New explorers; No. 201; Journey to Save a Crane

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Series
New explorers
Episode Number
No. 201
Episode
Journey to Save a Crane
Producing Organization
Kurtis Productions
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-pc2t43k765
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Description
Episode Description
In episode No. 201, "Journey to Save a Crane," Bill Kurtis describes the Siberian crane. Kurtis then meets Dr. George Archibald at his home in Wisconsin, follows Archibald as he interacts with cranes, and explains the actions of cranes. Bill and the Crane Foundation workers explain how they work with chicks, and Archibald talks about the life of the crane. Crane Foundation experts, a doctor, and Jim Bland fly to Moscow with crane eggs. Bill and Dr. Archibald fly to the Soviet Union to lead a conference on saving the cranes, and there is a special visit from the Dalai Lama. Bill visits people with different talents, explaining how they help save the crane.
Series Description
"In the shadow of the nation's largest public housing project, Lilla Green tries to teach science and is heartened by the results she gets using 'The New Explorers': 'I know something positive is happening,' she says. 'because they used to come back from a weekend talking about their friends who got shot. Now they want to know how much the sweet potato has grown.' "'The New Explorers' portrays scientists as Indiana Jones types, showing kids the adventure inherent in discovery. With the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory, teachers are trained in the use of the videos and students meet scientists for lunch. Across the nation, teachers and students are joining the adventure, including a school in Somerville, N.J., which rebuilt its entire science program and laboratory based on the excitement of the television series. <p."'Farewell to soporific lectures on Madame Curie,' wrote Newsweek. Welcome to the Lilla Green's construction paper rain forest, where [12-year-old] Joshua Anderson came in early for a week to draw the jaguar and toucan, and where 5th-grader Malik Johnson makes sure the tape recorder is always on, playing the sounds of the tropics."-- 1992 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1992
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:33:18.612
Credits
Producing Organization: Kurtis Productions
Producing Organization: WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-4617f6c122a (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 0:13:30
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Citations
Chicago: “New explorers; No. 201; Journey to Save a Crane,” 1992, 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 June 13, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-pc2t43k765.
MLA: “New explorers; No. 201; Journey to Save a Crane.” 1992. 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. June 13, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-pc2t43k765>.
APA: New explorers; No. 201; Journey to Save a Crane. 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-pc2t43k765