Basic Issues of Man; 12; The Golden City
- Series
- Basic Issues of Man
- Episode Number
- 12
- Episode
- The Golden City
- Producing Organization
- WGTV (Television station : Athens, Ga.)
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-2f7jq0tj6k
- NOLA Code
- BIMN
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- Description
- Episode Description
- In the nineteenth century, the industrial revolution wrought great changes in mans scientific, political, and economic life. Many people felt these changes heralded a permanent, stable utopia a golden city. But in the twentieth century, vast new fields of knowledge have made man even more uncertain of the world he knows. Instead of a final utopia of nineteenth century industrial achievement, man must change his concepts to accept a still-changing universe. But can man find a way to make strong, permanent commitments in the face of constant change? To present this idea, the program hears the comments of the citizens of the Golden City. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- The series introduces the basic liberal arts studies and the basic issues with which they deal. The basic issues with which man deals are real, and the humanistic studies impinge on modern mans own actions and attitudes. Each film points out the historical humanistic literature which deals with the modern problem. This series identifies and illuminates certain basic issues which face all men persistent problems which each man in every age must try to solve. Each episode first poses a basic question and then presents some of the enduring ideas on that question. Although the series draws no conclusions, the episodes deal with each of the following six areas: the nature of man, man and society, the political life of man, creativity and the arts, the scientific life of man, and the philosophical life of man. Several of the episodes make extensive use of very imaginative and symbolic settings; several are half-hour plays. Basic Issues of Man is a 1962 production of WGTV, Athens, Georgia. The 12 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on film. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1963-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Drama
- Topics
- Philosophy
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Actor:
Charles, Preston
Actor: Axel, Jim
Camera Operator: Sorrow, T. K.
Director: Josey, Charles
Producing Organization: WGTV (Television station : Athens, Ga.)
Writer: Appy, Gerard
Writer: Slater, Shirley
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2308854-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2308854-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Basic Issues of Man; 12; The Golden City,” 1963-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 16, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-2f7jq0tj6k.
- MLA: “Basic Issues of Man; 12; The Golden City.” 1963-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 16, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-2f7jq0tj6k>.
- APA: Basic Issues of Man; 12; The Golden City. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-2f7jq0tj6k