This Was America - There's A Photographer Coming--Episode 01 (1991)

DateSeptember 23 1991

Can DescriptionsMaster This Was America X5806 There's A Photographer Coming Show #1 Rec. 9/23/91

AbstractSlate: “This Was America Show 1 “There’s A Photographer Coming”. Title: “This Was America with William Shatner”. William Shatner hosts an episode about early photography in America. Show uses historical still photography and voice over. Includes the photographs of the Howes Brothers, Frances Benjamin Johnson, one of the first American photojournalist and Doctor T.S. Bronson.

OtherCredits: Produced by Steve Schlow, Claude Pelanne, Arnie Reisman’ Written by Matin W. Sandler, Steve Schlow, Sherry Reisner, Claude Pelanne, Arnie Reisman; Main Title Sequence: Christine Finn; Theme Music: Robert Cavicchio; Music: Dennis Larosee, John Kiehl, Edward Korvin, Ron Frangipane; Editing: Dave Teixeira; Post Production Editing: George Ellard; Cinematography: Ed Dadulak, Chip Proser, Tim Suhrstedt; Videography: Bob Oliver; Lighting: Ed Marcotti; Assistant Camera: H. Raymond Cajuste, Charlie Lew, Don Mitchell, James Carter; Sound: Charles Bargamian, James Fripp, Richard Bock, Bob Hakkila, Bill Flicker; Audio Mixer: Michel Carton; Assistant Directors: Scott Philbrick, Bob Tingle, Bruce Goldman, Fran Morgenstern; Key Grip: Sam Kauffmann; Associate Producers: Peter Fiedler, Sylvia Smith; Intern: Steve Callahan; Make-up: Lori MacKay Pisces Unlimited Inc.; Project Consultant: Peggy Allen; Antique Camera Courtesy of the Jack Naylor Collection; Photographs Courtesy of: Library of Congress, National Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Sandler Collection, The Arvada Center, Bostonian Society, Boulder Historical Society, California Historical Society, Amon Carter Museum, Chicago Historical Society, Colorado Historical Society, Marshall Cook Collection, Edward p. Cooper Collection, Culver Pictures, Degolyer Library, S.M.U., Edison National Historical Site, “The Life Photographs of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons” (Marius B. Peladeau, Maine Antique Digest), Gates & Tripp Collection, Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum, Kansas Historical Society, University of Kansas, Edith LaFrancis Collection, Manchester Historical Association, Massillon Museum, Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History, Moorland-Springard Research Center Howard University, National Maritime Museum; Nebraska State Historical Society, New Bedford Whaling Museum; New Haven Colony Historical Society, Museum of the City of New York, Oklahoma Historical Society, University of Oklahoma, Peabody Museum, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, S.P.N.E.A., U.S. Navy, Dept. of Naval History; Vicksburg & Warren County Historical Society, Wellesly College, Wisconsin State Historical Society; Special thanks to Louise McClane, Dr. Max Burger, Silver Service Catering East Falmouth, MA.; Shot on location at: The Airplane House at Juniper Point & National Academy of Science Woods Hole, MA.; Endorsed by The National Education Assoc.; Production Executive: Paul LaCamera