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[[underlined]] Office of Telecommunications [[/underlined]]

The office of Telecommunications is responsible for all activities in television, radio, films, and similar materials or programs created and produced by or for the Smithsonian for external education, informational and associated purposes.  A number of projects in progress are as follows:

[[underlined]] Smithsonian World: [[/underlined]] The one-hour, monthly, television magazine concept for public broadcasting is now being developed in conjunction with WETA, the public broadcasting television station in Washington D.C.  Through the efforts of the Smithsonian Institution, IBM has made a grant of $125,000 to WETA for the Research and Development stage.  WETA is seeking an executive producer and qualified staff to refine and embellish our original concept.  The next step would be to search out major funding to start actual production of the series, should the pilot program succeed. 

[[underlined]] A Place of Dreams [[/underlined]] is the tentative title for a one-hour documentary dealing with the history of flight.  The program is being produced by an outside production agency in cooperation with the National Air and Space Museum.  This program, designated for airing on the public broadcasting network in the fall of 1978, is underwritten by Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., the pharmaceutical company. 

[[underlined]] Multiple Mirror Telescope [[/underlined]]: Pre-production work is now underway towards a 30-minute film about the conception, design, construction, and eventual operation of the Multiple Mirror Telescope at Mt. Hopkins, Arizona.