Heroes
- Date
1961
- Summary
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Makes the assumption that the heroes of a society embody its ideals and aspirations, and shows that we can learn a great deal about American values by exploring some of the hero types of the past sixty years. Describes the adulation of matinee idols, from Valentino to Sinatra; of doers of big deeds, from Lindbergh to Shepard; of preeminent political figures, from Lincoln to Churchill. Shows that today, in a sophisticated age of psychological analysis, the fictional romantic "hero" stereotype is fast disappearing, but claims that we are still apt to confuse the celebrity with the hero, the manufactured myth with reality.
- Contributors
WTTW, Chicago; John Dodds; Donley F. Fedderson; Ted Nielsen; Martin Rubenstein
- Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
- Genres
Educational; Historical
- Subjects
Heroes; Sociology; Heroes in popular culture
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Physical Description
1 film reel (29 min.) sound,black and white/monochrome; 16 mm
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: 7812453; Other: GR00467144; MDPI Barcode: 40000003305457
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.