The Fallbrook Story (1952)
The Fallbrook Story (1952)
"The Fallbrook Story" (1952) is a short subject film that told the story of a water rights battle between the citizens of the Fallbrook, California area and the federal government.
“The Fallbrook Story,” is a 20-minute film of Cold War-era uneasiness in which director Frank Capra rails against what he calls the evils of Big Bureaucracy. In 1951, Capra lived in Fallbrook, California on his 1,000-acre Red Mountain Ranch farm filled with olive groves. The federal government, which had purchased the old Rancho Santa Margarita land in 1941 to build Camp Pendleton, was concerned that ranchers upstream would take or pollute the Santa Margarita River, which ran through Camp Pendleton. Capra’s film documents how Fallbrook residents fought back against the federal government.

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Mary M. Melsheimer Mary M. Melsheimer As: Aunt Eadie Hubbard
Floyd Ahrend Floyd Ahrend As: GI Sam Edman
Diane Kettering Diane Kettering As: Mrs. Edman
Don Porter Don Porter As: Narrator
Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille As: Self, Introduction
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“The Fallbrook Story,” is a 20-minute film of Cold War-era uneasiness in which director Frank Capra rails against what he calls the evils of Big Bureaucracy. In 1951, Capra lived in Fallbrook, California on his 1,000-acre Red Mountain Ranch farm filled with olive groves. The federal government, which had purchased the old Rancho Santa Margarita land in 1941 to build Camp Pendleton, was concerned that ranchers upstream would take or pollute the Santa Margarita River, which ran through Camp Pendleton. Capra’s film documents how Fallbrook residents fought back against the federal government.


Tagline: "The Fallbrook Story" (1952) is a short subject film that told the story of a water rights battle between the citizens of the Fallbrook, California area and the federal government.
Certification: Unknown

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Genres: Documentary, History

Language: English

Release Date: 01 January 1952

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Runtime: 31m

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Cast

Mary M. Melsheimer

Mary M. Melsheimer

Aunt Eadie Hubbard

Floyd Ahrend

Floyd Ahrend

GI Sam Edman

Diane Kettering

Diane Kettering

Mrs. Edman

Don Porter

Don Porter

Narrator

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Self, Introduction

Directed By

Ed Ainsworth

Ed Ainsworth

Continuity

Frank Capra

Frank Capra

Director

Writing Credits

Bill Heald

Bill Heald

Story Consultant

Vic Westfall

Vic Westfall

Story Consultant

Lloyd Williams

Lloyd Williams

Story Consultant

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Walter Bach

Walter Bach

Camera Operator

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