This series contains materials related to some of Lorentz's other film projects.
Subseries 1. The City, 1938-1941
Stills and correspondence related toThe City(1939). Lorentz wrote the screenplay, but the picture was directed by Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke, both of whom had previously worked with Lorentz as cinematographers. The film was commissioned by the American Institute of Planners and first aired at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Like earlier efforts, The City had a message. In this case, it was the perils of city life. It stressed the purity of rural and village living and stressed the beneficial effects of increased suburban housing.
Box 59 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1938-1941
Box 59 Folder 2
Scripts, 1938-1939
Box 59 Folder 3
Research, 1937-1938
Box 59 Folder 4
Clippings, 1939-1941
Box 59 Folder 5 to 6
Stills, undated
Subseries 2. Nuremberg Trials Film, 1947-1969
In 1946, the Allied Control Council agreed to produce a documentary film on the Nuremberg Trials. Two million feet of captured German film were scattered through the United States. Lorentz took responsibility for compiling the footage into a coherent whole. He created a 75-minute film, entitled "Nuremberg – Its Lesson Today." Shown in commercial theaters in the U.S. Zone in Berlin, to great acclaim, it was pulled from circulation when the Cold War changed the focus of American foreign policy. Materials include correspondence, clippings, and a "brief explanation" of the project.
Box 60 Folder 1
Prospective Investors, 1950-1951
Box 60 Folder 2
H. William Fitelson, 1951
Box 60 Folder 3
Lists of People to be Invited to Showings of Nuremberg Trials Film, 1950
Box 60 Folder 4
Prospectus, 1950-1951
Box 60 Folder 5
Covington et al., 1948-1956
Box 60 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1949-1964
Box 60 Folder 7
Nuremberg Trials Film, 1949-1969
Box 60 Folder 8 to 9
The Nuremberg Trials, 1948-1952
Box 60 Folder 10
United Nations, 1950-1951
Box 60 Folder 11
Clippings, 1949-1956
Box 60 Folder 12
Nuremberg--Brief Explanation, 1949
Box 61 Folder 1 to 2
Nuremberg, 1947-1951
Box 61 Folder 3 to 5
Trial of the Major War Criminals, 1947
Subseries 3. Good Neighbors, 1939-1941
Lorentz envisioned this as "a gentle comedy" about the relations between North and South America. He hoped to work with Cantinflas, whom he described as "the greatest star in Latin-America." Materials include correspondence, clippings, and distribution plans.
Box 61 Folder 6
Cantinflas and Pare Lorentz Working Together, 1941
Box 61 Folder 7 to 8
Distribution, 1939-1941
Box 62 Folder 1
Distribution, 1939
Box 62 Folder 2
Correspondence and Clippings, 1941-1942
Subseries 4. Polio, 1948-1951
A screenplay Lorentz wrote on the behest of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The files consist of correspondence and research, as well as screenplay drafts.
Box 62 Folder 3
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1949-1951
Box 62 Folder 4
Screenplay, 1949
Box 62 Folder 5
NFIP--Major Research, 1949
Box 62 Folder 6
NFIP--Miscellaneous Research, 1949
Box 63 Folder 1
NFIP--Film, 1948
Box 63 Folder 2
NFIP--Roughs, 1949
Box 63 Folder 3
Polio and its Problems by Roland H. Berg,, 1948
Box 63 Folder 4
Screenplay Drafts, 1948-1949
Subseries 5. Other Films, 1930s-1963
Some materials related to other film projects, includingThe Land, My Brother's Keeper,andThe Face of the Earth,an environmental documentary.
The Face of The Earth
, 1950-1963
Box 64 Folder 3
The Land
, 1951
Box 64 Folder 4
My Brother's Keeper
, 1949
Subseries 6. John Vachon Stills, 1930s-1940s
A large collection of still photographs taken by John Vachon, an acclaimed New Deal era shooter. Most of the pictures depict the American Northwest.