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The bicentennial dilemma: who's in control? videorecordings, 1975

19 videotapes — 1 folder

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Teach-in organized by University of Michigan students. Held from November 2-4, 1975, this three-day teach-in investigated the role of technology in corporate and government "control." Specific topics included: assassinations, corporate manipulation, subversion of the forces of dissent, police repression, surveillance and dataveillance, and mind control. DVD and streaming files from original EIAJ 1/2" open-reel videotapes of speakers at all sessions.

The collection consists of nineteen original recordings on 1/2-inch EIAJ reel-to-reel videotapes of the teach-in and one folder with teach-in schedules and outlines as well as handwritten notes taken during the sessions (writer unknown). In 2009 preservation and use copies of the tapes were made including a Beta SP preservation master, a DVD copy and a streaming file. The original tapes were in relatively good condition, though there are occasional problems with audio and video levels in the recordings and occasional tracking and dropout problems during dubbing. The derivatives were created on a one-to-one basis with the original.

Only a selection of the streaming files are currently on-line. Others can be mounted by sending a request the Bentley Historical Library reference staff (bentley.ref@umiclh.edu)

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Who's In Control Teach-In

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The finding aid follows the order of sessions or panels of the teach-in as extracted from the outlines, schedules, and tape labels. The summaries of speaker remarks included in the finding aid came from the "rough outline of speakers" which can be found in the first folder. Sessions generally stretched over two or three tapes. There is usually a small overlap on the continuation tape, though on occasion it appears a small portion of a talk may have been missed. The tapes and derivatives are identified as part 1, 2 or 3 of a session. The scope and content note for each session indicates the part(s) on which each speaker appears. The quoted descriptions of the sessions are taken from notes that accompanied the tapes

The bicentennial dilemma: who's in control? videorecordings, 1975
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Assassinations session, November 2, 1975

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The Assassinations session (3 original tapes) included four speakers:

  1. Lee, Marty -- "Introduction outlining the Teach-In's format." (part 1)
  2. Freed, Donald -- The Assassination of Robert Kennedy (part 1) ("Talks about how the assassinations will spark an awakening")
  3. Katz, Robert -- Assassination Information Bureau --The Assassination of Martin Luther King (part 1-2) ("Discusses how Martin Luther King's assassination is part of a larger effort to suppress dissent. He reconstructs the killing, pointing out inconsistencies and contradictions.")
  4. Lane, Mark -- The Assassination of President Kennedy (part 2-3) ("Lane does an outstanding job in attacking the myths proposed by the Warren Commission in the JFK murder. Covers much of the material in his book Rush to Judgment and more.")
In: The bicentennial dilemma: who's in control? videorecordings, 1975Who's In Control Teach-In
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Part 1

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(Teach-in organized by University of Michigan students. Held from November 2-4, 1975, this three-day teach-in investigated the role of technology in corporate and government "control." 1) Lee, Marty, Introduction outlining the Teach-In's format. 2) Freed, Donald, The Assassination of Robert Kennedy ("Talks about how the assassinations will spark an awakening"); 3) Katz, Robert, Assassination Information Bureau, The Assassination of Martin Luther King ("Discusses how Martin Luther King's assassination is part of a larger effort to suppress dissent. He reconstructs the killing, pointing out inconsistencies and contradictions."))
In: The bicentennial dilemma: who's in control? videorecordings, 1975Who's In Control Teach-InAssassinations session, November 2, 1975
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Part 2

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(Teach-in organized by University of Michigan students. Held from November 2-4, 1975, this three-day teach-in investigated the role of technology in corporate and government "control." 1) Continuation of discussion, Katz, Robert, Assassination Information Bureau, The Assassination of Martin Luther King; 2) Lane, Mark, The Assassination of President Kennedy. Description from donor: "Lane does an outstanding job in attacking the myths proposed by the Warren Commission in the JFK murder. Covers much of the material in his book Rush to Judgement and more.")
In: The bicentennial dilemma: who's in control? videorecordings, 1975Who's In Control Teach-InAssassinations session, November 2, 1975
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