Richard De Rochemont papers, 1903-1983.

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Richard De Rochemont papers, 1903-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/137263077

Collection contains 16 mm and 35 mm films of movies produced by Richard De Rochemont, including "March of Time" and Vivan Incorporated (including films for the French Government and Reader's Digest Association) and audio recordings used by De Rochemont in his productions. Collection contains production files for the films De Rochemont worked on (including "March of Time" and Vivan Incorporated productions), which contain correspondence, scripts, reports, clippings, photographs, notes, and legal documents. Collection also contains De Rochemont's business and subject files (which contain correspondence, clippings, reports, notes, legal documents, financial documents, and printed materials), De Rochemont's correspondence files (business and personal), scripts for movies produced by De Rochemont (including "March of Time"), and original typed manuscripts for De Rochemont's cookbooks (including "Contemporary French Cooking", "Pets' Cookbook", and "Eating in America"). Photographs (of De Rochemont and his movies), slides (of De Rochemont and his travels), clippings, newspapers, award certificates, miscellaneous periodicals, miscellaneous printed materials, and a few artifacts are in this collection as well.

153 .13 cubic ft. (162 boxes + 9 folders) + 73 film cans + 3 artifacts.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6822190

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Vivan, inc.

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March of Time, Inc.

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Reader's digest association

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De Rochemont, Richard

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Richard De Rochemont (1903-1982) was a motion picture director and producer during the twentieth century. Born in Boston, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard University, De Rochemont started his motion picture career as a foreign editor for Fox-Movietone News (1930-1934). He joined Time Incorporated's "March of Time" film series, produced by Richard's brother Louis De Rochemont, in 1934 and enjoyed a notable career with this newsreel series, serving as European correspondent and managing direc...

De Rochemont, Louis, 1899-1978

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Louis de Rochemont was a film producer who created the "March of Time" newsreel series. He was also a pioneer in camera technology and developed projects using the Cinerama technique. De Rochemont began his professional career as a filmmaker for the U.S. Navy in the 1920s. He initiated "March of Time" in 1934. In 1943 de Rochemont began working for Darryl Zanuck at Twentieth Century Fox; and in 1947 he formed his own company, Louis de Rochemont Associates. From the description of Lou...