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A Conversation with Somerset Maugham—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43385
© 1965
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-971-4
Filmed at Somerset Maugham’s villa at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the Mediterranean, this program from the NBC archives features the author and playwright in a far-ranging 1965 conversation with British...
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The Wisdom Series: From the NBC Archives
Item# 43382
© 1965
406 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61733-452-8
Airing on NBC from 1957 to 1965, the Wisdom series featured interviews with luminaries in science, the arts, and politics. These interviews were often conducted by a journalist or colleague well-known...
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A Conversation with Eleanor Roosevelt—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43393
© 1959
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-978-3
From her privileged family background to her passion for social activism, this 1959 NBC program touches on a wide range of Eleanor Roosevelt’s memories, concerns, and goals. The former first lady poin...
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A Conversation with Margaret Mead—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43390
© 1959
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-975-2
Providing an intriguing window into cultural anthropology as it was practiced and conceptualized during the mid-20th century, this 1959 NBC interview features renowned researcher Margaret Mead discuss...
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A Conversation with Pearl S. Buck—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43392
© 1959
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-977-6
Although China was her home for many years, Pearl S. Buck was ultimately forced to leave the land that shaped much of her worldview. In this 1959 NBC program, the Nobel laureate speaks from the Pennsy...
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A Conversation with Robert Moses—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43388
© 1959
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-974-5
Over a desktop model of the Manhattan Bridge, Robert Moses speaks from his Babylon office in this 1959 NBC interview. Moses talks with landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke about urban planning, its i...
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A Conversation with Carl Sandburg—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43396
© 1958
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-981-3
Although his father never learned to read and seemed to question the inherent value of literacy, Carl Sandburg’s mother loved books and encouraged their appreciation. Ultimately, Sandburg rose to the...
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A Conversation with Igor Stravinsky—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43383
© 1957
29 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61733-453-5
Famous for music that bewildered and, in some cases, even outraged the public, Igor Stravinsky was nevertheless a sincere and enthusiastic communicator when it came to discussing his work. This 1957 N...
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A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43394
© 1956
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-979-0
Filmed amidst the Arensberg collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where 35 works by Marcel Duchamp are gathered, this 1956 NBC interview features the artist talking with James Johnson Sweeney,...
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A Conversation with Arnold Toynbee—From NBC's Wisdom Series
Item# 43395
© 1955
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-980-6
Professor Arnold Toynbee—eminent British historian and author of the ten-volume work A Study of History—talks with Harvard teaching fellow Christopher Wright in this NBC interview from 1955. Toynbee d...
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