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Benjamin Franklin was the central figure in an historical program of the "American Inventory" series. "Importance of child core" was one of the educational offerings in NBC's experimental telecasts. American Inventory — a Successful Experiment in Adult Education by TV An JULY 1951, NBC in cooperation with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation undertook a major television ex- periment in adult education. The chief objective was to present a series of educational and culniral "for in- stance" telecasts to determine the most effective tech- niques which TV might employ for the advancement of public information and enlightenment. Since that time, more than 50 programs, mainly on economics and the social sciences, have been telecast, bringing high praise from educators, the public and the nations press. Because the program series was first considered as an experiment, it was believed that there should be no set pattern. Instead, it was decided that the word "experiment" should be taken in the full scope of its meaning: anything and everything should be tried. This would include living newspaper techniques, drama documentaries, panels with a difference, films, cartoons, puppets, individually and in combinations. Although a majority of programs so far have been presented in "live" form, a more extensive use of film is considered for the remaining shows in the current series. This change in emphasis was revealed in an an- nouncement of plans for the coming year by William Hodapp, the program's executive producer. Stock films, Hodapp said, will be out, and "live" shows will be rela- tively few. There are two reasons for the change, Hodapp ex- plained. "We want to go out more and more on loca- tion throughout the country to tell the story of what is at stake in America; we want to capture the person- ality of particular American institutions and communi- ties; we want to show what communities can do. "And, also, we'd like 'American Inventory' to have uses beyond the original TV screening. If we make our own films, they can be made available to classrooms, and we'd like what we've learned to be sent out to groups. This would not be possible otherwise." Another innovation for the coming year will be a greater emphasis on star personalities. "We want to go after big film stars and directors," Hodapp said, "especially for films on economic subjects." A third new trend will find more interpretation of industry's function in the American way of life. "We want to try a new approach to industrial films," Hodapp said. "Not a straight documentary, but something with a human interest story grafted on." Some of the subjects scheduled for Fall presentation are: "Social Security," a "Kukla. Fran and OUie" pro- gram, their second for this series. "Why Wait for a Million?" an on-location film story of Thayer Hospital in Water\-ille, Me., a small hospital that has attracted increasing attention for its successful hospital-community relations. "Foreign Students in the U. S.," an account, filmed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of this coun- try's foreign student program. ?8 RADIO AGE