Category Archives: 1950s

Pictorial Sketching (1954)

Uses animated drawings and live photography to point out the basic principles of pictorial sketching and to describe the axiometric, oblique and perspective methods of sketching.

Pilgrims, The (1955)

Follows the Pilgrims from England to Holland and to New England. Discusses the Mayflower compact and the hardships in the New World.

Pioneer Of Progress (1953)

Surveys the manufacturing processes in the American Steel Industry from iron ore to finished products B W 1952 Forging iron, smelting steel. EXCELLENT CU man shaving, baby being diapered, slow TU Empire State Building at end of film. 00:27:20:00 B W 1952 ms Hot steel ingot is moved thru rolling mill to shape it 00:27:27:00 B W 1952 ms Men at [...]

Planning For Success (1951)

Points out how to set realizable immediate and longrange goals. Stresses matching standards to ability. Produced by Coronet Films. Educational collaborator: Clifford R. Adams, Ph. D., Professor of Psychology, the Pennsylvania State College. Synopsis: The film shows how a boy reacted to his sense of failure; how good, wise and sympathetic counseling helped him establish his [...]

Plant Life At Work (1955)

Explains that plants perform the same life functions that characterize all living things. Shows how plants use energy for movement, growth, manufacture of food and reproduction. some great time lapse scenes of plants growing, flowers opening, etc.

Williamsburg Restored (1951)

could be revised. Shows the historical research and archaeological and architectural studies necessary for the authentic restoration and reconstruction of Colonial Williamsburg.

William Shakespeare: Background Study For His Works. (1951)

Shows the places of Shakespeare’s times and the elements of English life that gave the great poet playwright his language and shaped his character.

Pompeii And Vesuvius (1950)

Pictures an actual eruption of Mt Vesuvius and the ruins of the city of Pompeii destroyed in 79 A D. Shows life in present-day Naples.

Pond Life (1950)

Depicts the pond as an organized community in which plants are dependent upon each other. Shows representative animals and how they live upon one another and keep the population in balance.