Forever 50's / Kit Parker Films.

America in the 50s. An iconic decade that featured Eisenhower's presidency, the birth of rock and roll, tail fins, drive-ins, and the ascendancy of television as a cultural force. Have you ever wondered what to do if the Communists captured you, the story of Smokey the Bear, or how to survive an ato...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Universal International News
RKO Radio Pictures
United States. Forest Service
United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education
Jerry Fairbanks Productions
Canyon Films (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Kit Parker Films
VCI Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Herlihy, Ed
Waggner, George, 1894-1984
Hendricks, William L.
Kelley, Albert J. (Albert Jerome)
Boley, Ray
Allen, Bob
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [Tulsa, Okla.] : Kit Parker Films ; Distributed by VCI Entertainment, [2003], ©2003.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Newsreels.
Film excerpts.
Nineteen fifties.
Cold War.
Propaganda, American.
Social problems in motion pictures.
Motion picture journalism > United States > History.
United States > Social life and customs > 1945-1970.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
United States > Civilization > 1945-
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Motion picture journalism.
Social conditions.
United States.
Since 1945
Short films.
History.
Genre:
Short films.
History.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (8 hr.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Variant Title:
Forever fifties.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
America in the 50s. An iconic decade that featured Eisenhower's presidency, the birth of rock and roll, tail fins, drive-ins, and the ascendancy of television as a cultural force. Have you ever wondered what to do if the Communists captured you, the story of Smokey the Bear, or how to survive an atomic bomb? This collection of highlights from newsreels for each year of the decade, short films, and an assortment of movie trailers captures the essence of the decade, its newsmakers, sports heroes, movie stars, the "latest" fashions, and much more from this unforgettable era.
Note:Videorecording.
Call Number:AN7 D0023798 VideoDVD
Credits:Red Nightmare: Photography, Robert Hoffman ; screenplay by Vincent Fotre ; film editing, Folmer Blangsted ; music, William Lava ; America for Me!: director of photography, Kenneth Peach ; editor, Richard Fritch ; screenplay by Leo S. Rosencrans.
System Details:DVD; Region 0 (All); Dolby Digital mono.
Participant or Performer:
Newsreels: Voice, Ed Herlihy; Little Smokey: Told by Hopalong Cassidy ; Red Nightmare: Jack Kelly, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Brown, Patricia Woodell, Andrew Duggan, Peter Breck, Robert Conrad, Mike Road, narrated by Jack Webb; America for Me!: John Archer, Ellen Drew, Meg Randall, Bob Nichols, Lee Phelps, Riley Hill, Sam McDaniel; Fabulous Fashions: narration, Carl Kent, Dorothy Lawrence.