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WCBS-TV. Television station. New York, N.Y.

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

American Presidency: The Men and the Office, May 21 - September 21, 1974

 Sub-Series
Abstract From the program announcement: "'The American Presidency: The Men and the Office' is one of the most ambitious and timely programs ever presented on early morning television. This 54 part CBS television series focuses on what has become the most important political institution in the contemporary world." "The personality of the man and the demands of the times have shaped the office. Woodrow Wilson once observed about the person who assumes the presidency, 'his office is anything he has the...
Dates: Broadcast: May 21 - September 21, 1974

Paradox of Power: U.S. Foreign Policy, May 16 - September 16, 1978

 Sub-Series
Abstract From the program announcement: "54 half-hour TV programs tracing the development of foreign policy from the turn of the 20th century to the present." "Consulting Organizations: Foreign Policy Association; Organization of American Historians; State Department; New York Times; Center for the Study of the Presidency; Eastern Community College Social Sciences Assn." "This series will be broadcast nationwide by CBS and its affiliate stations on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from May 16th to...
Dates: Broadcast: May 16 - September 16, 1978

Science and Society: A Humanistic View, May 19 - September 19, 1975

 Sub-Series
Abstract From the program announcement: "The 54 program CBS television series, 'Science and Society: A Humanistic View,' is an attempt to explain how science has influenced and and is influencing man's destiny. The approach is eclectic; it is not designed to provide either an anti-science or proscience viewpoint, but to lead to a better understanding of the impact, possibilities and limitations of sciene and its accompanying technology. In order to provide a broad interdisciplinary approach to this...
Dates: Broadcast: May 19 - September 19, 1975

Transformation of American Society, May 18 - September 18, unknown year

 Sub-Series
Abstract From the program announcement: "The values and assumptions which the United States and indeed western civilization cherished for over three hundred years began to lose their dominance in the early part of the 20th century. Although much of the Old Culture lives on at various levels in our consciousness, we now live in the ruins of one era and the psychic uncertainty and physical turmoil of an age yet to come. While no one can predict the full implications of the emerging New Culture, it is...
Dates: Broadcast: May 18 - September 18, unknown year