Browse Exhibits (3 total)
Before there was a U.S.A.
12 episodes, 1955, KETC (St. Louis)
From WNET:
"'Before there was a USA' is the history of Colonial North America. Reverend John Francis Bannon, SJ, Director of the Department of History at St. Louis University, is instructor for the course. Father Bannon, who has developed and enthusiastic response to this program in St. Louis, lists as main objectives of the series the following:
- To tell the story of Colonial North America so that viewers have a better understanding and a deeper appreciation of a period in American History which is intensely interesting and important.
- To show that human nature and human motives are basically the same in every period in history.
- To point out some of the contributions made to America by some of the nations in Europe."
The modern USA
12 episodes, 1955, KETC (St. Louis)
From WNET:
"'The Modern USA' concludes the series by tracing the development of the nation from the Civil War period down to the present. This series follows 'The Young USA'."
The young USA
12 episodes, 1955, KETC (St. Louis)
From WNET:
"This series follows “Before there was a USA,” tracing the history of the American nation from the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence through the Civil War period. Reverend John Francis Bannon, SJ, director of the department of history at St. Louis University, is instructor for the series. Father Bannon, who holds a doctors degree from the University of California, is the author of several books in the field of American History, perhaps the best known of which is “Colonial North America,” published in 1946 and “History of the Americas,” published in 1952."