Video
Lost Voices of the Great War: Summit County in the First World War
(2018)
Description
This hour-long documentary film uses dramatic re-enactment footage, narration, interviews, period music, and sound effects to bring to life local "hidden collections" of 100-year-old letters, films, photographs, images, and documents from The University of Akron Archives and other local repositories to tell the story of Akron and Summit County's role in the "War to End All Wars." S. Victor Fleischer served as Associate Producer, Lead Researcher, and Co-Writer, with Toivo Motter of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens as Producer and Jamie Newhall as Editor. The filmed aired on Western Reserve PBS Channel 45/49, Fusion, and Hudson, Ohio's community access channel HCTV, and was nominated for a regional Emmy Award.
Keywords
- World War I,
- Documentary Film,
- Akron History,
- Summit County History
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall November 11, 2018
Comments
In addition to being nominated for a regional Emmy Award, the film won a coveted American Association of State & Local History (AASLH) Award of Excellence in 2019, the Ohio Museums Association Award of Achievement for Best Community Partnership for 2018, and a University of Akron EmpCenter Award for Best Faculty-Community Partnership in 2019.
Citation Information
S. Victor Fleischer and Toivo Motter. "Lost Voices of the Great War: Summit County in the First World War" (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/svictor-fleischer/6/