VIDEO REFERENCE GUIDE


This Guide can be used to quickly and easily locate a particular topic or an area of special interest. The Guide breaks the film down into segments which are keyed to specific content and timed. It will be especially useful for focussed study or for general review.

On the other hand, because of time constraints, teachers who would like to show the entire film to their class may have no option but to present it in shorter sections. A convenient schedule might involve 4 screenings of roughly 30 minutes each. The following proposed screening schedule factors in natural breaks in the story line:

Part 1 - Segments 1 through 5 RT: 31 minutes
Part 2 - Segments 6 through 10 RT: 30 minutes
Part 3 - Segments 11 through 14 RT: 27 minutes
Part 4 - Segments 15 through 19 RT: 29 minutes

Segment Subject Starts at:
Hour/min*
1 Introduction/Overview
(historical background/major accomplishments/issues and controversies) 		01:00
2 Personal Background
(Family/education/early influences/
race/community/UCLA/Harvard/"Talented Tenth") 		01:08
3 Howard University Years
(teacher/scholar/activist/marriage/Depression/New Deal/"Young Turks"/National Negro Congress) 		01:18
4 Harvard/Europe/Africa
(award/field research on colonialism/Ph.D. thesis/return to Howard) 		01:25
5 Ethiopian Conquest
(Mussolini/imperialism/colonialism/League of Nations/
A World View of Race) 		01:28
6 Fascist Threat
 (Rise of Hitler/African American perspective/
Communism/resignation from National Negro Congress) 		01:33
7 World War II
(Blitzgreig/OSS/Pearl Harbor/US Government Service/the "insider" controversy) 		01:37
8 Founding of the UN
 (Allied Victory/post-war planning/drafting UN Charter/self-determination and future of colonies) 		01:41
9 UN Trusteeship
(Director of Trusteeship/transition to independence/non-self-governing territories/controversy with Du Bois, etc./India becomes independent) 		01:49
10 Palestine and the UN
(British Mandate/struggle for independence/conflict between Arabs and Jews/UNSCOP/Partition vs. Federation)
01:53
11 Partition of Palestine
 (UN votes for partition/State of Israel declared/Israeli-Arab War/Bernadotte killed/Bunche named acting mediator) 		02:00
12 Armistice Negotiations
 (Rhodes talks/conflict negotiation technique/triumphant return to NY) 		02:07
13 The Nobel Peace Prize
(Honors/family man/Father of the Year) 		02:16
14 Loyalty Board Hearings
(Accusations/McCarthy/Bunche cleared/Cold War/appointed Under-Secretary General) 		02:19
15 1956 Suez Crisis
 (Nasser/Pearson/UNEF/Peacekeeping techniques/
UN troubleshooter) 		02:27
16 Independence Movement
(Africa/decolonization/Ghana independence ceremonies) 		02:31
17 Congo Crisis
(Independence/rebellion/Lumumba killed/Hammarskjold death/worldwide reaction/success or failure of UN policy)
02:38
18 Civil Rights
(March on Washington/Selma-to-Montgomery/Civil Rights Act/pressure on US) 		02:46
19 Summary/Review
(Commentary on life & legacy/leadership/Bunche statement)
02:50

* Timing is approximate