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Reminiscences of Isaac Kleinerman, 1980.

Creator: Kleinerman, Isaac
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 355 pages Sound recording 9 audiocassettes Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Documentary filmmaker

Scope and Contents

Parents and schooling, New York, N.Y.; film examiner, Exhibitors Film Exchange, 1934-35; film editor and cameraman, Seiden Motion Picture Company, 1935-37; work at toy films company and film labs, 1938-41; assistant timer and film edtor, Deluxe Film Laboratories (division of 20th Century-Fox), 1941-43; film editor, United States Army Signal Corps Photographic Center, 1943-45: WHY WE FIGHT training films; film editor and director, RKO-Pathe 1945-51: THIS IS AMERICA; film director and editor, National Broadcasting Company 1951-57: VICTORY AT SEA, PROJECT XX, WISDOM, film scores; film producer Columbia Broadcasting System, 1957-76: 20TH CENTURY, 21ST CENTURY, series' sponsorship; independent productions, 1977-80, including THE UNKNOWN WAR, film budgeting and work schedules; European film procurement network; modernized cinematic technology; replacement of documentary by magazine format; TV critics; responsibility of television to the public

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984

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