http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/ Carolina Stories weekly series highlights the rich cultural and historical landscape that is South Carolina. Thursdays at 9 p.m. on SCETV. en egoodwin@scetv.org Copyright 2011 2011-11-25T00:00:52+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/roots_in_the_river_the_story_of_the_congaree_national_park/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/roots_in_the_river_the_story_of_the_congaree_national_park/#When:23:00:52Z “Roots in the River” chronicles the history of the Palmetto State’s national landmark. From the initial attempts to harvest the forest’s massive virgin cypresses in the 1890s through the grass-roots struggles of the 1970s to preserve it; to its classification as a National Park in 2003, the hour-long program is a sweeping look at the breathtaking ecosystem of champion trees, primeval landscapes and diverse plant and animal life in Lower Richland County. The show also features scenes from a recent reunion of the young team of activists from the 1970s that banded together to save the Congaree Swamp. Through interviews with park preservationists, residents of Lower Richland County, park staff, local environmentalists, and archival as well as present-day footage, the program also examines the powerful story of race and social equity in the historic predominantly African-American community. Produced, written and directed by Betsy Newman with principal photography by Gaines Halford. For a copy of the program, visit the ETV Store. Check out the Congaree Swamp Stories website. 2011-11-24T23:00:52+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/the_baruchs_of_hobcaw1/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/the_baruchs_of_hobcaw1/#When:20:25:03Z It is the story of an extraordinary woman who broke many barriers during her lifetime and left the state of South Carolina an enormous gift upon her death. Belle Baruch was the daughter of Bernard Mannes Baruch, one of the most famous and influential Jewish Americans of the first half of the twentieth century. A South Carolina native, he purchased Hobcaw Barony, a 17,500 acre estate on the Waccamaw Neck near Georgetown, as a winter home in 1905. Belle grew up spending winter vacations at Hobcaw and eventually bought the property from her father. With Woodrow Wilson and her father, Belle fought hard for the League of Nations, and during WWII she served as a coastal observer, contributing to the capture of at least one German spy along the beaches of Hobcaw. At a time when environmentalism was a nascent concept, she created the Belle W. Baruch Foundation in her will, preserving Hobcaw for education and research and the people of South Carolina. Don't miss this exciting history of The Baruchs of Hobcaw! Funded in part by a grant from the Humanties Council SC. 2011-11-17T20:25:03+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/the_vanishing_generation/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/the_vanishing_generation/#When:23:00:11Z It has been over sixty years since the end of World War II, and the last of the South Carolina veterans who fought against the Empire of Japan and Nazi Germany are now dying at an alarming rate. Soon their living memories will be gone and World War II will simply become another chapter in history. The Vanishing Generation is a powerful visualization of the first-hand accounts of World War II by South Carolina veterans. These personal remembrances tell the story of what these men experienced, and how it not only changed the world but their lives as well. To purchase a copy shop www.etvstore.org or call 1-800-553-7752 2011-11-10T23:00:11+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/g-man_the_rise_and_fall_of_melvin_purvis/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/g-man_the_rise_and_fall_of_melvin_purvis/#When:13:50:28Z Melvin Horace Purvis. To many people today, the name means nothing. But it was not so long ago that Purvis was a household name, and over 260,000 boys and girls were digging through boxes of Post Toasties breakfast cereal to get their very own decoder rings and Junior G-Man badges. Purvis, the Timmonsville native with the unassuming name, skyrocketed to such fame in the 1930s as the leader of the FBI team that took down some of the biggest gangsters of his day, including John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson and "Pretty Boy" Floyd. His death in 1960 from a gun shot to the head is still shrouded in mystery. Was it a suicide, as first reported? Was it an accidental shooting? Or was there something more sinister behind it? Learn about the man behind the badge in a new "Carolina Stories" program, "G-MAN: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Purvis." Presenting "just the facts, ma'am," the documentary examines Purvis' life and sheds some light on his gruesome death. In the process, "G-MAN" explores the complicated relationship between Purvis and J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI and the man who some have said was responsible not only for Purvis' meteoric rise, but also his rapid descent back into obscurity.  Honored as one of the ten South Carolina State Library most notable state documents of the year. To order the DVD, visit the ETV Store 2011-10-03T13:50:28+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/spokes_and_strings/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/spokes_and_strings/#When:00:00:07Z Wheelchair Tennis in South Carolina, everything about the game is the same. The rules and the scoring are identical, but these players depend on their wheels, not their legs. This program takes a look at the sport of wheelchair tennis and the lives of the people who play it. To purchase a copy shop www.etvstore.org or call 1-800-553-7752 2011-09-30T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/miss_springmaid/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/miss_springmaid/#When:23:00:12Z You’re a war hero, a flying ace in World War One, with a record number of enemy kills…You’re a literary genius of the Jazz Age, alongside the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe…You inherit several rundown cotton mills in the South Carolina Piedmont in 1931, which you incorporate and nurse back to health during the Great Depression… and to prosperity during the Second World War…What do you do for an encore?Colonel Elliot White Springs was just getting started.  In the  vibrant post-war economy, Springs Mills would manufacture  finished goods—primarily sheets and pillow cases—and sell them from its New York office. He just needed a way to draw national attention to his product. The Colonel found it… in spades.  The advertising campaign he dreamed up resonated with the popular culture and is still the textbook example for how to establish a successful brand.  Sales for “Springmaid” sheets blossomed and continued to increase every year until the year of Col. Springs’ death. In these historic magazine advertisements, Springs used sex to grab the reader’s attention and wrote clever copy in which he ridiculed the staid advertising traditions of his day.  At first he purchased artwork that had already appeared in print and adapted it to his purposes; later, he commissioned popular artists of the day to create images based on his vivid imagination and comic wit. Not everyone liked the Springmaid ads.  Letters poured in by the thousands saying they were a “threat to the sanctity of womanhood,” “crude, vulgar, and obscene,” doing “more harm than good.”  But other viewers of the ads, among them many women, looked forward eagerly to their next issue of Collier’s, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, etc. to check out the latest offering from the Colonel.Some magazines refused to run the Springmaid advertisements.  And the Colonel was considered a pariah on Madison Avenue.  But Springs delighted in all the controversy, because in the final analysis, everyone was talking about his product!  There’s really no way to know what effect the ads had on the business.  Profits may have gone up anyway, because of the efficiency of the mills and the economic boom.  Some think that Col. Springs may have been just amusing himself with the campaign, and he secretly thought advertising had very little effect on the market.But look where advertising has progressed since then—from Noxzema to Maidenform to English Leather to “Virginia is for Lovers”…  The majority view seems to be that sex can sell anything! And it all came from the mind of a South Carolina native, Elliott White Springs… and the vision he dreamed up, “Miss Springmaid.”  Take a look, and see what you think! Produced, directed, written and edited by Steve Folks. Narrated by Rick Sebak. 2011-09-29T23:00:12+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/forgotten_founder/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/forgotten_founder/#When:23:00:09Z Forgotten Founder is a historical visualization of the biography of Charles Pinckney, whose life serves as the basis for much of where and how we live today. Through the use of original digital art work, period illustrations, historical documents, dramatic reenactments, and studio interviews this program will weave a tapestry that tells the story of a true public servant whose contributions to the birth of our nation and state are matched by no other historical figure. Produced, directed and edited by Sanford Adams. Funded in part by the Friends of Historic Snee Farm and Humanities Council SC. To order a copy, visit the ETV Store or call 1-800-553-7752  Learn more about the Forgotten Founder on Knowitall.org 2011-09-22T23:00:09+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/nuestro_futuro_our_future/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/nuestro_futuro_our_future/#When:23:00:37Z At age seven, Maria Bravo-Carrillo moved to South Carolina from Mexico. As she struggled to adjust to life in America and learn a new language she met many obstacles. One was the painful realization that the first English words she recognized were racial slurs toward Latinos.  Now Maria is an American citizen, about to graduate from the University of South Carolina with a degree in accounting and marketing. As the Hispanic population in South Carolina and the U.S. increases, more children are facing the transition that Maria made but not all are as successful. 2011-09-15T23:00:37+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/when_the_mill_closes_down/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/when_the_mill_closes_down/#When:23:00:16Z When the Mill Closes Down examines South Carolina’s rich textile history and the people who worked it. The program follows recent mill closings and profiles mill town revitalization efforts. Featured are Avondale, Ware Shoals, Newberry, Honea Path and Pacolet mills. 2011-09-08T23:00:16+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/just_a_game_carolina-clemson_football/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/carolina_stories/show/just_a_game_carolina-clemson_football/#When:23:00:12Z Carolina-Clemson is truly the "Super Bowl" of football in South Carolina. The game lasts only 60 minutes, but the result is written in stone for the next 365 days. ETV's one-hour television documentary features the football teams and fans of the USC Gamecocks and Clemson Tigers, culminating in the 2007 showdown at Williams-Brice Stadium. How can one football game mean so much to so many people? What does it mean to bleed garnet and black...or orange and purple? And why do fans seem to live or die by what hapens in this crucial game. Just a Game tackles these questions and much more as it celebrates the history and culture of the Palmetto State's most storied rivalry. This is an updated version of the original program to include the new football coach at Clemson University. To purchase a copy of Just a Game, go to the ETV Store 2011-09-01T23:00:12+00:00