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Produced by Adrian Malone. Written and narrated by Jacob Bronowski.

This segment looks at the role of 20th century science and technology in shaping human culture and focuses on the need for a democracy of intellect.

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Produced by Adrian Malone. Written and narrated by Jacob Bronowski.

This segment talks about the evolution of humans, the importance of language in the development of mankind, and the making of tools for survival.

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1 reel.

Can reads ASD-VSD (atrial septal defect/ventricular septal defect); film leader reads Heart Surgery. Part 1 (atrial septal defect): Less-oxygenated blood created as a consequence of the defect is drained from the heart, and damaged tissue is removed. The defect is stitched.

Part 2 (ventricular septal defect):The chest of another patient is opened, and the wall between ventricle chambers is repaired.

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3 reels.

A-roll, B-roll, work print.

Sutures are inserted around the heart to hold back the surrounding muscle. The camera pans to the heart pump machine and then the congenital right atrial aneurysm. The damaged part of the artery is excised.

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Produced by Efficacy Research Institutes.

The film illustrates use of behavior techniques based on positive reinforcement to teach language and appropriate behavior to autistic children.

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Produced by the Bureau of National Affairs.

The film dramatizes a communications breakdown about a merchandise shipment in a sales company to reveal warning signs of defective communication. David K. Berlo shows how these signals could have been used by communication-conscious supervisors to prevent breakdown.

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Produced by FilmFair Communications.

The film, targeted for children in primary grades, depicts the development of motor skills in simple playground activity and also identifies parts of the body.

Scope and Contents Produced by the Department of Communication Stanford University.This film shows a prepared, conscious, cooperative labor and delivery with emphasis on the support of the husband and reactions of the mother to labor and delivery. The husband is present and supportive during delivery. The film also includes instructional sequences explaining cervical dilation and effacement, false vs. true labor, relaxation techniques, exercises to prepare for labor, and breathing patterns to use...

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Produced by Appleton Century Crofts. Written by O. Ivar Lovaas.

This film focuses on teaching psychotic children the functional use of speech and discusses the need for correction of self-stimulation and destructive behavior before language-learning can commence. It describes how instruction can be conducted through reward and punishment techniques.

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Produced by Appleton-Century Crofts. Written by Ellen Reese.

This segment, based on the research of B.F. Skinner, talks about the laws of behavioral theory in both laboratory and natural environments. These laws include: respondent vs. operant behavior, cumulative record, operant conditioning, shaping, and reinforcing the stimulus.