U.S. University TV Team To Film Antarctica

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30278, 2 November 1963, Page 13

U.S. University TV Team To Film Antarctica

Two University of Michigan television men arrived in Christchurch yesterday armed with a flag from the world-famous Explorers’ Club, which they plan to fly at the South Pole.

Mr L. M. Woodruff, a writer-producer from the university’s television centre, and its cameraman, Mr John Alley, will shoot about 10,000 ft of film and take some 12,000 still photographs in the Antarctic between now and mid-December. Their work will result in 10 half-hour programmes

about the history and presentday exploration of Antarctica to be shown on 65 television stations across the United States.

The University of Michigan's television centre was begun in 1950 to produce educational programmes for the people of the State and for

supplementary classroom instruction. Presenting about 4500 programmes broadcast a year over 12 Michigan stations and 43 stations in other States, the university has become known as one of the main sources of good educational and documentary programmes to supplement similar local programmes throughout the country. As well as topics ranging from education in the Soviet Union to the true story of Billy the Kid, the centre has produced what it calls “series in depth,’’ including one of 20 programmes examining American law, one of 15 programmes about modem medicine, and another of 15 programmes reliving and examining the American West Mr Woodruff said many university people had found that they became better teachers through working wjth the television centre.