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1. Robert Erickson (30:01)

Date:
1971
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Provides a close look at the works and creative philosophy of Robert Erickson, a composer and inventor of musical instruments. Illustrates Erickson composing an original composition, '9 1/2 for Hen...

2. Satyajit Ray (29:53)

Date:
1967
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Satyajit Ray, noted Indian film maker, explains the underlying philosophy guiding him in the production of his films, which he sees as a confluence of Eastern and Western cultures. Ray's main objec...

3. Black and White Together? (1:00:05)

Date:
1969
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Describes Project WILL, a plan designed to promote racial understanding between black and white high school students in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Relates how one staff member becomes disillusioned...

6. Bismillah Khan (28:57)

Date:
1967
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Depicts a typical day in the life of the Indian musician, Bismillah Khan. Shows him in meditation on the banks of the Ganges, shopping in the market, worshiping, relaxing with his family at home, a...

7. The art of Marie Cosindas (29:12)

Date:
1967
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Presents Marie Cosindas' color photographs with comments by museum visitors, art critics, and persons who have sat for her. Shows Miss Cosindas creating a still life and making two portraits.

8. Atget (29:03)

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Creative person
Date:
1966
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Representative photographs by the turn-of-the-century French photographer, Eugène Atget, with explanatory analysis by Berenice Abbott, a former protège of Atget.

9. The Mounting Millions (54:46)

Date:
1967
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Delineates some of India's major problems and the progress being made toward solving some of them. Reports on famine, industrialization, birth control campaigns, a fertilizer festival, governmental...

11. Doctors in space. Living room in the void (29:15)

Alternative title:
Living room in the void
Date:
1958
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Discusses protective devices for flyers in space. Demonstrates the Air Force partial pressure suit. Explains the effects of "explosive decompression." Presents a design for a three-stage rocket veh...

12. Writers of today. Nadine Gordimer (29:13)

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Nadine Gordimer
Date:
1961
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Literary critic and lecturer on South African affairs, John Barkham interviews the distinguished South African author, Nadine Gordimer. Deals with subjects ranging from the effect of South Africa o...

13. Seurat's Parisian Sundays (15:44)

Date:
0000
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Uses paintings by Seurat to a theme about Parisian Sundays. Provides a general introduction to the series. (RTF) Film.

14. Cultural Patterns of Marital Sanction (28:59)

Date:
1958
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Employs dance routines and originally scored music to portray differences in marriage rituals of three societies. Emphasizes the basic motive behind the selection of marriage partners, the rituals ...

16. Profile of the Southern Moderate (59:45)

Date:
1963
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Presents several Southerners who advocate viewpoints and actions which are at variance with extremists on both sides of the civil rights issue. Interviews Governor Carl E. Sanders of Georgia; R. E....

18. Impact of Personalitites (29:12)

Date:
1958
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Employs dance routines and originally scored music to portray the formation of human personality in three societies. Demonstrates the authoritarian, cooperative, and dwarfed personality types. Poi...

19. Writers of today. Allen Curnow (29:12)

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Allen Curnow
Date:
1961
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Professor Joel Climenhaga interviews New Zealand poet, Allen Curnow. Includes a discussion of Curnow's poetry, which reveals the character, history, and folklore of New Zealand. Presents his views ...