Lecture Services Update:
The Program Source, Michigan History Lecture series of 8 topics is now in its 5th year of service. Many libraries, historical societies and senior citizen groups, including the Institute for Learning in Retirement have booked Al and Dave Eicher for their one and two hour presentations. New lectures in 2008 included "When Mark Twain Came to Michigan" and "The Early Days of Radio in Michigan" To date over 100 lectures have been given across the State. The Orphan Train In Michigan is still the most popular presentation. Program Source International adds to their Lecture Topics by creating "The Adventure Series". This series of four lectures focuses on the History and Legends of the following countries: "Russia and the Volga", "Greece and Turkey", "Holland, Germany and Austria...Along the European Waterways" and in the USA "Traveling the Inside Passage to Alaska". These lectures and visual presentations are a Reality Tour of Historic sites, Cathedrals, Home visits, Museums, schools, churches and travel through 130 locks on the Volga, Rhine, Main and Danube Rivers.

In Production for the Cranbrook Institute of Science "Geology in Michigan": 
The Program Source International has been commissioned to produce this soon to be released documentary.  The HD location shooting took place throughout the Summer and Fall of 2008, with final scenes being wrapped up in July, 2009.  PSI traveled with Cranbrook Geologist John Zawiskie to over 24 locations around Michigan and Canada.  Some of the highlighted locations include: the Detroit Salt Company Mines under Detroit, Quarry sites in Oxford, Bay Port and Alpena Michigan, Mastodon Sites, an expedition to Thunder Bay Island to shoot the geographic features above and below the water, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Mackinac Island.  Our travels took us to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the shores of Lake Superior.  Some highlights there include Pictured Rocks, Tahquamenon Falls, Munising Falls, Jasper Nob, ancient pillow lava and Copper Harbor at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula
New Release:  "The History of Michigan in the Civil War"
The DVD release of our "Michigan In The Civil War", in April 2008, culminated in nearly a year of research and photo selection. In creating this historic DVD on Michigan's troops in the Civil War we were fortunate to work with many reenactors at Historic Ft. Wayne, Huron City, Caseville and Jackson, Michigan. In the early 1860's our Michigan troops traveled to Washington D C and on to the various battlefields. We went to Bull Run, Shiloh, Harper's Ferry, Fredricksburg, Richmond and Gettysburg to record the locations and Michigan monuments. This was a great project and the DVD has been well received by schools and Michigan historians
 
We're on YouTube now:  www.youtube.com/michiganhistory  
Video sharing is at it's all time high.  Check out our Michigan History Channel on YouTube and browse the many videos that we have posted.  Learn about Michigan History and follow some of our subscriber links to see some of their favorites.  Our entire catalog of Michigan History Video Previews is online, plus other things we've documented like windmills, fish releases, festivals and premieres.

Program Source launches a new website:  www.michiganhistorylectures.com
The Program Source website www.michiganhistorylectures.com has been visited by  thousands of historians, library program directors and school teachers.  Michigan History Lectures provides historical societies and program directors with a qualified and active list of speakers focusing on Michigan History and events in American History.  The website became active March 15th and currently lists nearly 100 topics.  The website has easy navigation to receive detailed topic descriptions, speaker profiles and contact information for speaker availability and fees. Topics range from:  Michigan's lumbering days and camp life, sunken ships, navigating the Great Lakes, the Chautauqua movement in Michigan, "Ballooning, blimps and the great airships", Researching your U.S. Heritage, Bay View Association history, history of Michigan's commercial fishing, the whaleback ships, Indian history of Michigan, maps for Genealogy (old, new and electronic), "Motorcars, Mansions and Melodies", the Orphan Train in Michigan, Mark Twain in Michigan, Woman's Suffrage in Michigan, the history of Music boxes, professional techniques for the Family Genealogist,  the Voyageurs of the French fur trade and finally, "Wood smoke and elbow grease...Michigan's culinary heritage". These are just some of the 100 topics currently available from  speakers/ historians listed.   

Program Source International wins "Video Productions-Educational Institution Award"
for the Academy of the Sacred Heart Admissions Video (April 2007): 
Bloomfield Hills, MI - The Academy of the Sacred Heart has received an Award of Distinction in the Videographer
Awards' 2007 competition.  The Videographer Awards are an international competition governed by the Association
of Marketing and Communications Professionals.  This year's competition included approximately 2,000 entries.  The
Academy's admissions video, "THIS is the Academy of the Sacred Heart," was honored in the category of "Video
Productions - Educational Institution."     The video was produced by the Academy's communications department,
which handled the creative, script writing and narration, in conjunction with Bloomfield Hills-based Program Source
International.   It allows prospective families to experience the Academy of the Sacred Heart prior to a personal visit, and includes testimonials from many members of the community, including students, parents and faculty.  The video may be viewed on the Academy's website, www.ashmi.org, by selecting "Why Choose ASH" link in the left navigation.  You may also request a copy by calling 248-646-8900 ext. 129.   Press release courtesy of Nichole Pielecha, Communications Coordinator, Academy of the Sacred Heart. 
 
Clinton River Steelhead Trout Release:   
On April 19, 2005 we attended the Clinton River Steelhead Trout release, sponsored by the Clinton River Watershed Council .  Here's a sample of some of the footage we shot that day.  Click here to play the 2 1/2 minute clip.