Robert Francis on the influence of Henry David Thoreau on his life and writing

Robert Francis on the influence of Henry David Thoreau on his life and writing

Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

Robert Francis talks about the influence of Henry David Thoreau on his life and writing as well as the philosophical differences between Thoreau's and his own view of nature. This clip is from the raw footage filmed for the "Robert Francis: Through the Looking Glass" documentary.

Fain Gildea (writer/producer), David Skillicorn (videographer)

Jones Library Special Collections

1979

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From the Robert Francis Collection

English

Motion pictures

1/2 inch EIAJ-1 tape

8 minutes

MPEG-4

Union Video Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Filmed by Fain Gildea and David Skillicorn