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| There were newsreel films made during
the meetings which were shown in Los Angeles theaters. However, the
oldest (apparently) surviving footage from the meetings is a brief
b&w film (20 ½ minutes) about the fall evangelistic campaign,
produced by Grace Films after the end of the meetings and completed
in early 1950. This seems to be the only film ever made by Grace Films,
which probably was done by some of the members of the Christ for Greater
Los Angeles Committee. Clifford Smith, president of the Committee,
was the only person besides Graham with a significant speaking part
in the film. Also in the film, briefly, are Cliff Barrows, George
Beverly Shea, and the vocalists Kay Stewart and Ellen Elsner. Stuart
Hamblen, James Vaus and Louis Zamperini are briefly referred to. There
are several scenes of activities in and around the meeting tent during
the campaign. The longest segment (8 3/4 minutes) is an evangelistic
sermon preached by Graham directly to the camera, based apparently
on his opening sermon of the campaign on September 25. The film was
probably intended to be used in churches and elsewhere for evangelistic
outreach. This is the earliest known film with a soundtrack of Billy
Graham preaching. |
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