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Film, Video A conversation with Rod Serling Former supplied title: LC performance. Interview. Conversation with Rod Serling

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Title

  • A conversation with Rod Serling

Other Title

  • Former supplied title: LC performance. Interview. Conversation with Rod Serling

Summary

  • Rod Serling is interviewed by James Dickey and Bernie Harrison. They discuss the current state of American television and television as a medium for the writer.

Names

  • Serling, Rod, 1924-1975
  • Dickey, James
  • Harrison, Bernie, 1916-1980
  • WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
  • Library of Congress
  • Eastern Educational Network

Created / Published

  • United States : WETA : Eastern Educational Network, 1968.

Headings

  • -  Television authorship
  • -  Television broadcasting, American

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Nonfiction television programs

Notes

  • -  Interviewee: Rod Serling.
  • -  Interviewers: James Dickey, Bernie Harrison.
  • -  Recorded on January 15, 1968 in Washington, D.C., and first broadcast on May 14, 1968.
  • -  The challenge of mass media to the 20th century writer M/B/RS Recorded Sound Section.
  • -  Source used: Library of Congress Information bulletin, v. 27, no. 1, January 4, 1968, p. 214, viewed online, May 3, 2019 via the HathiTrust Digital Library.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (30 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • LC Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019600431

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Serling, Rod, James Dickey, Bernie Harrison, Weta-Tv, Library Of Congress, and Eastern Educational Network. A conversation with Rod Serling. United States: WETA: Eastern Educational Network, 1968. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019600431/.

APA citation style:

Serling, R., Dickey, J., Harrison, B., Weta-Tv, Library Of Congress & Eastern Educational Network. (1968) A conversation with Rod Serling. United States: WETA: Eastern Educational Network. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019600431/.

MLA citation style:

Serling, Rod, et al. A conversation with Rod Serling. United States: WETA: Eastern Educational Network, 1968. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019600431/>.