Body and Spirit: Remnants of Things Past (1977)

Made possible by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and with the support of the College’s Staff and Program Development office, Remnants of Things Past is one of a three-part television series called Body and Spirit: A Survival Course in the Humanities. Completed in 1977, the series was based on the essays of Dr. C.P. Lee (Jacksonville University) and Jerry Dodge (Director of the Cummer Art Museum). In 1981-2, the series was expanded under a NEA program to provide video tapes and instructional guides to selected Florida community colleges and high schools.
This episode, which includes footage shot in Jacksonville and LaVilla (including a section focusing on the old Union Terminal, now the Prime Osbourn Convention Center, and Kingsley Plantation), reflects on things left behind by humanity from ancient times through today. It considers the nature of ruins and how they come into being, as well as how they have been depicted in art.
Narrator: Dan Kossoff
Produced and directed by: Earl Farris
From the essay by: Joseph Jeffers Dodge
Adapted for television by: Earl Farris
Associated producer and technical director: Robert Brunner
Associate director: John Boles
Content Consultants: Dr. William Koelsch, Dr. Everett Mendelsohn
Content editor: Ripley Hotch
Original music and soundtrack: Jack Tamul
Editor: John C. Boles
Production coordinator: Gencie S. Rucker
Video engineer: Jon Koob
Location sound: Lantz Baum
Production assistant: Ron Smith
Still photography: David Pooler
Special graphics: Phillip Groce
Facilities Coordinator: Pope Griffin
Administrative Coordinator: James Schupp
Contributors: Irene Brown, Frances R. Duncan, Sandy Peterson, David DePhillips
Walter Scott, M.D., Florida Junior College Chorale
Opening Print: “I Am Through You So I” by Mark Howard
Albert Einstein Graphic: Rueben C. Fox
Copyright Florida State College at Jacksonville 1977