Monument to the Dream

Synopsis

Soaring above the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch stands today as the nation's tallest arch and national monument. "Monument to the Dream", at unnerving heights, traces the adventures of the Arch's evolution, from the early concepts on the drawing board to the fabrication of its stainless steel sections, and the triumphant placement, in a race against the sun, of its final section in the fall of 1965. Through the words of the master architect Eero Saarinen, and the ambient chorus of mallets beating metal sheets into graceful curves, the film reveals the innovative structural techniques and the brilliant design of this avant-garde monument, presenting one of this century's greatest civil engineering achievements as a metaphor for the struggle to win the West. This film went on to be nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short in 1967.

Main Cast

Paul Richards

Narrator

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Charles Guggenheim L.T. Iglehart, Jr
Camera	Camera Operator	Victor Duncan Art Fillmore Charles Guggenheim Jack L. Richards Robert Pierce
Sound	Original Music Composer	Robert Wykes
Editing	Editor	Pierre Vacho
Writing	Writer	L.T. Iglehart, Jr
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