Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Energy: A National Issue

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Written by
  
Gerard H. Baldwin

Music by
  
Dean Elliott

First episode date
  
17 April 1977

Music director
  
Dean Elliott

Language
  
English

Directed by
  
Gerard H. Baldwin

Country of origin
  
United States

Network
  
Broadcast syndication

Narrated by
  
Charlton Heston

Starring
  
Fred Flintstone Wilma Flintstone

Voices of
  
Alan Reed, Sr. Jean Vander Pyl Henry Corden

Voices
  
Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Henry Corden

Similar
  
The Flintstones' 25th Anni, The Flintstones: Jogging F, Hanna‑Barbera's All‑Star Comedy I, The Flintstones' New Neig, The Flintstones: Little Big

Energy: A National Issue is a 1977 animated educational television special starring Fred and Wilma Flintstone, narrated by Charlton Heston and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It was broadcast in syndication on various local and regional channels between April 17 and November 22, 1977 as a presentation of The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University.

Contents

Summary

The 27-minute film follows Fred and Wilma Flintstone through the history of energy sources. As the Flintstones discover many facts about energy and the economy, viewers realize they must use our energy sources more efficiently to buy time to solve the problem.

The film uses animation, art, and graphics to dramatize the role energy has played in our lives and outline future energy requirements.

Voices

  • Alan Reed, Sr. – Fred Flintstone
  • Jean Vander Pyl – Wilma Flintstone
  • Henry Corden – Fred's singing voice
  • Production credits

  • Production Liaison: Sandra Granzow, Francis X. Murray, M. Jon Vondracek
  • Technical Consultants: Jack H. Bridges, Joan Sandgren Bridges, Christa D.K. Dantzler, Roger W. Sant
  • Produced by: Ross M. Sutherland
  • Written and Directed by: Gerard H. Baldwin
  • Voices: Alan Reed, Sr. (Fred), Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma), Henry Corden (Fred's songs)
  • Music: Dean Elliott
  • Lyrics: John Bradford, Gerard H. Baldwin
  • Design: Robert Dranko, Rosemary O'Connor, Walt Peregoy, Charles McElmurry, Roy Morita, Don Jurwich, Tom Knowles
  • Backgrounds: Bob McIntosh, Gloria Wood, Eric Semones, Walt Peregoy
  • Animation: Irv Spence, Oliver Callahan, Rudy Zamora, Fred Hellmich, Alan Zaslove, Bob Goe, Lee Mishkin, Frank Andrina, Mark Glamack, Fred Grable, Allen Wilsbach, Joel Seibel
  • Assistant Director: Cindy Smith
  • Sequence Director: Carl Urbano
  • Editor: Greg Watson
  • Camera: Jerry Smith, Frank Paiker
  • Scene Planning: Cindy Smith, Evelyn Sherwood
  • Sound: Dick Olson
  • Ink & Paint: Billy Kerns
  • Xerox: Star Wirth
  • Graphics: Iraj Paran
  • A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
  • (c) 1976 HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS, INC.
  • Distributed by AIMS Instructional Media Services, Inc. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
  • References

    Energy: A National Issue Wikipedia