The Diversa Story (1965)

Duration: 18:55

Year Published: 1965

Sound: sound

Description: This 1965 industrial film surveys the varied assets that make up Diversa, Inc., a Dallas-based holding company. Highlighting the company’s “philosophy of growth and change,” Chairman and CEO Gerald C. Mann Sr. shares projected revenue for subsidiaries like Western Grain Company, Southern Athletic, Company, and Girard Insurance Group. Despite Mann’s optimism for Diversa’s future, the company declared bankruptcy in 1971. Bill Stokes Associates, a Dallas-based production company, produced the film.