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1. Abel Gance : hier et demain (29:08)

Date:
1963
Summary:
Focuses on the life of French filmmaker Abel Gance and examines his contributions to the motion picture industry. Explains that Gance pioneered such film techniques as polyvision and the use of the...

2. Edward Steichen, part IV (29:22)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The format of this final program is different from that of the preceding three. On the sound track is a pre-recorded conversation with Steichen, and on the screen is a series of Steichen’s own phot...

3. Durer and the Renaissance (13:55)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Discusses the life of Durer and the pivotal point he represented in connecting the artistic development of Italy and Northern Europe. Presents examples of his work that show his passage from the Mi...

4. Eleanor Roosevelt , part I (29:37)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program Mrs. Roosevelt and her guests discuss Mrs. Roosevelt’s early life. Mrs. Roosevelt’s education was very sketchy up until the time she went abroad to study at the age of 15. She was a...

5. Gandhi (26:21)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Highlights events in the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi between 1930 and 1948 and recounts his role in the struggle to free India from British colonialism. Treats his philosophy of passive resistance a...

6. Explorer with a paint brush : Audobon (29:49)

Date:
1958
Summary:
If Peterson helped to remove bird identification from a purely academic procedure, John James Audubon, helped to remove nature form the drawing room appreciation of the Victorian era, and gave livi...

7. The voyage of the beagle : Charles Darwin (29:34)

Date:
1958
Summary:
This will be a dramatic enactment of some of the highlights of Darwin’s early life and the Beagle’s voyage. It is a fascinating study in the development of knowledge and discovery to see how from ...

8. William Shakespeare (25:21)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Traces the course of William Shakespeare's life from his boyhood in Stratford through his career in the London theatre as actor and dramatist. Presents excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, As y...

9. Escape (26:19)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Focuses on Carl Schurz, a young student who joined an unsuccessful revolt against the tyranny of the King of Prussia, escaped from Prussian soldiers, and emigrated to American. Explains that Schurz...