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Biography: Born in 1928 in Augustusburg, Germany. studying fine arts in Berlin, Leipzig, and Dresden, and following World War II, around 1945-1949 he began creating woodcuts depicting a Berlin postwar struggling with an uncertain future often creating images of destroyed buildings and old furniture. In 1954, he moved to Chicago by way of New York, working in oil on canvas, using the influence of German expressionism to portray the landscapes of the American Southwest as well as the cityscapes of Chicago, in comparison to the demolished landscapes of Europe after the war. By this time, Van Bork had become an accomplished stills photographer as well, and received the National Award for Outstanding Photography in Germany in 1954. After Moving to Chicago he began to work on creating instructional films for companies like Encyclopædia Britannica Films as well as Physical Science Study Committee

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films:
The Aging of Lakes [1]
Airplanes: How They Fly
Archeological Dating: Retracing Time © December 12, 1975
Art: What Is It? Why Is It? © March 19, 1963
Chicago: Midland Metropolis (1963) © June 11, 1963
Protozoa (One-Celled Animals) (1957) © March 27, 1957
Art in the Western World (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC) (1958) [2] © April 18, 1958
Battle of Yorktown (1958) © February 3, 1958
Biological Rhythms: Studies in Chronobiology © November 2, 1977
Biology: Exploring the Living World 1979
A Boy Creates © July 25, 1971
The Cave Community (Cumberland Caverns) © April 25, 1961
Christmas in Germany: A Story of Giving 1979
The Circle of Life 1983
Continental Drift: The Theory of Plate Techtonics 1980
Daybreak (Over Monumental Valley) © January 21, 1977
The Desert Community © November 11, 1965
Earth Science: Exploring Planet Earth 1978
Earthquakes: A Lesson in Disaster © August 27, 1971
Earthquakes: Exploring Earth's Restless Crust [3] 1983
Ecology of a Hot Spring 1972
Energy for the Future © December 10, 1974
Energy from the Sun (2nd edition) 1980
Evolution of Landscapes 1986
Falling Water 1987
Fire in the Sea (Hawaiian Volcanoes) © May 10, 1973
Fire Mountain (Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii) © June 17, 1970
Fog © September 24, 1971
Fossils: Exploring the Past 1978
Furnace in the Sky 1983
Geyser Valley (Yellowstone) 1972
The Gift of the Magic 1980
Groundwater 1982
Heartbeat of a Volcano [4]
Indian Art of the Pueblos © March 8, 1976
Indian Artists of the Southwest 1972
Insect Life Cycle: The Periodical Cicada © January 17, 1957
Introduction to the Water Cycle 1988
Jamestown: The First English Settlement in America © May 1, 1958
The Legend of the Magic Knives [5]
Life Between Tides (Life in a Tide Pool) © August 30, 1963
Life in a Vacant Lot © July 4, 1966
Life Story of a Water Flea, Daphnia [6] © January 25, 1966
Life Story of the Paramecium © July 26, 1965
Life Story of the Sea Star © October 20, 1963
Life: How Do We Define It? 1987
Lines in Relief, Woodcut and Block Printing © July 6, 1964
Living Things Are Everywhere © December 31, 1963
Looking at Amphibians © November 13, 1964
The Magic Shop 1980
The Marine Biologist © August 30, 1963
The Mayfly: Ecology of An Aquatic Insect © July 6, 1973
Mesa Verde: Mystery of the Silent Cities © December 19, 1975
Minerals and Rocks (2nd edition) 1979
Monuments to Erosion © July 10, 1974
Ocean Dynamics: The Work of the Sea 1981
Our Changing Way of Life: The Dairy Farmer © May 13, 1965
Our Changing Way of Life: The Lumberman © April 9, 1965
Parasitism (Parasitic Flatworms) © March 5, 1963
La Paurure (Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace") 1980
Plankton: Pastures of the Ocean © November 11, 1965
Protists: Form Function and Ecology 1985
Radioisotopes: Tools of Discovery © March 13, 1969
Richard Hunt, Sculptor © May 17, 1970
The River Valley © March 25, 1964
Rivers: The Work of Running Waters 1981
The Rock Cycle 1982
The San Andreas Fault [7]
Sea Beneath the Earth 1983
The Single-Celled Animals: Protozoa © March 9, 1962
Siqueiros, El Maestro © June 30, 1969
Stinging Celled Animals: Coelenterates © April 20, 1962
The Story of the Oyster © September 12, 1963
Succession on Lava © July 22, 1970
The Temperate Deciduous Forest © January 26, 1962
Theories on the Origin of Life [8] © April 23, 1969
Viruses: What They Are and How They Work 1988
Volcano: Birth of a Mountain © May 11, 1977
Volcanoes: Exploring the Restless Earth © September 21, 1973
The Water Cycle (2nd edition) 1979
Jamestown: First English Settlement in America  (1958)
Airplanes: How They Fly (1959)
What is a Reptile (1961)
Bacteria (1962) © June 21, 1962
What is an Amphibian? (1962) © February 28, 1962
What is a Mammal? (1962) © July 27, 1962
What Is a Reptile? © October 11, 1961
What Is a Short Story? 1980
What Is Ecology? © July 5, 1977
When the Earth Explodes (Volcanoes) 1983
Echinoderms: Sea Stars and Their Relatives (1963) Sea cucumbers, sand dollars, sea urchins, etc. © December 5, 1961
Life Between Tides (1963)
Life Story of the Paramecium (1963)
Marine Biologist (1963)
Plankton and the Open Sea (1963) © September 27, 1962
Living Things Are Everywhere (1964)
River Valley (1964)
Life in a Vacant Lot (1966)
Artist at Work, The: Jacques Lipchitz, Master Sculptor (1968). Van Bork also wrote a book by the same name. © May 21, 1968
Theories on the Origin of Life (1969)
Origin of Life: Chemical Evolution (1969) © August 20, 1969

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  2. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc (1958), Art in The Western World, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBEC, retrieved 2018-02-19 {{citation}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Old Education Videos (2014-04-21), Earthquakes Exploring earths restless crust, retrieved 2018-02-19
  4. ^ Encyclopedia Britannica (1970), Heartbeat Of A Volcano, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 2018-02-19
  5. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1971), The Legend of the magic knives, Internet Archive, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBEC 310 South Michigan Ave Chicago IL 60604 USA (800)554-9862 (312)347-7000, retrieved 2018-02-19 {{citation}}: line feed character in |publisher= at position 55 (help)
  6. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1963). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
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  8. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1969), Theories on the origin of life, Internet Archive, [S. l.] Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., retrieved 2018-02-19
  9. ^ "Chicago Film Archive Catalogue". www.chicagofilmarchives.org. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  10. ^ "BERT VAN BORK". www.vanbork.com. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  11. ^ "Bert Van Bork". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  12. ^ Encyclopedia Britannica (1970), Heartbeat Of A Volcano, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 2018-02-19
  13. ^ Society, The Renaissance. "German Expressionists | Publishing: Essay | The Renaissance Society". www.renaissancesociety.org. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  14. ^ Van Bork,Lipchitz,, Bert, Jacques (1966). The Artist at Work,. New York, Crown Publishers.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Alexander, Geoff (2010-08-05). Academic Films for the Classroom: A History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786460007.