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Television news production techniques 1969-1971. 09:27.

Animals get lonely in winter with fewer human visitors. 01:11. Louise Degn's note: This was my first TV news story. I interviewed Hogle Zoo director LaMar Farnsworth on the phone to get the facts, wrote the script, then went to the zoo with photographer Darius Gray to shoot it. I knew nothing about TV journalism as my emphasis in journalism school was newspaper journalism. Darius sat me down at a picnic table at the zoo and explained how TV news stories worked with A and B rolls. My voice sounds very amateurish as I'd had no voice training. Soon KSL hired Rex Campbell, a KSL radio legend, to give me voice lessons. Photographer/Editor: Darius Gray. Script available.

New behavior modification technique to treat children with autism. 02:20. Louise Degn's note: This story has natural sound of the classroom, which was a rare thing since there were only two sound cameras for the entire newsroom. Typical of news stories of this era, interviews are long. The parent story (Story 1) is 45 seconds long and the principal story (Story 2) is 37 seconds long. I'm not sure if the second story has been reconstructed correctly for this DVD since there was additional silent film left over. It is included under the "additional film" button. It shows a teacher employing a Behavior Modification technique to teach an autistic child to sit still and pay attention in class. Original scripts available.

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A feature story on autumn leaves. 01:11.

A Thanksgiving Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. 01:33.

Christmas lights downtown Salt Lake City. 01:08.

New concerns about development, pollution, zoning around the lake. 01:32. Louise Degn's note: The environmental movement was part of the broader social changes that took place in the mid 1960s through the 1970s and was still in its early stages in 1969. Rural counties resisted placing governmnetal control over land yet were overwhelmed by the influx of growth. For these stories, I did research on the phone ahead of time. I shot the stories on a Bell and Howell silent camera over the course of two days. There are no interviews or stand-ups because spending that much time on a news story out of town was unusual and sending a second person with a camera was unthinkable. Photographer/Editor: Louise Degn. Original scripts available.

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Antique car collector, M. B. Held, in Farmington, Utah. 02:13. Louise Degn's note: In those days, I often travelled the back roads from Salt Lake to Ogden where my mother lived. Driving through Farmington, I'd always see a neat row of antique cars in a field located behind the house at 547 North Main, east of Lagoon. One day I stopped to investigate. The photographer on this story was Darius Gray. He shot the interview with an Airflex sound camera. The beginning uses old archival film of "horseless carriages" from a historic stock footage archive owned by KSL. I wanted to recreate that look for the ending of the story, so Darius used a Bolex silent camera, which has variable speed settings. He shot the scene in a slower speed so that when it was projected back at normal speed, it looks faster than normal. After three months on the job, this was the first story I did at KSL that I thought "worked". Photographer/Editor: Darius Gray. Original script available.

Street numbering system is off in Avenues and West Side. 01:18. Louise Degn's note: I'd lived in Salt Lake for five months in an apartment on 3rd Avenue. All my life I'd heard about Brigham Young's well-ordered street grid system and thought this anomaly in the numbering system was very odd. I shot the story with a Bell and Howell silent camera. In those days, the sound and picture were not edited together before the newscast but were mixed live on air (see Item 1 on this disc about Early TV News). Since this story has quick cuts, it was out-of-sync on the 6pm news. I was furious! At 10pm, however, they were more careful and got it right. In recreating these stories for DVD, I had the luxury of syncing sound and picture as close as possible. The original voice track was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. In 1972, the city of Salt Lake fixed the numbering problem by renaming First West as Second West, etc. The north streets were also renamed since they too were off-numbered. The Avenues numbering, however, was not changed. Photographer/Editor: Louise Degn. Original script available.

Controversy over new publicly funded birth control clinics. 01:34. Louise Degn's note: The Birth Control Pill was introduced to the U.S. in 1960 and ushered in a social revolution regarding sexuality. The first publicly funded birth control clinic in Utah opened in 1968, so the social, medical and religious issues surrounding family planning were still new and controversial when this series ran in 1970. The prediction made in Story 1 that one day "houses and buildings will stretch from Ogden to Provo in one continuous super city" seemed far-fetched to many people in 1970, but proved to be true within 20-25 years. The stand-up in Story 1 is outside the Salt Lake County government complex at 21st South and State Street. The buildings, which formerly housed a county hospital, were torn down and replaced by a new government complex in 1986. Original scripts available.

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New wilderness survival technique to treat mentally ill patients. 01:11.

Lagoon's roller coaster. 01:37.

New program to simplify national park fees. 01:50. Louise Degn's note: This story consists of one long stand-up, in two takes, without cue cards. Although stories in this era contained relatively few visuals, it is unusual that this story contained none. It was, I think, something we saw on the newswire and I ran out to do a quick story simply to have something to go on the air. Script available.

The newly organized Utah Women's Liberation group in Utah. 01:56. Louise Degn's note: The Women's Movement began with the publication of The Feminine Mystique in 1963 by Betty Freidan. At that time, women could generally not open bank accounts or buy homes in their own name; they rarely had jobs other than as teachers, nurses or secretaries and most middle-class women quit their employment at the time of marriage. They rarely participated in vigorous sports nor challenged men in intellectual endeavors. The Women's Liberation Movement questioned assumptions about family, social and economic life and was controversial from the beginning. This series of stories attempted to explain the point of view of this new movement. Viewing these stories with 32 years hind-sight, I think they are very opinionated, advocating a point of view rather than reporting on a topic. Now, as a journalism teacher, I'd make a student of mine be more objective. The interview and stand-up in Story 1 were shot on sound film by Gene Minshall. The scenes of the nurse, secretary and telephone operator were shot on silent film. The sound of the telephone operators was recorded on audio tape and mixed later with the reporter narration. The stand-up was shot outside the Mountain Bell office on the northwest corner of 1st South and State Street.

02:05. Louise Degn's note: Except for the stand-up at the beginning, this story was shot entirely on silent film and the interview was recorded on audio tape.

01:58. Louise Degn's note: I shot the meeting at the Unitarian Church with a silent Bell and Howell camera (using the wrong f-stop, thus the film came out very dark.)

01:58. Louise Degn's note: Stories 4-5 consist mainly of an interview, which was not too uncommon for news stories in 1970. Original scripts available.

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50th anniversary of women's right to vote. 00:52. Louise Degn's note: Only remnants of flm of this story remains. See scripts for entire stories. Different versions for 6pm and 10pm newscasts. Original scripts available.

New environmental hazards of phosphates in laundry detergents. 01:04. Louise Degn's note: In 1970, it was still unusual for individuals to challenge a large corporation, like a soap manufacturer, and demand change in its products. The concept of "corporate citizenship" was unheard of. Original scripts available.

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Brigham Young's grave site on 1st Avenue. 02:00. Louise Degn's note: I lived in the Avenues and walked to work at KSL, located at Social Hall Avenue between State Street and 2nd East. At that time, the lot east of the Brigham Young Cemetary was a vacant field and an old wooden staircase connected that field to a parking lot below on South Temple. I'd use the staircase on occassion and was fascinated to see the cemetary because even though I'd lived in Utah my entire life and was raised LDS, I'd never known about this place. I realized most Utahns also didn't know of it either and thought it would be interesting to do a little historical education piece on it. Note how the intersection of South Temple and Main Street looked before Main Street in front of the LDS temple was sold to the LDS church and closed to traffic in 1999. The original voice track for this story was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original script available.

A new way to price items at the grocery store. 01:48. Louise Degn's note: Original script available.

Acting company in Logan, Utah, performs in historic renovated theatre. 01:11. Louise Degn's note: I shot the story with a Bell and Howell silent camera. The original voice track was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original script available.

Women's softball team in Utah. 01:16. Louise Degn's note: In the 1970s, few women participated in organized sports as highschools and colleges did not often have competitive inter-school leaugues for women. Sports also had separate rules for women; i.e. women could only pay half-court basketball. Overall, it was considered unfeminine for females to develop muscles and be too competitive. In this milieu, The Shamrocks were the only serious women's sports team in Utah. I once played basketball against them in a county recreation league and they trounced us. They were vastly superior to any other local team. In 1972, the federal government passed Title IX, a law requiring equal spending for men's and women's sport teams in the schools. Gradually, women gained greater opportunity and many competitve female athletes developed. Original script available.

New community-based treatment for mental illness. 02:11. Louise Degn's note: The patient-rights movement, along with other social movements, was beginning to gain ground in the mid to late 1960s. In response to a federal law, states were closing down large, centralized hospitals which had warehoused mentally ill patients for years and moving them to smaller, community-based facilities. I am struck at the naivete of the statement in my stand-up, quoting Sue Motz, saying that a woman hospitalized for 24 years could soon return home simply because she's now being treated in a community facility. This illustrated the great hope people place in these new treatments. People could not have realized in 1970 that the under-funding of these community treatment centers and the tightening of federal commitment laws would contribute to the vast homeless problem that surfaced in the 1980s. One aspect of the patient-rights movement, though, had not yet materialized in 1970 as we were given free access to film the patients' faces without consent forms. The stand-up is outside the facility at the Salt Lake County government complex on 21st South and State Street. Original script available.

Television news production techniques 1969-1971. 09:27.

The Colonel Enos Wall Mansion, 411 East South Temple. 01:56. Louise Degn's not: I asked two actors to dress up in "old-fashioned" formal attire to recreate the look of guests arriving at the mansion, riding the elevator, entering the ballroom, etc. only to see it transformed into the modern day (i.e. ugly) classroom. Several times during my career I tried to recreate scenes with actors; seldom did they work. The opening stand-up, original voice track and music were lost and the latter two have been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original script available.

The David Keith Mansion, 529 East South Temple. 02:12. Louise Degn's note: Terracor, the land-development company which occupied the mansion eventually went out of business. Their big poject, Stansbury Park (near Tooele) never took off and it took Tooele County another 30 years before it began to see large-scale growth. Unlike Devereaux and Wall, the Keith Mansion had been used as a home until the previous year. I talked to the home's last resident on the telephone. She was very helpful in telling me about the mansion but when asked why she sold it, she became disconcerted. Apparently, in polite society, one does not ask such things. The closing production elements are missing in this story. It should turn to black and white, freeze and old-fashioned scroll-work should frame the people to make it look like a photograph from the 1900 time period. Original script available.

The Devereaux House, 334 West South Temple. 02:12. Louise Degn's note: This mansion fascinated me the most of all three. I could see the elegance underneath the wreck and thought it would never have the chance at revival since it was in an industrial part of the city. Little did I realize that the western part of downtown Salt Lake City would soon become as valuable as the eastern part. The mansion was included on the National Register of Historic Places in March of 1971, six months after this story aired. In 1979, the State of Utah purchased the building. It was renovated and turned into a restuarant as part of the Triad Center development in 1984-1985. Original script available.

Children's show on public television begins its 2nd year. 01:58.

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Profile of Ballet West wardrobe mistress. 02:28. Louise Degn's note: The film from the first part of the story is lost.

A description of the Salvation Army religion. 02:02. Louise Degn's note: Like most people, I did not realize that the Salvation Army was a religion. I learned that fact reading a story in a Chicago newspaper during my graduate days at Northwestern University. The original voice track of this story was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original handwritten script and typescript are both available.

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Students teach other students in Weber School District. 02:13. Louise Degn's note: The original voice track of this story was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original script available.

History of LDS pioneer tabernacle to be torn down. 01:30. Louise Degn's note: I love old buildings. In fact, I quit KSL in Septmebr of 1980 to study restoration architecture for 18 months, so when I was alerted to the story by a newspaper article, I was eager to do a feature story and get a first-hand look at the Coalville Tabernacle. Five days later, the story erupted with public demonstrations and a legal challenge. It was the first time, I recall, that the LDS church was challenged publicly in this way by its own members. The prevailing ethic of the time was to tear old buildings down and build modern ones. Coalville was not the only tabernacle torn down. Utah restoration architect Alan Roberts made an inventory in 1974 of pioneer Mormon tabernacles and found that of 43 buildings, 22 had been demolished and 21 remained, most of which had been renovated. It seems that this story was an example of the LDS church not knowing how to handle public relations. The Church saw its communication lines as moving through Priesthood channels rather than through the public media. Criticism was thought of as "challenging truth" and leaders had little experience answering questions in a public forum. The next LDS church president, Spencer W. Kimball, tried to extend himself to the media, though he was never comfortable doing so. The LDS church truly mastered public relations under President Gordon B. Hinkley during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. For further reading, see Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. V, No. 4/Winter 1970. I wrote the second of the three articles as "Anonymous" as I was still employed at KSL at the time. Original script available.

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Court stops demolition. Public demonstrations against LDS Church. 02:08. Louise Degn's note: The original voice track of this story was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original script available.

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Court lifts stay, allowing demolition. 01:43. Louise Degn's note: The original voice track of this story was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original script available.

Court hearing, stake president interview. 01:50.

Court hearing, attorney interview. 02:00.

Coalville church members begin demolition of tabernacle. 03:03. Louise Degn's note: Viewing the stand-up with 30 years of hind-sight, I think it is biased and one-sided. The stand-up did not run in the 6pm version of the story, however I showed it to my supervisor (Ted Capener) before editing it into the 10pm version. He advised against using it, but said I could if I wanted to. So I did. The story angered Church leaders who thought their own station had betrayed them. By Friday, their displeasure had rumbled down through the hierarchy to my supervisor who sternly reprimanded me. Specifically, he asked why I had neglected to include the statement issued on Wednesday (the day of the demolition) by the First Presidency of the LDS Church. I had seen the statement on the newswire but had dismissed it because it contained no new information. I have since learned in my journalism career that the fact that a statement is issued is news itself, regardless of the content. Historical Note: The building in the background of the Fitzen interview is the three-story Bank of Utah building on the southwest corner of State and South Temple, which was later torn down. Original script available.

Demolition. 03:36.

Demolition, sheriff interview. 01:10.

Aftermath. 02:42. Louise Degn's note: Original script available.

A new piano manufacturing plant in Logan pollutes the air. 01:45. Louise Degn's note: I got into trouble with this story too. The Wurlitzer people called my supervisor, Ted Capener, and said that I'd been trespassing on their property. I thought I was just doing what I'd been assigned--covering a controversial issue in Logan. Wurlitzer had declined to be interviewed, so I'd just gotten the story without them. After two controversial stories, Ted was probably glad that I left the newsroom during the spring of that year to finish my Master's Degree at Northwestern University. Technical Note: The video flutter at the beginning of the story was caused by broken sprocket holes on the original film while it was being transferred to video for this 2002 reconstruction. The original voice track of this story was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original script available.

Founder of the diet business, Jean Nidetch, visits Salt Lake City. 01:32. Louise Degn's note: At the time, Weight Watchers was becoming very popular throughout the country. It began a trend in commercial weight-loss businesses. It is interesting to note the Salt Lake City scenes in the background. In the first section of film you can see the Walgreen Drug store, a five or six story building located on the southwest corner of Main and South Temple. As Jean Nidetch walks in front of the Hotel Utah (now the Joseph Smith Memorial Building), in the background you can see cars driving along Main Street between North and South Temple, a block that was permanently closed to traffic in 1999. In the second section of silent film, you can see the old ZCMI department store building with its series of mini shops facing the street. The building was replaced by an indoor mall. Original audio track and script are missing. The A roll only is available.

A new fad of young people hitchhiking across America. 02:57. Louise Degn's note: The audio on this story is difficult to hear. I think it was OK when the story was originally broadcast but got distorted during the film-to-tape transfer for this reconstruction. To assist clarity, I transcribed the first section of audio onto the screen. This was NOT done for the original story, however. Original handwritten script available.

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A new Robert Smithson sculpture in the Great Salt Lake off Promontory Point. 02:02. Louise Degn's note: The film was shot on a silent film camera. The aerials were shot from the KSL traffic airplane, which means the pilot and photographer was probably Jack Ford. The sounds of the airplane and the lake were recorded on audio tape separately and mixed with the reporter narration. Several years later I did another story on another piece of earth sculpture, Sun Tunnels, installed north of Wendover. Sun Tunnels was created by Smithson's widow, Nacy Holt. She made the tunnels at a plant in Lehi and let me take home one of the concrete cores removed to make the "stars" in each of the constellations. I sealed the "star" with a shiny goop and used it as a doorstop in my home for years. Original script available.

Utah Art League sponsors a fair in East Canyon. 01:56. Louise Degn's note: Film for the first part of the story is missing. Original script available.

The Texas oil billionaire visits Salt Lake City. 01:36.

Israeli/Palestinian conflic. 30:00.

Manufacturers' trade show at McCormick Place, Chicago. 01:35.

Sam Chatman and Walter Vincent. 01:43.

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Bill Ecker and Tom Davis ride horseback from Texas to Alaska. 01:40.

2nd annual body painting festival at the University of Utah. 01:18.

Rose Keith of Blanding, Utah, traditional rug weaver. 01:40.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) historian Glen Leonard explores myths about pioneer story. 02:03.

Renovation of 1927 Wurlitzer organ played by Mike Ohman. 02:13.

Year-end summary of story. 02:47.

Profile of chorus skater Judy Roof. 01:48.

Polygamist leader Rulon Allred is assassinated 05:53. Louise Degn's note: Late afternoon May 10, 1977, the KSL assignment person heard on the police scanner about a murder in Murray City and asked me to go on it. She had no additional information. While driving there, John Hollenhorst, another reporter, called on the two-way to say the victim might be a polygamist, a member of the "Church of the Lamb of God." We arrived in time to get film of the body being wheeled to the ambulance. A group of very distraught people was standing outside the one-story, brick medical clinic where a Dr. Rulon Allred had been shot. In 1977 polygamists were left alone by the authorities, following the bad publicity of the "Short Creek" raids in the 1950s. They lived hidden among the larger society. I approached the group. "I understand he was a member of the Church of the Lamb of God." One man shot back, angrily yelling, "Them's the ones that did it!" That was the first indication to the general public of the feud among the polygamy groups. I talked more with them and returned the next day to interview a friend, William Baird, and Nephi Allred, Dr. Allred's son. The group's initial reaction was right. Ervil LeBaron, leader of the Church of the Lamb of God, eventually was convicted of this murder, as well as others, in his bloody fight for sole control of the polygamy groups.

Concert pianist Lili Krause instructs students at Brigham Young University (BYU). 01:48.

7th annual festival on Main Street. 01:54.

This series ran prior to Gary Gillmore's execution on 17 January 1977. 00:30.

History of Utah capital punishment law (Ed Yeates, reporter). 01:37.

Executions of John D. Lee, Don Jesse Neil, Joe Hill. (Ed Yeates, reporter). 02:14.

Methods of execution. (Ed Yeates, reporter). 01:55.

Voice of Gary Gillmore explaining his decision to be executed. 01:32.

Moral and religious views on capital punishment. Interview: Monsignor W. H. McDougall, Catholic Diocese. 02:35.

Execution as a deterrent to crime. 02:02.

History of changing lake levels. 01:45.

What is threatened by rising lake level. 01:47.

Proposed solutions to control lake level. 02:18.

Arguments for breaching Southern Pacific causeway. 02:15.

Arguments against breaching Southern Pacific causeway. 02:03.

Forecasting lake level. 01:51.

Harmful effects of violent TV shows. 02:03.

Beneficial effects of pro-social TV shows. 01:53.

Influencing TV programming with product boycotts. 01:53.

Groups trying to influence TV programming. 01:53.

Lynn Scoresby family regulates TV viewing. 02:04.

Profile of Luciano Hernandez Family. 01:13.

Health care for migrant families. Interview: John Steven Lujan, Utah Migrant Council. 01:34.

Job training for children of migrant families. Interview: Frank Vidaurii, Migrant Worker. 01:24.

Legal status of migrant workers. Interview: Gerald D. Fasbender, United States Immigration Service. 01:34.

11:00. Louise Degn's note: On Saturday, 05 June 1976, I was working in the newsroom and received a telephone call from a woman saying she had relatives in Idaho and heard the Teton Dam had broken. I had no idea what or where that was so I got out an Idaho map and determined what county that was in and called the sheriff's office. The officer who answered said, yes, there was a small break in the dam but it was not serious. I put that sound bite on KSL Radio news. Shortly -- I can't recall how we knew -- we discovered it was more serious so we decided to go up. Bob Greenwell, the photographer, was also a pilot, so he rented a small plane and we flew to Idaho landing in a cornfield. We thumbed our way around the area, interviewing people and shooting film of the flood. We waded into one street, not knowing where we were, and shouted to a man, "What street is this?" "Main Street," he answered., so that's where I did my stand-up. Taking off in the plane on the cornfield dirt road was harrowing. Bob later told me that we cleared a fence at the end of the field by just feet. We flew around the area and using an aviation map I could pinpoint exact towns that were under water and those that were safe. That type of exact information is crucial to people with loved ones in the area and the very information that is often lacking in the initial news reports of disasters. We got back to the station by 10 p.m., splattered in mud and soaked with floodwater and I went on the air with a report, the only Utah station to have original on-the-ground pictures. The people we interviewed that day were the ones we did follow-up reports with at six months and two years.

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Reconstruction of homes in Sugar City. 02:50.

Reconstruction of buildings in Sugar City. 02:10.

Reconstruction in Rexburg. 01:34.

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Walters Family. 02:50.

Reconstruction of farm land. Brent Barrus. 01:33.

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Recordings postponed due to low record sales. 01:23.

Abravanel 75th birthday concert. 01:40.

Interview with acoustician Cyril M. Harris. 06:10.

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Ballet West performs in Cedar City. Unedited film. 04:04.

Profile of Ballet West principal dancer, Victoria Morgan, and choreographer, Bruce Marks. Premier of "Sanctus." 07:50.

Behind the scenes life of ballet dancers Lee Provancha Day, Bruce Caldwell, Lisa LaManna and Wendi Beckwitt. 24:40.

Ralph G. Degn entertains children with magic. 05:38.

Energy efficient house built below ground in Utah County. 04:37.

Controversial national women's rights convention, Houston, Texas. 11:08. Louise Degn's note: One of the most contentious social issues of 1970s was the role of women in society. The United Nations declared 1977 as International Women's Year (IWY). President Carter appointed a commission to plan a National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, November 18 to 21, 1977, and to propose a National Plan of Action, which included controversial issues like abortion, sexual preference, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and day care. Leading up to Houston, each state held its own conference. Utah's erupted in controversy when the Mormon Church urged its women to attend in large numbers and resist passage of liberal social ideas. The mainly Mormon women elected their own slate of conservative delegates to the Houston meeting, while the organizers appointed its own slate of liberal members. Thus, two slates of Utah delegates, with opposing points of view, represented Utah: Elected (conservative) and Appointed (liberal).

Caterers serve dinner on Snow Basin's ski slopes. 02:24.

Copper lines still carry phone calls to rural Utah. 05:13.

Quadriplegic graduates from BYU Law School. 16:00. Louise Degn's note: Since these stories Mindy and Mick divorced a few years after his accident. He married Cheryl Chandler Smith in 1982. They had a daughter, Sydney, and adopted twins from El Salvador—son McKay and daughter McKenzie. Mick practiced personal injury and discrimination law in Salt Lake and spent many hours counseling newly injured paraplegic patients. He died suddenly March 3, 1991, of acute pneumonia, his lungs weakened from his injuries.

Out-takes of mistakes by KSL reporters. 01:34.

Dancer Marta Becket runs a theater in Death Valley. 07:21.

Louise Degn skates on Beus Pond in Ogden, UT. 01:48.

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Utah historian of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre. 12:48. Louise Degn's note: Juanita Brooks (1898-1989). The story was filmed ten years before she died in 1989. She was, however, already suffering from dementia. I knew her time was short and wanted to do an interview before it was too late. At times she was lucid, other times not, so we had to shoot more film than usual and edit extensively. She was most alert remembering the past. Outside the high school in Mesquite, Nevada, recalling the beginnings of her book, she came alive. Clearly, this had been one of the most important events of her life.

Burro adoption program in Death Valley, California. 07:01.

BYU women's basketball star sets national scoring records. 10:49. Louise Degn's note: This story was one of the first shot on 3/4-inch analog videotape. Video editing made quick cuts, freeze frames, and other effects easier to do than with film.

A way-station for unwanted wild animals. 07:45.

Forger Mark Hofmann's first historic Mormon document. 12:00. Mark Hofmann was a master forger of historic Mormon and other American documents, fooling experts across the country. The Anthon Transcript was his first big "discovery." When I did this story, Hofmann was reluctant to be interviewed on camera. His speech was flat and controlled. I thought he was just a young, shy university student. Later, of course, I understood he worked hard to mask his emotions and the truth. When Hofmann's schemes started to unravel, he resorted to murder. On 15 October 1985 a bomb killed document collector Steven Christensen, and another killed Kathleen Sheets, wife of a Christensen business associate. The next day a third bomb injured Hofmann himself, while he was parked in his car near Church headquarters. I excitedly told the news director we had footage of the "victim," which we ran on the news that night. A viewer at home saw it, called us and said she'd seen that person riding the elevator in Christensen's building shortly before the first bomb. We ran the interview that night. Hofmann's lawyers subpoenaed the news story arguing it tainted the witness's testimony and a potential jury. Both issues became moot when Hofmann pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.

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On-air announcement of cancellation of original documentary. 00:40. Louise Degn's note: The documentary "Mormon Women and Depression" was originally scheduled for broadcast on 11 November 1978. Station management, however, pulled the program after receiving objections from leaders of the LDS Church Relief Society. The cancellation of the heavily promoted documentary generated hundreds of protest letters and calls. Station management replied the program had been pulled for revision, not cancellation. The controversy opened many doors for further interviews, and the program was expanded from a half-hour to one-hour and, in my opinion, became a much better program. The final version aired three months later on 17 February 1979. It generated hundreds of requests for copies to show at church functions around the world and won the National Reporting Award from the American Mental Health Association. Original Cancellation is the disclaimer which ran before the show on the original air date and the show open which announces the program content which replaced it.

Given to Depression Series by the National Association of TV Program Executives. 03:08.

Also known as: Three faces of Depression, the Woman. 1:00:00.

Three ways of giving birth--home, hospital, birthing room. 27:50.

Refurbishing Mormon temple. 04:23.

Blaine DeMille paints mural on Prier Violin Making School. 01:33.

Catholic nuns serve in southern Utah. 06:01.

New Age musicians perform. 06:01.

Music video about heroine of the underground railroad. 03:17.

New Age pianist/composer. 21:25.

Music video about divorce. Sam Prigg, photographer. 02:38.

Celebrations of Utah's Pioneer Day. 05:00. Louise Degn's note: For many years KSL had broadcast the Days of 47 Parade. In 1990, I was producing a noontime program, "Midday." The anchor, Bruce Lindsay, suggested we stay on the air through our program and broadcast other holiday events. Live broadcasting was still rather chancy in 1990, but we took up the challenge. We were on the air five hours, in many locations around the state. The next year, 1991, I returned to produce this event again.

01:14. Louise Degn's note: Maggie Smith did cooking segments and personal essays on "Good Company/Good Friends," a daytime talk show on KSL-TV. Maggie was joyful and eccentric. For example, for years she told people she was 80-years-old, even though when she died, she was only 77. She thought 80 had "character." She appeared from Feb. 1984 until her death in Jan. 1986. This was actually her second stint as a KSL personality. Years before, in the 1940s and 1950s, she had a program on KSL Radio under the name, Margaret Masters. I remember listening to it as a child. She did a mix of recipes, household tips, gossip, and good neighbor talk that was popular on radio stations across the country at that time. Her warm personality that made her a popular radio host and it carried over to television when we resurrected her career on TV. Louise Degn, producer. Kerry Jensen, principle photographer. Shelley Osterloh, host.

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01:44. Louise Degn's note: Elouise Bell taught English at Brigham Young University from 1963 – 1994. She was a popular humor writer. These essays were adopted from her writings. From 1984 to 1985 she appeared on "Good Company/Good Friends," a day-time talk show on KSL-TV. Louise Degn, producer.

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Influence of music videos on children's behavior. 24:45.

Psychologist Lynn Scoresby gives advice to parents. 21:15.

Psychologist Lynn Scoresby gives advice to parents. 21:15.

Summary of 15 shows on the changing family: single adoptions, working mothers, househusbands, blended families, generational changes in families. 22:50.

02:11.

09:25.

Mormon author cares for homosexual husband with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). 22:50.

Mormon family therapist discusses family relationships. 23:10.

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Includes story excerpts: Roller Coaster Maker, Arrow-Huss Co., Clearfield, UT (Ed Yeates, reporter), Actor Tony Geary of North Summit High School (Holly McCullom, reporter), F-16 jet computers, Hill Air Force Base (Steve Connelly, reporter). 08:27.

Holly McCullom, reporter. 04:28.

01:29.

Moab Jeep safari (Karl Peterson, photographer), Moab Dump (Bruce Lindsay, reporter), Ancient Pack Rats in Canyonlands (Ed Yeates, reporter), How Arches Were Formed. Interview with Ranger Steve Swanke (1:52), Delicate Arch Marriage of Alec Wilkins and Cheryl Sue Christensen (Sam Prigg, photographer). 21:00.

John Ford, movie director (Chris Hicks, reporter), Navajo Marina (Keith McCord, reporter), Navajo High School (Alexis Fernandez, reporter), Green Mask, Grand Gulch, Anasazi Cave (Duane Cardall, reporter). 22:30.

Water Skier, Richard Briggs, attempting a record 1,900 miles, Glen Canyon Dam economics (John Hollenhorst, reporter), Perry Lodge in Kanab, Utah (Keith McCord, reporter. Not on DVD). 19:10.

Burr Trail Commuter, Marjie Spencer (Alexis Fernandez, reporter), Kodachrome Basin State Park (Keith McCord, reporter), The Donut Priest, Father Joseph Valine (Duane Cardall, reporter), Mysterious Loa Bulge (Ed Yeates, reporter). 21:45.

Lehman Cave (Ed Yeates, reporter), Baker, Nevada (Alexis Fernandez, reporter), Callao, Utah, one-room schoolhouse (Allison Barlow, reporter), Small Museums and Shops (Keith McCord, reporter).Tooele County Museum, PreHistoric Museum, College of Eastern Utah, Price, Beaver County Courthouse, Millard County Chronicle Office, Delta (two-headed sheep), Edge of the Cedars Museum, Blanding (Anasazi artifacts), Joseph Smith Profile Rock, Millard County, Territorial Statehouse, Fillmore, Old Rock Church, Parowan, Hole in the Rock, Moab. 21:00.

Airborne mail carrier, Ray Arnold, Cascade, ID (Keith McCord, reporter), Town's only nurse, Marie Osborn, Stanley, ID (Allison Barlow, reporter), Montage of western locales visited on Prime Time Access, Custom fishing rod maker, Alton Wilde, Rexburg, ID (Don Olsen, reporter). 23:20.

Mountain Climbing School (Karl Petersen, photographer), Gerry Spence, defense attorney (Alexis Fernandez, reporter), Should wolves be reintroduced into Yellowstone/Jackson? (John Hollenhorst, reporter). 21:00.

Raspberries, Hilt and Price Family Farms (Shelley Thomas, reporter), Post Office moving to new building, St. Charles, ID (Duane Cardall, reporter), Economic development around lake (Dave Thomas, reporter), Rural Life, video essay (Greg Sumner, photographer). 20:30.

Homestead Resort turns 101 (Duane Cardall, reporter), Hot Pots (Ed Yeates, reporter), Jordanelle Dam controversy (John Hollenhorst, reporter), Cascade Springs, video essay (Bob Greenwell, photographer). 21:20.

Sonar trout fishing with Steve Wolstenhulm (Don Judd, reporter), Ute Mountain Lookout Tower, Ashley National Forest: the last remaining fire look-out tower in Utah (Alexis Fernandez, reporter), Fontenelle Dam on Green River in Wyoming is leaking (John Hollenhorst, reporter), Bloopers. 20:40.

Who are the homeless? (Bruce Lindsay, reporter), Police and the homeless (Sam Prigg, photographer/producer), One woman's path to homelessness (Alexis Fernandez, reporter), Community activist, Steve Holbrook, on building a homeless shelter in Salt Lake City (Duane Cardall, reporter). 21:40.

Where Utahns travel in winter (Keith McCord, reporter), TV shows filmed in Hawaii (Louise Degn, field producer), Volcanos (Ed Yeates, reporter). 22:30.

Polynesian Cultural Center Tour in Llai'e, Iosepa, Mormon Polynesian settlement in Skull Valley, UT (Bruce Lindsay, reporter), The ecology of the Manoa Valley rain forest (Ed Yeates, reporter). 20:00.

Mrs. Fields's Cookies has kahoona bless new store location, Movies filmed in Polynesia (Chris Hicks, reporter), Observatory on Mauna Kea Peak (Ed Yeates, reporter), Utahns who work in pineapple groves (Dave Block, field producer). 21:00.

Divorce: Lee and Jared Willis, father and son (Shelley Thomas, reporter), "I Cried" music video (Sam Prigg, photographer), Child's death: Dale and Marsha Stroup, parents (Alexis Fernandez, reporter). 21:30. Louise Degn's note: This program won an Emmy Award. Shelley Thomas, anchor. Marybeth Raynes, LCSW.

Smithfield Implement Co (Don Olsen, reporter), Bluebird Café (Alexis Fernandez, reporter), Dr. Pierce's sign, Wellsville, Mantua, Utah ( Dave Thompson, reporter), Ogden Cops, Lt. Richard Peterson (Larry Lewis, reporter). 21:30.

Deseret Mill, Kaysville, Slim Olsen's gas station, Bountiful (Bruce Lindsay, reporter), Teenagers Drag State Street, Salt Lake City (Keith McCord, reporter), Lehi Roller Mills, Lehi, Timpanogos Cave, Ranger Arlo Shelley (Duane Cardall, reporter), Pioneer Drive In Movie Theater, Provo (Ed Yeates, reporter). 20:30.

Mona Beekeeper, Greg Newton (Allison Barlow, reporter), Kay's Market in Mona, Utah, Dan Valentine Cafe Books, Death Strip, Highway 91 near Levan (Bob Walz, reporter), Scipio Bus Driver, Carolyn Memmot (Alexis Fernandez, reporter), Pioneer Statehouse, Filmore, Kanosh Baseball (Keith McCord, reporter). 21:00.

Cove Fort, Utah, Volcanos on Central Utah (Ed Yeates, reporter), High School Radio Station in Beaver, Utah, The Beaver Weekly Press (Bruce Lindsay, reporter), Beaver Bakery. Annie Stapley and Jenny Gale, sisters, LaSpina Arts Group. Cary and Stevi LaSpina (Carole Mikita, reporter), Paragonah General Store, Parowan, Utah Cafe (Shelley Osterloh, reporter). 21:00.

Cedar City, Utah, Kolob Canyon, Leeds Cookbook by Cecelia Ludwig (Allison Barlow, reporter), Silver Reef Monument, artist Jerry Andersen, Quail Creek Reservoir, Cotton Festival in Washington, Utah, Fitness Institute in Snow Canyon (Shelley Osterloh, reporter), Tortoise Man, Russell Bezette, of LaVerkin, Utah (Duane Cardall, reporter), Archie Bell, owner of 1957 Chevrolet. 21:25.

Clips from first show 20 Sept 1982, Bruce Lindsay anchor, Candy Dish 5 given to viewer Ruth Hawkins, Reporter Memories from Ed Yeates, Alexis Fernandez, Keith McCord, Shelley Thomas, Chris Hicks, Osmond kids singing "Bye, Bye, Bruce," Bloopers including: Keith McCord with Jay Leno, early Carole Mikita, John Hollenhorst at the beauty parlor, Art Linkletter telling McCord to shave his moustache, Bruce Lindsay shaving his beard, Gina Stucki, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" music video. Brad Pearson, editor. 22:00.

Documentary. 23:30. Louise Degn's note: When I left full-time employment at KSL, I felt I left two unfinished projects: 1) an archive of historic work of which this DVD is a part and 2) a documentation of the life of Lowell Bennion. I was able to complete the Bennion project for KSL as a free-lance producer two years after leaving KSL full-time. I wanted to include his wife and all five children to show the impact public service has on private life. At the time of the interview, Lowell Bennion was 84 and frail, though mentally sharp. He died in February 1996 at age 87.

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39:00.

How lives of women have changed in 20th Century. 57:00. Louise Degn's note: This program won Best of Show and a Commendation Award (Gracie) from the American Women in Radio and Television in 1996.

Woman suffrage in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Idaho. 56:40. Louise Degn's note: This program won the following awards: National distribution, PBS stations - The program was aired in over 50 cities including New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Austin, Nashville, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Orlando, and others (1999), Selected for Showing at Museum of Broadcasting, Chicago - "Significant Documentaries Exploring the 20th Century" and inclusion in permanent archive (1998), Gracie - American Women in Radio and Television, TV Documentary (1998), 1st Place - Broadcast Education Association, Juried Faculty Production Competition, TV Documentary (1998).

Gov. Mike Leavitt and Gen. Colin Powell urge volunteers to aid troubled youth. 27:25.

A spiritual community founded in 1957 outside Baker, Nevada by Ralph "Vitvan" deBit still has a hand-full of residents. 9:00.

150th anniversary of the Mormon Church in continental Europe. 7:55.

Lay people counsel others on spiritual matters. 7:30.

Women age 50+ gather to share their life stories. 4:35.

Music historian Lynn Carson collects "vanity recordings" which document social and cultural trends. 9:30.

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Includes complete 10 p.m. newscast with commercials. 34:56.

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Includes complete 10 p.m. newscast with commercials. 37:43.

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Last 10 p.m. newscast, includes commercials. 35:35.

An armed woman, De Keiu Duy, attacks KSL station and kills AT&T employee, Anne Sleater. 31:22.

An armed woman, De Keiu Duy, attacks KSL station and kills AT&T employee, Anne Sleater. 57:05.

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Peter Semelka, photographer. 03:20.

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Reporters Bruce Lindsay, Shelley Osterloh, weathercaster Len Randolph. 20:00.

Reporters Bruce Lindsay, John Hollenhorst, Shelley Osterloh, Ruth Todd, Keith McCord, Deborah Lindner, Carole Mikita, Steve Eager, Craig Bollerjack. 53:33.

Utah County cherry processor accuses LDS Church of bankrupting him. 13:40.

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Mormon men who died of AIDS and effect on their families. 14:00.

Sonja Johnson, excommunicated Mormon feminist, discusses ERA on Phil Donahue talk show. 24:00.

Beverly Campbell, LDS Church spokeswoman, give rebuttal to Sonja Johnson on Phil Donahue talk show. 47:43.

Comparison of skiing in Utah and Wisconsin. 03:53.