Movies: Coronet Instructional Films

  • 1947
    Shy Guy

    Shy Guy (1947)

    Shy Guy

    3.11947HD

    Phil, a student who recently transferred into his high school, keeps to himself a lot, spending time in his basement building radios and record players. His dad notices that he has no friends, and tells him that, like the electronic parts he assemble...

    Shy Guy
  • 1969
    How Billy Keeps Clean

    How Billy Keeps Clean (1969)

    How Billy Keeps Clean

    01969HD

    Billy is a young boy who, when he gets dirty, runs in his house and washes every square inch of his body. The narrator contrasts that with Billy's friend Jerry, who is sick in bed because "he didn't wash."...

    How Billy Keeps Clean
  • 1992
    Understanding Weather: Why Weather Changes

    Understanding Weather: Why Weather Changes (1992)

    Understanding Weather: Why Weather Changes

    01992HD

    The film features a character named Wesley, who is in training at the Weather Bureau of Investigation. He learns about different air masses, their movements, and how they interact to cause weather changes. The training includes understanding high and...

    Understanding Weather: Why Weather Changes
  • 1992
    Understanding Weather: Storms

    Understanding Weather: Storms (1992)

    Understanding Weather: Storms

    01992HD

    The film features a character named Wesley, who is training to become an agent with the Weather Bureau of Investigation (WBI). Throughout the film, Wesley experiences various weather phenomena, including hurricanes, thunderstorms, and tornadoes. He l...

    Understanding Weather: Storms
  • 1991
    An Alphabet of Weather

    An Alphabet of Weather (1991)

    An Alphabet of Weather

    01991HD

    An educational film that introduces children to the various elements of weather using the letters of the alphabet. Each letter represents a weather-related concept, such as air, clouds, temperature, and storms, providing a fun and engaging way to lea...

    An Alphabet of Weather
  • 1970
    Safety in the Shop: Power Tools

    Safety in the Shop: Power Tools (1970)

    Safety in the Shop: Power Tools

    01970HD

    The film emphasizes the importance of safety when using power tools in a workshop. It outlines key safety practices, such as using guards, securing materials, and wearing protective gear like safety glasses. The film also covers specific tool usage t...

    Safety in the Shop: Power Tools
  • 1992
    Understanding Weather: Precipitation

    Understanding Weather: Precipitation (1992)

    Understanding Weather: Precipitation

    01992HD

    The film follows Wesley, a trainee at the Weather Bureau of Investigation (WBI), as he learns about precipitation. Through a series of engaging lessons, he discovers the different forms of precipitation, such as rain, snow, and dew, and how they rela...

    Understanding Weather: Precipitation
  • 1971
    Rocks and Minerals: How We Identify Them

    Rocks and Minerals: How We Identify Them (1971)

    Rocks and Minerals: How We Identify Them

    01971HD

    Shows how common rocks and minerals can be identified by color, texture, hardness, streak and other standard procedures....

    Rocks and Minerals: How We Identify Them
  • 1949
    Rest and Health

    Rest and Health (1949)

    Rest and Health

    01949HD

    Dick York plays a high-school track star whose running lags because of his lack of sleep....

    Rest and Health
  • 1970
    Map Skills: Recognizing Physical Features

    Map Skills: Recognizing Physical Features (1970)

    Map Skills: Recognizing Physical Features

    01970HD

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

    Map Skills: Recognizing Physical Features
  • 1992
    Understanding Weather: Winds

    Understanding Weather: Winds (1992)

    Understanding Weather: Winds

    01992HD

    The film follows a character named Wesley as he trains to become an agent with the Weather Bureau of Investigation (WBI). Throughout his training, Wesley learns about wind, its invisibility, and how it is influenced by temperature differences and geo...

    Understanding Weather: Winds
  • 1966
    Soil: What It Is and What It Does

    Soil: What It Is and What It Does (1966)

    Soil: What It Is and What It Does

    01966HD

    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....

    Soil: What It Is and What It Does
  • 1947
    Are You Popular?

    Are You Popular? (1947)

    Are You Popular?

    3.81947HD

    The issue of popularity, specifically amongst the high school set, is dramatized....

    Are You Popular?
  • 1972
    Conserving Our Environment: Use and Reuse

    Conserving Our Environment: Use and Reuse (1972)

    Conserving Our Environment: Use and Reuse

    01972HD

    A 1970s educational film about the environment and conservation....

    Conserving Our Environment: Use and Reuse
  • 1974
    Cells and What They Do

    Cells and What They Do (1974)

    Cells and What They Do

    01974HD

    Examines cells in plants and animals, explaining that each cell has a different job to do. Uses drawings and microphotography to observe the details of cell structure. Shows the process of cell division for both growth and reproduction....

    Cells and What They Do
  • 1977
    Geography of South America: The Continent (Revised)

    Geography of South America: The Continent (Revised) (1977)

    Geography of South America: The Continent (Revised)

    01977HD

    Discusses the main geographical features of South America including the Andes, the Guiana and Brazilian highlands, and the Orinoco, Amazon and Plata-Parana river basins. Show the relationship of these geographic factors to the people and their ways o...

    Geography of South America: The Continent (Revised)
  • 1970
    Safety in the Shop: Hand Tools

    Safety in the Shop: Hand Tools (1970)

    Safety in the Shop: Hand Tools

    01970HD

    The film emphasizes the importance of safety when using hand tools in a workshop. It discusses the significance of keeping tools sharp and in good condition, proper handling techniques, and the need for safe storage. The film also covers guidelines f...

    Safety in the Shop: Hand Tools
  • 1969
    Molds and How They Grow

    Molds and How They Grow (1969)

    Molds and How They Grow

    01969HD

    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, ...

    Molds and How They Grow
  • 1960
    Lunchroom Manners

    Lunchroom Manners (1960)

    Lunchroom Manners

    2.61960HD

    This short featuring "Mr. Bungle", a puppet, instructs children on how to best behave in a lunchroom situation....

    Lunchroom Manners
  • 1970
    How Levers Help Us

    How Levers Help Us (1970)

    How Levers Help Us

    01970HD

    This instructional film shows the three parts of a lever and demonstrates how various levers help to move things more easily, or move them farther and faster....

    How Levers Help Us