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Yesudas the Outcast - Missions Series


Date:1946
Length: 16m

Description taken from Audio-Visual Research Guide (published nine editions, 1949-1972) of the National Council of Churches. An outcaste Indian boy runs away from his master and enters a mission school. Made in South India, film shows life at the spearate schools for boys and girls. Yesudas becomes a minister, marries a girl from the mission school, and returns to his home village to build a church. Authentic and well produced, film may promote interest in foreign missions or give background for study of Indian missions.
Topics: Asia; India; Mission education; Missions; Moving image
ID: MS-016

Touching Untouchables (Reel I) - Missions Series


Date:Undated
Length: 23m

Description taken from Audio-Visual Research Guide (published nine editions, 1949-1972) of the National Council of Churches. Life of the outcastes in an Indian village is depicted through the daily activities and work of a family: drawing water, binding turban, spinning, weaving, cooking, plowing. Missionaries arrive with their message that all people are equal in the sight of God. At a mass meeting the first converts are baptized (by sprinkling). Later a decision is made to build a church. A mission school and its activities are shown. Good photography and commentary. Recommended for use with mission studies on India. Though a dated film, it is still usable. However, It should be explained that untouchability haS now been abolished officially by law. Generally nondenominational in content, other denominations will find use for this film, especially in tbe silent version.
Topics: Asia; India; Medical missions; Missions; Moving image
ID: MS-013

Healing of M'Vondo (Reel I) - Missions Series


Date:Undated
Length: 11m

Description taken from Audio-Visual Research Guide (published nine editions, 1949-1972) of the National Council of Churches. M'Vondo, a boy in the Congo, discovers one day that he has leprosy. He is shunned by all his friends and feels very lonesome and miserable. His father takes him to the mission leper settlement in Elat, where he is received very cordially by the other lepers, especially by a kindly woman who mothers him. He goes to school and church, helps in the workshops. He receives treatment which results in his cure after three years. He is dismissed with a touching farewell service on the part of the remaining lepers, and joyfully returns home. A fine story simply and effectively presented. Well staged and acted by amateurs in Africa with authentic setting and background. Photography generally good, color sometimes uneven, shadows too dark. Titles on scenery background. Pace and action is slow, but just right for audiences not used to the Hollywood pace of motion pictures. Recommended for missionary education, instruction and promotion of missions. Of special interest in showing what medical missions are doing, and for general evangelistic purposes.
Topics: Africa; Congo; Medical missions; Missions; Moving image
ID: MS-007

Healing of M'Vondo (Reel II) - Missions Series


Date:Undated
Length: 12m

Description taken from Audio-Visual Research Guide (published nine editions, 1949-1972) of the National Council of Churches. M'Vondo, a boy in the Congo, discovers one day that he has leprosy. He is shunned by all his friends and feels very lonesome and miserable. His father takes him to the mission leper settlement in Elat, where he is received very cordially by the other lepers, especially by a kindly woman who mothers him. He goes to school and church, helps in the workshops. He receives treatment which results in his cure after three years. He is dismissed with a touching farewell service on the part of the remaining lepers, and joyfully returns home. A fine story simply and effectively presented. Well staged and acted by amateurs in Africa with authentic setting and background. Photography generally good, color sometimes uneven, shadows too dark. Titles on scenery background. Pace and action is slow, but just right for audiences not used to the Hollywood pace of motion pictures. Recommended for missionary education, instruction and promotion of missions. Of special interest in showing what medical missions are doing, and for general evangelistic purposes.
Topics: Africa; Congo; Medical missions; Missions; Moving image
ID: MS-008

The Effect of Vatican Council II on Protestantism in the U.S. - Night Call
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Date:1965-10-22
Length: 53:05
Russ Gibb, (Host) ; Fred P. Corson, (Guest)
Bishop Fred P. Corson
Topics: Radio program; Vatican II
ID: DA-1153

Korean Caravan - Missions Series


Date:1957
Length: 25m
Alan Shilin Films - Dynamic Films, (producer)
Description taken from Audio-Visual Research Guide (published nine editions, 1949-1972) of the National Council of Churches. Methodist work prior to the military take-over is pictured here. Missionaries based in Seoul organize a field trip for medical and evangelistic services to an outlying village.
Topics: Asia; Korea; Medical missions; Missions; Moving image
ID: MS-009

Christ Comes to Nigeria - Missions Series


Date:1959
Length: 28m
Alexander B. Ferguson, (producer) ; Ray Garner, (Director) ; Jarvis Couillard, (Screenwriter)
Description taken from Audio-Visual Research Guide (published nine editions, 1949-1972) of the National Council of Churches Through the eyes of a missionary doctor, we see the work of the church in upper Nigeria. A native teacher and a native preacher help him to carry on the work of the mission, as together they try to answer the need for more medical and other help. Recommended for instruction and discussion with senior highs through adults, the film presents a clear picture of the needs of a typical mission station in Africa and the ways in which one small group of Christian workers are answering them. The technical qualities are good. These is very little denominational emphasis, so the film would be useful to all churches for missionary education.
Topics: Africa; Medical missions; Missions; Moving image; Nigeria; Video
ID: MS-002

The Homosexual Problem - Night Call
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Date:1969-05-16
Length: 59:09 minutes:seconds
Bill Richards, (Host) ; Charles Socarides, (Guest)
Charles W. Socarides (1922-2005) was an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, physician, educator, and author. He focused much of his career on the study of homosexuality, which he believed was an illness accompanied by severe anxiety and depression, that could be treated by psychotherapy. Socarides speaks of "overt, obligatory homosexuality" which he said affected 2.5 to 4 million American men, and probably a similar number of American women. He said male homosexuality typically develops in the first 18-36 months of life, during the "separation / individualization phase" - caused by a controlling mother who prevents her son from separating from her, and a weak or rejecting father who fails to serve as a role model for his son or support his efforts to escape from the mother. In response to a caller questions, he said homosexuals are a persecuted minority, suffering an illness and having no choice. He said he had cured homosexuals, but that homosexuals need to be treated only if they are unhappy with their condition; if they are happy, they have no need for treatment. A caller asked about two male poets in New York City having a sexual relationship; Socarides said there is nothing wrong with that -- it is a way for them to deal with their anxieties and seems to be successful. He didn't believe in gay marriage, but thought legal prohibitions to gay couples should be removed. Asked about concerns over a roommate situation, on gay and one straight, Socarides said there was little chance the gay roommate would try to assert his preferences on the straight roommate. One of Socarides's sons, Richard, is gay, was a policy consultant on LGBT issues for President Bill Clinton, and has been a commentator on CNN and a columnist at the New Yorker. He says his father never tried to cure him.
Topics: Civil rights; Gay rights; Homosexuality; Psychology; Radio programs
ID: NC0128

What the "Little Guy" Can Do (Toward a More Meaningful Society) - Night Call
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Date:1968-08-20
Length: 54:39 minutes:seconds
Del Shields, (Host) ; Robert Theobald, (Guest)
This program focuses on the economic components of social change. The guest believes the present system oppresses the poor, and change must come to provide a fair society. The guest, Robert Theobald (1929-1999), was a private consulting economist and futurist author. In economics, he was best known for his writings on the economics of abundance and his advocacy of a Basic Income Guarantee. He was born in India, received his higher education in economics in England at Cambridge, lived for three years in Paris, and continued his studies at Harvard University in the late 1950s. Callers were concerned with poor pay, unfair conditions, and poor treatment. Harrington wants to look at the larger picture: how to bring about social change. Some time was spend talking about his proposal for a Guaranteed Annual Income. Some technical problems at the beginning of the program have been edited out.
Topics: Economics; Ethics; Radio programs; Social unrest
ID: NC0062

Why Was it a "Cool" Summer? (in New York City) - Night Call
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Date:1968-09-06
Length: 60:03 minutes:seconds
Del Shields, (Host) ; Willie Smith, (Guest)
The Rev. Willie Smith was director of the Neighborhood Youth Corps in New York City. The 30-year-old graduate of Union Theological Seminary had led a protest of 1,500 teenagers in front of City Hall in June because funds for youth jobs in the city had been cut by $2 million and there were fewer jobs available for youth. At the protest, some of the youth rioted; nine were injured and nine arrested. Smith was suspended for a week, then re-instated, and the city added $3 million to the program, allowing for 10,000 more summer youth jobs. The remainder of the summer in New York City enjoyed less racial violence than anticipated. Discussions in the program focused on anti-poverty and empowerment efforts.
Topics: Civil unrest; Radio programs; Social programs; Youth unemployment
ID: NC0074