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Series
American Experience/ FRONTLINE Special
Program
The Mormons
Episode Number
Morm101
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/15-44bp09f6
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Description
Description
Between Heaven and Earth (Film about the Mormon Temple and temples in general) VS EXT Mormon Temples (low angles, colorful skies, silhouettes against dusk) Recreations of Jerusalem Temple King Solomons original Herods rebuilt version) White oxen at base of baptismal basin Medium shot tilt down Close up Golden oxen shot flipped (same footage as #4001, #4031) Interior 19th Century room with Kirtland Temple designs on table MS push-in with fireplace CU architectural sketch of Kirtland Temple faade with ruler on table Kirtland Temple (modern) EXT among trees, blue sky INT (hall, mezzanine, chapel, window) EXT grayish sky Nauvoo Temple EXT WS, beautiful blue sky w/ cloud reenactment of 1846 scene) EXT architectural details tilt up to tower, EXT CU tower with clocks EXT good LAS at dawn, light through golden/purple clouds (same as in #4001, but longer. Persecution reenactment (Nauvoo) mob entering Nauvoo Nauvoo Temple arson sequence (same as #4001) Westward Trek reenactment wagon train thru woods in winter, passing by camera - great panoramic of wagon train in barren land by curling river - great WS pan of wagon train across prairie, rocky hill in bkg great WS (with jib?) of wagon train crossing prairie, hills in the distance - great MS of pioneer train crossing prairie, wind blows tall grass, silhouette of pioneers walking great wagon train crossing river, past camera - great EWS silhouette of wagon train crossing horizon, dusk with big golden skies - great MS silhouette of pioneers/oxen walking across prairie, gold/red skies and setting sun Building Salt Lake Temple (reenactment same as #4001) Digging foundations of Salt Lake Temple Granite Quarry Cutting stone at SL Temple site Working interior ornaments, etc. INT Salt Lake Temple Hoisting of Moroni statue MS Salt Lake Temple good Salt Lake Temple Temple faade EXT (day) Temple faade EXT (night) featuring gold inscription House of the Lord CU of Inscription White Temple with slanted black roof (Portland?) Temple is revealed behind leaves INT white hall with sitting areas, plants, golden chandelier (presumably of Portland Temple) Small Traditional Temple INT assembly room Opposite Mirrors pull-out - poor CU Gold-frame mirrors into infinity - good MS Gold-frame mirrors into infinity, dolly right to reveal reflection - good CU Gold-frame mirrors into infinity, dolly right to lose reflection great Baptismal Pool Tilt down good CU white oxen at base of basin great HAS white oxen at base of basin HAS MS white oxen, pull-out to reveal baptismal basin good Pull-out from Water in baptismal pool poor Faithful going to Temple LAS with cloudy sky, tilt down and pan to reveal numerous Mormon faithful walking toward temple good Mormon Temples abroad Various Temple Exteriors (beautiful colors) Boston Temple Portland Temple VS very angular, white - good Temple EXT details Fountain Holiness to the Lord signs (incl. Spanish) Temple INT (Salt Lake?) looking down spiral staircase VSTemple Interiors Salt Lake Temple lluminated EXT WS, dusk against red/purple horizon Illuminated EXT MS spires, dusk against red/purple sky The Christus Statue at Salt Lake Temple LA Temple (?) Aerial great Nauvoo (?) LAS dusk - nice Portland (?) dreamy yellow sky great D.C. Temple aerial great Temple in Mexico Illuminated Temple against black night sky great Kirlland (?) silhouette at dawn - great Nauvoo Temple LS over trees, across Mississippi - great LS from across town (fences, houses visible) - great CU sign, crane up to reveal dramatic LAS of Temple faade great HAS pullout from rear side - good Crane from ground to full view of Illuminated Temple at night - great Salt Lake Temple totally black silhouette Push-in to spires against golden sky - great
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Production Unit: FRONTLINE
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: 4189 (WGBH Item ID)
Format: MiniDV
Generation: Copy: Access
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Citations
Chicago: “American Experience/ FRONTLINE Special; The Mormons; Morm101,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-44bp09f6.
MLA: “American Experience/ FRONTLINE Special; The Mormons; Morm101.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-44bp09f6>.
APA: American Experience/ FRONTLINE Special; The Mormons; Morm101. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-44bp09f6