This Was America - Hometown--Episode 12 (1981)

DateMarch 24 1981

Can DescriptionsThis Was America X1507 International Version "Hometown" #12 "International version/ No animation"

AbstractSlate: “Date 3/24/81 Length 23:25 Title This Was America #12 Hometown Product Master Client WCVB-TV Boston ”. Title: “This Was America with William Shatner”. William Shatner hosts an episode about the idea of an American small town at the turn of the century. Uses historical still photography and voiceover. Includes the photography by Gerhard Gesell of Alma, Wisconsin, Jay Mack Moore’s photographs of Vicksburg, Mississippi, William Bennett’s photographs of Navarre, Ohio. [This episode was originally made in 1980. It was remade in 1992 with newer footage of William Shatner. See acc. 2716.1431.]

OtherCredits: Photographs Compiled by Martin Sandler, Sherry Reisner; Animation: Gary Granato; Editing: David Teixeira; Director of Photography: Ed Dadulak; Associate Producer: Peter Fiedler; Stage Manager: Scott Philbrick; Sound: Richard Bock; Assistant Cameraman: Charlie Lew; Key Grip: Sam Kauffmann; Audio Mixer: Michel Carton; Production Manager: Alan Ritsko; Historical Consultant: Oscar Handlin; Project Consultant: Robert Gardner; Photographs Courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society, Vicksburg and Warren Co. Historical Society, Massillon Museum, Library of Congress; Camera Courtesy of Jack Naylor Collection; Theme Music by Robert Cavicchio; Program Executive: Bruce Marson; Filmed on location at the National Academy of Sciences, Falmouth, Ma.; Endorsed by the National Education Association