FALL LECTURES 



On Nature and People 

 Around the World 



A fine example of a crystate for- 

 mation caused by cell injury dur- 

 ing the early life of a saguaro 

 cactus. The life cycle of these 

 "sentinels of the desert" is one of 

 many unusual set/ucnces in the 

 filmon "Arizona, "to be presented 

 October 24. 



J. he fall series of Saturday afternoon 

 lectures for adults will be held in James 

 Simpson Theatre from October 3 

 through November 28. Lectures begin 

 at 2:30 p.m.; reserved seats are held for 

 Museum Members until 2:25 p.m. Fol- 

 lowing is the complete schedule: 



October 3 



"Audubon's Wilderness: 



The River Years" 



Leonard Hall 



The publication of Audubon's Birds 

 of America has been called the supreme 

 ornithological achievement of all time. 

 Now, for the first time, a brilliant docu- 

 mentary film brings to life the story be- 

 hind this monumental undertaking. 

 Naturalist Leonard Hall and his wife, 

 Virginia, probed historical sources in 

 America and abroad to reconstruct Au- 

 dubon's historic journey in 1820 down 

 the Ohio and Mississippi by flatboat to 

 New Orleans, and the months spent at 

 Oakley Plantation in Feliciana Parish. 

 Following this trail, the Halls traveled 

 thousands of miles to photograph the 

 scenes and sounds Audubon knew. Hall 

 accompanies their unique film with a 

 narration based on Audubon's own day- 

 by-day account of his adventures. 



October 10 

 "Alone Across Asia" 



Robert Moran 



The comparatively unknown peoples 

 of the world are the goal of Moran's 

 travels across Asia. His journey begins 

 in Syria, where he lived among Bedouins 



as guest of a sheik. In Persia, he wan- 

 dered with a camel caravan; in West 

 Pakistan he rode with fierce Baluchi 

 tribesmen, and camped with Brohi tribes. 

 Then across India to the highlands, 

 where he photographed the Bondo clans 

 at work and play. Journey's climax is 

 reached in the high and misty regions of 

 northern Burma. Through rough ter- 

 rain, made hazardous by leeches, tigers, 

 and snakes, Moran found the primitive 

 Nagas and stayed to film war dances, 

 the tatooing of women, and other aspects 

 of their tribal life. An engrossing film 

 study of some of the world's primitive 

 peoples. 



October 17 

 "Yugoslavia" 



J. Gerald Hooper 



Yugoslavia has bustling cities, quaint 

 architecture dating from the Middle 

 Ages, rural areas still untouched by 

 modern ways, and an Adriatic Riviera 

 second to none. All these are visited by 

 Gerald Hooper, who synchronizes on- 

 the-spot recordings of music and sound 

 with color film to bring his audience the 

 sense of being really there. 



Highlights of the film are Lake Bled, 

 beauty spot of the Julian Alps; Zagreb, 

 cultural capital; the Island of Zlarin 

 with its pretty girls and unusual jewelry 

 industry; historic Sarajevo; opera in the 

 Palace of Diocletian at Split; the me- 

 dieval atmosphere of Dubrovnik — "Pearl 

 of the Adriatic"; and St. Stefan, a fish- 

 ing village transformed into one of the 

 most unusual vacation resorts of Europe. 

 Throughout the trip, Hooper records his 

 vivid, sensitive impressions of people. 



October 24 

 "Arizona" 



Robert Davis 



Davis contends that the 48th state to 

 be admitted to the Union is a Utopia 

 for every vacationer. Each film se- 

 quence strengthens his argument, be- 

 ginning with Arizona's archaeological 

 treasures, which are unsurpassed in any 

 other area of the United States. Bota- 

 nists and zoologists delight in Arizona's 

 national parks and monuments, and its 

 vast desert, fragrant with spring flowers. 

 For the geologist there are seven periods 

 of time to explore at altitudes from 137 

 to 12,600 feet. The anthropologist must 

 visit Oraibi Pueblo on the Hopi Reser- 

 vation; in this oldest continuously occu- 

 pied village in the United States some 

 of the finest examples of Indian arts and 

 crafts are produced. Businessmen find 

 interest in the growth of manufactur- 

 ing, which has already overtaken the 

 state's rich mining and agricultural out- 

 put. And for children there is the pure 

 fun of exploring ghost towns like Jerome, 

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