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1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2015. |
| Summary |
In 1960, NBC aired what some consider to be the first "reality television" show in American broadcast history. Hosted by Jane Wyatt of Father Knows Best fame, and billing itself as a "new kind of visual reporting," it was called Story of a Family, and it purported to document the day-to-day lives of the 10-member Robertson family of Amarillo, Texas. While the show has since faded from public memory, media scholars and television historians now recognize its significance as a precursor to the unscripted television programming that dominates American television today. In TV FAMILY, filmmaker Ethan Thompson draws on the recollections of several of the children featured in the show to offer a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the making of Story of a Family. Weaving personal anecdotes from the Robertsons with commentary from TV historians and cultural critics, Thompson tells the story of how the show's producers carefully choreographed the way they wanted the family to appear to the American public -- all in the name of authenticity. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Mass media.
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Mass media and culture.
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History, Modern.
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History.
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Americans.
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Documentary films.
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Digital communications.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Thompson, Ethan, film director.
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Media Education Foundation (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
1160014 Kanopy |
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