Records of the Extension Service, 1888 - 2000. Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings of 4-H and Youth Development Programs, 1951 - 1994

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Records of the Extension Service, 1888 - 2000. Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings of 4-H and Youth Development Programs, 1951 - 1994

1951-1994

This series consists of film and videocassettes that report on, promote, and/or enhance 4-H and youth programs and events. Material details 4-H, Extension Service, and national educational initiatives such as Mulligan Stew, "4-H is More," "Youths in Danger," "Youth-at-Risk," "Blue Sky Below My Feet," and the International Farm Youth Exchange. Significant events covered include the groundbreaking ceremony for the National 4-H Center, the annual 4-H congresses and conventions, fashion shows, and public service announcements. Subjects include: 4-H clubs, agricultural education, agricultural extension work, cycling, camping, fishing, horsemanship, photography, plants, soils, voluntarism, drug abuse, urban programs, use of 4-H emblems and symbols, nuclear energy, radiation, space sciences, space technology, space food, gravity, urban beautification, and landscape protection. Prominent people featured include: President Lyndon Baines Johnson; President Jimmy Carter; President Ronald Reagan; Vice President George Bush; Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson; First Lady Hillary Clinton; Chairman of the National 4-H Council and President of Ford Motor Company, Harold A. Poling; Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland; astronaut, Lieutenant Colonel Ellison S. Onizuka; actor, James Cagney; country music group, the Oak Ridge Boys; country music singer, Reba McEntire; race car driver, Richard Petty; baseball player, Mike Schmidt; entertainer, Ben Vereen; figure skaters, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner; actor, Erik Estrada; Tricia Nixon; Howard C. Harder, Chairman of CPC International; Mel Blanc; runner, John Baker; and entertainer, Roy Rogers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11644527

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Onizuka, Ellison S. (Ellison Shoji), 1946-1986

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Ellison Shoji Onizuka (エリソン・ショージ・オニヅカ, 鬼塚 承次, Onizuka Shōji, June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut and engineer from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space....