Culture For The Millions

Series: American Memoir Series

Genre: Television

Year Published: 1961

Creator: WTTW TELEVISION

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Dr Dodds explains how the chautauqua tent was a manifestation of man's desire for self-improvement. Shows how chautauqua became a major vehicle for lecturers, musicians and entertainers until the late 1920's when it quietly succumbed to the competition of radio and motion pictures. Its modern equivalents are great books groups and adult education seminars. , One common denominator of our culture, according to Dr. Dodds, is the people's desire for self-improvement. Describes an early American institution that endured until the 1920s--"Tent Chautauqua." Depicts Chautauqua as a source of inspiration, education, and entertainment, reaching hundreds of towns throughout the nation. Pictures Tent Chautauqua as quietly succumbing to the competition of radio and motion pictures, but indicates that its modern equivalent may be found, in a more sophisticated form, in our Great Books groups and adult education seminars.

Complete Record: Dr Dodds explains how the chautauqua tent was a manifestation of man's desire for self-improvement. Shows how chautauqua became a major vehicle for lecturers, musicians and entertainers until the late 1920's when it quietly succumbed to the competition of radio and motion pictures. Its modern equivalents are great books groups and adult education seminars. , One common denominator of our culture, according to Dr. Dodds, is the people's desire for self-improvement. Describes an early American institution that endured until the 1920s--"Tent Chautauqua." Depicts Chautauqua as a source of inspiration, education, and entertainment, reaching hundreds of towns throughout the nation. Pictures Tent Chautauqua as quietly succumbing to the competition of radio and motion pictures, but indicates that its modern equivalent may be found, in a more sophisticated form, in our Great Books groups and adult education seminars.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.