Louis De Rochemont papers 1899-2004

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Louis De Rochemont papers 1899-2004

Louis de Rochemont was a film producer bestknown for creating a series ofshort subjects introducing pictorial journalism to the screen. He made severalfeature movies dramatizing real life stores. He also made many educationalfilms. He made four movies using wide-screen Cinerama camera technology. Thiscollection contains production files for his numerous film projects. There arealso biographical materials, phono recordings, and scrapbooks. The March of Time,

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