What's New; 56
- Series
- What's New
- Episode Number
- 56
- Producing Organization
- WILL Illinois Public Media
- WHYY (Radio station : Philadelphia, Pa.)
- KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-06sxktj9
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- Description
- Episode Description
- The Deusing children take their Backyard Safari down a woodland trail and watch a downy woodpecker feed its young, a bark beetle lay its eggs, and the ichneumon fly pierce solid wood with its ovipositor as it lays its eggs. Form the barter to bank checks - and credit cards - the history and uses of money are traced on How it Began. Keith (Presto) Page recalls his days as a performing magician and demonstrates a few tricks as he talks about human endurance on Tell Me Why. Backyard Safari was produced by KETC, St. Louis, and features Murl Deusing and his children Diane, Drusilla, Dorothy and Donald. Through the use of film footage and lecturrodemonstrations Deusing proves that animals, birds, and insects found in ordinary neighborhood habitats are as unusual and exciting as the larger, more exotic species found in faraway lands. Mr. Deusing is no stranger to children or other forms of wild life. He has specialized in zoology since his university days, and is perhaps best known as a photographer of wild life for Walt Disney's nature films. He has also pioneered work in the production of film and television programs for various museums, zoological and conservation societies, as well as for schools and colleges. How It Began was produced by WHYY-TV, Philadelphia, and through dramatizations and animation the series shows how various elements in today's world which we often take for granted (clocks, advertising, number, lighting) came into being. Tell Me Why was produced by WILL-TV, Urbana, and features Keith Page, speech and dramatics professor at Edison Junior High School in Champaign, Illinois. The series is based on a series of loosely connected episodes which invariably work around to an explanation of how some organ or part of the body functions. The situations for these segments are realistic in that they are created and dramatized in a realistic manner. However, the locales may range from a basement workshop to a rocket landing on the moon, from a baseball diamond to the interior of Bobby's eye. The question "tell me why" is never asked directly, but the answer is always forthcoming. In addition to Keith Page, other participants are Bobby and Billy Price, twin twelve-year-old pupils at Edison Junior High School. Bobby and Betty appear in all of the segments. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- What's New is a children's series that ran from 1961-1973. The early seasons typically consist of multiple segments, each from an ongoing series on a specific topic. Each segment was produced by a separate educational broadcasting station, and the linkage between the segments was produced by WHYY and hosted by Al Binford. In episodes from later seasons the format varies more, with many episodes focusing on one story or topic throughout the entire 30 minutes. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1961-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Children’s
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Host:
Page, Keith
Host: Binford, Al
Host: Deusing, Murl
Producing Organization: WILL Illinois Public Media
Producing Organization: WHYY (Radio station : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Producing Organization: KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_2856 (WNET Archive)
Format: 2 inch videotape: Quad
Duration: 00:29:07?
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_2857 (WNET Archive)
Format: 2 inch videotape: Quad
Duration: 00:29:07?
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- Citations
- Chicago: “What's New; 56,” 1961-00-00, Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 5, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-06sxktj9.
- MLA: “What's New; 56.” 1961-00-00. Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 5, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-06sxktj9>.
- APA: What's New; 56. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-06sxktj9