WAUWhatIsSoGreatAboutSeattlePH2016_075.xmlGuide to the What Is So Great About Seattle? Film approximately 1967What Is So Great About Seattle? FilmSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2016 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)
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University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH2016-075Basetti, Fred"What Is So Great About Seattle?" filmapproximately 19671 film reel (630 feet) ; 16mmCollection materials are in English.A film created by Fred Bassetti about the city of Seattle, Washington

"What Is So Great About Seattle?" is a film produced by Fred Bassetti as part of Action: Better City, a volunteer effort initiated in Seattle in 1967. It involved "a band of some fifty architects and planners" in a study of their city. Fred Bassetti developed support for the program and the presentation of its results at a major public gathering in 1967, with visions documented in an exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum, a film ("What is so great about Seattle?"), a 64-page booklet, and a cover article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Northwest Today, May 26, 1968.

A film produced by Fred Bassetti as part of the Action: Better City program.

Original film is not available due to preservation concerns, a patron viewing copy is available (VC462)

Request at UW

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Fred Bassetti, October 25, 2012.

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