106. Dewey the small-town library cat who touched the world

Date:
2008
Main contributors:
Myron, Vicki.
Summary:
Dewey was left abandoned as a kitten on the coldest night of the year stuffed in the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library in Iowa. He won the heart of Vicki Myron, the librarian who found him, and for the next 19 years he charmed the people of Spencer.The story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the book return slot at the Spencer, Iowa, Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.--From publisher description.

109. Welcome to Open Repositories 2015: OR2015 opening session (33:52)

Date:
2015-06-09
Main contributors:
Dunn, Jon W., Minton Morris, Carol, Walters, Carolyn, Nixon, William, Field, Adam, Knowles, Claire
Summary:
Opening session at Open Repositories 2015 (OR2015), the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, Indianapolis, Indiana. Includes remarks by Jon Dunn (Organizing Committee Chair), Carol Minton Morris (Steering Committee Co-Chair), Carolyn Walters (Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries, Indiana University), William Nixon (Program Committee Co-Chair), Adam Field (Developer Challenge Co-Chair) and Claire Knowles (Developer Challenge Co-Chair).

111. Star and shield (26:32)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians release of a DuPont Cavalcade Theatre television series episode, "Star and Shield" (season 4, episode 14), which first aired January 24, 1956 on ABC-TV. The film demonstrates the social responsibilities of police officers in a story about a warmhearted patrolman in Union City, New Jersey, who attempts to secure an apartment in a low-cost housing project for an embittered old lady and her five-year-old granddaughter.

115. Moby Dick, Arion Press, from the Thielman Collection, included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: T... (00:59)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Jenny Mack, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Lilly Library Exhibition Specialist Jenny Mack shows viewers an item included in the Spring 2022 Lilly Library exhibition, The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination, Part II. The item is a 1979 edition of Moby Dick from Arion Press bound in goat skin, and it is part of the Lilly Library's Thielman Collection.

118. In Studio With Ralph Gilbert (07:33)

Date:
2021
Main contributors:
American Muralist Ralph Gilbert
Summary:
A short interview with American Muralist Ralph Gilbert is captured in his studio. Gilbert describes his work to complete his commission by Indiana University to create an inspirational cycle of murals as a visual highlight of the Lilly Library 2020-2021 full-scale renovation. Gilbert is a figurative, narrative painter, draughtsman and muralist with a studio in Atlanta, Georgia. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts) in Los Angeles and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara. In 2005 Gilbert was awarded the Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Fund Fellowship in mural painting at the National Academy of Design in New York. This video was produced by Ben Bowden Lee of Kennesaw, GA

122. G for Goldberger (22:15)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "G for Goldberger" (season 2, episode 14), which first aired January 12, 1954 on ABC-TV. Dramatizes the scientific method employed by Dr. Joseph Goldberger of the United States Health Service to discover a cure for pellagra. After a tour of stricken areas of the South in 1915, Dr. Goldberger conceives and proves his hypothesis that pellagra is the result of a dietary deficiency.

128. The Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaʹsāstra, Chinese Version 1101, included in the Lilly Library Exhibition... (00:54)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Ursula Romero, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Public Services and Assistant Librarian Ursula Romero shows viewers an item included in the Spring 2022 Lilly Library exhibition, The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination, Part II. It is a Chinese woodblock print of the Buddhist text The Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaʹsāstra from 1101, and it is part of the George Poole collection held at the Lilly Library.

129. Jane Johnson Manuscript Nursey Library, included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: The Eye, The Mi... (00:54)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Isabel Planton, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Lilly Library Public Services Librarian Isabel Planton shows viewers an item included in the Spring 2022 Lilly Library exhibition, The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination, Part II. The cards were created around 1735 by Jane Johnson for teaching her children, and are part of the Jane Johnson Manuscript Nursery Library held at the Lilly Library.

132. The Eisenhower Years (22:04)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Reviews significant events in Eisenhower's career as a soldier, his years as President, and his retirement. Pictures the inaugural ceremony in 1953 and depicts such events as the Supreme Court decision on integration, the McCarthy investigations, and various international crises. Stresses social and scientific changes, research, and the high levels of production and consumption.

133. AMPPD Wrap Up Meeting (2:00:40)

Date:
2021-06-23
Main contributors:
Rudersdorf, Amy, Averkamp, Shawn, Hardesty, Julie, Whitaker, Maria, Feng, Ying, Dunn, Jon W.
Summary:
Presentations and demonstration from the Audiovisual Metadata Platform Pilot Development (AMPPD) grant project, supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

134. IAS Artist Natan Diacon-Furtado at the Wylie House Museum (03:34)

Date:
2021
Main contributors:
Artist Diacon-Furtado
Summary:
Natan Diacon-Furtado, 2021 Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Repository Research Fellow, collaborated with people from the archives of Wylie House Museum. In his exhibit, Our Patterns, the Orator, the Astronomer, and the Poet, viewers are invited to meet three of Indiana University’s “firsts.” They are Harvey Young, an outstanding orator and IU’s first Black student, along with poet Sarah Parke Morrison, the first woman to attend IU and later a professor of English. They are joined by Elizabeth Breckenridge, a Black woman who worked as a domestic servant in the Wylie home for many decades. She is the astronomer. In this video Diacon-Furtado is at the Wylie House and discusses his projection installation.

137. Styling Blackness in Chile: Music and Dance in the African Diaspora (17:36)

Date:
2019-05-01
Main contributors:
Juan Eduardo Wolf
Summary:
This collection of videos to accompany the book, Styling Blackness in Chile: Music and Dance in the African Diaspora, provides examples of the different ways of styling Blackness as described in the book. Styling Blackness as Afro-descendant appears in a 2009 Pascua de los Negros performance; styling Blackness as Criollo appears during Lumbanga's celebration of the 2009 Dia de la Mujer Afro as well as Oro Negro's performance of the baile de tierra during a Chilean Independence parade; styling Blackness as Moreno appears in a presentation by the Hijos de Azapa during the 2008 Fiesta Chica of the Virgen de las Peñas; styling Blackness as Indigenous appears during the 2009 Carnaval Andino with morenada and caporales performances.

139. Celebrating the Lilly Library Murals (10:15)

Date:
2021-08
Main contributors:
American Muralist Ralph Gilbert and Joel Silver, Director of the Lilly Library
Summary:
In this video created by IU Studios, the Director of the Lilly LIbrary, Joel Silver, sits in the Reading Room with muralist Ralph Gilbert to discuss the recently installed cycle of murals. The murals in the Reading Room were the visual highlight of the 2020-2021 full-scale renovation of the Lilly Library. The video uses footage and remarks from the Lilly Library Rededication Ceremony, which was held on June 18, 2021. It features comments made at this event by Michael A. McRobbie, President of Indiana University at the time of the Rededication. Footage is also included from the studio of Ralph Gilbert in Atlanta Georgia.

142. Ricky Jay Collection Overview, 2023 (02:24)

Date:
2023-12-06
Main contributors:
Eric Hanus, IU Marketing and Communications
Summary:
Three Lilly Library librarians (Director Joel Silver, Associate Director Erika Dowell, and Head of Curatorial Services & Curator of Modern Books Rebecca Baumann) discuss the processing of the research archive of magician Ricky Jay (1940-2018). Particular attention is paid to the distinct spirit photography collection.

143. The Lion & The Mouse, included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: The Eye, The Mind and The Imagin... (00:59)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Sarah McElroy Mitchell, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Lilly Library Reference and Reading Room Coordinator Sarah McElroy Mitchell shows viewers an item included in the Spring 2022 Lilly Library exhibition, The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination, Part II. It is an edition of The Lion & The Mouse, by Jerry Pinkey, which retells Aesop's famous fable and won the 2010 Caldecott Medal. It is part of the Lilly Library's collection.

144. The Life and Examination of Boulton and Park, as included in the Lilly Library exhibition: The Ey... (00:59)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Rebecca Baumann, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Lilly Library Head of Public Services Librarian Rebecca Bauman describes and shows viewers an item included in the Spring 2022 Lilly Library exhibition titled, The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination, Part II. It is The Life and Examination of Boulton and Park, published by G. Purkess in 1871 and part of the Lilly Library collections.

145. Charles Knowlton Fruits of Philosophy, included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: The Eye, The Min... (00:58)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Maureen Maryanski, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Lilly Library Education & Outreach Librarian Maureen Maryanski describes and shows viewers a book included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination. Published anonymously in 1832, the book was written by physician Charles Kowlton and is part of the Lilly Library's collections.

148. I.U. Libraries with Bob Knight (12:28)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Indiana University head basketball coach Bob Knight discusses the importance of the library as the foundation for the success of an educational program. Also looks at the vast library system at Indiana University, regarded by some as one of the premiere research facilities in the country.

149. The splendid dream : William Penn (20:46)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Jack Chertok, Charles Larson, William J. Thiele
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television episode, "The Splendid Dream" (season 2, episode 21), which first aired March 16th, 1954 on ABC-TV. William Penn's interest in the Society of Friends and freedom of religion leads to his arrest under the Conventicle Act of 1664. He suffers disinheritance by his father, Admiral Sir William Penn, and frequent imprisonment for his beliefs. Recognizing his son's integrity, the elder Penn reinstates him as his heir. Through his father's close association with King Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, Penn is enabled to obtain the grant of land in the American colonies where he establishes a haven of religious freedom.

152. Rave: Repository Enlighten-ment: A ten year rave! (07:38)

Date:
2015-06-10
Main contributors:
Nixon, William J., Ashworth, Susan
Summary:
Presentation at Open Repositories 2015 (OR2015), the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, Indianapolis, Indiana, in session P6A: Repository Rants and Raves.

153. The once and future repository, HKU's Scholars Hub (27:06)

Date:
2015-06-10
Main contributors:
Palmer, David T.
Summary:
Presentation at Open Repositories 2015 (OR2015), the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, Indianapolis, Indiana, in session P5A: Building the Perfect Repository.

154. Introduction to BCSSE 2019 (1:03:20)

Date:
2019-03-26
Main contributors:
James Cole
Summary:
This webinar will provide an introduction to the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE). BCSSE has worked with colleges and universities across the US and Canada to collect important information about incoming students' experiences and expectations for college. Since 2007, nearly 900,000 entering students at more than 500 institutions have completed the survey. BCSSE results have been used in many ways including: academic advising; retention efforts; first-year program design and evaluation; accreditation self-studies; faculty and staff development; and other uses. Starting in 2019, BCSSE will include questions targeting three distinct groups of entering students: (a) recent high school graduates, (b) transfer students, and (c) delayed-entry students (those who graduated from high school three or more years ago and expect to transfer fewer than 12 credits).

155. Introducing the Inclusiveness and Engagement with Cultural Diversity Topical Module (55:20)

Date:
2017-10-31
Main contributors:
Jillian Kinzie, Allison BrckaLorenz
Summary:
More than 130 institutions administered the new Inclusiveness and Engagement with Cultural Diversity Topical Module in 2017. This webinar will focus on the purpose of the Topical Module, how it was developed, and how it will change for 2018. The presenters will review inaugural results and facilitate a discussion on how the results can be used to improve institutional practices.

156. Ideas for encouraging student participation in NSSE (56:13)

Date:
2010-01-26
Main contributors:
Tiffani Butler, Tony Ribera
Summary:
This webinar provides promotional ideas for a NSSE administration. Rather than discussing specific incentives, the focus is on advertising campaigns and other creative approaches that can generate buzz on campus about the NSSE survey. Presenters discuss modes of capturing student attention and share approaches to include students in assessment conversations.

158. Program and department level assessment (49:25)

Date:
2010-05-11
Main contributors:
Jillian Kinzie
Summary:
Jillian Kinzie presents a "quick take," session (45 min or less!) focused on using NSSE results at the department and program level. Approaches to engaging departments in NSSE such as via the new Major Field, reports, use of "scalelets," a focus on department pedagogical concerns, and several successful department-level examples, will help generate ideas for involving your faculty in assessment and maximizing your use of NSSE results.

159. Improving student response rates (45:15)

Date:
2011-01-25
Main contributors:
Tony Ribera , Brian McGowan
Summary:
Ideas for promoting student participation in NSSE administration. The focus of the webinar will be on advertising campaigns and other creative approaches, including a number of specific examples, that can generate buzz on campus about the NSSE survey. Presenters discuss modes of capturing student attention and share approaches to include students in assessment conversations.

160. Your NSSE Institutional Report 2011: Step by step (1:04:17)

Date:
2011-08-25
Main contributors:
Jillian Kinzie, Shimon Sarraf
Summary:
This webinar walks users through the contents of the NSSE Institutional Report. The session specifically includes a review of the various data reports and supporting materials contained in the Institutional Report, details concerning which data were used in the creation of particular reports and comparison groups, and general strategies for understanding and getting the most out of your Institutional Report.

161. Beginning to look within: NSSE reports by major field (31:42)

Date:
2010-10-05
Main contributors:
Allison BrckaLorenz, Amber Dumford
Summary:
In 2009, NSSE introduced new reports based on students' academic major. This webinar contains an overview of the four different types of NSSE reports by major field category including information about the creation of the reports as well as advice on using and interpreting the reports. Information will also be presented about how you can further customize your own reports such as with CIP codes or academic major grouping on your campus.

163. Using NSSE data in accreditation (1:06:41)

Date:
2011-11-08
Main contributors:
Jillian Kinzie
Summary:
The most commonly reported use of NSSE results is assessment for accreditation. NSSE's Accreditation Toolkits, designed for all regional and several specialized associations, articulate the requirements and standards for each accreditor with NSSE process and items. In this session we show how NSSE items map to accreditation standards, discuss the potential for using NSSE data in institutional self-studies and quality improvement plans, and explore ways colleges and universities have used their results in accreditation and to measure and monitor institutional effectiveness.

164. What to Expect from FSSE Participation (46:49)

Date:
2011-05-17
Main contributors:
Mahauganee Shaw , Eddie Cole, Jr.
Summary:
This webinar will provide representatives from past, current, and future FSSE participating institutions with information about how to maximize the results of their administration. Webinar participants will learn about what FSSE provides and special features, such as the optional grouping variable that allow institutions to get more from their FSSE administration. Participants will also learn how to use online FSSE resources and the resulting data and findings to stimulate campus dialogue about improving undergraduate education.

165. Learning & Assessment in Student Affairs: The NSSE Way (55:07)

Date:
2019-04-30
Main contributors:
Dajanae Palmer, Samantha Silberstein
Summary:
Making sense of all the data that comes from surveys and assessments is difficult. Student affairs professionals engage with students as educators contributing to student learning and development. This presentation will use NSSE as an example of a survey student affairs educator can use as an assessment tool to create impactful learning experiences. The webinar will follow the case of one institution's data to inform the creation of a new program that can be applied to other campuses.

168. Using BCSSE data for faculty development: Do faculty really know their students? (1:12:14)

Date:
2010-03-16
Main contributors:
James Cole
Summary:
BCSSE asks entering first-year students about their high school academic experiences, as well as their academic expectations and attitudes regarding their first year of college. These data can be a catalyst for interesting and important discussions among faculty on how to effectively engage students. This session presents and discusses the types of data collected by BCSSE and how it can be used with faculty on your campus.

171. Using BCSSE-NSSE data to assess the effects of learning communities on first-year experiences (1:03:57)

Date:
2010-11-16
Main contributors:
James Cole, Jillian Kinzie
Summary:
Many institutions offer learning communities for first year students. However, it is often difficult to determine how effective a learning community is at reaching its goals. This session will present and discuss ways to use BCSSE-NSSE data to help isolate the impacts of learning communities on first- year experiences.

173. CERN open data and data analysis preservation (24x7) (09:48)

Date:
2015-06-10
Main contributors:
Simko, Tibor
Summary:
24x7 short presentation at Open Repositories 2015 (OR2015), the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, Indianapolis, Indiana, in session P4A: Managing Research (and Open) Data.

174. Fedora4: the open linked data platform (28:10)

Date:
2015-06-09
Main contributors:
Woods, Andrew, Sanderson, Rob
Summary:
Presentation at Open Repositories 2015 (OR2015), the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, Indianapolis, Indiana, in session P1A: Linked Open Data (LOD). Note that high quality video files for this talk were not obtainable, so some video quality problems may be noticed.

175. David Copperfield : the boy (42:01)

Date:
1935
Summary:
Abridged from the first half of the feature film based on Dickens' novel. Includes his infancy, his visit to the seaside with Peggotty, his difficulties in his stepfather's home, his experiences in London, the trip to Dover, and the pleasant relationships at his aunt's home. Closes with his leaving for school.

176. Slater's dream : Slater's cotton spinner (21:25)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Slater's Dream" (season 1, episode 17), which originally aired May 13th, 1953 on NBC-TV. Samuel Slater, a young Englishman, came to America in 1790, struggling to reconstruct from memory the cotton spinner, the plan of which England guarded to insure a monopoly on cotton manufacture. Unable to reconstruct the English machine, Slater perfects his own spinner and introduces a new industry to the United States.

177. Riddle of the seas : Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer (21:17)

Date:
1973
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Riddle of the Seas" (season 2, episode 24), which originally aired April 6, 1954 on ABC-TV. Relates the mid-nineteenth century story of the life work of Matthew Fontaine Maury, founder of the United States Weather Bureau, who advanced and proved his revolutionary theory that the paths of the sea--winds, currents, and temperature--could be accurately predicted and charted. The teaching objectives included are: to introduce the study of weather and related field of oceanography and meteorology; to illustrate scientific methods of research; to demonstrate the practical applications of reflective thinking; to inspire interest in the work and the character of a significant American scientist.

178. A message from Garcia (20:56)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of 'The Cavalcade of America' television series episode, "A Message From Garcia", which originally aired January 18th, 1955 on ABC-TV. This film dramatizes the exploits and heroism of US Military 1st Lt. Andrew Rowan in Cuba, on the eve of the Spanish-American War. Braving a journey with rebels through the Cuban jungles, risking capture and execution by Spanish troops, Lt. Rowan joined General Calixto García, commander of the rebel forces in eastern Cuba, to assess the strength, efficiency, movements and general military situation. This information, reported by Lt. Rowan, enabled an American troops landing almost entirely without casualties, to join in the liberation of their Cuban allies. Lt. Rowan returns home with a strange message from Garcia.

179. The rescue of Dr. Beanes : Francis Scott Key and Star Spangled Banner (21:16)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Rescue of Dr. Beanes" (season 3, episode 26), which first aired June 21, 1955 on ABC-TV. Francis Scott Key seeks out the British flagship on Chesapeake bay and argues successfully for the release of Dr. William Beanes, a civilian who had been taken prisoner following the burning of Washington (August 24, 1814). Obliged by Admiral Cochran to remain with the fleet until the British have attached Fort McHenry, Key's experience in witnessing from shipboard the American resistance to the bombardment inspires him to write the verses that have become our National Anthem.

180. A time to grow : the Louisiana Territory (20:31)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of an episode of the DuPont sponsored Cavalcade of America television series (season 2, episode 6), "A Time to Grow", which aired November 3, 1953 on ABC-TV. This historical drama recreates the circumstances leading up to the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory by Robert Livingston and James Monroe, American Commissioners to Paris, for 15 million dollars. An offer to purchase the Port of New Orleans from France is opposed by Joseph Bonaparte and Maurice Talleyrand. Napoleon later orders Talleyrand to sell the entire Louisiana Territory. But Talleyrand, in an attempt to prevent the transfer of the territory from French control, sets a price he believed the American Commissioners could not possibly accept.

181. One nation indivisible : Horace Greeley, editor (19:04)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "One Nation Indivisible" (season 2, episode 12), which aired on December 22, 1953 on ABC-TV. In the latter half of nineteenth century, the editor of the Tribune newspaper, Horace Greeley, influenced by a conversation with President Lincoln, changes his views regarding Jefferson Davis and proceeds, with some risk to his career, to conduct a successful crusade to free the ex-Confederate president from prison.

182. Skipper's lady : duty first (21:20)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Skipper's Lady" (season 2, episode 31), which originally aired on June 8th, 1954 on ABC-TV. Based on an historical incident, the film dramatizes the courage and skill of a captain's wife who was forced to assume command of a clipper ship sailing from New York to San Francisco in 1840 with the annual government allotment of supplies for the Native Americans of California and Oregon.

183. Mightier than the sword : Zenger and freedom of the press (21:29)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Mightier Than The Sword" (season 1, episode 13) which originally aired on March 18th, 1953 on NBC-TV. This pre-Revolutionary War drama focuses on the 1734 court case in which Royal Governor William Cosby of New York charged John Peter Zenger with libel because he printed the truth about corruption in Cosby's administration. The outcome of this trial established the principle of freedom of the press. The film shows Cosby arresting Zenger and disbarring James Alexander, Zenger's lawyer, on trumped-up charges. Travelling to Philadelphia, Alexander persuades Alexander Hamilton, one of the oldest and most respected attorneys in all the provinces, to take Zenger's case. Hamilton convinces the jury that publishing the truth is not libelous, resulting in Zenger's acquittal and establishing a precedent in American jurisprudence which would be adopted as a principle of law in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 57 years later when the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.

190. Crisis in Paris : Franklin's diplomatic mission (18:41)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a DuPont Cavalcade Theatre television series episode, "Crisis in Paris" (season 4, episode 8), which first aired November 29th, 1955 on ABC-TV. Dramatizes the strategy used by Benjamin Franklin, head of the American Congressional Commission, sent to France to enlist French support for the American cause during the American Revolution. Although French aid is at first denied, Franklin maintains cordial, diplomatic relations. Illustrates Franklin concealing an unacceptable British proposal for ending the Revolution from French Prime Minister Compte Charles de Vergennes and records Vergennes reopening negotiations with Franklin's commission and granting the much-needed French aid.

199. Dad explains about people (07:20)

Date:
1947
Summary:
An excerpt from "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947) produced and copyrighted by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. A widowed father tries to explain anti-Jewish prejudice to his young, precocious son.