The Fallbrook Story

“The Fallbrook Story,” is a 20-minute film of Cold War-era uneasiness in which director Frank Capra rails against what he calls the evils of Big Bureaucracy. In 1951, Capra lived in Fallbrook, California on his 1,000-acre Red Mountain Ranch farm filled with olive groves. The federal government, which had purchased the old Rancho Santa Margarita land in 1941 to build Camp Pendleton, was concerned that ranchers upstream would take or pollute the Santa Margarita River, which ran through Camp Pendleton. Capra’s film documents how Fallbrook residents fought back against the federal government.

Country:

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

31 minutes

Year:

1952

Director:

Frank Capra

Cast:

Aunt Eadie Hubbard

GI Sam Edman

Mrs. Edman

Narrator

Self, Introduction

Crew:

Script

Story Consultant

Producer

Producer

Story Consultant