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446 titles and 12 series found.

  • SABLE ISLAND
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • 20 miles long and 1 mile wide, Sable Island lies 100 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia at the edge of the continental shelf. This isolated island is at the brink of vast oil and natural gas deposits. Presents an example of ecologists and the oil industry working closely together within established guidelines to protect the natural ecology of the island and its sea gulls, harbor seals and wild horses.

  • SACRE DU PRINTEMPS, LE*
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 47 min ----- vhs
    • La Compagnie Marie Chouinard presents a modern dance interpretation of the Stravinsky's, Le Sacre du Printemps. Ms. Chouinard excises the traditionally accepted story-line of the ballet and, with her individualistic style and company expands the musical horizons. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SACRE DU PRINTEMPS, LE* (EXTRACT)
    • 1993 ----- color ----- 9 min ----- vhs
    • A brief overview of the style and technique shown by La Compagnie Marie Chouinard, based in Quebec, in their version of the once-controversial ballet by Stravinsky. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SACRIFICE, THE*
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 145 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky; with Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall) Andrei Tarkovsky's epitaph is a dark and complex drama about redemption and the nuclear holocaust. When a middle-aged intellectual in retirement on an island in the Baltic Seas witnesses signs of what he believes to be a nuclear holocaust, he offers to make the ultimate sacrifice in return for the salvation of mankind. (In Swedish with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • SAFAVID IRAN
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Symbols of Islam, The series, Part 10) Role of religion in Safavid state. Shah Abbas' imperial maidan, Ali Qapu Palace, Shaikh Lutfullah Mosque, Masjid-i Shah; development of textile and carpet production. Shift in painting from book illustration to individual pages. Impact of European styles.

  • SAFE*
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 119 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Written and directed by Todd Haynes; with Julianne Moore, Peter Freidman, Xander Berkeley, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor-Stewart, James Legros) Writer/director Todd Haynes has created an environmental horror film of the soul. Carol White, brilliantly portrayed by Julianne Moore, suddenly becomes allergic to everything. Everything! She can find no safety in her life which was once a life completely under control. She even moves, in desperation, to a New Age-like retreat in Arizona for help, but. . . . (Letterboxed) [Funded by Comparative Literature] (Restricted to use by certain authorized institutions)

  • SAINTS AND SPIRITS
    • 1979 ----- color ----- 26 min ----- 16mm
    • (Disappearing World series) Explores the personal dimensions of Islam during three events in Morocco--all seen through the eyes of one woman, Aisha bint Muhammad. The events are 1) the annual renewal of contact with a spirit through a ritual festival of celebration in the city of Marakech; 2) the pilgrimage to the moussem or festival of a powerful saint, whose shrine lies in the mountains of the High Atlas; and 3) the veneration of a new saint's shrine in a small plains village.

  • SALAZAR FAMILY: A LOOK AT POVERTY
    • 1970 ----- b & w ----- 14 min ----- 16mm
    • Describes effects of poverty and the failure of social institutions (schools, courts, jails and rehabilitation agencies) to relate to a large Mexican family living near Salt Lake City. The "educational" background of the eight children includes training schools for the retarded, public schools, industrial schools for delinquents, neighborhood youth corps job training programs, mental hospitals, juvenile court, county jail and state prison. Yet five of them cannot read and one was sterilized at 15 while institutionalized. Mr. Salazar's speech is hard to understand, but it is clear from his comments that he thinks his children need jobs and he worries about their future.

  • SALEM WITCH TRIALS
    • 1955 ----- b & w ----- 26 min ----- vhs
    • (From the You Are There series) (Historical Collection) A re-enactment, with on-the-spot interviews of key persons who interpret the events surrounding the Salem witch trials of 1692. Narrated by Walter Cronkite.

  • SALJUQS: THE FIRST TURKISH ERA
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Symbols of Islam, The series, Part 5) Movement of new people. Development of 4-iwan style buildings. Isfahan. Growing role of mausoleums. Explosion of ceramic production and wide range of metal objects. Artistic themes.

  • SALMON RESEARCH: WATER POLLUTION
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 8 min ----- 16mm
    • Pollutants in water are not merely a matter of life and death. Long-term effects can severely influence fish populations. Research techniques in a modern physiology laboratory are examined. Fish with a variety of sensing devices implanted to monitor heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen levels and breathing movements are subjected to different types and levels of pollutants in order to determine the acceptable concentrations.

  • SALT AND HYPERTENSION: HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE
    • 1982 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- vhs
    • Examines the link between salt intake and hypertension or high blood pressure, a major risk factor in heart attacks and strokes. Offers information on the sodium content of many fresh, processed and packaged foods. Presents useful strategies for reducing salt intake and maintaining a low-salt diet.

  • SALT MARSHES: BORDER BETWEEN SEA AND LAND
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 23 min ----- 16mm
    • Salt marshes are shown to be productive borders that provide an abundance of food for marsh animals and for the clams, shrimp, oysters and other commercially valuable fishes which spend at least part of their lives in estuaries associated with salt marshes. While the salt marshes are resilient and able to rebuild themselves after a certain amount of damage, they cannot withstand heavy trampling, severe oil damage, filling or dredging.

  • SALT OF THE EARTH*
    • 1954 ----- b & w ----- 94 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Herbert Biberman; with Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacon, Will Geer and members of Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers) Herbert Biberman, one of the Hollywood Unfriendly Ten during the communist witch-hunt days of the 1950s, created a masterpiece in spite of the odds. A semi-documentary re-creation of an actual year-long strike of Mexican-American zinc miners, it used mostly a non-profession cast. The drama centers on the complex, changing relationship between one of the strikers and his wife. (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • SALTY SHORTS: VIDEOS WASHED IN BY THE TIDE
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 17 min ----- vhs
    • Presents a collection of five videos about sea creatures and the creative process. "The Plankton Follies" (1989) 2 min; "Lobstahs" (1990) 6 min; "Barnacles Tell No Lies" (1991) 4 min; "Guiseppe, What Were You Thinking?"; (1992) 1 min; "Scrump!" (1992) 3 min.

  • SAM MALOOF: WOODWORKER
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 17 min ----- 16mm
    • The satisfactions of the career craftsman are explored in this study of a man who has chosen to make a lifework of fine furniture making. Maloof is an artist who designs his furniture as well as builds it and he talks of his philosophy and the satisfactions he finds in a job which is admittedly not financially rewarding. An understanding portrait of a man who is keeping alive the traditions of the artist-craftsman and a refreshing career contrast to working in an over-urbanized, technological society.

  • SAMPAN FAMILY
    • 1949 ----- b & w ----- 15 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) How families live and make their living aboard the small Chinese river boats known as "sampans": fishing, housekeeping, preparing food, drying nets, etc.

  • SAMSARA
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • Documents the lives of the Cambodian people long troubled by war in a country in deep political turmoil as, in a climate of war and with limited resources, they struggle to reconstruct a shattered society. The Khmer people speak of their needs, difficulties and daily struggles toward reconstruction. Ancient prophecy, Buddhist teachings, folklore and dreams provide a context for understanding the world view of the Cambodian people and the philosophies which guide their lives.

  • SAMUEL BECKETT: SILENCE TO SILENCE
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 80 min ----- vhs
    • Describes Samuel Beckett's life and how his experiences influenced his writing. Begins with his childhood and ends with his achievement as the "third of three great masters who made the literary world look to Ireland for its models." Beckett's bleak landscape of life, where language and humour are pitted against silence and grief, is given expression by selections from his poetry, prose and plays performed by David Warrilow, Billie Whitelaw, Jack Mac Gowran and Patrick Magee. Produced with the assistance of Samuel Beckett.

  • SAN ANDREAS FAULT, THE
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Using aerial photography and geologic evidence, the forces that come into play in the fault zone are documented. Particular emphasis is given to movement along the fault and earthquake activity, both clarified by geologic models. Demonstrates the methods and equipment geologists use to monitor fault activity.

  • SAN FRANCISCO: CITY OF SILVER & GOLD/THE ROMANTIC PALACES OF VENICE
    • 1997 ----- color ----- 44 min ----- vhs
    • (Grand Tour: Legendary Resorts of the World series, Part 4) The Gold Rush turned San Francisco from a sleepy fishing village into a thriving city, symbolized by the glass ceilings and high-society guests of the Palace Hotel. But after the great earthquake, a new standard was established by the Fairmont, which brought the rich and powerful from around the world to the City by the Bay.
    • 1997-----color-----44 min-----vhs
    • It is only fitting that Europe's most enchanting city boasts some of the world's premier hotels. Visit the classic Gritti Palace Hotel, originally built as a Doge's palace in the 1500s, and the splendid Excelsior, which has hosted royalty and luminaries such as Winston Churchill since its gala opening in 1907. (Donated by W. A. Douglas Jackson, Canadian Studies)

  • SAN FRANCISCO: THE CITY THAT WAITS TO DIE
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 42 min ----- 16mm
    • Scientists say San Francisco is a doomed city unless earthquake research and prediction progresses rapidly enough to avert a major disaster. Historic footage of the earthquake of 1906 and also of Alaskan and Nagata quakes. Laboratory experiments and animations show earthquake processes. (NOTE: Short version of the film: The City That Waits to Die)

  • SANCHI: MONUMENT OF THE PEOPLE*
    • 1997 ----- color ----- 24 min ----- vhs
    • (Purva Uttara: Past Forward series, Part 2) (Directed and narrated by Shyam Benegal) Monuments are usually created by the powerful and rich, people who have the world at their disposal. But 2,000 years ago on a quiet hill in central India, the Great Stupa at Sanchi was erected at a unique time in Indian history by everyday people inspired by the teachings of a man—Buddha—who lived four hundred years before the birth of Christ. Art historian Vidya Dehejia explains how we know who funded the monument. She also examines the carvings on the gateways and explains the difficulties the 1st Century, B.C. artists had in depicting the life of the Buddha. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SANDY AND MADELEINE'S FAMILY
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- 16mm
    • Sandy and Madeleine, two lesbians, discuss the history of their growing emotional relationship and how it has affected their lives and the lives of their families. Their struggle throughout divorce proceedings to maintain custody of their children is shown. Many opinions by experts in various fields, including Margaret Mead, are presented. While many portions present factual or scientific opinions, the film is an emotional observation of a religious, deeply personal relationship of two women in love. Presents a point in the history of real people who continue to live with all of their joys and sorrows.

  • SANSHO THE BAILIFF* (SANSHO DAYU)
    • 1954 ----- b & w ----- 125 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by Kenju Mizoguchi, screenplay by Yahiro Fuji, Youshikata Yoda based on the story by Ogai Mori; with Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitaro Shindo, Akitake Kono, Masao Shimizu) Mizoguchi retells an ancient parable of family, loyalty and faith. Abducted as children, a brother and sister struggle to maintain their identities under the crushing weight of slavery in feudal Japan. Mizoguchi develops his medieval fable about moral freedom and slavery with intuition, cunning and an overarching sense of tragedy; as it uncoils, this masterwork spirals and expands to encompass all the tricks of history and fate, all the failures of ethics and character that can defeat the best intentions of idealists. (Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature) (In Japanese with English subtitles) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT, THE* (REKOPIS ZNALEZIONY W SARAGOSSIE)
    • 1965 ----- b & w ----- 174 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Wojciech J. Haas, screenplay by Tadeusz Kwiatkowski and Wojciech J. Haas based on the novel by Jan Potocki, musical score by Krzysztof Penderecki; with Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Joanna Jedryka, Kazimierz Opalinski) Enter a dazzling, mysterious world of the supernatural courtesy of "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa", a magical text discovered during the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Alphonse van Worden lives out the book's intricate, devilish storylines as he embarks on a journey across scenic Spain, now populated with ghosts, alluring demons, debauched royalty and mystical priests. Spanning centuries and nations, the manuscript encompasses a wide array of stories both humorous and horrifying, gleeful and grotesque, before the final chilling revelations bring this one-of-a-kind film to a close. [Letterboxed] (In Polish with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • SASKATCHEWAN LAND ALIVE
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Shows Saskatechewan's past and the vitality of its present. Commission by IMC Canada Ltd. to mark the 75th Anniversary of Saskatchewan, and to celebrate the rich heritage and the future of the land and its people.

  • SATYAJIT RAY
    • 1967 ----- b & w ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • Satyajit Ray, noted Indian filmmaker, explains the underlying philosophy guiding him in the production of his films. Ray, whose films have been analyzed as having themes of conflict between old and new India, sees his films as a confluence of Eastern and Western cultures. He sees Western societies as very mechanized cultures in which people are not their own masters. He uses both professional and non-professional actors and selects them for their naturalness and authenticity. Satyajit Ray's main objective is to make his audiences see and think about issues such as poverty and politics.

  • SAUDI ARABIA TODAY
    • 1979 ----- color ----- 32 min ----- 16mm
    • The rulers in Saudi Arabia are in a position practically unique in history of having all the money they could possibly need to develop their country's human industrial and agricultural potential. Their aim is to underwrite an intelligent, creative and far-reaching development program so that, when their oil reserves are depleted in the 21st century, their standard of living will not plummet back to pre-oil development levels. An important part of the plan is leaving intact the Saudi traditions.

  • SAVAGE CHRISTMAS: HONG KONG 1941*
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 104 min ----- vhs
    • (Valour and the Horror, The series, Part 1) In the autumn of 1941, nearly 2,000 Canadian soldiers were sent to Hong Kong at the request of the British government. Most of the soldiers were inexperienced and poorly trained, but Britain's military leaders thought a symbolic show of strength would deter a Japanese attack on the colony. Canada's prime minister agreed. They were wrong. Hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Japanese troops began a massive assault on the Commonwealth defensive positions near Hong Kong. Vastly outnumbered by an enemy far more formidable than expected, the British and Canadian soldiers found themselves in the midst of a desperate battle they could not hope to win. On Christmas Day, 1941, the British colony of Hong Kong officially surrendered to Japan. The surviving defenders became prisoners of war. Over the next three and a half years, many of them would come to envy the dead. (Closed-Captioned) (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SAVANT (TEMPLE GRANDIN)
    • 1996 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Temple Grandin, an animal scientist whose autism has been both a hindrance and a gift. Her first book, Emergence: Labeled Autistic (1986), tells about autism from the inside. Her latest book, Thinking in Pictures, tells how she uses visual thinking in her scientific work, and what she sees as the curious link between genius and abnormality. She explains the ways in which her autism allows her to identify with the animals she works with, which leads to much more humane treatment. She also relates her experiences teaching others about autism, especially actor Dustin Hoffman, for his role as an autistic savant in Rain Man.

  • SAVE THE EARTH--FEED THE WORLD
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Race to Save the Planet series, Part 7) Raises concerns that fertile farmland around the world is left barren and deplete of necessary nutrients because of intensive agricultural practices. With global population rates continuing to climb, alternatives to chemical-dependent farming must be found to feed the earth's inhabitants. Shows how farmers are rediscovering traditional farming practices--using science and technology to work with nature, not to conquer it.

  • SAY GOODBYE!
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 50 min ----- 16mm
    • With encyclopaedic precision and unrelenting intensity, man's destruction of wild life is cataloged in this provocative and moving nature spectacular. This is a eulogy to the 160 species that have died out in the last 50 years and a last farewell to the hundreds of threatened animals whose extinction is inevitable despite any last minute efforts. Employing rare footage of threatened wild animals in their natural state, the film strongly challenges man to re-think his role in nature and his relationship to wild life. Man must share the earth or say goodbye, not only to wild creatures, but, ultimately, to man himself. Narrated by Rod McKuen.

  • SCARED STRAIGHT
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 52 min ----- 16mm
    • (Narrated by Peter Falk) Shows how a group of hardened criminals serving life sentences can convince young delinquents to obey the law. For three hours, the length of their ``sentence,'' the teenagers are under the complete control of convicted thieves and murderers. Shouting, cursing and threatening violence, they confront the kids with the real consequences of crime. After a shocking exposure to the horrors awaiting them in prison--homosexual rapes, murder, brutality and deadening boredom--these kids are literally ``scared straight.'' (Best Feature Documentary, 1979 Academy Award)

  • SCARLET EMPRESS, THE*
    • 1934 ----- b & w ----- 104 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Josef von Sternberg, screenplay by Manuel Komroff presumably based on the diary of Catherine the Great; Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, Maria Sieber) "Josef von Sternberg turned the story of Catherine the Great into what he himself called a "relentless excursion into style;" the decor and the visual motifs became the stars, and Marlene Dietrich was used as a camera subject instead of as a person. She's photographed behind veils and fishnets, while dwarfs slither about and bells ring and everybody tries to look degenerate. The picture is egocentric and empty of drama, yet it has the fascination (and the tediousness) that bizarre, obsessional movies often have."--Pauline Kael [Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature] (Closed-Captioned) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SCHOOL COLORS
    • 1994 ----- color ----- 143 min ----- vhs
    • (Frontline series) Gives a first-hand look at the events, relationships, and conflicts at Berkeley High School in California, a large, multicultural, urban school. Focuses on teachers, students and parents struggling with the question of whether diversity will enrich American society or tear it apart. Examines how sharply segregated along color lines our public schools remain forty years after Brown v Board of Education. The documentary is developed in three acts that explore segregation in the classroom, the social segregation of the student body, and finally, the school's efforts to achieve greater racial equity and harmony.

  • SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, A
    • 1965 ----- b & w ----- 100 min ----- vhs
    • A classic satire of the morals and manners of 18th century England centers on the adventures and romantic exploits of two brothers, Joseph and Charles Surface: the former is moral, upright and well-respected; the latter is a dissipated, extravagant libertine. Their wealthy uncle, whom they haven't seen for years, devises an elaborate scheme to test their true merits. His machinations occur in the midst of an already complex musical-chair love game, made even more complicated by the meddling of a group of malicious, hypocritically self-righteous gossips. (Intermittent minor static)

  • SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITIONS: LESSONS FROM THE STATES
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- vhs
    • Examines five different approaches taken by vocational education systems to help high school students move between school and the world of work. Explores youth apprenticeship, career academies, tech-prep programs, innovative vocational education programs and cluster programs that offer students occupational pathways. Also discusses the new School-To-Work Opportunities Act, 1994

  • SCIENCE AND EDUCATION (LAUREL WILKENING)
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Al Page speaks with Laurel Wilkening, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. They discuss the cultural and familial influences on women and minorities planning to enter the sciences, how advances in the sciences affect education and how teaching practices with young children can affect their later interest in the sciences. They also discuss the relationship between scientific technology and its education, as well as Dr. Wilkening's duties as provost and vice president and her role as a liaison between the faculty and the public.

  • SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ART IN THE U. S. S. R.
    • 1963 ----- color ----- 14 min ----- 16mm
    • (A Russian Language Teaching Film) A look at the way young people study, first the Seven Year School, the Ten Year School and for the most serious students, on to the VUZ. At Moscow University foremost attention is devoted to technical subjects. Soviet industry is examined and the uses of atomic energy in power stations, the atomic powered icebreaker, Lenin, steel mills and heavy shipping. Finally many of the cultural activities of Soviet citizens are shown: Dynamo Stadium physical culture exhibitions, famed Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow Circus and the important media of mass communication, television and motion pictures. (In Russian without English subtitles)

  • SCOTLAND: THE GENEROUS COUNTRY*
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Provides an overview of the Scots and their proud heritage. While surveying the country's history, the film highlights the different geographical sections of the country, the historic struggle for independence and the current political integration in the United Kingdom. Descriptions of Scotland's present industry cover both the concentration of urban industry and the survival of traditional trades such as whiskey and tweed manufacturing, Festivals, sport competitions, dance, and Gaelic music. (Donated by Educational School District 121) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SCRAPBOOK EXPERIENCE: BUILDING A CHILD'S IDENTITY
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 17 min ----- 16mm
    • (Northwest Resource Center for Children, Youth and Families) With the help of a social worker, Gilbert, a foster child, develops a sense of identity as he works on his autobiographical scrapbook. In constructing the book, he reveals how he feels about himself, expresses his feelings about the past and explores his fears about the future as he moves into an adoptive home.

  • SCREAM FROM SILENCE, A
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 96 min ----- 16mm
    • Rape is an internal act; it attacks the soul. This film is about rape in all its horror. Suzanne, a nurse, is grabbed by a man with a knife and pushed into a van. The film describes the gradual deterioration of a healthy human being who dies because ``something was killed inside her.'' It explores, with unusual techniques, society's attitudes which cause the woman to feel guilty responsible for the assault. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, facts are drawn from case histories. (NOTE: This is a shocking and compassionate film on a subject little discussed. It should be previewed in order to assure that the material is suitable and that the audience will be adequately prepared for its presentation.) (In French with English subtitles)

  • SCULPTURE: GETTING RID OF THE SUPERFLUOUS (EVERETT DUPEN)
    • 1993 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Everett DuPen, professional sculptor and Professor Emeritus, School of Art, University of Washington. He explains various facets of the art of sculpture including the communication between the artist and the material, the wide breadth of knowledge one needs to be a successful sculptor, and his personal philosophy concerning what sculpture should and should not represent for society. They also discuss the stories behind several of his own works, and his beginnings as a struggling artist. Several pieces are shown as well as slides of his work.

  • SEA, THE
    • 1962 ----- color ----- 26 min ----- 16mm
    • Depicts interrelationships between living things in the sea, dependence on each other and on varying conditions of marine environment. Illustrates basic concepts of marine ecology such as evolution of life, predation and reproduction of marine life.

  • SEA BEHIND THE DUNES, THE
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- 16mm
    • (Nova series) A year in the life of a coastal lagoon unfolds as NOVA documents the intricate tidal eco-system which supports the ocean. Four seasons were spent on the shore of Pleasant Bay, an inlet of Cape Cod, Massachusetts capturing the stories of such living things as horseshoe crabs, diamond-back terrapins, alewives and migrant seals.

  • SEA OF MOUNTAINS, THE*
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
    • (National Dream, The: Building the Impossible Railway series, Part 6) The three mountain ranges in the way of the CPR proved to be a challenge to the surveyor A. B. Rogers in charge of the planning of the route moving West. Although his previous experience had only dealt with the Prairie, Rogers was the only surveyor who has enough grit to pursue the elusive mountain rail passes. Andrew Onderdonk, in charge of the Pacific section of the rail, is in the other position of authority. While his humane treatment of his Chinese workers is noted, his inner-drive to complete the job is lacking. But now that the rail is coming closer to completion, CPR must now seek help; they are running out of money. . . . (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SEA, WIND AND SUN
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- 16mm
    • (Industrial Japan series) Presents the world's largest evaporating salt production operation, Exportadora de Sal, S.A., formed as a joint venture by Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation and the Mexican government. Describes the founding, twenty years ago, of Guerrero Negro, in Baja, a town of 5,000 people, to meet the worldwide need for salt that soared with the advancement of the chemical industry. Presents the role of the multinational corporation in the current world economy and the interaction of businesses in developed and less-developed nations. (Deposited by the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs)

  • SEAN O'CASEY
    • 1958 ----- b & w ----- 30 min ----- 16mm
    • Dramatist Sean O'Casey is interviewed at his home in England. He tells of the poverty of his youth, discusses the great playwrights he has known and speaks of the hope he holds for the world.

  • SEARCH FOR A VOICE, THE*
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 53 min ----- vhs
    • (Man and Music Series) The Russian-ness of Russian music derives from folk song and the music of the Orthodox church: the characteristic modes, the sounds of bells, the unison a cappella voices of the Russian liturgy--sources not mined until Glinka laid down the foundations of a Russian school of music, almost single-handedly. Traces the cultural history of Russia from the 17th Century, covering the cultural role of the tsars, the building of St. Petersburg, the enthusiasm for France cut short by the Napoleonic invasion, the role of Pushkin and, above all, of Glinka. Includes selection from Glinka: A Life for the Tsar, Kamarinskaya, Cherubinskaya; the so-called Rostov Action. (Donated by the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center) (Restricted to use within the state of Washington only)

  • SEARCH FOR FOSSIL MAN, THE
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 24 min ----- 16mm
    • In 1924 Professor Raymond Dart discovered in southern Africa the skull of Australopithecus, a relative of modern man who lived more than a million years before Peking Man. Early footage of African anthropological exploration is presented when L. S. B. Leakey and others worked under the most difficult of conditions. Also shown is the research in progress by Professor Phillip Tobias at the fossil sites of Sterkfontein and Makapansgat. Presents the ways in which they expose, record and identify the fossils that form the fragile link with man's remote past.

  • SEARCH FOR LIFE, THE
    • 1975 ----- color ----- 31 min ----- 16mm
    • (Nova series) How did life begin? In a now famous experiment, Professor Stanley Miller, University of California, set up conditions like those he thought existed on earth before life began: a primitive ocean and a hydrogen-rich atmosphere. Then Dr. Miller added lightning. The result was astounding: amino acids. Researchers at the University of Miami tried a different approach. They put drops of amino acid on hot lava and then washed it off with "rainwater." Their results: small, moving one-celled animals. Explains DNA, how it works and recreates the above experiments.

  • SEARCH FOR MIND, THE (PBS)
    • 1988 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
    • (Mind, The series, Part 1) What is Mind? Is it simply the grey organ nestled inside every human head, or is it something more? Provides an historical overview that ranges from ancient Greece through Sigmund Freud's first attempts at psychoanalysis. Explores the meaning of the unconscious and conscious mind. Ethologist Jane Goodall offers her theory of how the human mind emerged from the primate brain.

  • SEARCH FOR THE EMBRYO UNIVERSE, THE (GEORGE SMOOT)
    • 1994 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with George Smoot, astrophysicist, and author of Wrinkles in Time. They discuss Dr. Smoot's quest to discover the origins of the universe. The first step was to recognize and work with the four basic observations of the know universe: the universe has order; it is expanding; it is composed of common elements; and it has temperature. Building upon these tenants, scientists were able to create a very sensitive dish that received relic heat radiation that still exists from the earlier universe. Using this data they were able to construct a picture of the universe when it was only 3,000 years old.

  • SEARCH FOR THE FIRST AMERICANS, THE
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • (Nova series) Follows the trail of America's first inhabitants. Did they really migrate across a Bering Sea land bridge at the end of the last Ice Age, as the textbooks have long had it--or did they in fact arrive thousands of years earlier, passibly by some different route, as new archaeological evidence increasingly hints?

  • SEARCH FOR THE GREAT APES
    • 1975 ----- color ----- 55 min ----- 16mm
    • Documents Birute Galdikas-Brindamour's research project on the behavior of wild orangutans in Borneo: her attempts to return confiscated juvenile orangutans to the rain forest, habituation of a wild adult male orangutan, after weeks of following him through the forest, provides her first data on orangutan behavior. In the Virunga mountains of Rwanda, Africa, Dian Fossey established a long-term research project observing mountain gorilla behavior. Shows the techniques she used to habituate the gorillas. Her success is shown by the close-up glimpses of gorilla social interactions and development.

  • SEARCH INTO WHITE SPACE
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 16 min ----- 16mm
    • There may be an ocean of oil under the trackless desert of the high Arctic, but pinpointing a drilling location still involves all the resources of industrial technology, under the most rigorous conditions. The prospectors, the drills, the back-up equipment, the helicopters are all flown in by the big transport aircraft. Nothing exists without air support in this severe environment.

  • SEARCHING FOR BLACK HOLES
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 57 min ----- vhs
    • (Astronomers series, Part 2) At the center of galaxy NGC 1275--some 200 million light years from earth--there might be a super-massive black hole, one of the most intriguing objects in the universe. In an attempt to map the galaxy and look deep into its heart, John Conway links an international team of astronomers and radio telescopes throughout Europe and America. This linkage--in effect a telescope 6,000 miles in diameter--produces an excellent picture of NGC 1275. Also meet Jessie Greenstein, the co-discoverer of quasars, the most powerful known objects in the universe, and Italian radio astronomer Tiziana Venturi, who describes what she finds so enthralling about astronomy.

  • SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 23 min ----- vhs
    • Richard M. Jones, President and Chief Finanacial Officer, talks to a group of Harvard Business School graduate students. He speaks of various options for diversification for the nation's largest retail outlet. Explains the reasoning behind the development of the Sears Financial Network and how it fills customers needs.

  • SEASONAL SEAS/CORAL SEAS*
    • 2001 ----- color ----- 98 min ----- dvd
    • (Blue Planet: Seas of Life series, Part 3) Disk contains two episodes:
    • Seasonal Seas (49 min) As the days grow longer, billions of microscopic plankton bloom under the blazing sun. Here in the temperate seas, three-ton basking sharks graze among forests of giant kelp -- the fastest growing plant in the world. The forests harbor thousands of other animals, including sea otters, brilliantly colored anemones, squid, and exquisite leafy dragons. But as the year wears on, storms rage in the icy sea… a desperate challenge for the animals that remain.
    • Coral Seas (49 min) Bathed in bright sunlight and warm, clear water, the coral reef is a rch oasis of life -- the rainforest of the sea. Bizarrely adorned harlequin shrimp carry off a starfish several times their size, while haunting songs reverberate around the reef, heralding the arrival of humpback whales. Shimmering schools of brightly colored fish battle for territory in this competitive world where you have to stand out to survive. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SEASONS OF A NAVAJO
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 60 min ----- vhs
    • For the Navajo Indian, life is a cycle of changing seasons that nourishes and sustains. The Navajo seek harmony with life's processes and honor Changing Woman, their central deity. Chauncey and Dorothy Neboyia, grandparents to an extended family of two generations, bring alive their heritage of oral tradition, sacred songs and ceremonies. Chauncey and Dorothy maintain their existence by farming, weaving and tending sheep in the traditional hogan dwelling without water or electricity, while their children live in tract homes and their grandchildren attend modern public schools.

  • SEAWEEDS
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 22 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents a study on marine agriculture, a relatively new and undeveloped industry which is supplementing the fishing industry in the maritime provinces of Canada. Provides background on the general types of seaweed harvested, its industrial and popular uses and the need for continued scientific research in the area of seaweed farming if the industry is to grow and make use of this natural marine growth without upsetting the ecological balance of the sea.

  • SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION, PART 1
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 57 min ----- vhs
    • (Walk through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers, A series, Part 7) For Black Americans the 20th Century unfolds in contrasts. There is the glowing promise of equality in the nation's charters and there is the actual bigotry that shadows and shrinks the promise. Bill Moyers is joined by a distinguished couple who have long spoken for Black aspirations--Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Together, they re-create, in dramatic dialogue and often in original settings, the world of Blacks, high and low, whose lives and ideas were signposts through the struggle from 1900 to 1920. (Deposited by Chevron U.S.A.)

  • SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION, PART 2
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Walk through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers, A series, Part 8) In American history 1954 becomes a clarifying point of convergence--a point from which we can see important roads leading--bringing the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw racial segregation in the schools of the United States. Bill Moyers, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee join to tell the story of how the New Deal, World War II and postwar social changes set the stage for the Black legal assault on the fortresses of segregation. Shows how the victory of 1954 sparked a decade of continuing nonviolent revolution that culminated in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (Deposited by Chevron U.S.A.)

  • SECRET GOVERNMENT: THE CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS*
    • 1987 ----- color ----- 90 min ----- vhs
    • (A Special Report by Bill Moyers) For forty years, ever since the National Security Act of 1947, a secret government has been growing behind the stately facades of Washington, D.C. In the summer of 1987 the country watched the Iran-Contra Hearings as members of that secret government were forced from the shadows into the spotlight. Presents the background history, the lies, the revelations, the "Freedom Fighters", The Enterprise, etc. Examines the history of the development of the secret government, the reasonings and the justification--the fight against Communism. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SECRET LIFE OF GEISHA, THE
    • 1999 ----- color ----- 93 min ----- vhs
    • For hundreds of years, geishas have been a fixture of Japanese society, but at the dawn of a new millennium, their numbers are dwindling fast. Long hidden behind the rice-paper curtain of "The Floating World", this production provides an intimate look at the culture, history, training and private lives of these alluring figures. Surprising revelations--the family structure of the geisha house, its joys and its restrictions including the absolute vow of secrecy--together with extensive footage from inside exclusive teahouses in Kyoto and Tokyo shows the service clients receive for upwards of $1000 per evening. In exclusive, intimate interviews, geishas talk of the years of training that go into their craft, and of the unique pressures they feel. Photographs and diaries document some of the love affairs that have become legend. Anthropologist Liza Dalby (Geisha) who was the first Westerner accepted as a maiko, an apprentice geisha, and novelist Arthur Golden (Memoires of a Geisha) examine the role of the geisha in Japanese society over the centuries. (Closed-Captioned)

  • SECRET LIFE OF SERGEI EISENSTEIN, THE*
    • 1987 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • (A film by Gian Carlo Bertelli) Based on his private memoirs as well as on material from archives around the world, this film is an intimate, inclusive portrait of this master of cinema and his body of work. Eisenstein came to regard the cinema as "the synthesis of all the arts, and most capable of involving its audience totally." Follows him from his origins and early career in Russia, through his work and travels in the politically shifting climates of Europe, the U.S., and Mexico, and back to the Soviet Union. Records his relationships and meetings with contemporaries ranging from Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney and D. W. Griffith to Brecht, Joyce, Pirandello, Einstein, Cocteau, and his frequent collaborator, Prokofiev. (Donated by the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SECRET LOVE OF SANDRA BLAIN, THE
    • 1970 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • A documentary of the progression into alcoholism of a wife and mother showing how her illness, unrecognized, is the cause of deception to her friends, family, physician and herself.

  • SECRET OF THE WILD CHILD
    • 1994 ----- color ----- 55 min ----- vhs
    • (Nova series) Raised in isolation, "Genie" was a wild child, uncivilized, barely able to walk or talk. There were indications that she was beaten for making noise. NOVA follows the controversial efforts to unlock the Secret of the Wild Child. Once in a great while, civilized society comes across a wild child, a child who has grown up in severe isolation with virtually no human contact. This is the story of such a case that began in Los Angeles on November 4, 1970. Genie was taken to Children's Hospital in Los Angeles where she immediately won the hearts of doctors and scientists. She was about to test an idea important to science and society: that a nurturing environment could make up for even the most nightmarish of pasts. One of the strangest chapters of this story is the timing of the premiere The Wild Child, for Truffaut's movie about history's most famous wild child opened exactly one week after Genie was discovered.

  • SECRETS OF LIFE*
    • 1956 ----- color ----- 69 min ----- vhs
    • (True-Life Adventures series) (Directed and written by James Algar) Survival and reproduction. Two dilemmas confronting every form of life on this plante. How are these problems solved by microscopic organisms? By marine creature? Insects? Plant life? What causes the restless Earth to continually shape and reshape itself? Eighteen expert Disney photographers used innovative and state-of-the-art film techniques (including incredible time-lapse sequences) to bring you the fascinating answers to these and many other question. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SECRETS OF SLEEP
    • 1976 ----- color ----- 52 min ----- 16mm
    • (Nova series) Although we spend approximately one-third of our lives sleeping, scientists don't know what it does for us, what happens when we do it or whether we need it as much as we think we do. Among the topics are: the quality of sleep induced by pills (probably less healthful than not sleeping at all), jet lag (considered one of the causes of airplane crashes) and the importance of dreaming and interpreting dreams.

  • SECTARIAN HINDUISM: LORD SIVA AND HIS WORSHIP
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 30 min ----- vhs
    • (Exploring the Religions of South Asia series) All over the Hindu sub-continent the vital, virile power of Lord Siva is self-evident whether it is in his one phallus or all 108 of them. There are several faces on the linga, several inter-active roles for the god to display and in India everything of importance is told by paradox--some of his faces are gracious and benign, but others are horrible and terrifying.

  • SECTARIAN HINDUISM: LORD VISHNU AND HIS WORSHIP
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Exploring the Religions of South Asia series) Lord Vishnu is present in the homes, the working spaces and environs of millions of Hindus. He may be couched in royal splendor in the form of a mystical black river fossil or he may be present in one of his heroic and colorful incarnations, such as Rama or Krishna or the terrible man-lion or a host of others. He has a thousand names and a thousand stories to be told.

  • SECURITY COUNCIL*
    • 1982 ----- color ----- 18 min ----- 16mm
    • Illustrates the role, functions, and composition of the United Nations Security Council. Shows actual council meetings at the U.N. Headquarters and reviews its actions in a number of past crises, including Korea, the Congo, Palestine, and Zimbabwe. (Deposited by the Puget Sound Educational Service District) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SEDUCTION OF THE DARK ROOM, THE (ANNIE LIEBOVITZ)
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Annie Liebovitz, photographer. Having just released a printed retrospective of her work, and a traveling exhibition, Ms. Liebovitz explains her reasons for becoming a photographer. She examines her 13 years with Rolling Stone and how her style changed. She goes on to discuss her later work and shows examples, explaining her feelings behind the photos. She discusses what a photo-shoot means to her and what she sees in her future.

  • SEE NO EVIL: DEPENDENCY IN A LATE-LIFE RELATIONSHIP
    • (nd) ----- b & w ----- 14 min ----- 16mm
    • Underscores some of the problems that occur in later life: failing health, loneliness, a different life-style. Bertha Pinsker and Ralph Shands are living together in a senior citizen hotel, although they are not legally married. Both are in their seventies and are widowed. Their commitment to each other seems genuine. Yet the relationship is not as smooth as it first appears. Bertha is so preoccupied by her failing vision that she neglects Ralph's needs. Although he does not confront her with his growing resentment, it is revealed in his farewell note.

  • SEE WHAT I SAY (HOLLY NEAR'S CONCERT REACHES OUT TO THE DEAF)
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 24 min ----- 16mm
    • The charismatic Holly Near, feminist folksinger, is breaking through the barrier that separates the hearing and the deaf communities. She shares her concert stage with Susan Freundlich, recognized American Sign Language interpreter, who incorporates mime and dance in the translation of the lyrics. Their synchronized performance heightens the impact of her vision of a better world.

  • SEED DISPERSAL
    • 1931 ----- b & w ----- 11 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Means and devices by which plant seeds are scattered away from the parent plant; adaptations of seeds for dispersal and how wind, water and animals assist in the process.

  • SEEDS OF REVOLUTION, THE
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • If any Central American country merits the title of the definitive Banana Republic, it is Honduras. Its predominantly agricultural economy is dominated by U.S.-based corporations which effectively control most of the country's life. Examines the various sectors of Honduran society through interviews with corporate representatives, military officials, labor leaders, missionaries and peasants. The conflicting demands of the agribusiness concerns with the new peasant self-help cooperatives demonstrate some of the conflicts simmering beneath the surface of Honduran life.

  • SEEDS OF THE SIXTIES
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • (Making Sense of the Sixties series, Part 1) This premiere episode establishes the political and social context of the sixties generation. Examines the young parents of the 1960's in pursuit of the American Dream, their values shaped by the Depression, World War II, the Cold War and McCarthyism. Looks at how their children's generation began to bond together in rebellion against a restrictive set of societal rules, shaping the decade to come. Additionally it shows what life was like for blacks as the civil rights movement emerged.

  • SEEDS OF TOMORROW
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Nova series) The "green revolution"--a plan based on advanced agricultural technologies to ensure food for the world--now threatens the supply of food for the future. NOVA visits Ethiopia, Greece and Peru to examine current worldwide efforts to save the seeds that feed the world.

  • SEEING SENSE
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Supersense series, Part 2) Explains how and what animals really see. While it is true that all animals produce visual images by gathering light, their eyes are quite specialized according to need. Thanks to a high concentration of light-sensitive cells on the retina and to stereoscopic vision, humans can perform extremely precise tasks and judge distances accurately. Like humans, gorillas enjoy full color and high-resolution pictures, the latter of which result, in part, from a brain that can fill in missing visual information. Yet, a great many birds, insects, fish and mammals are capable of visual feats no human can match.

  • SEEING VOICES (OLIVER SACKS)
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author. They discuss his latest book, Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf. Dr. Sacks relates the history of prejudice towards the deaf, common misconceptions, and the ebb and flow of acceptance of American Sign Language. Billy and Howie Seago (professional actors) demonstrate the concept of a identifiable deaf culture because of sign language. Dr. Sacks the possible isolation of deaf children born to hearing parents, early childhood education (which must include ASL), and the fears caused by advancing technology. (Signed in ASL)

  • SEEKING NEW LAWS
    • 1964 ----- b & w ----- 58 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • (Character of Physical Law, The series, Part 7) The final lecture begins with a brief discussion of some of the fundamental particles of matter. The remainder concerns the art of developing new theories, the tests to which they are put and how they lead to development of additional new theories. (vhs Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SEEKING THE FIRST AMERICANS
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 59 min ----- vhs
    • (Odyssey series) The earliest inhabitants of the New World came across the Bering Sea land bridge that opened as a result of glaciation. The question of when these people walked from Siberia is still debated by archaeologists. In 1932, a site excavated near Clovis, New Mexico, yielded the bones of extinct animals in association with obviously man-made, skillfully fluted stone points. With the development of radiocarbon dating in the late 1940s, it was determined that "Clovis man" lived between 12,000 and 11,000 years ago. Addresses a number of puzzles associated with the discovery of early man in America, in addition to the question of diffusion of ideas versus migration of people.

  • SEGMENTED INVERTEBRATES, THE
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 24 min ----- 16mm
    • (Life on Earth series, Part 5) From British Columbia to Australia this film discusses the adaptations of segmented invertebrates from sea to land. Soft-bodied organisms don't fossilize easily due to the absence of a solid skeletal system, however crabs and other crustaceans have an interesting evolutionary path to trace. Insects are shown to be the best adapted segmented invertebrates.

  • SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS
    • 1955 ----- b & w ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Reactions of the citizens of two Southern cities, Gastonia, North Carolina and Natchotoches, Louisiana to the Supreme Court ruling against segregation in schools.

  • SEIFRITZ ON PROTOPLASM
    • 1954 ----- b & w ----- 26 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) William Seifritz, noted botanist, presents research material on slime molds.

  • SELF-ESTEEM AND REVOLUTION (GLORIA STEINEM)
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, known for her work for feminist causes, and author of Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem. Ms. Steinem discusses her childhood experiences and events in her adult life that lead to the writing of the book. The lack of positive self-esteem, especially in this country, lies at the root of many social and political problems. Ms. Steinem hopes her book "will make women especially, but men too, much more rebellious than they ever were before."

  • SELF-PRESERVATION IN AN ATOMIC BOMB ATTACK
    • 1951 ----- b & w ----- 18 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Effective demonstration of what should be done in event of air or underwater atomic explosion. Shows the relative effects of blast, heat and radiation. (Historically important in understanding the accepted way of dealing with nuclear fallout, etc. in the early '50s.)

  • SEMINOLES OF THE EVERGLADES
    • 1950 ----- color ----- 20 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Seminole Indians of Florida and the great swamp area in which they live: the problems of the tribe in changing world and what the U. S. Government is doing to help them in the realm of education and health economy. Includes some advertising of tobacco products.

  • SENSE OF HUMUS, A
    • 1976 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents Canadian farmers using alternative methods of farming that are less energy demanding and depend less upon artificially made substances, either fertilizers or pesticides. Organic farming, biological agriculture, or balanced soil nutrition--no matter what labels one puts on it, this type of farming depends on natural balance and proper composting.

  • SENSE OF THE OTHER, A
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 34 min ----- 16mm
    • Explains the method of teaching literature through performance. Through the performance of students in the class, interviews with them, conversations with Professor Wallace A. Bacon and a class discussion of Macbeth, the film demonstrates that the student is led out from himself and the world he knows into the experience embodied in the plays of Shakespeare--a sense of the other. Professor Bacon's technique explores character motivation, use of language and dramatic structure. In his experimental approach the feel of literature is not apart from, but is congruent with meaning. Literature is to be experienced, not simply analyzed.

  • SENSE OF TIMING
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Supersense series, Part 5) Nature is full of uncanny examples of the rhythmic cycle of life. Some varieties of birds, fish and crabs lay their eggs on virtually the same day every year. Honey bees arrive at flowers just as their petals open, and they can keep track of nine such openings a day. On the average, human females menstruate once per lunar month. Can all such coincidences by accidental? Animal timing is very much controlled by precision-made internal clocks, timepieces set by the rhythms of a natural world, but whose organic mechanisms are not yet well understood.

  • SENSORY WORLD
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 32 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • Demonstrates sensory phenomena including: rapid eye movement of sleeping persons; dreams; how a child uses his vision, hearing and sense of touch; perception in frogs and other animals; effects of pollution of the senses; how and why sounds mask each other; how wave length sequences work; how contrasting color affects perception; what color blindness is like; deafness; the way we structure sensory input and how we can be fooled.

  • SENTINELS OF SILENCE
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- 16mm
    • Like stucco ghosts, the ruins of pre-Columbian civilization bake in the sun or suffer yet another violent jungle rainstorm. Shot entirely from a helicopter as it hovered over seven archeological sites in Mexico, the camera discovers massive pyramid mounds, elaborate relief carvings and steps leading. . . . A spiritual and esthetic impression of those ancient civilizations. (Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject)

  • SEVEN DAYS TO REMEMBER
    • 1969 ----- b & w ----- 55 min ----- 16mm
    • A chronology of the events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, 1968. Made by valiant Czech filmmakers, who risked their lives to film the defiance in the streets and to get their story to the outside, the film is the report of the brutal confrontation between a courageous people and a powerful invader.

  • SEVEN MINUTE LESSON: ACTING AS A SIGHTED GUIDE
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 7 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents a concise guide for a sighted person to follow in assisting a blind person move through a congested, everyday situation. As an example, the film shows how a sighted person can assist a blind person navigate through a busy shopping area to purchase clothing. (Deposited by the Office of Equal Employment)

  • SEVEN SAMURAI* (SHICHININ NO SAMURAI )
    • 1954 ----- b & w ----- 203 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by Akira Kurosawa, screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Ognui, Akira Kurosawa; with Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki) Much imitated, still unsurpassed. By critical consensus one of the best movies ever made, The Seven Samurai covers so much emotional, historical, and cinematic ground that it demands to be viewed over and over again. Director Akira Kurosawa re-imagines the epic westerns of John Ford in a Japanese context. [Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature] (In Japanese with English subtitles) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SEVEN SAMURAI* (SHICHININ NO SAMURAI)
    • 1954 ----- b & w ----- 197 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Akira Kurosawa; with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba) For years a 16th century Japanese farm village has been constantly at the mercy of roving bandits. The distressed rice farmers have seen their town torn apart, themselves beaten and robbed, their women kidnapped and raped. Anticipating another raid, the community attempts in desperation to hire professional warriors for protection--with nothing to offer the samurai but three meals a day. One by one the samurai are recruited and begin to prepare for the moment when they must prove their courage. (In Japanese with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • 1789
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 153 min ----- vhs
    • The Theatre du Soleil in a production of Ariane Mnouchkine's historical epic, produced in the style of Brecht's epic theatre. "Night falls on the vast hall of the Cartoucherie de Vincennes transformed into a theater. Among the spectators, who soon become fascinated little clusters of people, the actors tell an unbelievable and unparalleled story: the story of a revolt which was to become a Revolution. Famine, misery, privileges, the anger of the people. . . La Bastille, symbol of royal absolutism was taken on July 14, 1789. Clamours of joy, lights and fanfares, the celebration of the 14th of July is in full swing." (In French with English subtitles)

  • SEX
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- vhs
    • (Body Atlas, The series, Part 10) As far as the human species is concerned, the most important task of an individual is to reproduce--to continue the species. While some animals just bud off an off-spring in isolation, human reproduction needs two parents. This shuffles the pack of inherited characteristics, the genes, so the young are not identical to their parents, but spread a wide range of characteristics through the population. The woman has only a few hundred thousand egg cells, and they have been in her since birth. When her body matures, one egg cell is released from an ovary each month. The man's contribution comes from the testes, which produced millions of sperm each day. These tiny cells have whiplike tails that propel them at Olympic speeds and only one is successful. Mixing its genes with the genes in the egg, a new individual is created. (A study guide is available upon request)

  • SEX: UNKNOWN
    • 2001 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
    • (Nova series) Bruce Reimer was born a completely normal boy. In 1965 a botched circumcision started the boy on a nightmare of medical meddling with his sexual identity. High-profile psychologist and sex researcher John Money persuaded his parents to surgically change him into a girl. In the years that followed, Money trumpeted Brenda's case as an unqualified success. It set the standard of care for all infants with abnormal genitalia. But there was never any reporting of Bruce/Brenda's real life. Finally NOVA offers a stunning look at the subject with the help of noted psychologists and researchers, and through personal insights from the Reimer family including candid, heartrending interviews with Janet Reimer and her son, who ultimately rejected his female identity and is now living as a man. [Letterboxed]
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  • SEXE DES ETOILES, LE* (SEX OF THE STARS)
    • 1993 ----- color ----- 104 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Paule Baillargeon; with Denis Mercier, Marianne Coquelicot Mercier, Tobie Pelletier, Sylvie Drapeau, Luc Picard, Gilles Renaud) After disappearing for several years, 12-year-old Camille's father, Pierre, returns home after a sex-change operation. Both Camille and her mother, Michelle, must now face the fact that Pierre is no long a man--but a woman--and their relationship is altered forever. . (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (In French with English subtitles) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SEXES: ROLES
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Surveys the evolution of male-female roles from pre-history to our current industrial age. Psychologist Judith Bardwick, feminist and dean at the University of Michigan, points out the stresses caused by the clash between traditional expectations and new realities. Matina Horner presents her classic studies on women's fear of success and sociologist Jean Limpan-Blumen relates how "girls are socialized to destroy their own dreams at an early age."

  • SEXES: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Addresses the sensitive question: are traits considered "male" and "female" part of our genetic make-up, or are they learned in childhood? Students can observe the research methods of such noted child development experts as Dr. Jerome Kagan and Dr. Elinor Maccoby as they isolate biological from cultural factors. One of Dr. Kagan's findings is that girl babies perceive changes in their environment earlier than boy babies and are thus more subject to anxiety as they experience new sounds and sights.

  • SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS OF THE FLORAL KIND
    • 1983 ----- color ----- 50 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • Plants don't hold up their flowers to heaven and the sun simply to be noticed: they are designed for one thing only. Sex in the plant world involves dressing up, advertising, seduction, the use of some intriguing aids and even a little cheating, human style. For this investigation into the extraordinary sex life of plants, Oxford Scientific Films have searched Australia, the Arctic, Central America and the British countryside to reveal the intriguing and bizarre encounters between plants and their pollinators--the "go-betweens" on unwitting errands of love. (Scientific adviser: Bastian J. D. Meeuse, University of Washington)

  • SEXUAL SURVIVAL*
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 53 min ----- vhs
    • Americans are overwhelmed by images promoting sexuality. But there is little education about how to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. The United States has one of the highest rates of STDs in the world. Denmark has one of the lowest rates of STDs. Their openness about sexuality and their willingness to teach children about sex at an early age has helped them prevent sexual diseases. Jean Enersen focuses on America's ignorance about STDs including genital warts (HPB virus), syphilis, chlamydia and herpes. Shows the lack of sex eduction puts teenagers at most risk. Contrasts sharply with the Danish attitude where sex education begins at a very early age. (Donated by KING 5 Television) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHADOW OF A DOUBT*
    • 1943 ----- b & w ----- 108 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written, principally, by Thornton Wilder; with Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn) Hitchcock got Thorton Wilder to write the screenplay, assuming that the playwright who created Our Town would be the perfect scenarist to provide the right kind of ambiance and characterization to the film's small, close-knit Santa Rosa locale. The film's construction is adroit and very calculated, letting the viewer know early on just what kid of man Joseph Cotten really is, but providing tension through Cotten's devious charade as a gentle, kind man deserving of his family's love--a tension that fuels the chilling cat-and-mouse game between Cotten and Teresa Wright that provides the film's powerful center. (Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SHADOW OF GOD ON EARTH, THE
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- 16mm
    • Unveils the inner meaning and spell of Islam which, for thirteen hundred years, has--more than any other single factor--shaped the course of Asian history. Examines Islam on two levels: by tracing the initial conquests of the Arab armies, and why they enjoyed such rapid success; and by looking at the nature of Islam today, through the life of a Muslim and his family. Mohammed Hasan Biyuki, or as he is called by his peers, "Rezvan," is directing 250 craftsmen in the restoration of the holy shrine of the Imman Reza in the city of Meshed, in north-east Iran. Through his eyes we view the past, the present and the future of his faith.

  • SHADOW OF THE WOLF*
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 111 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Jacques Dorfmann; with Lou Diamond Phillips, Donald Sutherland, Toshiro Mifune, Jennifer Tilly) Based on the bestseller, this is the story of the Inuit tribe and their future leader: Agaguk, a boy who becomes a warrior . . . and the only hope of his people. The Inuit survive in a world where the only law is the law of nature. But now a dangerous, new animal stalks their world. And from now on these people will be divided, into those who are conquered and those who resist. (Closed-Captioned) (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHADOW ON THE CROSS
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 52 min ----- vhs
    • Looks at the tragic story of Christian-Jewish relations, as seen by Christians, across 2,000 years and reports a modern revolution in Christian attitudes. Filmed on location in the UK, Israel, Germany and the United States with the cooperation of leading church figures and scholars of various denominations, the production plots the story of Christian anti-Semitism, the ambivalent role of the Church during the Nazi period and the tentative path towards reconciliation between Jews and Christians in the post war era. It challenges the church to re-examine Christian-Jewish relationships and to acknowledge responsibility for two thousand years of anti-Semitic teaching and preaching.

  • SHADOWS OF TURKEY/THE WITCHES
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 48 min ----- vhs
    • "Shadows of Turkey" (18 min) introduces Ottoman and present day Turkey through the medium of Turkish shadow puppet theater. "The Witches" (30 min), a translation/adaptation of a traditional play into English. The play, like others in the genre, is divided into four parts: an introduction, a dialogue between the protagonists Karagoz and Hacivat, the play itself, and a brief conclusion. The story shows how the bad behavior of the main characters results in them being turned into animals by two neighborhood witches.

  • SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE
    • 1997 ----- color ----- 48 min ----- vhs
    • (Produced by the BBC) Noted actor and director, Sam Wanamaker had a life-long dream: to rebuild the Globe Theatre on the Southbank of the Thames in London--the theatre for which William Shakespeare wrote most of his plays. This replica is almost exact in every detail (apart from adhering to Twentieth Century fire/safety regulations) to the construction of the original. The audience watch and feel a play in the same way as they would have done in Shakespeare's time. Follows the physical construction of the theatre together with the production of the first two plays to be presented, Henry V and The Winter's Tale. Shows the rehearsals in progress as the building is completing its final stages. Includes the opening of the theatre with the Queen in attendance. From the making of the 6,000 wooden dowels used to hold the theatre together to the placement of the two pillars holding up the stagehouse this is a history of the recreation of history. It is ironical that Sam Wanamaker passed away four years before the theatre opened.

  • SHALE OIL: AN ENVIRONMENTAL DIALOGUE
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 36 min ----- 16mm
    • In the fall of 1972 there was a public hearing on the U. S. Department of Interior's draft environmental impact statement concerning the leasing of federal lands for oil shale extraction. Colony, in light of the energy crisis, wanted to begin extensive oil shale refining in Western Colorado. Sixteen experts in the fields of energy and the environment met to discuss the problems that might arise from such a development. Questions are raised concerning water, air, processed shale, wildlife, ecological inventory, revegetation, impact analysis and the demand and need of energy.

  • SHAME
    • 1969 ----- b & w ----- 103 min ----- 16mm
    • (Directed by Ingmar Bergman; with Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Gunner Bjorstrand and Sigge Furst) Centers on a husband and wife, Jan and Eva, both musicians, who have taken up more or less permanent residence on an island while a brutal civil war rages on the mainland. The war's outcome has no political interest for them. They are concerned with their own survival. The war moves ever closer and they are finally forced to flee, this time to the sea and a completely unknown future. (In Swedish with English subtitles)

  • SHANGHAI: THE NEW CHINA
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 34 min ----- 16mm
    • Focuses on China's most cosmopolitan city, once the center of Western Imperialism in the old China. The changes from the old, wide-open city of treaty port days to the present industrial and trade center are traced. Visits a typical family. Concludes with a discussion by several prominant officials on the problems and changes in Shanghai. The candor of the conversation is remarkable as the officials discuss, among other topics, pollution, urban crime and the legacy of the Cultural Revolution.

  • SHAPED BY DANISH HANDS
    • 1961 ----- b & w ----- 14 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Survey of contemporary Danish arts and crafts; ceramic production, porcelain work, furniture production and work in precious metals.

  • SHAPES AND POLARITIES OF THE MOLECULES
    • 1963 ----- color ----- 13 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Observations of electrical effects leading to concept of molecular polarity. Covalent substances give two types of results developing a concept based on polar and non-polar molecules. Considerations of bond polarity and molecular symmetry correlate electrical effects and their change as temperature is varied. Molecular diplode model is extended to explain differences in solubility, conductivity and chemical reactivity.

  • SHAPING REALITY*
    • 1993 ----- color ----- 71 min ----- vhs
    • (Constructing Reality: Exploring Media Issues in Documentary series) Documentaries, like all media products, are constructions rather than transparent windows onto "Reality". The focus here is on film language--images, words, sound effects, music, and silence; the tools that film and videomakers use to create an experience for an audience--with an emphasis on the critical choices made in the process of constructing "real life" films. Ready When You Are (13 min), logistics and potential pitfalls in a documentary shoot shows crew members struggling with all the angles on a crowd of school-children playing banjos on a Halifax dock; Techno-Babies: The Making of a TV Documentary (18 min), behind-the-scence look at the making of a television documentary for a weekly CBC series which includes the producers' reflections on the process; The Edit (14 min), focuses on the ways in which the malleability of film and video footage can lead to manipulation and ethical dilemmas, as a zealous TV reporter tries to nail a shady politician; Track Stars (8 min), shows two foley artists creating sound effects in a studio to match the action unfolding on a film screen. Study Extracts facilitate close study of the elements of film languages: City of Gold (3 min), Of Lives Uprooted (2 min); Our Marilyn (5 min); Lonely Boy (2 min); Anybody's Son Will Do (3 min); Sandspit to Dildo (3 min). (Closed-Captioned) (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHARING IS UNITY (USHIRIKA NI UMOJA)*
    • 1983 ----- color ----- 22 min ----- vhs
    • Explores the rural life and feelings of the Iteso people of Kenya. The African sense of community is experienced through their daily activities ranging from farming to storytelling. Portrays the Iteso's spirit of sharing and reciprocal giving, values which contribute to the unity and survival of communities in Africa. (In Kiswahili with English subtitles) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SHARING LEGENDS AT UPPER SKAGIT
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • On March 25, 1985, a story-telling event was held at the Upper Skagit Tribal Building near Sedro Woolley, Washington. Seven tribes were gathered to celebrate in the old way. Elders from these tribes sang songs and recited the ancient stories. The tales include: "Grizzly Bear on the Warpath," "Bear and Ant," "Rock and Coyote," "Snipe and Jellyfish," "Bear and the Man" and "When the Mountains Were People." An historical document enabling future generations to see and hear a small sample of the traditions of the native people of the Puget Sound region.

  • SHARK ENCOUNTERS
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 49 min ----- vhs
    • Plunge the ocean depths with renowned filmmaker and shark expert Michael deGruy as he takes you to the underwater realm of sharks. You'll swim terrifyingly close to see these efficient predators in action and watch as deGruy reenacts a shark attack that cost him part of an arm fourteen years earlier. Discover the incredible physical and behavioral diversity of the shark family, from the 7-inch dwarf dog shark to the over 50 foot whale shark. Witness the unusual feeding behavior of the reef whitetip shark and learn why angel sharks don't always live up to their names. Join in the discovery of a gigantic deep water species known as "Megamouth," with the first ever, close-up footage.

  • SHIFT CHANGE
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada series, Part 2) The microchip, invented by an American, exploited by the Japanese, has caused a second industrial revolution. The devastating effect on thousands of human lives is shown in microcosm through interviews with some of the newly jobless in Hamilton, Ontario, the biggest industrial town in the country. Unions are largely powerless against the demonstrably more efficient computer. The captains of industry, even now, seem unwilling to give much thought to the microchip's human detritus. Shows the human costs of improved technology during the first industrial revolution in England.

  • SHINING, THE*
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 144 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by Stanley Kubrick, screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson based on the novel by Stephen King; with Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd) Stanley Kubrick's gothic about the primal fear of a 5-year-old boy that his father will hurt his mother and himself. The father, who wants to write, brings his wife and child to spend the winter in an isolated, snowbound, haunted hotel in Colorado, where he is to be the caretaker--and where he goes mad and acts out his son's fears. Filmed, in part, at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon. [Closed Captioned] [Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature] (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SHIPPING: JAPAN'S LIFELINE
    • 1982 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- 16mm
    • (Industrial Japan series) Discusses the vital role of Japan's merchant marine in the country's international trade and its importance to the nation's economy as a whole. The necessity for Japan to export manufactured products in order to pay for its imports of food and raw materials is emphasized. Shows the procurement of vital raw materials from different parts of the world and the special vessels built in Japan for transporting those materials. The final segment shows a highly automated vessel and the training of its operators and the importance of Japan's role in world commerce is re-emphasized. (Deposited by the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs)

  • SHOAH, PART ONE*
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 118 min ----- vhs
    • Shoah ("annihilation" in Hebrew) is one of the most important, affecting, talked-about films of the decade. It is Claude Lanzmann's monumental epic on the Holocaust. Brings light to the horrendous events that took place in the state-sponsored extermination campus during World War II. As witnesses retrace steps into their past, the horrors of events resurface into the present-day. Through the eyes of survivors and camp works, viewers gain personal accounts of massacres and ordered deaths of the Jewish people throughout Europe. (Donated by the Center for Western European Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHOAH, PART TWO*
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 117 min ----- vhs
    • Shoah contains none of the horrifying images we expect from a film about the Holocaust. Instead, we are presented with an assemblage of witnesses--death camp survivors and Nazi functionaires--whose combined testimony amounts to one of the most shattering human documents ever recorded. Continues with the accounts from death camp survivors. Moving between the account from the villagers residing near the campus to Nazi workers within the vast German empire, personal opinions of Jewish people, the acts committed upon the Jews, and the possible reasons for their ordered deaths by the Third Reich are revealed. (Donated by the Center for Western European Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHOAH, PART THREE*
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 98 min ----- vhs
    • Shoah tells the untellable, makes use believe the unbelievable. As the first era of Shoah ends, we see a hidden-camera interview with a past Nazi commander and more descriptive accounts of gassings and burnings of Jews from all-around Europe. From the commander to the Jewish workers, who were forced to work and, thus delayed death, viewers are given detailed descriptions of the railroad "death" trains, the organizations of the camp sectors, the extermination process, and the fear felt by the Jewish people in the midst of the "process". (Donated by the Center for Western European Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHOAH, PART FOUR*
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 114 min ----- vhs
    • Cutting back and forth from the unknowing bureaucratic worker on the railroads to a past Nazi commander, and then to the camp workers, they each discuss their position in the hierarchy of the concentration camps. Also included are assembled accounts of ghetto life through the views of the survivors in the ghettos and through the eyes of the commanders who directed them. (Donated by the Center for Western European Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHOAH, PART FIVE*
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 118 min ----- vhs
    • Concludes with several witnesses' experiences, yet extends the spotlight to include the struggle of the resistance fighters in the Jewish camps and ghettos. Along with the plight of the fighters, past Nazi bureaucrats are questioned about their opinions on life the ghettos and extermination camps. (Donated by the Center for Western European Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHOP ON MAIN STREET, THE* (OBCHOD NO KORZE)
    • 1965 ----- b & w ----- 126 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos; with Josef Kroner, Ida Kaminska, Hana Slivkova) In 1942, Tono and his wife are struggling because of his antipathy towards the fascist regime. His brother-in-law, the local fuehrer, chooses Tono to oversee a button shop owned by a sweet, harmless Jewish widow, Mrs. Lautman. Unable to explain his postion to Mrs. Lautman, Tono gradually accepts her belief that he is her asistant. When the Jews are ordered deported, the well-meaning Tono decides to shield her from the Nazis. (In Czech with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, A*
    • 1983 ----- color ----- 57 min ----- vhs
    • A whimsical collection of seven animated films. The Log Driver's Waltz (3 min) is a short tribute to the stalwart champions of the log drive and their abilities on the dance floor, with music by folk singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle; Hot Stuff (9 min) humorously traces humankinds carelessness with fire, from its discovery to the present day; Getting Started (12 min) pandemonium breaks loose when our hero finally sits down to play the piano after a series of procrastinations; Blowhard (10 min), in this parable on energy conservation, J.B. Edwards creates a fuel company called Consolidated Dragons but a solution has to be found when the dragon supply dries up; The Family That Dwelt Apart (8 min) tells the amusing story of what happens when a family of fisherfolk living happily as the sole inhabitants of a small island undergo rescue attempts; Lady Fishbourne's Complete Guide to Better Table Manners (9 min ) shows what not to do at the dinner table ; Street Musique (9 min) a visual improvisation on music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SHOW ME LOVE* (FUCKING AMAL)
    • 1998 ----- color ----- 89 min ----- dvd
    • (Directed and written by Lukas Moodysson; with Alexandra Dhalstrom, Rebecca Lijeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust, Stefan Horberg, Josefin Nyberg, Ralph Carlsson, Maria Hedborg, Axel Widegren, Jill Ung, Lisa Skagerstam) Amal is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done "it". Agnes, another girl in her school, is in love with Elin but is too shy to do anything about it. For different reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own homosexuality. Or, as a translation from the original Swedish description reads, in part: "Elin has made out with about 70,000 guys, and she thinks everything is boring. She longs for something to happen." (In Swedish with English subtitles) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SHOWCASE OF DEMOCRACY
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (U.S. and the Philippines: In Our Image series, Part 2) The United States has had a very powerful influence on the government and social institutions of the Philippines. Problems inherent in independence and economic crisis following World War II brought about a left-wing insurgency to challenge the new Philippine government. Fear of communism spread and dictatorial repression was sanctioned by the young country and its parent. Documents how continuing economic and political problems have frustrated the democratic ideal.

  • SHOWDOWN ON TOBACCO ROAD
    • 1987 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • Today smoking is being passionately debated everywhere: in homes and offices, in restaurants and hospitals, in the courts, state legislatures, even in the Congress. Cigarettes are now a national dilemma. They are not the accepted part of life they once were. Discusses the history of the advertising campaigns that addicted a nation, the 1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking, medical counseling, conflicts in society, the tobacco industry and its fight-back, political reaction and First Amendment rights.

  • SIBERIA: RUSSIA'S FRONTIER
    • 1972 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Siberia, the land of the exile, is changing. A symbol of the growing industrial development is the city of Irkutsk, halfway between Moscow and the Pacific. To staff its hundred major manufacturing plants, the Soviet government has offered wages as much as 40% higher than in European Russia. New arrivals, most of them young people, crowd into Irkutsk each month, attracted as much by the challenge of the frontier as by the wages. Despite temperatures of 50 degrees below zero for six months of the year, this city below zero for six months of the year, this city expects a population of about a million people by 1980.

  • SIBERIAN RICHES
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- vhs
    • (Soviet Union series, Part 2) In Siberia the Soviet Union is exploiting the rich natural resources of timber, oil, gas, coal and minerals. To attract workers, higher wages and the promise of an apartment are offered as incentives. But life is still bitter, with the severe cold, vast distances, insufficient housing, and acute shortages of food--one of the most pressing problems in all of Russia. Adding to the bleakness are severe environment problems. Polluted waters are killing the fish, and the discharge of harmful chlorine gas from wood cellulose factories rots trees and makes it difficult to breathe.

  • SIBLING RIVALRIES AND PARENTS
    • 1956 ----- b & w ----- 11 min ----- 16mm
    • Reasons for rivalry among brothers and sisters, manifestations of it, and means of holding friction to a minimum.

  • SIEGFRIED
    • 1923 ----- b & w ----- 98 min ----- 16mm
    • (Directed by Fritz Lang; with Paul Richter, Margarete Schon and Hanna Ralph) Having defeated several monsters, Siegfried becomes invincible by bathing in the blood of the dragon, Fafner, whom he has just slain. Before marrying Kriemhild, the Burgundian princess, he conquers the warrior queen Brunhild for his brother Gunther, the king. Ultimately, the traitor Hagen manipulates the king's envy of his brother's power, and Gunther allows Siegfried to be killed. What Richard Wagner brought to the stage as epic folklore, Lang presents on the screen as romantic epic calling upon all of the forces of the German cinema in the Twenties to expand the Nibelungenlied to monumental proportions. (English titles, musical soundtrack)

  • SIFAKAS OF MADAGASCAR
    • 1997 ----- color ----- 22 min ----- vhs
    • (Primate series) Two very closely related species of sifaka are compared in order to provide some detailed information about their behavior. The diademmed sifaka is very rare and has only recently been brought into captivity. This footage taken in its natural habitat is currently the only available material showing it in the wild. This species is compared with verreauzi's sifaka. Comparisons increase our understanding of the adaptive strategies of this type of lemur. The verreauxi's sifaka is highly adapted to dry conditions and is shown feeding, locomoting and defending its territory from an incoming group.

  • SIGHT UNSEEN*
    • 1996 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- dvd
    • No description available at this time (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SIGNALS FOR SURVIVAL
    • 1970 ----- color ----- 51 min ----- vhs
    • Historical Collection) Niko Tinberger, noted ethologist, shows the way the lesser black-backed gulls communicate with one another, pointing out the meaning of each signal and interpreting the messages that the bird is sending to its mate or neighbors. (Color quality varies)

  • SIGNIFICANCE TESTS
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- vhs
    • (Against All Odds: Inside Statistics series, Part 20) Explains the reasoning behind significance tests illustrated by the simple case of tests on a normal mean with known standard deviation; null and alternative hypothese and P-values, and cautions on the limited information provided by tests.

  • SIGNS OF THE APES, SONGS OF THE WHALES
    • 1983 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Nova series) NOVA re-visits Washoe and examines some of the most recent language experiments being done. Today Washoe lives with an entire family of signing chimps and scientists are watching as one baby chimp learns to sign from the others. At the University of Hawaii, two dolphins are being taught to comprehend the rudiments of grammar. And in California, the controversial John Lilly is teaching dolphins to mimic--and perhaps one day reply to--the computerized human voice. After years of trying to teach human language to animals, some scientists are beginning to study the ways animals communicate among themselves in the wild.

  • SILENCES
    • 1972 ----- color ----- 12 min ----- 16mm
    • Set in Yugoslavia under the Nazi occupation, the film follows one peasant who strives to sae the life of a wounded German soldier--only to discover the soldier helped destroy the peasant's own village. An Academy Award nominee and one of the strongest statements on film of war's ultimate moral ambiguity. (One 16mm Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only, remaining 16mm not restricted)

  • SILENT PARTNER, THE*
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 105 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Daryl Duke; with Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Celine Lomez, Michael Kirby, Ken Pogue, John Candy) During a bank robbery Miles Cullen decided on a bit of larceny for himself. The plan was perfect until the bank robber realized that Cullen held out on him. A tense, and funny, psychological drama unfolds as the robber stalks Cullen for the remaining money . . . "one night when you come home you'll find me inside waiting and that will be the night you'll wish you'd never been born." [R-rated] (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SILENT SPRING OF RACHEL CARSON, THE
    • 1963 ----- b & w ----- 55 min ----- 16mm
    • Discusses the pros and cons of the controversy over Rachel Carson's book, The Silent Spring which contends that chemical pesticides cause more harm than benefits to living things and human beings because they are used improperly and their effects are not carefully studied before they are put on the market. Includes interviews with Rachel Carson, representatives of the chemical industry and government officials.

  • SILENT WORLD, MUFFLED WORLD
    • 1966 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Introduces the world of the deaf and hard of hearing, illustrating their problems of social acceptance and education and the causes of hearing loss and the slow progress toward relieving the conditions. Uses animation to explain mechanics of hearing and types of impairment. Narrated by Gregory Peck.

  • SILLY SYMPHONIES*
    • 2001 ----- color ----- 305 min ----- dvd
    • Walt Disney was more than a producer of animated cartoons: he was a visionary, and in the 1930s he used his Silly Symphonies to expand the medium of animation to the limits of his imagination. The years haven't dimmed the luster of these charming, often ingenious cartoons, full of colorful characters and inventive ideas. They are among Walt's greatest achievements, and they deserve to be seen and enjoyed by a new generation.--Leonard Maltin. Includes: The Tortoise and the Hare (1934); The Country Cousin (1936); Babes in the Woods (1932); Elmer Elephant (1936); The Flying Mouse (1934); The Golden Touch (1935); The Robber Kitten (1935); Lullaby Land (1934); Mother Goose Melodies (1930), b & w; The Wise Little Hen (1934) [Donald Duck's film debut]; Three Little Pigs (1934); The Big Bad Wolf (1934); Three Little Wolves (1936); Toby Tortoise Returns (1936); Wynken, Blynken & Nod (1938); The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934); Mother Pluto (1936); Peculiar Penguins (1934); The Old Mill (1937); Funny Little Bunnies (1934): Ugly Duckling (1938); The Ugly Duckling (1931), b & w; Father Noah's Ark (1933); Birds of a Feather (1932), b & w; The Busy Beavers (1931), b & w; Just Dogs (1932), b & w; Music Land (1935); The China Plate (1931), b & w; Egyptian Melodies (1931), b & w; Flowers and Trees (1931); The Cookie Carnival (1935); The Skeleton Dance (1929), b & w. Supplemental features include: "The Song of the Silly Symphonies", "Silly Symphonies Souvenirs" (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SILVERSMITH OF WILLIAMSBURG
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 47 min ----- 16mm
    • In his shop Williamsburg's present-day Master Silversmith, William deMateo, and his journeyman, Philip Thorp, fashion two pieces using ancient tools and centuries-old methods. A coffeepot of the 1765 period and a small mug are begun by melting a thick silver ingot and then pouring it into a mold. The cooled metal is beaten to sheet and then the many steps of forging and raising begin.

  • SIMON OF THE DESERT* (SAN SIMEON DEL DESIERTO)
    • 1965 ----- b & w ----- 43 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed and written by Luis Bunuel; with Silvia Pinal, Claudio Brook, Hortensia Santovana, Jesus Fernandez Martinez) Luis Bunuel's outrageous satire of the Church has St. Simon sitting on top of a pillar in the Mexican desert, haunted by the Devil (a woman) in all forms. Often called the greatest short film of all time, Bunuel's wit has never been more deadly, his surrealist vision never clearer. (In Spanish with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • SIMPLE MULTICELLULAR ANIMALS: SPONGES, COELENTERATES AND FLATWORMS
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • Discusses the basic microanatomical features of some major groups of simple multicellular animals. Provides comparative analyses of the increasing complexity of tissues among phyla exhibiting progressively more advanced evolutionary development. The Sponge, the simplest of multicellular animals, has five or six specialized types of cells loosely arranged in a single-layered body wall. Coelenterates have more specialized cells arranged in a two-layered or diploblastic body wall with a rudimentary mesoglea between the two layers. The planarian or flatworm is the simplest animal to have a three-layered or triploblastic bodywall. Its mesoderm contains simple organs.

  • SINGING BRAKEMAN, THE*
    • 1929 ----- b & w ----- 10 min ----- 16mm
    • Produced by Columbia Pictures as one of its first sound, musical featurettes. Presents the "original" Jimmie Rodgers in a performance of Western and blues songs. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SINGLE PARENT, THE
    • 1976 ----- color ----- 43 min ----- 16mm
    • Using cinema verite the film explores a single parent family as they live their daily lives. Colleen has been divorced for two years and has two daughters and a son, ages eleven, nine and six. She has a full-time job and lives in a small house in a suburban area in California. Shows the whole spectrum of their relationships: quiet times and noisy times, fights, scoldings, laughter and tears, and islands of closeness and warmth. Presents her struggle as a single woman with three children to reenter society. The dilemma of the single parent is best shown when, looking through a book on wild animals with her son, Colleen says softly, "There are very few animals that mate for life.''

  • SIREN'S SONG OF JAZZ, A (MARIAN MCPARTLAND)
    • 1993 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Marian McPartland, jazz musician, composer, teacher, host of NPR's "Piano Jazz" and writer. As she sits at the Baldwin, Mrs. McPartland reminisces about her childhood, her classical training, and how she branched out into jazz. She speaks of her relationship with her husband, Jimmy McPartland, and their tours before and during WWII. She expands upon the role of women in jazz and offers renditions of "A Delicate Balance," the Beatles' "In My Life," and "Groove Yard."

  • SITTING IN LIMBO*
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 95 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by John N. Smith; with Pat Dillon, Fabian Gibbs, Sylvie Clarke, Debbie Grant) Set to the reggae music of Jimmy Cliff, this is the bittersweet love story of Pat and Fabian, two teenagers with roots in the Caribbean who are struggling to grow up in the alien urban environment of Montreal. Their experiences of coping with school, jobs, slum landlords, and an unexpected pregnancy make for a film that is alternately hilarious and heart-rending. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SITUATION ZERO
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 60 min ----- vhs
    • More than 300,000 Cambodians are living in "temporary" evacuation sites along the Thai-Cambodian border; many have lived in these condition since 1979. The largest of these camps is Site-2, with a population of over 180,000. Follows the daily life of Yan Chheing, a sixty-year old grandmother and former peasant farmer, her daughter and three grandchildren. As she speaks of their present situation, the personal and tragic story of her family is shown.

  • SITUATION: WHERE AM I?
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 18 min ----- vhs
    • (Challenge of the Unknown, The series, Part 1) Reflecting on a situation lets you put the problem in its place. Problems have a way of returning if you don't have a grasp of the situation. Examples include an inept hotel doorman, the sport of orienteering, a wind prospecter and an artist/builder. (Deposited by Phillips Petroleum)

  • SIXTH SENSE
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Supersense series, Part 1) Human beings perceive the world through the five senses of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. A sixth, or extra sense of perception has long been suspected and conjectured about, yet substantive proof has not been established. In animals, a sixth sense is much more verifiable. Because animals do not possess a large, human-like brain, most compensate with at least one heightened sense. Birds, for example, have exceedingly good vision; dogs can smell up to a million times better than humans; insects are extraordinarily sensitive to sound.

  • SIXTY-SECOND SPOT: THE MAKING OF A TV COMMERCIAL
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • A behind-the-scenes look at the humorous and often difficult struggle to put together a TV commercial. Shows all facets of the production of a spot for 7-Up, from the original storyboard, through casting, to shooting in the Arizona desert. Illustrates that aesthetics and expense are equal criteria affecting nearly every decision. Concludes by showing the ad as it appeared on television.

  • SKANDA-SASTI (A FESTIVAL OF CONQUEST)
    • 1970 ----- color ----- 17 min ----- 16mm
    • Filmed in Tiruchendur in south India the film presents ``the festival of conquest'' celebrating the victory of Skanda, the six-headed son of Shiva, over the Demon in all of its various incarnations. It shows the worship of the iconic statues of Skanda and his two consorts including the showing of the 101 lights. On the seventh day of the festival the battle between Skanda and the Demon is presented in a pagent showing that, finally, man does not destroy the world, but masters it. Ends with the ritual marriage of the god and his consorts.

  • SKATER DATER
    • 1965 ----- color ----- 18 min ----- 16mm
    • A boy's emergence into adolescence is given a gentle treatment in this multiple award winning film. To joyous music the camera follows a young boy's adventures on his skateboard as he and the other members of his gang expertly maneuver along tree-shaded sidewalks and steep suburban streets. When he becomes interested in a girl, and loses leadership of the group in a test of skateboarding skills, he realizes that he is leaving his childhood for a new phase in his life.

  • SKI THE OUTER LIMITS
    • 1968 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Philosophy, visual poetry and the sport of skiing are combined in this film. Slow motion and natural speed photography show the style, control and balance required to push towards the outer limits of one's ability. Downhill racing, slalom, ski dancing and acrobatics are some of the limit-pushing directions.

  • SKIN
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- vhs
    • (Body Atlas, The series, Part 5) It's more than just a bag surrounding our pulpy bodies; the skin actively helps to keep us alive. The skin produces pigments that protect against the sun's ultraviolet rays. It also keeps our temperature constant. Subcutaneous fat holds in our warmth in cold weather, while sweat glands cool us when it becomes too hot. Each square inch of the skin contains nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors and 134 yards of nerves. It also has 30 hairs--an outgrowth of skin that helps protect our bodies. Fingernails and toenails, too, are just a specialized kind of skin. (A study guide is available upon request)

  • SKIN STORIES*
    • ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
    • Skin Stories explores the art of tattoos -- or tatau. We see the history of this art and what it means to many Pacific Islanders personally and culture-wise. Also included on this tape are interviews with people from New Zealand, Samoa and the United States on why they got their tattoos and how it has affected them as well as with some artists and how they came to their craft. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SKINNER REVOLUTION, THE
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 23 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents a biography of Dr. B. F. Skinner against the background of his contributions to science and philosophy. It presents the humane qualities of a man who has been often labeled as representing a cold and mechanistic view of life. Emphasizes Dr. Skinner's lifelong quest for human adjustment and happiness through the understanding and control of one's own environment. In one section Dr. Skinner reflects upon the humane uses of positive reinforcement in family life.

  • SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE
    • 1975 ----- color ----- 17 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • Shows the functioning of an agricultural system in the rural tropics which involves no fertilizers and no straight rows of crops. Scenes taken in eastern Nicaragua show steps involved in the entire life cycle of slash-and-burn agriculture from site selection to harvest, and also nutrient cycling and the structural similarity between cultivate plot and the tropical forest it replaces.

  • SLAUGHTER
    • 1996 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • (Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, The series, Part 4) World War I gave new meaning to death on the battlefield, a breadth of horror summed up in one word: slaughter. The Battle of Verdun became for the French what Gettysburg is for Americans; the goal of the German commander was not territory, but to bleed his enemy to death. A million men died there in only nine months. the British offered the same unspeakable sacrifice at The Somme, where another million died, and at Passchendaele, a graveyard for half a million more. Chronicles the carnage, and highlights the ingenious ways men kept their sanity behind the lines, using music, theater and trench newspapers to replicate the world they left behind. (Closed-Captioned)

  • SLEEP AND DREAMING IN HUMANS
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 13 min ----- 16mm
    • By taking the audience directly into the human sleep laboratory, Dr. William C. Dement demonstrates standardized research techniques used to specify stages of wakefulness, sleep and dreaming (paradoxical sleep) in humans.

  • SLIM HOPES: ADVERTISING AND THE OBSESSION WITH THINNESS
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 31 min ----- vhs
    • Jean Kilbourne (Killing Us Softly, Still Killing Us Softly) examines how advertising has "warped" the way women think about their own bodies. Using examples of over 120 ads from Magazines and TV, Ms. Kilbourne offers a new way to think about demoralizing and life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. Among the topics discussed: impossible beauty, the waif look, constructed bodies, food and sex, food and control, the weight loss industry, freeing imaginations.

  • SLIME MOLDS: COLLECTION, CULTIVATION AND USE
    • 1961 ----- color ----- 18 min ----- 16mm
    • Field and laboratory techniques involved in collection, cultivation and use of myxomycetes. Reviews through animation a few selected studies on slime molds.

  • SLIME MOLDS: IDENTIFICATION
    • 1961 ----- color ----- 23 min ----- 16mm
    • Illustrates use of a key by comparing a modified portion of Professor G. W. Martin's key to a road map. Follows each road until main families of myxomycetes are identified. Uses animation to show parts of fruiting bodies used in identification of slime molds.

  • SLIME MOLDS: LIFE CYCLE
    • 1961 ----- b & w ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • Life cycle of one myxomycete. Uses animation to show processes such as mitosis. Similarities and differences in life cycle of different species.

  • SLIME MOLDS: PLASMODIAL AND CELLULAR
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • The slime molds are a unique group of single-celled organisms recognized by botanists as Fungi and by zoologists as Protista. The life cycle of Myxomycetes (plasmodial or acellular) is: fruiting body (fungal-like reproductive stage), haploid spores formed by meiosis, haploid gametes, single cell diploid zygote, single cell multinucleated plasmodium, sclerotium and back to fruiting body. Reproduction is sexual. The life cycle of Acrasiomycetes (cellular) is: fruiting body, haploid spores, haploid myxamoeabae, aggregation, grexes and back to fruiting body. Reproduction is asexual.

  • SMALL HAPPINESS: WOMEN OF A CHINESE VILLAGE*
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 59 min ----- 16mm
    • (One Village in China series) ``To give birth to a boy is considered a big happiness. To give birth to a girl is a small happiness. Well, (laughter) you can't say it's no happiness. But there's a difference between big and small happiness. A boy will remain in the household, while a girl will be married off.'' The Chinese countryside, where one-fifth of the world's people live, is rarely seen in the West. Even more obscure are the four hundred million women that live there. The women of Low Bow village speak about birth control, family relationships, work, footbinding and a strike in a local all-woman workshop. But the most remarkable story is saved for the end of the film when an older woman tells the story of her life with her ``feudal'' husband and how her own life has changed for the better since the Liberation. (In Chinese with English subtitles) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SMILE OF REASON, THE
    • 1970 ----- color ----- 51 min ----- 16mm
    • (Civilisation series, Part 10) The Age of Reason, of Voltaire and his wit and passion for justice, of the creation of encyclopedias, of the salon with its brilliant conversation; an age in which the pursuit of reason led to revolution; an age of the accomplished sculpture of Houdon and the painting of Jacques Louis David; the era which saw the birth of the United States, whose foundation in the principles of the Age of Reason in reflected in the career, both political and architectural, of Thomas Jefferson.
      [ Note: this title is now available on video--look for it under the title Civilisation, Program 10 & 11 ]

  • SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT (SOMMARNATTENS LEENDE)*
    • 1955 ----- b & w ----- 119 min ----- vhs
    • (Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman; with Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Margit Carlqvist, Jarl Kulle, Bjorn Bjelfvenstam, Naima Wifstrand, Gull Natorp) At a country estate in turn-of-the-century Sweden, eight characters become four couples during a long, languorous summer night. Under the spell of a mysterious elixir, the mismatched couples switch partners in an intricate roundelay that is both lyrical and erotic. But since there are no real winners in Bergman's game of love, the rapture is brief, and quickly gives way to frustration and loneliness. One of the greatest tragi-comedies of all time, Bergman's perceptive send-up of social rites and sexual mores was the inspiration of Stephen Sondehim's A Little Night Music. (In Swedish with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • SMOKING/EMPHYSEMA: A FIGHT FOR BREATH*
    • 1975 ----- color ----- 12 min ----- vhs
    • Shows the difference between the functioning of healthy and diseased lungs. Cross-sectional models show the entire respiratory system, down to the smallest components, the alveoli, where the exchange between oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. Animation also shows the wave-like motion of the cilia that helps mucous carry away contaminants and then the breakdown that occurs when emphysema develops. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SNAKE LOCOMOTION
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 12 min ----- vhs
    • (Aspects of Animal Behavior series) Shows in detail four basic types of snake locomotion: lateral undulation, sidewinding, concertina, and rectilinear. Features a variety of snake species.

  • SNOW METAMORPHISM
    • 1976 ----- color ----- 9 min ----- 16mm
    • Time-lapse micrographs taken at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan, directly and vividly illustrate such phenomena as snow compaction under load, equitemperature (destructive) and temperature-gradient (constructive) metamorphism, sintering melt metamorphism and melt. (Release of University of Washington Press)

  • SOCIAL ANIMAL, THE
    • 1964 ----- b & w ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • (Focus on Behavior series) Investigates some of the ways in which man is influenced and changed by society. The effects of group pressure to conform are demonstrated by Dr. Stanley Schacher of Columbia University. The consequences of publicly stating ideas contrary to one's private belief are shown by Dr. Leon Festinger of Stanford University. The nature of the bargaining process is explored by Dr. Morton Deutsch of Bell Laboratories.

  • SOCIAL BRAIN, THE
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • (Human Quest series) By nature, humans are a social species. Our brains are wired from birth with programs that were crucial to our distant ancestors. Infants come equipped with a basic repertoire of social skills. And yet, as history has shown, there is a dark side to the human brain. The evidence is overwhelming that throughout our history as a species, relations between individuals and societies have been destructive as well as positive. As series host, Roger Bingham explains: "We are living in the Space Age with brains from the Stone Age. We need to "tune" our psychology, to figure out how to turn up the volume on ancient instincts like cooperation and turn down the volume on instincts like organized aggression."

  • SOCIAL ETHOGRAM OF THE SAN DIEGO BONOBOS (PAN PANISCUS)
    • 1987 ----- color ----- 53 min ----- vhs
    • The bonobo and chimpanzee are closely related species, both belonging to the genus Pan (the bonobo is also known as the pygmy chimpanzee). The bonobo's behavioral repertoire is still very much unknown. Edited from 80 hours of video recordings, primatologist Frans B. M. de Waal has captured many social interactions in the troop at the San Diego Zoological Society. Many of the social sequences occurred at feeding time, just following release from the night quarters, or during introductions arranged to merge two subgroups. (A listing of content is included)

  • SOCIAL LIFE OF SMALL URBAN SPACES, THE
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • William H. Whyte's film, like his book, is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others do do not. It is based on direct observation of what people do: their rituals in street encounters, for example, the tendency to reciprocal gestures in street conferences, the rhythms of the three-phase goodbye. A time-lapse study of crowding shows how people instinctively determine the carrying capacity of an urban space. Also looks at people's sitting behavior: the high-design artifacts they don't use, the ledges and benches they do, and such tremendous trifles as spaces two backsides deep and internal corners for people in groups.

  • SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • Shows how people's behavior in influenced by the social roles they play, by the social norms or rules governing different roles. Jim Sidanius talks about the scapegoating theory of how prejudice develops. Marilynn Brewer reveals why it was easy for her and her colleagues to create groups in the laboratory who were biased against each other. She identifies the means she found that tended to reduce bias and prejudice. Lee Ross describes the fundamental attribution error and its significance. Bernard Weiner defines the self-serving bias. Includes scenes from the Zimbardo "prison study".

  • SOCIALIST CITY
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- vhs
    • (Soviet Union series, Part 1) The rigors of everyday living in the Soviet Union persist in spite of reforms which promise greater personal freedom and improvement in the economy and quality of life. The Socialist State controls marriage, housing, education, medical care, employment, even clothing and food. If one can't find a job on one's own, the State can send you anywhere for employment, and wages are very low. Long lines, poor quality and limited selection makes shopping for food and other necessities demoralizing, sapping the physical strength and morale of Soviet citizens.

  • SOCIO-BIOLOGY: GENETIC VS. BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION (DAVID BARASH)
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) David Barash, Professor of Psychology and Zoology, University of Washington, traces the changes in the human species and the human condition from the perspective of a socio-biologist. Our biologic changes occur over centuries while our social changes (many as important as the biologic) can occur in a generation. He discusses the conflict between our genetic and cultural heritage and the impacts of that conflict on alienation, aggression and warfare.

  • SOCIOBIOLOGY: THE HUMAN ANIMAL
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- 16mm
    • (Nova series) Genes, not morality, tell us to save a stranger from drowning, or to avoid incest, because morality and justice are rooted in the genetic code. There are some of the findings of sociobiology which holds that behavior is biologically determined. Proponents claim that political science, law, economics, psychology, psychiatry and anthropology will all become branches of sociobiology. Its opponents denounce it as reactionary political doctrine disguised as science.

  • SOCIOLOGY OF AMERICA, THE: STUDYING URBAN INEQUALITY (WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON)
    • 1996 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with William Julius Wilson, sociologist and author of The Truly Disadvantaged. Mr. Wilson is also Director of the Study of Urban Inequality at the University of Chicago and serves as an advisor to President Clinton on issues pertaining to race and challenges faced in cities. They discuss the status of race relations today and a parallel is drawn between blacks and immigrants in the 1970's.

  • SOLAR ATMOSPHERE, THE
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 23 min ----- 16mm
    • Discusses various aspects of the solar atmosphere including granulation, development of sunspots, spicules, flares and flare waves, surges and prominences. (Color quality is not up to standard)

  • SOLAR FILM, THE
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 9 min ----- 16mm
    • Depicts the ancient relationship between the sun and humankind. Explores the formation and creation of the earth. Traces the consumption of sun-created fossil fuels and the sun itself as the logical source of future power. Written and directed by Saul Bass (Why Man Creates).

  • SOLAR FRONTIER, THE
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • Canadian architects are designing homes for average families that use solar power for heat--houses where the fuel bill doesn't go up every year. Shows three examples of homes in different environments and the different methods of using solar power.

  • SOLAR RADIATION I: SUN AND EARTH
    • 1968 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- 16mm
    • Simplified step-by-step explanations are given of the roles played by the rotation of the earth in showing diurnal variations and the tilt of the earth's axis of rotation with respect to the plane of its orbit in causing seasons.

  • SOLAR SYSTEM, THE
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 20 min ----- 16mm
    • Animation, artists' renderings and photographs of and from outer space describe the solar system. Each of the planets is discussed in turn from the inner, rocky planets, to the gaseous planets, to the outer planet and the comets. Reveals that man has learned more about the solar system in the last twenty years than in all the rest of history.

  • SOLARIS*
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 166 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky from the novel by Stanislaw Lem; with Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Yuri Jarvet and Vladislav Dvorzhetsky) A science fiction cult classic, Solaris is a mesmerizing and poetic masterpiece than can now be seen in its original and unedited entirety. From a futuristic orbiting space station come reports of strange behavior and unexplained hallucinations from the cosmonauts who inhabit it. Mindbending images and altered consciousness surround the station. Cosmonaut Kris Kelvin is dispatched to the space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris. The scientists must face the alien intelligence of the ocean-covered planet, which is able to materialize anyone from someone's past. Kelvin must face his dead wife, and again confront the division between them which drove her to suicide. [Letterboxed] (Donated by the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center) (In Russian with English subtitles) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SOLICITING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (ED MILES)
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Ed Miles, Professor at the School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington, and member of an intergovernmental panel on climate change. They discuss climate change in both the scientific and the political realms, the need for international cooperation due to the grand scale and complexity of the problem, and the interdisciplinary nature of experimentation and research on climate change.

  • SOLO
    • 1972 ----- color ----- 16 min ----- 16mm
    • A thrilling hymn to the pleasures and dangers of mountain climbing. Presents three aspects of climbing found by the individual in the wilderness of which the non-climber is rarely aware: the driving rhythm of sustained physical effort, the discovery of scenes and weathers unknown to others and the commitment to challenges which must be met alone.

  • SOLO: BEHIND THE SCENES
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 11 min ----- 16mm
    • Discusses some of the cinematic problems and climbing difficulties encountered during the making of Solo. Explores man's relationship with himself and with nature.

  • SOLUTIONS: A FILE ON CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- 16mm
    • Reflects and promotes the Canadian technological capability in the international market place. Such superior capability is demonstrated through domestic applications and successful international accomplishments.

  • SOLUTIONS: CANADIAN TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Demonstrates the Canadian urban transportation capability in comparison with major competitors in world markets. Highlights the technological development of the Canadian urban transportation industry by investigating the systems in three Canadian cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Discusses the coordination of buses, electric buses, electric trolleys and the subway in the Toronto system. Shows the rapidly accelerating capabilities of Canadian companies in meeting the specific demands of individualized systems such as Boston and Philadelphia.

  • SOME LIKE IT HOT*
    • 1959 ----- b & w ----- 119 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by Billy Wilder, screenplay by Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond; with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown) A comedy set n the Prohibition era, with transvestism, impotence, role confusion, and borderline inversion--and all hilariously innocent, though always on the brink of really disastrous double-entendre. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are the musicians who witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and then hide out from the mobsters by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-girl band. Marilyn Monroe and Joe E. Brown are their somewhat confused love partners. Monroe gives perhaps her most characteristic performance, which means that she's both charming and embarrassing. (Letterboxed) [Closed Captioned] [Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature] (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SOMEONE I ONCE KNEW
    • 1983 ----- color ----- 32 min ----- 16mm
    • Alzheimer's Disease, a progressive mental deterioration, will affect one in six Americans who live to the age of 65. It starts with memory loss and progresses over a decade or more to destroy all mental capacity--intelligence, language and emotion. There is no diagnostic test for the disease; however some medications help to slow the effects. In the advanced stages the victim is unaware of their surroundings. As a concerned family member says, "There is no longer the person I knew." But the problems of the disease do not end with the patient; the feelings of the family must be addressed as well--worry, stress, guilt.

  • SON OF GOD*
    • 1997 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • (In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great series, Part 1) A pivotal event in world history was the creation of a Greek empire stretching from the Balkans to India. British historian Michael Wood sheds new light on the events of 334 to 323 B.C. as he journeys across 2,000 years and sixteen countries. This BBC series retraces Alexander's 20,000 mile expedition that first joined East and West. A portrait emerges of Alexander the Great, an extraordinary young man who set out at age 21 and conquered most of the known world before he was 30. In this first episode Michael Wood traces the route of the young Alexander and his Greek army as they set out to invade Asia and overthrow the Persian Empire. (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SONG OF CEYLON
    • 1934 ----- b & w ----- 40 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Produced by John Grierson. Directed by Basil Wright. Music by Walter Leigh. Long regarded as one of the masterpieces of the factual film, this film was among the first to use sound in counterpoint rather than as a complement to the visuals. This results in moving constrasts between what is heard and what is seen, between the old Singhalese culture and the impact of industrial civilization on it. (--Museum of Modern Art Film Library)

  • SONG OF THE CANARY*
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 57 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • Most Americans think of their jobs as safe. Yet each year 100,000 die from occupational diseases--cancer, radiation, lung disease, sterility. Song of the Canary is the powerful human story behind the headlines. At a California chemical plant, the filmmakers uncover a national scandal that rocked the chemical industry: workers have become sterile from handling a powerful farm pesticide. In the Carolinas, cotton mill workers weak with "brown lung" disease battle mill companies and government bureaucracy for compensation and safer working conditions. Presents an engrossing and timely examination of a problem that confronts millions of Americans each working day. (Restricted to use by institutions of Higher Education in Washington state only)

  • SONS FOR THE RETURN HOME*
    • 1979 ----- color ----- 112 min ----- vhs
    • The love story of Sione and Sarah and the challenges they face as a couple. (In English and Samoan with English subtitles). (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SONS OF THE MOON
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • The moon is a key symbol in the cosmology of the Ngas, who live in isolated hamlets in Nigeria's Jos Plateau and study lunar movements by means of simple observatories. Ngas say that lunar phases follow the course of a woman's monthly cycle and regulate the rhythm of all life. Traces the moon's influence on Ngas work and thought during a single growing season. As the year progresses, a unique animated lunar "clock" ticks off the the months as the moon shifts position along the horizon. For the Ngas the moon governs the growth of crops and schedules all important human events, most notable agricultural festivals and the rites of passage of young boys into manhood.

  • SOON THERE WILL BE NO MORE ME
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 10 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents a poignant diary of a young woman with cancer; her moving thoughts about love for a child and husband, about loss, pain and most of all about the appreciation of life.

  • SORCERESS* (LE MOINE ET LA SORCIERE)
    • 1988 ----- color ----- 95 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Suzanne Schiffman; with Tcheky Karyo, Christine Boisson, Jean Carmet, Raoul Billery, Catherine Frot, Feodor Atkine) Presents a highly suspenseful drama revolving about Etienne de Bourbon, a 13th century Dominican friar who, sent by the Pope to seek out heretics, arrives in a small French village where he discovers Elda, the strangely beautiful and mysterious forest woman. Elda is respected in the village because she performs ancient healing rituals and understands nature's secrets. As an inquisitor, Etienne sets out to investigate these rites and practices. It is the confrontation between the two, the conflict between two sets of beliefs, which forms the basis for this accurate dramatization of the conflict between ancient customs and religious dogma. (Donated by the Center for Western European Studies) (In French with English subtitles) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SORROW AND THE PITY, THE* (LE CHAGRIN ET LA PITIE)
    • 1969 ----- b & w ----- 251 min ----- dvd
    • (Directed by Marcel Ophuls) Part One: The Collapse (L'Effondrement) (121 min); Part Two: The Choice (Le Choix) (127 min) Tells the story of France and one small industrial city, Clermont-Ferrand, under Nazi occupation by weaving together interviews as well as newsreel clips and propaganda films shot by the Nazis. Ophuls skillfully utilizes interviews with people who often contradict each other, so the story of France not only occupied but bitterly divided against itself fully emerges. Ordinary Frenchmen who found themselves performing heroic acts for the Resistance recall the dangers they faced while those who collaborated with the Nazis make excuses. A former Nazi officer pompously puts a benighn face on what occurred where he was stationed; interviews with French residents utterly refute his sanitized version of the past. Includes evidence of how wide-spread the anti-Semitic policies of the Nazis were accepted by Petain's collaborationistic, puppet government. Today, it remains a staggering achievement in the history of world cinema! [Letterboxed] (In French with English subtitles) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SORTING OUT SORTING
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- vhs
    • An entirely computer-generated video which uses animation to examine various sorting techniques used in all levels of computer science. Nine sorting techniques are included and grouped into three classes: insertion sorts, exchange sorts and selection sorts and each one is carefully explained. Designed for all levels of computer science instruction.

  • SOUND SENSE
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Supersense series, Part 3) Almost everyone has heard about dog whistles that produce sounds humans cannot hear. A great many land, sea and flying animals have hearing, sound-producing abilities far exceeding what most would ever imagine. Because so much animal sound cannot be detected by the human ear, many animal communication secrets have been unknown until fairly recently. Now, however, we realize that animals navigate, hunt, find mates, track each other and protect themselves by using sound in many amazing ways.

  • SOUNDS OF SCIENCE, THE (IRA FLATOW)
    • 1997 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Ira Flatow, who, for more than 25 years, has shared his passion for science on radio, in books and on television. Flatow currently hosts two weekly radio science shows, Science Friday and Sounds Like Science, both on National Public Radio.

  • SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, THE
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 18 min ----- vhs
    • The Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, was founded in 1971 by lawyer Morris Dees. The Center acts to aid the powerless whose human and civil rights have been violated. Presents a short history of the Center and its accomplishments including changing the voting system in Alabama, forcing an end to racial discrimination hiring and practices by the Alabama State Highway Patrol, and cases against the Klu Klux Klan including the case of Michael Donald.

  • SOUTH-WEST SIDE STORY (JIM HERNANDEZ)
    • 1998 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Jim Hernandez was a gang member for fifteen years. His brother died in his arms because of a gang-related fight. Now Hernandez works in violence prevention for the Concord, California Police Department, where he uses the philosophy of Kierkegaard and others to open doors for young gang members. He tells the remarkable story of his life and the relevance of philosophy to violence prevention. Ross Reynolds hosts.

  • SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN DANCES
    • 1948 ----- b & w ----- 10 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Typical dances of the many Indian tribes in the annual Inter-Tribal Ceremonies at Gallup, New Mexico. Includes the eagle dance and the hoop dance.

  • SOVIET CHILDREN
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 30 min ----- vhs
    • "There is only one priviliged class in the Soviet Union--the children."--V. Lenin. Follows Soviet children from the very first moments of their lives in a maternity hospital to the first school years. Deals with the question of collectivity in Soviet education and the system's efforts to teach the children love and respect for the party and the state. Parents and educators are asked about their views and aims and how they want to prepare the children for a life in a socialist society. (In Russian with English subtitles)

  • SOVIET JEWS: A CULTURE IN PERIL
    • (nd) ----- b & w ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • In this CBS-TV News Special, Stuart Novins, former Moscow Bureau Chief, traces the 2,000 year history of the Jewish people in what is now the U. S. S. R. With particular emphasis on the last 50 years, and using rare newsreel footage and still photography, Mr. Novins examines the lingering anti-Semitism within the Soviet Union. He probes the causes of the conflict between Socialism and Judaism and, in an interview with a recent emigre from the U. S. S. R., explores the extent of Jewish identity permitted by Soviet authorities and the reason why so many Jews continue their battle for emigration to Israel.

  • SOVIET UNION, 1918-1920: CIVIL WAR AND ALLIED INTERVENTION
    • 1967 ----- b & w ----- 17 min ----- 16mm
    • Russia, 1918: an enigma surrounded by mystery, a nation suffering from the ravages of civil war as dissident groups refuse to accept the Communist regime. Suspicious of each other's motives, the allies are unable or unwilling to provide more than token aid to their armies. Inept leadership and lack of central direction besets the allies who gradually withdraw in the summer of 1919. Civil war mounts and the White armies are defeated. By mid-1920, intervention has ended an episode that Russia will long resent and the West will long regret.

  • SOVIET UNION: AN INTRODUCTION
    • 1960 ----- color ----- 18 min ----- 16mm
    • An introduction to the land and traditions of the U. S. S. R. Survey of the geographic and historical ideas of the northern-most country of Europe and Asia. A consideration of the land and its people without vituperation.

  • SOVIET UNION--ITS PEOPLE AND ITS ECONOMY (JUDITH THORNTON)
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Al Pages speaks with Judith Thornton, Professor of Economics, University of Washington. Professor Thornton talks about Soviet military spending and the political structure. She explains how the Party decides what share of the national income will be saved, how much will go for defense, health or education?

  • SOVIET WOMAN, THE
    • 1964 ----- b & w ----- 52 min ----- 16mm
    • Interviews from Madame Khrushchev to a construction worker, the woman in charge of Soviet satellite tracking stations to a Mother Heroine with eleven offspring, from students to fashion models reveal how the women of the Soviet Union carry on the day's activities. At home and in public they look at life and love--and themselves.

  • SOVIET WOMEN
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 50 min ----- vhs
    • Soviet women have gained all the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Soviet constitution, and their contribution to the Soviet economy is so essential that the Soviet society would collapse if the women stopped working. But despite their political, social and economic emancipation women are discriminated against at work and home. Looks at the official image of the Soviet women and at how the women themselves perceive their situation and their problems in society and the family. Also deals with the high divorce rate in the Soviet Union, the many abortions and the housing problems that most young couples must face. (In Russian with English subtitles)

  • SPACE NEEDLE STORY, THE
    • 1965 ----- b & w ----- 14 min ----- 16mm
    • (Produced by the Space Needle Corporation) Contains historic footage of the erection of the needle from the foundation in which the center of gravity is below ground level, to the 50 foot spire at its' top rising over 600 feet in the air.

  • SPANISH TURMOIL, THE
    • 1967 ----- b & w ----- 63 min ----- 16mm
    • Compiled from rare footage shot in Spain through the years, this comprehensive history describes the political upheavals that led to the Spanish Civil War. It covers the bloodbath--Franco's rise to power--the exploitation of Spain as a testing ground for ideologies and warfare techniques by Germany, Italy and Russia--the young idealists from all over the world who came to fight and die in the hopeless struggle.

  • SPEAK IT! FROM THE HEART OF BLACK NOVA SCOTIA*
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • Shingai, Tandi, Shawn and Krista are Black high school students with something to say. Set in Halifax, the film follows them as they work to establish a Cultural Awareness Youth Group, a vehicle for building pride and self-esteem through educational and cultural programs. In the environment of their predominantly white high school, the students face daily reminders of the presence of racism, ranging from abuse (crude racist graffiti on washroom walls), to exclusion (the seemingly more "innocent" omission of Black history from texts). Yet, they do not lose hope. With help from mentors, they discover the richness of their heritage and learn some of the ways they can begin to effect change. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SPEAKER, THE (A FILM ABOUT FREEDOM)
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 41 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents opposing views on the First Amendment in the context of a high school classroom. The student current events committee of an integrated high school settles on a speaker for a student assembly. The speaker, modeled on William Shockley, is a scientist who is also known for his theory that blacks are genetically inferior to whites. The faculty advisor warns of possible criticism but leaves the decision to the group. News of the invitation to speak sets off a storm of controversy in the school and in the community. What ensues is a heated discussion of the rights of the individual guarenteed under the First Amendment.

  • SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL REEL II (CLIO AWARDS)
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents 29 CLIO award winning television commercials--each exemplifies excellence in copy, art, production or a combination of all three. Companies represented are: Southern Airways, Illinois Bell Telephone, Kawasaki Motorcycles, AAA of Michigan, Sony Components, Chevrolet, Nair, Straw Hat Pizza, Tonka Toys, Kodak Trimline Cameras, National Geographic, Barney's Clothing Store, B'Nai B'Rith, Exxon Corporation, Boston Red Sox, Kodak Film, Fruit of the Loom Underwear, Paine Webber, Johnson & Johnson Band Aids, Kodak Instamatic Cameras, Sugar Free 7Up, Downey Fabric Softener, Purina Meow Mix, Illinois Bell Telephone, National Beer, St. Regis Company and Kodak Film.

  • SPECIAL EFFECTS FILMING
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 18 min ----- 16mm
    • (A Bolex Presentation) Presents some commercials as examples of the effective visualization of the photographer using special effects. Discusses the use of a matte box in 16mm photography. Included in the discussion is the use of gels, lenses, masks, patterned glass, etc. and their use in scene transitions, close-ups, split-screen, matte shots, wipes, etc.

  • SPECIES SPECIFIC AGGREGATION OF DISSOCIATED SPONGE CELLS
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 4 min ----- 16mm
    • Two different species of sponge cells, Microciona prolifera and Haliclona occulata, are shown dissociated. Reaggregation of the cells when the two species are mixed is illustrated. The principles that emerge are: 1) cell movements during aggregation appear to be random and 2) reaggregation is species specific.

  • SPEECH CHAIN, THE
    • 1962 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- 16mm
    • Traces the so-called speech chain from the conception of an idea in the speaker's brain to its reception in the listener's brain. Includes descriptions of vocal cords, articulators and their methods of producing sounds, outer ear, inner ear and the action of nerves as they transmit impulses to the brain of the listener. Shows research in speech and hearing.

  • SPEED AND TRANSGRESSION (LESLEY HAZLETON)
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar converses with Lesley Hazleton, psychologist, journalist and author of Confessions of a Fast Woman. Ms. Hazleton describes her career change from foreign correspondent to automotive columnist/journalist. As a woman in a primarily man's field, she describes her love of fast cars and how she learned from the "inside" as a mechanic's apprentice. She speaks of how "something happens inside your mind when you're in a really powerful car on a public highway."

  • SPICE ISLAND SAGA
    • 1988 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Ring of Fire series, Part 1) Filmmakers, brothers Lorne and Lawrence Blair, embark on a 2,000 mile, ten-year journey through the Spice Islands in search of the Bird of Paradise, the symbol of Eternal Life. They encounter storms and doldrums, sultans and transvestite priests, pearl-divers and python-hunters, before finally reaching the Aru Islands, close to New Guinea. Their odyssey with the Bugis tribe starts the Blairs on the inner journey which leads them ever deeper into the forgotten wisdom of the island peoples.

  • SPIES (SPIONE)
    • 1927 ----- b & w ----- 88 min ----- 16mm
    • (Directed by Fritz Lang; with Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch and Lupu Pick) The main action centers on the conflict between two rival factions--a vast international organization and the government's secret services. The police and the secret services are virtually paralyzed by the spies who are able to steal and murder as they please. A special secret agent is dispatched to try to insure that an important treaty reaches its proper destination. As layer upon layer of meaning is formed on this foundation, Lang weaves a tale of suspence and sensation.

  • SPIRIT IN A LANDSCAPE: THE PEOPLE BEYOND
    • 1975 ----- color ----- 57 min ----- 16mm
    • (Images of Canada (CBC-TV) series) Presents a look at the Inuit people of Canada's Arctic through their distinctive artifacts and art and through the special environment in which they live. Remarkable for insights into Inuit heritage, the three "acts" focus on: the outer physical world, the inner spiritual world, and the disruptive impact of 20th century white man on ancient Inuit culture. Provocative music is performed on a synthesizer and was derived from the sounds of the North--wildlife and nature, culture and community.

  • SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE, THE
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 57 min ----- vhs
    • (Frontline series) One hundred years ago, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred Chief Big Foot and over 200 other unarmed Sioux men, women and children in the deep snow of Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. Frontline chronicles the history of the once indomitable nation of buffalo-hunting warriors, led by Crazy Horse, who called themselves Lakota, meaning "the Allies." Correspondent Milo Yellow Hair recounts the story of a native American people--from the lost battles for their land against the invading whites--to the radicalization of the American Indian Movement or AIM in the 1970s--to the present-day revival of the Sioux cultural pride and an attempt to regain their lost territory.

  • SPIRIT OF KUNA YALA, THE
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 59 min ----- dvd
    • Today, the rapid destruction of tropical rainforests is recognized as a critical global problem. A tragic result of this process has been the extinction of countless indigenous peoples. Presents a portrait of a native people determined to survive the encroachment of the Western world. It features the Kuna Indians of Panama's San Blas Islands as they unite to protect their rainforest homeland, Kuna Yala, and the tradition it inspires. Told entirely in the words of the Kunas, it is a plea to care for the earth from a people who have a deep and intimate relationship with the land.

  • SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE* (EL ESPRITU DE LA COLMENA)
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 93 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Victor Erice; with Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Teresa Gimpera, Jose Villasante) Set in rural Spain in 1940, this is a haunting portrait of the isolation of an introverted child within her own family. Ana Torrent is the lonely little girl who sees Boris Karloff's Frankenstein, and is convinced that the monster actually exists. Encouraged by her sister, she sets off into the woods to find him. As her obsession intensifies, the barrier between reality and hallucination gradually dissolves, and she becomes immersed in a mysterious and poetic imaginary world. A poignant exploration of the fragile innocences of childhood, or a thoughtful commentary on the tragedy of Spain's Civil War, on whatever level one perceives it, it presents the best of Spanish cinema. (Donated by the Center for Western European Studies) (In Spanish with English subtitles) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SPIRIT OF THE MASK, THE*
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 51 min ----- vhs
    • Unlocks the secret world of the Northwest Coast Indians, revealing the myths, rituals and ceremonies that gave rise to both powerful art and a special understanding of mans relationship to the natural and supernatural worlds. This exploration of the spiritual and psychological powers of the mask features dramatic, rarely seen ceremonies and also tells the story of the Northwest Coast peoples struggle to preserve their sacred traditions against the onslaught of European colonialism. Along the way we learn how the mask, even in contemporary culture, enables us to embody our myths and our dreams . . . and to give us the power of healing. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SPIRIT POSSESSION OF ALEJANDRO MAMANI, THE (AGING IN ANOTHER CULTURE)
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- 16mm
    • (Faces of Change series) Alejandro Mamani is the oldest member of his community of Aymara Indians. At 81 he is remarkably strong, able to labor in the fields high in the Bolivian mountains. But his mental decline is evident. With total spontaneity he pours out his complaints. He mourns the death of his wife and friends; he broods over the loss of wealth and status; he berates his children for what he perceives as neglect. He also talks about being harrassed at night by evil spirits which sap his strength and drive him to thoughts of suicide. It is significant that he did, in fact, commit suicide after the filmmakers left.

  • SPIRITS AND ANCESTORS AND ARTIFACTS (BILL HOLM)
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Bill Holm, Curator Emeritus of Northwest Coast Indian Art at the Burke Museum, University of Washington. Mr. Holm discusses his recently published book, Spirit and Ancestor, in which he commemorates the centennial of the Burke museum. As he talks about his career as the curator, a diverse array of Burke Museum pieces are shown. He explains each work culturally and stylistically. The patterns and developments of Northwest Coast Art, together with the effects of Europeans on the culture, is also discussed.

  • SPIRITUAL ORDERING: THE METAL ARTS OF AFRICA
    • 1983 ----- color ----- 20 min ----- vhs
    • R. F. Thompson, Yale University, introduces examples of major metal artifacts and sculpture from Western and Central Africa. Traces important themes such as the equestrian figure and zoomorphic representations of the snake. Illustraes the representation of the theme of possession among the Yoruba as shown in a bronze mask from the Lower Niger. Rare footage taken in 1962 documents iron forging techniques practiced by Congolese craftsmen. Shows the lost wax process as used by the Ebre people of the Ivory Coast.

  • SPLIT BRAIN
    • 1965 ----- b & w ----- 13 min ----- 16mm
    • Explains and demonstrates at the California Institute of Technology the revolutionary split-brain operation in which the two hemispheres of the brain are separated surgically along the corpus callosum. Demonstrates the special devices developed to test split-brain subject to provide new understanding of how the brain operates.

  • SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: BASED ON THE POETRY OF EDGAR LEE MASTERS*
    • 1976 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Who were the people who lived and died in the supposedly idyllic days of rural America? Masters' Spoon River Anthology probed beneath the surface to reveal their very human strengths and weaknesses. This lyrical realism is captured here with authentic settings and period photography. Reveals the broader context of public reaction to the poem when it was published. As selections of Masters poetry are read, we sense the complexity of American life as it entered the Twentieth Century. (Donated by Educational School District 121) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • SPORT PSYCHOLOGY FOR YOUTH COACHES
    • 1982 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Of all coaches, perhaps the high school and youth sport coaches have the most demanding and difficult task; that is, to help a young, unskilled, emotionally fragile youngster transform into a strong, efficient, coordinated and independent athlete. Two areas of paramount importance for effective coaching are communication and motivation. Examines the role of the coach as a communicator and motivator. Presents a basic understanding of the communication and motivation process and outlines a number of coaching-related principles to achieve these goals.

  • ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, THE*
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 45 min ----- vhs
    • Life support for the original Indian population, pathway for the French colonists of New France who built their settlements along its banks, the St. Lawrence is the link between the Atlantic and the great inland sea known as the Great Lakes, the roadto the heartland of America, and for centuries it has been the frontier between two different cultures. Follows the history of New France; the discoveries of Cartier and Champlain; the story of what the Indians called Kebec (which the French spelled Quebec); the growth of industry and population on both sides of the international border; and the changing role of the river from barrier to international symbol. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • STAGECOACH*
    • 1939 ----- b & w ----- 97 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by John Ford; with John Wayne, Claire Trevor, John Carradine, Andy Devine, Thomas Mitchell) The classic western, Stagecoach is John Ford's great epic of the frontier. this western eclipsed all films in the genre that had gone before it and so vastly influenced those that followed that its stamp can be found in most superior westerns made since Ford stepped into Monument Valley for the first time. Set in a landscape of endless horizons, it is a wonderful broad portrait of pioneer life in the untamed Great Southwest, as well as an in-depth character study of eight people, all diverse in their pursuits and all traveling to separate fates on a journey packed with danger. Here, at last, was a grown-up Western, a sharply drawn, dazzlingly directed film that elevated the genre above its kiddie-matinee status and ushered in a 30-year era of top-quality Westerns featuring big stars, big directors and big themes. (Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • STALEMATE
    • 1996 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • (Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, The series, Part 2) The military believed that technical advances in weaponry would make for a quick outcome on the battlefield. How then did modern weaponry bring about a deadly stalemate? How was a war that most believed would be over by Christmas transformed into a gigantic and unprecedented war of attrition? From the beginning the war was out of hand, and new styles of warfare were producing new kinds of horror and unprecedented levels of suffering and death. To escape from machine guns and artillery, soldiers dug into the ground to survive--and soon a line of trenches stretched along the war's Western Front from the Swiss Alps to the English Channel. Traces the misery and ingenuity of life in the trenches, and ends with the extraordinary Christmas Eve Truce that had been called "the last twitch of the 19th Century." (Closed-Captioned)

  • STALIN: MAN AND IMAGE
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 24 min ----- 16mm
    • Stalin's ability to change and control events and people made him one of the most powerful individuals of all time. In many ways, Stalin was an unlikely candidate for a position of power. He was a small man with a distant and cold personality. The son of peasants, Stalin lacked family connections, wealth or broad education; yet, Stalin rose to a position of supreme power in the Soviet Union and he maintained that power until his death. Despite his powerful position in national and international politics for thirty years, he remains, as Winston Churchill so ably expressed it, "an enigma wrapped in a mystery."

  • STALIN: THE POWER OF FEAR
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 24 min ----- 16mm
    • By 1939, Stalin had supreme power inside Russia. No individual or group dared threaten his authority. Every aspect of Soviet life, from economic policies to architectural styles, was subject to Stalin's approval. Stalin's total control of people and events in the Soviet Union was based on fear. The secret police, Stalin's eyes and ears, were everywhere; sham trials, imprisonments and killings had become routine. To his heirs, Stalin left a system that is maintained by deceit and terror, and a legacy of power based on fear. Although the man is dead and his actions condemned in official Soviet history, Stalin's spirit lives on.

  • STALIN AND RUSSIAN HISTORY (1879-1927)
    • 1977 ----- b & w ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents a visual diary of nearly fifty years of Russian history, from Stalin's entry into an Orthodox seminary at the age of eleven, to the power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky after the death of Lenin. Specific sequences include the misery of the Russian peasants, the industrialization of Russia which gave Stalin his first experience in clandestine political activity, the Revolution of 1905 which provided him with an opportunity to display his organizational ability, World War I, the collapse of the Romanov dynasty, the Civil war following the Bolshevik coup and the extreme social and economic problems that followed.

  • STALIN AND RUSSIAN HISTORY (1928-1953)
    • 1977 ----- b & w ----- 31 min ----- 16mm
    • Upon seizing power from Trotsky and his other opponents, Stalin inaugurates the industrialization of the Five Year Plan and the collectivization of agriculture. Terror becomes his weapon with the brutal suppression of the kulaks, the purges of the 1930's and the assassination of Trotsky. Stalin's leadership role is examined in his foreign policy, the 1939 pact with Hitler, the German invasion, the great battles of World War II and the conferences of Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam. Ends with the early years of the Cold War and Stalin's death in 1953.

  • STALIN'S REVOLUTION
    • 1970 ----- b & w ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Explains how Stalin, putting aside Lenin's goal of world revolution, built Russia into a world power. With a series of five-year plans, he achieved great gains in heavy industry, but failed in agriculture and the production of consumer goods. Outlines Stalin's role at Stalingrad, his post-war takeover of Eastern Europe and his Iron Curtain policy, shunning his wartime allies and leading to the Cold War.

  • STANISLAVSKY: MAKER OF MODERN THEATRE
    • 1972 ----- b & w ----- 27 min ----- 16mm
    • No actor, no play, no theatre in this century has remained untouched by the influence of Constantin Stanislavsky--actor, director, founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, of modern acting. His search for reality in character portrayal and his famous stagings of now-classic plays are traced using archival film footage, period photographs, his directorial notebooks and dramatic scenes from Moscow Art Theatre productions. Shows the evolution of Stanislavsky's famous method of "truth in art." Shows him meeting with the actors in his company and discussing the psychological requirements of a characterization with one of his actresses--how to present the life on stage.

  • STAR WARS: A SEARCH FOR SECURITY
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- vhs
    • "What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest upon the threat of instant U. S. retaliation to deter a Soviet attack? That we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missles before they reached our own soil or that of our allies."--Ronald Reagan, March 23, 1983. Thus began one of the most controversial issues of our time--S. D. I.--the Strategic Defense Initiative. Pros and cons of S. D. I. are explored and argued by supporters and opponents of the idea. Included in the discussions are the areas of effectiveness, cost and adequate technology. Narrated by Ed Begley, Jr.

  • STAR WARS--A NEW HOPE*
    • 1997 ----- color ----- 124 min ----- vhs
    • (Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition) series, Part 4) (Written and directed by George Lucas; with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Sir Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew) To see Star Wars again after 20 years is to revisit a place in the mind. George Lucas's space epic has colonized our imaginations, and it is hard to stand back and see it simply as a motion picture, because it has so completely become part of our memories. It's as goofy as a children's tale, as shallow as an old Saturday afternoon serial, as corny as Kansas in August--and a masterpiece. It combined a new generation of special effects with the high-energy action picture; it linked space opera and soap opera, fairy tales and legend, and packaged them as a wild visual ride. Those who analyze its philosophy do so, I imagine, with a smile in their minds. May the Force be with them.--Roger Ebert (Closed-Captioned) [An examination of the Special Edition of Star Wars is presented before the feature (13 min).] [Letterboxed] (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • STAR WARS--A STEP TOWARD PEACE OR A MARCH TOWARD FOLLY? (HANS BETHE)
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Hans Bethe, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Cornell University; Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Washington and a participant in the Manhattan Project during World War II, focuses on President Reagan's proposed "Star Wars" system, envisioned by some as the answer to America's defense needs, by others as a potentially disastrous project. Dr. Bethe feels that there is no such thing as a technically feasible defense against nuclear war. The Nobel laureate discusses the nuclear arsenals of the U. S. and the U. S. S. R., how they can be deployed, how accurately they can be targeted and some of the effects which a nuclear exchange would produce.

  • STARDUST
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 55 min ----- vhs
    • (Astronomers series, Part 5) The deaths of stars allow our own lives to come into being. This episode explains how this phenomenon occurs and looks at the complete life cycle of the stars that make up our galaxy. See two American scientists researching the forces that bring gas and dust together with such intense pressure that nuclear fusion results and a star is born. Meet Hans Bethe, the first scientist to explain in detail how stars are fueled. Then watch three Australian scientists look into the death of a star by studying the remains of the supernova explosion of 1987.

  • STARFISH REALM
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 14 min ----- 16mm
    • The film has its setting in two places, the laboratory and the ocean. The first sequence is of starfish and other aquatic creatures, the anemone and the sea slug among others. This is a ballet, of sorts, showing the delicate and rhythmic motion of the animals. The second part is an encounter in the laboratory between a crab and an octopus.

  • STARRY MESSENGER, THE
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 52 min ----- vhs
    • (Ascent of Man, The series, Part 6) Astronomy--Traces the history of astronomy from the Mayan civilization to 17th century Venice. The clash between church dogma and scientific theory is the central theme and Galileo is the dominant subject. Dr. Jacob Bronowski examines Galileo's early use of the telecope; his experiments to prove the Copernican theory that the planets revolve around the sun and the 1633 trial in Rome in which he was charged with heresy. In the Vatican Archives Bronowski reveals the rarely seen records that sealed Galileo's fate.

  • STARS, GALAXIES AND SOUTHERN SKIES
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 27 min ----- 16mm
    • Examines astronomy in the Southern Hemisphere including the evolution of the stars and shapes and evolution, to a degree, of galaxies. Due to the new observatories being erected in the Southern Hemisphere, it is called the new frontier of astronomy. Features Dr. Bart Bok, member of the National Academy of Science and world reknown authority on the Milky Way, during some observational studies at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

  • START-UP
    • 1982 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • The genesis of John DeLorean's ill-fated attempt to produce and market an $18,000 sports car. covers the problems of securing high-risk capital, structuring a management team; operating in a foreign country under a government loan from the host country; coordinating suppliers; and dealing with supply and production schedules, cost overruns, riots in Belfast, facilities construction, marketing and overhead.

  • STATE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, THE (PETER BERLE)
    • 1988 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Al Page speaks with Peter Berle, President of the National Audubon Society. Mr. Berle discusses many concerns over human actions in the environment and the sometimes irreversible consequences. He focuses on extinction and survival of wildlife, forestry management, the U. S. Forestry Service; environmentalist and wildlife groups; the destruction of tropical rain forests, the "Greenhouse Effect"; the loss of wet land.

  • STATE OF THE STRAIT CONFERENCE*
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • Presents excerpts from "A Public Inquiry into the Health of the Georgia Strait" held in Nanaimo, BC, in February 1991. A number of concerned individuals and organizations voice their collective objects to the polluting of the Strait with untreated raw sewage (from municipal governments), chloride waste (from pulp and paper mills), erosion and destruction of salmon habitats (by the forest industry). Parallels are drawn between the violence of war and the violence of economic plundering of the land for purely economic reasons. Explains the governmental priorities in protecting economic interests on the global scale whilst disregarding the desecration of the environment. Suggested citizen action is explained. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • STATES OF MIND
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
    • (Brain, The series, Part 8) Attempts to formulate some ideas of the roles played by the brain's anatomy and chemistry in awareness. Incorporates information derived from sleep research. Introduces a victim of "multiple personality" disorder. Shows how PCP destroys the capability of the cortex and hippocampus to govern the limbic system.

  • STATISTICS AT A GLANCE
    • 1972 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • Illustrates the widespread use of statistics in daily activities. Major topics discussed: 1) frequency distribution, 2) normal and skewed distributions, 3) measures of central tendency, 4) variability, 5) percentiles and 6) correlation. Briefly recaps areas covered and introduces inferential statistics.

  • STATISTICS: CONFIDENT CONCLUSION
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (For All Practical Purposes series, Part 10) Can you be sure that your results are accurate, and can you determine the possible percentage of error? Explains statistical inference and how it is based on calculations of probability.

  • STATISTICS: OVERVIEW
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (For All Practical Purposes series, Part 6) Explains how to understand what data is and how it is collected, organized, and analyzed so that the statistical conclusions can be valid and unbiased.

  • STATISTICS: PICTURE THIS
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (For All Practical Purposes series, Part 8) Picturing data using graphs, histograms, and box plots reveal changes and subtle patterns that can then be examined in terms of mean, median, quartile, and outlier.

  • STATISTICS: PLACE YOUR BETS
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (For All Practical Purposes series, Part 9) Patterns in seemingly random situations are bound by using the techniques of sampling distributions, normal curves, standard deviations, expected value, and the central limit theorem.

  • STAYING ON THE BEAT (EDNA BUCHANAN)
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Edna Buchanan, Pulitzer prize winning author and reporter for the Miami Herald. Ms. Buchanan talks about her most recent book, Never Let Them See You Cry, a collection of stories based on murders and crimes on which she reported for her newspaper. They discuss burnout, writing "Edna leads", and the positive effects crime reporters can have in some cases.

  • STEALING BEAUTY*
    • 1996 ----- color ----- 118 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by Bernardo Bertollucci; with Sinead Cusack, Jeremy Irons, Jean Marias, Donal McCann, D. W. Moffett, Stefania Sandrelli, Liv Tyler) Sent abroad to spend the summer of her 19th year in the idyllic Italian countryside, Lucy Harmon suddenly finds herself the object of intense fascination for an eccentric local group of ex-patriot aritsts and bohemians. Now, as she explores the pleasure and pain of first live, Lucy's youthful energy and spirit kindle the jaded emotions and passions of those around her, including a terminally ill, romantic writer who becomes her unlikely confidant and one true friend. (Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature) [Letterboxed] (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.
    • 1927 ----- b & w ----- 71 min ----- 16mm
    • (Directed by Charles F. Reisner; with Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrance, Marion Byron, Tom Lewis and Tom McGuire) The locale is the Mississippi River of the old side-wheeler days, and the story is a bit of Americana about the bitter rivalry between two riverboat owners. As important to the story is the father/son relations between tough, burly Captain Bill Canfield (Ernest Torrance) and his long-lost son, Willie Canfield (Buster Keaton), who arrives in town outfitted with a wispy mustache and a ukelele. The climax is the cyclone sequence--probably the most incredible physical disaster ever planned for a movie wherein Keaton arranged for a two-ton wall to come falling down on him.

  • STEEL IN RHYTHM
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 22 min ----- 16mm
    • (Industrial Japan series) Shows the history of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. from its first copper smelting operations in the year 1590 through the merger of Sumitomo Copper Works and Sumitomo Steel Works in 1935, in Osaka, to the corporation's current operations. The second segment shows steel production processes such as conversion of iron into molten metal, continuous casting by machine, steel rolling, testing for strength and shaping for various types of pipe. Equipment for controlling environmental pollution is also pictured. In the final segment, a variety of applications for steel products is shown. (Deposited by the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs)

  • STEEL TOWN
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 19 min ----- vhs
    • (Soviet Union series, Part 3) Stalin's enforced industrialization of the Soviet Union in the '30s was a great leap forward for an underdeveloped country. Today Siberian planned factory towns throb with the pulse of giant steel mills, but the price for this tremendous industrial growth has been heavy, especially for the workers. Housing is painfully inadequate. Pollution is rampant, with poisonous gases and acid rain filling the air. Industrial diseases abound: silicosis, cancer, skin alergies, nervous ailments. While there are some attempts to alleviate these conditions, State production plans are of more importance than people's health.

  • STEMONITIS FLAVOGENITA (MYXOMYCETES) PLASMODIAL PHASE (APHANOPLASMODIUM)
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 14 min ----- 16mm
    • Mitosis in uninucleate, binucleate, 4-nucleate and multinucleate plasmodia is illustrated. The growth, streaming patterns and coalescence of plasmodia are presented. Encystment and excystment are included. Formation of the coralloid phase and sporulation are demonstrated. Capillitial and spore formation are illustrated.

  • STEP PARENTING
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 16 min ----- 16mm
    • (Northwest Resource Center for Children, Youth and Families) Helps define problems that can occur in remarriage when children are involved. Portrays such trouble spots as blending two different patterns of discipline for two sets of children, a child balking at having to share territory with a new sibling after remarriage, a jealous child attempting to sabotage the new parent and competition between the biological and step-parents. Each of the 14 scenes is followed by a pause for discussion.

  • STEP STYLE
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • (Movement Style and Culture series) Audiences react with great excitement to the nimble stepping of dancers and athletes because their skill represents a triumph in a lifelong and universal problem area for the human biped--maintaining an erect posture on two legs against the constant pull of gravity. Most dances exhibit a special style of step and many consist almost exclusively of fancy footwork. Demonstrates how each main zone of culture favors a distinctive use of the leg and foot in its dance. The various step styles illustrated are shown to be related to productive activities, social structure, etc.

  • STEPPING OUT: THE DEBOLTS GROW UP
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 49 min ----- 16mm
    • (Northwest Resource Center for Children, Youth and Families) A sequel to Who Are the DeBolts? Follows the family through 1980. The DeBolt family includes 20 children of several races, nationalities and with various disabilities. The family is shown in a variety of situations with the emphasis on the eight teenagers preparing for adulthood and independence.

  • STEPPING UP TO SUPERVISOR
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 20 min ----- 16mm
    • Illustrates the changes employees face when they first become managers. Deals with the issues new supervisors face as they assume different roles and functions. Alerts new supervisors to mistakes commonly made during the early phases of a management career and offers strategies for avoiding some of the common pitfalls.

  • STEPS OF THE BALLET
    • 1948 ----- b & w ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Positions, movement and steps in detail, then combined in a finished ballet. Work of the choreographer, composer and designer.

  • STEVENSON STORY, THE
    • 1952 ----- b & w ----- 12 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) A brief history of the rise of Governor Adlai Stevenson in national politics. Reviews the Governor's record in Illinois and includes excerpts from his campaign speeches. Film is of interest as a campaign document. (Hollywood for Stevenson Committee)

  • STILL KILLING US SOFTLY: ADVERTISING'S IMAGE OF WOMEN*
    • 1987 ----- color ----- 32 min ----- 16mm
    • Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., (Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women), explores the relationship of media images to actual problems in society, including the channeling of men and women into traditional roles and occupations, economic discrimination against women, the sexual abuse of children, rape and other forms of violence, pornography, sexual harassment, teenage pregnancy and eating disorders. Dr. Kilbourne expands and continues her critical work, awakening new audiences to advertising's erosion of our dignity and our right to freely chosen lives. (Restricted to use within the state of Washington only)

  • STILL WATERS
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- 16mm
    • (Nova series) Still waters boasts a cast of characters that includes virtually everything that lives in, on, under, around and above a fresh water pond; microscopic life, insects, amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds and mammals, captured over a period of a year by specially developed photographic techniques.

  • STILLWELL ROAD
    • 1945 ----- b & w ----- 52 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Presents a study of the building of the famous Burma Road--an important World War II supply route which was scratched out of the mountains. Excellent editing, Disney-animated maps, combat footage and spirit of international cooperation.

  • STONE AGE
    • 1950 ----- b & w ----- 17 min ----- 16mm
    • Earliest examples of arts and crafts. Stone age pottery, early weapons and grinding stones.

  • STONE AND THE SCULPTOR
    • 1951 ----- b & w ----- 31 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Direct carving techniques by Erwin Frey. Each stage of work on the Fairmont Park group in Philadelphia. Hand and machine tools demonstrated.

  • STONED BY SOCIETY (ROGER ROFFMAN)
    • 198 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Marijuana has always been an intoxicant and an irritant to society. Now we are learning it may be both worse and better than we ever thought, Roger Roffman, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington, has studied marijuana for 30 years. He discusses with host Ross Reynolds the indications that marijuana can be addictive, the raging debate about medical use of marijuana, and what we know, and still don't know, about the drug.

  • STONES OF EDEN
    • 1967 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • Documents a year in the life of a farmer in the mountains of central Afghanistan, showing the ancient farm implements he must use and the harsh and primitive system of credit under which he must labor to purchase what he needs. His goal in life--to have a son go through school so that he can become a truck driver.

  • STORIES OF MAXINE HONG KINGSTON, THE
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
    • (A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers Series) Maxine Hong Kingston is the author of The Woman Warrior, China Men, and Tripmaster Monkey. In this conversation, she offers new images of America as a "melting pot" where the dutiful notions of the Puritans blend with the Monkey Spirit of the Orient to produce a new American consciousness. In Kingston's opinion, "People live with a lot of regrets because there's some choice they made that they think is wrong or there's some part of life that they think they've missed. You can't redo it in the sense of being young again, but you can redo it by working with your memories and feelings of that time--find meanings and values that come out of it and that's how you change the past."

  • STORM OVER THE SUPREME COURT, PART 1: 1790-1932
    • 1963 ----- b & w ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Historic moments in life of Supreme Court shown by animation making early days of the Court come to life. Shows conflicts on States' rights with Jefferson and Jackson, also Lincoln in the Dred Scott Decision and its influence in forcing the Civil War.

  • STORM OVER THE SUPREME COURT, PART 2: 1933-1961
    • 1963 ----- b & w ----- 31 min ----- 16mm
    • Begins during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Presents the philosophical and ideological differences within the Court itself including the clashing viewpoints and the 1954 law ending segregation in public schools. Paul Freund, Harvard Professor and an authority on the Supreme Court, analyzes the Court's history from its beginning to the present.

  • STORMING THE RIDGE--VIMY/SLAUGHTER IN THE MUD*
    • 2001 ----- color ----- 94 min ----- vhs
    • (For King and Empire: Canada's Soldiers In the Great War series, Part 2)
      From 1914 to 1918 Canada sent 400,000 soldiers overseas to fight during the first world war… 60,000 of them died. For King and Empire: Canada's Soldiers In the Great War is the story of those soldiers. Host Norm Christie uses photos and film footage from the war, excerpts from letters sent by soldiers to loved ones, and visits to old battle sites and war memorials to show us the heroism and horror of the war and how it affected Canada.

    • Episode 3 -- Storming the Ridge: The Canadians at Vimy Ridge -- 1917 (47 min) Details the attack on Vimy Ridge -- some of the tactics and the toll the effort took on the men fighting there.

    • Episode 4 -- Slaughter in the Mud: The Canadians at Passchendaele -- 1917 (47 min) The Canadians are sent to Belgium to take Passchendaele Ridge and the village of Passchendaele.
      (Donated to the EMC by W. A. Douglas Jackson) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • STORMS: THE RESTLESS ATMOSPHERE
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Explores three major types of storm systems: thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes highlighting their nature, structure, incidence and effects. Scenes from the National Weather Bureau and the National Hurricane Center illustrate the sophisticated methods meteorologists use to investigate storms. Unusual scenes include: footage of thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes in action; time-lapse views of the build-up of cumulonimbus clouds; a miniature tornado whirlwind demonstration; a hurricane seen through the electronic eye of a weather satellite.

  • STORY--A STORY, A
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 10 min ----- 16mm
    • Long ago, all stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky god. Anase, the spider man, spun a web up to the sky to bargain with the Sky God for some stories so they could be retold to the children on earth. The Anase had to pay Nyame for the stories and how he accomplished the task is told in this children's story based on the legends of Africa.

  • STORY OF D.D.T., THE
    • 1945 ----- b & w ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Development from discovery in 1870 to large-scale production in World War II. (British Information Service)

  • STORY OF MODERN EGYPT, THE
    • 1972 ----- b & w ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents a short history of Egypt in the 20th century including: England's occupation and rule of Egypt until 1922, the installation of King Faud by the British, the succession of King Farouk and his deposition in 1952, the emergence of Gamul Abdul Nasser and his pan-Arabic policies, the nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1954 and the British-French invasion, the ill-fated war of June 1967 against Israel.

  • STORYTELLER'S ROOTS, THE (VICTOR VILLASENOR)
    • 1996 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Victor Villasenor, Hispanic-American novelist, writer of Rain of Gold and Wild Steps of Heaven, the first two books of a planned trilogy that has been called the "Latino Roots". He tells stories of himself and his family, growing up in the United States and Mexico, and the difficulties he had in getting the first book published, as publishers were reluctant to label it "nonfiction". Villasenor has also written short stories and screenplays including the PBS film The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.

  • STRADA, LA* (THE ROAD)
    • 1954 ----- b & w ----- 107 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Federico Fellini; with Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani) La Strada, one of Fellini's most powerful and poetic films, marks his break with the neorealistic tradition in filmmaking. It is the story of a pathetic, impressionable little woman who is sold to the strong man in a traveling sideshow. She falls in love with him but her love is not returned until it is too late. (In Italian with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • STRANGE BELIEFS (SIR EDWARD EVANS-PRITCHARD)
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 52 min ----- vhs
    • University professor Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard taught that Western ideas have many features in common with other cultures and are just as weird and wonderful. He was the first trained anthropologist to do work in Africa, where he lived among the Azande and studied their belief in witchcraft; later, he worked with the Nuer tribe in the Sudan. His work on witchcraft found philosophers asking what could be considered rational thinking in any society; his study of tribal organization was intriguing to political theorists; and his attention to the sophisticated religious sentiments of so-called primitive peoples has had a strong influence on theologians.

  • STRANGE CASE OF THE COSMIC RAYS
    • 1957 ----- color ----- 59 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Story of the efforts being expended and how much we now know about the characteristics, behavior and effects of cosmic radiation; Dr. Research and Fiction Writer use models, puppets and motion pictures to illustrate and demonstrate their story. Directed by Frank Capra. (Deposited by the Bell Telephone Company)

  • STRANGE FRIENDS*
    • 1983 ----- color ----- 80 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Xu Lei; with Li Ling, Zhang Chao, Zhan Jingpo) Train #45, bound for Fuzhou from Beijing, has already pulled out of the station when a girl jumps on. No one knows who she is and why she is so morose and silent. Two other passengers, Du Qiu and Zhang Tong-sheng, buy her food, trying in vain to make her speak. During the "ten chaotic years" she fell into bad ways and wishes to end her life. With the help of the warm-hearted Tong-sheng and Du Qiu, she regains courage and confidence in life. (In Chinese with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • STRANGE NEW SCIENCE OF CHAOS, THE
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Nova series) Scientists are making surprising sense out of some very chaotic behavior in nature. In fact, many scientists now believe that turbulent processes like weather, waterfalls, irregular heartbeats, and even brain waves actually have a hidden and highly-ordered structure, indicating that chaos and uncertainty are more often the rule than the exception--a startling divergence from Issac Newton's long-accepted vision of a clock-work universe unfolding with perfect precision. NOVA explores a revolutionary new science that is learning how to analyze, and derive benefits from a universe of chaos.

  • STRANGERS ON A TRAIN*
    • 1951 ----- b & w ----- 101 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith; with Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Marion Lorne) This film ranks with Hitchcock's most accomplished works, a masterpiece so carefully constructed, with characters so well developed, that the viewer is quickly drawn into the story. The murder plot is so universally practical that any man may adapt it to his needs. Granger is excellent as the innocent victim of the evil plot, but the compelling character in the film is Walker, whose sly and smiling ways, coupled with his mechanical way of killing, terrifies every viewer who sees the film. He is not only Hitchcock's most frightening character, but one of the most horrific creations in any film; he is Hyde with no trace of Jekyll at all. (Funded by The Friends of Comparative Literature) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • STRATEGY FOR SURVIVAL: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • Dynamic behavioral and ecological interactions are illustrated by the Monarch butterfly, an insect which has evolved a fascinating set of behavioral strategies necessary for its survival. Topics include the ability of the Monarch to take over the chemical defense system of its food plus the migratory behavior of the species. The photography captures such seldom seen events as the ingestion and rejection of an insect by a bird and the mating sequence of the Monarch. Contains both naturalistic observations and controlled experiments.

  • STRATFORD ADVENTURE, THE*
    • 1953 ----- color ----- 39 min ----- vhs
    • This is the remarkable story of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival's first season in 1953. Stratford native, Tom Patterson dreamed of establishing a Shakespearean theatre in his hometown. He was finally successful in having established a committee of interested and influential citizens who decided to send for Tyrone Guthre, producer at the Old Vic Theatre in London, to consult on how to embark on such a risky undertaking. A fund was launched, and against enormous financial and physical difficulties, the now-legendary huge tent, with a unique Elizabethan stage, was erected and Alec Guinness and Irene Worth were signed to come from England to star with Canadian actors in All's Well That Ends Well and Richard III. From an artistic and financial point of view, The Stratford Festival was an unqualified success, with that first five-week season being extended to six and all performances sold out! (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • STRATIFIED FLOW
    • 1968 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • A stratified fluid system is one with density variations in the vertical direction, as when warm water lies above cold water or air above water or as in the oceans and atmosphere where the density variation is usually continuous. Experiments show that density variations, together with gravity, make possible forces that can generate internal waves, inhibit turbulent diffusion or create strong velocity gradients and jets. Applications in nature range from open-channel flows of water to atmospheric waves in the lee of mountain ranges.

  • STREAMLINES AND BREADLINES
    • 1996 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
    • (American Visions series, Part 6) (Written and presented by Robert Hughes, art critic for Time Magazine) The mythic images of the 1920' and 30's are as urban as the skyscrapers rising up in New York and as rural as the heartland idealized by Regionalists like Thomas Hart Benton, Isamu Noguchi, Lewis Hine and the artists of the WPA celebrate the worker as hero, Jacob Lawrence tells stores of black America, and ambitious New Deal projects like Hoover Dam project self-confidence in hard times. Which is the real modern America--the isolation painted by Edward Hooper, or the jazzy vitality captured by Stuart Davis? (Closed-Captioned).

  • STREET GIRLS* (PIGERNE PA HALMTORVET)
    • 1992 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
    • (Produced by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation) Life is not easy on Halmtorvet Square in Copenhagen--police harassment, "boyfriends," welfare, drugs, HIV and AIDS. In actual fact, life on the streets in Scandinavia isn't the stereotype Americans have been mistakenly led to believe; it's much the same as it is here. The girls are physically assaulted, sometimes brutally; cheated out of their meager "wages" by their customers and their boyfriends; hounded by the police who attack them as well. In the only refuge they have, a shelter run by nuns, they reveal how they manage to get through. But even here, where they are protected from vicious boyfriends, they can't deny the depth of despair which infects them, as some of the girls lash out in anger and frustration. A derogative Danish word has even been coined to describe them: narkoluder, prostitutes who do drugs. And yet the girls are just like the pigeons in Halmtorvet Square--easy prey for destruction [Closed-Captioned]. (Funded, in part, by the Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literature) (In Danish with English subtitles) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • STREET KIDS: MYTHS AND REALITY (ANA MARI CAUCE/DAVID COUSINEAU)
    • 1998 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) One of every four homeless people is an adolescent. According to one estimate, there are 2 million adolescents in shelters each night. Most say their numbers are increasing. Who are the street kids? Host Ross Reynolds finds out some of the answers from his two guests. Ana Mari Cauce is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. She has studied homeless youth. David Cousineau works with street kids. He is Executive Director of Seattle Children's Home.

  • STREET MUSIQUE
    • 1972 ----- color ----- 9 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents metamorphosing images and sounds, a fantasy inspired by street musicians and their instruments. Introduced by live-action shots of contemporary street musicians, the film then assumes an almost sonata-like structure. Next the music advances to a lively allegro tempo, then turns into a lyrical andante, against which a series of dissolving watercolor landscapes creates a serene interlude. The finale again shows the street music makers who inspired the artist, Ryan Larkin, to pull from his imagination and from collective myths this haunting evocation of minstrelsy.

  • STRESS--A DISEASE OF OUR TIME
    • 1970 ----- color ----- 36 min ----- 16mm
    • Stress is a factor in diseases such as ulcers, migraine, asthma and mental disorders. Even rats develop ulcers under stress. In an overcrowded classroom, a psychologist observes predictable patterns of behavior emerging. The extroverts fight more frequently and the introverts tend to play alone. The finding is that most children seem to have an inherent mechanism which prevents them from overreacting to others. These and other experiments shown in this film are leading social scientists, psychologists and doctors to a better understanding of stress in contemporary life.

  • STRESS AND EMOTIONS
    • 1984 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
    • (Brain, The series, Part 4) Redramatizes an accident from 1848 in which the foreman of a railroad crew survived an explosion which drove a tamping iron through his brain, severing the cortex from the limbic system and totally altering his chemistry and behavior. Studies stress effects on workers in the air traffic control center in Montreal. Shows experiments which compare animals allowed control of stressors to animals without control. Explains how uncontrollable stressful events produce behavioral depression by depletion of norepinephrine. Examines panic attacks. Lists several healthful ways to generate endorphines for a feeling of well-being.

  • STRIKE (STACHKA) (RESTORED EDITION)*
    • 1925 ----- b & w ----- 94 min ----- dvd
    • (Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, photographed by Eduard Tisse and Vasili Khvatov) Eisenstein's first film and, like many first films, is a bravura display of dazzling technique. Eisenstein experiments boldly with every conceivable kind of montage (parallel editing, overlapping to expand time, intercutting of symbolic images, etc.) It deals with an incident, prior to the 1917 Revolution, in which the suicide of a worker unjustly accused of theft triggers a strike in a factory. In spite of the nobility of their cause and the solidarity of their struggle, the workers can get social justice only through total revolution. (English titles with a new music soundtrack composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra) (Menu items include audio commentary by Yuri Tsivian, Professor at the University of Chicago) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • STRIKE IN TOWN
    • 1955 ----- b & w ----- 38 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Dramatizes events leading to a deadlock in negotiations between management and employees of a furniture factory in a small one-industry town. Shows how agreement is reached and the strike avoided. Demonstrates the processes of collective bargaining common in Canadian industry and explains how they affect a union, a company and a community.

  • STRIKING A BALANCE
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 27 min ----- 16mm
    • Discusses the use of DDT. Man has used DDT to improve his public health and to increase his agricultural yields. But DDT today isn't as useful as it once was because of the ability of insects to develop resistance.

  • STRING BEAN
    • 1964 ----- b & w ----- 17 min ----- 16mm
    • The wistful portrait of an old Parisian woman and her devotion to a string bean plant, which she plants in a row of blossoming white shrubs in the Jardin des Tuilleries and visits daily. The string bean's ultimate fate and the woman's act of faith and optimism form the basis of the story. (Filmed in black and white with color sequences)

  • STROKE STORY, THE
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents is the personal story of three middle-aged couples who must suddenly put their lives back together again as they cope with the aftermath of stroke. Each couple tells a story of determination, depression and slow, hard-won rehabilitation. Interviews with family members, therapists and doctors fuse each individual story into a complete overview of the experience.

  • STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE VESTIBULAR APPARATUS
    • 1954 ----- color ----- 20 min ----- 16mm
    • Gross and microscopic anatomy of the human utricle, saccule and semicircular canals; how these structures respond to stimuli resulting from alterations of the body's orientation in space or to a change in acceleration or deceleration; animation and experimental animals are used for demonstration of the function of these vestibular parts of the ear. Nystagmus is explained and demonstrated in a human subject after rotational and after caloric stimulation. (Release of University of Washington Press)

  • STRUGGLE FOR EUROPE, THE*
    • 1995 ----- color ----- 53 min ----- vhs
    • (Messengers from Moscow series, Part 1) Five years after the dramatic collapse of the Soviet empire, formerly top-secret information is coming to light. For the first time, political leaders, military personnel and spies who built and ran the country speak candidly about what the Soviet Union really wanted during the forty-year-long cold War. Part One recounts the story of Stalin's attempt to take control of Germany and Western Europe in the aftermath of World War II. Soviet agents and communist officials tell of their efforts to seize political power in the war-torn European states, a goal frustrated by Western resolve and Stalins own ruthless methods. (Donated by the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)

  • STRUGGLING WITH MODERNITY
    • 1993 ----- color ----- 49 min ----- vhs
    • (Living Islam series, Part 3) The West often associates Islam with technological backwardness, religious intolerance and a savage penal code. Is this justified? Or should the concept of "modernity" be seen in the context of the Third World and a fundamentally different world view? Views the Iranian revolution as a powerful symbol for the rejection of the modern world. Looks the tensions within Islamic states as they attempt to make their laws and practices compatible with the 21st Century while remaining true to the spirit of the faith. (Funded by the Department of Anthropology)

  • STUDY OF CHOREOGRAPHY FOR CAMERA
    • 1945 ----- b & w ----- 3 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Cinematographic space becomes an active element of dance by Maya Deren. (NOTE: Some footage is missing.)

  • STUDY OF VENEER FORMATION
    • 1962 ----- b & w ----- 19 min ----- 16mm
    • (Historical Collection) Research film showing magnified edge of veneer knife as it cuts wood cells. Effect of solid nosebar and knife sharpness on cutting action is shown.

  • STUTTERING
    • 1972 ----- b & w ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • Illustrates through a number of patient-therapist interviews at Indiana University's Speech and Hearing Clinic many stuttering problems. Shows the causes of some of these problems, pointing out the type of stuttering, its history and any changes in frequency.

  • SUBDUE THE EARTH
    • 1985 ----- color ----- 52 min ----- vhs
    • Francis Bacon reflected that the scientific control of nature was God's will. The better we understand nature, the better nature may be made to serve us. There grew to be social theories on nature--nature as an economic struggle, human society projected on animal behavior. All justifications for our divine right--the human species has the right to treat other species and the entire planet in any way it likes. We have this right because we are more important than other species. Even Darwin's view of evolution was colored by the views of his own social environment. Modern man looks upon the exploitation of nature almost as a religion of development. Undeveloped nature is heathen.

  • SUBLIMINAL ADVERTISING: AFFECTING THE SUBCONSCIOUS (ANTHONY GREENWALD)
    • 1993 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Anthony Greenwald, Professor of Psychology, University of Washington. Dr. Greenwald discusses the growing trend of using subliminal images in advertising, showing and examining various examples. He examines the unconscious mind, its environmental processing and the simple work it does. He questions the validity of subliminal self-help tapes and suggests that the positive effects could be placebo effects.

  • SUB-MICRON CHALLENGE, THE
    • 1979 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
    • (Industrial Japan series) Presents an overview of semiconductor technology. In a brief introduction to the development of micron technology since the late 1950's, the film shows the miniaturization and multiplication of components in an integrated circuit. The major portion of the film details the development and production of a LSI (large-scale integrated circuit) chip. A wafer fabrication plant where the production process occurs is presented. (Deposited by the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs)

  • SUBURBAN LIVING: SIX SOLUTIONS
    • 1960 ----- b & w ----- 60 min ----- 16mm
    • Solutions of what can be achieved in a community if thoughtful planning is carried to completion. Illustrative material is included from suburban developments in London, Marseille, Stockholm, Rotterdam and Canada.

  • SUCCESS IS WORKING AS A TEAM (DONALD PETERSEN)
    • 1990 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Al Page speaks with Donald Peterson, Retired Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company. Mr. Peterson describes his reorganization of employee training at Ford: employee involvement, working together as a team, setting a pace for accomplishing changes and goals, and improving quality. He discusses the American auto industry's toughest competitor--Japan, and how the American industry has had to improve in quality and efficiency. He concludes with thoughts about the American education system--its needs to produce well-educated individuals in the math/science areas.

  • SUCCESSFUL TEAM, THE (CHRIS GOBRECHT)
    • 1988 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Al Page talks with Chris Gobrecht, Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Washington. Coach Gobrecht discusses her views and methods of coaching. She feels much of the team's success depends on mental attitude, effort, concentration and execution. She takes a "no-nonsense" approach to her coaching career and expects her players to perform to their best potential.

  • SUCKING DOCTOR, THE
    • 1963 ----- b & w ----- 48 min ----- 16mm/vhs
    • Presents, in its entirety, the second and final night of a curing ceremony held by the Kashia group of the southwestern Pomo Indians.

  • SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
    • 1972 ----- color ----- 51 min ----- 16mm
    • Focuses on the pervasive and permanent hatred that has developed between the Catholic and Protestant groups and what that hatred is doing to their children. Looks at life in the Catholic ghetto, the role of the British Army in the situation and the silent majority of Protestants and weighs the elements in this breeding ground of bigotry.

  • SUFI WAY, THE (ISLAMIC MYSTICISM)
    • 1971 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • A beautifully photographed portrayal of the Islamic mystics, the Sufis, and various aspects of their life and ritual. Traces the development of Sufism and contrasts its beliefs with orthodox Islam. Shot in Islamic Africa and the Middle East, the film includes scenes of many famous Islamic historical sites and architectural monuments.

  • SUGAR PLUMS AND VINEGAR: CHILDHOOD (MAURICE SENDAK)
    • 1991 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Maurice Sendak, author, illustrator and designer. Mr. Sendak discusses the Pacific Northwest Ballet production of The Nutcracker. Convinced by Kent Stowell and Francia Russell that this production would go back to the original E. T. A. Hoffman story, Mr. Sendak included the darker, sharper side of the story. He feels that he is a successful author of children's books because he includes the unpleasant part of childhood. He describes some of the worries that make growing up so difficult.

  • SUICIDE: BUT JACK WAS A GOOD DRIVER
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 14 min ----- 16mm
    • Officially, Jack died in an automobile accident. But just how "accidental" was it? Two of Jack's classmates began to wonder. They start backward, reconstructing the meetings and conversations with Jack over the past month, reflecting on his moods and pointed statements. Slowly, painfully, the two boys realize that the possibility of suicide is a very real one. Suicide by young people is at an alarmingly high rate; perhaps because their pain and guilt often go unreleased or unrecognized.

  • SUMMER INTERLUDE (SOMMARLEK)*
    • 1951 ----- b & w ----- 95 min ----- vhs
    • (Directed by Ingmar Bergman, screenplay by Herbert Grevenius and Ingmar Bergman; with Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin and members of the Swedish Opera Ballet) Living in emotional solitude, an aging ballerina faces the end of her career alone. With a sense of yearning and heartache, she recalls the delirious summer she spent on an island with her first love. Flashbacks of her lighthearted past are juxtaposed with a present filled with pain. Considered Ingmar Bergman's first mature work Sommarlek remains one of his most lyrical films. (In Swedish with English subtitles) (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • SUMMER TO REMEMBER, A (SERYOZHA)
    • 1960 ----- b & w ----- 78 min ----- 16mm
    • A series of heart-tugging but not cloying incidents in the spring, summer, fall and winter of a small boy's once carefree life. His mother remarries and bears a son which leaves her little time for the boy; his older friends leave him and finally after many peripheral incidents his family is about to move away and leave him with neighbors when the boy can take no more. (In Russian with English subtitles)

  • SUMMER WE MOVED TO ELM STREET: ALCOHOLISM AND THE FAMILY
    • 1968 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • (Northwest Resource Center for Children, Youth and Families) In the mobile society some families move frequently and children have to make new friends just when they were becoming comfortable with the ones they had. Tries to show what goes on in the mind of a nine-year-old girl who finds happiness disturbed by a move to another street and by her father's increasing drunkenness.

  • SUMMERHILL
    • 1968 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- 16mm
    • A visit to a school without fixed rules, where no one studies except as he wishes and where each student is his own master. A co-educational English boarding school, Summerhill was founded by Alexander Neil 45 years ago. He explains his objectives and, from the activities of the children at work and play, it can be seen how his methods work. School, he says, should put preparation for life ahead of learning.

  • SUMMING UP
    • 1986 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (For All Practical Purposes series, Part 26) A summary of the key points in the series, the concluding program emphasizes the real-world applications of mathematics in today's society and the mathematical models that can be built from them.

  • SUN DAGGER, THE
    • 1982 ----- color ----- 59 min ----- vhs
    • Presents the intriguing story of perhaps the most exciting early Indian discovery in North America. The "dagger", a celestial calendar rediscovered by Washington D.C. artist Anna Sofaer in 1977, is presently the only known site in the world that marks the extreme positions of both the sun and the moon. The film explores the extraordinary culture of the Anasazi Indians who constructed the calendar, and thrived both spiritually and materially in the harsh environment of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, a thousand years ago. "It changes forever history's perceptions of America's early Indian colonists. And as an astronomical and geometrical marvel, it ranks with the Pyramids and Stonehenge."--Science 83.

  • SUNSET BOULEVARD*
    • 1950 ----- b & w ----- 110 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by Billy Wilder; with Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, William Holden) No other motion picture about Hollywood comes near Billy Wilder's searing, uncompromising, and utterly fascinating portrait of the film community. And beneath it all is raging vanity, madness, and murder. Wilder's most important work is a haunting, unforgettable profile of an aging silent film star who lives in a dream world that turns gradually into a nightmare, and a young man half her age who is engulfed by the demented siren's illusionary past. (Funded by Friends of Comparative Literature) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SUNSPOT MYSTERY, PART 1: SUNSPOTS EXPLAINED
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 31 min ----- 16mm
    • (Nova series) Sunspots--huge blemishes on the face of the sun that denote energy reactions beneath its surface--come and go in an eleven-year cycle. But their size and number vary and their appearance has not always been as regular as supposed. Interweaves the latest research on aurorae, solar constants, sunspot cycles and tree ring analyzes with historical scientific records to discover exactly how the sun's changes affect the earth.

  • SUNSPOT MYSTERY, PART 2: THE SUN-WEATHER CONNECTION
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 31 min ----- 16mm
    • (Nova series) Understanding and predicting the sun's effect on weather can prevent natural disasters and regulate food supplies. So far, scientists have uncovered a 22-year drought cycle, solar winds, coronal holes and effects on the ozone layer. Research ranges from careful analysis of tree rings to intensive solar experiments in the orbiting Skylab.

  • SUPER SCENTS
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
    • (Supersense series, Part 4) Explores how the sense of smell can govern the habits and strongly influence the ability of individuals and species to maintain their niche in complex ecosystems. The salmon that travels hundreds or thousands of miles across the ocean to return to the exact location of its birth to spawn and dies does so through its sense of smell; certain birds like pigeons and petrels use smell to navigate and hunt out prey; some mammals use "alarm" smells to warn of danger; and moths release an aphrodisiac scent as a precursor to mating.

  • SUPER SCHOOLS (JOHN STANFORD)
    • 1997 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with John Stanford, the superintendent of Seattle Public Schools. Mr. Stanford has brought a dynamic style and enthusiasm to the district. His varied background includes a career in the military and as a county administrator.

  • SUPREME COURT, THE
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
    • Explores one of the most significant and powerful of our national institutions--the Supreme Court. Includes personal observations by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Interspersed are reflections of the late Justice Tom Clark. Examines such topics as the meaning of the term "judicial review," the importance of the 1803 decision in the case of Marbury vs. Madison, how the Court conducts its business and how the Court and the roles of the chief justice and associate justices are changing. Also included are not-so-familiar historical data about the Court's early days.

  • SUREST TEST, THE
    • 1972 ----- color ----- 10 min ----- 16mm
    • Traces a newly rehabilitated wheelchair user's re-entry into community life and her subsequent encounters and frustrations with architectural barrier problems. Stresses the need to redesign basic architectural features to include the disabled, of various kinds, as well as the elderly.

  • SURVEY OF THE PRIMATES (REVISED)
    • 1988 ----- color ----- 38 min ----- vhs
    • Defines the characteristics of the order Primates and shows examples of the wide array of similarities and difference among primate behavior and morphology. Presents a comprehensive introduction to primatology, examining anatomical, social and maturational differences, as well as geographical distribution, habitats, intelligence, diet, dentition, learned behavior, manual dexterity and territoriality among a large number of species. Identifies each example by family, order, genus and species as well as common name.

  • SURVEYING AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION
    • 1970 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- 16mm
    • Shows modern surveying and mapping equipment in action during various phases of a gigantic highway project in the Swiss Alps.

  • SURVEYING OUR IGNORANCE: ATTEMPTING TO MAP THE BRAIN (WILLIAM CALVIN)
    • 1994 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
    • (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Dr. William Calvin, University of Washington neurophysiologist and co-author of Conversations with Neil's Brain. The book discusses an experiment which studied how language was effected before, during, and after a major brain surgery operation. They discuss how language and other human functions are sited on the brain and the different methods of creating a map of those sites. They also discuss the advancements in our knowledge of the brain over the past fifteen years and that there is much that we have not, and may never, learn about the human brain.

  • SURVIVAL AND THE SENSES
    • 1973 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • The knowledge of how sense organs work is the key to understanding animal behavior. They enable animals to keep their bearings, control their movements, find their food and ward off enemies. By observation, experiments and sophisticated film techniques, the film explains how sense organs work and how they ensure the perpetuation of many species.

  • SURVIVAL SWIMMING
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 7 min ----- 16mm
    • A hunter in full gear falls into deep water, but he won't "die with his boots on" because he knows the principles of survival swimming. Shown are the rules for coping with watersoaked clothing, combined with survival floating and treading techniques.

  • SURVIVING THE BIG ONE: HOW TO PREPARE FOR A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE*
    • 1989 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Produced by KCET, Los Angeles) Living near a faultline means living with earthquakes. The earth's landscapes are shaped by forces that inevitably produce major disasters. According to Henry Johnson, Los Angeles city firefighter and earthquake preparedness expert, a little knowledge and preparation can dramatically increase your ability to protect both your property and your life. Johnson visits major earthquake sites from California to Alaska and shows how the key to survival is knowing what to do before, during and after a major quake. The Big One is coming--the only question is when! (Restricted to classroom use only)

  • SURVIVORS*
    • 1982 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- 16mm
    • (Produced in association with the Japanese American Citizens League) This is the first English-language film in which Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims speak for themselves about their fear and trauma. Presents interviews with some 30 survivors--mostly women--who have either returned or immigrated to the United States. Here they continue to face a range of problems from the physical (radiation-related ailments) to the psychological (recurring nightmares and the very real fear of having children) to the social (community ostracizing, and the fight for government medical insurance coverage). (Restricted to use within the state of Washington only)

  • SWARMING HORDES, THE [VHS]*
    • 1978 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Life On Earth [VHS] series, Part 4)
      David Attenborough looks at the evolution of insects and the specialized functions of several varied species. Features parts 8 & 9 of the 16mm film version of the 'Life On Earth' series.

      Part 8, Flowers and Insects: Presents the reproductive processes of various plants. Using insects as their mediators, many flowers reproduce sexually. Others rely on the wind to carry their precious pollen or their seductive odors to insure successful propagation. Concludes with an abbreviated look at insects and their metamorphosis (26 minutes).

      Part 9, The Swarming Hordes: Insects developed successfully and thrive in great numbers. The molting process of locusts is described, and specialized functions of many insects, such as the varied ant species, are seen (25 minutes). (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SWARMING HORDES, THE
    • 1981 ----- color ----- 25 min ----- 16mm
    • (Life on Earth series, Part 9) Insects developed successfully and thrive in great numbers. The molting process of locusts is described, and specialized functions of many insects, such as the varied ant species, are seen.

  • SWEAT OF THE SUN, THE
    • 1977 ----- color ----- 51 min ----- 16mm
    • (Tribal Eye series, Part 6) Gold has fascinated people in all cultures, representing in their minds perfection and immortality. Examines the pre-Columbian Indian civilization of Central and South America in which native craftsmen fashioned gold into the most exquisite expressions of their culture. Explores the Aztec and Inca sites, describing the lives of the people who occupied them and examining those breath-taking treasures that remain, now housed in museums throughout the world.

  • SWEATER, THE (LE CHANDAIL)
    • 1980 ----- color ----- 11 min ----- vhs
    • (A childhood recollection by Roch Carrier) All the boys in the small French-Canadian village of Ste. Justine worship the Montreal Canadiens, especially their hero, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. When Roch's beloved MC hockey sweater becomes too small, his mother orders another by mail. But what do they send? A sweater with the colors of the arch-enemy, the Toronto Maple Leafs. When Roch has to appear before his friends the results are traumatic.

  • SWEEPERS OF SQUARES, THE (1956-1970)
    • 1988 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
    • (Struggles for Poland series, Part 7) The death of Poland's President Bierut and the rise of power of Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev brought an end to an era. Sensing a change in the air, intellectuals led student uprisings. A strike in Poznan led to the Soviet decision to support Wladyslaw Gomulka as a compromise to further military intervention. During Gomulka's reign from 1956 to 1970, many state farms were abandoned, political prisoners were released and most of the terror and ideological frenzy was curbed. But structural reforms of the Party and the economy failed to take place. Later uprisings in the late 1960s led to military actions and a new wave of anti-Semitism.

  • SWIMMING RESCUES
    • 1975 ----- color ----- 8 min ----- 16mm
    • Although emphasizing that safe, nonswimming rescues should be used whenever possible, this film details the principles of swimming rescues. It reviews the fundamental swimming skills for lifesaving training and then gives the viewer a look at entries, stroke adaptations, approaches, carries and tired-swimmer assists. Underwater photography helps pinpoint the important aspects of each skill.

  • SWING TIME*
    • 1936 ----- b & w ----- 103 min ----- laserdisc
    • (Directed by George Stevens; with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness) One of the best Astaire-Rogers films, with the stars as a dance team whose romance is hampered by Fred's engagement to a girl back home. An ideal musical should use music, not just as an ally of the story, or as a simple diversion from it, but as its motor. And, if it's going to be that important, it's got to be good. The songs turned out by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Dorothy Fields are among the finest ever created for a Hollywood musical, including two classics, "The Way You Look Tonight" and "A Fine Romance" and the wonderfully funny "Pick Yourself Up." There seems to be a special glow to the Astaire-Rogers relationship in this film. More than in any of their other films, we care about them, worry about their inevitabel troubles, and rejoice in the sweetness of their equally inevitable reconcilations. (Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)

  • SWING: PURE PLEASURE (1935-1937)
    • 2000 ----- color ----- 86 min ----- vhs
    • (Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns series, Part 5) As the Great Depression drags on, jazz comes as close as it has ever come to being America's popular music, providing entertainment and escape for a people down on their luck. It has a new name now--Swing--and for millions of young fans it will be the defining music of their generation. Suddenly, jazz bandleaders are the new matinee idols, with Benny Goodman hailed as the "King of Swing," while teenagers jitterbug just as hard to the music of his rivals: Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, and the mercurial Artie Shaw.
    • But the spirit of Swing isn't limited to the dance floor. In New York, Billie Holiday emerges from a tragic childhood to begin her career as the greatest of all female jazz singers. And in Chicago, Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson prove that, despite segregation, there is room in jazz for great black and white musicians to swing side-by-side on stage.
    • At Harlem's Savoy Ballroom, however, there is room for only one King of Swing, and on May 11, 1937, Benny Goodman travels uptown for a showdown with Chick Webb. It's billed as "The Music Battle of the Century," and more than 4,000 dancers crowd the floor to urge both champions on. But when it's over, there's no doubt who wears the crown [Closed-Captioned]. (Funded, in part, by the Department of American Ethnic Studies)

  • SWING: THE VELOCITY OF CELEBRATION (1937-1939)
    • 2000 ----- color ----- 101 min ----- vhs
    • (Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns series, Part 6) As the 1930's come to a close, Swing-mania is still going strong but some fans are saying success has made the music too predictable. Their ears are tuned to a new sound--pulsing, stomping, suffused with the blues. It's the Kansas City sound of Count Basie's band and it quickly reignites the spirit of Swing. By 1938, Basie and his men are helping Benny Goodman bring jazz to Carnegie Hall. After the show, they travel uptown to battle Chick Webb to a draw at the Savoy Ballroom. And that summer, they turn 52nd Street into "Swing Street," performing nightly at the Famous Door.
    • Soon Basie's lead saxophonist, Lester Young, is challenging Coleman Hawkins for supremacy, matching the old sax-master's muscular sound with a laid-back style of his own. Young teams with Billie Holiday for a series of recordings that reveals them as musical soulmates and tours with her in Basie's band until she leaves to join Artie Shaw. But America isn't ready for a black woman who swings with white musicians and Holiday is soon back in New York, pouring her outrage into the anti-lynching ballad, "Strange Fruit."
    • By the decade's end, Chick Webb has taken a chance on a teenage singer named Ella Fitzgerald and achieved the fame he dreamed of. Duke Ellington has been hailed as a hero in Europe, amid anxious preparations for war. And weeks after that war begins, Coleman Hawkins startles the world with a glimpse of what jazz will become, improvising a new music on the old standard, "Body and Soul." [Closed-Captioned] (Funded, in part, by the Department of American Ethnic Studies)

  • SWORD AND THE FLUTE, THE
    • 1959 ----- color ----- 24 min ----- 16mm
    • Indian music and Mogul and Rajput miniature paintings. Presents four facets of Indian thinking: courtly life during the reign of Turkoman-Muslim conqueror Emperor Akbar, saintly life of the yogin and the respect shown, the true ascetic, spiritual meaning of romantic love between man and woman and the divine bridegroom--the Lord Krishna.

  • SYKES: A BUOYANT, BLIND SENIOR CITIZEN
    • 1974 ----- color ----- 13 min ----- 16mm
    • Sykes Williams is a vital, elderly musician who ventures out into Chicago's North Side, despite his blindness. He is a local favorite, stopping to chat with old and young and entertaining customers at a sing-along bar to supplement his income, While Sykes is ebulliant, he is also down-to-earth. His peppery comments on urban decay, social security and the neglect of the elderly, echo the concerns of his age group.

  • SYMBOL BOY
    • 1975 ----- color ----- 4 min ----- 16mm
    • Presents the full length teaching aid made for use in the film Mr. Symbol Man. Uses Blissymbols to tell a meaningful story.

  • SYMMETRY IN PHYSICAL LAW
    • 1964 ----- b & w ----- 57 min ----- 16mm
    • (Character of Physical Law, The series, Part 4) Physical laws are said to be symmetrical under certain operations that leave the laws unchanged in form. Translation in space, delay in time, rotation in space, uniform velocity in a straight line, replacement of an atom by another identical atom and reflection in space. Change of scale and spinning at a uniform angular speed are also discussed by Professor Feynman to illustrate operations that do not leave physical laws unchanged. The lecture concludes with a discussion of the relationship between symmetry and conservation.

  • SYMMETRY: AN EXPERIMENT IN FILM MAKING
    • (nd) ----- color ----- 11 min ----- 16mm
    • A series of beguiling, moving and transforming geometric shapes and designs in cooperation with striking color contrasts are used in an attempt to teach physics through visual imagery. The subject is two-dimensional geometric symmetry moving from simple to complex, from point groups to line groups to plane groups. A musical score by Gene Forrell replaces the narration.

  • SYMPHONY OF A CITY
    • 1948 ----- b & w ----- 11 min ----- 16mm
    • Symphony of a City won the Academy Award in 1948 as Best Short Subject. Arne Sucksdorff has created a brilliant montage of life in Stockholm. His camera penetrates the shell and takes in the humanity of everyday life. One of the most beautiful documentary films produced.

  • SYNGAMY AND ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS OF ALLOMYCES--A WATERMOLD
    • 1953 ----- b & w ----- 20 min ----- 16mm
    • All the major features of reproduction of the aquatic phycomycete allomyces are revealed. A sexual propagation by diploid zoospores is shown to illustrate rapid multiplication and spread without change in chromosome number. A detailed portrayal of the main sexual cycles and the actual sexual fusion of living gametes is shown.

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