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Title: Ohio Story Anniversary
Date(s): 1957
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host), Greene, John A., 1893- (Onscreen presenter)
Description: In a celebraton of The Ohio Story's tenth anniversity, Nelson Olmsted and John A. Greene present a general overview of Ohio's history and share predictions of what the future may hold for the state. Supervised by Stuart Buchanan.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC447
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: 150,000 Orchids
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Film exploring the production of orchid corsages. Focuses on the procedures and strategies implemented by Thomas Young Orchids, Inc. at their greenhouses in Gates Mills, Ohio. Details how Thomas Young breeds, grows, harvests, packages, and sells high quality orchids.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC181
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Johnson's Island
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Actor Nelson Olmsted tells the story of a failed plot to free nearly 3,000 Confederate soldiers from a Union prison on Johnson's Island, Ohio, during the American Civil War. In the summer of 1864, Confederate sympathizers Charles Cole, Annie Davis, John Yates Beall, and Bennet Burleigh devised an elaborate plan to turn the tide of the war in the North. They would seize control of the Union gunboat Michigan, sail across Lake Erie, force the surrender of the Union guards stationed at the...
Show moreActor Nelson Olmsted tells the story of a failed plot to free nearly 3,000 Confederate soldiers from a Union prison on Johnson's Island, Ohio, during the American Civil War. In the summer of 1864, Confederate sympathizers Charles Cole, Annie Davis, John Yates Beall, and Bennet Burleigh devised an elaborate plan to turn the tide of the war in the North. They would seize control of the Union gunboat Michigan, sail across Lake Erie, force the surrender of the Union guards stationed at the Johnson's Island prison, free the captive Confederate soldiers, and wreck havoc in Ohio. The plan was ultimately unsuccessful. The film uses illustrations and Olmsted's voice acting talents to recount the tale. Note: The statue featured in the film faces north, toward Canada, instead of south as stated by the narrator.
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Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC160
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Always Ready
Date(s): 1957
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Actor Nelson Olmsted highlights the United States Coast Guard's operations on Western Lake Erie. He describes how the Guard serves the community by patrolling the lake, maintaining Marblehead Lighthouse, training for rescue missions, performing safety checks on civilian vessels, and towing stranded boats back to shore.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC423
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story - Background Art
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor)
Description: Includes pieces of background art used for the television program, The Ohio Story. Five paintings depict the view from a stained-glass window; view from a stage looking outward to an audience; a wall with a window, curtain, and bust; the interior of a printer's studio; and the interior of a market. A photograph depicts a commemorative marker for the home of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet and playwright from Dayton, Ohio.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_23_15
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Adam's Rinos
Date(s): 1959
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host), Culley, Ray, 1904-1983 (Director), Lipp, Frederick J. (Screenwriter)
Description: Nelson Olmsted narrates the story of how Ohio resident Seth Adams imported the first Merino sheep to the United States from Spain in the early 1800s. Adams is credited with making Ohio the Marino capital of the world and introducing the first basement to Ohio homes. Kirk Willis (as Seth Adams), Max Eisenstadt, and other actors from the Cleveland Playhouse appeared in the film. Created by Frank Siedel. Reported by Frederick Lipp. Supervised by Stuart Buchanan. Directed by Ray Culley.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC455
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Ohio State Highway Patrol
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Film, hosted by actor Nelson Olmsted, highlighting the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Provides an overview of the division's overall work and training, and enacts a fictional carjacking and details how the patrol would respond.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC156
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Drivers with Diplomas
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Actor Nelson Olmsted discusses the driver's education program for Ohio high school students. Young people receive detailed instruction on automobile mechanics and proper driving techniques, including parking, steering, and braking. The program ensures graduates are safe, skilled drivers.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC178
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Forest Fire Control
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Actor Nelson Olmsted explains Ohio's forest fire prevention and management strategies. He details how fires are brought under control using a variety of techniques and personnel.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC182
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Light in the Darkness
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Film, hosted by actor Nelson Olmsted, celebrating the Ohio State School for the Blind. The film follows a little girl named Barbara as she arrives at the school and participates in various activities designed for young, blind children. Shows students reading, playing instruments, singing, weaving, learning arithmetic, and playing outside, as well as Barbara's dormitory living arrangement.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC159
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: School for the Blind
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Film, hosted by actor Nelson Olmsted, celebrating the Ohio State School for the Blind in Columbus, Ohio. Highlights the various subjects of study that are available to students, such as geography, reading, and music. Also discusses the vocational training provided for young men and women.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC157
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: The Bells of Kenyon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Film, hosted by actor Nelson Olmsted, recounting the story of Peter Neff and the Kenyon College bells. Olmsted plays Neff, a 19th century Ohio inventor and businessman who lived adjacent to Kenyon and who helped finance the new bells in the college's chapel clock tower. But once he realized how loud and frequent the bells would chime, Neff became incensed and took legal action against the school.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC179
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Lifeline of the Islands
Date(s): 1951
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company)
Description: Informational film about Milton "Milt" Hershberger and his small fleet of Ford TriMotor airplanes, which make up Island Airlines. Hershberger provides a vital service to the people living on the islands in Lake Erie, especially in winter when the lake freezes and boats cannot operate. He flies from Port Clinton on mainland Ohio to Put-In-Bay, Middle Bass, North Bass, Rattlesnake, and Kelley's islands transporting people, groceries, mail, medical supplies, and other goods. Includes a plug for...
Show moreInformational film about Milton "Milt" Hershberger and his small fleet of Ford TriMotor airplanes, which make up Island Airlines. Hershberger provides a vital service to the people living on the islands in Lake Erie, especially in winter when the lake freezes and boats cannot operate. He flies from Port Clinton on mainland Ohio to Put-In-Bay, Middle Bass, North Bass, Rattlesnake, and Kelley's islands transporting people, groceries, mail, medical supplies, and other goods. Includes a plug for Ohio Bell halfway through. Story One in The Ohio Story series.
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Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC041
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Ohio Michigan War
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Actor Nelson Olmsted humorously recounts the story of the Ohio-Michigan War, a boundary dispute between the state of Ohio and the Territory of Michigan during the 19th century. Olmsted and other actors re-enact the events that lead to both sides repeatedly claiming a strip of land near present-day Toledo. While Ohio was eventually victorious, the states revisit their dispute each fall when rival football teams from the University of Michigan and Ohio State University meet for their annual game.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC161
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Christmas Tree Farm
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Nelson Olmsted highlights the Christmas tree industry in Ohio. He details how trees are planted, pruned, harvested, and sold at one of the state's many farms. He also explains how tree farms enhance Ohio's overall soil and water quality.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC183
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Crown Jewels of Oberlin
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host), Culley, Ray, 1904-1983 (Director)
Description: Nelson Olmsted tells the story of how the process for refining aluminum was discovered by Charles Martin Hall and Professor Frank Jewett at Oberlin College in 1886. The original "buttons" of aluminum that were produced from this discovery are called the "Crown Jewels of Oberlin." Supervised by Stuart Buchanan.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC350_01
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Training for Tomorrow
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Actor Nelson Olmsted discusses industrial arts education offered at Ohio state schools, focusing on the program at Parma High School. Young men are taught how to operate heavy machinery, read and create blueprints, spin metal, weld steel, shape wrought iron, construct and manipulate circuits, and design homes and aircraft.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC180
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story - Buckeye Shepherd production script
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor)
Description: A script for the first episode of the television production, The Ohio Story. This episode is about a Border Collie named Toto and how he herds sheep on a farm in Wooster, Ohio. Toto and his master, Mr. Bell, demonstrate the dog's ability to herd an entire flock of sheep while the audience learns facts about Border Collies.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_11_42
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story - Mother Thompson production script
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Siedel, Frank (Author)
Description: A script for an episode of the television production, The Ohio Story. This episode tells the story of Mother Thompson, a crusader of women's engagement in public affairs from Hillsboro, Ohio. Thompson led other women in temperance marches throughout Ohio. Her protests led Hillsboro to become a dry village. After coming to conflict with the meanest man in Ohio, she even convinced him to sign a pledge to their cause.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_12_06
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Backstage at the Big Top
Date(s): 1959
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Film, hosted by actor Nelson Olmsted, highlighting the Ohio-based Mills Brothers Circus. Discusses the daily life of circus performers, both human and elephant, and the preparations conducted before the season's first show in Jefferson, Ohio. Includes clips of spectators arriving at the "big tent" and highlights from a performance.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC158
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story: Birth of the Gas Station
Date(s): 1953
Description: Nelson Olmsted tells the story of Harvey Wickliff and the foundation of the first automobile service station in Columbus, Ohio.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC568
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story - Lifeline to the Islands production script
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor)
Description: A script for an episode of the television production, The Ohio Story. This episode is about Milt Hershberger, a pilot who transports supplies and people to and from the Lake Erie Islands. The script discusses Milt's daily routine, his vital importance in an emergency situation, and his contributions to the Lake Erie community. The script also includes a television commercial advertising the Bell Telephone Company taking place during the intermission.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_12_01
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story - A Lady from Cincinatti production script
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Siedel, Frank (Author)
Description: A script for an episode of the television production, The Ohio Story. This episode tells a story about horse-racing in Cincinnati, Ohio. A horse trainer, named Bair, raises and trains a mean-spirited filly named Maud. Maud is purchased by the Vanderbilt family, but will not behave without Bair. When Bair is hired to work with Maud again, she runs record-breaking races. Storyboard sketches for the episode are also included.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_11_22
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story - Land Bill Allen production script
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Siedel, Frank (Author)
Description: A script for an episode of the television production, The Ohio Story. This episode is about George Allen, an eccentric man who was a peddler and auctioneer in Columbus, Ohio. Allen became an avid promotor of the Homestead act and was rumored to have come up with the idea for the bill. He became known as "Land Bill" Allen. He died penniless and alone, though he was later recognized for his contributions towards passing the bill in 1862. Storyboard sketches for the episode are also included.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_12_02
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Ohio Story - The Ninth President production script
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Siedel, Frank (Author)
Description: A script for an episode of the television production, The Ohio Story. This episode features the ninth president who originated from Ohio, Edward James Roye. Young Roye was inspired by the statesmen who visited his father's barbershop in Newark, Ohio. He attended Oberlin College to learn French and in 1846 traveled to Liberia. Roye became an influential leader of the Liberian people, and eventually became their president. Storyboard sketches for the episode are also included.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_12_05
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

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