Femmes et métiersFR 1.023Recordings (interview, vocabulary and grammar exercises) of unrehearsed interviews with French women about their careers; designed for intermediate-advanced students; accompanying written material includes: 1) Introduction to the type of work done by the interviewee; 2) Portrait of interviewee; 3) Vocabulary; 4) Tape transcript; 5) Structural exercises; 6) Comprehension questions; 7) Suggested discussion topics and improvisations; 8) Related text from a French newspaper, magazine, novel or government document.
Bizarre Interview With Helene Chevalier
The Art of Haiti1/2" VHS color videocassetteShows how the history of Haiti had an influence on the emergence of an art movement created by unschooled painters; includes interviews with painters Philome Obin and Rigaud Benoit with a detailed look at their works as well as those of other traditional Haitian artists; traditional Haitian folk music included in the soundtrack.In English with some Creole29 minutes
Boston/Strasbourg1/2" VHS (SECAM) color videocassetteNews clip about the Boston College/Strasbourg Business Internship Exchange Program filmed by French TV crew on location at Boston College, 2/1/88; includes views of B.C. campus and interviews with Boston College exchange students about the program; B.C. A/V-produced NTSC copy of the video available.In French3 minutes
Comment peut-on être françaisFive color videocassettes, one copy 1/2" VHS, one copy 3/4" produced at Wellesley College, featuring interviews with French people residing in the U.S.; recommended for high-intermediate to advanced students; vocabulary and exercise sheets available.Approx. 30 minutes each.
Espace francophone: Dossier 11/2" VHS color videocassetteDistributed by PICS; subdivided into four segments: (1) an introduction to Les Plouffe, a film by québécois filmmaker Gilles Carle, featuring two clips, an interview with the filmmaker and reactions of the public at the Paris opening; (2) Gilles Vigneault, québécois singer, on stage performing the song Il me reste un pays; (3) a discussion with Haitian writer René Depestre about art as a reflection of society; (4) a dossier on the Agence de la Coopération Culturelle et Technique, including an interview with its secretary-general, François Owono-Ngueme.In French, no subtitles29 minutes
Le français des affaires 1 + 2Two 1/2" VHS color videocassettesProduced by Didier/Hatier; 37 separate sequences; designed for intermediate and advanced students interested in learning business French; communicative approach to learning enhanced through real-life, contextually-accurate interviews with 30 businessmen and women in seven French companies; accompanying 192-page student book contains written and oral exercises with answer key, glossary of terms, transcriptions of video material.Each video: 50 minutesTotal time of video series: 1 hour 40 minutes
Vidéo #2: Profils des FrançaisFor intermediate students; 8 video segments of approx. 7 minutes each, consisting of interviews with French people of all ages and walks of life; subjects interviewed include: a young couple in Paris, a gendarme, a restaurant owner and his wife, a group of schoolchildren in Poitiers, a taxi driver, university students, an Algerian living in France; those interviewed talk about their lives, their interests and their views of the world around them.
Les 16 de Basse-PointeRegion 2 (PAL) DVD 2-discsCamille Mauduech (2008)In 1948, during a strike on a sugar cane plantation in Martinique, a white overseer, Guy de Fabrique, was killed in 36 shots and found dead in a sugar cane field in his charge. After several weeks of investigation, 16 black cane cutters were arrested and sentenced for three years in prison. The first part of the documentary is comprised of interviews with witnesses and the relatives of the 16 cane cutters regarding their views of this whole event. The second part of the documentary talks about how this case was brought back to Bordeaux, the former slave port, in 1951 and what kind of role colonialism played in this whole trial. In French with optional French or English subtitlesDisc 1: 1 hour 48 minutesDisc 2, Partie 1: 53 minutesDisc 2, Partie 2: 51 minutes
Drawing on almost a decade of cutting-edge research and nearly five hundred interviews with young people, Richard Settersten, Ph.D., and Barbara E. Ray shatter stereotypes, revealing an unexpected truth: A slower path to adulthood is good for all of us."
Thomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to document the inside story of the Iraq War since late 2005 as only he can, examining the events that took place as the military was forced to reckon with itself, the surge was launched, and a very different war began.
Jack explains to an interviewer in his dressing room that he would rather have been a concert violinist than a comedian. In a flash-back, we see him practicing as a small boy, and as a 17-year-old. Don Wilson does the Lucky commercial as a ballet, in tobacco-leaf costume. Jack imagines that he is playing with a large orchestra. At the end of the show, Ann Sothern comes on to plug Private secretary.
One of Jack's elderly fans interrupts his monologue to request that he kiss her like he kissed Marilyn Monroe. Rochester comes out to tell Jack that an interviewer is waiting for him backstage. The Sportsmen Quartet do the Lucky commercial to the tune of 'By the light of the silvery moon.' In the sketch, Jack tells the interviewer about his childhood. In flashback, Jack plays his own father, arguing with little Jack over money, and playing in a string quartet.
Jack and his girlfriend Mildred walk in the Beverly Hills Easter Parade, where they meet Dennis, with a duck on a string, Benny's violin teacher, Jack's two old lady fans, and a photographer who takes their picture. Don Wilson dresses as an old lady in an Easter bonnet and talks with the TV interviewer covering the parade in order to do his Lux Liquid commercial.
Jack gives Johnny Carson advice on how to run the Tonight show. Johnny does card tricks, plays the drums, sings and dances to Ballin' the Jack. They do a mock version of the Tonight show with Jack as Johnny's guest. Don Wilson does a man-on-the-street interview for the commercial.
On Feb 13, 1958, "Shower of Stars" presented this gala celebration of Jack Benny's (gasp) 40th birthday. Despite the fact that it's all a gag, the list of performers who turned out to pay tribute to Jack is astounding, including most of the major performers who had been part of his program going all the way back to his debut on radio. Even Mary Livingstone shows up, in what I believe is her only appearance ever on a live television broadcast (by this point in her life, Mary was terrified of appearing in front of live audiences and only appeared in occasional pre-filmed episodes of the Benny TV show). Just about the only regular cast member not on the program is Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, who was too ill to participate (as Jack explains in the program).This is a fairly strange program, filled with bizarre musical tributes and overstuffed with guests. Supposedly broadcast live from the Coconut Grove, the restaurant is clearly a stage set (the show is announced as originating from "Television City in Hollywood"). There are also clearly segments that have been pre-filmed (e.g., the scene in Jack's bedroom); but what's really strange is that the entire program-- even the portions that appear to have been broadcast live-- uses an artificial laugh track to sweeten the audience response. If you have an ear for these things, you can't miss it. But how could there be laugh track sweetening on a live broadcast?Despite how big a deal is made of Jack Benny finally turning 40, his character predictably reverted to being perpetually 39 afterwards, with no reference ever made again to this nationally televised celebration.
This special aired just days after Jack Benny's unexpected death from pancreatic cancer the day after Christmas, 1974. Hosted by Charles Kuralt, this is a respectful and well done tribute/obituary to a masterful performer and universally beloved human being. Includes a good deal of clips from the Jack Benny radio show and television show, as well as interviews with cast members Frank Nelson, Don Wilson and Mel Blanc. Among the mourners interviewed briefly are Danny Thomas, Ronald & Nancy Reagan, and Milton Berle. There's even a priceless record of Bob Hope's deeply moving eulogy - George Burns was so overcome with grief he was unable to utter more than a few words before needing to be escorted from podium.A show both funny and emotionally moving-- just the kind of tribute a giant like Jack Benny deserved. 2ff7e9595c
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