The Fallbrook Story

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.

  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 1952-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Director: Frank Capra

Summary

“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

    as Aunt Eadie Hubbard
  • Floyd Ahrend

    as GI Sam Edman
  • Diane Kettering

    as Mrs. Edman
  • Don Porter

    as Narrator
  • Cecil B. DeMille

    as Self, Introduction
Production Charles Peters Producer
Crew Ed Ainsworth Script
Directing Ed Ainsworth Continuity
Writing Bill Heald Story Consultant
Writing Vic Westfall Story Consultant
Writing Lloyd Williams Story Consultant
Production Frank Capra Producer
Camera Walter Bach Camera Operator
Directing Frank Capra Director

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