The Johnstown Flood (1989 film)
1989 film
- 1989 (1989)
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The Johnstown Flood is a 1989 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim about the Johnstown Flood.[4] David McCullough, author of the 1968 book, The Johnstown Flood,[5] hosted the film.
An expanded version of the film aired on the television series American Experience in 1991.
Plot
Cast
- Richard Dreyfuss as narrator
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- David McCullough as host
Accolades
The film won the Oscar at the 62nd Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject.[7][8]
See also
- Still image film
- Ken Burns effect
References
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1990 Oscars
- ^ Review: The Johnstown Flood on JSTOR
- ^ WorldCat.org
- ^ Johnstown Flood: McCullough’s ‘Lucky Break’ Launched Career|90.5 WESA
- ^ In Johnstown, Pa., a flood of memories preserved following 1889 disaster|Park Rapids Enterprise
- ^ The full movie posted by Extreme Mysteries on YouTube This YouTube posting Is a different movie-- 2003 produced by Mark Bussler.
- ^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ 132nd anniversary of the Johnstown Flood|WJAC
External links
- Official website
- The Johnstown Flood at IMDb
- The Johnstown Flood at AllMovie
- The Johnstown Flood is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Charles Guggenheim
- A City Decides (1956)
- The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
- The Fisherman and His Soul (1961)
- Nine from Little Rock (1964)
- Children Without (1965)
- Monument to the Dream (1967)
- Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968)
- Jerusalem Lives (1973)
- John F. Kennedy: 1917-1963 (1979)
- HR 6161: An Act of Congress (1979)
- A Place to Be (1979)
- High Schools (1983)
- Yorktown (1983)
- The Making of Liberty (1986)
- The Johnstown Flood (1989)
- Island of Hope, Island of Tears (1989)
- Journey to America (1989)
- LBJ: A Remembrance (1990)
- A Life: The Story of Lady Bird Johnson (1992)
- A Time for Justice (1994)
- Clear Pictures (1994)
- D-Day Remembered (1994)
- The Shadow of Hate (1995)
- Harry S. Truman: 1884-1972 (1997)
- A Place in the Land (1998)
- Witnesses (1998)
- Life in the Shadows (1999)
- The First Freedom (1999)
- Berga: Soldiers of Another War (2003)
