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American Cameraman
directed by Steven Ivcich, fl. 1982 (Chicago, IL: Check The Gate Pictures, 2008), 54 mins
American Cameraman recounts the history of motion picture news, starting with the hand-cranked camera and ending with the dawn of video. From the silent newsreels through the first two decades of television, news cameramen were the prime movers of the news business. This film is the story of Bill Birch, who create...
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directed by Steven Ivcich, fl. 1982 (Chicago, IL: Check The Gate Pictures, 2008), 54 mins
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American Cameraman recounts the history of motion picture news, starting with the hand-cranked camera and ending with the dawn of video. From the silent newsreels through the first two decades of television, news cameramen were the prime movers of the news business. This film is the story of Bill Birch, who created many of the iconic news images of the 20th century. As Bill puts it, "A cameraman was a reporter with a camera instead of a pencil."...
American Cameraman recounts the history of motion picture news, starting with the hand-cranked camera and ending with the dawn of video. From the silent newsreels through the first two decades of television, news cameramen were the prime movers of the news business. This film is the story of Bill Birch, who created many of the iconic news images of the 20th century. As Bill puts it, "A cameraman was a reporter with a camera instead of a pencil."
When Bill was drafted into the Army, he ended up in the Signal Corps under the legendary film director Frank Capra. They were responsible for the much-watched “Why We Fight” series. After the war, Bill went to Movietone News and then to NBC. He reported on the Leopold and Loeb trial, the desegregation of the schools in Little Rock, and Castro's triumphant march into Havana. He covered presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon, including John Kennedy's fateful trip to Dallas.
Bill Birch had a flair for being in the right place at the right time.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Steven Ivcich, fl. 1982
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Check The Gate Pictures
Speaker / Narrator
Bill Birch, fl. 1940
Person Discussed
Bill Birch, fl. 1940
Topic / Theme
Life histories, Biographies, Television, Broadcast news, Cameras, War and Violence, Science and Technology, Political and Social Movements, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
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Copyright © 2008 by Check the Gate Pictures
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The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy
directed by Bruce Orenstein, fl. 1999 and Bob Hercules; produced by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein, fl. 1999 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1999), 56 mins
This exceptional and compelling documentary, narrated by Alec Baldwin, examines the life and legacy of legendary community organizer Saul Alinsky. From the late 1930s until his death in 1972, Alinsky led the movement to empower disenfranchised communities through collective action. Today, hundreds of community org...
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directed by Bruce Orenstein, fl. 1999 and Bob Hercules; produced by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein, fl. 1999 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1999), 56 mins
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This exceptional and compelling documentary, narrated by Alec Baldwin, examines the life and legacy of legendary community organizer Saul Alinsky. From the late 1930s until his death in 1972, Alinsky led the movement to empower disenfranchised communities through collective action. Today, hundreds of community organizations nationwide have embraced Alinsky's vision and are using it to reshape America's body politic. In a larger sense, the film ex...
This exceptional and compelling documentary, narrated by Alec Baldwin, examines the life and legacy of legendary community organizer Saul Alinsky. From the late 1930s until his death in 1972, Alinsky led the movement to empower disenfranchised communities through collective action. Today, hundreds of community organizations nationwide have embraced Alinsky's vision and are using it to reshape America's body politic. In a larger sense, the film explores the restoration of American democracy through shared public participation in civic life -- a vital concern in an era of increased citizen alienation and political apathy, even among college students.The first half of the film focuses on Alinsky's organizing methods and is filled with a rich combination of archival film clips and photographs as well as eyewitness testimonials. It provides case studies of three key Alinsky organizations to show the development of his methods over time. The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council in Chicago's stockyards neighborhood was the pioneering first organization, started by Alinsky in 1939. The Woodlawn Organization, in Chicago's predominantly African-American South Side, was founded in 1959 and won several landmark concessions in important battles with Mayor Richard Daley's powerful Democratic Party machine. In the mid-1960s, the FIGHT organization in Rochester, New York, took on the Eastman-Kodak company over racist hiring practices and won a series of impressive victories.These three organizations show how Alinsky's ideas, in turn, influenced the Civil Rights Movement, the farmworkers' struggle, and many Vietnam-era political protests.The second half of the film jumps forward to the late 1990s and examines two contemporary organizations that share Alinsky's enduring legacy. The East Brooklyn Congregations is shown struggling with various New York City administrations to fulfill its goal of building 1,200 low-income housing units in one of America's most blighted neighborhoods. In Dallas, members of Dallas Area Interfaith are shown lobbying state legislators in an effort to increase funding for an innovative public education program called the Alliance Schools Initiative."The Democratic Promise" will inspire discussion and analysis in a wide variety of courses in American history and American studies, sociology, urban studies, political science, and African American studies, among other disciplines. It was produced by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein and is a presentation of the Independent Television Service.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bob Hercules, Bruce Orenstein, fl. 1999, Alec Baldwin, 1958-
Author / Creator
Bruce Orenstein, fl. 1999, Bob Hercules
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Speaker / Narrator
Alec Baldwin, 1958-
Person Discussed
Saul David Alinsky, 1909-1972
Topic / Theme
Democracy, Social activism and activists, Associations and organizations
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999 Berkeley Media
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Life Magazine's Best Photojournalists Tell Their Stories
directed by David Hoffman, fl. 2012; produced by David Hoffman, fl. 2012 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 57 mins
David Hoffman captured the stories of 15 Life Magazine photographers for this TV special. Each photographer presents best photographs and tells behind-the-scenes stories of how they were made. The results are extremely valuable for photographers and photojournalists, but also emotional for other viewers who want t...
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directed by David Hoffman, fl. 2012; produced by David Hoffman, fl. 2012 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 57 mins
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David Hoffman captured the stories of 15 Life Magazine photographers for this TV special. Each photographer presents best photographs and tells behind-the-scenes stories of how they were made. The results are extremely valuable for photographers and photojournalists, but also emotional for other viewers who want to relive some of the greatest moments of the 20th century, and some of the silliest as well. Narrated by Walter Cronkite.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Hoffman, fl. 2012, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
Author / Creator
David Hoffman, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Speaker / Narrator
Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
Topic / Theme
Magazines (Publications), Photography
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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The Lynchburg Story: Eugenic Sterilization In America
directed by Stephen Trombley; produced by Bruce Eadie (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1995, originally published 1993), 1 hour 2 mins
In the early years of this century, authorities were obsessed with a belief that the "racial stock" of the country was in decline. By the 1930's, over half the states had enacted eugenic sterilization laws, giving states the right to forcibly sterilize citizens they deemed "unfit" to reproduce. This haunting film...
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directed by Stephen Trombley; produced by Bruce Eadie (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1995, originally published 1993), 1 hour 2 mins
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In the early years of this century, authorities were obsessed with a belief that the "racial stock" of the country was in decline. By the 1930's, over half the states had enacted eugenic sterilization laws, giving states the right to forcibly sterilize citizens they deemed "unfit" to reproduce. This haunting film tells the story of what happened at The Lynchburg Colony for the Epileptic and Feebleminded in, Virginia. There, between 1927 and 1972,...
In the early years of this century, authorities were obsessed with a belief that the "racial stock" of the country was in decline. By the 1930's, over half the states had enacted eugenic sterilization laws, giving states the right to forcibly sterilize citizens they deemed "unfit" to reproduce. This haunting film tells the story of what happened at The Lynchburg Colony for the Epileptic and Feebleminded in, Virginia. There, between 1927 and 1972, over 8,000 children and young teenagers were forcibly sterilized. The state claimed they had hereditary defects that would be passed on to their potential offspring: in fact most were simply poor, ill-educated and considered a financial burden on the state. Sterilization victims interviewed today tell of the devastating impact on their lives.These individual tragedies have a broader political context. The sterilization law declared constitutional in the U.S. in 1927 became the basis of Hitler's eugenics program. It was the beginning of the Holocaust as sterilization gave way to killing undesirables. American biologist, Dr. Harry Laughlin, who drafted the legislation, was awarded an honorary doctorate in Germany in 1936. Goebbels was the guest of honor. College Adult
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Field of Study
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bruce Eadie
Author / Creator
Stephen Trombley
Date Published / Released
1993, 1995
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., 1809-1894, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1841-1935
Topic / Theme
Ethics, Eugenics, Intelligence, Laws and legislation, Medical malpractice, Medical treatments and procedures, Intellectual disabilities, Trials and litigation, Buck v. Bell, Supreme Court Decision, U.S., 1927, American History, Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1993 by Worldview Pictures. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Master Builders: Featuring African American Architects in the Nation's Capital
produced by Wil Stroman, fl. 2012, Equip Productions (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 10 mins
Washington, D.C. is a tourist attraction, a place of monuments and landmarks, and the seat of the federal government. There are accredited schools of architecture at Howard University, the Catholic University of America and an architectural technology program at the University of the District of Columbia. D.C. is...
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produced by Wil Stroman, fl. 2012, Equip Productions (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 10 mins
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Washington, D.C. is a tourist attraction, a place of monuments and landmarks, and the seat of the federal government. There are accredited schools of architecture at Howard University, the Catholic University of America and an architectural technology program at the University of the District of Columbia. D.C. is home to numerous buildings designed by pioneering African American Architects. Some of the architects featured in this documentary incl...
Washington, D.C. is a tourist attraction, a place of monuments and landmarks, and the seat of the federal government. There are accredited schools of architecture at Howard University, the Catholic University of America and an architectural technology program at the University of the District of Columbia. D.C. is home to numerous buildings designed by pioneering African American Architects. Some of the architects featured in this documentary include: Julian Abele, Calvin T.S. Brent, Eliz Brooks, and Albert I. Cassell
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Wil Stroman, fl. 2012, Equip Productions, C. R. Gibbs, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Privately Published
Speaker / Narrator
C. R. Gibbs, fl. 1989
Topic / Theme
Race and Gender, Family and Culture, The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Reconstruction (1866–1876), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Michelle A Jones and Wil Stroman
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Tell Them We Are Rising
directed by Marco Williams, 1956- and Stanley Nelson, 1955-; produced by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Cyndee Readdean, fl. 2004, Marco Williams, 1956- and Stanley Nelson, 1955-, Firelight Media (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 1 hour 22 mins
A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries - and path of promise toward the American dream - Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. They have been unapologetically Black for more than 150 years. For the first time e...
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directed by Marco Williams, 1956- and Stanley Nelson, 1955-; produced by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Cyndee Readdean, fl. 2004, Marco Williams, 1956- and Stanley Nelson, 1955-, Firelight Media (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 1 hour 22 mins
Description
A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries - and path of promise toward the American dream - Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. They have been unapologetically Black for more than 150 years. For the first time ever, their story is told.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Cyndee Readdean, fl. 2004, Marco Williams, 1956-, Stanley Nelson, 1955-, Firelight Media
Author / Creator
Marco Williams, 1956-, Stanley Nelson, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Person Discussed
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, 1868-1963, Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915, Charles Hamilton Houston, 1895-1950, Thurgood Marshall, 1908-1993
Topic / Theme
Foundations of Education, Education Law/Legal Issues, Diversity, Segregation, Literacy, Post Secondary, Lunch Counter Sit-ins, U.S. South, 1960, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Family and Culture, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–19...
Foundations of Education, Education Law/Legal Issues, Diversity, Segregation, Literacy, Post Secondary, Lunch Counter Sit-ins, U.S. South, 1960, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Family and Culture, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Reconstruction (1866–1876), Civil War (1860–1865), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Early National Era (1790–1828), African Americans
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Copyright © 2017 Firelight Films
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