CPTV Is Seeking Information For Upcoming

WWII And 1940s Documentary

Connecticut Public Television and the Connecticut Humanities Council are producing a documentary on homefront activities in the state during World War II and are seeking archival materials and memories from people who experienced it first-hand.

Homefront: Connecticut, the working title for the documentary, is being produced by Rich Hanley, who is seeking the following items for the documentary:

*Photographs and/or films of Connecticut workers and workplaces during the war;

*Photographs/home movies that document domestic life in the 1940s;

*Personal recollections of what life was like in the state during the 1940s;

* Letters to/from soldiers stationed overseas and sent to Connecticut homes;

*Diaries that include the period of the 1940s;

*Personal/corporate scrapbooks that document life in the 1940s;

*Archival materials such as posters, Gold Star placards, ration coupons, etc; and

*Any miscellaneous items that are appropriate to the subject.

Anyone who has such items or information that would be useful for the documentary is asked to contact Rich Hanley, c/o CPTV, 240 New Britain Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106; telephone 203-278-5310, extension 1385; or send email to rich­_hanley@wedh.pbs.org.

The documentary is part of the Connecticut Experience series, a unique partnership between Connecticut Humanities Council and CPTV. The innovative programming collaboration creates productions about Connecticut’s history the illuminate public policy and stimulates discussion about Connecticut’s roots and current challenges.