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Brink Of Disaster





BRINK OF DISASTER. (1972, sound, 27min, color, 16mm)


Sponsor: national Education program, Harding College. production Co.: Jerry Fairbanks productions. director: John Florea. Writer: Leo S. rosencrans. Camera: Emil oster. Art director: Jim Schoppe. Editor: William r. Lieb. Cast: Ed nelson, Gary Crabbe. resources: Copyright not registered. Holdings: LC/ prelinger, uCLA.


Conservative drama bemoaning the national “breakdown of moral, religious, and ethical principles.” In a college library attacked by protesters, current-day student John Smith is vis- ited by his forebear, the John Smith of 1776, who laments that America is threatened with destruction by “young hooligans.” The two John Smiths debate radicalism, drugs, sexuality, freedom of speech, and pornography. As protesters break into the library, the film concludes in a freeze-frame title: “will you let this be the end?” note: A sequel was titled Tragedy or Hope. Viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/BrinkofD1972.






Credits

Directed by
John Florea
Produced by
Jerry Fairbanks
Complete catalog record
BRINK OF DISASTER. (1972, sound, 27min, color, 16mm) Sponsor: national Education program, Harding College. production Co.: Jerry Fairbanks productions. director: John Florea. Writer: Leo S. rosencrans. Camera: Emil oster. Art director: Jim Schoppe. Editor: William r. Lieb. Cast: Ed nelson, Gary Crabbe. resources: Copyright not registered. Holdings: LC/ prelinger, uCLA. Conservative drama bemoaning the national “breakdown of moral, religious, and ethical principles.” In a college library attacked by protesters, current-day student John Smith is vis- ited by his forebear, the John Smith of 1776, who laments that America is threatened with destruction by “young hooligans.” The two John Smiths debate radicalism, drugs, sexuality, freedom of speech, and pornography. As protesters break into the library, the film concludes in a freeze-frame title: “will you let this be the end?” note: A sequel was titled Tragedy or Hope. Viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/BrinkofD1972.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, description, catalog record, video
  2. Wikidata · Q4968404 ↗ — country, genre, credits

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