Overview
- Description
- A re-enacted documentary on the integration of a group of World War II refugees into the life of the small town of Cummington, MA. In Reel 1, the town's clergyman describes Cummington's initial coolness towards the diffident newcomers. He helps involve the refugees in social, church, and vocational activities. In Reel 2, individual refugees find familiar work in printing, farming, lumbering, and shopkeeping, and begin socializing with their neighbors as a new kind of respect develops on both sides. Included are panoramic views of the countryside in and around the town.
- Film Title
-
The Cummington Story
- Duration
- 00:20:58
- Date
-
Production:
1945
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States Office of War Information
Producer: United Films
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Film Format
- Master
Master 4372 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4372 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4372 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4372 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4372 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4372 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4372 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4372 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - sound - HD
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- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- In process
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased digital video files from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2018.
- Note
- Produced by Irving Lerner for the Office of War Information, Overseas Branch. Written and directed by Helen Grayson and Larry Madison, with music by Aaron Copland.
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Source Archive Number: 306.36 R1+2
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:26:23
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