“THROUGH THE TV TUBE“ HOW TO TEACH REMOTELY ON TELEVISION 1960s TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM XD37684

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website “Through the TV Tube“ is an educational film from the 1960s about how to teach via television (but might help you with Zoom). It is hosted by Bill Mitchell and features history teacher Mrs. Marydale Gray. It was presented by the Florida Institute for Continuing University Studies, and produced by WEDU in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida. Marydale Gray was a beloved instructor at Sarasota High School who once hosted first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. (1:10) Mrs. Marydale Gray walks in to introduce her lesson (2:00) Cartoon symbolizing “warmth” (2:19) Cartoon symbolizing “enthusiasm” (2:29) Cartoon symbolizing “sincerity” (2:28) Cartoon symbolizing “appearance” (2:51) Cartoon symbolizing “poise” (3:50) Mrs. Gray walks over to a map to demonstrate the use of a visual (5:41) Still images of a studio set up and crew, a woman speaking enthusiastically to a camera, a man behind a camera filming a woman speaking at a desk, and a woman with index finger up as she talks to a camera, demonstrating assertiveness (7:10) Bill demonstrates what not to do (7:32) Cartoon with a man saying “Just think now he can reach thousands” as viewers behind a TV set fall asleep. Mrs. Gray talks about avoiding “multiple mediocrity” and how to use a personal conversational approach with good eye contact (11:12) Mrs. Gray reviews main points covered as still images reappear: studio technique, ease, relaxation, personality, talking with the camera, eye contact (12:19) She introduces next part of lesson on pairs. First: pacing and timing using the story of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 (13:14) Reaching over to display a Bowie knife as camera zooms in (13:59) Fade in to a still image of the Alamo with a canon in the front. Pans to a man standing on the building (14:20) Still of Davy Crockett with gun in air (14:30) Still image of men running towards the Alamo (14:48) Still of fighting between Americans, led by James Bowie and William B. Travis, and Mexican troops (15:30) A Bowie knife, named after James Bowie, held on a holster on person’s thigh. Bowie knife is stabbed into Texas graphic (17:11) Discussion of movement and gestures (18:33) Gestures to not do, including shaking finger and waving directly at the camera (19:00) Discussion on planning and preparation. Stills of woman reading books, pamphlets, looking through film cans, at a typewriter, and looking over a script (20:40) Discussion of voice and speech (21:50) What not to do: a man looks down and moves around as he sits and talks (23:00) Discussion of pitch and inflection (23:12) Woman talks to demonstrate what not to do (24:35) Flipchart that says STUDIO TECHNIQUE. Flips to PACING and TIMING; MOVEMENT and GESTURE; PLANNING, PREPARATION, REHEARSAL; and VOICE and SPEECH (25:36) Mrs. Gray reviews as the text TEAM appears on the bottom of the frame (29:06) PLANNING ORGANIZATION PREPARATION text appears to the right of her (26:44) AUDIO appears on the bottom of the frame (27:01) RELAX appears on the bottom of the frame (27:33) Mrs. Gray wraps up and Bill walks in to conclude program (28:05) Title card “THROUGH THE TV TUBE” and ending credits We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit