This Was America - Spirit of Invention--Episode 07 [1980]

DateDecember 9 1980

Can DescriptionsThis Was America X1502 BBIC "Spirit of Invention" #7

AbstractSlate: “Date 12/9/80 Length 1/2 hour Title This Was America Product #7 “Spirit of Invention” Client WCVB-TV Boston”. Title: “This Was America with William Shatner”. William Shatner hosts an episode about inventions. Uses historical photographs and voiceover. Includes discussion of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, various inventions, including the typewriter, George Eastman’s Kodak photography, the sales catalog, various brands, and advertising as a profession. [This episode was remade in 1992 with newer footage of William Shatner. See acc. 2716.1421.]

OtherCredits: Research and Photographs Compiled by Martin W. Sandler, Sherry Reisner; Editing: Dave Teixeira; Animation: Gary Granato; Director of Cinematography: Ed Dadulak; Assistant Director: Scott Philbrick; Sound: Richard Bock; Assistant Cameraman: Charlie Lew; Key Grip: Sam Kauffmann; Audio Mixer: Michel Carton; Associate Producer: Peter Fiedler; Production Manager: Alan Ritsko; Historical Consultant: Oscar Handlin; Project Consultant: Robert Gardner; Photographs Courtesy of Library of Congress, Wisc. State Historical Society, Culver Pictures, Edison Nat’l His. Site, Chicago Hist. Society, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, Kansas Hist. Society, National Archives, Neb. State Hist. Society, Univ. of Oklahoma, West. Hist. Collections; Camera Courtesy of Jack Naylor Collection; Opening and Closing Theme by Robert Cavicchio; Program Executive: Bruce Marson; Filmed at National Academy of Sciences Falmouth, Ma.; Endorsed by The National Education Association