<I>A People's Convention</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Created by
content: Union Films, 1946 - 1953
label: Produced by
content: Carl Marzani, American, 1912 - 1994
label: Directed by
content: Max Glandbard, American, 1915 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Progressive Party, American, 1948 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: Henry Wallace, American, 1888 - 1965
label: Composed by
content: Serge Hovey, American, 1920 - 1989
label: Owned by
content: Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023
notes: label: Caption
content: "This fifteen-minute documentary provides an invaluable record of the Progressive Party’s gathering even as it combines “people’s songs” with film in an innovative, almost experimental manner. As with several earlier Union Films productions, there is some effort to theatricalize events. A People’s Convention has a protagonist, “Joe,” who is attending the convention and is shown in both the introductory and final shot, while making several appearances over the course of the picture. His presence, however, is quickly subsumed by the desire to document the convention, which was all the more urgent given the distortions that were being generated by the news media."
label: Caption
content: Musser, Charles. "A People’s Convention (Union Films, 1948)." Charles Musser. Accessed May 12, 2016. http://www.charlesmusser.com/?page_id=1672.
label: Description
content: A documentary short with the title "A People's Convention." It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. It was produced by Union Films and covers the 1948 Progressive Party Convention in Philadelphia, PA.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Folk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Politics
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Pearl Bowser Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.79.1.1.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 15 min.
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 600 ft