Bernard Wilets

The Trial of Socrates

Bernard Wilets

Victor Buono

First of the Man And the State series, dramatizing the character of Socrates in the context of his 339 B.C. trial, posing questions about if the state has the right to silence individuals.

Discovering Electronic Music: Revised

Bernard Wilets

Jean-Claude Risset

A short educational documentary on early electronic composition and synthesizers.

The Bill of Rights in Action: Freedom of Speech

Bernard Wilets

An overview of the First Amendment.

The Cask of Amontillado

Bernard Wilets

Robert O'Hara

The classic story of horror and revenge, involving a specially prepared chamber where prized amontillado is supposed to be stored, is told in pictures with narration.

Discovering The Music Of Japan

Bernard Wilets

In a beautiful teahouse setting, the historical background and current social role of three major Japanese instruments, the koto, the shamisen and the shakuhachi, are discussed. Includes traditional Japanese singing and playing, with a performance by an ensemble of the instruments.

The Veldt

Bernard Wilets

The Hadley's new house does everything for them - it cooks, does the housework, reads to them, even comforts them. The playroom brings the Hadley children's fantasies to life in full color, three dimensions and odorphonics. However, Mr. and Mrs. Hadley are increasingly terrified by the images and sounds of the the African Veldt.

Environment

Bernard Wilets

Robert Cornthwaite, John A. Dean

Inspired in part by the Irwin Allen film The Story of Mankind (1957), Environment is a featurette that is a cross between a Pirandello play, a science fiction film by Edward D. Wood Jr., and a mundane scientific documentary. The premise is that five individuals from one community, Eagle Valley, are abducted by aliens who then put them on trail for environmental crimes as typical representatives of the human race. Environment was primarily shown in high schools to stimulate discussion on the balance of nature, pollution, and human consumption.

Zero Hour

Bernard Wilets

Presents a story about a girl and her friends who play a strange game called invasion. The girl's mother becomes alarmed when she discovers that the invasion is to come from outer space, and she begins to wonder what will happen at zero hour.

Rescue Party

Bernard Wilets

Presents a story about a spaceship from the Galactic Federation which is given a mission to rescue the inhabitants of Earth before the Sun explodes.