Four Emmy Statuettes awarded for the Smithsonian Film "Celebrating a Century"
Object Details
- Date
- August 1978
- Author
- Hiller, John
- Subject
- Celebrating a Century (Moving-picture)
- National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (U.S.)
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- Office of Telecommunications
- Office of Exhibits Central
- 1876: A Centennial Exhibition (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)
- Notes
- Featured in "Torch," August 1978
- Summary
- Four Emmy Statuettes awarded for the Smithsonian Film "Celebrating a Century" produced by the Motion Picture Unit, Office of Exhibits, by the Washington Chapter, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. "Celebrating a Century" was completed in 1976 as part of the Museum of History and Technology's, now the National Museum of American History, Bicentennial Exhibition "1876."
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: August 1978
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Topic
- Emmy Awards
- Motion pictures
- Statues
- Awards
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Standard number
- SIA2011-1136
- Type
- Photographic print
- Object
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Photographic print
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12898
From Torch article: "The Smithsonian film 'Celebrating a Century' won four Emmys at the 18th annual awards presentation of the Washington Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This is the second Smithsonian film to be so honored. Last year," The Festival of American Folklife" was award ed three Emmys. Both films were produced and directed by the Motion Picture Unit of the Office of Exhibits Central. Karen Loveland, director of the Motion Picture Unit, received an individual award as director of the film and accepted the award as producer for the Smithsonian and the National Science Foundation. Individual awards were also presented to John Hiller, assistant director of the Motion Picture Unit, as the director of photography, and to Benjamin Lawless, assistant director for exhibits, MHT, as screenwriter."
