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etaoin:
you might try posting your query on either (or both) of the 16mm film collector forums:
www.efilmforum.com www.16mmfilms.com
Someone may have a print for sale (on 16mm of course!).
and Dr Bill: I have just bought, on an online auction, prints of 'The plow that broke the plains' and 'The river' (both made by Pare Lorentz in the 1930s) for the film collection that I manage for the Film Society I'm involved with. They still pack quite a punch.
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oh boy! new worlds to explore... thanks, paulb! I've been trying to remember who wrote the score for "Plow"... Hanson?
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I'll bet nickels to numchuks these are available through the Library of Congress or are at least preserved there. When I was in college there was an assistant history prof who had a grant to collect and preserve the myriad of plays that the WPA commissioned during the Depression.
A great many artists and writers worked for the WPA, which was one of FDR's pet projects if I remember this history prof correctly.
I'll write to a couple of college buddies to ask them if they remember more about the preservation project.
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actually a bit simpler than what I had thought: http://www.wpafilmlibrary.com/
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What is a numchuck?
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"Numchuck" is an English-speaking corruption of the Okinawan "nunchaku" meaning two short hardwood sticks connected at one end with a chain or cord used in martial arts.
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Surely worth much more than a nickel (10 cents?). Would a willingness to bet nickels to numchucks thus indicate a certainty that your answer was wrong?
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it's just a variation on "dollars to donuts"--it's the alliteration that's alluring.
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thanks all! I just got home from a 16 hour day, and my first search at the WPA site netted over 1300 matches for "Hoover". that sucks... (Hoover. vacuums. sucks. sorry, it's late.) I will try to do some more searching tomorrow, no wait, I have another rehearsal... ok, on Thursday, I'll dig deeper into all these great ideas...
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While you're all explaining things, what's the WPA?
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