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71. Grasshopper and the ants (15:13)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Hand puppets tell the story of a colony of ants hard at work to store food for winter. Marry Ann Ant and Wilburforce are two young ants who hate to work and when the Grasshopper comes by with his f...

72. The three wishes (15:09)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Hand puppets are used to tell the story of husband and wife who are visited by the Fairy Princess, disguised as an old woman. The husband and wife refuse to feed the Old Woman because their cupboar...

73. Do American children have too much freedom? (28:47)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
This series, aired from 1954 through 1958, is built around the annual New York Herald Tribune World Youth Forum, which hosts approximately thirty foreign high school students from around the world ...

74. Where do we go from here? (29:20)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this final program, all twenty-five previous participants in the Herald Tribune Youth Forum meet with Mrs. Waller to sum up their experiences in the United States, and their thoughts and hopes a...

75. The rise of the trans-Allegheny west (30:05)

Date:
1955
Summary:
This program addresses westward expansion. The first westward movement took the pioneers across the Appalachians into Kentucky and Tennessee, then to the Ohio country. Gradually, several new stat...

76. The story of salt (15:12)

Date:
1959
Summary:
From the early struggles of the settlers to get salt from “salt licks” and pack trains through the use of salt as money and for preserving food, Bash takes viewers on a tour of a place where salt i...

77. The Russian communist revolution (29:05)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Revolution/Reviews the development of Communism in Russia during the 20th century. Introduces the concept that Communism has two faces: one seen by the people of the United States and other advance...

78. The Arts and Sciences (30:45)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Dr. Wriston is joined by August Heckscher, president of the Twentieth century Fund, and William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary of Defense and coordinator of the President’s Commission on National Go...

79. Dr. T.V. Smith : part 2 (29:33)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This is the eighth in the series of “Heritage” series. Featuring Dr. T.V. Smith, Maxwell Professor of Poetry, Politics and Philosophy at Syracuse University. Dr. Smith is host to Dr. M. Graham Ne...

80. Clinton Golden : part 1 (29:33)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Golden reviews the historical development of worker organizations, the role of labor unions in society, and the general structure of union organizations. Examines and evaluates labor's concern ...