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Miles of smiles, years of struggle the untold story of the black Pullman porter
Title
Miles of smiles, years of struggle [videorecording] : the untold story of the black Pullman porter / Columbia Historical Society in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Folklife Programs ; produced and directed by Jack Santino and Paul Wagner.
Published
San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [200-?], 1983.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Contains parts 1 and 2.
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play in all DVD players or drives.
DVD release of 1982 motion picture originally released by California Newsreel in VHS format in 1983.
Public performance rights granted.
Interviews, Jack Santino ; director of photography, John Hiller ; editor, Paul Wagner.
Summary
This documentary discusses the struggle of Black Pullman porters to unionize, even though rebuked by white organized labor, and the eventual formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters under A. Philip Randolph. Explores the impact of this group on the American civil rights movement.
Variant and related titles
Untold story of the black Pullman porter
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 18, 2010
Credits
Interviews, Jack Santino ; director of photography, John Hiller ; editor, Paul Wagner.
Performers
Narrator, Rosina Tucker.
System details note
DVD-R.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Also listed under
Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Folklife Programs.
California Newsreel (Firm)
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