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A look at the life-giving blanket around the earth, "Air: A First Film" explains why our atmosphere is necessary to all life on earth, and the ways...
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These ten films teach American folklore, its language and humor as a significant form of literature growing out of the people and their land. This...
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Five thousand years of belly dancing culminate in a nightclub performance, dramatized by pictures that metamorphosize into live dancers performing in...
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Ants are among the insects most familiar to us. In this video, we see in detail what an ant’s body is like and how its structure helps the ant obtain...
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Complimenting the art of film making, this series explores the fundamentals and spirit of the motion picture while providing a comprehensive look...
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Series Includes:Film Volume I: ScreenwritingFilm Volume II: The CameraFilm Volume III: PerformanceFilm Volume IV: Music and SoundFilm Volume V: The...
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Series Includes:Film Volume VII: Vintage HitchcockFilm Volume VIII: Performance in Depth: The Many Roles of Alec GuinnessFilm Volume IX: The Chase in...
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Selections from Oliver Twist, Metropolis, The 400 Blows, Pygmalion, and Caesar and Cleopatra illustrate various aspects of the screenwriter as an...
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A broad spectrum of photographic styles and techniques, drawn fromBeauty and the Beast, Two English Girls, The Rocking Horse Winner, The Lady...
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Examples of several different styles and aspects of movie acting feature Sir Laurence Olivier in Richard III, Katharine Hepburn in Summertime,...
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Various uses of sound and music as conscious and unconscious influences in the cinema are illustrated by selections from Wild Strawberries, Alexander...
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Since the earliest days of film, the chase has been the key ingredient for thrills and comic delight. Sequences include Edwin S. Porter’s The Great...
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