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"To Be Alive!" is a 1964 American short documentary film co-directed by Francis Thompson and Alexander Hammid. The film is notable for its use of a multi-screen format and for winning the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 38th Academy Awards.
"To Be Alive!" was produced by S.C. Johnson & Son for presentation at the Johnson Wax pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The film was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature into adulthood. The film was shot over an 18-month period in various locations across the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa.
(Description from Wikipedia @wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Be_Alive!)
The film is still shown at S.C. Johnson @S.C.Johnson headquarters as part of their campus tours.
More information:
scjohnson.com/en/about-us/the-johnson-family/hf-johnson-jr/hf-johnson-jrs-brave-decision-turned-a-worlds-fair-exhibit-into-a-testament-to-optimism-and-progress
scjohnson.com/en/interacting-with-sc-johnson/tours-and-architecture/tours-and-films/documentary-to-be-alive-at-the-1964-worlds-fair
nywf64.com/johwax01.shtml
filmpreservation.org/sponsored-films/screening-room/to-be-alive-1964
imdb.com/title/tt0059814
Restoration by Audio-Video Conservation Center of Library of Congress @loc
Presented by the National FIlm Preservation Foundation
Available at the Internet Archive @internetarchive_ :
archive.org/details/to-be-alive_202402
"To Be Alive!" is a 1964 American short documentary film co-directed by Francis Thompson and Alexander Hammid. The film is notable for its use of a multi-screen format and for winning the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 38th Academy Awards.
"To Be Alive!" was produced by S.C. Johnson & Son for presentation at the Johnson Wax pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The film was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature into adulthood. The film was shot over an 18-month period in various locations across the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa.
(Description from Wikipedia @wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Be_Alive!)
The film is still shown at S.C. Johnson @S.C.Johnson headquarters as part of their campus tours.
More information:
scjohnson.com/en/about-us/the-johnson-family/hf-johnson-jr/hf-johnson-jrs-brave-decision-turned-a-worlds-fair-exhibit-into-a-testament-to-optimism-and-progress
scjohnson.com/en/interacting-with-sc-johnson/tours-and-architecture/tours-and-films/documentary-to-be-alive-at-the-1964-worlds-fair
nywf64.com/johwax01.shtml
filmpreservation.org/sponsored-films/screening-room/to-be-alive-1964
imdb.com/title/tt0059814
Restoration by Audio-Video Conservation Center of Library of Congress @loc
Presented by the National FIlm Preservation Foundation
Available at the Internet Archive @internetarchive_ :
archive.org/details/to-be-alive_202402
