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16mm Report, 1960 - 1961
A report to the alumni association of events of the academic year 1960-1961 at Michigan State University. The events are told from the viewpoint of a documentary film producer. Highlights include the new Abrams Planetarium, the construction of Case and Owen Halls, the destruction of the band shell, and a visit from John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Winner of the CINE Golden Eagle award.
Michigan State University: Technical Assistance Program, Vietnam (reel 2), 1957
Michigan State University professors Dr. Edward Weidner and Dr. Ralph Smuckler discuss the country of Vietnam. Topics include appointing staff for the Vietnam Project, moving staff and their families to Saigon ("cultural shock"), transportation, Vietnamese society, issues with housing and slums, President Ngô Đình Diệm and the National Assembly, architecture, Catholicism, the building where the Michigan State University Group is housed, and meetings headed by Dr. Wesley Fishel.
Michigan State University: Technical Assistance Program, Vietnam (reel 3), 1957
Michigan State University professors Dr. Edward Weidner and Dr. Ralph Smuckler discuss the country of Vietnam. Topics include security issues in Vietnam, economic and social development, Ngô Đình Diệm's election to the presidency, ad hoc responses to issues brought up by President Diệm, and aid to Vietnamese villages (including farming, and the creation of roads).
Michigan State University: Technical Assistance Program, Vietnam (reel 4), 1957
Michigan State University professors Dr. Edward Weidner and Dr. Ralph Smuckler discuss the country of Vietnam. Topics include the Michigan State University Group's programs in Vietnam, the National Institute of Administration (NIA) in Saigon, other technical assistance programs worldwide, and the education and police training at the NIA.