Media Resources Center (University of Michigan) films and videotapes, 1930s, 1948-1986

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Last Days of a Consulate, 1959

(Former American consul for Peking, provides an exciting eye-witness account of the Chinese Communist 1950 takeover of the American consular property in China. Features: James Crump, UM-Far East. Lang.; Howard L. Boorman)

Original:

16mm kinescope film, neg. #241, Pos. #631

Ox, Horse, and Camel, 1959

(Story of the development of our alphabet, from picture writing to present day is told and illustrated by two UM professors of design and an editor of the Middle English Dictionary. Features: Leonard Zamiska, UM-Arch.; Sherman Kuhn, UM-Eng.; Philip Davis, UM-Arch.)

Original:

16mm kinescope film, neg. #242, Pos. #633

Horseless Age, The, 1959

(Saga of the American automobile, seen in song, story, film, and historical photos. Features: Jay Bolt, UM-Eng.; Neil Snortum, UM-English)

Original:

16mm kinescope film, neg. #243, Pos. #653

View of Russia, A, 1959

(UM President Harlan Hatcher reports on his 15,000 mile trip through Russia investigating the educational system of the Soviets. Features: Harlan Hatcher, UM-Pres.; Peter Gosling, UM-Geog.)