American Album; 13; Kent Bells and Boyhoods: Harry Emerson Fosdick
- Series
- American Album
- Episode Number
- 13
- Producing Organization
- Ford Foundation. TV-Radio Workshop
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/516-nv9959d93k
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- Description
- Episode Description
- The ancient art of change ringing is viewed by "Kent Bells" as we see the young students at the Kent School in Connecticut ring the bells in the campus tower. Father Patterson, the Head Master, shows a schematic diagram illustrating the sequential ringing of the bells in order to form a melody. Alistair Cooke pays a visit to the Maine summer home of Dr. Fosdick in "Boyhoods: Harry Emerson Fosdick." Dr. Fosdick is well known as the minister of the Riverside Church in New York City. This interview provides a look at family life at the turn of the century and an insight into the forces that turned this man into one of the most stimulating and invigorating ministers of our time. Running Time: 26:49 (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- This series consists of 23 films from the Omnibus series and is a gift from the Ford Foundation's TV-Radio Workshop. The subject material of the series is varied but basically the viewer of "American Album" leafs through random film comments and portraits on interesting people and places and things American. Films range in time length from eight minutes to thirty-three minutes and have been arranged into 15 episodes originally recorded on film. These include five films on the life of Lincoln, a number of outstanding films in the arts and literature and a group of films on people ranging from "A Maine Lobsterman" to "Boyhoods: Joseph N. Welch" and "Raymond Loewy." (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1956-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Documentary
- Interview
- Topics
- Technology
- Transportation
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Interviewee: Fosdick, Harry Emerson
Interviewer: Cooke, Alastair
Producing Organization: Ford Foundation. TV-Radio Workshop
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
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Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “American Album; 13; Kent Bells and Boyhoods: Harry Emerson Fosdick,” 1956-00-00, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 19, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-nv9959d93k.
- MLA: “American Album; 13; Kent Bells and Boyhoods: Harry Emerson Fosdick.” 1956-00-00. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 19, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-nv9959d93k>.
- APA: American Album; 13; Kent Bells and Boyhoods: Harry Emerson Fosdick. Boston, MA: 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-nv9959d93k