To Be Alive! - film shown at the 1964 New York World’s Fair
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- "To Be Alive!" is a 1964 American short documentary film co-directed by Francis Thompson and Alexander Hammid. The film is notable for its use of a multi-screen format and for winning the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 38th Academy Awards.
"To Be Alive!" was produced by S.C. Johnson & Son for presentation at the Johnson Wax pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The film was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature into adulthood. The film was shot over an 18-month period in various locations across the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa.
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The film is still shown at S.C. Johnson @SCJohnsonAFC headquarters as part of their campus tours.
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A real wide screen format!
What techniques did they use to produce this film? How was it filmed? With three separate cameras? How was the three filmstrips synchronized?
How was it transferred to this video format?
That was kind of odd, but cool. I went to that fair, and seeing the older guy and the kid in the boat towards the end... I was about the same age as the kid, and now we are both about the same age as the older guy...
The three frames had different colour temperatures.....
I was at the New York World's Fair in 1964 with my family and as a member of the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums. We performed in (the now defunct) Shea Stadium, which was not far from the fair venues. I was 12 years old at the time, about the same age as some of the kids shown in the film. I don't recall seeing this film, but I do recall we visited the Johnson Wax Pavilion. Outstanding work by the cinematographers and great accompanying music - very Coplandesque, with a touch of Irving Berlin. Also looks like this was shot in the "Cinerama" format, since there are three screens. Very well done !!
Fantastic. Alexandr Hackenschmied, known in the United States as Alexander Hammid was a genius years ahead of his time.
I never got to see this at the fair...but years later it was shown in this format in the basement of Menlo Park Mall. It was also released as a single screen film in 16mm.
The beneficial effects of nature.......
I remember seeing this and I was so bored and didn’t understand what it was about. Buy hey I was only 10 years old.
Anyone know who owns this?