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Title: The Spoilers
Date(s): 1970
Contributor(s): Super Market Institute (sponsor), Siedel, Frank (screenwriter), Cinecraft, Inc. (production company)
Description: Educational film about the risks associated with certain bacterial strains in the production of food. Presents a basic tutorial on bacteriology and how microbes multiply. Salmonella, staphylococcus, and clostridium botulinum are highlighted. Urges employees in the food industry to be hyper-vigilant about preventing the growth and spread of dangerous bacteria. Consultant bacteriologist: Robert S. Geister, Swift & Company.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC006
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: 'Land of Promise' preview program,
Date(s): 1955-01-28
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (associated name), Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (originator)
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_11_02
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

Title: The Ohio Story: Brady's Leap introduction
Date(s): 1949
Description: Incomplete. Includes the opening of the radio episode of the Ohio Story titled "Brady's Leap."
Collection ID: Culley family collection of Cinecraft Productions audiovisual materials (Accession 2018.201)
Hagley ID: AUD_2018201_B10_ID04
Collection: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection

Title: Case Closed
Date(s): 1959, [1959]
Contributor(s): Ohio. Department of Public Welfare (Sponsor), United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Lowe, K. Elmo (Director), Horrocks, Harry (Cinematographer), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Lipp, Frederick J. (screenwriter)
Description: Film exploring how the Ohio Department of Public Welfare helps legally blind citizens gain skills and confidence so they can become active members of society. Recorded by William Applegate. Art direction by Bob Mowry. Script by Storycraft (Frank Siedel and Fred Lipp).
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC385
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Paul Brown autographed publicity shot, Paul Brown autographed publicity shot
Date(s): 1957, 1957~
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (associated name), Cinecraft, Inc. (associated name), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (associated name)
Description: Autographed publicity shot for 'The Ohio Story'. Undated, date estimated on 10th anniversary congratulatory note.
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_04_09
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

Title: 'Government in the Ohio Heritage', 'Government in the Ohio Heritage'
Date(s): 1963
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (author), Standard Oil Company (Ohio) (originator)
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_08_01
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

Title: 'Prescription for Living' clipping,
Date(s): 1955-12
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (associated name)
Description: Clippings related to 'Prescription for Living', a weekly TV medical show written by Storycraft scriptwriter Fred John Lipp, Jr. (1916-1995)
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_02_05
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

Title: The Ohio Story: Ohio Michigan War
Date(s): 1955, 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: Milestones of Motoring
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): Standard Oil Company (Ohio) (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Culley, Ray, 1904-1983 (Director), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (Actor), Griffin, Merv, 1925-2007 (Actor), Guthrie, Warren A., 1911-1986 (Host), Farrell, Rita (Actor)
Description: Color version of Milestones of Motoring, a film celebrating the people and organizations in Ohio who helped to advance the motor vehicle industry during the early 20th century. Hosted by Warren Guthrie and featuring musical numbers performed by Rita Farrell (Schour), Merv Griffin, and Joe E. Brown. Supervised by Stuart Buchanan.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC336
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection, Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: 'Architecture in the Ohio Heritage',
Date(s): 1965
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (author), Standard Oil Company (Ohio) (originator)
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_09_01
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

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: 'Writer communicates with world from his Catawba Island residence', 'Writer communicates with world from his Catawba Island residence'
Date(s): 1988-05-02
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (associated name), Port Clinton News-Herald (originator)
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_01_02
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

Title: 'The Ohio Story' radio program schedule, April 1950,
Date(s): 1950-04
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (associated name), WBNS-TV (Television station : Columbus, Ohio) (originator)
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_02_02
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

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: Jon Siedel transcript
Date(s): 2021-09-29
Contributor(s): Siedel, Jon (interviewee), McCormick, Neil (interviewer), Ellis, William (associated name), Schneider, Robert A. (associated name), Siedel, Frank (associated name), Turk, Jerome 'Jerry' F. (associated name), Cinecraft, Inc. (associated name), Esquire, inc. (associated name), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (associated name), Ohio. State Board of Education (associated name), Sherwin-Williams Company (associated name), Standard Oil Company (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (associated name)
Description: Jon Siedel is the son of Frank Siedel. Frank Siedel was a writer, historian, educator, and broadcaster. Siedel wrote over 1,500 movie, radio, and television scripts and three historical novels. His book Ohio Stories was turned into a regional radio and later television program that ran throughout the state of Ohio from 1947 to 1961. Storycraft, a company he founded in 1946, had office space in the studio of the industrial film producuer Cinecraft in Cleveland. His scripts for business related...
Show moreJon Siedel is the son of Frank Siedel. Frank Siedel was a writer, historian, educator, and broadcaster. Siedel wrote over 1,500 movie, radio, and television scripts and three historical novels. His book Ohio Stories was turned into a regional radio and later television program that ran throughout the state of Ohio from 1947 to 1961. Storycraft, a company he founded in 1946, had office space in the studio of the industrial film producuer Cinecraft in Cleveland. His scripts for business related audiovisual projects were frequently produced by Cinecraft. He wrote scripts for Westinghouse, General Electric, Ohio Bell, and many others.

In the interview, his son talks about his father's early years; the popularity that came with the publication of Ohio Stories; and the many projects where he collaborated with Cinecraft.

Interviewed by Neil McCormick, former president of Cinecraft Productions.
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Collection ID: Culley family collection of Cinecraft Productions audiovisual materials (Accession 2018.201)
Hagley ID: AVD_2018201_09292021_transcript
Collection: Cinecraft Oral Histories

Title: 'The Ohio Story' production still
Date(s): 1953, 1953~
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (associated name), Cinecraft, Inc. (associated name), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (associated name), Olmsted, Nelson (Depicted), Culley, Ray, 1904-1983 (Depicted)
Description: Undated production still, probably taken between 1951 and 1956.
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_03_02
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

Title: Search
Date(s): 1964
Contributor(s): Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Horrocks, Harry (Cinematographer), Scourby, Alexander, 1913-1985 (Narrator), Rozsnyai, Zoltán, 1926-1990 (Composer), Potocsny, Julius (Director)
Description: Film exploring the research and development side of steel production, specifically at the laboratory of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Hails the scientific experiments and creative thinking that allows Youngstown to manufacture the most cutting edge steel products.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC228
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Moulders of Progress production materials
Date(s): 1948
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (production company), Eljer Plumbing Company (sponsor), Storycraft, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (associated name), Siedel, Frank (author), Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. (associated name)
Description: Includes items contributing to the production of a motion picture film: a packing slip listing scripts shipped to the advertising agency, a letter from the advertising agency to the Eljer company expressing thanks for the cooperation of those present during scenes filmed on site, a handwritten list noting the scenes filmed at each location, and a script for the production. The script discusses how Eljer products are a significant contribution to modern American living and describes the...
Show moreIncludes items contributing to the production of a motion picture film: a packing slip listing scripts shipped to the advertising agency, a letter from the advertising agency to the Eljer company expressing thanks for the cooperation of those present during scenes filmed on site, a handwritten list noting the scenes filmed at each location, and a script for the production. The script discusses how Eljer products are a significant contribution to modern American living and describes the process of product manufacture. Typed copies of the script's handwritten pages are also included.
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Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_06_09
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Norman Vincent Peale autographed publicity shot,
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (associated name), Cinecraft, Inc. (associated name), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (associated name), Pach Brothers (Firm) (photographer)
Description: Autographed publicity shot for 'The Ohio Story'. Undated, probably created between 1952 and 1962.
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_04_14
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

Title: The Ohio Story: Vickie for President
Date(s): 1959, [1959]
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (production company), Siedel, Frank (screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (host), Culley, Ray, 1904-1983 (director), Buchanan, Stuart, 1894-1974 (contributor)
Description: The Ohio Story's interpretation of the life of Victoria Claflin Woodhull: stockbroker, newspaper editor, suffragist, and the first woman to announce her candidacy for President of the United States. Covers Claflin Woodhull's early life, the establishment of Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly with her sister, Tennessee Claflin, and her decision to run for President. Also touches on her marriages to Dr. Canning Woodhull and Colonel James Blood.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC655
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: 'Ohio Story' anniversary clippings, 'Ohio Story' anniversary clippings
Date(s): 1957-01-07
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Cleveland Plain Dealer (Firm) (originator)
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_02_07
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

Title: 'The Ohio Story' production still,
Date(s): 1953, 1953~
Contributor(s): Siedel, Frank (associated name), Storycraft, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (associated name), Cinecraft, Inc. (associated name), Ohio Bell Telephone Company (associated name)
Description: Undated production still, probably taken between 1951 and 1956.
Collection ID: Frank Siedel papers (Accession 2022.215)
Hagley ID: AVD_20222215_01_03_11
Collection: Frank Siedel papers

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: 150,000 Orchids
Date(s): 1955, 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: Crystal Clear
Date(s): 1946
Contributor(s): Fostoria Glass Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Culley, Ray, 1904-1983 (Director), Siedel, Frank (Narrator), Oliva, George, Jr., 1920-2011 (Author of dialog)
Description: Original version. A sponsored films film exploring the world of crystal glassware. While doing the dishes, sisters Betty and Jane break one of their mother's crystal wine glasses. After seeing the accident, their brother Bill insists the glass can be replaced with a similar piece. He recalls a lecture on glass manufacturing, where he learned the different ways glass is shaped, how it is refined and polished, and how patterns are etched into the surface. Betty and Jane then visit a crystal...
Show moreOriginal version. A sponsored films film exploring the world of crystal glassware. While doing the dishes, sisters Betty and Jane break one of their mother's crystal wine glasses. After seeing the accident, their brother Bill insists the glass can be replaced with a similar piece. He recalls a lecture on glass manufacturing, where he learned the different ways glass is shaped, how it is refined and polished, and how patterns are etched into the surface. Betty and Jane then visit a crystal saleswoman to replace the broken piece and learn how to inspect glassware before making a purchase. With performances from Natalie Trundy, Diana Florey, John McDill, Brooke Taylor, and Alice Weston. Table settings by Hugh Buzzard. Set decorations by Marvel DeWitt.
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Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC445
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

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