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University of Florida. News and Public Affairs.
Formerly, Division of Information and Publications Services.
Broadcast Tape 23. (Originally labeled John Thomas and Terry Waibel Report Master)
Date: ca. 1977
Duration: 00:50:17
Reporters: John Thomas and Terry Waibel
29 news and public service announcements produced by the Division of Information and Publications Services at the University of Florida. No date is given. However, the name of the Homecoming Sweetheart, Gale Suzann Smothers, places the date at 1977.
Originally produced on ¾” u-matic. Reformatted to Betacam SP in 2003 and MPEG-2 in 2005.
Tape contents
Segment 1
Title: [Hydrilla]
Date: ca. 1977
Duration: 00:01:41
File name" NPA2301
Sound portion is missing from part of this segment. An air boat is shown skimming over a swamp area and several men pull hydrilla out of the water. Later there is a lab scene and mention is made of the bacteria, which was found on the walls of the hydrilla.
Segment 2
Title: [CB Radios]
Date: ca. 1977
Duration: 00:01:24
File name: NPA2301
The University of Florida has spent over twenty years monitoring radio noises from the planet Jupiter. However, now there are problems with interference with CB radios which adversely affects the experiment.
Segment 3
Title: [Wind Experiment]
Date: ca. 1977
Duration: 00:04:13
File name: NPA2301
The report is not consistent. It has to do with an experiment being carried out in the Independent Life Building in Jacksonville. The wind velocity against the building is being compared with a wind tunnel set up in a lab.
Segment 4
Title: [Cancer and Slime]
Date: ca. 1977
Duration: 00:01:37
File name: NPA2302
A man is shown retrieving specimens from a fallen tree trunk. A lab is shown and the fungi taken from the tree is found to mimic the cellular fusion in cancer cells.
Segment 5
Title: [ROTC]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: Terry Waibel
Duration: 00:01:20
File name: NPA2302
ROTC members are shown in drilling and training exercises on the field next to the Stadium building. One of the officers explains that ROTC students don’t experience the antagonism from other students as they did in the past and that they are more readily accepted. As a consequence enrollment in the program has gone up. The UF ROTC program is the second in the eastern U.S. with the number of cadets commissioned as second lieutenants.
Segment 6
Title: [Solar Tracker]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: Terry Waibel
Duration: 00:00:39
File name: NPA2302
Norman Cope, a graduate student in engineering, made a breakthrough by designing a curved solar collector, which has a tracking device allowing the collector to move and follow the sun.
Segment 7
Title: [Starving Cattle]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: Terry Waibel
Duration: 00:01:21
File name: NPA2302
The coldest winter of the century has affected the growth of pasture grass for cattle and their access to food is affected as well as their reproduction.
Segment 8
Title: [Death Penalty]
Date: ca. 1977
Duration: 00:02:46
File name: NPA2303
A Dr. Samuels is interviewed regarding studies on the death penalty and whether or not it is a deterrent.
Segment 9
Title: [Florida Population Growth]
Date: ca. 1977
Duration: 00:03:58
File name: NPA2304
A woman (unidentified) is interviewed outside a building. She answers various questions about the slowing rate of Florida’s population growth.
Segment 10
Title: [Windmills]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:37
File name: NPA2305
University of Florida engineering students produced an award-winning device with a new twist – a windmill. The UF students won top honors among forty competing universities. Dr. Vernon Roan, mechanical engineering professor, suggests that as the cost of electricity increases there will be renewed interest in wind power.
Segment 11
Title: [S.T.A.C.]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:37
File name: NPA2306
The State University System joined with NASA and the State Department of Commerce to form the State Technology Application Center (S.T.A.C.). The S.T.A.C. library allows searches to be made for materials of many kinds.
Segment 12
Title: [Constitutional Revision Project]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:30
File name: NPA2307
Jon Mills, the head of the Center for Governmental Responsibility and over twenty legal researchers have worked for a year researching which will aid in identifying the most pressing problems in the state Constitution. Jon Mills mentions some of these. When they are finished the revisions will not go to the legislature for a vote but will go directly to the ballot.
Segment 13
Title: [Cypress Domes]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:18
File name: NPA2308
For the past four years students and faculty advisors have been studying the water filtering system in the cypress dome located north of Gainesville. They think that it might have applications in treating sewage. Dr. Katerine (Kathy) Ewel explains how the natural system works.
Segment 14
Title: [Breast Cancer]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:13
File name: File name: NPA2309
Dr. Gerald Stein explains the model, which has been developed as a way to train young women how to detect cancer. A model of a human breast filled with clear silicon gel with a pliable enclosure and small metal ball bearings to simulate tumors allows women to train their fingers to search for tumors.
Segment 15
Title: [Termites]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:36
File name: NPA2310
Dr. James Kimbrough discovered black lesions on termites and now he is studying ways to use this biological means to eradicate termite colonies rather than pesticides, which are more expensive and could harm other natural systems in the environment.
Segment 16
Title: [Florida Exports]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:19
File name: NPA2311
Recently it has been found that Florida exports are increasing and becoming competitive with tourism.
Segment 17
Title: [Solar Research]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:26
File name: NPA2312
Erich Farber’s experiments with solar energy in the solar house on Gainesville’s south side and his theory that solar energy can provide eighty-five percent of household energy is attracting attention. Farber is invited to many countries to speak.
Segment 18
Title: [Alligator Research]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:49
File name: NPA2313
The movements of young alligators are being tracked with the use of transmitters which are attached to the alligators. The attachment of the transmitter and the release of the alligator are shown.
Segment 19
Title: [Nuclear Laser]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:02:10
File name: NPA2313
A report on the development of a continuous nuclear powered laser beam by a group of University of Florida researchers. Dudley Carter, one of the researchers, explains the way it works. The project director is Richard Schneider.
Segment 20
Title: [Reggie Hannah]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:37
File name: NPA2314
Reggie Hannah, a student and gator basketball player, is introduced. The feature is a promo for the athletic and academic program at the University of Florida.
Segment 21
Title: [Super Cold]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:19
File name: NPA2315
Gary Ihas has been attempting to achieve the coldest temperature possible. The practical application would be the ability to cool down power lines so that energy could be transmitted more efficiently.
Segment 22
Title: [Rope Flywheel]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:19
File name: NPA2316
A hand-woven macramé rope flywheel was developed by Dr. Richard Schneider and his students. The flywheel can withstand the stress of 10,000 rotations per minute. It could possibly be used to save electricity.
Segment 23
Title: [Solar Energy Legislation]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:24
File name: NPA2317
Dr. Ryland D. Woodson, a legal researcher at the Center for Governmental Responsibility, was contracted to come up with recommended federal regulatory legislation for the solar energy industry.
Segment 24
Title: [Baseball Team]
Date: ca. 1977
Duration: 00:04:31
File name: NPA2318
Sound is lacking in some parts of this segment. There are views of the baseball team practicing at the baseball field. One of the coaches (or the head coach) is interviewed.
Segment 25
Title: [Turtles]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:39
File name: NPA2319
There are thirty large turtles in the front yard of the home of Dr. Walter Auffenberg. He collected them before they were placed on the endangered species list so that he could study their reproductive biology and behavior.
Segment 26
Title: [Salt Water Intrusion]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:04:37
File name: NPA2320
In response to the problem of salt water intrusion especially along Florida’s coastlines Dr. Bent Christensen, a professor of civil engineering, has developed a model in his lab which mimics the conditions of salt water intrusion. The model can speed up the process by doing in a few hours what might take a year along the coast. Dr. Christensen suggests that the state needs a long range plan to effect a balance.
Segment 27
Title: [Canoe Artifacts]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:59
File name: NPA2321
Artifacts, mainly ancient canoes, have been found at the bottom of Lake Cowpen once the water line receded due to drought. Associate professor, Barbara A. Purdy, expresses her concerns about the canoes fast rate of deterioration once they are uncovered if they cannot receive proper preservation attention.
Segment 28
Title: [Beauty Queen]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:28
File name: NPA2322
A profile of Gale Suzann Smothers the University of Florida Homecoming Sweetheart. She works out actively in the women’s gym.
Segment 29
Title: [Surfactants]
Date: ca. 1977
Reported by: John Thomas
Duration: 00:01:43
File name: NPA2323
Dr. Robert Walker, a chemical engineer, is working with surfactants (detergents) in order to find a more efficient method of extracting a larger percentage of oil. By increasing the amount of oil then the U.S. might be able to reduce the amount of foreign oil imports.
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