The World We Want; 52; What Does the Word 'American' Mean to You?
- Series
- The World We Want
- Episode Number
- 52
- Producing Organization
- WOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/516-8p5v69958j
- NOLA Code
- WOWW
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Miss Marcella Bassani, Italy; Miss Rina Thorn, Union of South Africa; Miss Suzana Rigoleth, Brazil, and Mr. Yilma Taddesse, Ethiopia, discuss what the word "American," in reference to a citizen of the United States, means in different parts of the world. Race problems and prejudices as viewed in different parts of the world also are dealt with by these four high school delegates. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- "World We Want" is a TV discussion series by and for teenagers, but with an appeal to both younger and older audiences. It features 16 to 18 year olds from every corner of the earth, who are spending three months in the New York area as delegates to the New York Herald Tribune Forum. Discussions are presided over by Mrs. Helen Hiett Waller, forum director, with a maximum of encouragement to free expression and a minimum of moderator knows best interference. Programs give appearance of being quite spontaneous. In each of the programs, students discuss problems of concern to America and the world, giving their own point of view a range of diverse subjects. In the first season, which aired in 1954, 30 high school students from 28 countries participated. In the second season, 1955, students from some thirty foreign countries participated. The third season, airing in 1956, featured 33 high school students from as many countries around the world. In the fourth season, which aired in 1957, 33 students, 17 boys and 16 girls, from 33 different countries, participated in the discussions. The fifth season, airing in 1958, featured students from 34 different countries. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1958-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Rights
- Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1960.
- Media type
- other
- Credits
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Guest: Thorn, Rina
Guest: Bassani, Marcella
Guest: Taddesse, Yilma
Guest: Rigoleth, Suzana
Moderator: Waller, Helen Hiett
Producing Organization: WOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Producing Organization: New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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- Citations
- Chicago: “The World We Want; 52; What Does the Word 'American' Mean to You?,” 1958-00-00, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 3, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-8p5v69958j.
- MLA: “The World We Want; 52; What Does the Word 'American' Mean to You?.” 1958-00-00. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 3, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-8p5v69958j>.
- APA: The World We Want; 52; What Does the Word 'American' Mean to You?. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-8p5v69958j