This presentation was developed and edited in 1991 by Gene DeAnna, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, and Carl Fleischhauer and Joanne B. Freeman of the American Memory pilot project. The detailed descriptive notes for the New York films were provided by historian and curator Charles L. Sachs and associates at South Street Seaport Museum, New York City. Cataloging support was by Laurie Duncan, Motion Picture Cataloger, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, with special assistance provided by Elaine Woods.
Many of the original paper prints were transferred by Bill Ault at the UCLA film archive in Los Angeles. Videotape mastering was by James B. Winther, Recording Lab, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Engineering support was by Paul Chrisman, Recording Lab, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Technical video editing was accomplished with the help of Capitol Video Communications, Inc., Washington, DC.
Additional thanks are extended to Patrick Loughney of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division for his expertise on the paper print films, and to Library of Congress employees Jonese Hodges, Patricia Miller, Ted Morgan, and Jane Riefenhauser Bossert for varied assistance throughout the original production.