The Storyteller; Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

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Series
The Storyteller
Episode
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Producing Organization
WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-9k45q4sq4m
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Description
Episode Description
Host Val Bettin reads Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton. The illustrations from the book are also shown.
Series Description
"'The Storyteller' is a twice-a-week program aimed at children who either cannot yet read or have only basic reading skills and who, therefore, still profit from having a book read to them. On each 15-minute program Val Bettin, Shakespearean actor and chairman of the drama department at Barat College, reads a new or classic children's tale in its entirety."--1965 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1965
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:14:50.601
Credits
Director: Unes, Larry
Host: Bettin, Val
Producer: Binford, Al
Producing Organization: WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Writer: Burton, Virginia Lee
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-ffcf521f028 (Filename)
Format: 16mm film
Duration: 0:15:00
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Citations
Chicago: “The Storyteller; Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel,” 1965, 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 April 4, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-9k45q4sq4m.
MLA: “The Storyteller; Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.” 1965. 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. April 4, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-9k45q4sq4m>.
APA: The Storyteller; Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. 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-526-9k45q4sq4m