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15821. Walls come tumbling down (29:14)

Date:
1962
Summary:
In mid-December 1961, the Council of Ministers, the highest authority in the Common Market, gathered in Brussels for the most momentous of its periodic meetings. Four years had elapsed since the activation of the Common Market treaty, January 1, 1958. According to the treaty, midnight of December 31, 1961, was the deadline for the end of the first and passage into the second of three transitional phases in Europe's economic unification process. Passage into this second phase required a unanimous Council statement that the first stage had been completed in accordance with the Treaty provisions. When it became evident that no final agreement could be reached by the deadline, the Ministers decided that, for them, 1961 would continue to the bitter end of the session. Although it took the entire first half of January, 1962 to reach an agreement, all minutes and official documents were dated December, 1961. This program outlines the salient problems that confronted the Council, and presents statements on one impact of the Common Market in various areas of commerce and politics. Animated graphics illustrate the present organization of the European Communities.

15822. Walter Allen, Amos Tutuola, Ulli Beier (29:32)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Mr. Nkosi begins his survey of African writers in London where he talks to Walter Allen, English critic who has reviewed a number of African books for the British Press. Next the viewer is taken to Nigeria where he meets pioneer novelist Amos Tutuola whose The Palm-Wine Drinkard (correct spelling) was published in 1952 by the English company, Faber and Faber. Tutuola, a master story-teller in the true African oral idiom, talks of his past and of the story-telling of the old people in his village, storytelling which was the basis of his inspiration to write. After reading the opening passage from The Palm-Wine Drinkard, he says that what influenced his first novel was a book in the Youroba folklore tradition, thus dispelling the myth that behind his colloquial, often ungrammatical style lies a more sophisticated background. This program ends with a conversation between the host and Ulli Beier, German-born editor of the African Literary Magazine, Black Orpheus, published in Nigeria. Beier talks of coming to Nigeria in the early fifties when there was no such thing as Nigerian literature. In 1956 when he started his magazine he was forced to rely on translation from the already-established and popular French African writers. In this literary wasteland, Tutuola was the remarkable exception. But in the past few years there has been an explosion of interest in writing. In Nigeria, for example (partly through the encouragement of Mbari, a club where writers and artists meet, exhibit, publish, and discuss aesthetic standards) an enthusiastic group of writers is growing steadily. For whom do they write? Up to now, according to Beier, writers have been gearing to the European public because Europe is where, for the most part, they have been read and published. But the real challenge, he feels, will now be to create a real African audience

15823. Walter Bradford Cannon (39:56)

Date:
1989-06-16
Main contributors:
Barger, A. Clifford, 1917-1996
Summary:
Lecture delivered by A. Clifford Barger, MD on the life and research of Walter Bradford Cannon (1871-1945), physiologist and researcher at Harvard Medical School. The lecture was sponsored by the Johns Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society.

15824. Walter Piston, Symphony no. 3 (29:39)

Date:
1960
Summary:
A third kind of American musical composition is the subject of this program. Contrasted with the strongly emotional and nationalistic music of Harris, or the attempts at a resolution of the national-universal conflict in the music of Copland, is the music of Walter Piston, which, the composer explains, is "not intended to convey other than musical ideas." Professor Woodworth uses Piston's comment as a key to understanding his music, and shows by the use of visual aids and recordings how Piston has contrived to write a classical symphony in modern idiom. The use of orchestration, tonality and rhythm supports his efforts to write vital and dramatic music devoid of representational elements, says Professor Woodworth, and he demonstrates these points by examples drawn from Piston's Third Symphony.

15826. Walter Wagor Interview (1:16:00)

Date:
2021
Main contributors:
Beth South, Walter Wagor
Summary:
Interview of former professor of psychology and assistant vice chancellor of academic affairs at IU East (1985-2006). Interviewed on May 26th, 2021 for the Bicentennial Oral History Collection.

15827. Wanda Landowska at home (29:02)

Date:
1958
Summary:
An interview with famous, Polish harpsichordist, Wanda Landowska, in her home in Lakeville, Connecticut.

15828. Wanda Ramey's Hall of Fame Video Bio (03:58)

Date:
2010
Main contributors:
Ramey, Wanda
Summary:
Video bio of Wanda Ramey, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2010. Producer/Voice-over: Gene Slaymaker; Post-production: DreamVision Media Partners; Ramey was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana State University with a degree in radio before moving to California. She was hired as a secretary at an Oakland radio station and became program manager. Later, she moved to KGO-TV in 1952 and became the first woman news anchor in the western U.S. as co-anchor of the noon news for KPIX-TV in San Francisco. In 1967, she served as correspondent for Voice of America and National Educational television (PBS). The recipient of many awards, Ramey died at the age of 84 in 2009. --Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

15829. Wanderers on the fringe (29:42)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Curator Wilkinson returns on this program to present the story of the Nomad Scythians who ranged the Russian plains during the Sixth Century BC. Exhibits include examples of Scythian metal work, which was extremely avant-garde for that day. Discussion emphasizes the inventiveness, imaginativeness, and other cultural characteristics of these ancestors of the Russians.

15830. War Becomes Normal (00:13)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
Youth Corps member and journalist, Khue talks about her impression of war when she was a child.

15831. War on wheels (21:37)

Date:
1943
Summary:
The story of an American truck convoy ambushed by German tanks and rescued by a group of United States medium tanks. Graphically illustrates the importance of war production during World War II. Billed as a confidential industrial film bulletin from Under Secretary of War, Robert Patterson to the men and women of the American automotive industry.

15833. War, religion and recent history (30:19)

Date:
1962
Summary:
The Central Algonquians, who lived along the short of the Great Lakes and Mississippi, were first discovered by white men when Robert LaSalle and Pere Jacques Marquette journeyed down the St. Lawrence River from the French settlements in Canada until they reached the Great Lakes and then the Mississippi. They found a largely agricultural people who planted corn and wore elaborately decorated clothing. They were the Indians who used the calumet, the peace pipe decorated with white feathers for peace, and red for war, and which Pere Marquette called as good as a passport. The influence on his people was one of their greatest chiefs, Pontiac, is described.

15834. Ware (01:59)

Date:
2020-01-17
Main contributors:
Eric Ware, Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities
Summary:

15835. Warner's "Stretch Bra" (01:01)

Date:
1962/1964
Main contributors:
Warner's
Summary:
An advertisement for Warner's bras in which the product is shown to stretch in various ways. Submitted for Clio Awards category Apparel.

15836. Warren Miller - A Painting Called Barrier (05:34)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“I believed that the barrier of Alexander Graham Bell that he used the word, he can "fix" Deaf people by using speaking language in a speaking world.” Indianapolis artist Warren Miller explains his painting "Barrier" represents Alexander Graham Bell's attempt to prevent Deaf people from using American Sign Language. Warren discusses his early school experience with oralism. Oralism is a method of teaching Deaf people to communicate using speech, lip-reading and recognizing body language. Warren attended the Harrison Oral Elementary School from kindergarten through fourth grade. He says, “I was trained like a boot camp.” Warren was interviewed in 2017.

15837. Washington Conversation: Alf Landon (50:52)

Date:
1961-12-17
Main contributors:
Alf Landon, Paul Niven
Summary:
In this interview former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican presidential candidate Alf Landon reflects on his political career and the presidential election of 1936.

15838. Washington Conversation: Arthur Goldberg & newscast (32:33)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Paul Niven, Arthur Goldberg, Michael J. Marlow, Bill Linden, Ned Calmer
Summary:
Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg, discussed labor disputes in the steel industry and his role in settling other labor disputes in the United States. Other topics in the interview include the right of government employees to collective bargaining, the prosecution of James Hoffa, and government support of the arts. Following episode is a segment of Ned Calmer with the News which covered the story of Francis Gary Powers return to America.

15839. Washington Conversation: Arturo Frondizi & WCBS news (35:10)

Date:
1961-10-08
Main contributors:
Paul Niven , Arturo Frondizi, Ned Calmer
Summary:
Argentinian president Arturo Frondizi is interviewed about Argentina political landscape. Some of the topics addressed in the interviewed include the role of students in politics, the political situation of Latin America, and the rise and fall of Perón. Following the Washington Conversation episode is the show Ned Calmer with the News.

15840. Washington Conversation: Arturo Frondizi & WCBS news (34:25)

Date:
1961-10-08
Main contributors:
Stuart Novins, Arturo Frondizi, Ned Calmer, Michael J. Marlow, Robert Quinn
Summary:
Argentinian president Arturo Frondizi is interviewed about Argentina political landscape. Some of the topics addressed in the interviewed include the role of students in politics, the political situation of Latin America, and the rise and fall of Perón. Following the Washington Conversation episode is the show Ned Calmer with the News.