Charley Martin, american

1953

AFL-CIO, Department of Education, Film Division

An excerpt of "A Medal for Benny": Pantera, California is home to the original settlers of California, Indians and Italians.  In 1942, the town mayor visits Benny's farm worker family to congratulate the father on Benny's Medal of Honor award, and inadvertently informs the family Benny died in the war.  The town press decide Martin family home is not nice enough for the Governor's visit to see a war hero's family, so they stage it at another home.  The family doesn't like it, but asks if the Martins can have the furniture in the pretend home.  The town plans to rake in tourist money at the award presentation, but the family objects and refuses to attend the ceremony to receive the medal.  The military general visits the humble family home anyway. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Corporation (producer and copyright).

Intergroup Committee on Human Relations; Paramount Pictures Corporation

Teaching Film Custodians, Inc.

Labor unions and education; Discrimination; Agricultural laborers; Veterans

California

Labor

Special Collections and University Archives

English

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film reels

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Filename: labor-086919; Catalog Key: 31430059608655