Kaleidoscope; Aldous Huxley

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Series
Kaleidoscope
Episode
Aldous Huxley
Producing Organization
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/516-901zc7sm5p
NOLA Code
KALD
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Description
Episode Description
Product of a brilliant and renowned family, novelist Aldous Huxley reveals to interviewer James Day how his upbringing in the intellectual atmosphere of the Huxley home influenced his early desire to become a biologist. Blocked by a partial loss of sight from continuing his family?s scientific tradition, young Aldous learned Braille and turned his talent toward literature. In a discussion of his work, Mr. Huxley talks particularly about his prophetic novel of a future utopia, Brave New World, and compares it with Island, his most recent book. He also discusses his interest in drugs as they are used in the treatment of mental illness and as an aid to creativity. KALEIDOSCOPE: ALDOUS HUXLEY: a production of KQED, San Francisco. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
Kaleidoscope consists of at least 9 half-hour episodes produced in 1963 by KQED, which were originally shot on videotape.
Broadcast Date
1963-07-17
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Topics
Literature
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Director: Murphy, Winifred
Guest: Huxley, Aldous
Host: Day, James
Producer: Murphy, Winifred
Producing Organization: KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2132648-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:29:08
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2132648-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:29:08
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2132648-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:29:08
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2132648-5 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2132648-7 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2132648-4 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2132648-6 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Color: Color
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Citations
Chicago: “Kaleidoscope; Aldous Huxley,” 1963-07-17, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 17, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-901zc7sm5p.
MLA: “Kaleidoscope; Aldous Huxley.” 1963-07-17. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 17, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-901zc7sm5p>.
APA: Kaleidoscope; Aldous Huxley. 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-516-901zc7sm5p