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Episode Two, Home in Pasadena

Item number (ISN):

102211

Series title:

An Ocean Apart

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1988(c)

Item number (ISN):

102211

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

WNPE-WNPI: OFF-AIR

Accession:

1988-0121

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1988(c)

Release date:

1988-05-23

Production company:

British Broadcasting Corporation
WNET
KCET

Production credit:

producer, Adam Curtis; executive producer, George Carey; photography, Richard Adams; Chris Seager; Alan Stevens; editing, Neil Hopkinson; Graham Shipman; Graham Bevan; music, Richard McLaughlin; graphics, Peter Wane; host, David Dimbleby

Description:

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Episode two of this series on relations between the United States and Great Britain focuses on economic rivalry between the two countries after World War I. Host David Dimbleby comments on America's use of financial power and the film industry to compete with Britain for international commerce. This is illustrated with archival footage and interviews, including: Bradley Nash, secretary to former U.S. President Herbert Hoover; Eve Gardiner, Max Factor representative; Charles James, assistant to American black nationalist Marcus Garvey; Dr. Everett Case of General Electric (G.E.), who discussed the secret deal by which G.E. bought up the electrical industry in Great Britain; engineer Raymond Maxon, who discusses the American takeover of British power companies; and Graham Hutton, journalist for "The Economist". Archival footage includes: American war hero General Pershing in 1918; U.S. President Woodrow Wilson dispatching naval aid to prevent Britain from acquiring generators developed by G.E., the Ford Motor Company's plant in Britain; Firestone's rubber plantation in Liberia, set up to circumvent the cost of rubber from Britain; the stock market crash in 1929; and The Great Depression of 1929 in America and Britain. Excerpts include: G.E. and Firestone promotional films; a Hoover vacuum advertisement; and "Happy Days", a privately-made film of Henry Ford on holiday with entrepreneurs Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone. America's cultural influence is shown through interviews of Britishers, Sam Cohen of Paramount Pictures (1920s) and director Michael Powell; and in excerpts of: Constance Bennett presenting her "Daily Beauty Ritual"; cosmetics entrepreneur Max Factor in his first London shop in 1927; Roy Fox and his band in London; and "Lazybones", a "quota quickie" made to satisfy British film requirements. <60mn>

Subjects:

AMERICAN MOVING-PICTURES~ECONOMIC CONDITIONS~GREAT BRITAIN~INDUSTRY~INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES~INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS~SOCIAL CONDITIONS~UNITED STATES ~BENNETT, CONSTANCE~CASE, EVERETT~COHEN, SAM~DIMBLEBY, DAVID~EDISON, THOMAS A.~FACTOR, MAX~FIRESTONE, HARVEY~FORD, HENRY~GARDINER, EVE~HOOVER, HERBERT C.~JAMES, CHARLES~MAXON, RAYMOND~NASH, BRADLEY~POWELL, MICHAEL~WILSON, WOODROW

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Sixth item on the videocassette original.~2. Recorded at 6-hour speed.~3. A BBC-TV production in association with KCET Los Angeles and WNET New York.~4. Broadcast on PBS from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m.

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Vault ISN:

491154

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

WM88-0335

Number of items:

1

Duration:

270:00

Made from:

OFF-AIR

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of PBS and WNPE-WNPI

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