Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg is shown here as he was writing the commentary for "Bomber," nation defense motion picture just completed by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) film unit. Mr. Sandburg is famous as the Pulitizer prize winning author of "The War Years", monumental biography on Abraham Lincoln, and as the author of numerous poems and other works. Mr, Sandburg is also famous as a musician, newspaper columnist and authority on Americans. The commentary for "Bomber" was his first excursion into film making. He volunteered his services to the defense program and served without pay
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 616.
Tags
Date
01/01/1940
Location
united states
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain