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Play S1 E1Half-hour program on the "real-life adventure" of big business. Newsman Eric Sevareid, who served as host, described the series as neither "chamber of commerce boosterism" nor anti-establishment; rather, "an effort to report how various industrial sectors actually work."
Cast: Eric Sevareid
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13 episodes
1. WildcatterBill Brodnax (Taurus Petroleum) drills for gas in the Cajun country of southern Louisiana. Witness how drilling is planned, financed, and carried out. In the closing moments, viewers learn alongside the wildcatter and his backers whether the well does in fact strike gas.CC28minOct 2, 1981
2. The Colonel Comes to JapanLoy Weston, the American chairman of Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan, presides over 324 stores. Witness the setting up of a new outlet in northeast Tokyo.CC28minOct 9, 1981
3. Gulliver's New TravelsExamining the future of AT&T as its telephone monopoly ends and a new era of tooth-and-nail competition begins.CC28minOct 16, 1981
4. Fast Horse in a Bull MarketThe bizarre preparations for an auction where millionaires bid for race horses. (Tom Gentry Farms)CC29minOct 23, 1981
5. BankruptInforex was a $70 million-a-year computer firm that rode the high-tech wave to prosperity in the early 1970s. Founded in 1968, it had burst on the scene with the IKE, a television-like data entry machine that had rendered the old punchcard systems obsolete. But the company had never been able to come up with a profitable second product.CC28minOct 30, 1981
6. The Making of a Package DealEntertainment industries, searching for safer products with bigger returns on investments, have joined forces to create 'properties'. Witness one such property progress from inception to spinoff.CC27minNov 6, 1981
7. Dogfight Over New YorkOne of the new airlines challenging the giants of the industry in the wake of deregulation, New York Air is followed from start-up to inaugural flight.CC28minNov 13, 1981
8. Catfish FeverUnhappy with the unpredictability of cotton prices, many Mississippi Delta farmers are converting their hardscrabble land to catfish "farms" of 80-acre ponds.CC29minNov 20, 1981
9. Not by Jeans AloneLevi-Strauss attempt to market a moderately priced, mass produced men's suit.CC29minNov 27, 1981
10. The Kyocera ExperimentThe San Diego subsidiary of Japan's fastest-growing company -- Kyoto Ceramic -- illustrates Japan's management techniques.CC28minDec 4, 1981
11. One Man's MultinationalTom Bata, chairman of Bata Shoe, visits his company's manufacturing plants in Chile, Upper Volta, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, and Kenya.CC28minDec 11, 1981
12. The Jet Set: Boeing vs. the WorldHow market leader Boeing stays on top of the world aircraft business.CC28minDec 18, 1981
13. Start-UpJohn DeLorean, a former executive at General Motors, has used his fortune, reputation, expertise, and connections to produce a new sports car.CC28minDec 25, 1981
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Half-hour program on the "real-life adventure" of big business. Newsman Eric Sevareid, who served as host, described the series as neither "chamber of commerce boosterism" nor anti-establishment; rather, "an effort to report how various industrial sectors actually work."
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Zvi Dor-Ner
- Cast
- Eric Sevareid
- Studio
- GBH
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Audio languages
English
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