owyheesound Film Library
The library is a medium sized motion picture film collection a few 8mm and super 8mm films but primarily these films are 16mm.  The topics range from cartoons to documentary to feature films
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Title  Haida Carver (16mm) (12498) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 12 minutes 

Produced  1971 

Distributor International Film Bureau (0265) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) 

Synopsis  Shows a young Haida Indian carving miniature totems on an island off the Pacific coast of Canada to carry on a tribal tradition that is gradually dying out as the Indians leave the island. 

Holdings      16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

   

Title  Halloween Safety (16mm) (12506) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 14 minutes 

Produced  1985 

Distributor International Health Awareness Cent (0266) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) 

Synopsis  An animated Jack O'Lantern gives children suggestions for a safe and fun Halloween and he tells about carving a pumpkin, planning a Halloween costume, secrets of safe trick or treating and examination of treats. 

Holdings      16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

   

Title  Hands of Maria (16mm) (12517) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 15 minutes 

Produced  1968 

Distributor Rmi Media Productions (0451) 

Audience  Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) 

Synopsis  Shows the skill of Maria Martinez as she makes pottery using the process handed down through generations of Pueblo Indians. 

Subjects  Mexico; Pottery 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  The Handsome Prince (16mm) (12519) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 7 minutes 

Produced  1981 

Distributor Franciscan Films (0202) 

Audience  Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) 

Synopsis  A satisfying new twist on an old fairy tale theme. Nancy Schimmel, a natural storyteller, folds a piece of origami paper into traditional Chinese figures that illustrate each step of the plot as she tells the story. 

Subjects  Children's Films; Origami; Storytelling 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Hans in Luck (16mm) (12522) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 7 minutes 

Produced  1977 

Distributor Churchill Media (0115) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP) 

Synopsis  An animated adaptation of the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, about a young apprentice who trades away his seven years' wages in gold because he finds it too heavy to carry. He arrives home empty-handed, but convinced he is a lucky man. 

Author  GRIMM, JACOB, 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Hansel and Gretel (16mm) (12523) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 17 minutes 

Produced  1967 

Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) 

Synopsis  Dramatizes the Grimm story of Hansel and Gretel whose stepmother loses them in the forest and whose adventures with a witch lead them and their father to wealth and fortune. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Hansel and Gretel (16mm) (12524) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 11 minutes 

Produced  1971 

Distributor Ebec (0160) 

Audience  Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) 

Synopsis  An adaptation of the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm about the woodcutters' children and their encounter in the forest with the wicked witch. 

Author  GRIMM, JACOB, 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Happy Birthday, U.S.A. (16mm) (12527) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 11 minutes 

Produced  1975 

Distributor Coronet/Mti Film & Video (0139) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) 

Synopsis  Surveys the history of the United States, including the period before Columbus, the colonial period, the Declaration of independence, the American Revolution, and the time from independence until today. 

Subjects  United States-History 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Happy Lion (16mm) (12529) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 7 minutes 

Produced  1960 

Distributor Macmillan Films (0326) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) 

Synopsis  Uses animation to tell the story of what happened when a friendly lion escaped from the zoo and roamed through the town. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Happy Owls (16mm) (12530) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 7 minutes 

Produced  1969 

Distributor Weston Woods (0556) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP) 

Synopsis  A legend about two owls who tell the barnyard fowl why they are happy. 

Author  PIATTI, CELESTINO. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  The Happy Prince (16mm) (12531) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 25 minutes 

Produced  1975 

Distributor Pyramid Film & Video (0437) 

Audience  Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (PEJSCA) 

Synopsis  Offers the animated story of the statue of the Happy Prince and a little swallow who removes the precious stones and gold leaf and gives them to the poor. 

Author  WILDE, OSCAR, 

Subjects  Children's Films; Wilde, Oscar Fingal, 1854-1900 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

   Videocassette:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Harold and the Purple Crayon (16mm) (12540) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 8 minutes 

Produced  1957 

Distributor Weston Woods (0556) 

Audience  Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) 

Synopsis  The magic of Harold's purple crayon takes this storybook character on a succession of adventures matching the range of his own imagination. 

Author  JOHNSON, CROCKETT, 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  Harold's Fairy Tale (16mm) (12542) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 8 minutes 

Produced  1973 

Distributor Weston Woods (0556) 

Audience  Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) 

Synopsis  Uses the pictures and text of the book of the same title by Crockett Johnson to tell the story in animation about a boy who, with his purple crayon, restores growth to the enchanted garden. 

Author  JOHNSON, CROCKETT, 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  The Hat (16mm) (12552) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 6 minutes 

Produced  1982 

Distributor Weston Woods (0556) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) 

Synopsis  A black top hat with magic powers blows into the life of a penniless veteran and makes him a wealthy man before blowing away again. From the book by Tomi Ungerer. 

Author  UNGERER, TOMI, 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Heidi: The Living Legend (16mm) (12597) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 13 minutes 

Produced  1974 

Distributor Aims Media (0013) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6) (E) 

Synopsis  Uses photographs of the countryside in Switzerland to recount the legend of Heidi. Shows the life of the villagers as they are herding, plowing, harvesting, and gathering grapes for wine and shows them in school, church, and in the village streets. 

Author  SPYRI, JOHANNA, 

Subjects  Children's Films; Switzerland 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Helen Keller (16mm) (12600) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 15 minutes 

Produced  1969 

Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) 

Synopsis  Traces the development of Helen Keller from the loneliness of a deaf and blind child to the awareness of the world that she gained through her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Uses live action and historical photographs. 

Subjects  Blind; Deaf; Keller, Helen, 1900-1968 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  Help Woodsy Spread the Word (16mm) (12607) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 18 minutes 

Produced  1978 

Distributor Focus On The Family (0196) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) 

Synopsis  Teaches young children to be aware of pollution in their environment. 

Subjects  Conservation of Natural Resources; Pollution 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Henry Moore, the Sculptor (16mm) (12612) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 24 minutes 

Produced  1969 

Distributor Ebec (0160) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Henry Moore talks about himself and his art and is seen working in his studio. 

Subjects  Moore, Henry Spencer, 1898-1986; Sculpture 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Hercules (16mm) (12621) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 11 minutes 

Produced  1955 

Distributor Weston Woods (0556) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP) 

Synopsis  Hercules, the retired horse-drawn fire engine, saves City Hall from destruction. 

Author  GRAMATKY, HARDIE, 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  High Winding! (16mm) (12644) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 14 minutes 

Produced  1982 

Distributor Coyote Creek Productions (0143) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Shows the thrill of riding the waves while board sailing. 

Subjects  Windsurfing 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Holy Thursday (16mm) (12676) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 20 minutes 

Produced  1969 

Distributor Schlessinger Media (0463) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Symbolically visualizes the juxtapositions of poet William Blake's two points of view about man's relationship to nature and society, as revealed in his two versions of Holy Thursday from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. 

Author  BLAKE, WILLIAM, 

Subjects  Blake, William, 1757-1827 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Hoober-Bloob Highway (Vhs/16mm) (12691) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 23 minutes 

Produced  1976 

Distributor Phoenix/Bfa Films (0427) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) 

Synopsis  Presents an animated Dr. Seuss cartoon in which a being from outerspace learns what it is like for human beings on Earth. Shows that despite the problems involved, being human is desirable. 

Author  SEUSS, DR. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

   Videocassette:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Hopi Kachinas (16mm) (12697) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 10 minutes 

Produced  1961 

Distributor Aims Media (0013) 

Audience  Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12) (PEJS) 

Synopsis  Explains how the commonly seen but seldom understood kachina dolls provide the key to the true meaning of the entire Hopi culture. Demonstrates the carving and painting of the dolls, and describes their religious meaning. Includes views of a Hopi butterfly dance. 

Subjects  Hopi; Indians of North America 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Horse Flickers (16mm) (12699) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 10 minutes 

Produced  1978 

Distributor Texture Films (0514) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) 

Synopsis  Horses - lovely, funny and endlessly inventive - are conjured up by the filmmaker on a large, empty barn floor. Made of feathers and spangles, of newspapers and sleeping bags, of human beings and broomsticks, they are a rich blend of imagination, humor, whimsy and art. 

Subjects  Art; Horses 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  THE HORSE THAT PLAYED CENTERFIELD, pt. 1 (16MM) (12700) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 48 minutes 

Produced  1978 

Distributor International Health Awareness Cent (0266) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6) (E) 

Synopsis  After Oscar the horse began playing center field, the New York Goats, worst team in the major leagues, seemed certain to win the World Series. 

Author  HIGDON, HAL. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  THE HORSE THAT PLAYED CENTERFIELD, pt. 2 (16MM) (12701) 

Physical  Color; Sound 

Produced  1978 

Distributor International Health Awareness Cent (0266) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6) (E) 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Horses (16mm) (12702) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 6 minutes 

Produced  1978 

Distributor Filmfair Communications (0185) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult, General (ESCAG) 

Synopsis  Shows horses in terms of their role in nature and their association with human beings. 

Subjects  Horses 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  House of the Great Spirit (16mm) (12715) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 27 minutes 

Produced  1975 

Distributor Channel 7 Ktvb (0105) 

Audience  Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (JSCA) 

Synopsis  A look at the restoration of the Cataldo Mission in northern Idaho. 

Subjects  Idaho 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 3 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  The House that Jack Built (16mm) (12716) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 4 minutes 

Produced  1970 

Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP) 

Synopsis  A film version of the old Mother Goose rhyme. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  How Bear Lost His Tail (16mm) (12722) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 17 minutes 

Produced  1976 

Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) 

Synopsis  An Aesop-type fable about a wily fox who hoodwinks a naive bear who is teaching him how to catch fish with his own tail. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  How Beaver Stole Fire (16mm) (12723) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 12 minutes 

Produced  1975 

Distributor Aims Media (0013) 

Audience  Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (PE) 

Synopsis  An animated film that retells an American Indian legend about the origin of fire. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  The Hundred Penny Box (16mm) (12809) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 18 minutes 

Produced  1979 

Distributor Churchill Media (0115) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6) (E) 

Synopsis  A young boy's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with his family leads him to intercede with his mother who wants to toss out all her old things. 

Author  MATHIS, SHARON BELL. 

Subjects  Aging; Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Idaho Cattle Country (16mm) (12869) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 14 minutes 

Produced  1971 

Distributor Film Originals (0189) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  A picture tour of Idaho, it's ranches, cowboys and cattle. 

Subjects  Cowhands; Idaho 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 3 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  Idaho Elk Country (16mm) (12872) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 27 minutes 

Produced  1969 

Distributor Film Originals (0189) 

Audience  College, Adult (CA) 

Synopsis  Portrays the experience of three hunters and their guide as they hunt and camp along the Saint Joe River in Idaho. Shows scenes of game fishing, bird shooting, duck hunting, and elk hunting in the wild country of Idaho. 

Subjects  Hunting; Idaho 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  Idaho High Country: Trail to Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains (16mm) (12876) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 15 minutes 

Produced  1961 

Distributor Film Originals (0189) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) 

Synopsis  Follows a trip starting at the Old Oregon Trail station site near Mountain Home to Trinity Mountain Lookout, Rocky Bar, the Lazy H Ranch at the edge of the Sawtooth Mountain region, and then to Alturas Lake. Includes views of a pack trip into Alice Lake and an airplane flight along the Sawtooth Mountains to Redfish Lake and the Stanley Basin country. 

Subjects  Idaho 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  Idaho Libraries Today (16mm) (12879) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 14 minutes 

Produced  1966 

Distributor Helen Smith Originals (0222) 

Audience  College, Adult (CA) 

Synopsis  A report on existing conditions in Idaho libraries in 1965. Includes scenes of the university library, the crowded public libraries, the bookmobiles, and the small village library with its inadequate services. 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Idaho - Noble Challenge (16mm) (12867) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 26 minutes 

Produced  1976 

Distributor Barrymore Productions (0056) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  A panoramic view of the varied lifesyles in Idaho. 

Subjects  Idaho 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  Idaho: The Gem State (16mm) (12898) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 25 minutes 

Produced  1900 

Distributor Video University Productions (0541) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Explores Idaho's magnificent scenery, natural resources and quality of life. Productive agricultural lands, abundant forests, clean air, pure water, and great recreational facilities make Idaho truly a "Gem State. 

Subjects  Idaho 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Idaho's Big Horn Crags (16mm) (12884) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 26 minutes 

Produced  1968 

Distributor Names Project (0357) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Shows the basics of horseback trail riding with the famed Idaho Primitive Area as a backdrop. 

Subjects  Idaho 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 2 copies

 

 

 

   

Title  If Books Could Talk (16mm) (12906) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 10 minutes 

Produced  1982 

Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3), Elementary (4-6) (KPE) 

Synopsis  A story about Johnny and his special friend, a book. Shows young children how to properly care for books and illustrates the following rules for book care: handle books carefully, use a bookmark, keep books in a safe place, let the librarians mend books, protect books from food and pencil marks, guard books from the weather, and return books on time. 

Subjects  Library Resources-Conservation 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  If I Didn't See It I Wouldn't Believe It (16mm) (12910) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 23 minutes 

Produced  1975 

Distributor Canadian Travel Film Library (0092) 

Audience  College, Adult (CA) 

Synopsis  From rodeos to regattas, this film presents to us in a lively, amusing, and informative fashion, just about everything worth doing and seeing in British Columbia. 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You (16mm) (12911) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 48 minutes 

Produced  1978 

Distributor International Health Awareness Cent (0266) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9) (EJ) 

Synopsis  A restless orphan, recently escaped from an orphanage, holes up with bank robbers, appears on television as a hero, and becomes involved in other adventures. 

Author  OLEKSY, WALTER G., 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  If You Can Walk (16mm) (12916) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 14 minutes 

Produced  1976 

Distributor Pyramid Film & Video (0437) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Demonstrates basic cross-country skiing techniques. Compares professional and amateur skiing to show basic techniques for all cross-country skiiers. 

Subjects  Skis and Skiing 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  In, Out, Up, Down, Over, Under, Upside Down (16mm) (12979) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 8 minutes 

Produced  1970 

Distributor Aims Media (0013) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP) 

Synopsis  Features young students in situations that depict the concepts of in, out, up, down, over, under, and upside down. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  In the Forest (16mm) (12967) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 5 minutes 

Produced  1960 

Distributor Weston Woods (0556) 

Audience  Kindergarten, Primary (1-3) (KP) 

Synopsis  Presents the Marie Hall Ets fantasy about a little boy who goes for a walk in the forest and believes that all sorts of animals join him. 

Author  ETS, MARIE HALL, 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  In the Service of Others (16mm) (12970) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 27 minutes 

Produced  1974 

Distributor Boise Lions Club (0070) 

Audience  College, Adult (CA) 

Synopsis  Chet Huntley narrates the story of the Lions Club sight-saving program. 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Incredible Cat Tale (16mm) (12982) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 22 minutes 

Produced  1976 

Distributor Learning Corporation Of America (0307) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6) (E) 

Synopsis  Tells a story about an independent and persistent cat who runs into danger in attempting to rejoin her kittens who are crossing the countryside in a cart en route to a new home. 

Subjects  Cats; Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Indian Artists of the Southwest (16mm) (12984) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 15 minutes 

Produced  1976 

Distributor Ebec (0160) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Illustrates that the arts and crafts of the southwestern Indian tribes reveal their history and traditions. Shows members of various tribes as they utilize the resources from their environment in their crafts. 

Subjects  Artists; Indians of North America 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Indian Pottery of San Ildefonso (16mm) (12985) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 27 minutes 

Produced  1972 

Distributor National Audiovisual Center (0362) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Details the making of black San Ildefonso Indian pottery from the spreading of sacred corn and the gathering of clay to the outdoor firing and removal of pottery pieces from the fire mound. 

Subjects  Indians of North America; Pottery 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  The Inflation File (16mm) (12995) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 26 minutes 

Produced  1979 

Distributor World Research, Inc (0571) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  In a spoof of the Humphrey Bogart mystery classics a private detective tackles the toughest case of his career: to find the cause of inflation. He finally discovers it in a most unexpected place. Designed to encourage thought and discussion on the cause and effects of inflation. 

Subjects  Inflation (Finance) 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  The Intruder (16mm) (13059) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 6 minutes 

Produced  1978 

Distributor Films Incorporated Video (0191) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (EJSCA) 

Synopsis  An animated film in which crudely formed clay monsters humorously shape and reshape themselves, move in and out of caves, and then devour each other amidst bird calls and other jungle noises. 

Subjects  Claymation 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Is It Always Right to Be Right? (16mm) (13092) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 8 minutes 

Produced  1970 

Distributor Bosustow Productions (0074) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Uses animation, live-action sequences, and the narration of Orson Welles to show the cause of divisiveness in society: man's refusal to believe that he could be wrong in his opinions and beliefs. 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs. Pupko's Beard (16mm) (13096) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 30 minutes 

Produced  1973 

Distributor New Yorker Films (0390) 

Audience  College, Adult (CA) 

Synopsis  Points up the thin border between story and reality in a film which combines real-life views of writer Isaac Singer in his home with the intrusion of fictional characters from Singer's stories. 

Author  DAVIDSON, BRUCE, 

Subjects  Authors; Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904- 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Ishi in Two Worlds (16mm) (13100) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 19 minutes 

Produced  1967 

Distributor Mcgraw-Hill Films (0334) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  Discusses the Yahi Indians of California, a tribe which was nearly exterminated by the advance of the white man. Depicts their daily activities of hunting and fishing. Describes the life of Ishi, a Yahi tribesman and the last person in North America known to have spent most of his life as an aborigine. 

Author  TOMKINS, RICHARD. 

Subjects  Indians of North America 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Island Eden (16mm) (13105) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 24 minutes 

Produced  1978 

Distributor Canadian Travel Film Library (0092) 

Audience  College, Adult (CA) 

Synopsis  A travel film which encourages people to visit Vancouver Island. Shows the natural beauty, sporting activities, and places of interest and entertainment of this Pacific island. 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  Island of the Skog (16mm) (13106) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 13 minutes 

Produced  1979 

Distributor Weston Woods (0556) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6) (E) 

Synopsis  A mouse named Jenny sails away with her friends in order to escape the dangers of urban life. They land on an island where they are faced with a new problem, the Skog. 

Author  KELLOGG, STEVEN. 

Subjects  Children's Films 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  The Islands of Hawaii (16mm) (13107) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 32 minutes 

Produced  1981 

Distributor Kaw Valley Films (0283) 

Audience  Senior High (9-12), College, Adult (SCA) 

Synopsis  This film presents a brief history, then examines each of the five major islands for their unique geography, industry and recreation. 

Subjects  Hawaii 

Holdings

     16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy

 

 

 

   

Title  It's All Done With Strings (17975) 

Physical  Color; Sound; 10 minutes 

Produced  1986 

Distributor Ebec (0160) 

Audience  Elementary (4-6), Junior/Middle (7-9), Senior High (9-12) (EJS) 

Series  Instruments of the Symphony Orchestra (0166) 

Synopsis  Using animation and a live performance, helps youngsters discover the music-making potential of the string quartet by experiencing a reinvention of the violin. Intended to introduce children to the music and instruments of the string quartet. 

Subjects  Music-Study and Teaching; Musical Instruments 

Holdings      16mm film:  Head Office, 1 copy