This Was America - Learning to Play--Episode 03 [1979]

DateJanuary 30 1979

Can DescriptionsMaster Dub BBIC This Was America Learning to Play #3

AbstractSlate: “1/30/1979 Learning to Play This Was America WCVB-TV”. Title: “Learning To Play”. William Shatner narrates over a montage of still photographs about the evolution of leisure time activities after the industrial revolution, including yachting, baseball, theme parks, the World’s Fair, swimming, and resorts. [This episode was remade in 1991 with newer footage of William Shatner. See acc. 2716.1412.]

OtherCredits: This Was America with William Shatner; Written By: Martin W. Sandler, Steve Schlow; Music By: Robert Cavicchio, Dennis Larosee, John Kiehll; Executive Producer: Steve Schlow; Produced By: Claude Pelanne; Photographs Compiled By: Martin W. Sandler; Animation: Jack Granato; Editing: David Teizeira; Director of Photography: Chip Proser; Production Manager: Ed Dadulak; Sound: Charles Bargamian, Jim Fripp; Assistant Cameraman: Don Mitchell; Assistant to the Producer: Sheila Bowe; Assistant Director: Bob Tingle; Audio Mixer: Michel Carton; Historical Consultant: Oscar Handlin; Project Consultant: Bob Gardner; Production Consultant: Dan Jones; Photographs Courtesy Of: The Manchester Historical Association, The New Haven Colony Historical Society, The Sandler Collection, The National Archives, The National Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Marshall Cook Collection, Gates & Tripp Collection; Program Executive: Bruce Marson; Filmed on Location at: The National Academy of Sciences Falmouth, MA; This Was America