Author Archive: Retro

Aerial travelogue of South America.

The story of two women and how they trick a husband into renovating a kitchen.

Cindy, a 12-year-old tomboy, is devastated when she learns that she hasn’t been invited to a neighborhood birthday party. That night in bed, her fairy godmother visits her, tells her enough with this tomboy baloney, gives her a frilly new party dress and some rules on how proper young girls are to behave at parties.

Jim leaves the gang after it attacks his father, and joins other teenagers at City Hall to argue against the imposition of a curfew. Drama filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.

This series looks at various scientific subjects with a marvellous sophistIcation for its time. Well done and appealing to all ages.


OUR MR. SUN

GATEWAY TO THE MIND

HEMO THE MAGNIFICENT

STRANGE CASE OF THE COSMIC RAYS

ITS ABOUT TIME

Dr. Frank Baxter and Eddie Albert explore the mysteries of the most important star in the universe. With the help of a boastful old Sol and a crank Father Time (voice of Mr. Barrymore), the sun’s history, power and potential are investigated.

Comparative Tests On A Human And A Chimpanzee Infant Of Approximately The Same Age, Pt 2 (1932)

Compares the reactions of a normal human infant between the ages of 10 and 14.5 months to psychological tests, and the responses of a chimpanzee companion, age 7.5 to 12 months, to the same tests. Brings out the effects of different rates of growth and learning abilities and illustrates the capacity of the animal to outdo the child in many tests. Includes hand preference, startle reaction time, delayed reaction, cap-on-head, detour, tickle, ice and rotation tests.