Great Decisions 1964; 8; Chou En-Lai in Africa: A Propaganda Case Study

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Series
Great Decisions 1964
Episode Number
8
Episode
Chou En-Lai in Africa: A Propaganda Case Study
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-512-5717m04s9x
NOLA Code
GRTF
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Description
Series Description
This series attempts to add dramatic depth to and provide a better understanding of the crucial and complex international issues facing the United States and the world in 1964. Each episode deals with a topic of utmost importance; America and Communism, France and the West, Egypt and the Middle East, Disarmament, Castros Cuba, Indonesia, Foreign Aid, and ideological Warfare. In conjunction with the eight-week series, about 300,000 persons took part in a nationwide review of U.S. foreign policy; a review also entitled Great Decisions 1964. NETs series is based on the eight titles the Foreign Policy Association (FPA) covered in its nationwide discussion program which took place in hundreds of communities, colleges, high schools, churches, trade unions, chambers of commerce, civic organizations, and many private homes. Series Moderator is Saville Davis, chief editorial writer, Christian Science Monitor. Great Decisions 1964: a 1964 production for National Educational Television by WGBH-TV, Bostons educational television station. The 8 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1964
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Topics
Global Affairs
Public Affairs
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:31:29
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Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
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Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
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Format: 2 inch videotape: Quad
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
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Generation: Copy: Access
Library of Congress
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Generation: Master
Library of Congress
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Format: U-matic
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W

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Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:31:29
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Citations
Chicago: “Great Decisions 1964; 8; Chou En-Lai in Africa: A Propaganda Case Study,” 1964, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 2, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-5717m04s9x.
MLA: “Great Decisions 1964; 8; Chou En-Lai in Africa: A Propaganda Case Study.” 1964. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 2, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-5717m04s9x>.
APA: Great Decisions 1964; 8; Chou En-Lai in Africa: A Propaganda Case Study. 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-512-5717m04s9x