Charles Shaw Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I am a retired Connecticut State Trooper. We have a museum in Meriden, Connecticut dedicated to our State Police. Recently we learned RKO made a short film in 1949 called “This is America, State Trooper”. It follows a Trooper from recruitment through the Academy, to his first Barracks Assignment. We would very much like to obtain a copy of this for our museum. I contacted RKO and they told me they had sold their library years ago and no longer had an archive. Through successor companies many of their films wee re acquired by Turner. Does anyone have suggestions where we could find a print or copy of this ? Would anyone have suggestions where I could keep looking ? Below is a publicity poster for the movie. Thank you very much in advance for your assistance. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 A bit of googling gave me some contact information, including an address to write to and a customer service phone number. TCM HELP CENTER GENERAL INFORMATION General Information Q: How can I contact TCM? A: You can contact various TCM businesses at the customer service numbers/emails listed below. For general questions, comments or requests, you can contact TCM online at the TCM Help Center or you can send us a letter. Online: Visit the TCM Help Center at help.tcm.com to submit a question, comment or request. Mailing address: TCM Viewer Relations 1050 Techwood Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30318 TCM Classic Film Festival Box Office: (877) 826-5764 filmfestival@tcm.com www.tcm.com/festival TCM SHOP: Customer Service: (888) 982-6746 SHOP.TCM.COM 740 Hilltop Dr Itasca, IL 60143 USA support@shop.tcm.com http://shop.tcm.com/ Good Luck! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
txfilmfan Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Note that a lot of RKO's non-fiction stuff was under the RKO-Pathe banner. Here's the IMDb entry for State Trooper (it omits the "This Is America" title) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232153/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_33 According to this forum post, the "This is America" series was at one time distributed by McGraw-Hill for the classroom, and that "many of the Pathe co-productions, in particular, have been scattered all over the place in various vaults, sometimes with copyright issues and other legal red tape." Maybe you can also contact McGraw-Hill to see what happened to their "This is America" properties? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 It appears that UCLA may have a copy in their archives but I don't know what the fees are to obtaining a digital transfer. https://www.worldcat.org/title/state-trooper/oclc/423531825&referer=brief_results https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/directory Link to post Share on other sites
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