North of the Namaskeag; No. 3; Stockholder's Meeting
- Series
- North of the Namaskeag
- Episode Number
- No. 3
- Episode
- Stockholder's Meeting
- Producing Organization
- Maine Public Broadcasting Network
- Contributing Organization
- The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-526-fj29883s2q
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This is Episode Three. "Atlantic Canning's Special Board of Director's Meeting is the setting for the third program. With the EIC hearing only two weeks away, the stockholders must make the difficult decision about their petition to the EIC for the site location in Freeboro. "Management of the company proposes to plan to build in Freeboro, north of the Namaskeag River. The production planning experts point out the advantages of Freeboro as a canning plant as close to raw materials (agricultural products, water, etc.). Transportation by land and water as well as the labor market are also cited as advantages. "The environmental division of the corporation presents their concerns relative to the condition of the existing water available for their use and possible consequences of the location on the river of Atlantic Canning. They point out the public relations danger for the company if the current effluent level of the river is increased only slightly by their discharges. "Testimony from stockholders assembled presents other points of view on the problem. "The viewer, cast in the role of a corporation director, must decide between the alternatives presented as the meeting nears its conclusion."--description from accompanying teacher guide. The third episode ends with Jim Halbe interviewing Dr. Donaldson Koons, chairman of the state of Maine's Environmental Improvement Commission, and Mr. Williams R. Adams, director of the EIC. The men discuss the commission's rolen researching the environmental impact of new industries on the state.
- Series Description
- "North of the Namaskeag. This project is a television simulation, constructed to involve the viewer in making a decision after viewing televised facts. The viewer then communicates his decision to the producers, who then build the next television unit on the viewer' collective decision. Thus, in this TV simulation, the viewer input determined the outcome of each program. "The two primary objectives of "North of the Namaskeag, were (1) To help Maine citizens understand the complexities of environmental protection considerations versus economic and industrial development, and (2) To demonstrate the actual system through which the decisions of new industry versus environmental protection must pass. "North of the Namaskeag, was unique in two major respects. (1) It was a television simulation. (2) It was broadcast to both high school (40 min. afternoon) and to adult audiences (60 min. evening) and involved both to a considerable extent, on a statewide basis. "The simulation (four weekly programs) began with a hypothetical problem: a cannery is considering locating in Freeboro, Maine, a fictitious town on the Namaskeag River. Their proposed plans stirred up considerable controversy among the local citizenry. The resolution of this dispute is the theme of the series, beginning with a television news special. The town council meeting and a cannery stockholder's meeting led to the fourth program, a public hearing before the state's environmental control board. On each program, viewers took the role of the particular decision makers -- stockholders and town councilmen, for example. "Some three thousand votes (phone and mail) per program guided the producers from one week to the next by determining the town council's position, for example, in the upcoming state hearing. Following the concluding simulation program, a fifth program was a live 'Maine Town Meeting of the Air' with outstanding spokesmen for labor, economics, environment, conservation appearing before a live and 'phone in' audience. Participants in the televised series were playing roles parallel to their real life professional jobs in some cases, playing themselves in other cases, and some simply played the roles of townspeople and company officials for the purpose of the simulation."--1971 Peabody Awards entry form.
- Broadcast Date
- 1971-11-18
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 01:03:35.111
- Credits
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Assistant Producer: Wolf, Susan
Director: Zimmerman, Dick
Executive Producer: Van de Bogart, Erik
Producer: Zimmerman, Dick
Producing Organization: Maine Public Broadcasting Network
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the
University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-bd1aa73f637 (Filename)
Format: 2 inch videotape: Quad
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- Citations
- Chicago: “North of the Namaskeag; No. 3; Stockholder's Meeting,” 1971-11-18, 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 26, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-fj29883s2q.
- MLA: “North of the Namaskeag; No. 3; Stockholder's Meeting.” 1971-11-18. 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 26, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-fj29883s2q>.
- APA: North of the Namaskeag; No. 3; Stockholder's Meeting. 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-fj29883s2q