VAMP: Leahy First Campaign for Senate (Film 1974)

Leahy First Campaign for Senate

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Technical Specs

Length
00:30
Release Date
1974
Shot in Vermont
Yes
Master Format
16mm film
Screening Format
digital file
Shooting Format
16mm film
Digitized
Yes
Repository
Dorothy Tod
Transcripts
Unknown
Organizations
Vermont International Film Foundation
Subjects
government Patrick Leahy elections Vermont Senators local communities politics interview history biography

Leahy First Campaign for Senate

documentary

Biography

Documentary

Promotional film

Interviews with family, friends and colleagues for this first statewide run that elevated Leahy from Chittenden Co. States Attorney to the US Senate. The documentary was televised in 30-minute blocks; it was broadcast in Vermont after the nightly news and preempted Jeopardy! and ran through the last week prior to the election. Polling indicated that it had an influence of 10-plus points on the election. | The film was screened at the Vermont International Film Festival on Oct. 20th, 2017. It was introduced by state senator Philip Baruth and director Dorothy Tod. Senator and Mrs Leahy were in attendance.

Cast & Crew

Joe Rothstein

Director

Dorothy Tod

Director, Editor, Audio

Reed Worthley Associates Inc.

Producer

Adam Gifford

Camera

About VTIFF

The Vermont International Film Festival is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enrich the community and bring the world to Vermont through film.

About VAMP

Launched in 2014 by a group of filmmakers, archivists and concerned members of the public who wished to ensure the survival of artists’ films in Vermont, VAMP officially became a program of VTIFF in May 2015. The VAMP committee has broadened the initial concept to include all types of films and videos made by VT filmmakers or shot in Vermont.

The VAMP Database

The Vermont Archive Movie Project (VAMP) online database is a searchable website of Vermont films past & present, and locally produced programs. The VAMP database is generously sponsored by Vermont Public.

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Leahy First Campaign for Senate

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Leahy First Campaign for Senate

Cast & Crew

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