“Conversations with Eric Sevareid” Films, 1975

Contents List

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“John McCloy,” Part 1, July 13, 1975
Scope and Content Note: The first of two conversations with former Presidential advisor McCloy. He gives an insider view of World War II and his own assessment of wartime leaders including Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gen. George Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Winston Churchill.
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“John McCloy,” Part 2, July 20, 1975
Scope and Content Note: The conclusion of a two-part conversation with former Presidential advisor McCloy. Topics discussed include the Cuban missile crisis, Nikita Khrushchev, and McCloy's work as a member of the Warren Commission.
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“Willy Brandt,” August 3, 1975
Scope and Content Note: The former West German Chancellor reflects on his career and offers observations on such issues as détente, democracy, and world economic affairs.
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“Mary Peabody, Marietta Tree & Frances FitzGerald,” August 10, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Former UN official Tree discusses her work on the UN's Human Rights Commission and Trusteeship Council. Journalist FitzGerald discusses Vietnam.
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“Leo Rosten,” August 24, 1975
Scope and Content Note: A conversation with novelist and economist Rosten in which he talks about education, psychiatry, the decline of newspapers, Hollywood films, and his career as a screenwriter.
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“Robert Hutchins,” August 30, 1975
Scope and Content Note: A conversation with the former president of the University of Chicago and current head of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. He discusses his theories on education, American participation in World War II, and television's impact on American society.
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“George F. Kennan,” September 7, 1975
Scope and Content Note: The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and former U.S. Ambassador to the USSR discusses his diplomatic career, his role in the formation of NATO and America's post-World War II policy toward the USSR, and current U.S.-Soviet relations.
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“Anne Morrow Lindbergh,” May 27, 1977
Scope and Content Note: The widow of Charles Lindbergh discusses her life with her late husband and offers her opinions on feminism, widowhood, writing, and other topics.