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Film Credits

The Rockefellers Part I

Written, Produced and Directed by
Elizabeth Deane

Edited by
Sarah Holt

Associate Producer
Patricia Garcia-Rios

Camera
Terry Hopkins

Music by
Michael Bacon

Narrator
David Ogden Stiers

Production Assistant
Sandra Haller

Production Managers
Susan Chalifoux
Lesley Norman

Director of Archival Research
Susan Levene

Art Director
Katha Seidman

Assistant Camera
William B. McCullough
Paul Reuter
Dick Williams

Sound
Dick Williams
Glenn Berkovitz
Doug Dunderdale

Sound Editor
Robert Todd

Sound Mix
Richard Bock

Narration Record
John Jenkins

On-line Editor
Mark Steele

Still Photo Animation
The Frame Shop

Photo Restoration
Dan Nutu
Paul Wilson

Special Effects
Brian Ricci

Additional Production Assistance
Alan R. Weeks
Eric Neason

Interns
Mark Johnson
Mary O'Brien
Heather Smith
Mary Sweeney
Brett Wesoky
Trisha Wilk

Special thanks to
The Aldrich Mansion
Cynthia Bronson Altman, Curator, Kykuit
Laurel Auchampaugh
Borderland State Park
Melissa Bell
The Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage
Michele Hiltzik
Tom Rosenbaum
Harold Oakhill
Wallace and Jane Jayne
Koeppel & Koeppel
Kykuit/The National Trust for Historic Preservation
Eric Margolis
The National Arts Club
Old Dutch Church, North Tarrytown, New York
O'Neill's Bicycle Shop
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Rick Smith, Rhode Island Film Office
Rockefeller Center and Tishman Speyer Properties
Jayme and Laura Simoes
Raymond A. Sprague
J.J. Teaparty Inc.
Unity Baptist Tabernacle, Mt. Vernon, New York
Wayland Fire Department, Massachusetts

Archival Photographs and Footage
7th Day Baptist Historical Society
ABCNews VideoSource
The Ida M. Tarbell Collection, Allegheny College
Allen County Historical Society
American Baptist Historical Society
T. Anderson, East Texas Oil Museum
Archive Films/Archive Photos
Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
Boston Athenĉum
Brown Brothers
Brown University Archives
Chicago Record Herald
Chicago Tribune Company
Cleveland Public Library
Colorado Historical Society
Culver Pictures
The Denver Post
Denver Public Library
East Texas Oil Museum
Exxon Corporation
Grinberg Film Libraries, Inc.
The Huntington Library
Hot Shots/Cool Cuts, Inc.
John E. Allen, Inc.
Library of Congress
Malone Gill Productions
Mansfield Historical Society, Mansfield, Texas
Marc S. Balkin, Mark I Video Productions
McClure's Magazine
Montana Historical Society
The Museum of the City of New York
National Archives
National Archives of Canada
The New-York Historical Society
The New York Evening Journal
The New York Herald
The New York Times
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Drake Well Museum Collection
Pentrex
Picture Collection, The Branch Libraries, The New York Public Library
The Plain Dealer
RCPI Trust
The Rhode Island Historical Society
The River Ran Red
Rockefeller Archive Center
Spelman College
Bill Warrick
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
The Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
WITF-TV
The World
The WPA Film Library

Additional Music
Omega Record Group, Inc.

Special thanks to John Williams for his composition "Look Down Again"

Advisors
Ron Chernow
Donald L. Miller

Series Editor
Paul Taylor

Program Executive Producer
Elizabeth Deane


The Rockefellers part 2

Written, Produced and Directed by
Adriana Bosch

Edited by
Jon Neuburger

Associate Producer
Josh Clark

Camera
Terry Hopkins

Music by
Michael Bacon

Narrator
David Ogden Stiers

Production Assistant
Sandra Haller

Production Managers
Susan Chalifoux
Lesley Norman

Director of Archival Research
Susan Levene

Art Director
Katha Seidman

Assistant Camera
William B. McCullough
Paul Reuter
Dick Williams

Sound
Dick Williams
Glenn Berkovitz
Doug Dunderdale
Dennis Towns

Sound Editor
Geoffrey Birmingham

Sound Mix
Richard Bock

Narration Record
John Jenkins

On-line Editor
Mark Steele

Archival Researcher
Alison Smith

Still Photo Animation
The Frame Shop

Photo Restoration
Dan Nutu
Paul Wilson

Special Effects
Brian Ricci

Additional Production Assistance
Alan R. Weeks
Michael Niederman

Interns
Mark Johnson
Mary O'Brien
Heather Smith
Mary Sweeney
Brett Wesoky
Trisha Wilk

Special thanks to
Cynthia Bronson Altman, Curator, Kykuit
Max Borg
Banco de Mexico
Michele Hiltzik
Amy Kilham
Eleanor Kilham
Koeppel & Koeppel
Kykuit/The National Trust for Historic Preservation
Mary Lance, New Deal Films
Museum of Modern Art
The National Arts Club
Harold Oakhill
James Reed, Rockefeller Center Archive Center
Riverside Church
Rockefeller Center and Tishman Speyer Properties
Tom Rosenbaum
Women's Democratic Union
Wayland Fire Department, Massachusetts

Archival Photographs and Footage
ABCNews VideoSource
T. Anderson, East Texas Oil Museum
AP/Wide World Photos
Archive Films/Archive Photos
Arkansas History Commission
Art Resource
Carnegie Museum of Art
CBS News
Centro Nacional de las Artes, Biblioteca de las Artes, Mexico
The Chicago Record Herald
Chicago Tribune Company
Colonial Williamsburg Productions
Colorado Historical Society
Culver Pictures
Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Fortune Magazine
Fox Movietonews, Inc.
Grinberg Film Libraries, Inc.
Historic Films
Henry Holt & Company, LLC
Hot Shots/Cool Cuts, Inc.
Virginia Huidekoper
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, Mexico
International Video Network
Jackson Hole Historical Society
Amy and Ellie Kilham
Library of Congress
The Lilly Library, Indiana University
Los Angeles Times
MacDonald & Associates
Malone Gill Productions
McClure's Magazine
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of the City of New York
Museum of Modern Art
National Archives
Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
NBC News Archives
New York Daily News
New York State Archives
New York Post
The New York Times
Newsday
Newsweek, Inc.
Old Stage Studios, Photo by Lucienne Bloch
RCPI Trust
Ramparts Magazine
The Rhode Island Historical Society
Laurance Rockefeller
Rockefeller Archive Center
Rockefeller Center Archive Center
San Francisco Examiner
Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
Third World Newsreel
Thirteen/WNET New York
Time-Life, Inc.
UCLA Film and Television Archive
University of South Carolina
University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann
The Washington Post
WCBS
Winthrop Rockefeller Collection, UALR Archives
The Wolper Organization, Inc.
The World
The WPA Film Library

Advisors
Ron Chernow
Donald L. Miller

Series Editor
Paul Taylor

Program Executive Producer
Elizabeth Deane

FOR AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

POST PRODUCTION
James E. Dunford
Rose Compagine
Raymond Powell

SERIES DESIGNER
Alison Kennedy

ON-LINE EDITOR
Mark Steele

SOUND MIX
John Jenkins

SERIES THEME
Mark Adler

BUSINESS MANAGER
Christine Larson

PROJECT ADMINISTRATION
Nancy Farrell
Helen R. Russell
André Jones
Rebekah Suggs

DIRECTOR, NEW MEDIA
Maria Daniels

INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Danielle Dell'Olio

PUBLICITY
Daphne B. Noyes
Johanna Baker

COORDINATING PRODUCER
Susan Mottau

SERIES EDITOR
Sharon Grimberg

SENIOR PRODUCER
Mark Samels

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Margaret Drain



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