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The Devonian Elementary School Library: An Experiment in Quarters and Organization captions transcript

The Devonian Elementary School Library: An Experiment in Quarters and Organization

This silent film, which includes intertitles, documents the activities of librarians, educators, and students using the library at Devonian Elementary School in Andrews, Texas.
Date: 1959
Creator: The Andrews Public Schools
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Los Viejitos Del Valle (open access)

Los Viejitos Del Valle

This article was written as a companion piece to the film, "Snow Birds."
Date: 1982
Creator: Larson, C. Lyn
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scenes in Fort Worth captions transcript

Scenes in Fort Worth

This silent film is a compilation of a number of different scenes and appears to be news footage from an unknown news agency. In the first scene a man interviews a family in their kitchen, a small child eats while seated on the counter, and a group of young people are gathered next to what appears to be a police car or ambulance. In the second scene, men and women dressed in western or cowboy attire eat breakfast at an unknown event in Fort Worth. The story includes a close up of bacon frying, an unidentified man on horseback, a man in a police uniform being led into a jail in what appears to be a joke, a parade of men on horseback with a sign for Seymour's White Front Store in the background, and a close up of a man drinking a cup of coffee. In the third scene, the Moslah Shrine Chanters are seen at a train station and boarding a train. In the fourth, a man demonstrates the use of a piece of equipment for another man which appears to be a FCDA CD-V700 radiation survey meter or radiation detector. The fifth and final scene is preceded …
Date: 1957~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process Group Counseling: A Live Demonstration captions transcript

Process Group Counseling: A Live Demonstration

This video presents an edited version of an unrehearsed process group counseling session that took place between professor Bob Berg and volunteers from the audience at the University of North Texas Annual Counseling Conference. Dr. Garry Landreth introduces the video.
Date: March 6, 1999
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Media Production.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching Reading to Spanish Speakers (MP 1544) captions transcript

Teaching Reading to Spanish Speakers (MP 1544)

This educational film concerns educational techniques for teaching Spanish-language kindergarten students how to read in English. Techniques include teaching children to read in Spanish before learning to read in English. The film discusses a 3-year pilot program to teach these techniques at the Lamar School in Edinburg, Texas, which began in 1969. Kindergarten and first grade teachers Marcelia Reyes, Ninfa Guerra, Eva Corona, and Christina Chavez discuss their positive experiences with the bilingual education method discussed in the film. The narrator introduces Jacinto Lopez, a child who came from Mexico not knowing any English, went through the program, and now tested at the third grade level on the California Achievement and SPACHE tests. The film concludes with other students involved in the pilot program and their scores on the CAT and SPACHE tests.
Date: 1975
Creator: Region One Education Service Center of Edinburg, Texas
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Way of Gravure captions transcript

A New Way of Gravure

In this film, American Artist Stanley William Hayter describes his technique of engraving on copper from the first rough sketches on paper through pulling the final print.
Date: 1950
Creator: Paley, Jess
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching English in Kindergarten (MP 1543) captions transcript

Teaching English in Kindergarten (MP 1543)

This educational film demonstrates educational techniques for teaching English to Spanish-speaking students in Kindergarten with a focus on students of Mrs. Guerra at the Ford Elementary School in Pharr, Texas. These techniques can be found in the teacher's manual, "Teaching English Early," which is part of the set of materials in the Region One Curriculum Kit (ROCK). This film shows the students and Mrs. Guerra participating in language exercises.
Date: 1975
Creator: Region One Education Service Center of Edinburg, Texas
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[North Texas State University School of Music Orientation] captions transcript

[North Texas State University School of Music Orientation]

This video is composed of digitized slides and musical accompaniment that were used to promote the North Texas State University School of Music. The slide show consists of segments that discuss the school from the perspective of the university president, an introduction to the university community, the value of the program from the perspective of the Dean of the School of Music, the Music Library and other resources, teaching faculty, performance groups available on campus, and the availability of live performances on and off campus. The slide show begins with images and a performance by the NTSU symphony orchestra as well as images of students practicing and studying. The second segment includes images of and narration by university president C.C. "Jitter" Nolan about the value and importance of the music program and the President's Award which was given to the symphony orchestra as conducted by Anshel Brusilow and the One O'Clock Lab Band under the direction of Leon Breeden. In the third segment, narrator Edward Baird discusses the student community and programs accompanied by images of students on campus, students painting, and students in the university lounge. In the fourth segment, Dean of the School of Music Marceau Meyers speaks …
Date: 197X
Creator: North Texas State University
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Story of North Texas State University (MP 232.c2) captions transcript

The Story of North Texas State University (MP 232.c2)

This promotional film created by the United Students of North Texas Senate tells the story of life at North Texas State University (NTSU) from the time a student arrives on campus through graduation with exploration of the various academic, athletic, and extracurricular activities available to students. The film begins with aerial footage of the Dallas Expressway, the Denton County courthouse, and the NTSU campus. The narrator introduces the viewer to the processes of registration, moving into dormitories, and attending orientation assembly. Footage includes students on campus and in classrooms, the university library, and the various departments including the college of arts and sciences, business administration, education, industrial arts, home economics, and music. Footage also includes extracurricular and recreational activities such as student organizations, the homecoming parade, sororities and fraternities, the debate team, theater, the yearbook and newspaper, R.O.T.C., athletics, and religious organizations. The film concludes with the various research activities conducted by university faculty and students in the departments of history, sociology, home economics, musicology, business, psychology, chemistry, and nuclear and atomic physics.
Date: 1963
Creator: North Texas State University
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scandals captions transcript

Scandals

This video was created from a digitized 35 mm filmstrip and vinyl record used by the National Republican Congressional Committee in their campaign for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon in the 1952 presidential election. The presentation tallies cases of "dishonesty and corruption" under President Harry S. Truman in the departments Agriculture, Internal Revenue Services, Defense, Justice, Commerce, State, Treasury, and Interior. The presentation also discusses scandal and corruption in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), the United States Post Office, the Federal Housing Agency, Office of Price Stabilization, Veteran's Administration, Maritime Commission, Atomic Energy Commission, and the Democratic National Committee. The presentation argues that gambling, drug use, and juvenile delinquency can be traced back to the White House and lists numerous people associated with the Truman administration and Democratic National Committee who have been involved in scandal and corruption including Tom Pendergast, Harry Vaughan, Matthew Connelly, William M. Boyle, Jr., James P. Finnegan, Loretta Young, Frank Erickson, and Alger Hiss.
Date: 1952
Creator: National Republican Congressional Committee
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Snowbirds captions transcript

Snowbirds

From the filmmaker guide: "An impressionistic portrait of the thousands of older Americans who travel from their homes in the North to spend the winter in trailer parks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas."
Date: 1982
Creator: Merrim, Andrea G.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texomaland captions transcript

Texomaland

This news reel highlights the recreational activities available at Lake Texoma including swimming, water-skiing, and hunting.
Date: 1949~
Creator: Nationwide Pictures
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas State University Center for Studies in Aging (MP1545) captions transcript

North Texas State University Center for Studies in Aging (MP1545)

This short film promotes the North Texas State University (NTSU) Center for Studies in Aging, established in 1967 by Hiram J. Friedsam, Cora Martin, and Herbert Shore with an grant from the Administration on Aging. The film discusses the institution's goal to prepare students for service to older persons. Students are seen in classrooms, viewing a slide show, and working in real-life situations. Cora Martin speaks about the success of students who graduated from this program.
Date: 1976
Creator: Flores, Rachel A. & Lumpkin, Michael
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Snow Birds: A Film By Andrea G. Merrim (open access)

Snow Birds: A Film By Andrea G. Merrim

Pamphlet describing the film "Snowbirds," the filmmaker, and a written companion piece that provides context to the film titled, "Los Veijitos del Valle."
Date: 1982
Creator: North Texas State University. Media Library.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[North Texas State University Media Library Orientation] captions transcript

[North Texas State University Media Library Orientation]

This video is composed of digitized 35 mm slides related to the North Texas State University (now UNT) media library services and functions. The slides include images of people using audiovisual equipment and materials including film and slide projectors and televisions, images related to the library's film rental and loan program including a brochure for the Gerontological Film Collection, interior and exterior images of Willis Library and Special Collections, unidentified students and library employees engaging in activities such as answering telephones and using the library card catalog, and numerous graphics and illustrations. There is no known existing sound recording or print documentation to accompany this slide presentation and therefore this video relied on the current organization of the slides. The original digital images are retained for preservation.
Date: 1979
Creator: North Texas State University
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas Now captions transcript

North Texas Now

This promotional film introduces the viewer to Denton, Texas and North Texas State University (NTSU). The film includes footage of students on campus, various university departments and organizations, and the recreational and leisure activities available to students in North Texas.
Date: 1974
Creator: Kaplan, Henry
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Warner Bros. stars arrive for opening of "Gold Diggers of 1933" captions transcript

Warner Bros. stars arrive for opening of "Gold Diggers of 1933"

This film from Universal Newsreels shows the stars of the motion picture "Gold Diggers of 1933" arriving in San Francisco for the film premiere at the Paramount Theater to the music of "We're in the Money" and "Pettin' in the Park." Mayor Angelo J. Rossi presents the keys to the city to the actors. Actress Glenda Farrell is appointed Mayor for the day and Actors Joe E. Brown and Warren William are named as Chief of Police and Fire Chief. Other stars of the film listed on the Paramount marquee include Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Aline Macmahon, Ginger Rogers, and Guy Kibbee & 300 Gorgeous Girls.
Date: 1933
Creator: Universal Newspaper Newsreel
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coach captions transcript

Coach

This video focuses on the career of Hayden Fry, football coach at North Texas State University (NTSU), as he prepares for a game against Southern Methodist University (SMU). The film includes footage of Fry at home, interviews with NTSU president Calvin Cleave "Jitter" Nolan on the campus of NTSU, pep rallies, and scenes of the football game with SMU at Texas Stadium.
Date: 1976
Creator: North Texas State University. Educational Foundation, Inc.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The World of Computers and You captions transcript

The World of Computers and You

This educational film produced by East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University - Commerce), informs viewers about careers in electronic data processing, applications of data processing and computer science in different industries, and the demand for people trained in computer science. The film concludes by informing viewers how they can achieve personal satisfaction in their professions.
Date: 1978
Creator: East Texas State University
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The County Records Inventory Project captions transcript

The County Records Inventory Project

This video was created from a digitized instructional slide presentation, consisting of 35mm slides and an audio cassette, which was used by North Texas State University and the Texas State Library to train participants in the County Records Inventory Project.
Date: 1975
Creator: North Texas State University
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library