 min
A Touch Of Murder

Tells how Claudius' grandmother Livia poisons Augustus' heir Marcellus.

1977 British Broadcasting Corp TV 60 min
A True Madness ▶

Examines the nature of schizophrenia through conversations with schizophrenics and the doctors who treat them. Also…

1971 British Broadcasting Corp TV 35 min
A Very Public Private Affair

Relates the love affair between millionaire publisher William Randolph Hearst and showgirl Marion Davies. Explains that…

1982 British Broadcasting Corp TV 50 min
A Yo - Yo And A Physical Fitness Program

Follows Crystal as she tries to break the yo-yo record only to realize she is…

1972 British Broadcasting Corp TV 8 min
About Turning

Shows that turning produces a change in direction, introducing the idea of an angle and its…

1967 British Broadcasting Corp TV 20 min
African Religions - Zulu Zion

Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the African response to Christianity. Traces…

1978 British Broadcasting Corp TV 52 min
African Sanctus ▶

Cfa collection: Chicago Public Library Collection Cfa elements: 2,000 feet Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives…

1977 British Broadcasting Corp TV 49 AV Geeks Archive +2
Afrikaner

Examines the contradictions and eccentricities of present-day Boer society in South Africa.

1971 British Broadcasting Corp TV 40 min
Air And Breathing

Uses models and animation to illustrate the movements involved in breathing. Explains that the body uses…

1970 British Broadcasting Corp TV 20 min
Air As Gas

Explains that air is a substance, taking up space, resisting movement and having weight. Discusses Brownian…

1970 British Broadcasting Corp TV 20 min
Alaskan Pipe Dream

Examines the complex of motives, problems and consequences entailed when planning to extend a hot, 140…

1973 British Broadcasting Corp TV 35 min
Alberto Giacometti

Presents the work of Alberto Giacometti, using one of his portraits of his model, Caroline, to…

1971 British Broadcasting Corp TV 20 min
Albrecht Durer - German Painter And Engraver

Examines the life, work and philosophy of Albrecht Durer. Uses narration from Durer's own book…

1969 British Broadcasting Corp TV 10 min
Alexander Von Humboldt

Dramatizes Alexander von Humboldt's journey into central South America in search of a waterway believed…

1976 British Broadcasting Corp TV 52 min
Alexander Von Humbolt - Venezuela, 1799, Pt 1

Special classroom version of the film Alexander von Humbolt - Venezuela, 1799.

1977 British Broadcasting Corp TV 26
Alexander Von Humbolt - Venezuela, 1799, Pt 2

Special classroom version of the film and videorecording Alexander von Humbolt - Venezuela, 1799.

1977 British Broadcasting Corp TV 26
Alternative Lifestyles In California - West Meets East

Visits the San Francisco Bay area to examine the religious concerns of people who are looking…

1978 British Broadcasting Corp TV 52 min
Am I being unrealistic ▶

Biographical portrait of James Ian Woodward, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Remarkable story of his progress…

1978 British Broadcasting Corp TV 1200 ft. Australian Centre for the Moving Image +2
Amadeo Modigliani - 1884 - 1920

Presents Jeanne Modigliani, daughter of the Impressionist painter Amadeo Modigliani, as she appraises numerous examples of…

1969 British Broadcasting Corp TV 4:00 Library of Congress
Amazon Frontier

Examines the developments that have spread into the Amazon basin. Discusses how useful these developments have…

1982 British Broadcasting Corp TV 20 min
Ambush At Masai Mara

Shows the events of a typical day at the height of the annual migration of two…

1982 British Broadcasting Corp TV 25 min
Amedeo Modigliani - Misunderstood Genius

Studies the life and work of Amedeo Modigliani in which the painter's daughter, Jeanne, analyzes…

1969 British Broadcasting Corp TV 12 min
America - 1: The new found land, Parts 1 and 2

A personal history of the United States by Alistair Cooke which was filmed for the British…

1972 British Broadcasting Corp 52 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
America - 3: Making a revolution, Parts 1 and 2

A personal history of the United States by Alistair Cooke, filmed for the British Broadcasting Company…

1972 British Broadcasting Corp 52 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
America - 4: Inventing a nation, Parts 1 and 2

A personal history of the United States by Alistair Cooke which was filmed for the British…

1972 British Broadcasting Corp 52 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
America - 5: Gone West, Parts 1 and 2

A personal history of the United States by Alistair Cooke which was filmed for the British…

1972 British Broadcasting Corp 52 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
America - 7: Domesticating a wilderness, Parts 1 and 2

A personal history of the United States by Alistair Cooke which was filmed for the British…

1972 British Broadcasting Corp 52 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
America - 9: The huddled masses, Parts 1 and 2

A personal history of the United States by Alistair Cooke which was filmed for the British…

1973 British Broadcasting Corp 52 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
America - Gone West

Covers the period in American history from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to the Gold Rush.

British Broadcasting Corp TV 52 min
America: A Personal History of the United States, No. 3 - Making a Revolution, Pt. 1

The diverse colonies are drawn together in many common complaints against England. The many contributing factors…

1972 British Broadcasting Corp TV 800 ft. Oddball Film and Video
An Act Of Faith

Documents the step-by-step construction and adornment of the New Cathedral of St Michael, Coventry…

1967 British Broadcasting Corp TV 41 min

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