A Number of Things; 15; Percival Leads the Parade
- Series
- A Number of Things
- Episode Number
- 15
- Episode
- Percival Leads the Parade
- Producing Organization
- KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/516-dn3zs2m725
- NOLA Code
- NUOT
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Penguins tend to follow one another in lien when they move and they can literally leap out of the water and land on the ice on their feet. Dora Velleman and Fignewton show how to make a puppet penguin and the, with the make-do theatre, tell the story of Percival, a penguin who wanted to lead the parade of penguins and how he finally did. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- "The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be happy as kings," says Dora Velleman in opening the National Educational Television series, A Number of Things. Each concept is covered in story form, accompanied by sketches, puppets, felt-board illustrations, or a make-do theater of a peep-show parade. Dora tells the story to Fignewton Frog, a puppet, and she has a special review session at the end of each program, to distinguish fact from fantasy. Through the series, children in the pre-school and primary school age groups will learn simple natural science concepts and will be stimulated to do some of the experiments themselves, using the illustrating techniques. The series of 52 half-hour episodes was originally recorded on kinescope. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1958-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Children’s
- Topics
- Animals
- Rights
- Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1960.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Performer: Velleman, Leo
Performer: Velleman, Dora
Producer: Miller, Bob
Producing Organization: KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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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: “A Number of Things; 15; Percival Leads the Parade,” 1958-00-00, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 7, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-dn3zs2m725.
- MLA: “A Number of Things; 15; Percival Leads the Parade.” 1958-00-00. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 7, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-dn3zs2m725>.
- APA: A Number of Things; 15; Percival Leads the Parade. 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-dn3zs2m725