This Was America - The Land--Episode 11 [1992]

DateFebruary 3 1992

Can DescriptionsMaster This Was America X5846 Show #11 "The Land" Rec. 2-3-92

AbstractSlate: “The Was America Show: 11 “The Land””. Title: “This Was America with William Shatner”. William Shatner hosts an episode about westward expansion at the turn of the century. Uses historical still photography and voiceover. Includes discussion of land rushes, gold, mining towns, and cattle. [This episode was originally made in 1981. It was remade with newer footage of William Shatner in 1992. See acc. 2716.1430.]

OtherCredits: Produced by Steve Schlow, Claude Pelanne, Arnie Reisman; Written by Martin 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