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Jean's mother plans a surprise party for Jean on her sixth birthday. While Jean and Frank are on an errand, Jean's friends come, hide and surprise...

Helps children handle situations in which they make mistakes. Part of Most Important Person: Attitude series.

Scenes of a big three-ring circus include the arrival, the parade, unloading, tent raising and highlights of the show itself. This film has amazing...

This educational short shows the operations of a big city airport.

This short from the publishers of Encyclopedia Brittanica shows the process of making a book, from the author's finished manuscript to its being...

Magic glasses allow kids to see the world up close

A documentary short on ball handling in basketball.

This educational short shows how alcohol is produced and its effect on the human body.

(1962) This film is designed to teach primary grade children how to properly care for pets. The film emphasizes the fact that pets depend on humans...

A groovy look at the world of LSD, complete with catchy theme music ("Assssssid!"), as commissioned by Encyclopedia Britannica

a close look at toes

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Casting her devious filth hex on pig farmers, house painters, and football-playing children, The Dirt Witch delights in making everyone as unclean as...

A lecture-style voice over explains the concept of different scales used to determine if a community (or nation) is free or despotic. Illustrated...

A retelling of Aesop's fable.

The terrifying tale of a fish with no air!

This black and white and color 1954 Encyclopedia Britannica film outlines the production process of creating educational films in a celebration of...

Educational film that shows, in the form of a "report from outer space," how the ways of mankind, and specially the contrast between the USA and more...

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Tillie's Philodendron (1978) is an animated allegory produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation. The film tells the story of a...