This Was America - The Land--Episode 11 [1981]

DateFebruary 24 1981

Can DescriptionsThis Was America International Version BBIC "The Land" #11

AbstractSlate: “Date 2/24/81 Length 24:04 Title This Was America #11 The Land Product Master Client WCVB-TV Boston”. 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 [This episode was originally made in 1981.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 in 1992 with newer footage of William Shatner. See acc. 2716.1429.]

OtherCredits: With William Shatner; Written by Martin Sandler, Sherry Reisner; Music by Edward Korvin, Ron Frangipane; Executive Producer: Steve Schlow; Produced by Claude Pelanne; Photography Compiled by Martin Sandler, Sherry Reisner; Animation: Gary Granato; Editing: David Teixeira; Director of Photography: 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 Colorado Historical Soc., Library of Congress, National Archives, Boulder Historical Society, Oklahoma Historical Soc., University of Kansas, The Arvada Center, Amon Carter Museum, University of Oklahoma, Degolyer Library, S.M.U, Camera Courtesy of Jack Naylor Collection; Open and Close Theme: Robert Cavicchio; Program Executive: Bruce Marson; Filmed on Location at the National Academy of Sciences, Falmouth, Ma.; Endorsed by the National Education Association