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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - Introduction of William Ferris and B.B. King
(2000)
In the first segment Stephen Yessum, Director of the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Washington D.C., introduces William Ferris and B.B. King. Genre: Educational Keywords: Future of the Blues; B.B. King; Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; William Ferris; author; folklorist; film maker; academic administrator; Encyclopedia of Southern Culture; Director of Center for Southern Culture; plays guitar; Duration: 00:01:17 Popularity (downloads): 310 |
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Interview with Dr. William Ferris
(2007)
Genre: Educational Keywords: Bill Ferris; folklore; folklife; American South; humanities; music; popular culture; technology; Duration: 00:29:42 Popularity (downloads): 12 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - Introduction of B.B. King by William Ferris
(2000)
In the second segment William Ferris introduces B.B. King Genre: Educational Keywords: Smithsonian; 20th century; America's contributions; century of the blues; American music; jazz; country; gospel;classical; poetry; literature; visual arts; single most important blues artist of this century; Beal Street; King of the Blues; Duration: 00:02:35 Popularity (downloads): 303 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King with William Ferris
(2000)
This video recording was made on January 2, 2000 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.as part of the "American Voices" presentations at the "Millennium on the Mall" celebrations. Transcript... Genre: Educational Keywords: Future of the Blues; B.B. King; Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; William Ferris; author; folklorist; film maker; academic administrator; Encyclopedia of Southern Culture; Director of Center for Southern Culture; plays guitar; Duration: 01:02:00 Popularity (downloads): 454 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King, a Living Library
(2000)
In the ninth segment William Ferris praises B.B. King as a "living library." Genre: Educational Keywords: Pepticon; tonic; melodic line; progressions; keeping the beat; Duration: 00:04:48 Popularity (downloads): 414 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King, "The Thrill Is Gone"
(2000)
In the tenth segment B.B. King sings "The Thrill Is Gone" to his own guitar accompaniment. William Ferris plays backup acoustic rhythm guitar. Genre: Educational Keywords: "The Thrill is Gone"; key of A; Duration: 00:04:43 Popularity (downloads): 493 |
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Eudora Welty and Cleanth Brooks in Jackson
(1988)
The entire video (second part) of the interview between Eudora and Cleanth Brooks in Jackson on June 30, 1988. This is the digital version of VT-20367/34 of the William Ferris... Genre: Educational Keywords: Eudora Welty; Cleanth Brooks; American literature; southern literature; Duration: 00:38:35 Popularity (downloads): 466 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Early Musical Education
(2000)
In the third segment William Ferris and B.B. King discuss his musical education until age 14. Genre: Educational Keywords: Itta Bene, Mississippi; Indianola, Mississippi; divorce; Greenwood, Mississippi; Tupelo, Mississippi; Elvis Presley; religious mother; church; Pastor Archie Fair; guitar playing in church; Church of God in Christ Sanctified; blues; gospel; Reverend Utah Smith; electric guitar; Blind Lemmon Jefferson; Lonnie Johnson; Blind Blake; Reverend Gates; Robert Johnson; great aunt; victrola phonograph; 78 records; Duration: 00:04:04 Popularity (downloads): 556 |
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Salton Honored - A SMART Celebration: IR other than Statistics?
(1995)
The second speaker, William Cooper, gave the talk - Can IR founded on any science other than statistitcs? Genre: Lecture Keywords: Information Retrieval; IR; SMART; Cornell; 30 Years; Computer Science; William Cooper; Science; Statistics Duration: 00:30:47 Popularity (downloads): 1285 |
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[Hats in Ring: Knowland, Knight Declare Candidacy]
(1950)
Senator William Knowland (publisher, Oakland Tribune) announces candidacy in the Republican primary for Governor of California. Incumbent Governor Goodwin Knight accuses him of national ambition. Attorney General Edmund G. Brown,... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Newsreels; Political campaigns and elections: California; Knowland, William; Duration: 00:49:00 Popularity (downloads): 336 |
