Short films
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
The search for truth / a Brigham Young University production ; produced and directed by Wetzel O. Whitaker ; written by Scott Whitaker and Richard Neil Evans, 1961
Film was released in 1962, and was produced by Brigham Young University Motion Picture Department. It depicts the relationship between science and religion. It focuses on the story of Henry Eyring (father of President Henry B. Eyring) and his role as member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and as a scientist. The film's purpose was to show the compatibility of religion and science. The collection has one copy on a film reel. Dated 1961.
The three witnesses / Brigham Young University presents ; produced and directed by Wetzel O. Whitaker ; written by Carol Lynn Pearson, 1969-1979
Film presents the story of story of Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris and David Whitmer as witnesses of the Book of Mormon, and was released in 1968. It was produced by Brigham Young University Motion Picture Department for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Collection has three copies of the film, all of them on film reels, one from 1969 and the others from 1979.
This is my glory / Brigham Young University, 1973
Film was released in 1973, and was produced by Brigham Young University Motion Picture Department. The collection has one copy on a film reel.
Uncle Ben / Brigham Young University ; producer-director, David K. Jacobs ; screenplay, David K. Jacobs, 1978-1979
Film was released in 1978 and was produced by Brigham Young University Motion Picture Department. It tells the story of a drunkard who changes his life in order to take care of his neice and nephews after the death of their mother. The collection has two copies of the film, one on videocassete and the other on a film reel. Dated 1978-1979.
Welfare : another perspective / [Brigham Young University] ; [director, David K. Jacobs], approximately 1974
Film was released around 1974, and was produced by Brigham Young University Motion Picture Studio for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It focuses on the mission of the Church from a perspective outside the LDS faith. The collection has one copy of the film on a film reel. Dated circa 1974.
Where Jesus walked / Brigham Young University ; directed by Scott M. Whitaker, 1978
Film was released in 1978, and was produced by Brigham Young University as a scripture-based film for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The film contains footage of the Holy Land juxtaposed with audio narration of events from Christ's life. The collection contains one copy on a film reel. Dated 1978.
Windows of heaven / Brigham Young University ; produced and directed by Wetzel O. Whitaker ; screenplay, Richard Neil Evans and Scott Whitaker, 1962-1963
Film was released in 1963, and was produced by Brigham Young University Motion Picture Department for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The story depicts events surrounding a drought in St. George and Church President Lorenzo Snow's counsel to pay tithing and that it would rain. The collection has one copy on a film reel. This copy is an uncut version of the film that is longer than the version currently used by the Church. Dated 1962-1963.
Zane Grey slept here , approximately 1975
Contains a film by Charles Rudicel in Kodachrome with a running time of approximately ten minutes. The film shows the Zane Grey home in Altadena, California and the Rudicel family cleaning the property and surroundings after purchasing the property dating from approximately 1975.