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On February 17, a premiere showing of a documentary film, B.A.M.: Baikel and Beyond, on the building of the new trans-Siberian railroad in the U.S.S.R., was presented by Ted Lamb in the Cook Auditorium in Hanover. The film was the first Western television documentary of the construction of this 4,500-mile railroad, now being built through Siberia.

Ted is the owner of several newspapers and television stations in addition to being involved in other industrial activities. He has long been an advocate of national planning and in this connection he has made more than 20 trips to the Soviet Union. On his last trip he took with him a television group which produced this film. The group was probably the first Western crew to film in the sensitive area of eastern Siberia and the only crew to film the construction of this new trans-Siberian railroad.

When the railroad is completed in 1984, it will extend from the Pacific coast to an area east of Moscow and will open up territory rich in resources, in much the same way as our country developed as it pushed westward in the 19th century. The point of the film is to show that Siberia is a rapidly developing area, which will provide resources of copper, coal, diamonds, and gold which we need, and will also provide a market for American products. Ted says it is a fact that the resources are there and that they are being developed. Ted hopes the film will get across to American business people the fact that Russia has a lot they want to sell and the fact that they want to do business with America. He feels we should drop trade restrictions which are counter-productive and direct our foreign policy to develop an interchange of trade as friends. He plans to show this film to business people across the country, trying to let people know just what this railway and the resulting development of Siberia can mean in the way of economic opportunities.

Another addition was recently made to the collection of memorablia in Blunt Alumni Center, through the efforts of Robin Robinson a complete collection of College catalogs from 1820 to 1968 (no catalogs were published before 1820). This collection was started by Pro- fessor (Hippo) Haskins.

Fall is a long way off, but it's not too soon to mention that the class fall weekend will be based at the Norwich Inn this year details in the "'24-Hour Notice."

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