TODAY 1-14-1966: THE UNVANISHING AMERICAN - THE POPULATION EXPLOSION (SEGS - PART 1)

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Event Date(s): 01/14/1966 | Event Location(s): Today New York Studio | Description: HDCAM-SR AT 23.98fps: HD NY-20140813-0010 AVAILABLE IN ADIC AT 59.9fpsAND 23.98fps PART1 (03:00:00) RT: (29:32) PART2 (03:29:32) RT: (25:18) WR BW 1-14-66 THE UNVANISHING AMERICAN - THE POPULATION EXPLOSION (SEGS - PARTS 1&2) NOTE: PART 3 OF THIS TITLE IS FOUND ON HD NY-20140430-0016 NBC PEACOCK LOGO SEEN. TITLE FOR"THE UNVANISHING AMERICAN" SHOWN. JACK LESCOULIE INTROS PROGRAM DEVOTED TO THE POPULATION EXPLOSION. HE NOTES U.S. POPULATION IS INCREASING BY 44 PEOPLE A MINUTE, 2600 AN HOUR, AND MORE THAN 63,000 A DAY. FOUR PEOPLE WHO SYMBOLIZE THE POPULATION EXPLOSION ARE SHOWN ON FILM: MRS. GLADYS GREEN, A MOTHER OF NINE WHOSE FAMILY LIVES AT A SUBSISTENCE LEVEL IN A SLUM; CONSTANCE AVILDSEN, A MOTHER OF FIVE AND THE WIFE OF A WELL-TO-DO MANUFACTURER; JOSEPH BYRNE, A FATHER OF FOUR WHO WORKS FOR AN EXPRESS COMPANY; AND HORACE W. MCKENNA, A FATHER OF SEVEN WHO WORKS AS AN EXECUTIVE FOR A MAJOR CORPORATION. MCKENNA SAYS HE& HIS WIFE WANTED A LARGE FAMILY BUT NOW THEY WORRY ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL COSTS. MRS. GREEN SAYS SHE HAS A PROBLEM KEEPING HER KIDS PROPERLY CLOTHED; HER BOYS ARE VERY ROUGH ON THEIR CLOTHES. MRS. AVILDSEN THINKS ANYONE WITH A LARGE FAMILY FEELS A SENSE OF GUILT DUE TO FAMINE& SHORTAGES IN THE WORLD, BUT SHE SAYS THE WAY THE PENDULUM SWINGS WE MAY NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LARGE FAMILIES IN THE FUTURE. MRS. GREEN SAYS SHE SUPPORTS HER CHILDREN ON WELFARE AND HER OLDEST CHILD WORKS. MCKENNA NOTES HE INTENTIONALLY AVOIDS USING THE TERM FAMILY PLANNING AND WONDERS HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS GOING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. MRS. GREEN SAYS SHE FOUND BIRTH CONTROL TO BE A GODSEND. MRS. AVILDSEN RECALLS THERE WAS A FEELING OF ENLARGEMENT AND EXPANSIVENESS AFTER THE WAR. BYRNE SAYS HIS WIFE IS GOING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE CHILDREN AT THE MOMENT. LESCOULIE POINTS OUT NEW YORK CITY ALMOST CAME TO PARALYSIS DURING THE TRANSIT STRIKE. WALTERS SAYS CITY LIVING IS EXPENSIVE LIVING. LESCOULIE SHOWS GRAPH ILLUSTRATING THE DRAMATIC RISE IN POPULATION. WALTERS NOTES MARGARET SANGER ESTABLISHED THE FIRST PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC IN 1916. PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRESIDENT DR. ALAN F. GUTTMACHER SAYS THE PILL IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF BIRTH CONTROL AND COMES TO ABOUT $2 A MONTH THROUGH A DRUG STORE AND $1 A MONTH THROUGH CLINICS. HE NOTES DOCTORS ARE PLEASED THE DOSAGE HAS BEEN REDUCED. AVAILABLE ON KINESCOPE IN KINE BOX 294 (PARTS 1-3). PART 1 - FEX32338 SEE ID # 0015D96 FOR ORIGINAL FILM