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Title Tahtonka (16mm) (17956)
Physical Color; Sound; 30 minutes Produced 1966 Distributor Aims Media (0013) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis An Historic
reenactment of the Plains Indians' culture, from the pre-horse era to the Wounded Knee Massacre. Strongly points up the dependence of Native Americans upon the buffalo and the consequent desolation of the people in the
face of decimation of the mighty herds. Subjects Indians of North America Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title The Taj Mahal (16mm) (17957) Physical Color; Sound; 29 minutes Produced 1981
Distributor Ebec (0160) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Tells the story of one of the greatest of all love stories and the monument built to commemorate that
love. Establishes the reason for the Taj Mahal's existence, then traces the historical and romantic threads that led to this architectural masterpiece which some have called perfection.
Subjects Architecture; India Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title The Tale of Custard the Dragon (16mm) (16215) Physical Color; Sound; 6 minutes Produced 1965 Distributor Weston Woods (0556)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis A story about Belinda and her pets, Ink, Blink, Mustard, and Custard, and their near-demise at the hands of a pirate. Based on
the poem CUSTARD THE DRAGON, by Ogden Nash. Author NASH, OGDEN Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 2 copies
Title Tales of Hiawatha (16mm) (16220) Physical Color; Sound; 19 minutes
Produced 1967 Distributor Stepfamily Association Of America (0491) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE)
Synopsis An animated puppet film with narration which relates the classic Indian legend of Hiawatha. Author LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH, Subjects Children's Films Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Talk to the Animals (16mm) (16222) Physical Color; Sound; 10 minutes Produced 1976 Distributor Films Incorporated Video (0191)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis Excerpt from the motion picture DOCTOR DOLITTLE. Shows Doctor Dolittle receiving lessons in animal language from Polynesia the
Parrot. Designed to introduce children to methods of communication and to encourage recognition of nonverbal or body language. Author LOFTING, HUGH, Subjects Children's Films
Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (16mm) (16299) Physical Color; Sound; 10 minutes Produced 1982 Distributor National Film Board Of Canada (0369)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis An animated story, without words, set to a wide variety of musical selections, which is a spoof on the traditional tale of
Cinderella, with penguins playing the story's characters. Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Tepozton (16mm) (16301) Physical Color; Sound; 11 minutes Produced 1976
Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427) Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9) (EJ) Synopsis A Mexican legend of the mischievous boy who is half Aztec god and half human.
Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Texas Style: Traditional Folk & Fiddle Music of Texas (16mm) (16310) Physical Color; Sound; 28 minutes Produced 1986
Distributor One West Media (0404) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis In rural Texas the highly valued tradition of fiddling is passed from one generation to another
and is a featured activity at cook-offs, rodeos, and family reunions. Subjects Texas Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Theseus and the Minotaur (16mm) (16327) Physical Color; Sound; 21 minutes Produced 1978
Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427) Audience Elementary (4-6) (E) Synopsis Presents the Greek myth about Theseus and his encounter with the minotaur.
Subjects Children's Films; Mythology Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Third Lantern for the Third Century (16mm) (16336) Physical Color; Sound; 28 minutes Produced 1984
Distributor Names Project (0357) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Shows the April 1975 ceremony in the Old North Church in Boston, commemorating the 200th
anniversary of Paul Revere's ride. Includes an address by President Ford. Subjects Revere, Paul, 1735-1818; United States-1775-1783, Revolution Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title This Is Israel (16mm) (16343) Physical Color; Sound; 12 minutes Produced 1963 Distributor Weston Woods (0556)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis A young sabra presents a view of Israel, describing the early Bibical history of the Holy Land and pointing out the contrasts
between ancient and modern cultures in Israel. Includes views of Tel Aviv, the Red Sea, the Dead Sea, Hebrew University, and a bazaar in Akko. Author SASEK, M.
Subjects Children's Films; Israel Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title This Is the Place (16mm) (16344) Physical Color; Sound; 14 minutes Produced 1978 Distributor Canadian Travel Film Library (0092)
Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis The hustle and bustle of Vancouver, British Columbia's busiest seaport, is the jumping-off place for this lively film that takes us to a
multitude of attractions and events. Subjects British Columbia; Canada Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title This Is Venice (16mm) (16345) Physical Color; Sound; 12 minutes Produced 1963
Distributor Weston Woods (0556) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis Author-artist Miroslav Sasek goes gondoling in Venice where he sees piazzas, paintings,
palazzas, and pigeons; depicts the past and present glories of Venetian history and culture. Author SASEK, M. Subjects Children's Films; Italy Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Those Were the Days (16mm) (16352) Physical Color; Sound; 22 minutes Produced 1972 Distributor Film Originals (0189)
Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis A motion picture scrapbook of people and things in America from 1910 through 1950. Includes scenes of an early barber shop, a blacksmith
shop, an old turkey farm, a barnstorming airplane of the 1920's, a threshing machine, steam trains, and cowboys. Shows people picking cotton, pitching hay onto a wagon, and stacking hay. Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 3 copies
Title Three Gifts (16mm) (16360) Physical Color; Sound; 16 minutes Produced 1975 Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis A puppet presentation of a fairy tale where two greedy characters try to steal the three magic gifts. Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Three Golden Hairs (16mm) (16361) Physical Color; Sound; 12 minutes Produced 1978 Distributor Churchill Media (0115)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis An animated film about a girl who needs three golden hairs from the chin of the devil in order to win her prince and kingdom.
Based on the fairy tale by the brothers Grimm. Author GRIMM, JACOB, Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title The Three Robbers (16mm) (16366) Physical Color; Sound; 6 minutes Produced 1972
Distributor Weston Woods (0556) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP)
Synopsis A fairy tale in which three robbers who terrify the countryside are subdued by the charm of a little girl named Tiffany. Author UNGERER, TOMI, Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Threshold (16mm) (16371) Physical Color; Sound; 25 minutes Produced 1971 Distributor Pyramid Film & Video (0437) Audience College, Adult (CA)
Synopsis Presents a fantasy about the meaning of life and death through the story of a young man who is shot and, in the time between life and death, is given the one thing denied him during his brief life.
Author LEWIS, J. MAYNARD. Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Thunder Mountain (16mm) (16379) Physical Color; Sound; 13 minutes Produced 1965 Distributor Film Originals (0189)
Audience Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9) (PEJ) Synopsis Follows vacationers with guide Larry Garner on a trail ride headed into Idaho's primitive area, showing the group as they
travel through high mountain country to Thunder Mountain and to the old town site of Roosevelt. Includes views of wildflowers, wildlife, streams and lakes, and describes the history of Roosevelt, Idaho.
Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Ti-Jean Goes Lumbering (16mm) (16380) Physical Color; Sound; 16 minutes Produced 1953 Distributor International Film Bureau (0265)
Audience Elementary (4-6) (E) Synopsis A French-Canadian folk tale about the exploits of a mysterious little boy who one day rides into a winter logging camp on a big white horse. Ti-Jean's feats
dwarf those of even the hardiest lumberjack, as he fells timber, cuts, carries, and piles heavy logs, and comes out the victor in every contest. Portrays typical life and work in a Canadian logging camp.
Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Tikki Tikki Tembo (16mm) (16385) Physical Color; Sound; 9 minutes Produced 1972 Distributor Weston Woods (0556)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis This Chinese folktale shows why parents today give their children short names. Author MOSEL, ARLENE.
Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Time of Wonder (16mm) (16398) Physical Color; Sound; 13 minutes Produced 1961 Distributor Weston Woods (0556)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis Watercolors and the rhythmic prose of Robert McCloskey's book are combined to create an awareness of the wonders of nature on an
island in Penobscot Bay. Author MCCLOSKEY, ROBERT, Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title The Tinder Box (16mm) (16408) Physical Color; Sound; 25 minutes Produced 1971
Distributor Ebec (0160) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis A live-action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a soldier who wins the
princess with the help of the dogs that guard the magic tinder box. Author ANDERSEN, H. C. Subjects Children's Films Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Tintypes (16mm) (16410) Physical Color; Sound; 11 minutes Produced 1970 Distributor Stuart Finley, Inc (0493)
Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) Synopsis A fun film, showing the pictorial beauty of the tintype pictures of the 1800's counterpointed by
the fragmentary comments of the youth of the 1970's. Subjects Experimental Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Toccata for Toy Trains (16mm) (16429) Physical Color; Sound; 15 minutes Produced 1974
Distributor Pyramid Film & Video (0437) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis An art film, in which toys and dolls from collections of authentic old toys
are brought to life by the rhythm of music during a train trip through a doll country of an earlier day. Author EAMES, CHARLES. Subjects Toys Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Tom Cat's Meow (16mm) (16435) Physical Color; Sound; 13 minutes Produced 1976 Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis Uses animation and puppets in an adaptation of a classic Czechoslovakian fairytale, about a little girl whose mistreatment by
her stepmother and stepsister brings rewards from the tomcat she has befriended. Subjects Children's Films Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Tomi Ungerer, Storyteller (16mm) (16437) Physical Color; Sound; 21 minutes
Produced 1981 Distributor Weston Woods (0556) Audience College, Adult (CA) Synopsis Interviews author and illustrator of children's books Tomi Ungerer. He discusses his
thoughts and feelings about his work, his world, and his personal life. Includes scenes from the motion pictures THE THREE ROBBERS, THE BEAST OF MONSIEUR RACINE, and MOON MAN. Author UNGERER, TOMI,
Subjects Authors; Ungerer, Tomi, 1931- Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Tommy and Dee-Dee (16mm) (16438) Physical Color; Sound; 5 minutes Produced 1967
Distributor American Film Foundation (0025) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE)
Synopsis Shirley MacLaine reads a book by Yen Liang, which compares Tommy's life in the United States with Dee-Dee's life in China. Author LIANG, YEN, Subjects Children's Films
Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title The Tomten (16mm) (16439) Physical Color; Sound; 8 minutes Produced 1982 Distributor Weston Woods (0556)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis At a lonely, old farmhouse on a crisp winter night everyone is sleeping except old Tomten, the troll. Unseen by any human,
Tomten moves about the farm comforting the animals in his silent language. Author LINDGREN, ASTRID, Subjects Children's Films Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Too Much off the Top (16mm) (16441) Physical Color; Sound; 5 minutes Produced 1977 Distributor Filmfair Communications (0185)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis Tells about a small, dark bear whose attempts at haircutting bring unexpected rewards.
Author BOND, MICHAEL. Subjects Children's Films; Paddington Bear Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Totems (16mm) (16466) Physical Color; Sound; 14 minutes Produced 1963
Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis Traces the origin of totems of the aboriginal Indians of the coastal area stretching from Seattle northwestward along
British Columbia and Alaska. Defines the function of totems as a combination of art and literature. Includes views of totem poles, blankets, rattles, screens, etc., and explains their significance.
Subjects Totems and Totemism Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Tracking the North American Mountain Lion (16mm) (16479) Physical Color; Sound; 23 minutes Produced 1976
Distributor National Geographic Society (0370) Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis Follows Maurice Hornocker as he studies the American mountain
lion in the Idaho Primitive Area. Discusses the predatory habits and other characteristics of these animals. Subjects Idaho; Mountain Lions Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Treasure Island (16mm) (16489) Physical Color; Sound; 30 minutes Produced 1967 Distributor Disney Educational Productions (0153)
Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) Synopsis Presents an excerpt from the film Treasure Island, which reveals how young Jim Hawkins gets
involved in a search for buried priate treasure along with the greedy Long John Silver. Subjects Children's Films; Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Trouble at Number Thirty-Two/Paddington and the Christmas Shopping and Christmas (16mm) (16501) Physical Color; Sound; 16 minutes Produced 1977
Distributor Filmfair Communications (0185) Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Synopsis Tells about a small, dark bear whose experiences with snow and Christmas
shopping and dining lead to a series of humorous adventures and misadventures. Author BOND, MICHAEL. Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Trout USA (16mm) (16505) Physical Color; Sound; 13 minutes
Produced 1981 Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) Synopsis A study of the trout industry, showing trout farming techniques, factory processing, and
preparation for market. Includes underwater photography, showing nest-building and spawning. Subjects Fish Culture Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Trumpeter Blues: A Swan Story (16mm) (16510)
Physical Color; Sound; 25 minutes Produced 1987 Distributor Telling Pictures Inc (0510) Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA)
Synopsis Documents the life style of the trumpeter swans of the Yellowstone National Park area. Subjects Birds-Behavior; Trumpeter Swans Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Trumpeter Swan (16mm) (16511) Physical Color; Sound; 14 minutes Produced 1970 Distributor Janus Films (0274)
Audience Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA)
Synopsis Tells the story of the successful attempts at restoring the number of trumpeter swans through managed protection. Subjects Birds-Behavior; Trumpeter Swans Holdings
16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title Tugboat Mickey (16mm) (17989) Physical Color; Sound; 8 minutes Produced 1982 Distributor Disney Educational Productions (0153)
Audience Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) Series Gang's All Here (0129) Synopsis Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy receive an S.O.S. call from the steamship
Gigantic as it is sinking nearby. After a number of setbacks they get the coal furnace stoked up and are off to the rescue and wind up needing a rescue themselves. Subjects Children's Films
Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title TUT: THE BOY KING, pt. 1 (16MM) (16548) Physical Color; Sound; 50 minutes Produced 1978
Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) Synopsis A tour of the Egyptian treasures taken from the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
Subjects Tutankhamun 1358 Bce-1340 Bce Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 2 copies Title TUT: THE BOY KING, pt. 2 (16MM) (16549) Physical Color; Sound Produced 1978
Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 2 copies
Title Tutankhamun the Immortal Pharoah (16mm) (16550) Physical Color; Sound; 12 minutes
Produced 1968 Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) Synopsis Uses still photographs in presenting a brief history of the Tutankhamun treasures. Provides a view of the site
of the tomb and scenes of the excavation. Includes a detailed examination of each item in the display of Tutankhamun treasures in Houston's Museum of Fine Arts.
Subjects Tutankhamun 1358 Bce-1340 Bce Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy Title Two Little Owls (16mm) (16573) Physical Color; Sound; 20 minutes Produced 1983
Distributor Berlet Films (0060) Audience Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9) (EJ) Synopsis A life history of two great horned owl chicks, from hatching through fledging. Includes a
sequence on banding of the chicks and provides information about owls, especially their injuries and interactions with humans. Concludes with the little owls learning to fly and live on their own.
Subjects Birds; Owls Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy
Title TWO ROUTES WEST, v. 2 (16MM) (16577) Physical Color; Sound; 30 minutes Produced 1980 Audience Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA)
Synopsis Visits Hollenberg Station in Kansas; Independence Rock in Wyoming; and the site of the 1865 sinking of the steamboat Bertrand on the Missouri River north of Omaha, Nebraska.
Subjects Explorers; Frontier and Pioneer Life Holdings 16mm film: Head Office, 1 copy |
