161. 07_Who Gets to Tell the Vietnam War Story (18:55)

Date:
2019-01-14
Main contributors:
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Heather Stur
Summary:
For as much as has been written and produced about the Vietnam War, the voices telling the story have remained much the same. Historians and journalists have privileged American male combat veterans of the war and high-ranking U.S. policymakers, while in Vietnam, the official state story is one of U.S. imperialists versus Vietnamese freedom fighters. Lost in these tellings of the story was South Vietnamese veterans and their families, anticommunist Vietnamese citizens, political activists of all stripes in South Vietnam, American women who served in the war, U.S. support or rear echelon troops, U.S. Embassy employees, and troops of the "free world" forces in Vietnam. These voices are crucial for understanding how the conflict developed and played out, what its consequences were, and what its legacies are.

162. 08_Blood Sacrifice and Clashing American Narratives of the Vietnam War (18:31)

Date:
2019-01-14
Main contributors:
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Edward Linenthal
Summary:
The mass slaughter of 1864-1865 in the American Civil War eroded traditional belief in martial sacrifice as redemptive, blood shed for the new birth of the nation. Narratives in tension continued through both World Wars and the Korean War and gained intensity with the erosion of popular support for the war in Vietnam. The “dope and dementia,” “quagmire,” and “atrocity producing context” narrative templates clashed with traditional patriotic narratives of America at war.

163. 09_War and Memory: The Meaning of Winning and Losing in Narratives from the Other Side (18:00)

Date:
2019-01-14
Main contributors:
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Larry Berman
Summary:
I have been writing about Vietnam since 1982 and learned much about the war and peace from participants on both sides of the brutal conflict.  In my presentation, I want to share how participants in the war from the so-called “winning side” have helped me to better understand not just the war, but also the sense of loss that is often shared with those on the “losing side”. This despair for “what might have been” or “hope and vanquished reality” unites both sides.  I am especially interested in participants’ stories as told in memoirs, oral histories and personal interviews.  For this presentation, I will focus on those individuals with whom I have engaged in extensive and multiple interviews/discussions and who, with one exception, have also produced memoirs from their experiences in war.  The one exception is Pham Xuan An, whose memories and stories are recorded in my book  Perfect Spy.  Each of these participants helped me understand the war through the eyes of a Vietnamese and altered my own narrative for how I speak and write about the war.

165. 10 - Friends (03:42)

Date:
1939/1946
Main contributors:
Jay, John, 1918-2008, Jay, Hilda L., 1921-
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. This film has no sound and shows clips of the Jay family and friends boating at a lake shore, working and playing in the yard, at home for Christmas, and taking portraits on the IU campus.

166. 10 - Ken Play (01:37)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil
Summary:
Eddie, Kenny, and other children wear makeup and costumes and perform a skit in the Feil living room. Early 1970's.

168. 100 Years to Live (1:29:34)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Evelyn Dorsey, Naomi Feil, Mrs. Aiken, Edward R. Feil, Joseph M. Flynn, David Van Tassell, Stanley Alprin, Julius Weil, Helen Weil, Albert F. Paolino, Mrs. Jane Heath, Mrs. Roberta Vann Duzer, Marian Kadish, Ken Feil, Anna V. Brown, Robert Brown
Summary:
Follows a mother and daughter, Mrs. Aiken (100) and Mrs. Dorsey (80), as they transfer from their home to an assisted living facility. Mrs. Aiken adjusts well, while Mrs. Dorsey does not. As this transition is documented, the film explorers attitudes towards aging, care for older people, the emotional effects of the transition from one's home to assisted living, the emotional impact of aging, and relationships between mothers and daughters. Produced through a grant from The Ohio Program in the Humanities.

169. 10_Telling War: An Exploration of Form (17:22)

Date:
2019-01-15
Main contributors:
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Lisa Silvestri
Summary:
With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Telling War, a veteran based initiative, explores manifestations of the veteran voice through a variety of story forms such as papermaking, six word war stories, podcasting, and documentary film. Telling War’s mission is to cultivate creative opportunities for veterans to tell their story. This presentation will review some of the project’s initial outcomes. For example, when participating veterans used the ancient art of papermaking to transform their uniforms into paper then bind into book form, they were able to access stories often untold in the public sphere. The books they created held personal imagery and artifacts from their time in the service. The papermaking process allowed them to metabolize and story their experiences. In other cases, veterans wrote six word war stories following in the legacy of Hemmingway’s famous six word short story, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Although brief, these first-person memoirs captured aspects of deployment–from the everyday to the extreme–that shifted the communicative priority from eloquence to essence. By sharing these examples and others, this presentation argues that in order to enrich collective knowledge and memory of war, the stories told and heard about war must be expanded and diversified.

171. 142: Dr. Stephen Porges on HRV and Polyvagal Theory (1:03:53)

Date:
2017-10-08
Main contributors:
Porges, Stephen W., McCormick, Sean
Summary:
Dr. Stephen Porges is the man who discovered Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in the 1960's and created the Polyvagal Theory - a model to explain how we function and operate. Thanks to Dr. Porges, this episode of the OPP is full of wisdom to help us understand our neurophysiology, how the Vagus Nerve impacts heart rate, HRV, emotional resiliency and how we can use that knowledge to optimize mental and physical performance. We cover: - How Dr. Porges discovered Hear Rate Variability (HRV) - Breathing does change parameters of HRV - Focus on tasks with metrics of success - The good scientist knows to learn from others - The only way the science moves ahead is through the feedback - What is the best way for us to measure HRV? - The Pocket Guide to Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe - Why the saying "scared shitless" is a real thing - Neuroception vs. Perception - Addressing the relevance of Polyvagal Theory in mammals - The vagus Nerve, trauma and mobilization - Once we identify the system, the mechanism, then we can intervene in ways to optimize those mechanisms - Being comfortable with stillness - Translating theoretical work into practice - How far can we push the window and when we hit the wall how do we use that information to define or redefine us - Why Dr. Porges say our nervous system is waiting for Johnny Mathis - Dr. Porges's Top 3 Tips to Live Optimal Original recording and texts from here Originally recorded here: https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/sean-mccormick-603/optimal-performance-podcast/142-dr-stephen-porges-on-hrv-and-polyvagal-theory/238e8ba5-cfb8-4e1f-a065-48e2b7ad3b59

172. 16mm Sound Service Test Film (08:20)

Date:
1949
Summary:
Determines, with proper use and interpretation, the cause of poor sound if it lies in faulty 16mm motion picture projection equipment. Includes the following technical test sections: sound focusing test, the buzz track test, and a frequency response test. Offers, in addition, four sections for testing title music, dialogue, piano music, and orchestral music.

174. 1943-1946 (16:32)

Date:
1946
Main contributors:
Feil, Ed, George Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Harold S. Feil, Nellie Feil
Summary:
Compilation of home movies taken by Ed Feil during his military service. Begins when he enters the Army in June 1943. Covers his basic training at Fort Riley, experience in the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Nebraska, and the 66th Infantry Division in action firing mortars. Features many shots of fellow soldiers interacting with the camera and flirting with girls. In Nebraska, the whole family meets (possibly with some extended family - Nellie Feil is originally from Omaha).

177. 1952 Pro Tennis Championships (33:37)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
Edward Feil Productions
Summary:
1952 Cleveland International highlights. Men's doubles ; Pancho Segura v. Don Budge ; Pancho Segura v. Al Doyle ; John Howard v. Jerry Evert ; Jack March v. Ed Burke ; George Richey v. Jack Rodgers ; Pancho Gonzales v. John Howard ; Pancho Gonzales v. Pancho Segura (final match).

178. 1954 (21:25)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Edward R. Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, David Hellerstein, Leslie Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Maren Mansberger Feil, Stanley M. Feil, Nellie Feil, George Feil, Betsy Feil, Ann Leslie Jones, Harold S. Feil, Herman Hellerstein
Summary:
Home movie that focuses on Ed Feil's nieces and nephews as infants. Mostly features babies walking, eating, crawling, playing, and in playpens. Also shows birthday parties for Kathy Hellerstein and Leslie Feil. Some footage taken while driving around Cleveland at night and inside Cleveland's Union Terminal.