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Proud towers / Malone Gill Productions ; directed by Murray Grigor ; producers, Stephany Marks, Murray Grigor.
Title & Author:

Proud towers / Malone Gill Productions ; directed by Murray Grigor ; producers, Stephany Marks, Murray Grigor.

Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities [distributor], ©1986.

Description:

1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 12 cm

Notes:
"Pride of place, building the American dream."
FFH 985.
VHS.
Script collaborator, Thomas Mellins ; directors of photography, Terry Hoskins, Rob Orr ; director of research and production supervisor, Susan Morris ; music composed and conducted by Carl Davis ; film editor, Russell Fenton ; executive producer, Michael Gill.
Host, Robert A.M. Stern ; guests, Phyllis Lambert, Gerald D. Hines.
Summary:

The skyscraper, rising free of the city, is the one building type that is unquestionably American, recognized throughout the world as the most potent architectural expression of national and corporate pride. Examines the forerunner of skyscrapers as well as a succession of skyscrapers, including the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings.

Subject:

Tall buildings United States.
Skyscrapers United States.
Immeubles de grande hauteur États-Unis.
Gratte-ciel États-Unis.
Skyscrapers.
Tall buildings.
United States.

Form/genre:

Videocassettes.
Video recordings.
VHS (TM)
Videotapes.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)

Added entries:

Grigor, Murray.
Stern, Robert A. M.
Lambert, Phyllis.
Hines, Gerald D.
Marks, Stephany.
Mellins, Thomas.
Hoskins, Terry.
Orr, Rob.
Morris, Susan.
Davis, Carl.
Fenton, Russell.
Gill, Michael.
Malone Gill Productions.
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Pride of place (Television program)
Centre canadien d'architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main av 189485
Call No.: ID:94-F0
Status: Available

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