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Join Buffalo Bob Smith, Clarabell, Mr. Bluster, Professor Whipporill and, of course, Howdy as the gang pursues adventure after adventure while learning valuable life lessons. From 1947 to 1960, Howdy and his pals provided viewers with stories, songs, quizzes and contests on this classic children's program. The video includes the following episodes: "Yodstick King" Parts I and II, "Scuttlebutt" and "Val Carney," from the summer of 1958.

Magazine. Child divers; model makers; sights of the Solent.

Indian Film

Bollywood 1950

1956 film from India

Directed by Abdel-Jabar Wali.

Documentary directed by Harisadhan Dasgupta.

Directed by Hsu Hsiao-ping.

"Hey kids! What time is it?" Here are four episodes from the classic children's TV show featuring Howdy, Buffalo Bob Smith and Clarabell (Bob Keeshan): In "Halloween" (1958), Sandy turns Howdy and Bob into donkeys; in "Mambo" (1958), aliens kidnap Mambo the elephant; in "Cy Clone" (1959), a con man swindles Doodyville; and in "Clarabell Speaks" (1960), Clarabell finally speaks … in the final network show (in color).

Renowned newsman Walter Cronkite's stentorian pronouncement "You are there" -- an armchair witness to history's greatest moments -- greeted viewers of this popular television series that aired from 1953-1957. Hosted by the likes of Charles Collingwood and Mike Wallace, the show investigated key historical events as though they were breaking news. This chapter spotlights the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party.

Children are shown what it is like to live in a world without rules.

A pampered cat, the pet of a Park Avenue penthouse resident, is fed up with his life of ease with the best of food and tender loving care, and yearns to be free to roam Central Park and, perhaps, snare a pigeon or two for his food needs. He manages to escape and stalks triplet pigeons, and soon learns that the penthouse is better than the outhouse.

Anti-communist orientation for Americans

How can we protect ourselves against the threats of germs and toxins? Cold War America gears up to fend off threats from unconventional bioweapons.

A soldier on leave visits a dead son's mother to give her the last letter her son wrote.

This silent, color film documents the 21st Biennial Convention of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA), held in September 1951 in Oakland, California. Much of the focus of the film is on the men and women attending, the speakers, and the social interaction of a cross section of elite members of the Chinese American community.

John Fisher relates the story of Sammy the sealskin suitcase's trip, along with its owner, to Newfoundland.

Part of a series of "Workshop" films aimed at promoting the company to potential clients, and educating the public. The film provides an overview of animation techniques used in industrial and educational films, including optical effects, pop-up animation, wipe-off animation, cycle animation, and more. It also highlights common presentation mistakes and offers "do's and don'ts" for information delivery.

A Fox MovieTone CinemaScope special. "Air journey to one of the most famous spots in Japan."

Two mischievous young children create havoc around the Christmas tree- opening all the presents, knocking over the tree and surprising their dad!

A short documentary going behind the scenes at Pinewood Studios.

An amateur newsreel about a 1950s fish market, the Fulton Street Fish Market.

Photographed on the streets of New York, this film penetrates the world children create in their play. It shows children of varying ages and different nationalities playing in the streets regardless of the life going on around them. It stresses the need for better recreational facilities for children in large metropolitan areas, and the need of a child to have a yard of its own.

This film shows the drama of the wheat harvest played out on millions of western Canadian acres. In late summer great combine harvesters surge into the golden fields, and so begins the flow of a river of grain—from combine to truck, to prairie elevator, to grain cars, to marshalling yards and, finally, to Great Lakes terminal elevators and freighters. Grading and inspection at each stage of transit ensures top-quality export wheat; scientists strive to produce still hardier varieties. The film ends with a sequence on breadmaking in a large bakery.

This short, black-and-white animated film from the early 1950s was produced by Transfilm Incorporated for McGraw Hill Book Co. for use as a training film for salesmen.

Fire and how to make and prevent, is the topic.

A Dinkar D. Patil film.

An ultra-low-budget burlesque short filmed in 3-D.

A travelogue visiting Portugal in the early1950s.

A short film by Åke Karlung

Instructional film for children, teaching them how to properly ride a bicycle.

Working in the yard of his old primary school, a plumber recalls his schooldays and in particular his best friend Jérôme. Poignant memories because Jérôme has died in the French war in Algeria...

Featured artists: Yoshida Toshio; Kanayama Akira; Shiraga Kazuo; Shimamoto Shōzō

A documentary exploring the tartan wearing lives of lumberjacks in the 1950's.

Short film demonstrating water usage in all parts of American life and what steps can be taken to protect America's water supply.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary that describes the subscriber to subscriber teleprinter service operated by the British G.P.O.

Explains how the heart, lungs, veins, arteries, and capillaries work together in the process of circulation. Uses animation, cinefluorography, and a combination of artwork and a live subject to visualize the key functions. Suggests principles to help maintain healthy heart and lungs.

A young boy bicycling to his uncle's farm observes the plants around him and discovers that plants are helpful in many ways. Explains that people are dependent upon plants for food, clothing, wood, paper, rubber, and many other common articles important in their daily lives.

Studies a simulated outbreak of food-borne illness caused by organisms of the salmonella group. Examines source and means of contamination, factors aiding the survival and transfer of the organism, conditions of environment and general food handling practices, and effects of the outbreak.

An ultra-low-budget burlesque short filmed in 3-D. Presented by Harry A. Farros, owner of the luxurious Hotel Casa Del Rey in Santa Cruz as well as burlesque theaters in Oakland and San Francisco.

A short documentary showing the expression and imagination of post-WWII sentiments in different pieces of art.

Propaganda film encouraging Malayans to inform on Communist Terrorists (CTs) in return for cash rewards

Likens a good conversation to a volleyball game. Considers the requirements of a good conversation-courtesy, contributing, following the subject and careful listening. Explains how conversational skills can be improved.

Dramatizes the work of the Department of Health in dealing with unsanitary living conditions, accidents, contagious disease and the danger of contaminated foods. Stresses the teamwork between public health personnel and private medical doctors.

Concerns the tin can.

Part of the “Are You Ready for Service?” series, this film was shown to high school boys at school or church youth groups. It illustrates how many drafted young men succumb to temptation after being “cut loose” from the moral standards of their family, church and community. Alcohol, gambling and venereal disease were big problems for the young, wide-eyed recruits who could be kept out of combat due to imprisonment or hospitalization.

Illustrates the behavior of boys organized in clubs, each of which is run either on democratic principles, an autocratic principles, or as a laissez-faire group. Shows the responses when the groups are changed from one type to another. Includes graphs and charts giving statistics on group actions and reactions.

JC Penney Company, Inc. produced sponsored film about textiles and quality control.

Television manufacturing at RCA's New Jersey plant. Includes scenes of design, engineering and quality control.

Introduces television and explains the workings of early television technology.

Scare film on the dangers of drinking and driving from an adult perspective.

The beauty and functionality of asbestos sidewalls. With a visit to Levittown, N.Y. and an interview with Norman Denny, vice president of materials for Levitt & Sons, builders. An excellent film on Fifties standardized building processes.

Educational safety film produced by the Fresno Police

Shows the conflict between six teenagers and their respective parents in a situation designed to provoke discussion. Emphasizes that each generation must recognize the other's differences in upbringing, thinking and feeling and be willing to compromise.

Sponsored by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. In this not-too-subtle rip-off of Huckleberry Finn, young William Blake is bored with the country life and leaves for the glamorous excitement of the city. Along the way, he meets up with liquor personified, "Mr. Whiskey," who tags along with Bill and complains about how bad alcohol is for people. This muddled film is as much about the perils of the big city as it is about the evils of alcohol and probably just confused any teen that saw it.