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Asiana to add the Airbus A380 on the Seoul-Los Angeles route now on August 20
Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon) has moved forward the start of Airbus A380 service on the route to Los Angeles to August 20, instead of August 26 per Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss/AirlinersGallery.com.
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NTSB: "Asiana flight 214 crashed when the airplane descended below the visual glidepath due to the flight crew's mismanagement of the approach and inadequate monitoring of airspeed."
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) (Washington) yesterday (June 24) issued its probable cause and report on the July 6, 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines (Seoul) flight 214 with the pictured Boeing 777-28E ER HL7742 (msn 29171) at San Francisco. Here is the full statement and link:
In a Board meeting held on June 24, 2014, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that Asiana flight 214 crashed when the airplane descended below the visual glidepath due to the flight crew's mismanagement of the approach and inadequate monitoring of airspeed. The Board also found that the complexities of the auto throttle and autopilot flight director systems, and the crew's misunderstanding of those systems, contributed to the accident.
On July 6, 2013, about 11:28 a.m. (PDT), the Boeing 777 was on approach to runway 28L at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California when it struck the seawall at the end of the runway. Three of the 291 passengers died; 40 passengers, eight of the 12 flight attendants, and one of the four flight crewmembers received serious injuries. The other 248 passengers, four flight attendants, and three flight crewmembers received minor injuries or were not injured. The impact forces and a postcrash fire destroyed the airplane.
The NTSB determined that the flight crew mismanaged the initial approach and that the airplane was well above the desired glidepath as it neared the runway. In response to the excessive altitude, the captain selected an inappropriate autopilot mode and took other actions that, unbeknownst to him, resulted in the autothrottle no longer controlling airspeed.
As the airplane descended below the desired glidepath, the crew did not notice the decreasing airspeed nor did they respond to the unstable approach. The flight crew began a go-around maneuver when the airplane was below 100 feet, but it was too late and the airplane struck the seawall.
"In this accident, the flight crew over-relied on automated systems without fully understanding how they interacted," said NTSB Acting Chairman Christopher A. Hart. "Automation has made aviation safer. But even in highly automated aircraft, the human must be the boss."
As a result of this accident investigation, the NTSB made recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration, Asiana Airlines, The Boeing Company, the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Working Group, and the City of San Francisco.
These recommendations address the safety issues identified in the investigation, including the need for reinforced adherence to Asiana flight crew standard operating procedures, more opportunities for manual flying for Asiana pilots, a context-dependent low energy alerting system, and both certification design review and enhanced training on the Boeing 777 autoflight system.
The recommendations also address the need for improved emergency communications, and staffing requirements and training for aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel.
"Today, good piloting includes being on the lookout for surprises in how the automation works, and taking control when needed," Hart said. "Good design means not only maximizing reliability, but also minimizing surprises and uncertainties."
A synopsis of the NTSB report, including the probable cause, findings, and a complete list of the 27 safety recommendations, is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2014/asiana214/abstract.html. The full report will be available on the website in several weeks.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 777-28E ER HL7742 is pictured on approach at Los Angeles International Airport before the accident at SFO.
Asiana Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A380 becoming the 11th operator
Asiana Airlines (Seoul) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380, becoming the eleventh operator of the type in the world. The A380 was handed over to Park Sam Koo, Chairman of Kumho Asiana Group, by Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and CEO, during a special ceremony today (May 26) in Toulouse, France.
Asiana Airlines has ordered six A380s, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. The airline has specified a premium three class layout for its fleet, seating a total of 495 passengers, with 12 private suites in First Suite, 66 fully flat seats in Business Smartium and 417 seats in Travel Class. All seats are equipped with the latest on-demand in-flight entertainment systems.
Asiana Airlines will initially deploy its new flagship aircraft from Seoul on regional services in Asia to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok, followed by long-haul routes to Los Angeles.
As part of its widebody fleet modernization strategy, Asiana Airlines also has 30 of the all-new the A350 XWB on order. The A350 XWB will offer a step change in efficiency, with operating costs 25 per cent lower than the competition. The A380 and A350 will complement an existing Airbus fleet at Asiana that currently includes the A330 and A320 Family.
Airbus currently has 324 firm orders for the A380, from 20 customers.
Top Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A380-841 F-WWAP (msn 152) became HL7625 on the handover.
Bottom Copyright Photo: Airbus. Park Sam Koo, Chairman of Kumho Asiana Group, and Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Brégier toured the number 1 Asiana Airlines A380 after this aircraft's formal handover ceremony on May 26, held at Airbus' Toulouse, France delivery center.
Video: Painting of the first A380:
The first Asiana Airlines Airbus A380 is rolled out of the paint shop
The first Airbus A380 for Asiana Airlines (Seoul) was rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, marking the completion of its painting. The aircraft will then have completion of its cabin and enter a final phase of ground and flight tests in Hamburg, during which all cabin systems will be thoroughly tested, including air flow and air conditioning, lighting, galleys, lavatories, seats and in-flight entertainment systems. In parallel, Airbus will also undertake advanced performance tests with the aircraft before it flies back to Toulouse for preparation of its delivery to the airline in the second quarter of this year.
Asiana Airlines has firm orders for six A380s and will operate the aircraft from Seoul initially on regional services in Asia followed by long-haul routes to the United States.
Copyright Photo: Airbus. The first A380 is A380-841 F-WWAP which will become HL7625 (msn 152) on the handover.
Video: From National Geographic – Building the Airbus A380:
Asiana Airlines to introduce the Airbus A380 on June 13
Asiana Airlines (Seoul) has announced it will begin Airbus A380 service on June 13 between Seoul (Incheon) and Bangkok, Hong Kong, Osaka and Tokyo. Service to Los Angeles will begin later on August 15.
The new wide-body type will have 12 First Class seats, 66 Business Class seats and 417 Travel Class seats along with "First Suite" in the upper deck.
- Period of Operation: June 13 ~ July 23, 2014
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Asiana Airlines is changing its cockpit culture as a result of the July 6 crash
Asiana Airlines (Seoul) is changing its pilot training program according to this report by Reuters. As a result of recommendations from the NTSB concerning the July 6, 2013 crash at San Francisco. Asiana is now encouraging its flight crews to talk more and to challenge each other as a way of changing its corporate culture.
Read the full report: CLICK HERE
Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 777-28E ER HL7500 (msn 28685) taxies at Istanbul (Ataturk).
NTSB Chairman Hersman's briefing on the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash at San Francisco
National Transportation Safety Board's Chairperson Hersman briefs the media at yesterday's hearing in Washington on the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash. The main theme of the investigation is centered around the overuse of automation.
Read the analysis by Reuters: CLICK HERE
Asiana Airlines' pilot sees a bright light on the final approach
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) (Washington) has conducted its final press conference in San Francisco. The landing Asiana Airlines pilot reported a bright light source on his final approach (reflection of the sun on the water?). The pilot looked away and did not think it blinded him. The other pilot did not report any source of light. Here is the briefing from yesterday afternoon (July 11). The final accident report will probably take a year or longer before it is issued. If there are any recommendations, the NTSB will issue those recommendations sooner to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Meanwhile the remains of the Boeing 777 are slowly being removed.
The latest (July 10) NTSB briefing on the Asiana Airlines crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued this briefing on the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco late yesterday (July 10). The briefing includes new information on the pilots.
The lastest NTSB investigation briefing on the Asiana Airlines crash
The July 9, 2013 NTSB Briefing by Chairperson Deborah Hersman on the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco. Two flight attendants survived their ejected from the aircraft.
NTSB B-Roll from July 9, 2013:
ALPA pushes back on growing pilot error media conclusions
The Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l, released the following statement regarding the crash landing of Asiana Airlines (Seoul) flight 214 in San Francisco on Saturday, July 6, 2013.
First and foremost, our thoughts are with those who were involved in the accident this past Saturday. From the crew to the passengers to the families and first responders, we hope they can gain some comfort during this difficult time.
ALPA is stunned by the amount of detailed operational data from on-board recorders released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this soon into the investigation. The amount of data released publicly during the field portion of the accident investigation is unprecedented.
It is imperative that safety investigators refrain from prematurely releasing the information from on-board recording devices. We have seen in the past that publicizing this data before all of it can be collected and analyzed leads to erroneous conclusions that can actually interfere with the investigative process.
The release of individual data points from the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder—without the context of the entire body of factual investigative data—represents a potential detriment to flight safety. It encourages wild speculation, as we have already seen in the media, about causes of the accident before all the facts are known, before investigators have the ability to determine why the events occurred, and in this case before the flight crew had even been interviewed.
This premature release of partial data is often taken out of context and creates the impression that the NTSB has already determined probable cause even before the investigation has started. Since each factor of flight, landing, airport environment, and crew is part of safe air travel, we need to ensure that reckless release of information is not sensationalized by the media for the purpose of a few headlines.
ALPA has long supported an objective accident investigation process that is based on the fundamental principle of obtaining all the facts to perform accurate analysis in the context of all factors that may have led to an accident. We stand ready to assist the NTSB or any state investigative agency in obtaining those facts and ensuring that an appropriate operational context is maintained.
ALPA urges the NTSB to make sure that the objective investigative process continues by gathering all the facts and relevant information before leading the public to believe that a cause has been determined.
Founded in 1931, ALPA is the world's largest pilots union, representing more than 50,000 pilots at 33 airlines in the United States and Canada.
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Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Here is another view of the ill-fated Boeing 777-28E ER HL7742 (msn 29171) arriving at Los Angeles before the accident at SFO.
Asiana Airlines' pilot at San Francisco had only 43 hours in the Boeing 777
Asiana Airlines' (Seoul) pilot attempting the ill-fated landing at San Francisco on Saturday (July 6) was visiting San Francisco for the first time in a Boeing 777 (he visited SFO in other aircraft in the past). Lee Kang-kuk had previously logged only 43 hours in the Triple Seven before the accident. It is unclear if the senior pilot in the cockpit, Lee Jung-min, who had 3,220 hours in the Boeing 777, attempted to take over the aircraft to abort the landing at the end.
The aircraft was coming in "slow and low" as the now famous plane watcher video now shows (see below in a previous entry) along with data released by the NTSB. NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman (above) said the 777 was "well below" the required air speed of 137 knots on its low approach. The crew finally applied power after receiving the "stick shaker" warning of an imminent stall. It was too late to go around.
The two Chinese teenagers who died in the crash were thrown from the aircraft. Now it has been announced that one of the teenagers was probably run over by a responding fire truck.
Read the full report from Reuters: CLICK HERE
Copyright Photo: NTSB Chariman Hersman briefs (top and video) the media yesterday in San Francisco.
New video from CNN shows the Asiana Boeing 777 crashing and cartwheeling at San Francisco
A new exclusive video taken by Fred Hayes has been released by CNN.
All photos by the NTSB.
Follow the latest Tweets from the NTSB Team: CLICK HERE
NTSB is on the scene at the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) (Washington) investigators arrived on the scene last evening of the crash of Asiana Airlines' (Seoul) Boeing 777-28E ER HL7742 (msn 29171) that crashed while attempting to land.
Meanwhile Asiana Airlines issued this statement:
Press Release for Incident Involving Asiana Flight OZ 214 (July 7, 2013 06:30 KOR.Time)
The following information has been confirmed.
Asiana Airlines flight OZ 214 (Aircraft Registration HL7742) departed Incheon International Airport on July 6, 2013 at 16:35 (Korea time) bound for San Francisco. On July 7, 2013 at 11:28 (Local time) an accident occurred as OZ 214 was making a landing on San Francisco International Airport's runway 28 L.
There were a total of 291 passengers (19 business class, 272 travel class) and 16 cabin crew aboard. The majority of the passengers were comprised of 77 Korean citizens, 141 Chinese citizens, 61 US citizens, 1 Japanese citizen, etc. for a total of 291 people.
Asiana Airlines is currently investigating the specific cause of the incident as well as any injuries that may have been sustained to passengers as a result. Asiana Airlines will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation of all associated government agencies and to facilitate this cooperation has established an emergency response center at its headquarters.
At this point no additional information has been confirmed. New developments will be announced as more information becomes available.
For further information regarding OZ213/214, please contact 800-227-4262.
Additionally the CEO of Asiana has ruled out any engine problems with the aircraft.
All passengers and crew members have now been accounted for. The two dead passengers were Chinese teenagers who were found outside of the aircraft, probably dropping from the rear section when it broke up on impact with the seawall. More than 100 people were injured.
Read the full story from KGO Channel 7 in San Francisco: CLICK HERE
Top Copyright Photo: NTSB. NTSB investigators conduct first site assessment of #Asiana214 in San Francisco.
Bottom Copyright Photo: NTSB. Chairman Hersman and Investigator-in-Charge Bill English looking at interior damage to #Asiana214.
Breaking News: Asiana's Boeing 777-28E HL7742 crashes on landing at San Francisco
Asiana Airlines' (Seoul) flight OZ 214 from Seoul (Incheon) to San Francisco with a reported 291 passengers and 16 crew members crashed landed short of runway 28L on landing at San Francisco at 1127 local time. The underside of the fuselage, possibly the main gear, impacted the rock seawall while landing leaving a trail of debris down the overrun area and on to the runway. The forward section of Boeing 777-28E ER HL7742 (msn 29171) was consumed by fire. The main fuselage separated from the tail section on impact. Most passengers and crew members were able to escape the burning aircraft from the main section.
The flight crew gave no indication of a problem before attempting its landing.
Two people have died in the crash. 181 people were initially transported to nine area hospitals from the triage area. 123 people are listed as uninjured. 34 people have been transported to the Trauma Center at the San Francisco General Hospital. Of these 34, five are listed now as "critical" and five are now listed as "serious". One person is now listed as "unaccounted". The remainder were later transported to area hospitals for medical attention and are expected to be released.
One eyewitness, watching the planes landing, reported to CNN that he saw the airliner land short of the runway with the landing gear hitting the seawall. A fire ball flared on the underside of the aircraft during the hard landing. The aircraft cartwheeled according to the eyewitness with the tail section and vertical stabilizers separating quickly. The right wing tip shows damage.
Another eyewitness who was a passenger in the rear section of the aircraft told CNN the tail section hit the ground very hard and at least two Flight Attendants "fell out" from rear into the gap that was created when the tail section separated.
An United Boeing 747-400 was very close to the final resting spot of the forward section and was preparing to depart.
Weather was reported to be clear and visibility at 10 miles at the time of the accident.
San Francisco International Airport is now reporting it has opened two runways.
HL7742 was delivered new to Asiana on March 7, 2006.
More news will be posted as it is confirmed.
Read the report from NBC: CLICK HERE
Local TV news coverage from PIX 11: CLICK HERE
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. HL7742 is pictured on final approach previously at Los Angeles.
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JetBlue and Asiana move closer with a new interline agreement
JetBlue Airways (New York) and Asiana Airlines (Seoul) have announced the launch of an interline agreement to connect each other's networks and bring new flight options to travelers between Asia and the Americas.
Through the arrangement, effective immediately, travelers can book single-ticket travel combining flights on both carriers and enjoy one-stop baggage check-in when they transfer between the airlines at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
JetBlue is the largest domestic airline at JFK, where Asiana offers daily nonstop service to its global hub at Incheon International Airport. Travelers can connect onward to cities across Asia and Oceania via Seoul.
U.S.-bound travelers will enjoy easy transfers at JFK from Asiana to JetBlue destinations including Boston, Massachusetts; Burlington, Vermont; Syracuse and Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York; Portland, Maine, Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and six cities in Florida including Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Jacksonville.
Top Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N348JB (msn 19000511) with the Barcode tail fin gracefully climbs away from Toronto (Pearson).
Bottom Copyright Photo: Yuji Wang. Boeing 767-38E HL7514 (msn 25763) of Asiana Airlines arrives from the Seoul hub at Shanghai (Pudong).
Asiana Airlines to fly to Da Nang, Vietnam
Asiana Airlines Airbus A321-231 HL7722 (msn 2041) PEK (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Asiana Airlines (Seoul) will launch the Seoul (Incheon)-Da Nang (Vietnam) route on December 14 according to Airline Route. The new route will be operated twice-weekly with Airbus A321s.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing.
Asiana Slide Show: CLICK HERE
Asiana Airlines Cargo's two missing crew members bodies located
Asiana Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-48EF HL7604 (msn 29907) BRU (Karl Cornil) (crashed July 28, 2011), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Asiana Airlines' (Seoul) two missing crew members from the crashed cargo flight of July 28, 2011 have been located. The bodies have been located near Jeju Island. The crash is still under investigation according to The Korean Times.
Read the full article: CLICK HERE
Asiana Slide Show: CLICK HERE
Copyright Photo: Karl Cornil.
World Airways to operate a Boeing 747-400F freighter for Asiana Airlines
World Airways Boeing 747-4H6 (SF) N741WA (msn 25702) NUE (Gunter Mayer), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
World Airways (Atlanta), a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings Inc., has reached an agreement with Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon) to operate one Boeing 747-400F freighter on a full-time basis beginning in September 2011. World will provide additional capacity for Asiana's cargo network, connecting its hub at Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, with West Coast markets in the United States.
Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer.
Asiana Airlines' Boeing 747-48EF HL7604 crashes today off of Jeju Island in South Korea, two crew missing
Asiana Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-48EF HL7604 (msn 29907) BRU (Karl Cornil) (crashed July 28, 2011), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Asiana Airlines' (Seoul) cargo flight OZ 991 bound for Shanghai has crashed into the sea off of Jeju Island in South Korea. The two crew members on board are missing.
Read the full story from the New York Times: CLICK HERE
Copyright Photo: Karl Cornil. Please click on the photo for the full story.
Asiana Airlines produces a $211 million net profit in 2010
Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-28E HL7755 (msn 30861) FRA (Bernhard Ross), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Asiana Airlines (Seoul) reported it produced a net profit of $211 million in 2010.
Read the full report from ATW: CLICK HERE
Copyright Photo: Bernhard Ross. Please click on photo for aircraft information.
Asiana orders six Airbus A380s
Asiana Airlines (Seoul) has become a new customer for the A380 following the signature of a firm order for six aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2014 and the airline plans to operate the aircraft with a premium layout on key routes to Europe and the US. The carrier will make an engine selection for its A380 fleet in the near future.
Asiana Airlines posts a record profit in the third quarter
Asiana Airlines Airbus A320-232 HL7762 (msn 3244) PEK (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon) posted a record profit of $184 million in the third quarter. Read the full report from The Chosun Ilbo:
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Please click on photo for additional details.
Asiana Airlines Cargo adds service to Atlanta on September 13
Asiana Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-48EF HL7636 (msn 29170) ANC (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Asiana Airlines (Seoul) began cargo service to Atlanta on September 13 with Boeing 747-400F freighter aircraft. The new route will be operated four times a week.
Asiana Airlines is the 14th all-cargo airline to serve Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Singapore Airlines Cargo began scheduled service to Atlanta in September 2009.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Boeing 747-48EF HL7636 (msn 29170) climbs away from Anchorage.
Asiana Airlines Cargo to add Atlanta on September 13
Asiana Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-48EF HL7636 (msn 29170) ANC (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon) will extend its cargo network to Atlanta, starting on September 13. The new route will be operated four times a week with Boeing 747-400F freighters.
On the financial side, the second quarter profit slipped to slightly over $12 million.
Read the full report in ATW:
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Asiana Cargo's Boeing 747-48EF HL7636 (msn 29170) climbs into the sky at Anchorage.
World Airways to operate a Boeing 747-400F for Asiana
World Airways (Atlanta), a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., has signed an agreement with Asiana Airlines (Seoul) to operate one Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft on a full-time basis for air cargo service beginning February 23 through the remainder of 2010.


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- Stir rice milk,* vegetable oil and pancake mix in a bowl until just combined, then let stand for five minutes.
- Heat a nonstick pan or griddle over medium-low heat. Coat the surface with cooking spray or brush with vegetable oil.
- Pour batter by 1/4 cupful's onto pan and cook until undersides are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Note: Pancakes will not bubble to indicate doneness, but are ready to flip when they become dry around the edges.
- Flip pancakes and cook 2 minutes or until cooked through.
- Enjoy!
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|Dietary Fiber
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|1 g
|Vitamin A
|Vitamin C
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|65 g
|80 g
|Sat Fat
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|20 g
|25 g
|Less than
|300 mg
|300 mg
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Party for the Planet: A Month-long Celebration of the Earth
LG&E and KU present special events throughout April;
Festivities include $2 admission April 21
The Louisville Zoo is throwing a party for the Earth, an extravaganza in April filled with special activities, a regional art contest for students, $2 admission on April 21 and more attractions to delight patrons of all ages.
It's the annual Party for the Planet sponsored by Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company. During the week, guests can enjoy zookeeper presentations and animal encounters while every weekend in April will be filled with special activities. Visit louisvillezoo.org for a complete list of Earth month events.
"One day isn't enough to celebrate the wonders of our planet, so we're hosting a party the community can enjoy throughout April," said Laura Douglas, vice president of Corporate Responsibility and Community Affairs at LG&E and KU. "And with our history of community partnerships, we're especially proud to offer Earth month as LG&E and KU celebrate their centennial anniversaries."
Earth Day Festival
During the Earth Day Festival, April 21, guests can enjoy $2 admission to the Zoo, courtesy of LG&E and KU. Free parking will be available that day as well. Additional activities include zookeeper presentations, animal encounters during the week, special character visits and events every weekend.
New this year is Trashformation: a trash-to-treasure recyclable art contest for students in grades K – 12. This fun contest is open to individual students, groups or class projects. Rules and registration forms are available louisvillezoo.org. Registration deadline is April 1. Winners will be announced at the Earth Day Festival and all entries will be displayed.
LG&E and KU also plan to commemorate the utilities' Centennial Celebration Tree on April 21 in observance of the utilities' 100th anniversary year. In the past four years, the Zoo has planted nearly 90 trees through the companies' Plant for the Planet grant program.
April Party for the Planet Activities
Recycle and Save on Admission
Help protect gorilla habitats! Donate an old cell phone to the Zoo and receive $2 off adult admission in April. Eco-Cell, our cell phone recycling partner, will make a donation to the Zoo's conservation efforts for every cell phone we receive. Be sure your service has been disconnected and any personal information erased from your phone. For more information, go to www.eco-cell.com
ZooPoopyDoo Compost and Mulch Sale
Saturdays, April 6, 13, 20 and 27
7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Get your garden ready for spring with our unique high quality ZooPoopyDoo compost and hardwood bark mulch. Compost is $40 per scoop. Visit louisvillezoo.org for mulch pricing.
Arctic Ambassadors Weekend
Saturday, April 6 — Featuring Tundra and Griswald
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The fun will be "unbearable" as Zoo mascots, Tundra and Griswald, make appearances throughout the day in Glacier Run. Staff members from the Zoo`s MetaZoo Education Center will share bear bio-facts and information.
Sunday, April 7 —Eco-Partner Exhibitor, Louisville Water Company
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Explore how Louisville Water Company cleans the water you use every day and how water is used by some of our Zoo animals.
Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14 — Eco-Partner Exhibitor, Kentucky Science Center
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Jump down the rabbit hole with the Kentucky Science Center! Help us "paint the roses red" in the Queen of Hearts' garden as we explore how plants use oxygen. Discover the science behind the Caterpillar's misty shapes through our interactive dry ice experiments. And don't worry… As the White Rabbit says, we won't be "late for this very important date," because we're investigating the properties of clockwork time.
Saturday, April 13— Eco-Partner Exhibitor, Kentucky Science Center
Check event schedule for performance times
Do you have what it takes to defeat an electricity vampire? With the help of energy superhero Captain Current, we'll show you how to track down where energy is wasted and learn how to battle these voltage villains.
Wonderland Tea Party for the Planet
Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14
Session times: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Separate ticket required. Tickets available online only starting March 16.
Don't be late! The Mad Hatter is visiting the Zoo to host a zany tea party and you're invited! Enjoy a snack of cookies, juice and tea. Be sure to bring your camera and meet Alice, the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit. Join the Queen of Hearts for a game in her garden, but be careful or it'll be off with your head!
Creepy, Crawly and Cool
Saturday, April 20 — Featuring Lyle Lyle Crocodile and Eco-Partner Exhibitors:
Kentucky Herp Society
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
If you like the creepy and crawly, then this is the day for you. Get a hands-on experience with live creepy crawlies and learn from Zookeepers about the many ways these under-appreciated animals contribute to the natural world. Enjoy a photo opportunity with "Lyle Lyle Crocodile."
Sunday, April 21
$2 Admission, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., No parking fee
Eco-Partner displays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Come celebrate Earth Day at the Louisville Zoo, and enjoy $2 admission courtesy of LG&E and KU. Spend the day learning about the Zoo's conservation efforts and visit environmental displays located throughout the Zoo featuring some of our eco-partners. Purchase tickets online at louisvillezoo.org.
Saturday, April 27 — Featuring Larry and Bob from "Veggie Tales"
Eco-Partner Exhibitor: Kentucky Orchid Society
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Learn some great gardening tips that will make your neighbors green with envy. The Kentucky Orchid Society will have orchids on display and for purchase. Plus, meet the biggest veggies on TV, Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato from "Veggie Tales."
Sunday, April 28 — Featuring Larry and Bob from "Veggie Tales", 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Eco-Partner Exhibitor: Louisville Bat's Buddy Bat, Noon – 2 p.m.
The Louisville Zoo, a non-profit organization and state zoo of Kentucky, is dedicated to bettering the bond between people and our planet by providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for visitors, and leadership in scientific research and conservation education. The Zoo is accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM) and by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).


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The recent financial troubles of video game maker 38 Studios and its political and financial relationship to the state should be a shot across the bow for the Deepwater Wind near-shore Block Island wind farm and the risk of shortfalls in future resources to dismantle the wind farm. To quote a senior state representative of the RI General Assembly commenting last week: "That deal [38 Studios] was put together during the spring of 2010 by many of the same players who, at the same time, were also pushing the Deepwater transaction. I fear the economic judgment was no better."
The Town of New Shoreham must take responsibility to determine, independently of Deepwater Wind and the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), with fact-based, non-political, professional and independent analysis, the future cost of dismantling the Block Island wind farm and follow a rigorous process to guarantee those funds exist in 20 years. Public transparency must be provided — there should be no ambiguity with respect to the future assets and path to the future obligation of the developer. There will be no such thing as being too conservative on this issue — the risks are extraordinarily high.
Politics has driven many steps of the process for this project to this point, not fact-based analysis. That's foreign to a lot of us. Witness the Special Area Management Plan (SAMP), which purported to be a science-based effort to determine, among other things, a site for the Deepwater Wind project. There may have been good work done by the SAMP but the Block Island site was pre-selected for the wind farm long before the SAMP was complete. The de facto circumvention of the state Public Utilities Commission regulatory process for the Deepwater/National Grid power purchase agreement (PPA) for political reasons has been well documented.
It is critical that politics not get in the way of thorough and fact-based analysis of de-commissioning costs and a proper process for guaranteeing funds exist in 20 years to dismantle this project.
Why not rely on Deepwater Wind?
Deepwater Wind is conflicted, so we can't rely on its efforts and cost estimates alone. It owes a responsibility to its shareholders from a fiduciary perspective, not Block Island, as much as it might say otherwise. Deepwater Wind will most likely not be in existence in 20 years, the expected life of the wind farm and end of the PPA with National Grid. Or Deepwater will have sold the project to another developer. It has already raised red flags as a result of failing to file annual reports with the state and allowing its PPA with National Grid to expire.
Why not rely on the CRMC?
The CRMC is the regulatory body that claims oversight of decommissioning issues because the project is in state waters, but the CRMC does not have the expertise and experience and it can be subject to politics, too, as we've seen with the Champlin's Marina case. This bears repeating. The CRMC does not have the expertise to effectively manage something of this magnitude.
Why not rely on the state or other off island resources?
There is not and will not be private sector wealth or taxpayer resources in this state to provide funds to de-commission the wind farm if it is not done properly by Deepwater Wind or its parent DE Shaw. A recent example is the Jamestown Bridge. The state had no resources to dismantle it. The U.S. Coast Guard for years called it a hazard to navigation and it was a blight on the area. It ultimately cost $22 million to dismantle, and most of the funds came from the federal government.
What do other energy facilities and the well-known pension issues in this state have to teach us?
I've helped manage de-commissioning assets. That doesn't make me an expert, but it makes me understand it's a high risk proposition to do it properly. As evidence of the risks involved, there are about 25 nuclear power plants in this country that lack sufficient de-commissioning funds for various reasons, but mostly because of poor planning and a lack of accountability. Or witness the pension issues Rhode Island and others face. Properly funding a pension is essentially the same procedure as properly funding de-commissioning assets.
While all of us have responsibility, those who have supported and championed the wind farm project for years now owe a greater accountability on this issue. That includes especially the Town Council and the Electric Utility Task Group.
The Town Council needs to hire an independent professional, paid by the town, to determine the proper process inclusive of accruals, bonding in the initial years of the project, attaching liability past Deepwater Wind LLC to DE Shaw or National Grid, estimated funds needed and other issues. It then needs to present this body of work to the CRMC and other regulators. It is not critical to go into detail here as these and other issues can be addressed separately. What is critical is that the town begin this now as the applications are being submitted shortly and state approvals will happen quickly, likely by year end.
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From A Friendly Letter, #122, 1991
It is easy to get entirely too highfalutin about the cultural significance of movies. Here, after all, is one consumer business among others, relentlessly probing and pandering to the popular moods and images of the moment, perhaps illuminating them, but perhaps merely exploiting them. Does it really, for instance, signify anything more profound than a youthful appreciation for whimsy that the top cinematic heroes of American children in 1991 are turtles, rather than, say, iguanas? I'm dubious.
On the other hand, the persistence of certain images and themes in many successful films, as well as the occasional success of movies with countering images, might be able to tell us something about the culture which produces them, as well as the place of these films' persisting elements in the culture.
In this hermeneutic effort, the weight of mythic meaning has been loaded particularly heavily onto that indigenous American film genre, the western. At least, the Western is a favorite with male critics. Bosley Crowther, formerly film critic for the New York Times, pointed out in The Great Films that Westerns above all are about a hero "...this man with the gun and the impulse to use it rightly is the crux of the genre. Set against some form of evil, he is the central figure in the vast mythology built up and perpetuated in almost all western films. And it is a mythology, as powerful and indigenous as that which the Greeks clarified in dramatic poetry 2500 years ago."
Maybe so; we shall see. And we'll examine this heroic notion by means of a consideration of Quakers in the movies, beginning with one of the most revered of all Westerns, High Noon.
Starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, High Noon has attained an almost legendary status in the American cinema. An unexpected hit in 1952, it raked in four Academy Awards and loads of critical acclaim; and ever since, as Larry Swindell notes in his biography of Gary Cooper, The Last Hero, "its reputation has followed a similar curve...and is building still." Last year, in fact, High Noon was granted something like canonical status, when the Library of Congress included it among the first twenty-five films to be officially designated as national landmarks, or some such thing.
Why all the fanfare? Besides the undeniable facts that it is well made, and Cooper is in top form as Will Kane, the retiring marshal of Hadleyville, film pundits have found in High Noon all sorts of American archetypes: above all, Cooper, the world-weary, solitary hero who stands up to the bad guys when no one else in Hadleyville will--when all the locals chicken out, and even his new young wife, Amy (Kelly), threatens to leave him over it.
It is with Amy that Friends come into this perhaps seminal American myth-drama, because the fresh-faced Amy is a Quaker. Moreover, she is a Quaker who is determined, in the beginning, to stick to her pacifist principles even at the cost of her marriage. But Kelly eventually, you should pardon the expression, sees the light, in a confrontation with the worldly, foreign Helen Ramirez, a former lover of both the marshal and one of the outlaws, who tells her that it is her duty to stand by her man.
Thus persuaded, Kelly proves her born-again priorities by picking up a pistol and shooting one of the outlaws in the back; so much for Quakerism. When the requisite bloodshed is all over, she rides off with Cooper in a wagon for their only slightly delayed honeymoon--but not before he, in a gesture controversial among many viewers, contemptuously throws his marshal's badge into the dirt of Hadleyville's main street.
Undeniably, many still find this tableau inspiring.
Donald Spoto, in his biography of the film's director, Stanley Kramer, says "High Noon has lost little of its power to intrigue the viewer, to suggest directly the spiritual issues which in fact the Western genre has always had at its root...: Love, implies the script, does not in fact conquer all." Or, as he also puts it, "The issue is...no citizen is worthy of liberty who is not willing to fight to preserve it."
But with this comment we can also bring into focus two--no, three --Quakerly quarrels with this film, among which the straw-woman treatment of the Peace Testimony only merits second place. First up should be unease at the depiction of femininity, particularly Quaker femininity. That's because as portrayed in High Noon, Amy the Quaker is a first-class, simpering dweeb, about the sorriest, phoniest caricature of a Friend I ever hope to see. A feminist film scholar, Joan Mellen, whose book Big Bad Wolves, tracks and analyzes male values and images in American films, describes Amy with accurate scorn as "passive and cloying", "a weak and stupid woman...prissy, colorless Grace Kelly, the 'good' woman, unassertive and slightly cowardly."
Is this too harsh? I think not. Even Kelly, then a rookie actress, was embarrassed by her performance. As Mellen points out, "She is the kind of woman High Noon proposes to the masculine male, for she has no connection to the outside world other than through her man." Such "retrograde images of women" were, Mellen asserts, standard filmic fare in the fifties; and as one who grew up watching such movies, I think she's right. This is not a model Margaret Fell would have recognized; the film does not deal fairly with Amy as a Quaker or a woman.
Then there is the matter of nonviolence. Amy's Quakerism is patently no more than one more cardboard construction in the film's conceptual scenery; there is little serious exposition of it, and about the most profound argument she makes for it to Will is that of denial: "It's no concern of yours."
Finally, the film's cavalier, uninformed treatment of Quakerism is all too typical of the ahistorical character of Western films generally. But as James Folsom said in the book Focus on the Western, "...Western history is notable in Westerns primarily because of its absence...." The elements of the hero defending threatened values against evil with violence serve as convenient carriers for many other sorts of messages. Certainly in High Noon the writers and directors are ignorant of Quakerism, and blatantly unfair in their depiction of its convictions. But clearly too, they mean Quakerism per se no harm; it is but a rhetorical device in their script. In that case, what other message can it be carrying?
Many critics manage to see in High Noon a veiled protest against the cowardly way in which so much of the American establishment was caving in to the hysteria and witchhunts of McCarthyism, then at their peak. This notion seems to be corroborated by the fact that scriptwriter Carl Foreman had been blacklisted for declining to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
But As Mellen puts it, if so "defeat is inherent in its plot." It sneers at democracy: all the ordinary citizens of Hadleyville are cringing weaklings; only the superman--and who among us is like him?--can overcome the forces of evil, and he must use the tools of evil to do it. In the end, Mellen aptly says, "personal violence is the only means by which a man can protect what is valuable to him....We are told, unequivocally, that the real man is the one who fights." She also points out that Cooper arrogates to himself the authority to decide when and how to accord the arriving outlaws any civil rights; such is the privilege of the Western Hero.
Mellen sees in High Noon a chilling "crypto-fascist" outlook that emerged more starkly, and with wild success, in the non-western revenge films of the seventies and eighties (and now nineties...) typified by Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry series. She notes a telling, probably intentional parallel, in which Harry, at the conclusion of one of his ultra-violent "thrillers", also tosses away his inspector's badge, into a quarry.
The continuing real-life power of this archetypal American scenario was shown with spectacular success only months ago, in the Gulf War. With almost cinematic skill, and aided by consummate media professionals, George Bush painted the U.S. as the reluctant marshal rallying a disorganized and previously spineless group of Hadleyville-ish governments into a posse that set out to stop the incarnation of pure evil, using violence to tame the wild (Middle Eastern) frontier, to bring it law and (new world) order. Along the way he had to overcome the doubters in his own camp, but that too was easily done: the Democrats were successfully painted as cowards and the peaceniks, like Amy the Quaker, as fools.
To be sure, the movie did not fade out quite on schedule after the carefully-scripted denouement of the shootout in the Kuwait Corral, and the extemporaneous, bloodier aftermath has had a distinctly un-Western character. Still, the capacity of American media and their consumers to ignore and soon forget data that does not fit such well-worn scripts can hardly be overestimated. In a way, the U.S. marshal is once again tossing his badge in the sand and leaving town.
So perhaps High Noon deserves its place in the American filmic pantheon, as a parable of the nineties as much as of the fifties. Certainly it is a landmark in the (mis)treatment of Quakerism for a popular audience. Indeed, by itself it would be enough to make a serious Friend turn Wilburite and swear off (I mean, affirm off) movies for good.
But that would be a mistake, not least because then you'd miss out on one of the great ironic twists of cinema history, namely that only four years later, the same Gary Cooper starred in Friendly Persuasion, which is undoubtedly the best, fairest depiction of Quakerism on celluloid. But the ironic parallels don't stop there: Friendly Persuasion too was both a box office and a critical success; its screenplay was likewise written by a victim of McCarthyism, in this case Michael Wilson, who was not given a screenwriter's credit. And not least, if High Noon was the filmic apotheosis of the haunted Fifties, could Friendly Persuasion have been a turning point of the crazy eighties? After all, Ronald Reagan gave a copy to Mikhail Gorbachev at the summit which marked the end of the Cold War, along with a speech praising it as the emblem of the search for an alternative to war. And we know how the former president got most of his ideas, and half his facts, from watching movies.
Still, Friendly Persuasion has its critics, including some Friends. For instance, Thomas Radecki, of Urbana-Champaign Meeting in Illinois, condemned it in a lengthy review in Friends Journal (4/1989) entitled "Film's Message Esteems Violence". As far as Radecki is concerned, almost everything about Friendly Persuasion is wrong: "Quakers are portrayed as opposing going to war but are not shown as doing anything active...to nonviolently work against the war. They are accused of letting others do the fighting for them. The values of the Quaker minister are repeatedly mocked. Her younger son participates in gambling...her daughter falls in love with a dashing Union lieutenant...[and] goes dancing with him...[her] husband brings an organ into the house....Later, in the critical part of the film, every Quaker man eventually picks up his gun to fight the rebels....At one point, [the mother] becomes angry and...strikes a rebel soldier to keep him from killing a pet goose...at no time did the Quaker minister witness for peace."
There's more, but you get the idea. Radecki grudgingly admits that "the film does have some redeeming qualities, but I rate the movie as at least somewhat harmful due to its message that violence is the only way to successfully resist violence. I wish I could say better."
If he can't say better, however, I can: Such complaints notwithstanding, Friendly Persuasion seems to me to come about as close to truth and fairness as I expect to see Hollywood get in a treatment of Quakerism; I recommend it to every Quaker parent, as projecting images their children ought to see and imitate. While all that Radecki mentions is, in the narrowest sense, accurate, I believe he has woefully misjudged the film, on several counts: its place in American cinema, the characters and their roles, its historicity, and, not least, its value as an expression of the Peace Testimony. Here, for perhaps the only time, I think Ronald Reagan was closer to the truth when he commended the film to Gorbachev because it "shows not the tragedy of war, but the problems of pacifism, the nobility of patriotism as well as the love of peace."
Why such praise? The discussion of High Noon points to the first consideration: the film's challenge to its cultural context, as indicated by its stars. Another of Gary Cooper's biographers, Stuart Kaminsky, put it this way: "Instead of his usual man of action, a man who settles things with his gun and fists when he is pushed to the wall, Cooper is here a man who rejects everything his earlier characters had stood for." The significance of Gary Cooper as Quaker Jess Birdwell is underscored when we consider that the role was originally planned for crooner Bing Crosby (!?).
Perhaps even more important was Dorothy McGuire's performance as Eliza, which earned her the Best Actress award from the National Board of Review for the "spare yet appealing integrity" of the role. Here is a woman who is a leader in her community, as her husband is not--she is the one who rebukes the Union commander when he enters their meetinghouse looking for recruits. She is competent and respected in her household, challenging her husband and even, however briefly, leaving him when he waffles under her eldering over the unorthodox organ. (There is, in the resolution of this contretemps, a demure hint of her as a sexual person too.) And, let us not forget, she is brave enough to face a band of rebel marauders alone and unarmed, and treat them, despite her fears, for the most part peaceably.
In short, she is just about everything as a woman, never mind a Quaker woman, that Grace Kelly in High Noon was not. And all this in a major, successful Hollywood film of the mid-1950s! Not only was such a female character a countercultural figure then; they are rare enough in even the better films of the nineties, for pete's sake.
But what, Friend Radecki might object, about the once-militant pacifist Quaker elder who turns gun-toting fire-brand when his barn is burned down? What about the Birdwells' son Josh, who finally joins the battle against the rebel invaders to find out if he is truly a pacifist or only a coward? What about Eliza's assault with a broom to save her endangered goose? Are not these all mockeries of Quaker pacifism?
Not as I saw them. Rather, they simply showed these Friends as less than perfect, as people holding sincere beliefs who are not always able to live up to them completely. And contrary to the cavils of thin-skinned Friendly critics, this is not mockery; it is humanity. It makes not only for a much better drama, but also for a very sympathetic sketch of Quakerism.
In fact, only the apostate elder, whose pacifism proves to be merely barn-deep, is shown to be worthy of scorn: the Birdwells' son turns away from his gun after the battle; he has found his peace witness--at a price, but found it nonetheless. His father almost shoots the rebel who wounded him but then does not; and the wife is ashamed of herself for the broom attack. True, none of them breaks into a homily on the practicality of nonviolence; that is left to the Methodist preacher who, stops by with his gun, and laments his and society's inability to find a more peaceful way, but praises the Friends for trying, however falteringly.
But why did they have to be shown to be so flawed in other ways? Why the organ, the dancing, the romance with a soldier, the fear of being called cowards, and more? Is this not more mockery? They should have been more homiletically peaceful, some may say. They should have been more thoroughly plain; they should have been more, well, Quakerly. But it is here that what seems like the film's deepest flaw is in fact one of its greatest virtues; because, verily, dear Friends, that's the way it really was among Indiana Quakers in those years.
Make some allowance for the Hollywood treatment, but Jessamyn West's stories on which the film was based were not inventions. Rather, she re-created a real Quaker girlhood as recalled for her by the grandmother who had lived it. (Look up her poignant memoir, The Woman Said Yes, for the details.) And in those years, Indiana Friends did indeed join the Union army in great numbers; they did turn to music in their homes and in their worship; their separatist way of life was in fact fast dissolving.
Perhaps this was a great loss, a default on their Quakerism (though Friends in Western and Indiana Yearly Meetings will give you an argument about that). But in any case, it happened just about that way. (Read Thomas Hamm's fine study, The Transformation of American Quakerism, for a scholarly account.) And is it not unseemly for members of a body of truth-seekers and speakers to be trashing Friendly Persuasion for just those features of its story which are, for better and for worse, the closest to the actual historical truth about us?
If that's not enough for you, think of it this way: Which movie would you rather have had Gorbachev and the Politburo settling back to watch after the Reagan summit, their feet up and the vodka handy, reading between the subtitles for cinematic clues to the future contours of US-Soviet relations (with, in the bargain, a sketch of that quaint sect of Quakers)?
Take your pick: Friendly Persuasion, and the less than perfect Quaker Birdwells; or Grace "killer" Kelly and the apocalyptic machismo of High Noon.
I don't find the choice hard at all.
Compiled by Dennis Maulsby
(Ed. Note: Movie buff Maulsby is a member and clerk of Penn Valley Meeting in Kansas City and a bank vice president. He found most of the movies described here via late-night TV and VCR, and is seeking out more. If you know of other films with Quaker content, please let us know, via this Letter.)
(A Further Note about Availability: Movies, like books, go in and out of print. Many of these films are on video, but finding some of them can be difficult; try your library for video directories, and/or a video wholesaler.)
Murphy's War, 1971, starring Peter O'Toole & Sian Phillips. Murphy is a British sailor, who is rescued from the sea after his warship has been sunk by a German submarine in the last days of World War II. The action takes place off the East coast of South America near a small primitive Indian village. Sian Phillips plays a female Quaker doctor assigned to the village by a Friends' relief organization.
A group of Germans is hiding out upriver from the village, waiting out the war. Murphy attempts to destroy them for killing his lost ship's sole remaining officer. His simple desire for survival gradually becomes a mania for revenge, in spite of the doctor's efforts. In fact, Murphy remains confused to the end about the doctor's Quaker beliefs. She in turn is unable to prevent his destruction.
The Deep Six, 1958, with Alan Ladd and William Bendix, is another variation of the Quakers-at-war motif. Ladd is a rising artist whose career and budding romance are interrupted by the Korean War. Although descended from a long line of Quakers, Ladd ends up a navy officer after ROTC in college. His early pacifist beliefs are thoroughly tested by active duty. You guess which option ...violence or non...he finally chooses.
Cheyenne Autumn, 1964, features Richard Widmark and Carroll Baker. Baker is a beautiful Quaker schoolteacher assigned to a Sioux reservation in the desert southwest. In desperate shape, thousands of miles from their home in the Black Hills, the Sioux appeal to Congress and the president in vain. Then they attempt a return to their homelands.
Most of the film deals with the Sioux's attempts to avoid capture. Naturally the Quaker teacher goes with the Indians, while her suitor, Cavalry Captain Widmark, leads the pursuit.
Bedlam, 1945, starring Boris Karloff, pits Quakers against his special brand of evil. The movie's unusual setting highlights the early Friends' mental hospital reform work. Karloff is cast as a corrupt and venal manager of a British insane asylum. A handsome Quaker stonemason and a convinced female Friend, played by Anna Lee, take on the villain. Lee, having been wrongfully committed due to Karloff's machinations, works from within, while the stonemason rallies outside support, and Karloff is eventually defeated.
The movie cast historical British mental hospitals in such a poor light that it was banned in Britain.
Angel and the Badman, 1947, with John Wayne, Gail Russell and Harry Carey. This boilerplate western is a precursor of High Noon, which lacks all the distinction of the latter, but retains some homely virtues of its own.
The plot features Wayne as a onetime good guy, Quirt Evans, gone bad. After collapsing on the doorstep of a Quaker family, he is nursed back to health by Friend Penelope, Gail Russell.
Russell, while no Eliza Birdwell, is more appealing than Grace Kelly's Amy Kane, and prettier too.
Once indoctrinated with the Quaker lifestyle and emotionally bonded to the Quaker maid, Wayne's good side re-emerges. But of course there are bad guys with guns yet to be faced, and the question of violence to be confronted.
This time, luckily, Friend Penelope doesn't end up a killer, though Harry Carey as the sheriff fuzzes the issues by coming through as the deus ex machina at the last moment. But at fadeout Wayne, yes the Duke himself, is declaring he'll spend the rest of his life behind a plow rather than a gun.
The July Group, 1985, was filmed on a shoestring in Canada with a cast of unknowns, but it is one of the best of this bunch, perhaps because it, like Friendly Persuasion, was based on a novel by a serious, creative Quaker. In the late Stanley Ellin's novel, Stronghold, (discussed in AFL#3) a small-town Quaker banker's family is taken hostage by a band of cutthroats who want couple million bucks and a helicopter. The family, supported by their small meeting, decides to try nonviolent resistance to the plot.
Here is a story that even Thomas Radecki should find acceptable. With little sermonizing, and amid much realistic fear and trembling, this small band of Quakers takes on hard-core violence head-on, in their own peaceable but determined way. Violence is not entirely avoided (the genre does have its demands), but...see it and judge for yourself. This film is hard to find, alas, but worth the search.
The Courageous Mr. Penn, 1941, with Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr. A British biography of the founder of Pennsylvania, which vividly portrays the persecution he faced, including his historic role in inspiring a jury to defy judicial bullying and establish their right to their own verdict, a keystone of our justice system. While building his pioneering colony against great odds, the film's Penn also romances the aristocratic Kerr, who converts to Quakerism and marries him. A fine historical drama.
Down To The Sea In Ships, 1922, with Raymond McKee and Clara Bow. This film highlights the once-great Quaker whaling community of New Bedford, Massachusetts, with sequences showing Friends at worship and doing business, in authentic plain dress in an authentic old meetinghouse. Mainly, though, it is a silent sea spectacle, with stowaways, lovers pursued by a villain, and an appropriate piano score.
Raid on Rommel, a 1971 Richard Burton vehicle about a commando raid on Nazi oil supplies in North Africa, gives Friends at least an honorable mention. The raiders' medic is a British Friend who ably voices the Quaker peace testimony. He is also the focus of the film's comic relief, when he is assigned to guard the captured nymphomaniac mistress of an Italian general.
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