| Title: |
Reminiscences of Willard Van Dyke
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A6
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood; freelance photographer in San Francisco, 1928-1935: f. 64 group, gallery manager, exhibitions; theater in New York, N.Y. during the 1930s; cameraman and director of documentary films, including "The River," "The City," "Valleytown," and "San Francisco"; Frontier Films, 1930s and 1940s: "Native Land," "China Strikes Back" and others; independent film producer, 1946-1958; television director for Robert Saudek's "Omnibus" and "20th Century"; Lowell Thomas; director, film department, Museum of Modern Art 1965-1975; head, film department, State University of New York at Purchase, 1973-1977; seminars on Robert J. Flaherty from 1965; film as social commentary; differences between cinematography and photography; music and documentaries: work of Aaron Copland, Marc Blitzstein and others; reminiscences of Edward Weston, Pare Lorentz, Ralph Steiner, Irving Jacoby, John Grierson, Lowell Thomas, Richard Leacock, Walter Cronkite and others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 523 leaves, Tape: 19 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open; certain pages closed. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1980 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Van Dyke, Willard, 1906-1986
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1906
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| Speaker occupation: |
Filmmaker and producer
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| Age at speaking: |
74
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| Document date: |
1980
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| Interviewer: |
Hogenson, Barbara
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Documentary films; Motion picture producers and directors; North America; Photography; Television broadcasting; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Cinematographers; Cinematography; Museums and moving-pictures; United States--Social conditions--20th century; Van Dyke, Willard, 1906-1986
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020235-15677
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