Movies: Coronet Instructional Films

In this educational film, laboratory demonstrations show the effects of moisture and temperature on the growth of molds. Photomicrography reveals the structure of molds: hyphae, mycelium, spore balls, spores. Beginning with spores on a rice culture, ...

Illustrates various techniques and household arrangements for caring for the convalescent patient at home. Shows ways of arranging the sick room, making the beds, washing and serving the patient, caring for the thermometer, and removing soiled linen...

This educational film shows the development and interdependence of organisms in a pond....

Physical features such as gulf, peninsula, island, etc, are defined and basic principles of using colors to show elevation are illustrated with models....

Shows how Jim and Bob use protractor and ruler to study such figures as rectangles, triangles and circles, and such principles as congruence, similarity and symmetry, in constructing a model porch....

Goldilocks wanders far from home and stumbles upon the house of the three bears. First sitting in all of their chairs and tasting all of their porridge, then lying in all of their beds she finds the little baby bears the most suitable for her in all ...

The film emphasizes the importance of healthy eating habits and a balanced diet. It contrasts nutritious food choices with junk food, illustrating how proper nutrition fuels the body like gasoline fuels a car. Various food groups are introduced, high...

A strange thing happens at the shoe shop of a poor but kindhearted old couple. They prepare the skins for their shoes and go to bed, and the next morning, the shoes are ready. One night, while the old couple was waiting for the shoes to be ready, a g...

Three problem-plagued teens are shown how to solve their physical and emotional problems by joining the Acrobatics Club and learning teamwork and "the right kind of exercise."...

Shows how a pioneer family of the early 1800's selected a site, built a log cabin, cooked, made soap and candles and did other household tasks....

Presents an inductive experience in reading readiness. Shows a young boy as he interprets the meanings of various road signs during a long automobile trip....

Pig, hippo, and elephant footage strung together with narration. Elephants were included even though they are not related to pigs....

Presents the history of the U S from the inauguration of Franklin D Roosevelt to the eve of World War II, including the Great Depression and New Deal legislation designed to overcome it. Emphasizes events that had lasting effects on the nation, such ...

Describes the eight major climatic regions of the United States, and explains how climate affects the agriculture, industry, and population of each region. Identifies the factors which determine climate, including latitude, landforms, ocean currents,...

Explains that different kinds of soil are mixtures of sand, clay, and humus; tells how the weathering of rocks helps make soil; includes simple experiments to show the kind of soil in which different plants grow well....

Shows how classical Rome, the church, and the life and times of the people have influenced Italian artists. The Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti, the Arena Chapel in Padua. Giotto's frescoes, and other historic Italian monuments and works of art are pic...

Points out that mammals, including the anteater and seal, have hair and nurse their young. Shows representative members of mammalian groups - carnivores, rodents, ungulates, marsupials and primates....

A family’s trip across the United States from San Francisco to New York depicts America as a big and beautiful land of varied climates with rugged mountains, green forests, vast plains, rivers and lakes, ocean expanses, spacious farmland and huge cit...

Uses animation and live action photography to describe good food chains, almost all depending ultimately on green plants, and relates these food chains to the larger concepts of the oxygen-carbon dioxide and the nitrogen cycles, and to the unending p...

This educational film from the 1940s teaches the fundamental definitions of, and the physical concepts involved in, volt, ampere, ohm and watt....