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Title: The DuPont Story Reel No. 1
Date(s): 1950~, 1950
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor), Franz, Eduard, 1902-1983 (actor), Apex Film Corporation (production company), Chertok, Jack, 1906-1995 (producer), Thiele, William J. (director)
Description: Film begins with the current DuPont company, the products it makes and its facilities. The story proceeds with the company's creation and the story of founder Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. Several generations of du Pont executives are depicted, the reel ending with Alfred du Pont purchasing the company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995300_FC195
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: The DuPont Story Reel No. 2
Date(s): 1950~, 1950
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor), Franz, Eduard, 1902-1983 (actor), Apex Film Corporation (production company), Chertok, Jack, 1906-1995 (producer), Thiele, William J. (director), Pittack, Robert (cinematographer), Pelletier, Vincent (narrator)
Description: Reel begins with Alfred du Pont running the company and follows the company history up to the current president when the film was made, Crawford Greenewalt.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995300_FC196
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: The price of freedom
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): National Association of Manufacturers (Sponsor), Apex Film Corporation (Production Company), Thiele, Wilhelm, 1890-1975 (Director), Chertok, Jack, 1906-1995 (Film producer), Franz, Arthur, 1920-2006 (Actor), Chekhov, Michael, 1891-1955 (Actor)
Description: Short film following Fred Vollmer, a gossip columnist for a local newspaper who has no interest in substantive journalism. His thinking changes when he travels to Europe and speaks with his great uncle, Johan, about how a culture of ignorance and fear in Germany after WWI allowed the Nazi Party to persuade citizens to give up their personal freedoms. Vollmer returns to the United States and sees a similar atmosphere of ignorance and apathy spreading in his hometown. This prompts him to write...
Show moreShort film following Fred Vollmer, a gossip columnist for a local newspaper who has no interest in substantive journalism. His thinking changes when he travels to Europe and speaks with his great uncle, Johan, about how a culture of ignorance and fear in Germany after WWI allowed the Nazi Party to persuade citizens to give up their personal freedoms. Vollmer returns to the United States and sees a similar atmosphere of ignorance and apathy spreading in his hometown. This prompts him to write an article titled, "The Price of Freedom," calling for greater civic attention and political activity from individuals as an assertion of personal freedom. Producer, Jack Chertok; director, Wilhelm J. Thiele (credited as William J. Thiele); writers, Wilhelm J. Thiele, David P. Sheppard, Thomas M. Wolff; cast: Arthur Franz, Ray Collins, Michael Chekhov, Will Wright.
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Collection ID: National Association of Manufacturers photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1973.418)
Hagley ID: FILM_1973418_FC112
Collection: National Association of Manufacturers

Title: Barrel Number One
Date(s): 1963
Description: Film demonstrating how crude oil is discovered, harvested, refined into gasoline, and delivered for use by American automobiles. Planned and supervised by Film Counselors, Inc. Director of Photography: Kenneth Peach. Assistant Director: Jack Gertsman. Screenplay by John Thiele and Francis P. Scannell. Art Director: Howard Campbell. Editorial Supervisor: Ben Marmon. Editor: Elmo Veron. Recorded by James F. Mobley. Narrator: Vincent J. Pelletier.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC318
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The DuPont Story (full version)
Date(s): 1950
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Apex Film Corporation
Contributor(s): Thiele, Wilhelm, 1890-1975 (director), Chertok, Jack, 1906-1995 (producer)
Description: This film presents highlights in the history of the DuPont Company from its founding to 1950.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995300_FC190_192
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials, Film and Video

Title: 'The Price of Freedom' poster (1949)
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.) (originator), Apex Film Corporation (film producer), Franz, Arthur, 1920-2006 (associated name), Chertok, Jack, 1906-1995 (associated name), Collins, Ray, 1889-1965 (associated name), Wright, Will, 1891-1962 (associated name)
Collection ID: National Association of Manufacturers Records (Accession 1411)
Hagley ID: MSS_1411_OS862_02_02_001
Collection: National Association of Manufacturers