Abstract: This program follows a patient Mrs Baker through the procedure of cosmetic plastic surgery beginning with her conferences with both psychiatrist Jacobson and surgeon Edgerton The viewers follow the patient from hospital admittance and preop through the actual surgery to decrease her nose size and to augment her chin with a bone graft Dr Edgerton discusses postop procedures and expectations and shows pre and postsurgery profiles of Mrs Baker According to the patient the plastic surgery changed her inner feelings of worth as much as her outward appearance Dr Jacobson stresses that cosmetic plastic surgery should never be sought for selfindulgence only to remove self consciousness and self doubt
Date Published: 1959-04-19
Abstract: Dr Charles R Anderson professor of American literature at Johns Hopkins University discusses the life family and poetry of Emily Dickinson who lived in Amherst Massachusetts from 18301886 At age 28 Dickinson fell in love with a married minister her personality changed and she began to write poetry publishing just seven poems and keeping nearly 2000 in her room He seclusion became extreme as she renounced the world However her poetry keenly expressed New England village life as a microcosm of the larger world Dr Anderson discusses some of her more satirical poems such as The Show is not the Show no 1206 comparing the human race to a menagerie Other poems reveal the travesty of brokers and bankers the village gossips The Leaves like Women interchange no 987 and the conventional ladies of the town What SoftCherubic Creatures no 130 However Dickinson shows understanding and compassion for the town drunkard in The Ditch is dear to the Drunkard
Date Published: 1957-12-07
Abstract: In this film by Milner Productions Dr George Boas Johns Hopkins University professor of the history of philosophy meets with students at the Baltimore Museum of Art He looks at Piet Mondrians Composition V and explains its composition and rhythm In comparison he considers Marguerite Gerards Mother a story picture like Norman Rockwells Saturday Evening Post covers and shows how its design is composed of triangles and vertical oblongs Next Dr Boas interprets the subject symbols and design of a painting by Honore Daumier best known for his caricatures He also explains Elihu Vedders allegorical picture The Soul Between Doubt and Faith Dr Boas shows Picassos portrait of Leo Stein and concludes with an explanation of Andre Massons fantasy painting There Is No Finished World dealing with the precariousness of human life He admits that all pictures are complicated and that there is no one definition of art
Date Published: 1956-12-30
Abstract: As historical background to 1959 Doppler radar navigation systems an animated film considers the use of Ptolemy and Mercators maps the magnetic compass and John Hadleys 1731 sextant Clarence Rice aviation products manager of the Bendix Radio Division in Baltimore MD points out that aviation navigation depends on knowing the ground speed and the path of the aircraft over the earth He uses a chart to demonstrate the effects of winds on plane direction and the efforts to compensate a homing device which did not account for wind drift and also picked up static interference the radio range system which used four beams to overcome the drift problem but still received static and the manual direction finder which became the standard aid in the 1930s A film describes how in 1939 Bendix developed the automatic direction finder ADF with omnirange which also eliminated static Over the ocean LORAN or long range navigation devices were used Another animated film shows how Christian Doppler in 1842 described the Doppler effect based on sound waves and how that principle has been applied to radars radio waves The film explains the plus Doppler effect for direct measurement of forward speeds and the minus for measurement of drift angle Pitch and roll are also corrected by the radar beams since beam compensation is based on the magnitude of the Doppler shift A planes Doppler radar components include a transmitter antennae receiver frequency tracker and cockpit indicator Mr Rice explains how pilots divide their flights into shorter legs placing the information into the navigational computer He notes that Doppler radar will not become obsolete with faster aircraft speeds and that it does not require a landbased facility
Date Published: 1959-11-15
Abstract: Leo Geier introduces the viewers to Euterpe the Greek muse of music and then introduces William Sebastian Hart faculty member at the Peabody Conservatory and foundermusical director of the Gettysburg Symphony Orchestra Dr Hart states that the three artistic entities of music are the composer the orchestra and the conductor The composer invents the music which is made up of rhythm melody and harmony He demonstrates each of these elements with the tune Pop Goes the Weasel which he also plays in the styles of Mozart Bach Mendelssohn Debussy and Prokofiev Baltimore composer Sidney Shapiro wrote these variations for this broadcast Next Dr Hart describes the history of the orchestra and how instruments were added He shows a chart of the orchestra seating for a 90member symphony and explains how the sounds are balanced Lastly Dr Hart explains how the conductor and his baton evolved from the churchs choirmaster keeping time with his staff He displays one page of a full orchestra score and explains each line written for different instruments The conductor has many tasks including controlling the orchestras balance and timing setting the pace and unifying the whole but most of all he must inspire the musicians
Date Published: 1959-11-08
Abstract: In this second program of a threepart series astronomical historian and lecturer John Williams Streeter describes Venus as the morning and evening star and tells the viewers when and where to observe it He gives the planets distance from sun and earth its solar orbiting time its measurements and its mass density and surface gravity and then announces Thats all we know A brief history of the astronomers who made telescopic observations and early drawings of Venus include Galileo in 1609 Francesco Fontana in 1645 Gian Domenico Cassini in 1666 Francesco Bianchini William Herschel and Johann Schroter in 1788 Mr Streeter says that Venus apparently has an atmosphere because it reflects sunlight and thus must be covered by dense white clouds Venuss atmosphere was first thought to be like that of the carboniferous period on earth but a subsequent spectroscopic study showed nothing but carbon dioxide permitting no life as we know it However the Venusian ocean may support onecelled animals Mr Streeter describes the history of speculated life on Venus and shows early sketches of Venusians Film clips show the 1959 balloon and gondola designed by Johns Hopkins Universitys Dr John Strong and piloted by Navy commander Malcolm Ross It rose to an altitude of 80000 and its spectroscopic data analyzed by physicist Charles Moore showed measurable water vapor on Venus In order for a rocket to reach Venus Mr Streeter predicts it would launch from the moon choose a route requiring the least fuel and not reach its destination for over two years
Date Published: 1960-01-10
Abstract: In this first program of a threepart series Dr I M Levitt Director of the Fels Planetarium of Philadelphias Franklin Institute describes the shape characteristics and historical formation of the moon He explains that over 30000 craters have been counted on the moon including Tycho and that the dark areas called seas by Galileo are actually deserts Dr Levitt predicts that because of its low gravity and lack of atmosphere the moon will be used as a launching site for exploring the solar system For the same reasons the moon is also an ideal place for asthmatics and heart sufferers He discusses the Saturn rocket project under Wernher von Braun which will launch a rocket to the moon He anticipates that between 196268 a man will land on the moon but first robots must probe the lunar surface and gather data such as temperature A man models a Navy full pressure suit similar to what astronauts will use in their lunar exploration Dr Levitt also predicts that within the next 20 years a nearly selfsustaining colony will be established on the moon Displaying a lunar housing simulation model Dr Levitt describes how fuel water atmosphere and quarters can be made from readily available basic elements on the moon and how algae and hydroponics could form the basis of the food supply He maintains that the moon is the key to the conquest of space because the earths gravity is so strong it limits our exploratory distance Lynn Poole concludes the program by recommending Levitts recent book Target for Tomorrow
Date Published: 1960-01-03
Abstract: Denys Peter Myers Assistant Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art discusses sculpture He first describes and displays sculptures as artistic expressions existing in the round and being representational semirepresentational or nonrepresentational He then argues that to understand the purpose of a sculpture one must consider the culture that produced it and will generally find that it is either humanistic making a statement about the human condition or cult serving as a bridge from this world to the next As examples of cult objects Mr Myers exhibits the bronze head of the dead king of the kingdom of Benin in Nigeria He also shows an Egyptian rose quartz sculpture of a pharaoh an 8th century Indian temple corner graced by two dancers a 14th century French Madonna and child a second century Gandharan stucco head in the Roman tradition and a 5th century sculpture similar to a Roman sarcophagus To contrast humanistic examples of sculpture Mr Myers displays the remainder of a Greek Venus sculpture the ideal of feminine beauty The neohumanism of Dantes era led to contemporary individualism as expressed in Maillols 1898 Bather Fixing Her Hair Degas Little Dancer and Matisses Serf Reclining Nude and Serpentine He compares Renoirs 1916 bronze Venus to the ancient one and Henry Moores abstract Reclining Woman with previous examples Mr Myers maintains that modern artists are the prophets and moralists of society and their return to abstract ideas and figures are a balance of otherworldliness and worldliness with Venus and the dead king coalescing He concludes the program showing two abstract metal sculptures Giacomettis Man Pointing and Ibram Lassaws Planets
Date Published: 1960-04-03
Abstract: Dr John C Geyer and Dr Charles E Renn professors of sanitary engineering at the Johns Hopkins University discuss the municipal and industrial demands on water Dr Geyer explains how a city water meter works and shows the resulting graphs that predict the time of greatest water use Dr Renn displays examples of common products and tells how much water is required to manufacture each He also discusses rainwater wells rivers lakes and reservoirs as sources of water and how river water can be used treated and returned A film clip documents the formation of a river Using a diagram Dr Geyer explains municipal water purification and waste treatment processes Dr Renn discusses industrial waste disposal and how it can cause stream pollution unless treated by a waste control plant such as that of American Cyanamid Co in New Jersey Dr Geyer notes the growing conflict in the American southwest over water use between industry and agriculture Dr Renn concludes that increasing water demands require either stopping growth or building more dams and evaluating priorities for use such as recent multiple use recreation power water control projects of the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA
Date Published: 1959-11-29
Abstract: Captain David Minard with the medical corps of the US Navy discusses tests conducted for 44 days in Korea to study the physiological and psychological stressors on troops under actual combat and fatigue Using a chart he explains the test for reactivity of the autonomic nervous system Both attack and defense troops were measured before and after combat for hormone excretion protein destruction body salt retention white blood cell count and number of days to recover Capt Minard recommends using electronic transducers and transmitters to record such data in the future Jean Taylor an operations analyst with Johns Hopkins University explains homeostasis adjustments to protect the status quo and the results of serious strains on it Combatants were given paper and pencil tests to measure their higher mental functions and given a visual flicker fusion frequency test and an auditory flutter fusion frequency test to measure sensory cortical sensitivity Ms Taylor concludes that the physiological tests were more definitive than the psychological tests which were inconclusive Psychological stress was best observed through films shown of men before and after a combat that resulted in a 61 casualty rate The mens physiological reactions followed Hans Selyes chart of response to stress alarm reaction resistance stage exhaustion phase
Date Published: 1960-04-10
Abstract: The Johns Hopkins Glee Club under the direction of James Mitchell opens this Christmas program with capella renditions of See That Babe in the Lowly Manger Go Tell It on the Mountain and Behold That Star Hopkins president Milton S Eisenhower reflects on the observance of Christmas and stories related to the holiday particularly Amahl and the Night Visitors The Glee Club follows with Lord the Messiah with piano accompaniment The Chesapeake Troubadours a barbershop quartet sings their version of Winter Wonderland and Jingle Bells Lynn Poole briefly notes the differences in Christmases around the world The Glee Club sings Cradle Song of the Shepherd and Lo How a Rose Ere Blooming and concludes with Carol of the Bells
Date Published: 1959-12-20
Abstract: This is the final program of The Johns Hopkins University television series In it Dr George Carter geography professor at Hopkins notes that Louis SB Leakey found evidence of the earliest primitive man and his tools in Kenya He then displays revised maps of the world that reveal different land masses during glacial periods thus allowing the Kenyan man to explore new lands and form colonies over a period of 100000 years until the glaciers receded and the oceans returned Dr Carter discusses the transformation of Kenyan man from an isolated pygmy into modern man with regional or racial characteristics such as the cave dwelling Sinanthropus pekinesis in northern China and the Swanscombe man in England Glacial periods also created a land bridge near the Bering Strait allowing animals and man to cross from Asia into North America Tools found in the Americas plus the physical characteristics of early American Indians offer proof of waves of Asian migrations Survivors of early man include the australoids europids and mongoloids At the conclusion of the program host Lynn Poole thanks members of the studio university and network for their hard work and dedication John McClay general manager of station WJZTV expresses his gratitude to Johns Hopkins University and Lynn Poole especially University president Milton S Eisenhower thanks everyone responsible for the shows and announces reluctantly that File 7 will not be on the air next season He says that the business of producing creating and presenting a weekly program has become increasingly burdensome and because of the Universitys other commitments it is unable to produce shows of the high quality expected of Johns Hopkins Furthermore Dr Eisenhower hopes that this will be only an interruption and not a permanent termination of Hopkins educational television Thirteen File 7 reruns will be shown during the summer of 1960 but it will not be continued thereafter
Date Published: 1960-05-29
Abstract: Host Lynn Poole sets the scene of the late 18thearly 19th century Rocky Mountain fur trappers who crossed the Missouri River the Yellow Waters to trap beavers and sell pelts blazing the Oregon Trail as they advanced In 1837 Baltimore Maryland painter Alfred Jacob Miller joined the American Fur Company caravan with Scottish Captain William Drummond Stewart to make a visual record of their trip to the fur traders rendezvous in the Green River Valley of Wyoming A map shows their route from Independence Missouri to Oregon Millers sketches later transformed into over 200 watercolors now preserved in the Walters Art Gallery and displayed on this program and oil paintings chronicle such events as buffalo hunts prairie fires and river crossings as well as such landmarks as Chimney Rock Scotts Bluff Fort Laramie Independence Rock and The Devils Gate Millers paintings also show encounters with Sioux tribes and Black Feet Indians various tribal members and Indian women The final painting shown portrays trapper Joe Walker with his new Indian wife heading into the wilderness after the rendezvous Lynn Poole concludes the program by describing how missionaries such as Marcus and Narcissa Whitman took the Oregon Trail to Walla Walla Washington followed later by the many settlers moving West
Date Published: 1960-05-15
Abstract: This program celebrates the 150th anniversary of the tin can To meet military demands for preserved foods during war Nicholas Appert devised a method of preserving foods by heating them in sealed containers to destroy the bacteria In 1812 Peter Durand invented the tin can and the first canning factory opened in Great Britain A dramatization describes a typical 1815 dinner consisting predominantly of pickled salted smoked and dried foods Thomas Kensett patented Durands tin cans in the US in 1825 During the Civil War demands for canned foods increased boosting mass production of the tin cans Other products began appearing in cans such as I W Lyons tooth powder for home use Gerhard Mennens talcum powder for babies in a lithographed can with a sprinkle top and Gilbert Van Camps pork and beans combination A selection of 1880s mass produced decorative tins display a variety of products many nonperishable Soldering the tops of cans by hand gave way to opentopped cans that could be seamed shut by machine The only exception to this were condensed or evaporated milk cans patented in 1856 by Gail Borden A film shows a canning factory producing 30000 cans per hour from cutting the tin plate to testing and shipping the final products The aerosol can first used in World War II for insecticide is also discussed
Date Published: 1960-04-24
Abstract: Rear Admiral Thomas F Connolly outlines Project Transit the first operational navigation satellite system for the use of submarines and surface vessels He gives credit for this idea to Dr William Guier and Dr George Weiffenbach of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab APL who realized that after the launch of Russian Sputnik I they could track its position by observing the Sputniks Doppler shift Frank McClure heard of research at APL visualized that the opposite would then be true a satellite in orbit could determine a point of reference on earth Dr Richard Kershner former head of the Terrier surface to air missile program at APL headed the designing and building of the Transit satellite Dr Kershner explains why the Doppler technique is highly accurate and an animated segment simplifies this phenomenon Using a chart and a mock up Dr Kershner describes the construction and sections of Transit I and how it functions including its solar cells radiation shield and telemetering system Film clips taken at APL show testing of weights on the satellite as well as the shake test centrifuge test and heatcold tests Additional film clips show the tracking stations to monitor the satellites received signals in Maryland New Mexico and Texas plus two mobile vans stationed in Washington and Newfoundland Rear Admiral Connolly discusses the future of this project as it adds more satellites and notes that this television program is the first to reveal Project Transit the practical navigational system of the future Host Lynn Poole concludes this twelfth anniversary program by pointing out that it is the oldest program on network television He reminisces about the four stations on the network Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York when the first program premiered on March 9 1948 Poole also shows clips from Fear the oldest program kinescoped October 3 1950 the 1952 threepart series on outer space featuring Heinz Haber and Wernher Von Braun and APLs Dr Ralph E Gibsons orbital shots of The World from 70 Miles Up December 17 1948 Poole quotes Isaiah Bowman Johns Hopkins president in 1948 Television is an exciting new medium by which we can extend the knowledge of a university beyond the confines of the classroom and the campus to those who are curious about the world in which they live
Date Published: 1960-03-06
