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- Title
- The Skipper's Lady, Cavalcade of America
- Date(s)
- 1954
- Creator
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Vibar TV Productions
- Contributor(s)
- Chertok, Jack, 1906-1995 (producer), Thiele, Wilhelm, 1890-1975 (director), Brophy, Sally, 1928-2007 (actor), Langton, Paul, 1913-1980 (actor), Van Cleef, Lee, 1925-1989 (actor), Stephens, Harvey (actor)
- Description
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Episode of Calvalcade of America. Hearty captain's wife takes over for her ailing husband and drunken second mate to get ship carrying an annual allotment of supplies for the Indians of California and Oregon into San Francisco in time to prevent an outbreak of war.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
- Hagley ID
- FILM-1995300-FC255
- 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
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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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- National Association of Manufacturers photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1973.418)
- Hagley ID
- FILM_1973418_FC112
- Collection
- National Association of Manufacturers
- 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
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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