Papers, 1937-1971.

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Papers, 1937-1971.

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Scripts, narrations, shooting sketches and proposals for 29 documentary films written by this screenwriter who worked for the "March of Time" newsreel as well as the film production firm of Potter, Orchard & Petrie, Inc. from 1934-1971. Photographs of Orchard and Louis de Rochemont, producer of the "March of Time" newsreel, are also included.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7281588

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Potter, Orchard & Petrie, Inc.

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Orchard, Thomas.

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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...