Category Archives: 1950s

Venice (1950)

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Vibration Of Molecules (1959)

Illustrates the motion of a molecule, the number of normal modes of a molecule, the relation between symmetry and the normal modes of vibration of methane, and the quantization of vibrational energy.

Visit To The Waterworks (1956)

Provides an insight into the operation of an essential community service with emphasis on the importance of safe drinking water for the community’s health.

Vocal Music (1950)

Describes the basic techniques of good singing, the structure of the vocal instrument and common faults in beginning students.

Way Stations In Space (1961)

Introduction to the basic scientific principles of using a manned space platform in helping explore the universe.

Water On The Fire (1952)

For training forest firefighters in the most effective use of water when extinguishing various types of burning fuels on the forests of eastern United States. Demonstrates effective and economical ways to use water in extinguishing various types of burning fuels in the forests of eastern United States. Demonstrates effective and economical ways to use water [...]

Walt Whitman: Background For His Works (1955)

Presents Whitman as a true American poet, whose works were strongly influenced by significant facets of the changing nineteenth-century America in which he lived.

Welcome Guest In The House, A (ca. 1957)

Contains ample footage ostensibly taken from television news coverage, concentrating on Cold War events, disasters and accidents, and sports. A Narrator: Don Ameche Tribute to television as a servant of the public. Contains ample footage ostensibly taken from television news coverage, concentrating on Cold War events, disasters and accidents, and sports. There is an excellent [...]

Weights And Measures (1954)

A young boy realizes the importance of weights and measures when he builds a model airplane and when he observes the use of scales on his uncle’s farm, at the grocery store, and at the post office B W 1950s In collaboration with John R Clark, Columbia Univ. Father and son in living room, father in sitting [...]