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STORY OF THE LITTLE BOY -THE DESTROYER. HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESTROYER AND THE VARIOUS ASW WEAPONS ASSOCIATED WITH HER. FROM THE FIRST BAINBRIDGE TO THE MODERN NUCLEAR MODEL, THE STORY OF THE DESTROYER REVEALS THE SAGA OF WHAT MUST NOW BE CONSIDERED THE MOST VERSATILE, MOST DEMANDING SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY..”

his highly informative, well-made film focused on four geograophical areas: 1) Coyotepec, 2) Metepec (the art of Timotéo), 3) Tonalá (the work of Señores Palacios and Galván), 4) Puebla. Here we see low-fire pottery making as it was done by primitive methods before the potter’s wheel, and the manufacture of the beautiful blue and white Talavera and polychrome high-fire pottery of Puebla.

This documentary, funded by the United States Information Agency, covers the Presidency of the late John F. Kennedy. Narrated by Gregory Peck, the speeches of the charismatic Kennedy are the main focus of the feature, with short segments of the President and his family on their vacations. Kennedy gives his opinion on the controversies of his times, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Peace Corps, Civil Rights, combatting the spread of communism, and the proposed Alliance For Progress. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

This important film focuses on the experimental project most responsible for taking millions of public dollars away from textbook producers, and delivering it into the hands of educational film companies. The result? The blossoming of the academic film movement in the U.S., a filmmaking renaissance that changed the way curriculum was discussed and taught in North America. Here we visit the classroom that toppled the textbook companies, at Mercer Elementary School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Our host is Principal Alice Van Deusen, joined by teacher Mimi Weber. Weber illustrates the process of starting and stopping the projector during lessons, and instructs her students on the use of film and film strip projectors.

Marijuana is a 34-minute 1968 anti-drug documentary film by Max Miller and distributed by Avanti Films.

American Cancer Society Animated PSA

Traces the history of marijuana and its derivatives, as it travels to all parts of the world.

film attempts to analyze the Anti-Western sentiment in China from the American perspective during the Cold War.

After a year of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a open discussion has been put forth. They discuss what will happen in the future.