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- [RCA/Brenkert Projector]
- Photograph taken at the original building of the Princeton Film Center in New Jersey, around the time that the building first opened.
- RCA Violin
- This film features two black and white RCA Service Company television ads.
- Rural Review
- This program on rural living includes segments on the 4H Club; "modern," "step-saving" kitchens; and "modern," time-saving farming equipment.
- Sample TV news clip reel
- This film contains footage of black and white news clips from the 1950s. Subjects covered in these news clips includes Allis-Chalmers'cement-making process, pilot plant in Milwaukee and the installation of computing equipment ("Northrop Electronic Brain") in Hawthorne, California.
- The Seven Wonders of Wool
- A film of Dorothy Burgess educating consumers on the seven wonders of wool: its wrinkle resistance, its absorbancy, its insulating properties, its "dye affinity," its heat and flame resistance, the way it's "easy to handle," and its durability.
- The Seven Wonders of Wool
- A film of Dorothy Burgess educating consumers on the seven wonders of wool: its wrinkle resistance, its absorbancy, its insulating properties, its "dye affinity," its heat and flame resistance, the way it's "easy to handle," and its durability. These are described as selling points during a sales training session.
- [Son of Conquistadors, 1941, New Mexico]
- Photograph of Gordon Knox (producer and director), Nancy C. Knox (associate producer) and Gunther von Fritsch (camerman) in New Mexico, 1941, crew of Sons of the Conquistadors. A house is visible in the background.
- The Telefixit Program
- A film of Greg Coleman advising viewers on TV tuning procedures.
- [Venezuela]
- Photograph of Venezuela, taken during filming for the series "Venezuela on the March." In the foreground, a series of vehicles are visible parked on a road lined with palm trees.
- Venezuela Elige su Destino: Narracion Fotografica de las Elecciones de 1947
- This Spanish language film explores Venezuela and Venezuela's 1947 presidential elections.
- Via Port of New York
- A film on the Port of New York. Contains animated sequences.
- Walter Lantz TV samples
- This film contains five animated ads from the 1950s covering services or goods from three companies: Electric Auto-Lite, Carnation, and Coca-Cola.
- [Weighing and Mailing]
- Photograph taken at the Princeton Film Center in Princeton, New Jersey. A man weighs insured Film Center property on a Triner Peerless-Allsteel automatic parcel post scale.
- [Weighing and Mailing]
- Photograph taken at the original building of the Princeton Film Center in New Jersey, around the time that the building first opened. Two men in the mail room use an envelope printer and scale.
- [Weighing and Mailing]
- Photograph taken at the original building of the Princeton Film Center in New Jersey, around the time that the building first opened. Two men in the mail room use an envelope printer and scale.
- Wings of the Future
- This film discusses helicopters and looks at how inventors and innovators like Igor Sikorsky, Juan de la Cierva and Arthur Young helped to make helicopter flight possible.
- [Woman Adjusts Mailroom Machinery]
- Photograph taken at the original building of the Princeton Film Center in New Jersey, around the time that the building first opened.
- [Women Filing Cards]
- Photograph taken at the original building of the Princeton Film Center in New Jersey, around the time that the building first opened. Women file cards in drawers labeled, "To be filed", "OHIO", "Kansas", "North Dakota", etc; with Employee Notice board in the background.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- [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.
- 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."
- 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."
- Los Viejitos Del Valle
- This article was written as a companion piece to the film, "Snow Birds."
- 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.
- University of North Texas Media Library Gaming Collection Proposal
- This proposal contains details regarding the acquisition policy and collection development principles to guide the expansion of UNT's Media Library Gaming Collection.
- Don't Just Roll The Dice: Simple Solutions for Circulating Game Collections Effectively
- This presentation discusses a year-long research project by the UNT Media Library to assess different preservation techniques to extend the life of a game collection and minimize missing pieces.
- Escape to the Library: Building a Library Learning Escape Room for Incoming Students
- This presentation details the design of an escape room as part of the "First Flight" orientation for incoming freshmen at the University of North Texas.
- Arranging the Pieces: A Survey of Library Practices Related to a Tabletop Game Collection
- This article discusses results from an online survey of 119 libraries to explore collection development, cataloguing, processing, and circulation practices for tabletop game collections in libraries.
- Enhancing Discovery of Unique Collections: Get Ahead of the Game
- Presented at the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses how best practices were implemented to meet user needs when cataloging a large collection of tabletop games.
- Just Catalog It! Providing Access to 3-D Materials
- Presented for an Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) webinar. This presentation discusses how to catalog games and three-dimensional materials using current cataloging standards, and how to increase discoverability of catalog records by applying facets and genre terms.
- Cataloging for Makerspaces
- Presentation for the 2018 Texas Library Association Annual Conference for the Cataloging and Metadata Round Table. This presentation covers descriptive cataloging, subject headings and genre terms for makerspace materials. The presentation refers to two supplemental documents: "Genre Terms for Makerspace Materials" and "LCSH for Makerspace Activities".
- Genre Terms for Makerspace Materials
- Handout for the 2018 Texas Library Association Annual Conference for the Cataloging and Metadata Round Table. This document contains genre terms for cataloging makerspace materials within the University of North Texas Libraries. This document was referred to within the presentation "Cataloging for Makerspaces" and is intended to be used alongside an additional document, "Library of Congress Subject Headings for Makerspace Activities".
- Library of Congress Subject Headings for Makerspace Activities
- Handout for the 2018 Texas Library Association Annual Conference for the Cataloging and Metadata Round Table. This document contains Library of Congress subject headings for cataloging makerspace materials within the University of North Texas Libraries. This document was referred to within the presentation "Cataloging for Makerspaces" and is intended to be used alongside an additional document, "Genre Terms for Makerspace Activities".
- Escape to the Library: A Library Learning Escape Room: Final Report
- This report documents the Escape to the Library: A Library Learning Escape Room project funded through the 2017 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report describes Escape to the Library: A Library Learning Escape Room project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.