ESSENTIALS OF FREEDOM

Duration: 30 min

Year Published: 1957

Creator: WOSU

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Titles are: 1. CONDITION OF FREEDOM. Discusses liberty as a changeable concept, the "climate" for liberty, and "threats" to freedom. Stresses individual responsibility to institutions, community, and government. 2. FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION. Explores the freedom of communication with emphasis on freedom of the press. Stresses the necessity of a responsibility-informed people as essential to freedom. Discusses the importance of the newspaper owner, educator, and clergyman as the trustees of freedom. 3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM. Examines the strengths and weaknesses of free enterprise. Discusses the difficulty of transplanting the American concept of free enterprise to other countries. Points out governmental responsibility with respect to the economic system as a whole. 4. FREEDOM AND RELIGION. Discusses religion as a force of individual freedom. Stresses the theses that the family is the core of freedom and freedom can be found only in obedience. 5. FREEDOM OF THE INDIVIDUAL. Discusses the freedom of the individual with emphasis on the scientist and the artist. Includes a debate on scientific achievement and the necessity to combat mass determination of taste. 6. POLICY FOR A FREE WORLD. Discusses United States foreign policy. Presents viewpoints concerning the relationship of foreign policy to military policy. Questions the possibility of atomic war. Concludes that the most important problem today is the use of force.

Complete Record: Source: NET Interest level: c-ad Price: rent ea $4.75 Format: sd b&w

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)