Reading Out Loud; 6; Eleanor Roosevelt
- Series
- Reading Out Loud
- Episode Number
- 6
- Episode
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Producing Organization
- Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/516-rf5k932895
- NOLA Code
- RGOL
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, political figure, humanitarian, is known all over the world. Since her marriage to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she has interested herself in better conditions for humanity, and has worked actively, traveling around the world, and into unlikely and remote corners of the country, to achieve the goals she feels are important. One this episode, Mrs. Roosevelt reads Rudyard Kiplings The Butterfly Who Stamped, from his Just So Stories. These famous tales, describing in a fanciful way how the elephant got his long trunk, how the kangaroo got his long legs, how man invented the alphabet, have delighted children since they first appeared in 1902. They form part of his ever popular books for young readers which include Kim, The Jungle Book, Puck of Pooks Hill, Rewards and Faires, and Captains Courageous. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- Actor and actresses, businessmen and poets, professors and a baseball player participate in a new television series designed to bring more and better reading into the home. Television has been accused of discouraging reading; now it proves once again that it considers itself a partner, not a rival, of the printed word. Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation has brought together distinguished men and women of our times to read aloud from their favorite books, to encourage families to read together. The classics of childrens literature which can be enjoyed equally well by the parents include Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows, The Red Badge of Courage, Huckleberry Finn, and the Just So Stories. the 12 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on videotape. The producer and director of Reading Out Loud is Lewis Freedman, a young man who has produced and directed some of the best public service and dramatic programs on television. Included in his background are a very successful association with the Camera Three program, the Garry Moore Show, and, most recently, with the Play of the Week. Richard Pack, Programming Vice-President of WBC and Executive Producer of Reading Out Loud, has distinguished himself in the field of public service programming. He has organized conferences for the broadcasting industry on Local Public Service Programming, and has also written many articles on subjects connected with this area of work. Michael R. Santangelo, Associate Producer of Reading Out Loud, is WBCs Director of Public Relations and Special Events. Creator of the series, he states that he thought of the series because of the obvious paucity of reading being done by American youth and adults. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1960-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Drama
- Topics
- Literature
- Media type
- other
- Credits
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Associate Producer: Santangelo, Michael R.
Director: Freedman, Lewis
Executive Producer: Pack, Richard
Performer: Roosevelt, Eleanor
Producer: Freedman, Lewis
Producing Organization: Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Writer: Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Reading Out Loud; 6; Eleanor Roosevelt,” 1960-00-00, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 3, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-rf5k932895.
- MLA: “Reading Out Loud; 6; Eleanor Roosevelt.” 1960-00-00. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 3, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-rf5k932895>.
- APA: Reading Out Loud; 6; Eleanor Roosevelt. 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-rf5k932895