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Encyclopædia Britannica Films was an educational film production company in the 20th century owned by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. See also Encyclopædia Britannica Films and the animated 1990 television series Britannica's Tales Around the World.
Title logo for Encyclopædia Britannica Films from the 1952 production Mental Health – Keeping Physically Fit. Encyclopædia Britannica Films (also named EB Films for short) was the top producer and distributor of educational 16 mm films and later VHS videocassettes for schools and libraries from the 1940s through the 1990s (by which time the internet replaced video as a primary source for ...
Britannic is a 2000 spy television film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.The film is a fictional account of the sinking of HMHS Britannic off the Greek island of Kea in November 1916; it features a German agent sabotaging her while she is serving as a hospital ship for the British Army during World War I. [2]
John Wadsworth Barnes (March 25, 1920 – June 27, 2000) was an American film director and producer. He was most active in the educational film industry, producing, directing and writing for Encyclopædia Britannica Films. In his career he worked on and helped create over 100 film projects.
Miller McClintock (13 June 1894 - 10 January 1960) was an American expert in traffic control who developed the "friction theory" of traffic. He became interested in educational broadcasting and was a member of the board of Encyclopædia Britannica Films.
The Britannica of this period was primarily a Scottish enterprise, and it is one of the most enduring legacies of the Scottish Enlightenment. [133] In this era, the Britannica moved from being a three-volume set (1st edition) compiled by one young editor—William Smellie [134] —to a 20-volume set written by numerous authorities. [135]
A Date With Your Family (1950) by Edward C. Simmel. A Date with Your Family is a 1950 10-minute social engineering short film presented by Simmel-Meservey, directed by Edward G. Simmel, and written by Arthur V. Jones, [1] with Miriam Bucher as editor, primarily to show youth how to act and behave with parents during dinner to have a pleasant time.
Historical America in Song, released in 1950 by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, is an album set by folk singer Burl Ives. Each of the six albums consists of five 12-inch vinylite records, for a total of thirty 78 rpm records. Each album has its own cover with a drawing of the Washington Monument on it (see the illustration).