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Grant proposal submitted to the Indiana Arts Commission through the Bloomington Area Arts Council.

"Wings to Austria" is a travelogue produced by Dick Durrance Film Productions for Pan American World Airways in 1955. The film narrator discusses the Austrian Culture available to interested travelers. Famous sites in Vienna, Salzburg, and Arlberg…

Recounts the history of land ownership by small farmers in the U.S. Free land for farmers gradually disappeared as the west was settled through the 19th century, giving way to the necessity for farmers to buy land with mortgages. Describes the…

Addressed to members of 4-H or FFA clubs interested in learning to raise pigs, stating that "thousands of boys and girls choose swine for their livestock project work." Provides instruction and guidance for every aspect of the project, from…

An annual review film made by Sohio for its workers who participate in the employee investment plan.

L.C. Larson, Director of the I.U. Bureau of Audio-Visual Aids, served as chairman of the Educational Film Lending Library Committee. The Committee's plan called for "full utilization of the resources of all non-profit educational film lending…

“The Freshman Experience” is an educational film about what life is like at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana for incoming freshman. Alfred Edyvean created the film as a senior project for his Independent Learning Program (ILP) (now known as…

Promotes the catalog of ERPI Classroom Films to educators, presenting excerpts from dozens of films with narration extolling their effectiveness (ERPI was the predecessor to Encylopia Britannica Filmsacronym, its acronym is derived from Western…

Traces the history of mapmaking and representation of the globe on two-dimensional surfaces. Considers early problems of distortion in map projection, and reviews the projections of Mercator, Mollweide, and Goode. Emphasizes, using animation, the…

Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and reporter, interviewed before leaving Moscow, briefly tells of the civilian defense work he witnessed. Scenes showing how the Russians are carrying out their pledge of "All for Victory!" including efforts in…