Compass Rose; 5; Flying Squirrel
- Series
- Compass Rose
- Episode Number
- 5
- Episode
- Flying Squirrel
- Producing Organization
- KING-TV (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-1j9765b61g
- NOLA Code
- CROS
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Flying Squirrel is a young girl who lives among Algonquian Indian Tribes of the Northeastern U.S. and Canada. She is sent out to gather bulrushes for the making of new mats and discovers a war party approaching the village. Her adventure takes her back to the village to warn her tribe and to avoid a surprise attack. The locale of this story could be among the Huron or Cree. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- This is a series of stories about Indians, told by Mrs. Ruth Prins, with the aid of artifacts. The stories are from long ago and far away and they emphasize peoples similarities although they live in different cultures. This series points out two things in particular: (a) Indians vary more in culture and philosophy than do different groups of Western European people. The groups selected for these episodes exemplify the various culture areas of Indian peoples found in North America. By seeing these tribes and their artifacts, children are able to realize that although all of these people are called Indians, the major similarity they share is that of race, and (b) Indian peoples have not been historically static. They have undergone great changes and great migrations. Ruth Prins is the story teller in Compass Rose and also adapts the scripts for the series. She is the wife of Robert F. Prins, program operations manager of KING-TV, Seattle, Washington. Mrs. Prins is the mother of two children. She has a bachelors degree and a masters degree in drama. She has been active in the field of childrens theater for 20 years as an actress, director and instructor. She is the creator of and performs daily in the 1958 Peabody Award-Winning preschool program, Wunda, Wunda. She is also story teller for Telaventure Tales, a program series which encourages reading among older children. Mrs. Prins has been appearing on TV reguarly for seven years in the Pacific Northwest. The 26 episodes that comprise this series each run about 15 minute. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1958-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Topics
- Education
- Race and Ethnicity
- Rights
- Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1960.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Host:
Prins, Ruth
Producing Organization: KING-TV (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)
Writer: Prins, Ruth
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
-
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2314423-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Compass Rose; 5; Flying Squirrel,” 1958-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 5, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-1j9765b61g.
- MLA: “Compass Rose; 5; Flying Squirrel.” 1958-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 5, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-1j9765b61g>.
- APA: Compass Rose; 5; Flying Squirrel. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-1j9765b61g