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The Fallbrook Story

First aired on Jan 1, 1952

Runtime: 31 mins

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Genres: Documentary, History

“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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Mary M. Melsheimer | Aunt Eadie Hubbard
Floyd Ahrend | GI Sam Edman
Diane Kettering | Mrs. Edman
Don Porter | Narrator
Cecil B. DeMille | Self, Introduction
Featured Crew
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Ed Ainsworth | Script
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Bill Heald | Story Consultant
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Charles Peters | Producer
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Frank Capra | Producer
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Lloyd Williams | Story Consultant
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Vic Westfall | Story Consultant