Describes films about American ethnic groups: the Eskimos, Cree Indians, the Shinnecock, Italian-Americans, and the Amish. Additional films about foreign and American culture are also annotated. (KS)

A film of a male or female masturbating was viewed by 96 males and 102 females. Males reported the highest level of sexual arousal to the female film and the lowest level of arousal to the male film. Females were sexually aroused by both films. (Author)

The German television series "Der Kommissar" is seen as more likely to be useful in German classes than the German films now available for American classes. There is a greater appeal to the viewers' imagination; also, the vocabulary consists largely of high-frequency words. (Text is in German.) (WGA)

Compares the use of video technology in schools to sound filmstrips, 16mm films, and computers, and finds video to be more significant because both software and hardware aspects of the technology are accessible to the individual classroom teacher. (EM)

The President of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD) examines how Hollywood films have helped to deter the negative stereotypes of handicapped persons in text accompanying a 26-minute series of clips from movies made between 1930-1985. Activities and attitudes of the AAMD during the same period are traced. (VW)

Discusses the various elements of the movie "E.T.": characteristics of the central character, animism, the world of a young child and the world of the adult and the conflict between the two, the blend of real and impossible characters and events, and the movie's appeal for children and adults. (CT)

Describes how the author uses the well-known 1965 film series THREE APPROACHES TO PSYCHOTHERAPY as a case study for interpreting the filmed client's personality from various theoretical perspectives. Explains how assignments were organized around the films and discusses how students benefited from the exercise. (Author/GEA)

Reviews the origins of the lecture as the format of choice for instructional television in the 1950s, and evaluates the effectiveness of this format. The development of educational television, including the trend away from liberal arts curricula and the role played by the government and the Ford Foundation, are also discussed. (13 references) (CLB)

Summarizes four studies on film education that were conducted to: describe degree programs and courses offered in film and video; describe the types and sources of films used, the purpose for using film, and the methods of teaching film in elementary and secondary schools; determine the academic training of instructors who teach film. (JK)

Suggests a method of tapping students' visual literacy to reach four interconnected pedagogical aims by using a brief film segment in conjunction with a series of writings tasks. Offers two additional incentives regarding teacher's knowledge of film and the necessary element of play to keep students engaged. (JK)

Claims that the decline in attendance at the British cinema since World War II is not explained either by the lack of good films or by the coming of television, but by both changing demographics and significant shifts in the social construction of leisure. (JD)

Reviews five teenage films and recommends that teachers see them and then discuss them with their students. (NKA)

Reviews the content of 19 films on remote sensing published between 1973 and 1980. Concludes that they are overly simplistic, notably outdated, and generally too optimistic about the potential of remote sensing from space for resource exploration and environmental problem-solving. Provides names and addresses of more current remote sensing…

Reports on the responses of 99 children ranging in age from 52 months to 95 months to questions concerning movies and television programs that frightened them. Indicates older children watch as much "impossible" content as younger children. (HOD)