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Title RABBIT HILL, pt. 1 (16MM) (15257)
Physical Color; Sound; 53 minutes Produced 1972 Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9) (EJ) Synopsis A story which
tells how the small animals who live on Rabbit Hill are affected by the new owners who move into the big house and plant a garden. Subjects Children's Films Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title RABBIT HILL, pt. 2 (16MM) (15258) Physical Color; Sound Produced 1972 Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334)
Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9) (EJ) Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings (16mm) (15259) Physical Color; Sound; 12 minutes Produced 1973
Distributor Lactation Center Of Southern Baptis (0300) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE)
Synopsis Based on the American folktale. The little rabbit keeps wishing he were someone else. Subjects Children's Films Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 2 copies
Title Railrodder (16mm) (15272) Physical Color; Sound; 24 minutes Produced 1965 Distributor National Science Teachers Assn (0378)
Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) Synopsis In one of the last films of his career, Buster Keaton crosses North America from east to west on a
railway track speeder. Not a word is spoken throughout the film, but the comedian's sight gags are as spry and ingenious as they were in the days of silent slapstick.
Subjects Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966; Silent Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title The Rainbow Serpent (16mm) (15273) Physical Color; Sound; 11 minutes Produced 1978
Distributor Weston Woods (0556) Audience Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) Synopsis Presents the aboriginal legend about a serpent named Goorialla whose journey across Australia resulted
in the creation of the geographical features and the animal and plant life found there today. Adapted from the book of the same title by Dick Roughsey. Author ROUGHSEY, DICK.
Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Really Rosie (16mm) (15329) Physical Color; Sound; 26 minutes Produced 1976 Distributor Weston Woods (0556)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE)
Synopsis An animated story about Rosie, a girl who is determined to convince everyone that she is a star and an absolutely fascinating personality. Subjects Children's Films Holdings
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Title Recognition of Man - the Renaissance (16mm) (15346) Physical Color; Sound; 18 minutes Produced 1968 Distributor Wnet/Thirteen Non-Broadcast (0565)
Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Portrays the emergence of the individual during the Renaissance. Discusses how the main Renaissance contribution to Western culture was a
new concept of life and art; the recognition of man's creative destiny in life, and the revealing of his personal uniqueness in art. Subjects Art, Baroque; Art, Renaissance Holdings
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Title The Red Carpet (16mm) (15355) Physical Color; Sound; 9 minutes Produced 1957 Distributor Weston Woods (0556)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP) Synopsis When the doorman of a hotel rolls out the red carpet for the arrival of a duke, the carpet keeps rolling through the streets and attracts a number
of motorcycle policemen who pursue it to the dock where the titled visitor receives an impressive reception. From the book by Rex Parkin. Author PARKIN, REX. Subjects Children's Films
Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Red Sunday: The Story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn (16mm) (15362) Physical Color; Sound; 28 minutes Produced 1975
Distributor Pyramid Film & Video (0437) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Uses photographs, paintings and live action shots to illustrate the events, politics,
personalities and tenor of the times that led to the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. Subjects Little Big Horn, Battle of The Holdings
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Title Redwood Forest, Stream, Ocean Beach, and Butterfly Trees (16mm) (15363) Physical Color; Sound; 14 minutes Produced 1973 Audience Elementary (4-6) (E)
Synopsis Elizabeth Terwilliger shows a city child, who is bored with her sterile concrete backyard, and other youngsters how to use their hearing, smelling, tasting, and feeling as they explore three out-of-door
locations in Marin County. Author COHEN, WILLIAM E. Subjects Nature Study Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title The Redwoods (16mm) (15364) Physical Color; Sound; 20 minutes Produced 1967
Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427) Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis Surveys the future of a vanishing forest of Sequoia sempervirens, a
link to the age of the dinosaurs and a testament to nature's power to create and of man's power to destroy. Subjects Forests and Forestry; Natural Resources Holdings
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Title The Reference Section (16mm) (15365) Physical Color; Sound; 22 minutes Produced 1980 Distributor Barr Films (0055)
Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9) (EJ) Synopsis Tells the story of a boy who meets a talking almanac at the library and learns an unusual lesson about the many resources in the
reference section. Subjects Library Resources Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Reflections: A Japanese Folktale (16mm) (15367) Physical Color; Sound; 19 minutes Produced 1976
Distributor Ebec (0160) Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9) (EJ) Synopsis Dramatizes the story of a young Japanese man who, grieving for his dead father, thinks he sees his
father in a looking glass, not understanding that it is his own reflection. Tells how his wife becomes upset when she sees her reflection in the looking glass and thinks her husband is keeping another woman in their
house. Follows the couple as they go to a sorceress who tells them to forget their troubles and love and respect each other. Subjects Children's Films Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Reluctant World Power (16mm) (15389) Physical Color; Sound; 29 minutes Produced 1972 Distributor International Health Awareness Cent (0266)
Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis Trace events as the United States assumes, rejects and then accepts the role of a major world power. Includes Woodrow
Wilson's role in World War I, U.S. rejection of the League of Nations, and the events leading to World War II. Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 3 copies
Title The Remarkable Mountain Goat (16mm) (15390) Physical Color; Sound; 20 minutes
Produced 1984 Distributor Berlet Films (0060) Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) Synopsis Looks at the life history of
the North American mountain goat, which is well adapted to alpine life. Includes a sequence on the transferring of goats from an overpopulated area to one in which they were becoming scarce.
Subjects Animals-Behavior; Mountain Goats Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Requiem for a Faith (16mm) (15405) Physical Color; Sound; 25 minutes Produced 1968
Distributor Hartley Productions (0219) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Tells of the paths that lead to enlightenment according to Tibetan Buddhism. Shows Tibetan
monks and includes an interview with the Dalai Lama. Subjects Buddhism; Religion-Philosophy Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Return to the River (16mm) (15436) Physical Color; Sound; 8 minutes
Produced 1968 Distributor Multi Medial Service Centers (0353) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA)
Synopsis For the Plateau Indians the pleasure of fishing is made more meaningful because of its roots in their cultural traditions. Subjects Indians of North America Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Rhymes of a Wayfarer (16mm) (15449) Physical Color; Sound; 13 minutes Produced 1975 Distributor Canadian Travel Film Library (0092)
Audience College, Adult (CA) Synopsis Tours the cities and countryside of the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, highlighting the variety of entertainment and recreational pastimes available in the
Province. Subjects Canada; Saskatchewan Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Rich Cat, Poor Cat (16mm) (15453) Physical Color; Sound; 8 minutes Produced 1972
Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP) Synopsis Bill Cosby reads the story about the differences in the way in which rich cats live, and the way in
which the poor cat Scat lives, until she is taken into a family. From the book by Bernard Waber. Author WABER, BERNARD. Subjects Children's Films Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (16mm) (15467) Physical Color; Sound; 26 minutes Produced 1976 Distributor Guidance Associates (0216)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis An animated version of Rudyard Kipling's tale of a mongoose who is saved from a storm by a boy and his parents, and then becomes
the family's defender against the dreaded cobras that roam the compound. Author KIPLING, RUDYARD Subjects Children's Films; Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 2 copies
Title Rip Van Winkle (16mm) (15468) Physical Color; Sound; 27 minutes Produced 1978 Distributor Billy Budd Films (0066)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis An adaptation of Washington Irving's classic tale about a free spirit who preferred telling stories to plowing the land.
Although the townsfolk enjoyed his antics they scorned his lack of such Puritan virtues as thrift and hard work. Author IRVING, WASHINGTON
Subjects Children's Films; Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes (16mm) (15469) Physical Color; Sound; 16 minutes Produced 1970
Distributor Pyramid Film & Video (0437) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Uses animation, ballad singing, trick photography, and a canoe trip through the Great
Lakes to show how profoundly the last ice age affected the face of the land and how the Great Lakes system which was created continues to change, largely through the intervention of man.
Subjects Ecology; Geology; Natural Resources Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title RISE OF COMMUNIST POWER, 1941-1967, v. 3 (16MM) (15470) Physical Color; Sound; 22 minutes Produced 1967
Distributor Films Incorporated Video (0191) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Describes how Mao Tse-Tung gained control of the Mainland of China and how Chiang
Kai-Shek retreated to Formosa with his nationalists. Discusses the importance of understanding Chinese current affairs and politics. Subjects China Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Rivers of Silver, Ribbons of Steel (16mm) (15481) Physical Color; Sound; 25 minutes Produced 1975 Distributor Colour Images (0128)
Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis A historical documentation of gold and silver mining and railroads of the old west. The Colorado territory became famous for its mines and
railroads, which were so much a part of the development of the frontier territory of over a hundred years ago. Now the little narrow gauge trains take the tourist back in history to the days of W.B. 'Bat' Masterson,
'Doc' Holiday, 'Calamity' Jane Bourke and other lesser known characters. Subjects Railroads Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Road to Interdependence (16mm) (15486) Physical Color; Sound; 30 minutes
Produced 1976 Distributor International Health Awareness Cent (0266) Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis Outlines the development
of American foreign policy from World War II to the mid-1970's. Discusses the onset of the nuclear age and the cold war, the establishment of a global network of alliances, economic assistance to Europe and the
developing nations, the Cuban missile crisis, and American involvement in Vietnam. Examines the development of American relations with China, the Soviet Union, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Subjects United States-Foreign Relations Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 3 copies Title Road to Santiago: France (16mm) (15488) Physical Color; Sound; 30 minutes Produced 1968
Distributor International Film Bureau (0265) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Describes the road traveled by pilgrims in the 12th century through France and Spain
to the Shrine of St. James the Greater at Santiago de Compostela. Explores the four roads through France and includes many examples of art and architecture. Subjects Architecture; Europe-History
Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Road to Santiago: Spain (16mm) (15489) Physical Color; Sound; 21 minutes Produced 1968 Distributor International Film Bureau (0265)
Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Describes the road traveled by pilgrims in the 17th century through France and Spain to the Shrine of St. James the Greater at Santiago de
Compostela. Follows the route from Puente la Reina, documenting a forty day journey through Spain. Subjects Architecture; Europe-History Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Robert Mccloskey (16mm) (15502) Physical Color; Sound; 18 minutes Produced 1965 Distributor Weston Woods (0556)
Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis An informal film portrait of Robert McCloskey, the author-illustrator. Describes his boyhood in Hamilton, Ohio, and pictures the author in
his studio in Penobscot Bay, Maine, where he shows some of his illustrations in various stages of completion. Subjects Authors; McCLOSKEY, ROBERT, 1914- Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Robinson's Island (16mm) (15504) Physical Color; Sound; 15 minutes Produced 1976 Distributor Aims Media (0013)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis This is a puppet animated story of Robinson Crusoe. Subjects Children's Films Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title The Roc Bird and the Rescue (16mm) (15506) Physical Color; Sound; 15 minutes Produced 1978 Distributor National Depressive And Manic-Depre (0365)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis Uses animation to tell a story about Sinbad the sailor who was shipwrecked in a storm at sea and his meeting with a magic fish
which gave him a string of precious pearls for sparing its life. Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title A Rock in the Road (16mm) (15507) Physical Color; Sound; 6 minutes Produced 1968
Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427) Audience Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) Synopsis Uses animation to present a story about a man coming down the road, tripping over a rock and
plunging into a hole. As he emerges, he spots someone else coming. Quickly he replaces the rock and hides. He laughs as the second man also falls. The second man sets up the accident for the third, and the third for a
fourth. But the fourth man removes the rock, fills in the hole, and goes away happy. Subjects Children's Films; Social Ethics Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Rocks to Take Home: An Introduction to Rockhounding (16mm) (15508) Physical Color; Sound; 10 minutes Produced 1976
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis Examines rocks and shows how to make a rough piece of stone into a polished cabochon to set in a ring. Explains the method of
tumbling and shows examples of jewelry made from native stones. Subjects Rocks Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Rodeo (16mm) (15510) Physical Color; Sound; 20 minutes Produced 1971
Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427) Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis Bronco riding, bull riding, parades and clowns are all choreographed to
convey the excitement, loneliness, danger, and exhaustion experienced by the performers, the animals, and the spectators. Subjects Rodeos Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title The Royal Albatross (16mm) (15527) Physical Color; Sound; 32 minutes Produced 1982 Distributor Ebec (0160)
Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis Photographed on Taiaroa (the world's only albatross colony on the Otago Peninsula of New Zealand's South Island),
this film examines the lifestyle, mating and parenting activities of the royal albatross and highlights a unique conservation project. Subjects Birds Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride (16mm) (15528) Physical Color; Sound; 11 minutes Produced 1900 Distributor Canadian Travel Film Library (0092)
Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) Synopsis A look at the precision and horsemanship of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in their famous
Musical Ride. Wearing their traditional red tunics and broad-brimmed hats, the riders seem at one with their mounts. At the end is the grand charge, lances lowered and horses racing at full gallop across the
field. Subjects Horses Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Rufus M., Try Again (16mm) (15529) Physical Color; Sound; 13 minutes Produced 1977 Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis After being taunted by his older brother and sister about not being able to read, Rufus goes to the local library to borrow a
book. His good intentions are obstructed by a gruff librarian who refuses to loan a book to someone who cannot sign his name. Based on the book by Eleanor Estes. Author ESTES, ELEANOR,
Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 2 copies
Title Rumpelstiltskin (16mm) (15532) Physical Color; Sound; 8 minutes Produced 1972 Distributor Ebec (0160)
Audience Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) Synopsis An adaption of the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm about the strange little man who agreed to teach the miller's daughter how to spin straw
into gold. Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Rumpelstiltskin (Peppermint Players) (16mm) (15531) Physical Color; Sound; 17 minutes Produced 1967
Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) Audience Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) Synopsis Dramatizes Grimm's fairy tale about the dwarf with the magic powers and a funny name and a queen
who has to guess his name or lose her infant son. Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Runt of the Litter (16mm) (15542) Physical Color; Sound; 12 minutes Produced 1976
Distributor Films Incorporated Video (0191) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis An excerpt from the motion picture Charlotte's Web. Tells how a pig named
Wilbur is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner, until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him. Based on the book by E.B. White.
Author WHITE, E. B. Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 2 copies Title Ruth Stout's Garden (16mm) (15548) Physical Color; Sound; 23 minutes Produced 1976
Distributor Arthur Mokin Productions, Inc (0045) Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis Recounts the life of nonagenarian Ruth Stout, describing
her own no-dig, no-work method of gardening, embracing her experiences of subjects ranging from growing vegetables to growing old. Subjects Aging; Gardening Holdings
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