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Series: Series 9. International Division Records, 1959-196811 boxes In 1955, the Broadcasting Foundation of America was established through a Ford
Foundation grant to the NETRC. Its first executive director was Eleanor McKinney. Its
purpose was to acquaint the American radio audience with cultural achievements of
Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America by making available program recordings on tape
from nearly fifty countries. The program fare included festival music, folk music, press
reviews, human interest reports, documentaries of cities et al., science, arts, and book
reports. From its inception, NET had sought quality foreign programs. It was not until 1960,
however, that a formal International Division was established. Its first Director was
Basil Thornton, who had replaced Eleanor McKinney as director of the BFA. He continued
as Secretary, performing his BFA duties simultaneously with his NET duties. In fact,
however, since NET merged BFA with their international division from the moment of the
latter's inception, BFA received the short end of the stick, causing no little
consternation on the part of BFA trustee Norman Davis. Most of Thornton's attention was
focused on the television end of the spectrum, not necessarily by choice (although
Thornton believed quite strongly that his radio crew were so well trained they could
function without his supervision.), since he joined NET at a time of rapid growth and
increasing pressures for greater quantities of quality programs. The purpose and
function of the newly created international division was outlined as two-fold: 1. To
obtain substantial amounts of NET program material from foreign broadcasting sources by:
a.) scouting for acceptable programs from foreign sources and b.) fostering
co-production and barter arrangements with foreign broadcasters and better production
and research facilities for NET crews working abroad; and 2. To coordinate things
between U.S. commercial broadcasting and foreign broadcasting organizations. The records of the International Division consist of a subject file arranged in three
sections: one for BFA, one entitled “General” and a third for countries.
Internally, each section is arranged alphabetically with the folder contents being
generally in reverse chronological order. An occasional exception can be found in the
Country file where NET had material grouped by topic (e.g. Marcel Prouse series in
France) and the topical order was retained. The files cover the period 1959-1968 and
consist of over 75 per cent correspondence and less than 25 per cent scripts and
reports. Most of the correspondence is that of Basil Thornton while Anne S. Pomex, BFA
Associate Director and Leanette Wald, NET Special Projects Assistant, also generated a
noticeable amount. Most correspondence is concerned with television rather than radio
and generally deals with arrangements for productions with U.S. or foreign crews and
agencies and exchange or sale of series and programs between NET and other national
broadcasting groups. There is very little information regarding NET radio operations. Neither are there
files on the establishment of contracts or alliances with foreign broadcasting
organizations, such as European Broadcasting Union, Asian Broadcasting Union, and
Norddeutscher Rundfunk. On the latter, a few files are included, but nothing substantive
such as negotiatory material or final signed agreements. Information on BFA as a developing organization is in Box one, folders 2, 8, 11-14.
Norman Davis' correspondence with Thornton, (Box 1, Folder 2) is especially noteworthy,
as Davis was an incessant critic of the BFA-NET merger, fearing that BFA's radio
interests would be submerged by NET's emphasis on television. Please note that the files for New Guinea concern the film From Stone Age to Atom Age, a film shot on location in New
Guinea by producer-director Roger Blais, who was employed by NET especially for the
program. Thornton's International Division supervised Blais' efforts. Though strictly
speaking, this is not a full production file, it is arranged as nearly as possible
according to production order. This film was not produced under the auspices of NET's
Intertel production unit, as one might naturally expect.
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Subseries: Broadcasting Foundation of America
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Box
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Folder
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Board of Trustees: minutes of meetings, 1961 October-1963 February
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Norman Davis, 1956 October-1963
August
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Samuel B. Gould, 1958 May-1963
January
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Box
1
Folder
4
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N.A.E.B., 1960 November-1961
October
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Anne Pomex memos, 1960
February-1963 November
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Anne Pomex's trip, 1962 June-1963
October
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Robert Redfield, 1957 January-1958
November
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Trustees, 1957 May-1960
February
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International Division
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Minutes of Board meeting, 1960
February
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Outline of Background and Purposes, 1956 January
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Progress reports, 1962
May-November
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Rockefeller Foundation, Correspondence and Reports
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Box
1
Folder
12
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1954 June-1957 December
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Box
1
Folder
13
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1957 December-1958 May
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Statements of purpose, 1953
October-1958 November
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Basil Thornton article, 1960
January-1962 March
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Subseries: General File
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Committee on International Nontheatrical Events
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Developed countries, 1963
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Henry Dore
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1963 November-1964 March
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1963 April-October
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Box
2
Folder
5
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European Broadcasting Union, 1964
August-October
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Program use correspondence
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Press releases
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Box
2
Folder
7
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China-The Awakened Giant
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Crime and Punishment, 1966
February
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Don Giovani, 1966
January
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Einstein, 1966
August-November
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Florence, 1966
December
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Ghosts, 1966
July-August
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Hong Kong, 1966
September
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Anna Karenina, 1965 December-1966
September
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Box
2
Folder
15
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T.F. Lawrence, 1966
August
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Mata Hari, 1966
July-August
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Box
2
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Minds Behind War, 1966
September
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Box
2
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18
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Nar Ein Tag, 1966
September
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Box
2
Folder
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Paris Must Burn, 1966
September-October
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Box
2
Folder
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Paris 1900, 1966
April-June
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Box
2
Folder
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Struggle for Peace, 1966
July-October
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Box
2
Folder
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Two Roads to the Center, 1966
February
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Box
2
Folder
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Unmarried mothers, 1965
December-1966 January
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Box
2
Folder
24
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Victoria Regina, 1966
October-November
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Box
2
Folder
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Warsaw Ghetto, 1966
June
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Box
2
Folder
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Wedding on Saturday, 1966
January
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Box
2
Folder
27
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Scripts
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Box
2
Folder
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Semi annual report of The International Division, 1966 December
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Box
3
Folder
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Television inports, correspondence, 1960-1962
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Underdeveloped countries
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Box
3
Folder
3
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United States Information Agency, 1961-1964
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Vision Associates
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Science Programs, 1963-1965
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Scripts
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Box
3
Folder
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Age of Science, 1963-1964
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Box
3
Folder
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Ride the Wild Horse, 1964
November-1965 June
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Box
3
Folder
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Visitors, 1963 February, April,
August
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Washington, D.C. office, correspondence, 1962 July-1963 May
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Westinghouse Conference, 1959
April-September
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Box
3
Folder
10
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World Health Organization, 1960
September-1961 October
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Subseries: Country File
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Africa
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Box
4
Folder
1
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1963 June
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Basil Thornton's trip, 1962
May-1963 June
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Austria, 1960 October-1964
December
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Australia
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Box
4
Folder
4
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1960 October-1962 December
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Box
4
Folder
5
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1962 December-1963 December
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Box
4
Folder
6
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1964
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Box
4
Folder
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Belgium, 1960 September-1963
October
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Canada
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Box
4
Folder
8
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1961 January-1962 October
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Box
4
Folder
9
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1962 December-1963 December
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Box
5
Folder
1
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1964 February-May
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Box
5
Folder
2
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1964 June-1965 January
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Czechoslovakia, 1966 September-1964
December
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France
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Box
5
Folder
4
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1959 September-1962 December
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Box
5
Folder
5
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1963
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Script of “La Grande Bretèche,” 1960 July
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Box
5
Folder
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Université Radiophonique et Télevisuelle Internationale,
1963 January-1964
October
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Germany
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Box
5
Folder
8
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1960 January-1961 December
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Box
5
Folder
9
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1962 August-1963 November
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Box
6
Folder
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1964
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Box
6
Folder
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Hamburg, 1963
March-December
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Box
6
Folder
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Hamburg, 1964
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Box
6
Folder
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Munich, 1963
February-December
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Box
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Folder
5
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Munich, 1964
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Great Britain
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General
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Box
6
Folder
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1962 January-December
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Box
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Folder
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1960 August-1961 December
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Box
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Folder
8
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1963 March-December
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Box
6
Folder
9
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1964 January-December
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Associated British-Pathé Limited
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Box
6
Folder
10
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1961 June-1964 May
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Associated Rediffusion
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Box
7
Folder
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1960 May-December
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Box
7
Folder
2
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1961 January-December
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Box
7
Folder
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1962 January-December
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Box
7
Folder
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1963 January-1964 November
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BBC
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Box
7
Folder
5
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1957 September-1961 December
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Box
7
Folder
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1961 February-November
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Box
7
Folder
7
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1962 January-December
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Box
7
Folder
8
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1963 January-December
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Box
7
Folder
9
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1964 January-December
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Global Television
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Box
8
Folder
1
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1961 August-1962 December
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Box
8
Folder
2
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1963 January-December
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Box
8
Folder
3
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T.L. Donald
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Box
8
Folder
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1964 January-December
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Box
8
Folder
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Granada Television Network, 1960
October-1964 December
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Box
8
Folder
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Independent Television News, 1963
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Reporters International Ltd., 1963
January-1964 December
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Holland, 1959 November-1964
November
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Box
9
Folder
2
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India, 1963
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Indonesia, 1962 November-1963
December
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Ireland and Israel, 1961 March-1964
June
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Italy
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Box
9
Folder
5
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1959 September-1962 December
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Box
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Folder
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Italy, 1961 December-1963
December
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Box
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Folder
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1964 January-December
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Japan
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Box
9
Folder
8
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1959 September-1962 May
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Box
10
Folder
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1962 June-1963 May
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Box
10
Folder
2
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1963 June-1964 November
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Box
10
Folder
3
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Scripts
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Monaco, 1963
October-November
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New Guinea, “From Stone Age to Atom Age,” general
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Box
10
Folder
5
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Correspondence
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Box
10
Folder
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Financial Records
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Box
10
Folder
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Research
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Production Script and Revisions
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Box
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Folder
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Publicity
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Box
10
Folder
10
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Syndication/Redistribution
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Box
10
Folder
11
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New Zealand, 1967 August-1963
November
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Box
10
Folder
12
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Nigeria, 1961 March-1968
December
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Box
10
Folder
13
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Poland, 1960 December-1964
December
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Sweden, 1960 November-1964
November
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Box
11
Folder
2
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U.S.A., 1964
March-August
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Box
11
Folder
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Venezuela, 1963 January-1964
November
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Box
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Folder
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Miscellaneous, 1963
April-May
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