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TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, THE {THE 21ST CENTURY}: MYSTERY OF LIFE (TV)
Summary
One in this series of documentaries. In this program, Walter Cronkite investigates genetic research. He explains, briefly, the latest advances in molecular biology; he then talks with Walter Sullivan, science editor of The New York Times, and with university professors from Oxford University and the California Institute of Technology. Topics include genetic experimentation and selective breeding, fetology and genetic counseling for family planning, as well as the fear of genetic manipulation. Commercials deleted.
Preservation of the Post–World War II American Television Documentary Collection is supported in part by a Federal Save America’s Treasures grant administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 26, 1967 6:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:43
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: T81:0029
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Public affairs/Documentaries; Genetic engineering; Genetics; Biology
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1967-1970
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Burton Benjamin … Executive Producer, Writer
- Isaac Kleinerman … Producer
- Peter Poor … Associate Producer
- James Jackson … Associate Producer
- Mel Ferber … Director
- Walter Cronkite … Narrator
- Walter Sullivan