City Out of Wilderness

City Out of Wilderness
Directed byFrancis Thompson
Produced byFrancis Thompson
Production
companies
Francis Thompson, Inc. for the United States Capitol Historical Society
Distributed byFilms Inc.
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
28 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

City Out of Wilderness is a 1974 American short documentary film produced by Francis Thompson. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.[1][2] Produced by the United States Capitol Historical Society, City Out of Wilderness chronicles the history and evolution of Washington, D.C., from its very beginnings to the then-modern era of the 1970s.[3]

  1. ^ "City Out of Wilderness". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  2. ^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Rose of Sharon Winter (2012). "City Out of Wilderness: Washington (1976)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2012.