The House We Live in; 2; Carleton Coon

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Series
The House We Live in
Episode Number
2
Episode
Carleton Coon
Producing Organization
WCAU-TV (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/512-9w08w3900g
NOLA Code
HWLI
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Description
Episode Description
Carleton S. Coon, physical anthropologist, is a professor of anthropology and Curator of General Ethnology at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Story of Man. Dr. Coon discusses the evolutionary process of man, suggests the key reasons for mans survival, and concludes with the happy thought that man is not in danger of being overtaken by other animals. Mans only real danger is himself, he explains. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
The House We Live In examines some moral, scientific, and theological evaluations of man in relationship to his environment that he is able, for the first time, to alter or destroy in a substantial way. According to the series's host, Ian McHarg, Chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, "this series is motivated by the belief that twentieth century man has no appropriate body of principles which allow him to deal with problems he confronts - as atomic man. The effects of twentieth century man upon his physical environment have been disastrous. He has been the most destructive agent known to history. If the pre-atomic era was characterized by man's concern for the acts of man to man, assuredly this post-atomic era must be characterized by a new concern for the acts of man upon his environment." Professor McHarg and a well-known scientist or theologian examine modern man during each program. Among the concepts discussed are order, nature, man and God, and man and nature. The House We Live In consists of 22 half-hour episodes originally recorded on videotape and was produced by WCAU-TV Philadelphia. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1962-09-20
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Topics
Philosophy
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:29:51
Credits
Guest: Coon, Carleton S.
Host: McHarg, Ian
Producer: Dessart, George
Producing Organization: WCAU-TV (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1831500-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:29:30
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1831500-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:29:30
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1831500-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:29:30
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1831500-5 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1831500-4 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Color: Color
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Citations
Chicago: “The House We Live in; 2; Carleton Coon,” 1962-09-20, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed December 2, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-9w08w3900g.
MLA: “The House We Live in; 2; Carleton Coon.” 1962-09-20. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 2, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-9w08w3900g>.
APA: The House We Live in; 2; Carleton Coon. 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-512-9w08w3900g