15201. 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.

15202. 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.

15204. 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.

15205. Wanda Landowska at home (29:02)

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

15206. 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

15207. 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.

15208. 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.

15209. War on wheels (21:13)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
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.

15210. 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.