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- A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
- Comparing the northern nations of South America: Colombia and Venezuela, which have a similar and history and language, but have entirely different economies because of their different resources. Also included the neighboring Guanas, which are the only non-Latin nations in South America.
- A woman changes her identity to fight in a Massachusetts regiment of Washington's army in the American Revolution.
- Questions the extent to which sexual stereotypes limit aspirations of females by telling about a girl who is faced with the prejudice of the boys and the route manager when she takes over her brother's paper route.
- A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.
- When a nurse leaves her job to walk home, a young boy tries to grab her pocketbook, but she wrestles him to the ground, gets her pocketbook back, and drags him to her apartment in a headlock. There she feeds him and teaches him some valuable lessons before sending him home.
- No two nations are exactly similar in following any one system of government, either socially, economically, or politically. Therefore the terms capitalism, socialism and communism are general terms, often misunderstood. There are even differences in the popular use of the terms versus their technical meanings. This film explains these terms and presents some history of their results.
- An animated film in which littering busybodies from the city decide that a smiling, upside down possum in the forest is frowning and they try to entertain him at movies and nightclubs in the city.
- An overview of the Soviet Union, just before its breakup, covering its vast geography and resources, its economy, social system, industry, customs and distinct national image.
- Daily life of a Thai farm family, seen through the experiences of their son, Deely: growing rice, getting water, going to school, shopping in town, etc.
- The Cuna Indians live on small islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama. With no resources on their islands, families must paddle or sail their canoes daily to the mainland, to get water in the rivers, and to grow, gather, and hunt for food in the rainforest. They trade coconuts for many of their other needs. The women make their famous "Mola" applique blouses, and earn money by selling some to tourists.
- The Choco tribe are one of the few peoples on earth who continue to live their ancient traditional life as hunters-gatherers. This film shows the various ways they procure their food from the natural resources of the rainforest.
- Overview of Central America's history, from Amerindian civilizations to modern nationalism. It covers the domination by Spain, the involvement of the United States; the similarities and differences between each of the 7 nations; the development of their economies, as well as their political, social and religious institutions.
- Yuji helps his mother at home, and father in forest cutting trees. He wants to be a forester, but when he follows a load of trees to sawmill, and then sees the wood being made into pianos, he wants to become a musician.
- Throughout the seas of Southeast Asia, there are nomadic families of the Bajao tribe, who spend their entire lives living on large sailing outrigger canoes. They live off the resources of the ocean and the thousands of small islands in this region. Yet they manage to have developed an interesting culture. We travel with them as they fish, collect sea-shells, trade them for food, cloth, etc. at villages, and join other Bajao families on remote islands for ceremonies.
- Navajo girl's horse runs away. As she and brother go in search through canyons and desert around Canyon de Chelly Nat. Park, we see many different families engaged in daily life of Navajo.
- Arthur Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his business partner who ridicules him for keeping his money in his mattress. The Spirit of Banking appears and whisks him away to a contemporary bank. The spirit explains how checking and savings accounts work and that money is loaned out to generate even more wealth. Seeing the error of his ways, Scrooge vows to move his money to a banking institution.
- India, is one of the most heavily populated nations in the world. This film is an introduction to its many diversified cultures, many religions, languages and dialects, with extremes of geography, climate, and of living conditions.
- For the Eskimo, their housing, clothing, food, customs, arts, all developed from their natural environment. Now this life is being modified from the outside: schools, TV and VCRs, snowplows, airplanes, etc.
- Showing how Archaeologists search for evidence left by ancient people. They excavate a site in the desert southwest, noting the changes shown by artifacts in various levels of occupation.
- Mary Jo overcomes her shyness and shares something unusual with her classmates.
- An overview of the land, people, agriculture, industries, history, and culture of Japan.
- Certain conditions are necessary for the development of civilizations. We examine ones that started in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, China, the Indus valley, Greece and Italy. Often, each was influenced by others, and each was eventually conquored by others.
- Introduces the concept of "The Third World". It discusses the differences between the Socialist bloc, the Free-Trade (Capitalist) bloc, and the less developed 3rd World nations. Most were colonies of "First World" nations, and most still have some ties with their x-rulers. We examine the daily life, economy, problems, and future possibilities for the people of these nations.
- The pains of their past still haunt the people of the Soviet Union. This film traces their history, from the settling of Slavic tribes, thru their development as a nation, with wars, political upheavals, industrial progress, and the final opening of society, which led to the breaking apart of the nation.
- A plains Indian legend of the problems the Sun Spirit had in creating the first animals, when placing life on this Earth.
- Pockets of poor housing can be found in every city of the world. But in the 3rd world it is a serious problem. In this film we follow the daily life of a family in a crowded slum of a typical 3rd world city.
- Food is one of our basic needs, but people around the world eat a variety of foods, prepared in many different ways, and eat them in different ways, at different times. This film shows how different people in different cultures and environments grow, harvest, preserve and prepare their foods.
- Clothing is worn for a variety of reasons, besides just protection. It helps identify our nationality, religion, age group, social level, and personality. This film describes these differences, as well as the materials used, from plants, animals and synthetics, and their creation, both by hand and by mass production.
- The Nile, longest river in the world, has for centureis influenced the people of Africa, who had produced one of the greatest of early civilizations. Today, the people here continue to influence this powerful river, which creates a long thin green belt as it flows through the desert of North Africa.
- First of the Man And the State series, dramatizing the character of Socrates in the context of his 339 B.C.trial, posing questions about if the state has the right to silence individuals.
- Each tribe throughout West Africa has traditional handicrafts, which they make for their own use and enjoyment, as well as to be sold as works of art.
- A plains Indian legend of how a starving family, wandering across the snow covered plains, is saved by a mystic warrior who brings them to a spiritual village. They are warned not to break a taboo, but during a ceremony, one of the children breaks the prohibition and dies. However, the aged medicine man performs a ceremony that brings her back to life.
- The life and economic standards-of-living of people in a one-crop nation (coffee) is compared with those of a nation with a diversified economy.
- Selecting 3 totally different environments: Tropical Island (Samoa); Desert (Pakistan), and Mountainous (Japan), we examine the reasons why each has different food, then clothing, and then housing.
- Colorful and exciting ethnic dances from around the world, usually express the different social and cultural backgrounds of their people.
- An introduction to the work of graphic artist M.C. Escher.
- Dramatizes the common plight of high school students whose career ambitions are stymied by their illiteracy. Adults offer advice on how to overcome this problem.
- Brazil, South America's largest nation, is mostly tropical, but is becoming one of the most industrialized nations on the continent. This film examines the various lifestyles of the people and their problems, both urban and rural.
- Traditional handicrafts in Japan started as the production of needed utencils. Some families shown in this film are now in their 6th or 7th generation of making what have become works of art, mostly using natural materials.
- Shelter is a basic need for people, from the arctic to the tropics. In this film we learn how people use local materials, and how they adapt their housing to their lifestyles and cultures.
- An overall view of South America ... its people, geography, history, differences and similarities of its various regions.
- We divide Asia into five major regions, each very different. Here are the people, the land, agriculture, industry, and culture of these regions.
- We visit each nation of Central America for an overview of the geographic, cultural, and economic similarities and differences of these seven nations.