Cause Without a Rebel
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Campus frivolity and apathy contrasted with the dedicated activity of the civil rights movement by means of impressionistically counterpointed sights and sounds. Recognition of Achievement, National Student Film Festival, 1965.
Credits
- Direction, Script, Editing, Sound
- Peter Kuttner
- Photography
- Shepherd Ferguson.
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Peter Kuttner Collection
Sponsor: Northwestern University Film Society; WNBQ TV
Subjects: Political Activists; Student movements; Civil rights; Universities and colleges; College Students; Students
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; North America > United States > Illinois > Evanston
Language: English
Shot log: 00:10 - Music - Northwestern Alma Matta song, VS Time lapse, NW marching band on field during football game, marching band conductor, cheerleaders, marching band trumpeter; 01:29 - LS Pan across empty stadium - soundtrack loud crowd cheering / Music “We Shall Overcome” (Pete Seeger?); 01:45 - LS Ext. slow motion students exiting NW building, students in line for registration; 03:02 - MLS bell tower, HA empty desks in classroom, CU Stills woman student at desk, sound track of Dr. MLK’s “I have a dream” speech; 03:56 - Sound of Marching Band over photo of folk singer performing to large crowd in front of Washington Monument; 04:21 - MS Students in diner, MS Students protesting racial bias, stills of civil right marches and protest intercut with cheer leaders; 05:09 - CU Coffee cup in automated coffee machine / MS Students buying coffee in cafeteria intercut with stills of civil rights march; CU Students smoking in diner intercut with still photo of burned out car; 06:41 - LS Church clock tower, LS Slow motion female student runs towards camera, stills students, Sound of JFK “Ask not what your country can do for you” speech; 08:23-08:47 - Title “This film was produced through funds made available by the Northwestern University Film Society”, “We appreciate the cooperation and assistance of the following and sincerely thank them - Northwestern Department of Radio, Television and Film; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ; Syllabus, WNBQ-TV”
Cfa elements: Print, 380 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2602
Sponsor: Northwestern University Film Society; WNBQ TV
Subjects: Political Activists; Student movements; Civil rights; Universities and colleges; College Students; Students
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; North America > United States > Illinois > Evanston
Language: English
Shot log: 00:10 - Music - Northwestern Alma Matta song, VS Time lapse, NW marching band on field during football game, marching band conductor, cheerleaders, marching band trumpeter; 01:29 - LS Pan across empty stadium - soundtrack loud crowd cheering / Music “We Shall Overcome” (Pete Seeger?); 01:45 - LS Ext. slow motion students exiting NW building, students in line for registration; 03:02 - MLS bell tower, HA empty desks in classroom, CU Stills woman student at desk, sound track of Dr. MLK’s “I have a dream” speech; 03:56 - Sound of Marching Band over photo of folk singer performing to large crowd in front of Washington Monument; 04:21 - MS Students in diner, MS Students protesting racial bias, stills of civil right marches and protest intercut with cheer leaders; 05:09 - CU Coffee cup in automated coffee machine / MS Students buying coffee in cafeteria intercut with stills of civil rights march; CU Students smoking in diner intercut with still photo of burned out car; 06:41 - LS Church clock tower, LS Slow motion female student runs towards camera, stills students, Sound of JFK “Ask not what your country can do for you” speech; 08:23-08:47 - Title “This film was produced through funds made available by the Northwestern University Film Society”, “We appreciate the cooperation and assistance of the following and sincerely thank them - Northwestern Department of Radio, Television and Film; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ; Syllabus, WNBQ-TV”
Cfa elements: Print, 380 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2602
Sources
- Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967) — title, year, creator, length, color, description, credits
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-09-02 22:47:33