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Film: That's Entertainment
11:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - A glossy, nostalgic tribute to MGM musicals with excerpts from "Singin' in the Rain," "Showboat," "On the Town," and many other extravaganzas. Part of the World Affairs Series

An Evening With Frank Capra - Frank Capra
9:00 PM – C.Y. Stephens Auditorium - Frank Capra in person is the Hollywood of the past half century in person. He brings a treasury of remembrances, photographic techniques, and director analyses. Capra made the films he wanted to make, and he thinks the real golden age of films is about to come from emerging young filmmakers. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Film: Meet John Doe
7:00 PM – CY Stephens Auditorium - Of the genre created by Frank Capra, thus romantic moralistic-sentimental-patriotic-funny. This film was also daring. He made the picture when Europe was ablaze with war and propaganda, and it proves to be an "angry expose of American fascism," 1941. Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: It Happened One Night
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - 1934, still the only film to win the top five Oscars. Stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Directed by Sicilian immigrant Frank Capra whose films have been called "The best example of the 'responsible' artist in our times." Contains the historic motel scene that devastated undershirt sales all over America. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Watershed of the Seventies - Henry Steele Commager
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - During his career as a distinguished educator and historian of American and European history, Henry Steele Commager has been awarded 17 honorary degrees from colleges and universities in both the United States and Great Britain. Dr. Commager is currently working on a 50-volume history entitled The Rise of the American Nation. Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

U.S.- China Relations: The Ford Visit and Beyond - Mark Seldon
12:00 PM – -- - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Masai Pastoralism in Historical Perspective - Alan Jacobs
12:00 PM – -- - Western Michigan University, Department of Anthropology. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Stained Glass - Robert Sowers
12:00 PM – -- - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Country and City: The Impact of Agrarian Change - David Brokensha, William L. Finn, Michael L. McNulty, Dennis (Mike) Warren
4:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

People and Land: Changing Relationships in Africa
2:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - On the basis of examples from Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Algeria, and Rhodesia, David Brokensha, and Oxford PhD, will examine the traditional attitudes. Part of the World Affairs Series