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Saving the National Treasures homepage

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Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
Jay Harlow, Illustrator
Brenden Kootsey, Senior Web Developer
Lexi Krock, Associate Editor
David Levin, Editorial Assistant
Susan K. Lewis, Editor
Sonali Patel, Designer
Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer

Special Thanks
Richard Rhorer, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Photo and Image Credits 
Saving the National Treasures homepage
Photos: (main close-up photo of Constitution) Courtesy of The National Archives and Records Administration; (small photo of Star-Spangled Banner) Courtesy of the National Museum of American History

Fading Away
Photos: (John Hancock signature) Courtesy of The National Archives and Records Administration; (old photograph) Courtesy of Paul Messier; (Nefertari's tomb) © Archivo Iconografico, S.A./CORBIS; (Star-Spangled Banner) Courtesy of the National Museum of American History. Image: (electromagnetic spectrum) © WGBH/NOVA

A Conservative Approach
Photos: (lifting glass, close-up of cutting, fingers on document, close-up of Constitution, Declaration repair, mother and child, woman in wheelchair) Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration; (conservators being filmed) © WGBH/NOVA/Middlemarch

The Damage Done
Photos: (Declaration of Independence, Stone Engraving) Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

Case Closed
Images: (animations of encasement) © Jeffrey M. Aarons for NIST

TV Program Description
Photo: (Declaration of Independence) Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

 

Narrated by
Liev Schreiber

Written by
Ronald H. Blumer

Produced and Directed by
Muffie Meyer
Ellen Hovde

Readings from Declaration by
Eriq La Salle

Narrated by
Liev Schreiber

Editor
Dick Bartlett

Directors of Photography
Richard Chisolm
Tom Kaufman

Music
Ray Loring

Animation
Edgeworx, Inc.

Coordinating Producer
Avra Scher

Associate Producer
Dianne Cleare

Production Office Manager
Eric Treiber

Production Accountant
Nora Stonehill

Special Appearances By
Brody Neuenschwander, Calligrapher
Nick Yeager, Parchment Maker
Chris & Jen Stress, Carriage Drivers
Jim Richmond, Carriage Driver

Additional Photography
Dennis Boni
John Chater
Tom Hurwitz
Tom Spain
Jorge Trentin
James Brown
Don Lenzer
Joel Shapiro
JR Thompson

Sound Recordists
Rich Angelella
Dwayne Dell
Larry Loewinger
Roger Phenix
Len Schmitz
Michael Boyle
John Haptas
John O'Brien
Robert Silverthorne

Production Assistants
David Archer
Nina Tsai
Mary Bechtel
Christopher Hultgren
Matt Markell
John Sacko
Durben Milo
J.J. Oliver
Yang Zhang
John Fiege
Michael Noble
Elisabeth Woolridge

Online Editors
Tim Hutchings
Dino Sanacory

Colorist
Tim Bond

Audio Mix
John Jenkins

Archival Material
Mike Abell
The British Library
Chicago Historical Society/ Haun Estate
Corbis
"Damn the Defiant," Courtesy of Columbia Pictures
Getty Images
Gray Panthers
The New York Historical Society
John F. Tooker
Twin Cities Public Television
Winterthur Museum
West Virginia Humanities Council

 

The Producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of The National Archives & Records Administration and The National Institute of Standards and Technology. We wish to thank, in particular, the staffs of these organizations - without their generous help, this program would not have been possible.

Special Thanks
Susan Cooper
Joanne Bartlett
Laura Diachenko
Chris Evans
Karen Gorst
Karen Hensel
Richard Judson
Ralph Lerner
Louis Major, Toybox
Ron Meininger
Catherine Nicholson
Richard Rhorer
Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler
Edward S. Ross
Tom Williams
Alexandria Metal Finishers, Inc.
East Hampton Historical Society
Hartman Cox Architects
Viracon, Owatonna, MN

NOVA Series Graphics
yU + co.

NOVA Theme Music
Walter Werzowa
John Luker
Musikvergnuegen, Inc.

Additional NOVA Theme Music
Ray Loring

Post Production Online Editor
Spencer Gentry

Closed Captioning
The Caption Center

NOVA Administrator
Dara Bourne

Publicity
Jonathan Renes
Diane Buxton
Olivia Wong

Senior Researcher
Barbara Moran

Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan

Unit Manager
Lola Norman-Salako

Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen Shishko

Post Production Assistant
Patrick Carey

Associate Producer, Post Production
Nathan Gunner

Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole

Post Production Editor
Rebecca Nieto

Post Production Manager
Maureen Barden Lynch

Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart

Producer, Special Projects
Susanne Simpson

Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane

Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham

Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace

Managing Director
Alan Ritsko

Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell

  

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