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Motion Picture MP77-12

Bennett – Point Four

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
1000 feet
Running Time
28 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
1 - Dr. Henry G. Bennett, head of the Point 4 Program, in 1950 had this filmed by his assistant, James Mitchell during a trip to a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. The film was returned home by mail. On the return trip, Dr. Bennet
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Received
Thomas E. Bennett
Description

Produced by Dr. Henry G. Bennett, head of the Point IV Program, this film shows a trip by Dr. Bennett to a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy. It shows scenes of Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece; Egypt; Jordan, Israel, and Iraq. Dr. Bennett's party was killed in a plane crash during the return trip. He appears in the film as does a Mr. Sacksteder, Director of Technical Cooperation in Egypt.

Date(s)
1951

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
0:00   Scenes of Rome, Italy. Dr. Henry Bennett and his party: Mrs. Henry (Vera) Bennett, A. Cyril Grilley, James T. Mitchell, Cy Fryer and Tom Hart.
5:30   Flight to Athens, Greece; scenes of Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and Iraq. Mr. Sacksteder, Director of Technical Cooperation in Egypt, and Benjamin Hardy, of Dr. Bennett’s party, appear.
22:00   End.