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Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt; New Vistas for Television

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Series

Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt

Program

New Vistas for Television

Program Number

309

Series Description

Roundtable discussion of foreign and domestic affairs featuring leading political, academic, and journalistic experts. Series was hosted by Eleanor Roosevelt and was filmed on location at Brandies University. Series release date: 1959

Program Description

Guests: Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission; John F. White, President of the National Educational Television and Radio Center; Irving Gitlin, Executive Producer, Creative projects, NBC News; Marya Mannes, Well-known critic and writer now on the staff of The Reporter.

Recorded at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Talk Show

Topics

Public Affairs

Citation

Chicago: “Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt; New Vistas for Television,” GBH Archives, accessed September 25, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4C09FBEA1CC748ACA44A183E694FF0C6.

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APA: Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt; New Vistas for Television. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4C09FBEA1CC748ACA44A183E694FF0C6