Imbert Orchard lecture : [SFU, 1978-11-06]
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- 1978-11-06 [date recorded]
CALL NUMBER: T0990:0008
RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1978-11-06
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In a lecture to a Communication Studies class at Simon Fraser University, Imbert Orchard discusses aspects of aural history. The history of sound recording. Distinction between "oral" and "aural". Orchard's early interest in aural history while working for the CBC. Orchard demonstrates aural history techniques by playing a portion of an interview with a pioneer woman of British Columbia. TRACK 2: Aural history a a method of bringing the past to life. Orchard plays a portion of a taped interview with B.C. artist Jack Shadbolt. Aural history as a form of presentation. The differences between aural and visual media. Orchard plays a portion of a radio documentary he made about Dutch prisoners-of-war in Europe during the Second World War.
CALL NUMBER: T0990:0009
RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1978-11-06
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continued from T0990:0008. Continuation of excerpt from radio documentary about Dutch prisoners-of-war. Aural history and history. Aural documentation. Orchard plays a portion of a recording made of a scouting expedition that he took part in, tracing the exploration routes of Simon Fraser and Alexander Mackenzie. Description of the process and techniques of recording interviews and editing sound programs. Orchard answers questions from the student audience. Problems encountered in recording the sound program "In the House of the Old Doctor". TRACK 2: Conclusion (about 5 minutes).