Video List

VIDEO #	VIDEO TITLE

1001	COSMOS #2 - ONE VOICE IN THE COSMIC FUGUE (60 min) Addresses the question of life and its origins. Speculates on life in other worlds, establishing the rules most likely to apply - that organisms adapt to the conditions imposed on them by their environment, not individually, but on the species level, through the process of evolution. Molecular biology, the Miller/Urey experiment, and DNA are examined.
1002	ODYSSEY SERIES - "THREE WORLDS OF BALI" (60 min) Invites us to experience the inner and outer lives of a people for whom art is essential to sustain the cosmic order. Dances, dramas, temple carvings, music, temple ceremonies, and village processions flow through the program as ritual and aesthetic reality is enacted on the island today as in centuries past. From the series: ODYSSEY
1003	LIFE ON EARTH SERIES: LIFE IN THE TREES (60 min) The story of primates and how they solved the difficulties of living high up in the forests unfolds as we range over three continents. From the series: LIFE ON EARTH
1004	JAMES WATT'S ENVIRONMENT: THE PROMISED LAND
1005	CHICANO LANGUAGE (90 min) Discusses the wide variety of Mexican peoples and cultures, and how each must be educated according to their individual culture and background. Compares the differences in the English and Spanish languages.
1006	CALIFORNIA DREAMS - THIRSTY CITY (60 min) A documentary film about the growth of a city, Los Angeles, and of the critical role that one element, water, brought from a distant source played in that city's growth and development. Also examines the impact on the environment and economy of the area from which the water was diverted, the Owens Valley.
1007	CALIFORNIA DREAMS (60 min) The Reagan years. Interviews with Gray Davis of Public Utilities Commission, and Leonard Ross, Energy Commission.
1008	VOLCANOES: EXPLORING THE RESTLESS EARTH (27 min) Presents scenes of the volcanic activity that formed two new islands off the coast of Iceland in the 1960's. Examines three other volcanoes and views a fourth volcano. These document the destructive power of the volcanic process.
1009	EROSION - LEVELING OF THE LAND (14 min) Erosion-Leveling the land
1010	YANOMANO: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY (43 min) Illustrates the field techniques used by a team of specialists, in one of a series of biological-anthropological studies of the Yanomamo Indians in the dense jungles of Venezuela and Brazil.
1011	MULTIPLY & SUBDUE THE EARTH (67 min) Traces the origins of man's attitudes toward the Earth and its resources, and explores the religious, psychological, and economic roots of our fear of nature and our drive to control, exploit and destroy it. The central message is that people must use ecological planning and seek not conquest, but unity with nature.
1012	HUDDLED MASSES (52 min) Cooke explores the non-English origins of the immigration movements from the post-Civil War period to the turn of the century. He describes the emigration movements across Europe and explains how the political bosses in America provided for the new arrivals to America.
1013	KNOWLEDGE OR CERTAINTY (52 min) Dr. Bronowski offers his personal view of the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists, contrasting humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis, the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb.
1014	DNA: BLUEPRINT OF LIFE (18 min) Animated models explain the DNA molecule, protein structure, and protein synthesis by means of RNA molecules and ribosomes. These biochemical mechanisms are related to evolution
1015	ROSEDALE: THE WAY IT IS (57 min) Documents the racial tensions stemming from one incident in the Rosedale section of Queens, New York. It records the bitterness and hostility of white adults and children toward the presence of Blacks in Rosedale. In this predominately white middle-class neighborhood next to affluent Nassau County, the entrance of one Black family into the community triggered the tragic bombing of their home. Shows a white resident group trying to maintain the neighborhood status quo through a real estate referral service.
1016	DR. MARIN LUTHER KING, AMAZING GRACE PT.1 (62 min) Presents a historical overview of the struggle for racial equality in America, focusing on the role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Includes footage of major events in the Civil Rights Movement.
1017	DR. MARIN LUTHER KING, AMAZING GRACE PT.2 (62 min) part 2 of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: An Amazing Grace
1018	NOVA SERIES: THE MIRACLE OF LIFE (15 min) The film documents human reproduction through color microphotography inside living beings. With the endoscope lens inserted at the site where life begins, we can witness the living processes of fertilization, cell division, and growth and development of the fetus to the first heartbeat.
1019	AMERICA BLACK & WHITE (52 min) The examination of the status of Black Americans in 1981 concentrates on racial tensions aggravated by economic hard that focus Blacks and Whites into fierce competition for jobs, education and housing. There are positive notes. Many Blacks have bettered their economic and social standard beyond all expectations of the early sixties are increasingly fearful for their future.
1020	INSEARCH OF EXCELLENCE (88 min) Discusses management strategies of America's most successful companies.
1021	INSEARCH OF EXCELLENCE (90 min) Documents training sessions, employee celebrations, and meetings between executives and production workers. It shows top level management decisions as they are made. Motivates employees to be more innovative, more responsive, more committed, and more involved then ever before.
1022	GOING INTERNATIONAL, PT. I BRIDGING THE CULTURE GAP (28 min) An introduction to the challenges of interacting with people from different cultures. Illustrates fundamental concepts of culture in theory and in practice. The importance of cross-cultural skills is also shown.
1023	GOING INTERNATIONAL, PT. III BEYOND CULTURE SHOCK 398 (28 min) This is especially for the family or individual moving abroad. Experts and families explain the psychological phases of adjustment and how to overcome culture shock. Spouses and children's needs during relocation are closely examined.
1024	GOING INTERNATIONAL, PT. IV WELCOME HOME, STRANGER (14 min) Focuses on the unexpected problems of returning home. Families share how they overcome the difficulties of "reentry" into both the workplace and community. Reentry is often the hardest part of an overseas assignment.
1025	GREAT SPEECHES, VOL. 1 (90 min) Tape includes the inaugural address of John F. Kennedy; Martin Luther King Jr. - I have a Dream; General Douglas MacArthur's farewell address; Adolph Hitler - 1934; and Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1942, State of the Union.
1026	GREAT SPEECHES, VOL. 3 (125 min) Speeches included in this volume: Jesse Jackson: Rainbow Coalition (44 min.) Richard Nixon: Presidential Resignation (15 min.) Geraldine Ferraro: Vice Presidential Acceptance (21 min.) Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Atoms for Peace" (25 min.) Jeane Kirkpatrick: KAL 007 Disaster (10 min.) Produced & Distributed by: The Educational Video Group From the series: Great Speeches
1027	GREAT SPEECHES, VOL. 4 (154 min) Speeches included in this volume: Mario Cuomo: 1984 Democratic Keynote (33 min.) Ronald Reagan: 1980 Presidential Acceptance (40 min.) Barbara Jordan: 1976 Democratic Keynote (23 min.) Hubert Humphrey: Vice Presidential Acceptance (22 min.) John F. Kennedy: Houston Ministerial Association (36 min.) Produced & Distributed by: The Educational Video Group From the series: Great Speeches
1028	THE CELL (10 min) By means of photography, the living simple cell is authentically presented. Students actually see the moving, living protoplasm in a leaf; see amoeba taking food, growing, dividing; and becoming familiar with the functional differences in cell structure. This film teaches the basic relationship of our own living bodies to other living organism's in the world.
1029	THE CELL (10 min) By means of photography, the living simple cell is authentically presented. Students actually see the moving, living protoplasm in a leaf; see amoeba taking food, growing, dividing; and becoming familiar with the functional differences in cell structure. This film teaches the basic relationship of our own living bodies to other living organism's in the world.
1030	THE VANISHING FAMILY, CRISIS IN BLACK AMERICA (60 min) This CBS program with correspondent Bill Moyer examines the disintegration of the black family structure. Statistics - that nearly 60 % of all black children are born out of wedlock - come to life. The heritage of family tradition which long sustained black is threatened.
1031	THE SOCIAL LIFE OF SMALL URBAN SPACES (40 min) The Street Life Project of New York complied statistics about spaces and plazas in New York City through observations of people frequenting the area. The objective of this study was to try and find out why some plazas were heavily used and others were not. Produced by William H. Whyte.
1032	THE AFRICANS, PT. 8: A CLASH OF CULTURES (60 min) Situations in which Africans must integrate and the contradictory signals they receive are portrayed in this segment. From the series: AFRICANS
1033	THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED, PT. 8: DRAWING REVOLUTION (52 min) The expectation of change, whether geological, biological or social is fundamental to our society. Burke traces this expectation through the developing sciences of botany, geology, and biology to the formulation of Darwin's theory of evolution. He shows how Darwin has been used as justification for industrial capitalism, Nazism, and Communism.
1034	PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE SEXUALLY STIMULATED MALE IN THE LABORATORY (15 min) The explicit display of genitalia and masturbation is presented in a non-threatening, intellectual and clinical manner.
1035	EVOLUTION, PT.1 - THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS (20 min) Sedimentary rocks, formed by movements of the earth's crust that raised sea or river beds to form dry land, can be found in many places. But the most striking examples exist in the U.S., where the Colorado River has cut through the Grand Canyon to expose a veritable history of life on Earth. Radioactive dating is the principal technique for determining the age of the surface rock samples. If fossils are present in the sample, their age can be determined -- thus achieving another piece of evidence to establish an accurate time line of the development of life on Earth. From the series: EVOLUTION
1036	BILLION DOLLAR BUBBLE (30 min) Dramatizes one of the biggest corporate frauds in the history of American business. Methods used in the bogus insurance scheme, the reasons for continuing the fraud and the attitudes of those involved are highlighted.
4037	WERE NI (HE IS A MADMAN) (27 min) Explains the use and importance of meteorological and related information obtained from NASA satellites as relating to severe storms. The film contains unusual footage of the formation of a tornado as well as actual shots of its awesome force.
1038	NIGHT AND FOG (31 min) A brilliant and powerful film on the concentration cam world in all its piercing and compelling truth.
1039	POWERS OF TEN (10 min) A rough sketch for a proposed film, dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of thing in the universe. By changing the scale by a power of ten every ten seconds, the film captures all the beauty and excitement of a trip through the universe.
1040	VALUING DIVERSITY: MANAGING DIFFERENCES (30 min) Shows managers how to recognize talent and how to develop and motivate diverse employees. It dramatically illustrates how ethnic stereotypes and real cultural differences affect management, and how unwritten rules affect the upward mobility of women and minorities. Dramatic replays show how managers can adapt to the needs of diverse people so as to benefit from the unique contributions of people who are different, while also helping employees adjust to the requirements of the organization. Managers share their advice for effectively managing diversity. From the series: VALUING DIVERSITY
1041	VALUING DIVERSITY: COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES (30 min) Dramatically shows how misunderstanding results from different styles of communication. It also addresses the discomfort people feel when dealing with issues of race and gender, and suggests ways to communicate more effectively. From the series: VALUING DIVERSITY
1042	THE GLOBAL ASSEMBLY (58 min) A ground-breaking documentary filmed in electronic and garment factories, homes, and communities of the U.S., Mexico's northern border and the Philippines. The video follows with detail and intimacy the lives of working women and men in the "free trade zone" of developing countries and North America, As U.S. industries Close their factories to search the globe for lower-wage workforces. We take a rare look at the people who are making the clothing we wear and the electronic goods we use - as well as the business decisions behind manufacturing on the global assembly line.
1043	THE PINKS AND THE BLUES (60 min) The film illustrates that even after a decade of sex role redefinition, boys and girls today are treated in stereotypical fashion. It shows that from the moment parents wrap a newborn baby in either a pink or blue blanket, they start a socialization process that lasts a lifetime. Usually these patterns may be so subtle that parents and teachers responsible for the child's socialization may deny that distinctions are made.
1044	PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE SEXUALLY STIMULATED FEMALE IN THE LABORATORY (15 min) Clinically orientated toward the anatomy and physiology of both the internal and external sex organs. Successfully illustrates the vagina and external genitalia in pre-, intra-, and post orgasmic stages.
1045	PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE SEXUALLY STIMULATED FEMALE IN THE LABORATORY (Copy 2) (15 min) Clinically orientated toward the anatomy and physiology of both the internal and external sex organs. Successfully illustrates the vagina and external genitalia in pre-, intra-, and post orgasmic stages.
1046	THE MESSAGE OF THE MYTH (60 min)
1118	AMERICAN TONGUES Portrays some of the interesting regional, social and ethnic differences in American speech and the attitudes that people have about these differences. At times it is also blunt and straightforward as it depicts the kinds of attitudes Americans have about their speech. Presents an overview of American regional English, a look at racial and class differences in speech, the role of the popular media in creating perceptions and a brief lexicon of some unusual American regionalisms.
1047	MAGICAL CURING (27 min) Magical curing was compiled from footage shot between 1970 and 1972 by anthropologist William E. Mitchell, filming alone, during fieldwork with the Wape people of the West Sepik Province of Papua, New Guinea. All of the depicted events were filmed as they naturally occurred, without direction. Shows the Wape people in there natural surroundings. Due to the climate and their diet, these villagers suffer from malnutrition, malaria and upper respiratory infections resulting in early deaths. This tape centers on the villager's curing festivals, exorcism ceremonies, and their utilization of Western Medicine.
1048	AWAKENINGS (1954-1956) (60 min)
1049	FIGHTING BACK (1957-1962) (60 min)
1050	AIN'T SCARED OF YOUR JAILS (1960-1961) (60 min)
1051	NO EASY WALK (1962-1966) (60 min)
1052	POWER! (1966-1968) EYES IB TGE ORUZE II, PT.3 (60 min)
1053	THE PROMISED LAND (1967-1968) EYES ON THE PRIZE II, PT.4 (60 min)
1054	STILL KILLING US SOFTLY (30 min) In "Still Killing Us Softly," Jean Kilbourne examines images in advertising with the incisive wit and irony that have delighted and enlightened audiences for years. She explores the relationship of media images to actual problems in society such as the channeling of men and women into traditional roles, economic discrimination against women, sexual abuse of children, rape and other forms of violence, pornography, sexual harassment, teenage pregnancy, and eating disorders. Also explores how advertising's images of women impact negatively on men, as well.
1055	THE EYE OF THE STORM (25 min)
1056	THE WOMEN GET THE VOTE (27 min) The campaign to establish women's right to vote in the United States received its first forward movement at Seneca Falls in July, 1848, when a meeting was held to discuss the "social, civil, and religious rights of women." Thus the wheels were set in motion ...often violent motion...that would grind exceedingly slowly until the Susan B. Anthony Amendment to the constitution was passed in May 1919. Using exciting, historic footage, this film covers the difficult years of the "campaign" and the final triumph. Walter Cronkite narrates. A CBS News "20th Century" Production.
1057	ISLAMIC ART (30 min) Discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and Koran schools, the illumination and calligraphy of sacred texts, music, the art of the garden, and the influence of the abstract arabesque on Western art.
1058	TONGUES UNITED (55 min) Directed by the late Marlon Riggs, this critically-acclaimed documentary represents the first major look at homosexuality among African American males
1059	WORLD POPULATION (4 min) Uses an animated population record on a Dymaxion air ocean world map to trace the growth of the world's population from the year 1000 to 1970 A.D.
1060	WORLD POPULATION (2ND COPY) (4 min) Uses an animated population record on a Dymaxion air ocean world map to trace the growth of the world's population from the year 1000 to 1970 A.D.
1061	THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVOLUTION: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET SERIES, PT. 1 (60 min) Traces the historical relationship of humans with their environment, examining past co-existence with nature, what has changed and how humanity is literally changing the face of the earth. From the series: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET
1062	DO WE REALLY WANT TO LIVE THIS WAY?: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET SERIES, PT.3 (60 min) Introduces individuals who are moving the world to make critical choices that will determine the environmental quality of life in the 21st century. This final episode compels each person to ask: What will be my role in the earth's future? From the series: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET
1063	NOW OR NEVER: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET SERIES, PT.10 (60 min) Introduces individuals who are moving the world to make critical choices that will determine the environmental quality of life in the 21st century. This final episode compels each person to ask: What will be my role in the earth's future? From the series: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET
1064	ETHICS: A SOLID FOUNDATION (28 min)
1065	COMMUNICATION: THE NOVERBAL AGENDA (45 min) Through a series of situational encounters involving the management of a large corporation, the film presents an overview of the field of non-verbal communication. Describes the work of Dr. Albert Mehrabian and shows how some of his theories of nonverbal behavior are applied.
1066	SPEAKING EFFECTIVELY: TO ONE OR ONE THOUSAND (21 min) Shows viewers that speaking need not be painful and gives clear, concise keys for organizing and delivering conversational remarks as well as rehearsed speeches for the best impact. The key areas emphasized are body language, vocal quality, intonation and finally, the word spoken.
1067	STORMS: THE RESTLESS ATMOSPHERE (22 min) Furious winds, driving rains, great surges of electricity to man, storms can be spectacular and sometimes catastrophic. Yet, on a global scale, these violent movements of the atmosphere are simply transformations of energy. How storms fit into the vast atmospheric weather system is revealed in this study of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. The film examines the nature, structure, incidence, and consequences of these storms... Then examines the elaborate systems of detection, data collection, and interpretation that meteorologists use to investigate storms.
1068	SPIRIT OF ETHNOGRAPHY (19 min) A humorous look at anthropology. Chronicles field research of a fictitious ethnographer played by anthropologist David Hayano, embarking on his first field experience.
1069	WESTERN TRADITION: MESOPOTAMIA; FROM BRONZE TO IRON (60 min) Part 3. MESOPOTAMIA The geography of Mesopotamia led its people to make great advances in astronomy, mathematics, timekeeping, written laws, currency, and weights and measures. Scholar and author Eugen Weber, professor of history at UCLA, introduces religious and secular leaders of Ur, Lagash, Akkad, and Babylon and discusses their depictions in sculptural beliefs. Part 4. FROM BRONZE TO IRON Metals revolutionized not only tools, but whole societies as well, in the empires of Assyria, Persia, and Neo-Babylonia. Aramaic became the common language of the Near East during the war-ridden Iron Age. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1070	WESTERN TRADITION: THE RISE OF GREEK CIVILIZATION; GREEK THOUGHT (60 min) Part 5. THE RISE OF GREEK CIVILIZATION Democracy and philosophy arose from a collection of Greek cities at the edge of the civilized world. Author and scholar Eugen Weber, professor of history at UCLA, discusses the Iliad the Odyssey, and the polis, all central to Greek life, social organization, and thought. The Parthenon and the sculptures of Praxiteles are mentioned. Part 6. GREEK THOUGHT Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundations of Western intellectual thought, and their ideas are still debated today. Also covered are the Sophists, the Peloponnesian War and changes in the Greek city-state From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1071	WESTERN TRADITION: ALEXANDER THE GREAT; THE HELLENISTIC AGE (60 min) Part 7. ALEXANDER THE GREAT Alexander the Great's conquests quadrupled the size of the world known to the Greeks. The factors contributing to his rise to power and how the great leader chose to have himself portrayed in commemorative sculptures are discussed. Paintings in the House of Faun in Pompeii teach us about the conqueror's life and times. Part 8. THE HELLENISTIC AGE Hellenistic kingdoms extended Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean, giving more emphasis to the individual. The ideas of the popular mystery cults of Isis, Serapis, and Mithras, and the philosophical teachings of Cynicism, Stoicism and Epicureanism are unveiled. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1072	WESTERN TRADITION: THE RISE OF ROME; THE ROMAN EMPIRE (60 min) Part 9. THE RISE OF ROME How did a small city in Italy build an empire that shaped the West? Rome's army and its military history defined the city that conquered Macedonia, Greece, and Egypt, and the society's successes transformed Rome and its citizens. Featured are villas, aqueducts, and a portrait bust of Scipio Africanus. Part 10. THE ROMAN EMPIRE Rome's civil engineering was as important to the empire's success as its weapons. A close examination of Trajan's Column, the Arch of Septimius Severus, and the Arch of Constantine reveals important details of Roman history. Agustus and the Pax Romana are also discussed. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1073	WESTERN TRADITION: EARLY CHRISTIANITY; THE RISE OF THE CHURCH (60 min) Part 11 EARLT CHRISTIANITY In the first centuries A.D., barbarian attacks and other factors made the Roman Empire increasingly unstable. People rejected Greco-Roman rationalism, and turned toward Mithraism, Judaism, and an emerging Christianity. Concurrently, an increasingly insecure society produced art objects to ward off witches and demons. Part 12. THE RISE OF THE CHURCH Christianity continued many beliefs of earlier cults and broke with Judaism to become the official religion of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine. Featured images include the Arch of Titus, art of the catacombs, the good shepherd motif, and visions of the apocalypse. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1074	WESTERN TRADITION: COMMON LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES; CITIES & CATHEDRALS OF THE MIDDLE AGES (60 min) Part 21. COMMON LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES Famine, disease, and a short life expectancy were daily realities that shaped medieval beliefs and were reflected in art and religion. The painting the Land of Cockaigne depicts a medieval fantasy of plenty. Part 22. CITIES AND CATHEDRALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES As Europe's cities came back to life; the great churches embodied the material and spiritual ambitions of the age, mounting ever-higher spires, such as the flying buttress structures of Chartres, which dominated the countryside. Trade routes chart Europe's expanding commerce and its flourishing centers in Flanders, Ghent, and Bruges. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1075	WESTERN TRADITION: THE LATE MIDDLE AGES; THE NATIONAL MONARCHIES (60 min) Part 23.THE LATE MIDDLE AGES Two hundred years of war and plague took a toll on Europe. New economic powers expanded after the Hundred Years' War and the War of the Roses. The impact of Franciscans, Dominicans and of the philosopher Thomas Aquinas is explored. Featured images include Giotto's paintings of the life of St. Francis. Part 24. THE NATIONAL MONARCHIES Commerce and industry became new routes to economic influence and introduced a new middle class into urban life. Guns, gunpowder, and dynastic marriages supported centralized monarchies. Featured images include a portrait of Henry VIII and paintings immortalizing Joan of Arc. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1076	WESTERN TRADITION: THE WARS OF RELIGION; THE RISE OF THE TRADING CITIES ( 60 min) Part 29. THE DECLINE OF ROME Barbarians, malaria, Christianity, and overextension all played a part in Rome's decline. Scholar and author Eugen Weber, professor of History at UCLA, explores urban life in Rome's cities, focusing on public entertainment and the lavish lifestyle of Rome's rulers. Feature images include circuses and gladiator contests, and paintings and architecture of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Part 30. THE FALL OF ROME Despite the reign of successful emperors such as Hadrian and Marcu Aurelius, Rome fell victim to despotism and barbarian invasions. New institutions, like the manorial system developed as the Roman Empire drew to a close. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1077	WESTERN TRADITION: THE ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS; THE ENLIGHTENMENT (60 min) Part 33. THE ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS Monarchs considered reforms in order to create more efficient and successful societies, but not at the expense of their own power. The important contributions of Frederick the Great, the French philosopher Voltaire, and the medieval legacy of the corvee are discussed. Part 34. THE ENLIGHTENMENT Scholar and author Eugen Weber, professor of History at UCLA, discusses how the ideas of Voltaire, Diderot and other philosophers appealed to progressive monarchs on paper but not in practice. The Rococo style took over in art, fashion and music. Masterpieces by Boucher, Watteau, and Fragonard reveled in daintier lighter colors and pleasurable moments. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1078	WESTERN TRADITION:THE FIRST WORLD WAR & THE RISE OF FREEDOM; THE SECOND WORLD WAR (60 min) Part 47 THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE RISE OF FASCISM World War I surprised its participants by lasting longer than anyone thought possible and killing 8 to 10 million people, more than any previous European war. As the old empires crumbled, right-wing dictatorships arose in Italy, Spain, and Germany without opposition from their war-weary neighbors. Part 48 THE SECOND WORLD WAR World War II was a war of new tactics and strategies. Civilian populations became targets. The Nazi holocaust exterminated 11 million people and displaced millions more. Scholar and author Eugen Weber, professor of history at UCLA discusses the rearrangement of power in Europe after the war into two camps: the Soviet Union and the Western Allies. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1079	WESTERN TRADITION: THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION; TOWARD THE FUTURE (60 min) Part 51 TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION Keeping up with the ever-increasing pace of change became the standard of the day. Part 52 TOWARD THE FUTURE Modern medicine, atomic energy, computers, and new concepts of time, energy, and matter all have an important effect on the rapidly changing quality of life. Scholar and author Eugen Weber, professor of history at UCLA, concludes that many 20th-century discoveries make humans more uncertain about their role in the world than at any other time in history, and considers the future of Western civilization. From the series: WESTERN TRADITION
1080	1861-1880 CIVIL WAR, RECOVERY AND WESTWARD EXPANSION (60 min) This first segment includes these topics: women's multiple contributions to the Civil War effort, and the personal toll experienced by families on both sides of the conflict; emancipation's impact on the lives of black women in the South and the freedmen's schools movement; the development of new employment opportunities for white women after the Civil War; westward expansion from the perspective of the American Indian and Mexican women , as well as that of European-American women moving west in the mid-1800's; and the early leaders and controversies of the growing movement for women's rights. From the series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE
1081	1880-1920 IMMIGRATION, NEW WORK AND NEW ROLES (16 min) This segment brings to life a period of major upheaval and change in American society. Topics examined include: immigrant women build new lives in burgeoning cities and take work in the industrializing Northeast; eastern immigrant life contrasts with the changing lives of American Indian, Mexican, and Chinese women in western states; a growing middle class and increasing educational opportunities for both black and white women provide fertile ground for social work; feminization of service professions, industrialization, and the invention of the typewriter creates niches for "women's work"; the woman's suffrage movement adopts tactics which bring it to the forefront of public attention and finally victory in 1920. From the series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE
1082	1917-1942 CULTURAL IMAGE AND ECONOMIC REALITY (16 min) Women in Life Series
1083	THE UNIVERSITY AS A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY (54 min) In his first official address to Cal Poly faculty, staff and students, the new president of the university, Dr. Bob H. Suzuki, discusses the university as being an optimum entity for multicultural activity.
1084	FALL CONFERENCE 1991 (31 min) with Dr. Bob Suzuki speaks at Fall Conference 1991
1085	BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA (2 min)
1086	HINDUISM: 330 MILLION GODS (53 min) Millions come to bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges, and millions more quietly live their religion in the villages throughout India. What is the basis of this highly original approach to God, which dictates every aspect of society and individual life? From the LONG SEARCH series.
1087	BUDDHISM: FOOTPRINT OF THE BUDDHA - INDIA (53 min) Like other religions which have flourished in more than one culture, the Theravada Buddhism of Sri Lanka and India has taken on cultural shadings which set it apart both from its historical origins and from what is practiced elsewhere under the same name. Buddhism's aim of beautification of the mind is expressed in the restraint of expression of the traditional statue; meditation is presented as the way to become aware; renunciation, as the way of self defense against change. Expressions are studied in village ceremony and in monastic retreat. From the LONG SEARCH series.
1088	CATHOLICISM: ROME, LEEDS & DESERT (53 min) Articulate Roman Catholics of Eyre's own nation, of America, and of France bring meaningful statements to his questioning struggle with the elaborate reality of St. Peter's in Rome, and the sense of triumph that 'sometimes seems presumptuous.' Filmed in England, Italy and Spain, this episode includes a history of the founding of the 'Little Brothers of Jesus' by Charles de Foucault, and a view of the life and work of several contemporary priests of that order. From the LONG SEARCH series.
1089	ISLAM: THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD (54 min) Egypt's version of the Islamic faith comes under examination. Islam is the faith of 1/7 of the world's population. The word connotes both the desire and the act of submission to Allah. Islam holds the idea of one God to whom each person is responsible for a specific fulfillment of a destiny; deeds are weighted by the intention that prompted them; prayer occurs regularly five times every day, after a ritual cleansing. A married couple, both of whom are medical doctors, aid in explaining Islamic customs to the British visitor and to the world. From the LONG SEARCH series.
1090	ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY: THE RUMANIAN SOLUTION (54 min) Eastern Orthodox Christians venerate Plato and the Greek philosophers as well as the saints: for them, ancient thought led to Christ. For them as well, when the pope declared himself supreme over the church, he became the first Protestant. Eyre and the BBC camera visited Romania at Easter. The church people enter the church before dawn, and wait in the dark for Easter. The priest begins in a lighted candle, from which all others light theirs, as a symbol that light spreads from man to man--not in the sense of reform, but in that renewal. Eyre treasures a few utterances of the Bishop-among them, 'If we knew the truth of it, every day is Easter." From the LONG SEARCH series.
1091	RELIGION IN INDONESIA: THE WAY OF THE ANCESTORS (53 min) Chosen to represent the many forms of primitive, local, usually animist religious practices is the Toraja tribe, living on one of the three thousand islands of Indonesia. The filming was timed to coincide with the funeral season, the main social and religious event of the Toraja year. Observances include the ritual sacrifice of animals and the placing of wooden effigies of those whose death is being commemorated in stone niches, carved into the cliffs. Ceremonies other then funerals, usually those marketing the seasons, are held at home. Religious 'leaders' are those of the population who have special kind of dreams. From the LONG SEARCH series.
1092	BUDDHISM: THE LAND OF THE DISAPPEARING BUDDHA - JAPAN (52 min) If the Buddha of India met the Buddha of Japan, would they recognize each other? To find out, this program talks to the staff in a Tokyo restaurant who keep regular Zen meditation schedules as a part of their job, on to the classical Zen calligraphy, sword fighting, archery and tea ceremony. This film's technical aspects are superior. From the LONG SEARCH series.
1093	AFRICAN RELIGIONS: ZULU ZION (53 min) A native Zulu gentleman, British educated and converted to Lutheranism, guides Eyre back to the village, and to the religion of his childhood in a village three hours from Durbin, South Africa. The special flavor of African Christianity retains three main elements from pre-Christian faiths: dreams and visions, healing, and power. All varieties show strong feeling for the community and respect for ancestors. Of particular interest is the good feeling of native guide himself derived from a visit to a Zulu Shembe Christian service- -a totally new experience for him--where he recognizes, in the hymns, the 'most authentic Zulu sound' he has ever heard. From the LONG SEARCH series.
1094	TAOISM: A QUESTION OF BALANCE - CHINA (52 min) Taiwan, where a pantheon of gods are worshiped in thousands of Buddhist and Taoist temples. Religious life weaves together a Confucian respect for ancestors, the cosmic pattern of the Tao and its oracles, the local gods who dispense justice and favors, and the hungry ghosts of the dead who must be placated. From the LONG SEARCH series.
1095	ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES IN CALIFORNIA: WEST MEETS EAST (54 min) A nuclear scientist, a historian, a poet who lives as a Sikh, a medical doctor who emphasizes biofeedback, a psychologist with a strong new geriatric program, an ecological community, and a professor of philosophy help Eyre try to assess the many attitudes and practices which have replaced those traditionally occupied by 'religion.' Theodore Roszak, professor and author, warns of the danger in ridiculing the bizarre: in so doing we may ridicule the person who seeks to fulfill the religious need, which is one link all have common. Eyre concludes with Jacob Needleman, The problem is to make the search deeper, not longer.' From the LONG SEARCH series.
1096	CONSUMING IMAGES: MOYERS: THE PUBLIC MIND SERIES (52 min) This program looks at a society inundated with visual images. Ever since the pioneers of public relations and advertising spoke about the "engineering of consent," social critics have analyzed its effects. For some, it reveals pure manipulation- the appropriation of language and meaning, the trivialization of life and thought. For others, it is the dawning of a new era-when the printed word is dead and art and commerce are now joined in ever more sophisticated ways. For social observers like Stuart Ewen and Neil Postman who are interviewed in the program, these mass-produced images are created to sell. Americans are increasingly at the mercy of someone else's fiction. Have we become a democracy of consumers instead of citizens? From the series: PUBLIC MIND WITH BILL MOYERS
1097	DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA (60 min) Host, john Robbins, the author of the best selling Pulitzer Prize nominated book by the same title, reveals his theories on the environmental and personal health consequences of a diet based on animal products. Early in his twenties, in an effort to regain his own health, John turned away from the family owned Baskin-Robbins ice cream business and began extensive research into nutrition and food production. After ten years of investigation and an inside look into the American food production system, his theories are well-based. According to Robbins, our current American diet is a recipe for personal and environmental disaster. The program graphically outlines the problems and presents Robbins' vision of hope for the future - people can make a difference by educating themselves and making a choice to return to a caring and conscientious lifestyle.
1098	THE CREATIVE SPIRIT: THE CREATIVE SPIRIT AT WORK (60 min) A look at creativity in the global workplace. We visit companies in Europe, the U.S. and Japan to learn how businesses are using innovative programs to enhance the creative output of their people. Unusual architecture, meditation, an outdoor obstacle course and lack of a managerial hierarchy are some of the successful programs in use today. From the series: CREATIVE SPIRIT
1099	CAL POLY TODAY (60 min) A California Polytechnic Pomona film production highlighting the various student programs at Cal Poly today. Goes generally over schools that are present at Cal Poly, how many majors there are at the school and the number of attending students that come to Cal Poly. It portrays the school well, with broad information that goes over student housing services and student life at school.
1100	CAL POLY TODAY (60 min) A California Polytechnic Pomona film production highlighting the various student programs at Cal Poly today. Goes generally over schools that are present at Cal Poly, how many majors there are at the school and the number of attending students that come to Cal Poly. It portrays the school well, with broad information that goes over student housing services and student life at school.
1101	YANOMAMI: KEEPERS OF THE FLAME (60 min)
1120	SEX, POWER & THE WORKPLACE (60 min) In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the 1981 guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Yet the attitudes that prevented the law from recognizing sexual harassment for so long continue to slow the pace of change. Although they are now illegal, the incidents occur far too often and are remedied too rarely. This program strives to help change this situation. It contains information about sexual harassment that can be of use to victims as well as to employers who want to reduce or eliminate the problem in their companies.
1102	CONTINENTS ADRIFT (15 min) Uses animated maps and diagrams, as well as live action, to give a clear explanation of the theory of continental drift and at the same time to show the method by which a scientific hypothesis becomes an accepted theory.
1103	FOUR FAMILIES (59 min) A comparison of child rearing practices in India, France, Japan, and Canada. In Anthropologist Margaret Mead discusses how the upbringing of the child contributes to a distinctive national character.
1104	THE HADZA (40 min) Documents the food quest of a little-known East African hunting and gathering tribe. Shows how the Hadza, who neither cultivate nor herd stock, obtain their food solely from the wild produce of the land.
1105	DARWIN'S BULLDOG (50 min) Featured in this film is a reconstruction of one of the most famous science vs. religion battles of all time. The 1860 Oxford meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. It was due to Professor T.H. Huxley, who called himself Darwin's bulldog, that the full impact of Darwinism blasted Victorian Society - and shook its foundations.
1106	LIFE IN A WOODLOT (Copy 1) (17 min) Within a few acres of woods left standing in the midst of cultivated farmland, the camera reveals the complex pattern in which the seasonal and life cycles of man, plants and animals are interrelated.
1107	LIFE IN A WOODLOT (Copy2) - (17 min) Within a few acres of woods left standing in the midst of cultivated farmland, the camera reveals the complex pattern in which the seasonal and life cycles of man, plants and animals are interrelated.
1108	AMISH - PEOPLE OF PRESERVATION (53 min) Explores the history of the Amish people, the attitudes of the younger members and the relationship of the Amish to their neighboring community.
1109	THE SEARCH FOR THE FIRST AMERICANS (60 min) Search for the First Americans
1110	COLOR ADJUSTMENT (87 min) The 1940's through the 1960's were the beginning of television revolution, in which American families begun to buy more and more TV’s and to meet the current demands for information, entertainment and shows the TV producers of that era provided idealistic white families in shows which seemed to always have a good light to them, whereas black people were portrayed as lazy, criminals or clowns that provided comic relief for the white American shows. Although there was one show that portrayed blacks in a positive light and that was the Nat King Cole show which mirrored his image as a very intelligent, sophisticated man who had many talents. Talents Nat King Cole portrayed were his lovely singing ability, his confidence and his excellent speaking skills which melted even the most die hard prejudice families of the era. Although his show was making great strides, finding a sponsor to support the show was increasingly tough as sponsors were afraid to associate there products and/or services with African Americans. So after the first season, the Nat King Cole show was canceled. Speaks of the fear that white people had to "mesh" with the blacks was fierce as when black children decided to attend an all white school, riots broke out and violence was increased ten fold.
1111	FRONTLINE: MEMORY OF THE CAMPS (58 min) More than 40 years ago, British and American film crews working in Europe entered Nazi concentration camps and found tragic evidence of the machinery of genocide, a fact that some people still refuse to accept. Their film record includes scenes of the gas chambers, medical experimentation labs, crematoria and the haunted, starving survivors in Dachau, Auschwitz and Buchenwald, as well as other camps. This film, assembled in the order attended by the filmmakers, has been in a vault at the Imperial War Museum in London since 1945. Distributed by PBS Video. From the series: FRONTLINE
1112	QUICKIE; LOVE TOAD; TITLES AVAILABLE (13 min) 1) Quickie: Absurd proof of haste in the sex act. Shows a couple racing from the point of meeting to undressing, hopping in bed, a variety of positions, redressing, and exciting, all in less then 2 minutes. 2 min 2) Love Toad: Two colorful frog beanbags, with the help of the camera, engage in animated sexual activity. 3 min 3) Titles Available: A disgruntled movie title maker ponders why movie titles don't have a more sexual nature. He gives many examples of the types of titles he feels would be more appropriate for movies today in a very vulgar way. 8 min
1113	ISHI: THE LAST YAHI (19 min) Ishi In Two Worlds
1114	COLOR OF FEAR (90 min) "The Color of Fear " is a film about the pain and anguish that racism has caused in the lives of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino, and African descent. Out of their confrontations and struggles to understand and trust each other emerges an emotional and insightful portrayal into the type of dialogue most of us fear, but hope will happen sometime in our lifetime. "The Color of Fear " is a film for anyone who wants to heal the influence of racism and to move into the freedom of unconditional acceptance of all human beings. This program won the National Educational Media Award for educational programming. Produced by: Lee Mun Wah. Distributed by: Stirfry Productions
1115	AN ACT OF CONGRESS (59 min) The first documentary to actually record legislative process in action, by showing legislative process in action, by showing just how a law is made by congress. Using the issue of the nation's clean air laws, it captures the people and the issues of many -sided struggle in the House of Representatives. Follows the procedure from the first discussion of the problem through to the passage of the bill.
1116	THE SEXUAL BRIAN (30 min) Study of the brain provides some of the answers that separate cultural and social from physiological distinctions between the sexes. Mammalian brains, including our own, show distinct differences between male and female in the thickness of the cortex and the size of the corpus callosum. The program shows some startling effects of hormone injections on brain structure and raises provocative questions about the sexual and reproductive roots of structural differences between males and females.
1117	BEACH A RIVER OF SAND (20 min) An analysis of currents produced by waves proves that most of the pronounced net movement of sand is usually along the shore.