Learning Corporation of America

A baby is born in a mining camp and soon orphaned. The miners band together to raise the baby and he brings them luck in finding gold.

In the late 1600s, a bizarre series of events involving young women causes paranoia in the village of Salem, Massachusetts.

A trip to the past helps a teenager learn to appreciate her mother

Two con artists kidnap a young boy for ransom. The boy, who calls himself Red Chief, becomes a problem for them.

Traces the history of the peanut. Includes an explanation of food processing, market research which helps improve products and advertising. For primary grades.

A young French boy and his dog Clown romp happily through the streets, until one day the boy stops to play cards with friends in a park. After the game, Clown is seen running off. The little boy searches the streets for his beloved pet. Along with Larry Yust's 'Lottery', 'Clown' was possibly one of the two best selling ed films ever made. On the surface, it's a cute kid & dog story. Underlying is a possible subtext that fascinates us every time we view the film, and makes for a satisfying, yet ultimately ambiguous ending. Gilou Pelletier is outstanding as the small boy, and the camera work by Guy Suzuki takes wonderful advantage of the terraces of Montmartre.

The animated story of the Hardibars and Mushamels—whimsical clay creatures who discover that gender stereotypes are not always accurate or useful.

Film about vandalism made for classroom exhibition

Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his mother. But his mother suspects something is up. In the meantime, Gilbert uses his detective skills to find the owner of the duck in his no-pets-allowed apartment building.

Ignored by her class, Miss Nelson mysteriously disappears one day, and the poisonous "Miss Swamp" takes over the class. The students suddenly realize they really like Miss Nelson and a search begins to find her.

A parable about a family of cows which poses the problem of resistance to truth, the risks of individuality versus the pressure to conform, and the tensions between generations. Based on the short story of the same title by James Agee. Originally on 16mm.

An animated story introducing the basic concept of laws. Concludes that no one can live peacefully without rules, and that if people help make their own laws, thay will usually make fair ones.

Sui Mei wants to be a ballet dancer. Her father believes that she must spend her time studying ancient traditions.

The Westward movement — and a woman's perspective of that movement — emerges in the dramatic story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the Kansas frontier in 1869. Based on diaries of the period, the program reveals the cruel violence, and even crueler loneliness, which early settlers encountered — but above all, it shows the quiet courage of those who lived it.

With encouragement from teachers and friends at Berkeley High School, John Stern and Steve Adams, age 17, created this film. They wrote the poem and did the original art and animation without professional assistance or equipment.

A unique, colorful collection of four animated shorts that humorously examine human quirks and weaknesses, each capturing a different aspect of society’s “foibles.”

Recycling truck picks up hitchhikers and such and they sing and play on down the road