OUR PIONEERING HERITAGE

Duration: 36½min

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Transfilm Caravel for Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corp.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: Chet Huntley takes the viewer on a documentary tour of a century of national economic expansion as seen through the eyes of one business enterprise. Shows newsreel highlights between 1860 and 1960—including the launching of the nuclear ship Savannah—and portrays the far-reaching effect the construction, shipbuilding, chemical, paint, and metallurgical industries have had on our economic life.

Complete Record: Source: Assn Interest level: c-ad Price: free-loan Format: sd color

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)