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41. Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins (29:06)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Provides a close look at the work and creative philosophy of Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins, who has been singing and playing the blues for over fifty years. Recreates through the many songs he sings, a p...

42. Transitions : conversations with Wendell Castle (31:03)

Date:
1971
Summary:
Presents Wendell Castle, a sculptor who likes plastic and rugged woods better than materials which are traditionally used. Explains that Castle creates forms which are both beautiful and functional...

43. Operation reentry (29:07)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Demonstrates the successful rehabilitation of mental health patients in Palo Alto Veterans Hospital. Explains that they are given tokens for rewards, trained in sheltered workshops, and finally re-...

44. The chain of life (28:46)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Depicts man as the end link in "The Chain of Life" and indicates that he is limiting his own survival by destroying other links in the chain. Explains that a healthy environment is as essential to ...

45. The film makers : King Vidor (28:53)

Alternative title:
King Vidor
Date:
1970
Main contributors:
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Summary:
King Vidor, Hollywood director of The big parade, War and peace, Solomon and Sheba, and the silent film Our daily bread, recalls Hollywood landmarks of a bygone era and talks about his directing te...

46. The tribe that hides from man (1:02:26)

Date:
1970
Summary:
Warning: This film contains nudity and close up images of corpses. Focuses on Brazilian explorers Orlando and Claudio Villas Boas who, with the aid of the disc-lipped Tchukahmei, search the Amazon...

47. Our food : eggs and dairy products (27:25)

Date:
196X
Summary:
William C. “Bill” Smith of Oregon Educational Broadcasting, who hosts and narrates this group of programs, takes youngsters on a day’s jaunt to an Oregon “egg factory,” a dairy farm and a dairy man...

48. Ralph Ellison, on works in progress (28:58)

Date:
196X
Summary:
Reveals a candid portrait of Ralph Ellison, author of The Invisible Man. Presents Ellison discussing the function of the writer in society, how he came to write The Invisible Man; his own involveme...

49. Advocates: On Abortion at Will in the First Twelve Weeks (58:13)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Questions a woman's right to terminate pregnancy in the first three months through legalized abortion. Points out that increased accessibility to abortion would decrease the number of unwanted chil...

50. American Samoa : paradise lost? (53:39)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows that the traditional life of the Polynesians of American Samoa is being altered and challenged by its governing authority, the United States, and that a potential conflict exists between the ...

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

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
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Summary:
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...

52. Fountain House (29:09)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
John Beard, Executive Director, Fountain House; Robert Kaiser; Gary C. Bergland
Summary:
Shows how Fountain House, located in the "Hell's Kitchen" section of New York City, reintegrates patients returning from mental institutions as functioning citizens. Explains that the house is non-...

53. None of my business (31:52)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Part of episode 221 of PBL. Studies the widespread and often erroneous notions about welfare recipients. Presents the fallacy that many people on welfare could work if they wanted to. Reveals that ...

54. Safe living at school (second edition) (09:42)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Stop-action photography of common school mishaps illustrates potential safety hazards and ways they can be avoided. Points out that a school building is constructed for maximum safety: accidents ar...

55. The heartmakers (58:53)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Develops the need for a artificial hearts while arguing for cautious human experimentation. Interviews Dr. Denton Cooley, who made the first artificial heart insertion, and Dr. Michael DeBakey, who...

56. The suicide clinic : a cry for help (27:51)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Indicates that a suicide attempt is a cry for help, sympathy, and understanding--all of which can be handled by the suicide clinic. Indicates that most suicide attempts are the result of a crisis w...

57. The Warren years : the great decisions (23:07)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
National Educational Television
Summary:
Examines Supreme Court rulings regarding civil rights, reapportionment, and criminal procedure in the light of subsequent consequences of these decisions. Interviews allies and critics of the Warre...

58. The whole world is watching (52:55)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Presents reporters David Brinkley and Walter Cronkite with critics John Fischer and Senator John O. Pastore probing the question of bias in television newscasting. Discusses topics such as the 1968...

60. Watts Towers theatre workshop (28:14)

Date:
1969
Summary:
Introduces the Watts Towers Theatre Workshop consisting of black teenagers from the Los Angeles Watts neighborhood. Relates that the group was founded in 1963 by Stephen Kyle Kent as a Join the Art...