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Film, Video The story of Doctor Carver Title from Educational film/video locator: Story of Dr. Carver / Story of Dr. Carver

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Title

  • The story of Doctor Carver

Other Title

  • Title from Educational film/video locator: Story of Dr. Carver
  • Story of Dr. Carver

Summary

  • A slave boy with a keen interest in studying is educated by his master, Carver, who gives him his own name. The young scientist, George Washington Carver, then devotes his life to the development of uses of the peanut and other agricultural products of the South. Shows some of his experimental work and his achievements at Tuskegee Institute.

Names

  • Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997, direction
  • Lees, Robert, 1912-2004, writing
  • Rinaldo, Frederic I., writing
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Loew's Incorporated

Created / Published

  • United States : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938.

Headings

  • -  Carver, George Washington,--1864?-1943
  • -  African American scientists

Genre

  • Educational films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Photographed by Robert Pittack.
  • -  Summary adapted from Educational film/video locator of the Consortium of University Film Centers and R.R. Bowker, 1986, vol. 2, p. 2682.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (ca. 10 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020600702

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Lees, Robert, Writing, Frederic I Rinaldo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Loew'S Incorporated. The story of Doctor Carver. directeds by Zinnemann, Fred, Ection United States: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600702/.

APA citation style:

Lees, R., Rinaldo, F. I., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer & Loew'S Incorporated. (1938) The story of Doctor Carver. Zinnemann, F., dir United States: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600702/.

MLA citation style:

Lees, Robert, Writing, et al. The story of Doctor Carver. dir by Zinnemann, Fred, Ection United States: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600702/>.