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Toward independence / the United States Army presents ; distributed by United States Information Service ... [and two other films].
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 027 825
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- United States. Department of the Army. PMF ; 5055.
- Hollywood goes to war! ; [disc 4]
- PMF ; 5055
- Hollywood goes to war! ; disc 4.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disabled veterans--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Disabled veterans.
- Disabled veterans--Rehabilitation.
- School integration.
- United States.
- Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.).
- School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock.
- Volunteers in Service to America.
- Arkansas--Little Rock.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- 9 from Little Rock
- Place of Publication:
- Renton, WA : TOPICS Entertainment, [2011]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- NTSC
- video file DVD video NTSC region 1
- Summary:
- (Toward independence) Looks at all the therapies brought into play in the rehabilitation of paraplegic veterans.
- (Nine from Little Rock) 7 years after the integration of Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas, Jefferson Green, one of the original nine African-American students, introduces us to the group, and talks about hopeful changes in American society.
- (A year towards tomorrow) Three Vista volunteers, one in a black neighborhood in Atlanta, and two on the Navajo reservation in Arizona, assess their year of service.
- Contents:
- Toward independence (30 min.)
- Nine from Little Rock / written and directed by Charles Guggenheim ; Guggenheim Productions, Inc. ; a production of United States Information Service (28 min.)
- A year toward tomorrow / written, directed and produced by Edmond A. Levy ; produced for the Office of Economic Opportunity by Sun Dial Films.
- Participant:
- (Nine from Little Rock) Host, Jefferson Thomas.
- (A year towards tomorrow) Narrator, Paul Newman.
- Credits:
- (Nine from Little Rock) Editor, Robert Pierce; music, Burrill Phillips.
- (A year towards tomorrow) Photography, William Garroni, Ross Lowell; editor, John Oettinger; music, Frank Lewin.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of three short documentary motion pictures produced in 1947 (Toward independence), 1964 (Nine from Little Rock) and 1966 (A year towards tomorrow)
- Contains:
- Nine from Little Rock
- Year towards tomorrow
- OCLC:
- 759994045
- Publisher Number:
- 21208-00 TOPICS Entertainment
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