Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"This illuminating program, filmed during a guided tour of civil rights landmarks, blends potent archival footage and photos with group discussion to sensitively explore race relations in the U.S. Visits to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, Memphis, Atlanta, Orangeburg, and other locations, combined with eyewitness accounts of key events by survivors of those years, steer the group's dialogue. Together, these concerned individuals--white as well as black--grapple...
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The program focuses on hwo the basic components of photography--line, shape, form, texture, balance, volume duality, point of view, depth of field, and perspective--contribute to an image's impact on the subconscious mind.
5) Resistance
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Experiments presented in this program demonstrate the relationship between current and resistance, and between the length and/or the thickness of a wire and the amount of resistance. An electric toy trolley illustrates a practical application of the principle of resistance.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Demonstrations prove that when two coils are placed near each other, any change in the flow of electric current in the primary coil will induce a current in the secondary coil. Experiments explore the factors that increase the induced current, illustrating the relationship between the number of rings in a coil and the ratio of voltage applied to the amount of electricity induced.
8) Voltage
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
The relationship between electric current and voltage is shown through various examples and experiments. Additional experiments show the relationship between temperature and current.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
In an effort to enhance understanding of Shakespeare's plays, this program brings together visuals dealing with Elizabethan London and the Globe theater, theatrical traditions at the time, and sites associated with Shakespeare's life and family. Includes excerpts from performances.
13) October 1917
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Documentary presentation of the events of the October Revolution, from the defeat of the Czarist armies and famine in Russia, to the overthrow of Czar Nicholas and the Communist assumption of power. Features Russian and Western newsreel footage and includes footage from Soviet propaganda films dramatizing the events of the Revolution. Also examines the effects of the Revolution in Western Europe.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Assault rifles, heavy machine guns, artillery, tanks, planes, missiles - with money and the right connections, practically any military weapon can be bought in the global arms market. Where do all those weapons come from? Who is selling them? And how should the U.S. go about defending itself from trigger-happy "customers" looking for American targets? These and other questions are on the table as this timely ABC news program considers the booming...
Publisher
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Provides a biographical sketch of O'Connor and examines the absurdity of the human condition and incendiary social issues. Readings from "Wise Blood, " "The Displaced Person, " "The River, " "The Life You Save May Be Your Own, " and "Revelation" are included.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Shows the sequence of events that led from the failure of Czarist leadership to the success of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution. Focuses on the abdication of Czar Nicholas and Lenin's seizure of power. Includes archival film footage.
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"Part one of this program follows the dual enterprises of constructing cathedrals and stamping out heresy. Buildings of unprecedented grandeur exemplified the power and influence of the Church in Europe, as did the systematic destruction of the heretic Cathars. Part two covers King Philip IV of France's defiance of Church authority; the Hundred Years' War, and the Black Death. Although the Pope declared the Plague a judgment by God, rumors of a Jewish...