Browse Exhibits (2 total)
American memoir
12 episodes, 1961, WTTW (Chicago)
From WNET:
"The ins and outs of advertising, radio, bestsellers, architecture, and automobiles are probed, analyzed, and enjoyed by Dr. John Dodds in a new series from WTTW, Chicago. American Memoir consists of twelve richly illustrated television essays that range over a wide field of topics and a time span of more than sixty years. In an easy, conversational style, Dr. Dodds looks at the triumphs and mistakes, idols, dreams, and disillusionment of the American people as these have been reflected in our books, movies, homes, and magazines. He uses sketches and portraits prepared especially for this series; he brings back the old, phonograph records, magazines, advertisements, and even the Model T. Ford to recreate the periods and recapture the moods of the last six decades."
The Search for America
33 episodes, 1959, KETC (St. Louis)
From WNET:
"This series is a thorough examination of the sense of values of a number of Americans, as well as the opinions of experts on what values should guide Americans as they form opinions on foreign policy, national domestic issues, inter-personal relations and basic philosophy.
The series of interviews is based on the assumption that culture is an important factor is determining behavior, and that culture stems from a people’s sense of what is desirable, good or right; that is, its sense of values.
The series is designed to help the viewer to consider how values affect living, as well as the alternatives to is present sense of values."