American Paper Institute “Paper: The Prologue”

Sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for the American Paper Institute, an association of paper producing company members now known as The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). Through a mix of live action production scenes and photo montages of historical paper artifacts, the film looks at the history and craft of both paper and writing.

Credits

Goldsholl Design & Film Associates (producer); Morton Goldsholl (director); Thomas Freese (cinematographer); Thomas Freese (editor); Millie Goldsholl (contributor); Merton Knapp (contributor); William Langdon (contributor); Robert Frerck (contributor); Annalena Keating (contributor); John Weber (contributor); Dick Boyell (music); Don Gallagher (narrator)

Complete catalog record

Cfa collection: Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Sponsor: American Paper Institute
Subjects: Paper; Industry; History
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 635 feet; Distribution Print, 550 feet; Distribution Print, 600 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6209; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6208; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6210; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/14185

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