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A visit to the zoo showing morning visitors, lively animals, an afternoon thunderstorm, and the quiet…

Describes the herd environment of zebras in their African habitat. No narration.

Draped in snow and ice, and closed to the public, the park's winter magnificence and…

. How important teamwork is to a company's success. Demonstrates the personal and job pressures in…

Uses a story about a clown chasing a hat that has been carried off by the…

What wind is, what it can do, and how it affects man and his environment. Various…

Defines amphibians, explores their origin, and pictures amphibian development from egg to maturity. Views the wet…

How reptiles have adapted to living on land. Fossil remains and early types. Five orders of…

Examines the characteristics of mammals and illustrates how their body has adapted to a variety of…

Re-creates by photographs, documents, and illustrations of the period the atmosphere and spirit of homesteading…

Colonization of the old Northwest Territory. Political and economic effects of provisions of the Northwest Ordinance…

The Northwest Territory in 1787; the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 which opened up…

. This sensitive study reveals the "cosmic consciousness" of Walt Whitman: his strong belief in democracy, his…

The growth and development of American cities is tied to two factors: commerce and transportation. Follows…

Divides the states into eight regions by climate, geography, time of settlement, and type of settler…

Follows a herd of buffalo (bison) through the seasons. Filmed in Yellowstone National Park.

Two-thousand-year-old fables by Aesop with the fox personifying man and his foibles: the…

To define the term community for young viewers, this film shows how all living things depend…

Describes developments that made permanent settlement possible on the Great Plains. Examines geographic and cultural factors…

This traditional Irish folk drama fuses rhythmic, muscial speech with lively characters. The satiric theme--that…

Surveys the period of history known as the Viking age. Illustrates the impact of the new…

Explains how the Southeast region interrelates with the rest of the United States and the world…

warmth as necessities for their existence. Pictures the substructures of such a forest that, because of…

A masterpiece of Mughal Indian art and culture, the Taj Mahal is poetry in stone. Film…

Explores the intellectual and artistic climate of Florence during the 14th and 15th centuries with scenes…

Written by Charles Bell. Depicts the glories of ancient Rome. Contains dramatic excerpts from Julius Caesar…

Demonstrates theory of protozoan evolution from ancient single-celled plants. Digestion, sensitivity, movement, food gathering, and…

Key events in the last two years of World War II. How total mobilization of manpower…

. Filmed in the east coast marshes of the United States, this film is a study of…

*The Robot Revolution* (1984) is an educational film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Films. This 23…

Tells how robots were novelty items during the eighteenth century, but today are fast becoming the…

Describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. Interprets the reforms of Martin…

Unites the two major themes of Oedipus--ignorance and knowledge. Narrated by Bernard Knox.

Examines politics in the early 1900's. Describes what the United States government was like then…

Provides an appreciation of the vital importance of the choice of candidate for the nation's…

Traces the history of the Panama Canal. How it operates and its significance to world transportation…

Examines experiments studying chemical evolution as it relates to the origin of life and describes evidence…

Written and narrated by Gilbert Highet. Focuses upon Odysseus' activities after his return to Ithaca and…

Discusses the change in man's knowledge of space from the early Greek beliefs in mythology…

Almost a vaudeville act, this play from the Theater of the Absurd expresses Ionesco's (and…

Investigates the topography of the moon. Demonstrates some techniques used by scientists to study lunar rock…

Traces the life cycle of the monarch butterfly from egg, through larva and chrysalis to imago…

Explains why Revere's ride was a memorable incident in the events leading to the War…

Points out the tensions and conflicts of the middle ages, and shows how the architecture of…

Relations between master and serf in feudal Europe. Life in the manor hall of a 13th…

A factual first-hand report on the Commonwealth, and evolution into a gild town. Life and…

Re-creates events that led to the Crusades. Reviews the most important later Crusades and the…

. Through superb photography, this film reveals the mayfly Hexagenia's curious life history, its importance as…

Looks at the life cycle and habitat of the American bald eagle and that of its…

Uses a visual medium to introduce viewers to The Magic Shop, a classic short story by…