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University of Florida. News and Public Affairs.
Formerly, Division of Information and Publications Services.
Broadcast Tape 19. (Originally MLK Birthday and Others.)
Date: ca. 1980-1985
Duration: 00:24:82
Reporter: Rick Treptow
18 news and public service announcements. No date is given. However, the first and fourteenth segments are dated 1985 and 1982, respectively.
Originally produced on ¾” u-matic. Reformatted to Betacam SP in 2003 and MPEG-2 in 2005.
Tape contents
Segment 1
Title: [Martin Luther King Birthday]
Date: ca. 1985
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:47
File name: NPA1901
The University of Florida Gospel Choir rehearses for a campus celebration of the 56th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. Willie Simmons of the Institute of Black Culture states that King’s teachings have to go on. Some footage of Dr. King is included.
Segment 2
Title: [Space Shuttle Tiles]
Date:
Duration: 00:02:25
File name: NPA1902
This report is of poor quality with sound fading in and out, repetition, and no clear identification of the topic or the people.
Segment 3
Title: [Lynn Pride – Law Student]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:27
File name: NPA1903
A profile of Lynn Pride who is a law student and also an actor having appeared in the Hippodrome Theatre play “Man Friday”.
Segment 4
Title: [Fire Evacuation Program]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:40
File name: NPA1904
Dr. Richard Francis and colleague Tom Kisko, industrial systems engineers at UF, have developed a computer evacuation analysis program.
Segment 5
Title: [Computer Graphics]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:19
File name: NPA1905
Dr. John Staudhammer, an electrical engineering professor, is designing a computer graphic program which can be used by anyone. Manufacturers might find the program useful, for instance, in designing a boat.
Segment 6
Title: [Fiber Optics}
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:19
File name: NPA1906
Dr. Bangalore Ramaswami was at Bell Lab when the first laser transmissions were made. At the University of Florida he is researching fiber optical circuits and their use in transmitting information.
Segment 7
Title: [Congregate Living]
Date: c
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:31
File name: NPA1907
John McRae, associate dean of the College of Architecture, and other architects are working on designing existing buildings for the elderly.
Segment 8
Title: [Computer Programs for Children with Disabilities]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:30
File name: NPA1908
Gary Rushicof, head of the micro computer lab at the Speech and Hearing Clinic has revised computer programs which can be used by children who have difficulties as those with cerebral palsy.
Segment 9
Title: [Solar Lasers]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:29
File name: NPA1909
Engineering professors Dr. Kerswig and colleague Dr. Richard Snyder have developed a method of manufacturing huge mirrors which may be used in space. Preliminary testing is taking place on the ground.
Segment 10
Title: [Computer Literacy]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:40
File name: NPA1910
A report on the increasing use of computers at the University of Florida. Dr. Roger Elliott, chair of the computer science department, states that computers have taken the place of calculators in the same way that calculators replaced slide rules.
Segment 11
Title: [Alternative Technology School with Dr. Erich Farber]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:50
File name: NPA1911
A report on a fifteen week program conducted in the Solar Research Center in the Alternative Technology School at the University of Florida. The program was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dr. Erich Farber taught the course.
Segment 12
Title: [Space Shuttle]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:21
File name: NPA1912
Dr. Jerry Weinberg, a research scientist, is studying the effect that dirt has on viewing the solar system through instruments on the space shuttle.
Segment 13
Title: [The Baldwin Library]
Date: ca. 1980
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:35
File name: NPA1913
Dr. Ruth Baldwin, the founder of the Baldwin Library, is interviewed. Dr. Motley Deakin, professor of English at UF, is also briefly interviewed regarding the value of the children’s literature collection to scholars.
Segment 14
Title: [Student Body President]
Date: 1982
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:19
File name: NPA1914
Steve Sutherland won the election for student government president. His story is one of the resilience of the human spirit as he lost one of his legs due to cancer.
Segment 15
Title: [Automation]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:36
File name: NPA1915
Dr. Eginhard Muth, and computer lab technician Tom Kisko speak about the future of automation and the role of robotics and the benefit to industry.
Segment 16
Title: [Gasoline Additive]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:53
File name: NPA1916
Dr. Vernan Roan discusses a gasoline additive. The Florida Department of Transportation is funding the program.
Segment 17
Title: [Termite Control]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:17
File name: NPA1917
Dr. James Kimbrough, a botany professor at the University of Florida, is working on developing a fungi which will eradicate termites. The fungi will be tested under controlled conditions in the lab and eventually in a controlled experiment in the field.
Segment 18
DLC file number
Title: [Bacchus]
Date:
Reported by: Rick Treptow
Duration: 00:01:21
File name: NPA1918
A report about Bacchus the organization whose function is to teach students about the dangers of alcohol abuse and to attempt to change their drinking habits. A bar scene shows members of Bacchus drinking large glasses of orange juice.
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