City Out of Wilderness

City Out of Wilderness

28 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1974

City Out of Wilderness is a 1974 American short documentary film produced by Francis Thompson. Produced by the United States Capitol Historical Society, it chronicles the history and evolution of Washington, D.C., from its very beginnings to the then-modern era of the 1970s. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

City Out of Wilderness

28 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1974

City Out of Wilderness
City Out of Wilderness is a 1974 American short documentary film produced by Francis Thompson. Produced by the United States Capitol Historical Society, it chronicles the history and evolution of Washington, D.C., from its very beginnings to the then-modern era of the 1970s. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
Producers Francis Thompson, Inc., United States Capitol Historical Society
Original title City Out of Wilderness
Directors Francis Thompson
Writers David V. Robison

Cast

Brooke Rogers

as Narrator