Cover Story; Your Future Isn't What It Used to Be

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Series
Cover Story
Episode
Your Future Isn't What It Used to Be
Producing Organization
WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-4f1mg7gs7c
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Description
Episode Description
Segment One, 'Whose Future Do You Buy'' presents and introduction to the function and different viewpoints to be found among those who specialize in working on the future. Segments Two and Three are profiles of Herman Kahn and Steward Brand, two men with different views of the future. Segment Four presents a historical view of predictions ranging from Nostradamus to H.G. Wells. Segment Five is about future lifestyles including an animated cartoon, 'Life,' produced by the well-known animator George Griffin; followed by a dramatized vignette about loneliness; and a documentary on the increase in the older population, hosted by Art Carney. In the Final Segment the issues of Nuclear Energy and the Use of Space are explored in documentary form. The program is designed for the general public television audience, but seeks to present its material in an informative, interesting manner, often using production techniques such as animation and drama, not usually associated with public affairs programming."--1980 Peabody Awards entry form.
Series Description
"Cover Story is a magazine-format public affairs program with an important difference: all of the segments explore different aspects of a single topic -- in the case of this, the premiere broadcast, the future and futurism.
Broadcast Date
1980-05-26
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:59:50.463
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Credits
Producing Organization: WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-ae626f2edc2 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 0:58:46
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Citations
Chicago: “Cover Story; Your Future Isn't What It Used to Be,” 1980-05-26, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed December 26, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-4f1mg7gs7c.
MLA: “Cover Story; Your Future Isn't What It Used to Be.” 1980-05-26. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 26, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-4f1mg7gs7c>.
APA: Cover Story; Your Future Isn't What It Used to Be. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-4f1mg7gs7c